Writer’s Block

I can’t think of anything to really write about today. I did a Song of the Week already, and This Army Life yesterday. I was working on another blog, but it just made me sound like an asshole, so I decided to delete it all and start over. I could blog about Her, but I am sure the four people that actually read this thing don’t want to hear anymore about her until something actually happens. We’ll have to wait on that then. So…hmm…what to do…I know! Google.

Type in “I need a blog topic.” Maybe the magic of the internet will say “Here is your topic, Mr. Robert Eberhard. Write a few hundred words about this.” Nope. Doesn’t appear to work that way. Wait a second…the fifth one down: “100 Blog Topics I Hope YOU Write.” I can be YOU. Let’s check it out…nope. Nothing that I know anything about or have time to think about. Good list though. May be useful in my future career, but not really right now at all.

Okay, new Google search: “good blog topics.” Here’s some sound advice: internet search engines. That’s what I did, you freakin’ jerk! Why can’t you simply give me a topic? Google is stupid sometimes. Wait a second though…I think I hit blogging gold. How about “give me a blog topic“? First couple links are to the same “100 Blog Topics” blog, but the third one looks good…”55 More Blog Posts I Hope You Write.” Success! Thank you Darren Barefoot!

A quick answer for each of the suggested topics though:

1. The Story of My Most Serious Injury – Dial-a-matic Finger…err, Food Slicer maybe?
2. The Person I Admire Most – My parents equally
3. This Will Be My Epitaph – “He lived a good life”
4. Why I Love My Hometown – What’s not to love about West Valley City, Utah?
5. Why I Hate My Hometown – What’s not to hate about West Valley City, UT?
6. Why I Was a Childhood Bully – I wasn’t, except to younger siblings
7. How I Shop – very badly
8. How I Choose to Spend My Money – again, very badly
9. I Wish I Spent Less Money on This – everything
10. Why I’m in My Current Job –because it is easier than not being in a job at all
11. My Ideal Job – not 100% sure, though I want to teach
12. My High School Clique – Some from this, some from that
13. My Worst Subject in School – General Education requirements
14. If I Had a Super Power – I would be bad ass
15. Here’s Where My Opinion Differs From the Majority – Gay marriage? Death penalty?
16. Why I Voted the Way I Did in the Last Election – Because I am smart
17. Why I Don’t Vote – I do, so it doesn’t apply, except for local elections, but that’s just because I forget
18. The Cause I Really Believe In – Learning and education
19. Why I Came To Religion – born into it, left it as soon as I could
20. Why I Don’t Believe Anymore – treatment of my father, don’t need it in my life
21. Where I Find Spirituality –in the eyes of a child…not really
22. My First Kiss – at age 19
23. My Worst Kiss – umm…March 3, 2003. I don’t know. What kind of topic would this be?
24. The First Time I Had My Heart Broken – As an adult? Putting Hooka down
25. Why I Travel – for work
26. Why I Don’t Travel – too poor
27. My Philosophy on Raising Children – same as my parents: remember what your name is
28. Why I Chose My University Degree – because I failed economics at Weber State
29. My Favorite Place on the Planet – wherever I am at, I am already there
30. My Greatest Sin Against the Environment – I drive American
31. Why I Married My Spouse – no comment
32. My Most Hated Movie – Two: Palindromes and eXistenZ
33. The Book That Changed My Life – Recently? “Success Principles” by Jack Canfield
34. My Unexpected Mentor – MAJ Charles Moulton
35. I Couldn’t Live Without This Song – Something by Ben Folds probably
36. If I Hear This Song Again, Radio Personalities Will Suffer – don’t really listen to music on the radio
37. I Have the Craziest Uncle Ever – not really
38. Why I Believe in Luck – see next one
39. Why I Don’t Believe in Luck – everything happens for a reason
40. How I Earned My Worst Karma – I’ll get back to you on this
41. Where I Volunteer –I donate money to a cause
42. Why I Don’t Volunteer – no time
43. My Favorite Item of Clothing Growing Up – dragon jacket from Korea (Eberhard kids know what I’m talking about)
44. If This Celebrity Knocked On My Door, I’d Run Away With Them – what kind of celebrity?
45. Why I Care About Celebrities – I don’t really
46. Why I Love This Sport – which sport?
47. Why I Hate Sports – I’m not athletically gifted
48. When I’m at My Most Self-Indulgent – Ice cream or Oreos
49. How To Be Selfless – care about others, duh!
50. My Childhood Dreams, and How I’ve Fulfilled Them – still working on that
51. How I Learned Patience – haven’t really
52. How My Hard Work Paid Off – it will eventually
53. I’ve Never Been More Surprised in My Life – we’ll see
54. What Scares the Shit Out of Me – failing
55. The Only Thing I Can Teach You – There is a lot to learn from me. Stay tuned.

There. If I run out of stuff to write about, I’ll come back and expand on one of these topics.