There’s a slight chance we might have some new participants today. Last Friday, I was the SITS Featured Blogger. That meant I was on comment and traffic overload, also known as blogging heaven. I made sure I mentioned good ol’ Stream of Consciousness Sunday and invited some new readers to come and join us. I would love it if you make an extra special effort to visit the blogs participating today, especially if it’s one you’ve never been to before.
And now, I better go read the SOC Sunday posts from last week. How did a week go by so fast??
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I’m not sure what kind of sign it is that I could barely spell consciousness tonight. It’s the sad state of my affairs. I’m so wrapped up in changes in medication and the side effects (re: extreme fatigue) and cleaning my house every other day (including today because we have an open house tomorrow, that apparently I have no idea what is going on in the world.
I wake up and I check email. Then I check Twitter. Then I check Facebook. If someone isn’t talking about it there, I’m probably not going to know about it (at least not right away). I checked in with the local news this morning on my phone. Always the local stories make me sick. SIck people doing sick things and I realize I’m better off without it.
But what about the global perspective? I usually check out sensationalist sites like DrudgeReport.com every so often. I go to AP News when I’m bored or there’s a breaking alert. But I’ll be honest. It’s been a while since I’ve been immersed in current events.
Case in point:
My husband asked me what I was going to spend 5 minutes on. My response? “I don’t know. I’m tired. I don’t feel like writing.” He then tries to suggest I write about the Wall Street protesters (which he explained to me 3 times today and I still don’t understand). He suggests some drone attack killing two Americans. And I’m pretty sure he mentioned something else that has already fallen out of my brain.
I’m lost on all counts. I want to know what’s going on in the world. Then again, sometimes I like pretending that none of it exists.
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I’m with you, sometimes, on pretending it all away. One of my friends is constantly getting more and more upset about the economy and spreading the “The Sky is Falling!” wealth. I tell myself an educated woman should not get upset by the chatter and instead, (find out the facts. Sometimes I do and sometimes… I stay woefully uninformed. 🙁
When I immerse myself in the news, I feel like I’m carrying the weight of the world on me. For my own sanity, I try to keep at arm’s length and sometimes keep the blinders on.
I used to be a news junkie! Then I had a baby. Now my breaking news alerts usually comes from Twitter. I do make an effort everyday to at least watch the national evening news. Local news is REALLY depressing.
I think local news just has really bizarre or really boring stories. I probably should keep up more at least with what’s going on in the world.
If it makes you feel any better, I’ve done a good bit of reading about the Occupy Wall Street protesters (because there is an Occupy Boston that struck my curiosity) and I still am not sure what they are all about. 🙂
I watch the news every day. It is probably what lends to me being so cynical and sarcastic much of the time.
I think part of the reason the Occupy movement is so hard to define is that they don’t necessarily define it themselves, and it also varies from city to city.
That’s exactly what my husband say!
That cracked me up. And you know, since I’m a little more disconnected from the “real” world, I do feel less cynical. Maybe there’s a connection…
Hi! First time here 🙂 I just read Rose’s Daughter post and decided to join. As to what’s going on in the world? No idea. If it’s not on Facebook, Twitter, Disney or NickJr I have no idea about i!
So happy to have you, especially if you are as clueless as me. And I love that you said Disney or Nick Jr. OMG. It’s always Disney in this house!!!
This was tough! I was a first-timer, and I write and edit for a living. It was hard not to go back and rewrite stuff I said that I maybe didn’t like the first time, and it was even harder to just write rather than stopping to compose.
Misty – can’t wait to read. That’s exactly the point. Don’t think. Don’t compose. Just let it flow. It’s a great way to write normally IMO. But I do think that editing is an important skill for the real stuff.
I’m with you! Something about twin babies makes it impossible to keep up on everything. So I choose my blog, Pinterest, Twitter, and Facebook, turn on HLN and hope that something filters in.
For the record, I don’t think the protesters on Wall Street know what protesters on Wall Street are protesting, so don’t feel bad. It went from money to everything wrong with politics, that’s too much to protest in one day.
Maybe we should protest against those protesters. Or something equally as important like why Robin Mead has to be so darn perky in the mornings on HLN. Pinterest is a better way to see the world 🙂
Exactly.
My first socs…that was fun! I loved doing a brain dump :).
I try to keep up with the news but have a hard time staying objective about what’s going on…because I don’t understand much of it and I know that the sources aren’t objective because honestly, I can’t think of any objective sources to get my news from or I would!
Glad you joined in! Yeah, forgot about the whole objectivity thing. There ARE no objective sources anymore if you ask me.
The last 6 months I haven’t had the TV on during the day. LittleE has started to take notice of the tv so I decided to just keep it off. Since no tv I haven’t been watching the news or the today show. Therefore I am lost too on current events. And we have decided since we moved to TX no more cable. Even if I wanted yo watch tv I can’t…..I took lokepertend all the horrible things aren’t really happening! Hope u feel better Fadra! 🙂
I kept my son away from TV for 2 years and I’m sort of sad to say I rarely watch it anymore. On the other hand, I don’t really miss it much but thank God it’s there if I need it!
You are one step ahead of me!! I have no clue what’s going on in the world … unless it’s on twitter or facebook! Oops!
So that makes two of us. We’ll live in peaceful oblivion.
I thought I was one of the only ones who went to Twitter for the news. I wonder if it’s the change in weather? Or that school has settled in and the kids have started their new foolishness, and we get distracted that way? Either case, I feel you. I had no clue what to write, and almost didn’t post. But one day without writing leads to weeks and months, etc. Do we really need to know about every so called breaking news story? I’m perfectly okay knowing more about my new Splice app than OccupyPhilly (my area protest group). Of course that may change, but hell, it’s Sunday. We all need a day to rest.
Oh you are SO not alone. I happily oblivious to the bad stuff in the world. And don’t stop writing. Not on Sunday anyway. You can always squeeze 5 minutes out of your brain. And I’ve learned that practice in writing helps!
Sorry I’m late to stop by and wish you happy SITS day, but I’m glad i caught SOC Sunday! I am definitely going to join in next week. Also loved your interview for your SITS post because I was kind of missing the featured blogger interviews there, and yours was definitely funnier!
Oh, you made my day!!! Thank you so much and yes, we do SOC sunday every week. Would love to see you stop back next Sunday!