Keeping my pencil sharp

Earlier this week, I joined my friends Allan, Andrew and Drew and put on an improv show at Springville High's all-night graduation party. It was the first show I had done in almost three years, and it was a lot of fun--but I was really, really rusty.

I want to avoid having that happen to my writing skills, and that's why I'm starting this blog. My old blog, created primarily to chronicle my adventures in New York, had basically fulfilled its purpose, as evidenced by the lack of a single 2011 post, and the overall dearth of substantial content since I moved back to Utah almost two years ago. There's still a lot of good stuff there, especially from 2008, and if you haven't checked it out before give it a whirl. Here are a few of my favorite posts to get you started. (Also, I reserve the right to repurpose--i.e., copy and paste--old blog posts here from time to time.)

In the last several months, I've done some writing--I blogged for the Utah Jazz during the 2010-11 season (I would link to some of the gems I submitted, but the site seems to be down or defunct). I also sent a weekly email to my church congregation in which I creatively encouraged the members to read the assigned chapters for the upcoming Sunday School lesson. My personal favorite was an imaginary conversation in heaven between Joseph (of Dreamcoat fame) and Daniel (the lions' den guy), as the two great interpreters of dreams engaged in a little one-upsmanship. I may have to reprint some of them here, for posterity's sake.

Both of those gigs wound down in April, however, which is why this blog has become necessary. So what shape will it take? I don't really know yet. I plan to put basically anything I write up here. I assume it will mostly be about stuff I experience. Which means there will probably be a lot of posts about food and television. And links to videos and articles that I enjoyed. But if I write a song parody, or a sermon, or some Parks and Recreation fan fiction, I'll probably throw it up on the blog as well. My roommates and I plan to start up a podcast soon, and this might be a good home for it. I do know that, as with my last blog, very little attention will be given to page layout, and I probably won't post many pictures. My ultimate goal is to be funny and entertaining.

I'm hoping to write regularly, but it might take me a little while to get back in the habit. If I get a lot of comments or followers--if I know that I have an audience--that will certainly help. So feel free to click that “Follow” button over on the right. Hopefully, you’ll be glad you did.