Thursday Morning Ramblings
1. It's been a while since I've practiced Catholicism, and I've been noticing my guilt for things typically shunned by the Church has been dwindling to nonexistence. I mean I haven't killed anyone or done anything horrid, but it's been the cussing and drinking offences, my disregard for traditional dating practices, and my utter apathy about practicing Catholicism that has me not caring much about dealing with my conscience, or lack thereof. Those things, when they occurred when I was a practicing Catholic, would give me the gutwrenching feeling of moral guilt and I'd willingly lead myself to the confessional for some soul cleansing. Now, however, I'll do the sinful deed and feel little to no remorse for it. In both situations (practicing and non-practicing) I was/am perfectly aware of what is considered moral or immoral but in the latter the consequences of immorality don't ring true as important, or even valid. This dichotomy between the morality of me as a practicing Catholic and that of a non-practicing one deals with the same moral relativity that I always adamantly tried to argue against. Moral absolutism seemed such an obvious point to argue in favor of when I had religion to back me up, but now that the religious presence isn't so much a factor things don't seem so black and white.
2. I've woken up the past few nights at 3:00am or so and eaten a couple spoonfuls of peanut butter because I can't find anything else that's sweet. So I'll drink some milk to satiate the PB, and then I wake up at 10:00 with the horrible taste of lingering peanut butter and old milk in my mouth. It's pretty gross.
3. I know a guy that's super annoying. I think we all know a variation of this guy; he's one of those people that come into your life to make you value your real friends just a little bit more. He's relentlessly obnoxious and talks merely for the sake of talking and rarely has anything remotely important to say. Anyway, today he came up to me and said "Damn, Joe* is fucking annoying, man. He won't shut up!" I agreed and smiled at the irony of the situation, both surprised and interested in why he thought Joe was annoying. I would assume that someone as annoying at The Guy would find someone who is the opposite of himself to be annoying. I guess he isn’t aware of his annoyingness, which is interesting. And sad.
*Joe's name was changed to maintain his anonymity to the three people that read this.
4. Carson Daly is so unfunny it’s painful. But he did have a ridiculously hot Brit girl who has been in some really crappy movies, Claire Forlani, on his pathetic show tonight. So it was cool to filter out Daly’s voice and enjoy her hot British accent. And there was also some horrible band on. Do not listen to The Bravery. They suck.
5. I added my flickr account to the right of the screen.
6. I wore my newfound pants to work today and they rocked.
2. I've woken up the past few nights at 3:00am or so and eaten a couple spoonfuls of peanut butter because I can't find anything else that's sweet. So I'll drink some milk to satiate the PB, and then I wake up at 10:00 with the horrible taste of lingering peanut butter and old milk in my mouth. It's pretty gross.
3. I know a guy that's super annoying. I think we all know a variation of this guy; he's one of those people that come into your life to make you value your real friends just a little bit more. He's relentlessly obnoxious and talks merely for the sake of talking and rarely has anything remotely important to say. Anyway, today he came up to me and said "Damn, Joe* is fucking annoying, man. He won't shut up!" I agreed and smiled at the irony of the situation, both surprised and interested in why he thought Joe was annoying. I would assume that someone as annoying at The Guy would find someone who is the opposite of himself to be annoying. I guess he isn’t aware of his annoyingness, which is interesting. And sad.
*Joe's name was changed to maintain his anonymity to the three people that read this.
4. Carson Daly is so unfunny it’s painful. But he did have a ridiculously hot Brit girl who has been in some really crappy movies, Claire Forlani, on his pathetic show tonight. So it was cool to filter out Daly’s voice and enjoy her hot British accent. And there was also some horrible band on. Do not listen to The Bravery. They suck.
5. I added my flickr account to the right of the screen.
6. I wore my newfound pants to work today and they rocked.
posted by Ryan at 12:05 AM
3 Comments:
1. I don't think "traditional dating practices" are a tenet of Catholicism.
3. Funny that the three people who read your blog probably already know the names of the people you're trying to protect with anonymity.
4. Don't steal my blogs. I talked about how Carson Daly sucked months ago. Then again, when it comes to Carson Daly, there's probably enough suckage to go around.
The word verification for this comment is "wonaz": wun-ahz n. one who acts like a jerk anytime he or she wins at something. Ex. "Jeez, Matt, it was just Trivial Pursuit. Don't be such a wonaz."
1. Maybe so, but my dating "practices" haven't exact followed Catholic teaching, which I guess is what I was trying to say.
3. No they don't. Don't be stupid.
4. I can't even remember what you told me in person yesterday, let alone crap you wrote about months ago. But good Lord, Daly was really, really bad. No wonder they have to pay people to watch. But I noticed they definitely don't pay them to laugh.
1. I know. I was being facetious.
3. OK, at least one of three.
"mlvevop" is not even close to a word. C'mon, Blogger People, get it together.
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