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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.)

December 17, 2009 at 4:12pm

#680224

Thursday

Potbelly was cute today. A little boy, maybe four years old, was playing peek-a-boo with me from behind his booth bench. As they were bundling him and his little sister up to leave, I played "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." At the end of the song, he said: "Hey, Music Lady! Santa's already here! I just saw him!"

Everyone in the store heard him!

Resign from Abbott by 3/1/10.
In progress and on schedule. I just landed a regular gig at bd's Mongolian Grill. They want to launch a Student Night on Wednesdays to drum up mid-week business, and they hired me to provide live entertainment every week. It pays much better than Potbelly and it comes with free dinner and drinks, so, woot! I just requested vacation time at Abbott for every Wednesday during January and February. That's Step 1. Step 2 is Talk to Boss, which will happen the first week of January.

After that, I should have a pretty good idea of timing. Although, it depends on who Boss is at that time, because there is an org change coming very soon. I expect to see an announcement by the end of the week (i.e.tomorrow or even this afternoon.)

Look into real estate for music instruction.
Not so much, but I picked a name: Mocha Notes Music Instruction and Mocha Notes Music Cafe. I reserved all the domains, etc. Woot squared. Progress.

Brand the biz.
Keith suggested looking into coffee franchise opportunities for the cafe part of the biz. Any recommendations? I want to make sure the coffee is tasty and delicious! Because I lurve coffeh! While I do realize this might affect my biz name, a franchise would provide me with the tools and expertise to run that part of the biz successfully, so I'm open to it.

Business: Music Instruction Books.

In progress

Current real estate goal: Organize garage.
No activity, which conveniently provided plenty of nice hiding places for unwrapped Christmas gifts.

Launch one new Praise Band song per month.

Goal met.

Post at WordPress at least once per month.

Goal met. However, I'll be posting again soon to plug my bd's gig. Likewise, they're going to plug my blog on their Facebook page, so, holy crap, I need to start updating that thing regularly again! In particular, I need more upbeat recordings. They want upbeat.

Oh, I also need promotional materials - like, signage for the wall, maybe some sort of sign on an easel to set up next to me, that sort of thing. Woot cubed! I have plenty of time to take care of that while I'm on vacation the week after Christmas. Everything is falling into place.

Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 1/31/09.
Weight:
Meals:
7:00am Three strips bacon (4) and coffee (1)
11:00am ZonePerfect bar (4)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
3:30pm Chai (1)

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