WHAT IS NEW?

I had three people today ask me What's New?  I understand that this is normally a segway into a conversation that leads to catching up with someone, but it made me think when my answer was....Nothing is New!  The person whom I converse with on a regular basis, I had about 5 things to tell.  What I did over the weekend, plans for the upcoming weeks, etc.  the other two people, I had nothing to report.  That's sad! 
Sure new shit has happened in 5 years, but nothing at the moment.  I'm not engaged, married, pregnant...not a new homeowner, no new animals, no new boyfriend, no recent vacation. Thanks for making me feel like crap. What is one suppose to say in a circumstance like that.  What we should really be talking about is something juicy like the reason we haven't talked in so long.  You know there's always a reason...

This made me paranoid that now I always have to have something to say.  If I wake up every morning and have something planned that I did not have previously then I will have something new.  Who the hell has that much ambition in the morning?  I would field suggestions at this point, but as you can see I have 3 followers right now on this blog that consist of my best friends and my sister...they could care less about who asks me because I voluntarily tell them what's up on a regular basis, so brainstorm session.....

The conclusion that I have come to and the challenge I will give myself for a month is to pick a word of the day, a new word I've never used and use it 10 times that day. That shit will be new, it will not only be new to me, but hopefully to that person as well.
Scenario:
What's New?
Harlequin
I'm sorry What?
Harlequin is new.
I'm not getting it
You're not getting Harlequin or you're not understanding that Harlequin is new?
What the hell is Harlequin?
So glad you asked, harlequin when used as an adjective is varied colors, when used as a noun it is like a clown.

From there we will form sentences...and therefore I will not feel as though my conversation is pointless.  Also since I'm almost always lollygagging around with my coffee and taking my sweet as time in the morning...I have found the perfect website to help me with my new daily word. http://wordsmith.org/words/today.html

Follow along with me and you too can have something to share, or as in my last post when all else fails you can always say UR MOM.