XXXV: A Health Update / The Deranged Writer’s Struggle with Steinermania II

Hello. I’m back after one week of inactivity here on The Diary.

And I quote the newly-crowned Undisputed WWE Champion, “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes, “What do you want to talk about?” (By the way, congratulations on winning the title at Night 2 of SummerSlam 2025, Mr. Rhodes!)

A Health Update

First of all, I didn’t blog for a week here on The Diary because I have been dealing with headaches every single day since the last post. Maybe it’s because I have been drinking more caffeine than usual (ideally, I should be drinking only one cup of coffee), I have done multiple creative purges on my journal system (excluding The Diary), and I have accomplished many errands. Do I feel productive? Absolutely. But come on, why do I have to suffer headaches after all that productivity?

The first headache I experienced last week, I had to drink Biogesic (with a full stomach, of course). But then I realized that I shouldn’t treat such medicine like it’s peanuts, so I had to limit the intake and drink more water. Today, I slept off my headache, and now I’m fine and back here in The Diary. I hope I don’t get another headache tomorrow.

As for my mental health status recently, that’s another story… but don’t worry. It’s not a totally bad story. I will discuss it in a later post.

The Deranged Writer’s Struggle with Steinermania II

Last July 16, I shared that almost everything lately reminds me of one of my favorite professional wrestlers of all time, “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner. The sound of sirens outside reminds me of his theme song, and every mention of percentage and math reminds me of the greatest so-bad-it’s-great promo in wrestling history, Steiner Math. Last Sunday, August 3, I was presented with a difficult challenge: keep myself from laughing about Steiner Math at an inappropriate time.

Since I started attending Mass again years ago, one of my favorite priests I listen to is Fr. Paul. Witnessing his long yet meaningful homilies is not just spiritually refreshing; it’s also watching a masterclass in public speaking. His jokes come naturally; they don’t sound forced. And in every homily he has delivered, he always delivers three points. Three. That’s just the right number of points for anyone to remember.

But last Sunday, Fr. Paul had to mention a simple math equation during the homily: 2,000,000 + 3,000,000. And like I said, lately, every math equation reminds me of Steiner Math, and that makes me laugh. I would like to brag that I have a pretty good poker face when I want to show one, but when Fr. Paul mentioned 2,000,000 + 3,000,000, and it instantly reminded me of Steiner Math, I had to bow my head and do my very best not to cackle like a madman… while I’m sitting at the front row with my family.

And when Fr. Paul mentioned this, not long after the math equation:

There’s nothing wrong with enjoying our hard-earned money.

I was still struggling to show a poker face while laughing about Steiner Math internally, my Mother lightly hit the shoulder of my Younger Brother. Fr. Paul saw the whole thing, shared what he had just seen with the audience, and then the livestream camera zoomed in on us.

I call myself The Deranged Writer, but at that zoomed-in moment, I was also seconds away from becoming the deranged guy who laughs inside the church for no reason. But thank God that despite being reminded of something as laughable as Steiner Math during Mass, I showed my most memorable poker face yet. (Memorable for me, at least.)

On a different note, I’m glad Fr. Paul acknowledged our presence during the homily (and how he always sees us every Sunday). It feels nice being seen, even if I was also thinking about something as ridiculously laughable as Steiner Math.

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And that’s it for today. See you in the next post.

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Header image: Math equation image by Antoine Dautry of Unsplash. Scott Steiner image by badger6999 of DeviantArt. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2025.

Former title: “XXXV: Of Health Updates & Internal Steiner Math Laughs”.

Updated on August 7, 2025, November 29, 2025, and December 17, 2025.