I also have to admit that i was pretty miserable failure as far as using the break from coffee and soft drinks as part of a larger effort to get in better shape. Despite the will power on the drink front, the shape i'm in is still "round."
Everybody's working for the weekend
I made my first appearance on film since the 10th grade at our staff meeting today. And, now that i think about, i might have been an off-camera narrator during our filming of The Crucible, so maybe today was actually my debut.
One of the people in charge wanted to make a video roasting a coworker who turns 40 today. My two brief appearances got some pretty hearty laughs. Luckily, my coworkers aren't really the Comedy Central types, and; therefore, did not realize that my schtick was pretty much, nay, WAS a direct rip-off of Stephen Colbert roasting Chevy Chase. I'll look for the Colbert video later.
There is another work-related development.
The office manager is setting up balloons and whatnot to welcome the new employee here. It really brings the memories rushing back from my first day here...
...when nobody even freaking remembered i was coming.
Can i tell you how much i love getting to work in the morning and reading "Welcome _____ to the _____ ______ Team!!!"? It's like a sweet little kick in the shins.
It's one of those things I'd like to bitch about to the supervisors, but i'm worried that it'll make me look shallow, bitter and pathetic. And I am not shallow.
Jesus shoots one-over at The Masters
This is one of those things i mentioned last week that i wanted to talk about but wasn't sure I'd get around to it. Luckily, something happened yesterday that made it relevant, so i figure i'd go for it.
Yesterday, Master's champion Zack Johnson thanked Jesus for helping him win The Masters.
I would like to address one common response to that sort of statement. "I think Jesus has more important things to worry about than a stupid golf tournament/touchdown catch/ game-winning sacrifice fly."
One quick caveat: This is purely a logic argument, i'm not in any way presenting my own personal views on theology.
Every smidgeon of religious teaching i have received is based in large part on the following arguments.
- God created all people and loves all people, even the assholes.
- God is all-powerful.
- God blessed you with tremendous athletic abilities, but doesn't care what you do with it and isn't interested in taking any credit for it.
- God blessed you with tremendous athletic abilities, cares deeply about what you do with it, but frankly has his hands full right now, so don't bother crediting him in your post-game/tournament interviews. You selfish dick.
I think the second argument is more disturbing because it implies that God is not all powerful. By making some things trivial, you are in essence saying that there is only a finite amount of attention God has at his disposal to give at any certain time.
The results of the Cinncinnati-Buffalo game in week 3 is exactly the type of thing God is concerned about, if the basic premises I've listed above are true. God loves the second string receiver and wants him to make the most of his natural abilities, and certainly on top of that, the big man upstairs wouldn't mind a little credit along the way.
1 comment:
so does God sometimes pay attention to my bowling games and others not so much?? like tonight.. my first games were a 105 and a 108, but my third game was a 215. was he on break?? off somewhere getting a poboy? picking up tampons for his wife?? i mean, ... what? if he did indeed have something to do with my third game, then i too, would like to thank Jesus for eventually showing some interest in my bowling.
thank you Jesus.
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