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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.)

February 17, 2010 at 2:26pm

#687784

Wednesday: 44 Days

Resign from Abbott by 4/4/10.

In progress and on schedule with notice: 44 days and counting! My position was posted on Monday, and the news traveled fast.

So, check this out. I conducted interviews at Abbott yesterday and today for three new chemists. One dude I interviewed today Googled (

how come Firefox doesn't know that "Google" is a verb??) me before his interview. I couldn't decide if that's proactive or creepy. I guess I decided on proactive, since we hired him.

Brand the biz(es.)

I need to send a follow-up email to Pastor Doug about using his church. I feel... busy. Why am I not getting stuff done? Let's see...

Sunday, Keith and I drove around looking at potential commercial property locations (so, I suppose that counts toward this goal) and houses (which counts less, but is still part of the master "plan"), ate dinner at the Japanese steakhouse, and watched Spiderman 3 and half of Black Hawk Down. Did those dudes ever get outta there?? I fell asleep. Monday and Tuesday we had the kids home for the holiday and a snow day, so I played my share of Mario Kart and watched American Idol. I also wrote one out of five performance evaluations, interviewed six chemist candidates, and wrote two investigations at Abbott; published the bulletin and planned worship for all of Lent; and I shoveled the driveway no less than six times - all of that in three days.

Somehow, I managed to get pretty much nothing on my goals list done. I really don't see the problem. {e:headscratch}

15 minutes of small biz research per day.

Goal met. I have lots of Internet resources and need to go to the library. Don't you love it when research leads you to sources of more research? SCOPE CREEP.

Business: Music Instruction Books.

Um...

Launch one new Praise Band song per month.

Goal met, with two additional songs planned next week. It seems I'm hitting church pretty hard, which I suppose is fair, since it's my highest paying job besides Abbott.

Post at WordPress at least once per week.

Pending.

Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 3/31/10.
Weight: 155.4
Meals:
6:30am Two fiber Pop Tarts (6) and coffee (1.5)
12:15pm Seven Triscuits (2), cheese (2.5), and summer sausage (3), almonds (1), and orange juice (3)
1:30pm Two truffles (2) and two mini butterfinger bars (3)
6:00pm bd's stir fry (TBD)
TOTAL POINTS: 24 (so far)

Write new lyrics once per week.

Pending, with a FAIL for last week.

Write one new original song per month.

Pending.

Launch one new repertoire song per week.

Pending. I'm listening to "Yellow" right now, because I disappointed the bd's guy last week when I didn't have a Coldplay song ready per his request. But I'm tired and need a nap.

Taxes.

Just pending mileage for July - December. I drive around a lot.

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