And Here I Go Again

I just can't seem to stop. A form of graphomania I suppose. I just can't seem to stop writing blogs. I said I would quit, but here I am. Oh well.

This blog is different from my previous efforts (really, really it is). The other ones were, I think, a bit more serious and a bit removed from me. This one will be more personal.

Of course it will also be different because I am a different person from the Glenn who wrote all that other stuff.

After all, I wasn't a Philosopher-King in those days.

I occurs to me that an attempt to create a daily journal is a good idea. I don't know that reading one is such a good idea, but you, oh best beloved reader, are welcome to, if that's your idea of fun.

Why do we read journals? I suppose if I was was all that great a writer and wrote wonderfully readable prose that fans of a good read would flock to my journal. I imagine that if I was celebrated for something-or-other people might want to read my daily thoughts and might even take an interest in the minutia of my day.

Perhaps it is just the voyeur in us.

That might be it. Are we a nation of voyeurs? If so, are we not also a nation of exhibitionists? As I reflect upon it I think that I must admit the truth; there is something of the exhibitionist in me that is reflected in this need to blog. I am an extroverted introvert. Strange.

Well then, have at it. Here are the highlights of my day so far. I balanced my checkbook and updated my budget. I did my taxes. I vacuumed.

You still with me? Why?

Actually, the taxes were kind of interesting. Fraught with drama and such. Well, not really. I started them last night. I was a bit tired and on my first go-through I made a mistake. When I added everything up I found that I owed Uncle Sam over a thousand dollars. Pretty big money for a guy living close to the bone like me. The only thing that kept me from panicking was my great faith in my own ability to screw up. I must have missed something. I did. A big, fat, obvious, routine deduction. Now I get a nice little refund. No big deal, but nice to know.

State taxes were a bit of an effort. There are a few more deductions this year and I had to do a bit of research to get the numbers I needed. It paid off in the end as I will be getting a larger than usual refund from the Commonwealth. Shazam.

Tonight I think I'll put some jazz on the radio and celebrate the evening with a big pizza. Tomorrow? Tomorrow I may run an errand, do some cooking, perhaps even catch a movie. There's a Viking movie playing at the Glenntopia Nickelodeon this week. Sounds like fun.