Social media, September 2009.

WEDNESDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER.

So many at work are thinking of their next job.

Running a 103° temperature. And thanks to it being that temperature, I now have that stupid Foreigner song “Hot Blooded” in my head. Oh well; better that than Lil’ Wayne.

FRIDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER.

There’s a difference between not liking your country, and not liking your country the way it is. But if you like the country the way it is, you need to move to Iran or someplace where they fight change. America has always been about change.

SATURDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER.

Your testimony is about what you’ve learned. Your sermon is about what you’re struggling with.

TUESDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER.

The day after Labor Day. Back to labor.

WEDNESDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER.

I find the average result of the average Facebook quiz tells me nothing about you except that you like to take Facebook quizzes. And that you’re a retard if you take them seriously.

THURSDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER.

The Weather Channel sucks at predicting Scotts Valley’s weather. They’re consistently 10 to 20 degrees off on hot days. But since they have no weather station in town—all the temperatures are extrapolated from Santa Cruz and Felton—it stands to reason.

SATURDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER.

I actually have a Saturday off. How about that.

Sunday too. Think I’ll spend it at the Greek Festival. (For you fraternity/sorority members, these would be actual Greek-Americans.)

It costs $99 to get your passport renewed. But it’s only $50 to get a fake one. Tempting.

My monitor went from 21 lines down the screen to 21 lines plus 3 inches of flickering red/cyan pixels right down the middle. I hope all you Mac fans have extended warranties—this could happen to you, and Apple will charge you at least $300 to fix it.

SUNDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER.

Greek Festival was excellent as usual. I gotta eat Greek food more often.

MONDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER.

The size of government correlates to the amount of sin in a nation. If people didn’t sin, we wouldn’t need governing.

TUESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER.

Joy does not stand for Jesus/others/you. Serving God and others is not going to bring you joy unless you get rid of the lousy attitude. Otherwise you’re gonna be another passive-agressive hypocrite who makes others groan every time you volunteer, sucks all the joy out of the room, and creates misery instead of “help.”

I seem to always overeat when I have dinner at Don’s.

WEDNESDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER.

Too many people around here with swine flu. Stupid epidemics.

Purged a bunch of Facebook “friends.” They won’t miss me.

If all your status updates are about how you love Jesus, or Jesus is awesome, or bible verses, or some other spiritual “profundity”—and there’s no sign of struggle, growth, enlightenment, or dissatisfaction with where you currently are—I wonder. I wonder if you’re not just covering up a crappy relationship with God by overdoing it with all the God-talk.

THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER.

“You’d better take care of me, Lord, because if You don’t, You’re gonna have me on Your hands.” —Hunter S. Thompson

FRIDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER.

…Nah. I got nothing.

SATURDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER.

Wore my “I don’t act like a Christian” shirt to church tonight. That shirt always confuses Christians. Pagans get it immediately.

MONDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER.

I don’t watch award shows ’cause anything relevant or interesting about them is in the news or posted immediately on YouTube. The same is true of sports, though most guys are still suckered into the idea that they might “miss” something…

Produce prices are making me wonder if I shouldn’t start a victory garden. Trouble is, we have deer in the area, and the stupid critters would eat everything.

TUESDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER.

I hate being on-call at work. It feels exactly like being unemployed.

THURSDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER.

Back from volunteering with Grey Bears. It’s always great to see the needy fed.

SATURDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER.

Too many Christians justify their bitterness by claiming the stuff they don’t like is non-Christian. And very little can stand up to their nitpicking. Not even Jesus would pass muster.

SUNDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER.

Which do you think is better: Deleting “friends” you don’t care about, or grudgingly keeping them—but blocking them from your Feed so that they don’t get in the way of the “friends” you do care about?

MONDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER.

All right, I’ve decided I’m no longer deleting useless Facebook “friends.” (Especially since I’m accidentally deleting non-useless ones.) I’m just gonna ignore them. So, if you never get any feedback from me again… be more interesting, wouldya?

TUESDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER.

Don’t confuse my getting up early with my being a morning person. I’m not awake at 5:30; I’m just up.

C.S. Lewis: “We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.”