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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.)

September 11, 2009 at 4:02pm

#667366

Friday

Advertise "October Novel Prep Challenge" [13+].

Goal met.

Learn one new cover band song per week.
In progress. Hey, does anyone know the flippin' lyrics to "Got You Where I Want You" by The Flys? Just about every lyrics resource on the web lists them differently.

Launch one new Potbelly song per week.

Goal met! See

.

Write one new original song per month.

Goal met, with "Is This Thing On?" by lyricist Robert Waltz

, which has not yet been recorded.

NEW: Launch one new Praise Band song per month.
In progress: I (1) wrote draft lyrics for an original song and (2) picked "Lifesong" by Casting Crowns as a back-up plan.

Work on music instruction books for fifteen minutes per day.
Fail, and I should have temporarily taken this down along with the reading and short story submission goals. It comes down tomorrow.

Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Pending.

Write one Textbroker article per week.
In progress. The article I "reserved" is due Monday, and I won't get to it until Sunday night at the earliest.

I may decide to can this goal until after NaNo, too, unless I get DirectOrders. I haven't had any since the last two, so I think the dude wasn't so pleased with my service. It took me awhile to get his articles to him. *shrug* I'm too overbooked to care.

Resign from Abbott by 6/1/10.
Sheesh, that date looks really, really far away. I'm definitely on track for that, but it still might be sooner.

Maintain 150.0 lbs.

Goal met!

Weight: 147.6

Meals:
7:30am
8:45am Nut clusters (3)
9:15am Ruby red grapefruit cup (2.5)
11:00am 1/2 cup chocolate marshmallow ice cream (3)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
2:30pm Chai (1)
4:30pm Chai (1)
6:00pm Dark chocolate ZonePerfect bar (4) (cookies and cream!)
7:00pm Chai (1)
9:30pm Dark chocolate ZonePerfect bar (4) (mocha!)

New goal coming 9/18/09:
Write for "15 for 15 Contest --- Closed" [18+] fifteen minutes per day.

And just to keep tabs, the following goals are on hold until after NaNo:
Work on music instruction books for fifteen minutes per day.
Submit one short story/article per month.
Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch" [E] every day.
Complete and edit "Poor Witch" [E] by 6/30/09.

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