I will leave most of my old entries up (for now). It amuses me to read them, and I hope that it will amuse you to read them too. But if it amuses you too much, I may have to take them down...
But seriously, I think leaving old entries up will (hopefully!) show growth in my thinking and my writing. Both of those things are pretty important to who I am as a person. Therefore, many of my older entries reveal much about the particular sins I was struggling with during that time (and to some extent, things that I'm still struggling with now).
A major motivation behind this reboot is the 90-day reading plan that I started for this summer. God has revealed much to me through his abundant Word, and I believe that (though also among many things) has refreshed my thinking on many things: prayer, religion, homosexuality, government/law, art, music, worship, musical worship, drumming, work, rhetoric, and intentions, among many others.
One mini-project I'd like to work on is writing personal devos. The most direct thing God has done for me through the 90-day plan is given me an abundance of spiritual insights and revelations. I would like to share some of these with others. Because a primary goal is sharing, I've tried to keep them short yet precise. I added the sections: "Questions" because I think that we should continually be asking ourselves how the Word applies to our lives. The section "Prayer" is a prayer that I intend to write up as if I was praying it by myself. I hope to record these prayers to practice making them more biblical, and to also see how God will answer them. I do fear that I may writing these just because I like listening to myself, so I'll plan to pray for at least a day after "finishing" to decide if I should share them publicly.
Other mini-projects this summer, that I have mock-ups for that I would like to work on more/eventually share.
- Commentary on worship songs - focusing on lyrics
- Drumming with Markov Chains
- Cataloging and eventually analyzing my reading notes with some Java code
- Passing time on the subway/public transportation
- Discussing so-called "trivial" things
- How much water should I fill this glass with? How much ice, if available, should I add? If I'm in the mood for warm water, how long should I the boil water for?
- Comparison of 2 private bathroom arrangements: 1 Men's 1 Women's, or 2 Uni-sex's.
- Biking in NYC
I mention these here because I know that during summer will I have time to think and write about these things. I don't know how many of these I'll actually get to...
So yes, go forth, and take things out of context to your hearts delight. I have put up two entries after this, and will probably work on a third soon that just documents all my high-school entries with some side thoughts/retrospection.
Perhaps I should use Wordpress. I guess if I'm bothered enough, I may do some research. Blogspot has some cool built-in page view stats though, and graphs are invariably exciting.
Oh yeah, I could probably use some work with typography/layout, but simply can't be bothered by that right now. MT, if you're reading this... just bear with me for a bit =p
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