So I Find Myself Returning…

So my sister’s incredible blog inspired me to get back to the blogging world. I had one on diaryland when I was in late middle school to early high school. That was a time of major spiritual transition for me. Then I had a livejournal for the last half of high school. Which…well that was a period all to itself…as high school is for most people. Except for those who never seem to get out of that period of their life.

I got rid of both blogs for the same reason: I am a moron. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have no concept of discretion. I generally talk way too much and show WAYYYY too much emotion. I’m sure I’m just as emotional as ever, so I don’t think that I am totally safe from making those same mistakes. However, I hope I’ll be able to keep my mouth shut on things I shouldn’t write about on here.

However, I have no interest in a lifeless blog. So I will probably say things I shouldn’t…and I will probably, at times, be brutally honest. We’re on this journey together.

I suppose this would be a good time to introduce myself.

My name is Michael. I’m a freshman at The George Washington University. I’m from Buffalo, New York. I am a Christian. I have a beautiful, wonderful, refreshing, intelligent girlfriend named Melissa. I have, as I mentioned, a sister, Dana. Her husband is named…well K…I’ll call him K because that’s what she calls him on her blog. I’m not quite sure if it’s a privacy issue or something…so I’ll just call him K. Even though it’s kind of weird. That’s what my Grandfather called his wife.

Ok…weird transition. Yes, I have a Grandfather who died in July of 2005. He was the greatest man I’ve ever known and still shows up in my life at a regular basis. I’ll let you ponder for yourself just how I meant that…

I have a mother who just got married.

I have two cousins back home in Buffalo who I adore: Jennifer and Carrie. Carrie is just the sweetest thing ever, and Jennifer and I have been tight since we were babies. I admire her a whole lot, and worry about her just as much. Their parents are pretty great too and big influences in my life.

I have a cousin in Florida who I also worry about. He’s a great kid. Today’s culture has kind of gotten to him a little bit, but he’s still the kind of boy any girl would be almost giddy to introduce to her parents and he has a heart of gold.

His mother and I are real close. She’s one of my confidants. Charlie’s father is an amazing man as well…works his butt off for his family, and takes care of them like a man should take care of his family. He’s a good guy.

My best friend Joanna and I have been real close for about 3 years. I think about her all the time. She’s one of those people who inspire me daily. She has such an amazing character and goodness to her. I just am amazed at some of the things she does. Despite her being a year older than me…I kind of worry about her like she was my little sister. And she worries about me too, I think. I care about her and her family very much.

That’s all of an introduction for now…what I decided to do was offer four separate introductions…this is one, and then there will be three introductions on three different pages entitled: “Life,” “Life in D.C.,” and “Politics and Commentary.” In life, I will introduce more information on Melissa, my faith, and some info about my past, and what I think about my present and future. In Life in D.C., I will talk about…well, D.C. My internship, the academics here, the people here, College Democrats, my Bible Study…so on and so forth. In Politics and Commentary, I will talk about why I am a Democrat, what I think about the current Political situation, and what you can expect from me in future posts on such matters.

I’m constructing my blog in this fashion so that when I talk about D.C., politics, or some other facet of my life, you can just click on the page it fits in and their should be some background on it. So the pages are kind of like the basics, while the posts on the home page are the more nuanced, less dense (information-wise) entries.

I look forward to this discussion. I hope to pick up some readers, possibly some facebook people, and who knows, maybe we’ll journey somewhere together that we couldn’t have ever gone on our own.

We shall see…

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