Intro

I never thought I would start a blog, but a friend of mine recently started one to document the events in his life. Although mine won't be nearly as personal, I thought it would be a good idea to shore up my writing skills as I approach graduation. My major requires only two writing related courses of which one is within the engineering department. I have taken the engineering course, but I suppose it doesn't really count when bringing a cake to class was acceptable for a final project.

I have not completely decided on which layout I will use for this blog. Perhaps I will edit my own blogging program script and tailor this to my own liking. Blogger.com suits my purpose for the time being, but I am sure I will get tired of this layout sooner or later.

I will try to stay away from rehashing common topics (Oden/Durant debate, most political issues, etc.) here, but I will try to bring light to some things that I feel have not been talked about. Many of you will find these to be very comical, as this is one of my intentions, but I might include some "serious" posts from time to time.

I had a classmate in middle school who was scolded for not using the different words to start each sentence. Conveniently, he went home, right clicked each word, and used the first synonym that Microsoft Word displayed with complete disregard to the fluidity of the paragraph and such. The teacher gave him a B and he was happy. This was the same teacher that called me "So-Hull" for a semester, so this didn't surprise me one bit.

It is a shame that I am not typing this in Microsoft Word, or else I would do the same thing for the first four paragraphs of this entry.