Who are you?

It kind of reminds me of Dr. Seuss... Who are you? Are you blue? What do you do? How do you know where to go?

Just saying. Pardon my insanity. Sometimes I let on more than I intend.

I can't believe how long it's been since I blogged, especially because I have had so much to say! SO many things have fired me up recently... not recording them here just doesn't make much sense. I've been quite busy... which is nothing new, but I actually think I have been doing more than normal. And, I have much to do- even as I type this. I need to be in class in three minutes and write a paper today, one for Friday, and one for Monday (Gandalf). Busy busy busy.

So, yeah... where to begin.

I have heard the advice to write every day no matter what- most recently, I read it in a blog I'm a huge fan of, the Pioneer Woman aka Ree Drummond (http://thepioneerwoman.com). She posted something like "10 Tips for Bloggers" and one of them was to write everyday no matter if you feel like it or not. It was interesting for me to consider this advice for my blog instead of for creative writing, the context in which I had been given this advice before. So, between now and Halloween I hope to blog at least something every day. It doesn't matter to me that this blog has three people, max, reading it- but for me. Haha I love egocentrism.

I think it is worthwhile to recap what I've been going through with religion, but to do it backwards or from the last time I blogged til now... hmm

The last time I blogged I was in Vermont- an interesting trip to say the least. I rather enjoyed the city of Burlington. I could live there. It reminded me of Canada. I love Canada. Nothing religious happened though... really. So, moving on...

I went on a trip out west. Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. It was awesome. I got to tell a few friends about Buddhism- we ran into a Tibetan monk the first day! I had at least one really great conversation about religion which was awesome- it basically showed me, for real, that this is what I do. I talk to people about religion and it was really very rewarding to sense this. To do it in a context other than the department... I don't know if I'd go so far as to say it's my ministry or something, but damn near close. I like feeling compelled to do something, to be someone. It's pretty cool.

Three days after getting back, the semester started!