Twitter Rules

Recently, I've embraced this new phenomenon called Twitter and I'm a fan. You may even see my twitter updates to the right of the screen. This is my way of giving you updates on my life as it happens! It's kind of like The Real World without all the swearing, drunkenness, and racial slurs! Shortly after I embraced this marvel of mini-blogging, more and more people started hopping on the band-wagon (keep in mind I was also a band-wagon hopper), but some people just simply use this tool for updates horribly. I mean, you just look at your Facebook status updates and see all the via twitter updates that you wish were not there. So this blog is for those status updates. They can be MySpace, Facebook, but I want to go ahead and put them all in the category of twitter because now twitter is sort of taking over this so with one text, all of your social networking sites will let the whole world know what you're doing. So I've decided to make my own little Twitter rule book that I hope everyone decides to follow. I think this will make both mine and your social networking experience that much more enjoyable.

1. No More Drama
Now this is going to sound a little insensitive but it's the truth. If you are having a bad day or rough patch in your life, Twitter is not the place to vent it. Don't get me wrong, as much as I love looking on Facebook to hear you talk about how much life sucks, social networking sites just aren't the place to heal. So let's keep the negativity away from my text inbox please.

2. Yes, You Can In Fact Twitter Too Much
At first I loved to hear my catchy little text ringer and look down to see "Twitter." Notice the words, "at first." But when I look and see 23 new messages with only two different people, it's time to put a limit. You're twitter should be something that either a) Informs of something significant going on, b) Makes people think, or c) Makes people laugh. No one cares about stuff you regularly do every day. You're going to work, that's fantastic but unless it's your first day, no one gives a rip and doesn't want your message to the world flooding their inbox, and quite frankly, unless you are putting a funny spin on it, I don't care about you eating at Wendy's for lunch. I'm just sayin'. So here's what I'm proposing. A limit to one twitter a day. I'll give you two if your second twitter makes me laugh or involves a natural disaster.

3. @No Reply
I'm just going to say it, I hate @replies. No more @replies are allowed. They are a waste of the world's time and all they do is fill my phone with your conversation that you seem to forget is easier to have by just simply texting the individual!

4. So your wife is hot, congratulations......now shut up!
To all the married twitterers. I think it's fantastic you think your spouse is hot. That's great, and I'm happy that you two find the time to go on "hot dates" but to be honest, I really don't care. I don't need a constant update about how you think we should drool over your spouse and give you high fives for being so lucky, and quite frankly I don't need to know about your hot dates. Just go on them and keep quiet and leave twitter out of it. The union you made was between you and your wife, not you, your wife, and your status update.

So that's just a start to my Twitter Rulebook. I hope you all abide by this rules and keep our Facebook Friends Updates safe.

A Thought Before I Fall Asleep

I know that it's been a long time since I've had a real blog post. I've been quite busy as of recently. Finally just finished unpacking my stuff in the house and can finally sit at my computer and type something. I just have a few thoughts and I think I would like to share them with you all in the blogging world. As some of you new, Pastor Josh has kicked the 30 Day Worship Challenge where you are challenged to take an hour out of your day for 30 days to just worship God. I'll be honest, that even I when we first discussed it in a meeting thought "Wow, I hope I have time to do that" but in all reality, should it really be that difficult to have time just to praise God? Is it really that hard to find time just to tell God how much you love Him? While you have plenty of time to watch your favorite show, play X-Box, or spend hours on Facebook/MySpace trying to figure out if this person and that person would be cute together? Worship should never just be an activity on Sunday before a sermon, it should be our lives! Anyway, that was just my thought on that.

Another thought, as I unpacked my stuff yesterday, I started to feel homesick. I would pull out stuff I hadn't seen since college and start feeling reminiscent of where I lived prior to Burlington. Now, I love Burlington and I know God has me here, but I can't have those moments where I miss my family and friends. Following the call God has on your life often requires sacrifice. My sacrifice is puny compared to what others have sacrificed but I do consider it a sacrifice, but I must go where God wants me and I know that that is where my reward will be and I see that everyday with my life and with Trailhead and that excites me but I can't help but have those moments of nostalgia. I told myself that I wouldn't but sure enough it only took a few photos to bring back some great memories. Well my God has a great journey for me as well as everyone reading this that wants to embark on that journey. These moments only make me realize that there is still some amazing memories to be made and I can't wait to live them.




Also, if you have been a reader of mine for a while, you'll be happy to know I got my cavities filled. Sorry to leave you on a cliff-hanger.