"When economists wake up in the middle of the night, they think about inflation."

Writing this blog has been a good thing for me. Not only does it give me something to do while I suffer through this ridiculous insomnia, but I can express myself openly without worrying that people might find me annoying.

You know those friends on Facebook that update their status twelve times a day? The ones that think their every passing thought is a gem worth sharing with the world? The gourmet food photographers? The "woe is me for I have to work on a Tuesday" whiners? The people that check in all the freaking time? They bug the crap out of me. I don't want to be one of them.

So I censor my activity on Facebook. Every time I feel like updating my status or sharing a link, I ask myself whether anyone apart from me would find it interesting. If the answer is no, I don't post.

The great thing about this blog is that I no longer have to ask myself these questions. I can blab about whatever I feel like because my blabber doesn't get pushed into people's News Feeds, clogging up their stream with junk that they don't find interesting. Why would anyone want to know that I had a PB&J sandwich for dinner anyway?

And if someone actually does care about what I have to say, I can just send them here. Then if they find me annoying it will be their fault (for being a little too curious) and not mine (for shoving the minutiae of my everyday life down their throat).

I should have done this years ago when I was younger and did way more interesting stuff. But I wasn't living in L.A. at the time... and I was probably too busy doing interesting stuff to sit down and write about it...

Maybe that's what the problem is with Facebook. The people that I most want to hear from are too busy living their lives to share what's going on with their friends. But the people that have nothing worth sharing are the ones who share the most, because they aren't doing anything interesting to take up all their time! No wonder their posts suck.

My food delivery just arrived. Yup, at 4:37 in the morning. I could take a picture of the meal I'm about to enjoy and post it on my blog, since I know it won't bother anyone...

... but I won't.