WTF are Observers?

   I have reached the time in my life when I feel like I might have a clue as to who (or is it whom?) or what I am. Taking nothing from the "know thyself" mantra I simply think I have a sort of clue as to what makes me tick. At my age I believe that's a good thing. I could be wrong on both counts, but who gives a shit but me? (Don't answer...it's rhetorical.)
    Some folks are doers. They jump right in or get motivated and make lists and plans and get up and out in an attempt to make things happen. They rush onward and upward. I applaud them. They exhaust me but I can windmill up a few brisk claps. Do they actually accomplish anything? Possibly, but who knows from where the doers impetus originates? Guilt, boredom, fear, kindness, anger, frustration, revenge, ego, kindness (can never have too much kindness) or plain old gumption could set the wheels of a doer in motion. After all it's about the doing. Of course there is no guarantee of any degree of follow-through or, for that matter, success. Enough rambling...back to me.
    I have reached the conclusion after years of introspection that I am not a doer. In the past I have wished to be counted among those with the gumption (benefit of the doubt) to roll up my sleeves and hit the floor running. I tried that in my youth and found that really wasn't me based on the reaction of others and the results of my efforts, but that's fodder for a paid therapist and we won't go there. No. I am an OBSERVER.
    Now, let's not get too far out of the box and compare me to the aliens in Fox TV's "Fringe" or in the sense of one passing judgement. Let's say I am more a casual observer. It is the observation of others living their lives and me living my own that compels me to question and...damn it...there's a word I want to use and I can't dredge it out of my sieve of a brain fed vocabulary...anyway it helps me navigate relationships of all types. Got a bit drifty there but what I am trying to say is I act, react or stop acting or reacting based on what I have observed.
    My being an observer aids me as an actor and as a director. It does incite my forming opinions and often leads to my stating those opinions in either serious, anecdotal, comedic, instructional and/or other forms. Could be voiced, written or performed depending of what fits and serves my interests and/or intent.
    So, all this preamble is to explain what OBSERVATIONS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD is about. It is about what I have observed and feel the need to purge or share or rave or rage about with the intent of entertaining and/or possibly informing those who stumble across this blog and give it a go.
    Most topics will not be controversial  but I can't guarantee we will always see eye to eye.
    There is a possibility of a pod cast in near future as well.
    Hope you will return as I kick this writer's block festival off on January 1 2018.
    HAPPY NEW YEAR!
ps
I will stop the and/or crap from here on out.
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