I'm Baaaaaaaaaack!

July 15th 2009. On this day in history, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince[1] was released in theaters, Natalya Estemirova (a Russian activist) passed away, and I wrote my last blog post. How quickly the six months have passed. Another semester is in the books, and yes I survived I-core.

I’ll be honest and admit that I really had forgotten about the whole blogging thing until yesterday when bored at home I decided to catch up on Josh Milligan’s excellent blog[2]. One of the titles was “On Giving Thanks and Calling Fools Out.”[3] This intrigued me because what’s better than people getting called out. Much to my surprise, I was one of the fools called out. Josh was nice enough to point out that it had been since that wonderful day in July that I had written a blog post. Right then and there, I knew I had to make a comeback[4]. And because of the wonderful accountability, Josh showed I decided that my comeback post would be about my own New Year’s Resolutions so that all who read this can provide the same kind of accountability as Josh.

Now I know that it is almost Christmas Eve and talk of New Year’s seems far away but guess what, it’s my blog, and I can do what I want[5]. Now for the resolutions:

1. To continue writing this blog and on a continual basis. In addition to this, because of Josh and Bill Simmons[6], I have decided to begin using footnotes.

2. Do some kind of physical activity at least 2-3 times a week. This can include cycling, running, ultimate, basketball, etc.

3. Pray everyday. I challenged myself to read the Bible everyday last year, and for some reason I find it easier to read than just chat with God. I would like to find a good balance.

4. Limit my consumption of soft drinks. This isn’t a huge issue now but soft drinks[7] don’t really help with health, so I might as well cut them out.

5. Visit friends more often. IU provides a lot of weekends for my high school friends to visit, but I don’t seem to reciprocate the favor too often. So I’d like to make a trip to Ball State and USI this spring.

There you have it. A list of 5 resolutions that I would love to make good on. The return to blogging has been good but now it’s time to go.

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[1] Which is currently out on DVD and highly recommend it.

[2] Link here : http://bravodeploysatchmo.blogspot.com/

[3] Written on November 25, no less

[4] And not like a Michael Jordan to the Wizards comeback or a Brett Favre to the Vikings comeback. It’s more like a Jordan post-baseball comeback.

[5] You can expect a special Christmas post tomorrow.

[6] Who should be considered the Czar of Footnotes. In his Book of Basketball, his use of footnotes can only be described as copious. And none of which are irrelevant, actually they add quite a bit.

[7] And never known as “Pop”