I’m distracted.
That’s what I am. Things are taking my attention, causing me to suffer from this cursed Blogger’s Block. And, I don’t mind admitting it’s f******g frustrating.
I caught a non-news story earlier today, purely propaganda, about how fighter jets were ‘scrambled’ as Russian jets approached UK air space. The article, which I can’t find now, went on to say that the Russian jets always remained in international air space, which they are entirely permitted to do, and never came close to UK air space. The article also mentioned how the UK Navy’s destroyer, HMS Dragon, escorted Russian ships recently. A regular exercise basically that they do with all non-NATO ships in the region.
Business as usual then. Hardly news. Although after yesterday’s post ‘Searching for dragons’, I wasn’t expecting to come across any dragon such as a warship.
It’s messages / thoughts like this that distract me. Where do they come from?
I was driving, also earlier today, when I suddenly found myself thinking about how Facebook is now more of a business than a social media site. Firstly, I was driving… why should such a thought pop into my head? Secondly, I don’t use Facebook; I couldn’t care less if they made trillions of pounds / dollars / euros / carrots every hour… I’m not bothered. I don’t need my ‘my time’ driving thoughts infiltrated by such rubbish.
Adverts on WordPress are also distracting me. I can’t do anything about them appearing, as I don’t want to pay to stop them appearing on my site (sorry about that if they distract you too!), but they only appear at the bottom of the post, before the comments, so that’s OK. They aren’t too intrusive, and can be lived with. Well, they could be if they actually advertised something of great value. ‘Top seven great men of movies’ one advert I caught declared, featuring an image of a complete unknown. Another one had a photo of a pop singer and a slogan that didn’t even fit within the text, which started ‘Over 40’ – I couldn’t be bothered to click the link to find out more. In case you aren’t aware, the adverts are nothing to do with me, regardless of how inappropriate they are.
I’m also distracted by the passing of time. The changes that are going on in real life. The stupidity of some people; the decline of others. The selfishness that surrounds me. The anger. The resentment. The greed. The need to always be first. The ‘I’m better’ mentality of some. The disregard cold callers show ‘on behalf’ of the company they, apparently, represent. It’s no wonder I have a trust issue with people when I’m confronted with this type day in, day out.
I’m distracted by little things, such as key points in a major news story that are obviously missing, most probably held back for the evening news’ scoop of the day, but the whole story then becomes a mockery as it doesn’t make complete sense… but I don’t know why. And, on the subject of little things, I’m distracted by the change in size of a large bottle of Coke (they’ve recently made it smaller), which cost £2.09 for one bottle in one particular supermarket, yet two bottles cost £2.00.
And I’m distracted by the frustration of not having anything decent to write about. By decent, I mean my usual stupid, silly stuff. I don’t like serious. I don’t do serious on this blog. Well, I do occasionally, but not very often.
Now, though, I can’t even do that. So a waffly rant will have to do for this post. I’d like to say that normal service will be resumed tomorrow, but with all of this bonkers stuff going on around me right now, I may just be promising too much there.
Sigh.
Told you I was distracted. I’ve even forgotten to include an image with this post. And I said flipping at the beginning there… it’s in the stars.
greenie wise… and rambling is the new straight talk eh? so you’re hip…a doodle… and yup, ’tis in the stars… ⭐ (how many did I manage to fit in ❓ ) Smileys I mean, been trying ’em out… You won’t see this one ‘cos it’s black ➡ …. Now, I waved my magic wand and your blocks gone.. Where? How the heck should I know, I just do as I’m told… erm…sometimes…. 😈 xPenx
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