1 : 12 A.M.
IHTFP

2 : 39 A.M.
Scritch

I am a non-prophet. Nothing approaches! Don't alter your behavior! Carry on with your stuff that you do! In fact, it would probably be less disruptive if I just shut up!

Earlier today I said that I was less worried about disappointing people because I realized that most people don't really notice that I'm doing anything in the first place. That's also the point that people who worry about posting all their personal shit in a public place are missing. Namely: no one is paying attention. And on top of that, thank god.

People don't know shit, and that's the way it should be. -Oliver Beckert, of Elseware

Thank God? I sure wouldn't want to eliminate the word "God" from my vocabulary. That would eliminate such useful constructions as god-awful, god-forsaken, and the ubiquitous but versatile "goddammit". I'm not sure why anyone would want to talk about God in political mottos or pledges, though. You'd think the Christians and other God-likers would get mad that people were taking his name in vain and/or using it to promote their simple-minded political agendas. As for me, the flag pledge went by me every Elementary morning like a commercial break. I barely registered that I was saying all that crap. I probably said "one nation, Underdog, invisible" as many times as I got it right. I still like living here! I still don't feel spiritually excited by the idea of heaven or afterlife! The flag pledge could've just been us chanting "YAY GOD YAY" for ten minutes, and I doubt I'd be any more prone to Christianity . I mean, it was also drilled into us that we were each special human beings and we should be considerate of each other and obviously that didn't fucking work. We said thank you when we weren't thankful because it was the rules. We said sorry while we were still angry, because those were the rules, too. Just making kids say something, especially a humongous run-on sentence about republics and allegiance, doesn't change their opinion.

Oh, but wait! Those things DID make it easier to be reflexively insincere! and THAT, kids, is a way useful skill if you want to play golf and shit in the executive washroom!

(play golf outside, not in the washroom)

New digital camera = photos of home appliances
(don't own pets)