Writing

I believe I'm a good writer--when inspiration strikes.  When the proper inspiration has appeared, I have written poems, essays, short stories, emails, and blog posts that really satisfy me.  Even in homework assignments, I've written some good stuff.

Maybe you don't agree.  Well, I really don't care.  My writing makes me happy.  And I know it makes God happy.  Beyond that I seek to please no one.

I pray I may keep that tenacity this fall.  I will be taking Multnomah's most difficult and stressful class, Advanced Writing with Professor Pothen.  I can't decide what intimidates me more: the on-average 10-15 page paper, or the professor.  The prompt of the paper is simply this: Write about that which you can't not write.  I've been thinking about this prompt for the last two months.  I don't want to force a topic, because I know it will show.  I will do my best writing if I indeed follow the prompt.  But what can I not not write about?

I'll examine what I have written about.  This surely should show me what matters enough to me to write down my thoughts.  Much of my blog has been devoted to updating the reader on the goings-on of my life.  La-dee-dah, not writing my Pothen paper of the bildungsroman I have been witness to.  (Well, I'm sure that whatever topic I choose will have something to do with some life experiences.)  Other posts have regarded my experiences with depression and a myriad of issues that accompany it.  I sometimes feel I could write ten papers on such issues!  I remember a particular blog I wrote in December of 2005, my senior year of high school.  I was expressing my disgruntlement with the commercialization of Christmas.  Then I got on the subject, somehow, of how Christians just pay lip service and really don't mean anything we profess with our lips, because our actions don't match.  It was actually a milestone in the development of my faith.  It was probably the first time I examined the Church and came to a conclusion that was not rosy.

There is an ever-dynamic list of possible topics.  They will most certainly be vomited onto this blog.

I'm in a hyper-linking kind of mood.

My friend Brandon reminded me today that I am behind in blogging.  I've got some good blogs knocking around in this brain of mine.  Perhaps it is time to spill some of that bloggy goodness out.

Yesterday I made PostSecrets.  They turned out quite well, and today I sent them!  This was exciting, because though I have made one before I've never sent one.  Yeay!

Today I spent the day with a new-ish friend Anna.  We both went to Multnomah together my freshman year before she transferred to Azusa Pacific in Los Angeles.  But actually, we never really ever talked at all when we were at Multnomah together.  My only memory of Anna is this: She wore a really kick-ass Sleeping Beauty shirt.  I really liked it, and thought to myself "I need to be friend with this girl, simply so I can borrow that shirt."  Seriously, she wore it a lot, and every time she did, I had this thought.  After a while, I did start to feel guilty; I mean, use someone for a stinkin' t-shirt?  Yeah.  Anyway, we never talked that year.  At some point we became friends on facebook.  The irony is that our friendship stemmed from facebook.  We talked back and forth a bit, and now have hung out twice since I moved back to Portland.  So, it was nice to spend time with my new-ish friend Anna, and I look forward to seeing where this friendship goes.

After Anna and I crashed Zichterman's Hebrews through Revelation class, we sat outside to enjoy the rare Portland sunshine (that Anna totally brought with her from L.A.).  Our friend Brandon approached us and our conversation turned to blogs (a favorite topic, as we all are bloggers) and B$ (that's B-money for your uneducated folk) caused me to remember my lack of updates.  I told him that I've got approximately three blogs that I'm mentally working on.

Then Anna and I went to Burgerville and got the most delicious Rosemary Shoestring Potatoes (yum!) and shakes.  Throughout the day I was taking pictures with my Canon AE-1, and I look forward to how they turn out.  I got a lot of people shots.  I like taking advantage of our sunny days because I really don't know much about light.

That's about all I did today.  I like being on Spring Break.  Now I'll try to systematize my thoughts for future blogs.