Looking Back

It's that time of the semester when I guess we are looking back on the experiences of the last 15 weeks. My writing class this semester gave me the opportunity to start this blog and I'm actually very surprised at the quality writing that came out of me. I remember my 3rd grade teacher, who just recently passed away from cancer, saying to me so many years ago that she wanted the first copy of my first book when I got older. I had some truly tough experiences in high school with writing. Projects that forced me to conform to rules set forth by some panel of writers who think they have it all figured out (MLA) and I began to lose a tremendous amount of confidence in my writing. But that one comment from Ms. Spengler never left me, I just assumed since my creativity got pushed out of my writing in high school and even freshman college writing, it just found a new home with my new lyric writing style. I have never blogged before other than occasionally on my xanga site years ago, but I had the opportunity this semester to actually be creative in my writing again and post here. I knew I didn't want to be like your average baseless complainer you often find on blog sites. So I just let what wanted to come out, simply come out. My first entry about 9/11 impressed me immensely. This was a result of a compound of emotions and thoughts I had been holding onto since my senior year when I saw it on TV the first time. I felt like a giant weight was lifted off my shoulders because now I can look at my writing and not have to keep the "right" words in my memory all the time. After the response I received about that post, I decided I was going to keep this blog. I intend on using this blog for a long time to come, and honestly I hope those who have found my site either for the class or just by accident keep coming back. Mostly since my creativity has bloomed phenomenally within the context of my music lyrics, you will find those posts to be more common. Hopefully my writing, or my lyrics, will reach someone out there somehow. I'm very thankful for the opportunity I've had this semester to start this up, and am looking forward to the future. At the same time, even though this doesn't really count as my first book, as I hope to touch people with my music and my lyrics, I hope Ms. Spengler is looking down on me and this blog and is proud of what she reads. Here's to you...thank you.