Here's some of what I've written recently:

If I were regularly updating my Facebook status, here are some things I might consider saying.

David Garcia :

  1. thought too hard today.
  2. was greeted by protesters as he went to Sunday worship.
  3. briefly considered making a counter-protest sign: “Respect faith.”
  4. actually hears “David is ____” in his head (ala Facebook status) as he does things. Do you?
  5. blogs.
  6. quotes Aristotle: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
  7. listens to jazz in the car.
  8. usually bicycles to and from work.
  9. loves you.
  10. hacked your Facebook account and forced it to display this message. Success!
  11. has two main obstacles to getting anything done at work: compliance and IT.
  12. codes.
  13. got the Vogon poetry reference on “Chuck”.
  14. got rickrolled by his own brother.
  15. says go here to learn how to get the old Facebook back (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0). Thanks, Jon!
  16. was only curious why Jon would say that; wasn’t actually trying to get the old Facebook back.
  17. realizes that the new Facebook was probably necessary to stop the impending MySpace-like implosion.
  18. only buys cage-free eggs, but voted against Prop. 2.
  19. sometimes gets dozens of spam comments on his blog in a day, but usually no spam in Gmail.
  20. uses Chrome almost exclusively.
  21. wants to create a t-shirt. Front: <awesomeness>. Back: </awesomeness>.
  22. wouldn’t be adverse to a blind date with your SoCal friend.
  23. actually has 29 status updates–too many to post here. Read them at http://www.blog.davidjgarcia.com.
  24. doesn’t want to live on the moon.
  25. is standing right behind you.
  26. is a PC. And he wears glasses.
  27. voted.
  28. didn’t get fired on Friday. His boss/mentor and a quarter of the company did.
  29. posted 29 status updates on his blog and is done writing for now. Thank you; come again!


  1. Elizabeth on Thursday 20, 2008

    sounds like things are crazy at work. i wouldn’t fire you either…

  2. Sarah on Thursday 20, 2008

    David, I swear when I read the status update of David is…standing right behind you I almost turned around to look in a state of paranoia.

  3. sunshine on Thursday 20, 2008

    “got rickrolled by his own brother. ”
    Because inquiring minds want to know, I wikipediad “rickroll” and I’m still not sure what this means.

  4. sunshine on Thursday 20, 2008

    This is a comment to my previous comment. ; )
    You know I’m one who needs to see it to “get it.”
    Now that you’ve successfully rickrolled your Dad, I get it. Cute. : )

  5. Brooke on Thursday 20, 2008

    I don’t know if we’ve talked about you liking jazz before. I approve of this thing.

  6. David J Garcia on Thursday 20, 2008

    @Elizabeth - Thanks! I’m pretty sure the reason I didn’t get fired is because I’m significantly cheaper.

    @Sarah - Haha. Yay. That’s the one I actually can’t take credit for. A friend told me that another friend had used it. Good to hear from you!

    @Sunshine - Rickrolled!

    @Brooke - It’s a fairly new thing. The radio stations in my car got reset for some reason, so I started looking for stations and found the local public jazz station–and it’s good! I’m hooked. I figured you’d be the friend who would appreciate that most.

  7. Jon on Thursday 20, 2008

  8. Jon on Thursday 20, 2008

    Dang, I can’t show it. :(

  9. David J Garcia on Thursday 20, 2008

    Jon - I accidentally deleted your “I like the html shirt idea” comment. I’m sorry.

  10. Jon on Thursday 20, 2008

    lol, it was the others I didn’t need. :P