I love Twitter! I’ve been a member since 07 and have met great people and kept in contact with people I already know. It’s saved me several times and I’ve grown attached to the little bird. It’s become as much a part of my life as good ol’email has.

I was very disturbed however when I read about Twitter’s mess up today.

Apparently “No God” was a trending topic this morning.  Some Christian people were none too happy about this and strted retweeting a phrase “Know God Know Peace” to combat the “No God” tweet. Well, the athiests found it amusing to go ahead and make fun of this by tweeting “No God Know Peace.” This became so popular that Twitter couldn’t handle all of the tweeting that was going on (this is a major flaw that Twitter should work on, it happens often…can we say FAIL WHALE?)

Since Twitter couldn’t handle all of the tweeting and retweeting of these 2 trending topics a Twitter administrator decided to censor the “offensive topic” by combining the trending topics of “Know God” and “No God” into one topic labeled “Know God.”

So what does this mean anyway? If you were to search for the topic “Know God” you would find the tweets for “No God” as would be the case the other way around.

Part of me wonders if Twitter is secretly trying to censor us. Part of me wonders if the admin that did this was just THAT clueless. It will certainly be interesting to see if Twitter makes an official statement about this screw up.

If it is indeed Twitter being a censor then I will be finding another social network to spend my time on. I’ve liked Twitter so far because i can pretty much as whatever I damn well please. I can call people losers and give my quite frank opinion on everything. But I can’t say something about “No God?” That’s a “No Go” in my book!

Myself, i feel like all of those who worship a Goddess or both God and Goddess should tweet #knowthegoddess or #knowthegodandgoddess Let’s see what happens then!

Today I started my first day of Fall semester courses. I’m doing my coursework online because I’m working part time among other things. It’s just easier this way. I don’t mean to say that online classes are easier than in person classes though! It’s actually a bit harder for this procrastinator! I’m learning new things as I go along. Time management is a biggie for me.

But the thing I wanted to talk about was the feelings that i had when I walked onto campus today for my orientation. I am 30 years old and have never really felt “old.” Oh my Goddess yes, I said the “O” word! I have friends of all ages from 17 to 80 and the feeling has never crossed my thoughts. I’ve joked about it often, usually when I get tired at 10pm. Today I honest to Goddess felt old. The worst part about it is that I felt like my mother or grandmother in the process!

“Geez those kids are so loud!.”

“Ugh that music is HORRIBLE!”

“Didn’t their parents teach them manners?”

“Get a room!”

Yes those were the thoughts that went through my head as I made my way to my on campus online orientations. At that moment I felt that the next step would be me pounding on the ceiling of an apartment to get the “loud kids upstairs” to shut up because it’s 10pm and the news is on.

It just feels so weird for me to feel this way. My mind has never really caught up with my age. I’ve always been sociable and liked to do things that “people my age” don’t normally do. I still wear Invader Zim shirts, I still like to dye my hair weird colors and get piercings, I love videogames, I love pixy stix and Rockstar! I also like to go out. It’s fun to get with the girls and go to a club or bar. Now I wonder if I should start watching Matlock and eating prunes!

It was just a weird realization that struck me pretty hard. I’m sure I’ll get over it when I put on my Nine Inch Nails shirt and Gir shoes tomorrow to go in to work at my rockin’ job as a reservationist for a dinner and show place here in Cali. But it was shocking still!

QUESTION – What do you do when you’re feeling “old?”

Today I went with my mom and her 2 bingo buddies out to the Harrah’s Casino at Rincon. I haven’t been to a casino since I left Las Vegas and I was a little excited. I didn’t have all that much money to spend and I really am not a fan of gambling. I would much rather put my money where i know i’ll get something in return, you know…like at the bar! It would be neat if the bartender could press a button to simulate slot machine winning sounds when you received your drink though.

Anyway, we got there and decided to get some grub. The cafe was busy, the service was half-assed and the food was…eh. I wasn’t gonna let all that stop me from having a good time. I wasn’t planning on gambling. I was just going with my mom for moral support. I brought my crochet, an audio book on my phone and scouted out the spa (just in case!)

I stuck around my mom and her friends for a little while. I started to get bored pretty soon though. There is only so much a girl can take of “OHMIGOSHIJUSTWON!” then “OHMIGOSHIJUSTLOST.” I decided to head for the soda machine then find a comfy place to sit and crochet.

This turned into an adventure.

I headed in the direction I THOUGHT the soda machine was. Somehow i ended up right back where i started. I asked my mom again where the machine was. She pointed me once again in the direction of the machine and i set off to find it once more.

I found my way back to my group AGAIN! I was making a wrong turn somewhere but I just couldn’t figure out how.

I figured I wasn’t seeing something right so I asked a slot attendant where the machine was. The lady was super nice and walked with me. SCORE! Free Diet Pepsi.

I turn around and realize i have no idea where I’m at.

I ended up finding them again and informed them I was going to head to the lobby to crochet. I was then informed that THEY KEPT MOVING!!! This is how I kept coming back to them instead of the soda machine.

We all had a good laugh and all was well. But, if the ladies read this (somehow doubtful) just KNOW I will get you back!

I then grew bored of the crochet and people watching that I was doing in the lobby. I had around 5 women come up to me and say “Are you crocheting? You’re so young!” I don’t know what that had to do with anything but apaprently I was informed that “Young people these days just don’t understand crafts and how rewarding they can be.” Apparently these women don’t know what the internet is and how many amazing crafters there are around my age!

I decided it was time to check out the gift shop. Among the $299 Gameboy DS, the candies, souvinier micro buses and bottled soda i found this gem…

...andi thought this was a family establishment!

Entertaining yes?

So now I’m exhausted and I have decided that I’m not doing the California casino thing EVER again. I’ll see you tomorrow for FITNESS FRIDAY!

QUESTION – What’s your most random experience at a casino?