Inane Prattle

Saturday was not a good day for me. Aside from my general life taking a distinct turn south, I also had to work. Working tax season year after year I’ve gotten used to the need for longer hours during this busy time. Every CPA firm attacks the mountain of work in a different manner. My current firm takes the approach of having all the accounting and tax staff work Saturdays. Their thought being that they do not want people working 16 hour days and burning out too fast. This is a nice approach in general. However, it really bites when you have a family or more importantly, a 3 year old, who depends on their quality time with you. So, off I went to work on Saturday morning, trying to squeeze in as many minutes of snuggle time as I possibly could before bounding out of bed, throwing on my clothes and driving to work.


As I drank my coffee, fumed about my life and my work schedule, looking dejectedly at the amazingly hard spreadsheet before me, I could think of nothing good. So, I quickly jotted down my worst blog ever, though I must say it was painfully honest. I left it up for about three hours, until I decided sharing my angst was probably not constructive.


The point I’m slowly approaching is that while I wrote that blog a thought came to mind. I realized most of what I write is along the lines of inane, short, pithy comments about nothing in general. What is the purpose of such writings? To entertain clearly, but also I realize that I would rather spread a smile than anything else. If I prattle on and on about the ridiculous oddities of life, it will most likely give someone a chuckle but not really make them think. Now, I have several wonderful, intelligent thought provoking friends on 360. I value their content and am pleasantly surprised when I learn something I’ve never heard about before. Will, for example, posted an amazing story about a terrible war that I’d never even heard of before.


http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-eCyVt5gzd7MN1iLvBxmMqsSE2Q--?cq=1&p=5172


I’m sure part of his purpose for posting the story was to raise awareness of the past and to show how such things continue to happen in the present world arena.


Allie Pie also posted an amazingly thought provoking story today about perceptions between blacks and whites.


http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-qf4Rps8wd6r3htDK1V0d3QY-?cq=1&p=1944


In reading these stories about events that are happening in the world and realizing my own near-sided view of life sometimes keeps me in a cocoon of sorts, I tend to think I should expand my focus and write of something substantial. But what do I have to say about such things that would prove useful and necessary? Another thought that comes to mind is that life can be so consuming, so difficult at times that all we can take is a little inane prattle. I know when I’m at the end of my rope everything goes out the window if it isn’t absolutely necessary for survival. I expect that’s why it’s called survival mode and I feel I've been in that mode for quite a while now.


So, I suppose until I have something awe-inspiring to say, until I have a soapbox I feel worthy of standing upon, until I have hours of time to lavish on my own thoughts I will continue to be your source for the rantings of the inane.