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Brandiwyn🎶Prep starts 10/1!

, also known as Michelle Tuesday, is a musician, educator and writer hailing from Columbus, Ohio.

La Bene Vita

I am a professional musician

, worship leader

, small business owner

, songwriter

, aspiring author

and freelance nonfiction writer

with a chemical engineering degree

.

But that's just my resume.

My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress.

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Aiva Raine

Sep 16, 2025 at 5:57pm
In response to "I Asked ChatGPT to Rewrite the Bible in Gen Z"

ROLFMAO Cain: “Idk, not my problem.”

Brandiwyn🎶Prep starts 10/1!

Sep 16, 2025 at 2:51pm
In response to "I Asked ChatGPT to Rewrite the Bible in Gen Z"

Right? Kinda makes me want to see the whole musical rewritten in Gen Z. They did it with Hamilton LOL, why not Joseph??

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Jayne

Sep 16, 2025 at 1:34pm
In response to "I Asked ChatGPT to Rewrite the Bible in Gen Z"

GETS DRIP COAT

*dying*

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Amethyst Angel h✟k ♡

Sep 16, 2025 at 8:35am
In response to "I Asked ChatGPT to Rewrite the Bible in Gen Z"

Wow, that was actually pretty good! It goes to show how humanity has always been the same and God has His hand in everything... Or something

Thanks for sharing!

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Elycia Lee ☮

Sep 16, 2025 at 7:18am
In response to "I Asked ChatGPT to Rewrite the Bible in Gen Z"

Oh dear God.

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Robert Waltz

Jul 24, 2025 at 9:46am
In response to "Story idea and my thoughts on Heaven and Hell"

Elycia Lee ☮

- yeah, maybe it's our turn to bug her to run it through Prep this year

Elycia Lee ☮

Jul 24, 2025 at 9:20am
In response to "Story idea and my thoughts on Heaven and Hell"

Robert Waltz

I'll be more impressed if Michelle can walk, chew gum, and whistle without swallowing the gum all at the same time.

Even better if she can whistle to the tune of Mozart or something.

Hmmm... if I ever finish that story I was writing which was my first attempt to write a novel, I will definitely ask you what you think of it.

Michelle, if you ever write your story, I wanna read it.

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Robert Waltz

Jul 24, 2025 at 8:49am
In response to "Story idea and my thoughts on Heaven and Hell"

It's certainly a thing to write about things you don't believe in. For instance, I reject the idea of the supernatural, but it's interesting enough that I've written fiction featuring it. But the problems with writing about "perfect" places are well-documented; it's tough to introduce conflict into a utopia, but it has been done. The enduring popularity of Star Trek is one example.

To address your specific situation: maybe perfection includes incorporating apparent imperfections in order to make things interesting. Like how Lucifer's fall, and Adam and Eve's for that matter, were actually all part of the Plan. After all, if God could be surprised, He wouldn't be omniscient, would He? And if Heaven's perfect, then doesn't that mean that the residents' supposed free will has been taken away, and isn't that a contradiction?

One superpower we have as humans is to imagine the impossible.

I know I'm saying all this as an outsider, so take it as you will. And you know me well enough, I hope, to know that I'm not saying any of this to be hurtful or obnoxious.

Oh, and Elycia Lee ☮, it's possible to be both a scientist and a musician. Brandiwyn🎶Prep starts 10/1! can walk and chew gum at the same time.

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Elycia Lee ☮

Jul 24, 2025 at 5:47am
In response to "Story idea and my thoughts on Heaven and Hell"

You are a scientist? I thought you are a musician.

Writing a story that involves God, heaven, hell, and angels are to me one of the most difficult stories to write especially if you want to be factually right.

I tried and fell flat on my face. Good luck. I really do like the idea of angels getting promoted... your arguments are valid too...

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Brandiwyn🎶Prep starts 10/1!

Jul 24, 2025 at 5:20am
In response to "Story idea and my thoughts on Heaven and Hell"

Kåre เลียม Enga

- I welcome your different point of view once you had some sleep!

(deleted and reposted because I accidentally sent this privately initially probably because I need some sleep also haha@ my eyes don't work before 7:00 a.m.)

November 20, 2009 at 8:06am

#676984

TGIF with only three full weeks to go!

Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
Pending. Today is my last day to try, because tomorrow I get pre-empted for the OSU/Michigan game... which gives my manager an extra day to get my damn microphone fixed.

Post at WordPress at least once per month.
Pending... and I need to start noticing the date.

Launch one new Praise Band song per month.

Goal met.

Write one new original song per month.
In progress.

Write new lyrics once per day through November.
Fail.

Earn at least $60 per pay period at Textbroker.

Goal met!
Current Balance: $31,64, with $28.70 pending client acceptance. Due date: 11/20/09.

I'm starting off my next pay period with a direct order.

Earn at least $25 per month at Helium.

Goal met!
Current Balance: $40.00. Due date: 11/24/09.

Resign from Abbott by 6/1/10.
In progress. The manager from BD's Mongolian Barbecue stopped into Potbelly for lunch yesterday. He really liked my playing, left me a tip, and asked for a business card. He's been wanting to set up a musician in his store for dinner. I didn't have any business cards - gotta get on that - but I gave him my contact information. Between Textbroker Direct Orders and potential music clients, I might end up with full-time employment without teaching lessons. I'm watching the frequency of client interactions increase exponentially, and I can just project out that by this time next year, I might be declining business.

Wow.

On the Abbott front, next week is a 2.5-day week in the form of Thanksgiving. The next three weeks are regular work weeks, and then a 3-day Christmas week, and then a 5-day vacation, and then it's January. If all goes according to plan, I'll be taking vacation days every week at that point until it's time to leave, which means these upcoming three full weeks are the last I'll ever spend at Abbott.

Wow.

Folks, if you want to escape the rat race, you actually can. You just need four things:

(1) something you enjoy doing that can earn you some money,
(2) the ability to live on said money if it's less than you're used to earning,
(3) a plan, and
(4) the drive to see your plan through to completion.

And maybe (5) a goal-tracking blog.

Achieve a weight of 145.0 by Thanksgiving.
Trying-ish.

Weight: 153.0

Meals:
7:30am ZonePerfect Indulgence bar (3) and coffee (1)
9:30am Nuts (1) and coffee (1)
10:30am Coffee (1)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
3:00pm Chai (1)
5:15pm Apple ZonePerfect bar (3)
7:30pm Fiber PopTart (3)
9:45pm The other PopTart (3)
10:45pm Veggies (0) and nuts (5)

Current real estate goal: Organize garage.
No activity.

Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
Fail.

Business: Location. Start looking into real estate opportunities.
No activity.

Business: Music Instruction Books.
No activity.

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