I have been trying to think of something worthwhile to blog about for a while.  But if there's one thing I've learned, it's that school and relationships are the most disastrous obstacles for my writing muse.  I have hardly written anything this spring, and nothing at all so far this summer. I need to work on that play I was hoping to get published this year, but if I'm not hanging out with people, I'm working or trying to sleep.  Lame.

Popcorn always makes my crave milk.  Why? 

Actually, so this post isn't a total dud, here are a few random thoughts.

1. How come when you give people free stuff, they just want more free stuff?  At work, we're so quick to give out samples and free water and to remake beverages, etc., but you give people an inch and they take a mile.  Yes, I realize that spend $5.25 on a frappuchino five days a week adds up.  I'm not making you do it.  So do me a favor and stop asking me "Why are you guys so expensive?" and do your body a favor and stop eating caramel frappuchinos five times a week.

2. If anti-hunter-people (it's late; what are they called? city slickers?) are so insistent that hunters are destroying nature, why are hunters the ones forking over the big bucks to keep the nation from turning into a giant parking lot, and to keep wildlife alive and thriving?

3. Why do relationships have to be so frigging frustrating?  Why are people in general so unwilling to take risks, but then are more than happy to to complain about not getting the goal they never really tried for?  Why do people continuously tell me how stupid or foolish I am for all the risks I take, then express their disbelief and lecture me that I don't realize how lucky I have it?  When did people get so timid and wimpy that they're scared to just put themselves out there and go for it?  Getting hurt and failing suck, but they won't kill you, and they often make excellent stories for retelling later on.  People sure are quick to accept defeat nowadays.

4. For such a dominant, assertive person, why do I continuously let myself get walked all over, and settle for things I'm not okay with in relationships (family/friends/dating)?  Well, after some re-evaluating, I've made some decisions about areas I'm going to put my foot down in.  Let's hope it works for the better.  I just am ready to start believing that I deserve good treatment from people, that I'm worth time or money or effort, and that it's not selfish to expect people to put an equal share into relationship.

5. Barnes&Nobles by the Mall closed down, which means the only two I know of are in Grapevine and Southlake.  There's the Borders on 26.  Albertson's is gone.  Do people shop anywhere but Wal-Mart now?  I'm starting to get annoyed.

EH, I guess I'm done.  I'm running dry on things to muse about.  Any ideas, guys?  It's not that I don't think anymore, only that usually the things I'm thinking about are WAY too dense and broad to stick in a blog.  Like . . . gender roles and male/female vs. man/woman; child psychology, race studies, historical events in modern contexts, norms, cultural and societal trends, etc.  I"m reading some EXCELLENT books right now.  But I'm not writing.  I can't ever seem to read and write, or study and write, or date and write at the same time.  Lame.

Do I even have a good story to wrap this up with?  I don't.  I'm sorry, guys.  I disappoint.