An Acting Exercise

Remember when blogs first came out and everybody, including (incredibly smart, handsome, caring, intimidating) engineers wrote cloying messages like they were 13-year-old girls visiting Paris?

Yeah, me too!

But I think you'll admit that my writing has improved as a result of this little endeavor. At the very least, it's sparked conversations with friends on just how exactly it is possible to live your life as if the Earth were flat.

So I know it's a little early for New Years Resolutions, but I'd like to codify what I'd like to talk about in the future:

1. The Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Romans. Did you know my roommate thinks that St. Paul is dumb? It's true! But Paul's letter speaks to many important issues, ranging from social/cultural hot-button issues like homosexuality, to the role of religion in government. But that's just to get butts in the seats. The letter is also very clear when it explains how Christianity is supposed to work. As Luther wrote, "This letter is truly the most important piece in the New Testament. It is purest Gospel."

2. Twilight. I fear for our nation's youth!

3. Movies that are Not Twilight. I would review Rachel Getting Married if I had seen it. Unfortunately, I was stabbed in the back on that. Et tu, Brute?

4. Meta-critiques of my own hubris and arrogance. (Hint: this post counts!) Who uses the word 'hubris', anyway? Insufferable pricks, that's who. How come I have to prove to everyone how much smarter I am, how much righter I am, how much better I am? When will my parallel construction end?