First Entry

One of my New Year's resolutions is to start writing more, even if I hate it with a burning passion. I feel like I need to be writing more, so I started this blog in hopes that it’ll help me keep up with this resolution. Ironically, I decided to do my first entry when Google was mysteriously not working; I’m typing it in Word for now.

Speaking of New Year's resolutions, I’m actually going to try my best to do mine this year. I’ll post them here as well; I figure if I’m constantly forced to see them, then I’ll be more likely to keep up with them.

1. Start going to the gym at least twice a week (don't really have much of a choice on this one; gotta get my cholesterol down).

2. Read more.

3. Find a way to get my ass to NYE in Jersey with awesome people.

4. Be more green.

5. Get a job at the campus writing center.

6. Keep making all As.

7. See Tori Amos live again.

8. Write more, even if it never sees the light of day.

There ya are. I think they’re feasible. There are some more, more private ones, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be working towards those with or without a public list.

I’ve been working on a theory of mine regarding The Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene. Like most of my creative writings (well, this one is more of an essay, but whatever), it has an amazing introduction, and that’s it. Nothing to follow up or expand on. My creative juices just stop after the introduction. I’m hoping that keeping this blog will remedy that. I really like my introduction, and I’m motivated this time to push through it. Does it need scriptural references? Yes. Am I going to do that in the foreseeable future? Probably not. Citing evidence is cool and all, but some things you just know on your own, without a text to back you up. I know having a text to back you up makes your argument more credible, but did Emerson need MLA citations to back-up his claims? Nope.

I just re-read the above paragraph, and my writing style for non-school assignments sounds so colloquial…and I make too much use of (rhetorical) questions and fragments. Oops. I promise, I can sound like a big girl in my writing.

I’m getting tired, so I suppose this will be the end of this entry.