No update-me-do for a while, I've been busy working, doing geek things, and my lady has just relocated to my 'hood so I'm a busy boymonkey! I've begun working on the research I promised on ethical shopping, which will be forthcoming!
Nutrition. A fancy-dan word for what you put in your cakehole. I've been thinking about it a lot - I've noticed a very strong correlation between eating well and performing well, both athletically and in my job as a software developer.
Several years ago, I famously once "lived on a jar of mini eggs for a week", having been given a sweet shop sized jar and being short on both pennies and mental faculty. This is not strictly true (I believe I also ate pasta and sandwiches) but a large part of my diet was indeed the chocolately "goodness", sacharrinely enshelled. These days, I retain my sweet tooth, but I do tend to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables and favour lean meats. I feel healthier, I'm fitter, and more alert when I take care of myself rather than going on sugar benders and waking up in the seal enclosure at Bristol Zoo looking for Lion bars...
Jesus said words to the effect of "it's not what we put into the body that makes it unclean ... but what comes out of the mouth". It's therefore what comes out of my mouth that's concerning me at the moment. I have an edgy, black sense of humour, I'm sad to say that sick jokes really make me chuckle. I don't know why this is. I do also laugh at things that are basic, such as a cat sitting down like a person, or a clown slipping on some bullrushes, but a lot of badnesses spill from my mouth.
I guess this could be partly down to what I put into myself, some of the websites/forums I browse etc. Largely, though, the problem lies with me, my desire to make others laugh and thereby win their approval. What a goon!
So I'm gonna make some kind of "swearbox" app, that covers words from "brownston" to "***********", and possibly the word which so offended Douglas Adams: Belgium. A bit of Ajax, some chunky monkey buttons and a tiny backend database - be a good chance to try out SQLLite - and keep tabs on my rudosities. Let's see if I can move from a verbal Foul Ole Ron to Captain Carrot!
4 comments:
Good man! I too find myself laughing at disturbing things. Before I came back to God I prided myself on my bizarre sense of humour but now it makes me feel ill...
Also, good for you on ethical eating. I try that one but unfortunately still manage to eat far too much!
See you soon! Good luck and God bless.
I see you more as a Vimes / Ponder Stibbons hybrid. Interesting to say the least.
Sorry for my help in the old swearies, I think not playing DOA3 will help me, and therefore you, to remedy this. Um.
heh... I seem far too anxious to earn people's approval as well. I find it hard to find the balance between "being a good sport" (being able to laugh along with it when they accuse you of leaving person X's mum's house late last night) and "being a idiot" (then going on to nudge person Y and asking him if he's the one who taught X's mum those new moves).
While yes, you can get laughs by playing along, it damages your 'innocence'. My own innocence is rather scarred by what I've subjected it to, and am still subjecting it to. I do wish it could heal, but I think such things will have to wait until after my days on this earth.
Now following the "being an idiot" method I did manage to gain many friends at college that enjoy my company and don't mind me talking about Jesus (so long as I don't require that they participate in the conversation), but does that excuse the means? I say no...
I have also noticed, that some other friends at college have in fact come to respect (and therefore like) me through my Christian behaviour. The way that I don't bad-mouth people when they're not around - the way they can talk to me about anything without me interrupting them to judge them... that kind of thing - the kind of thing that I learned during the far-too-brief time in my life when I actually LISTENED to what God thought of what I was doing.
And now that I think about it... the respect feels better, and is easier to maintain. In order to maintain my relationship with the other group of friends I have to pretend to be someone else, which I have never enjoyed doing.
I have simply typed my thoughts here, so there is no set structure and you won't be getting a nice summary here, but I hope my keyboard finger-dance has had some impact on those of you who read this. I know that Mr Gav's finger dance has particularly affected me.
-Mike
I concur with all that all have said here... I really need to behave myself a lot better!
I haven't made much progress yet I'm afraid... I've started writing the app though! That I CAN do!
Each day's a new day, a new chance to "get it right"...
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