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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, 2015 at 3:37pm

#859767

Food Addiction - It's a Thing

WebMD finally recognizes food addiction

as a thing.

I've been telling my doctors (gyn and gp) for years that I suffer from a food addiction. You know what they tell me?

Just eat less calories. Everything in moderation.

This is not helpful, because instead of following their (seemingly simple) instructions, I continue to binge, to stuff myself so full that I feel physically ill for hours, and I can't sleep through the back pain and abdominal cramping all night.

And then I feel like a failure. Because it should be simple, right?

Just eat less calories. Everything in moderation.

Like the addict that I am, I hide my eating habits from friends, family, and pretty much everyone... except when I'm at a church potluck, or a party, or a buffet, where everyone can see the huge pile that I can't help but stack on my plate, even though it embarrasses me.

I need to stop hiding. The people around me have to stop letting me get away with it.

I'm going to (try to) stop eating non-practical foods. I think that strategy will work because I'm a practical person. If it doesn't serve a nutritional purpose, it doesn't go into my body.

I don't know if I can do it.

But I'm going to try for 21 days. And I'm going to log my food publicly so you can all see how much of a glutton successful I'm being. Please hold me accountable, friends! If I'm not logging my food, message me and ask me what I've been eating today.

On the list for elimination:
- salty snacks like chips and pretzels
- candy, ice cream, cake, cookies, pretty much anything classified as "dessert"
- cereal, because I do this thing where I continually refill my bowl before it's empty so I can't count bowls

At this point, the list is still growing, but that's what I have for now. Everything I read about this addiction says you have to permanently eliminate trigger foods from your diet for life. Chips and cookies are trigger foods! Salty snacks are okay if they have protein. Fresh, frozen, or canned fruit is okay, but not dried fruit (which is practically candy.)

Although controlling my weight will be a nice side effect, the primary goal is to fight a very serious and very real addiction.

Thanks in advance for your tough love. Today's food log is published below and is a work in progress.

Cheers,
Michelle

Friday, 9/11/15
- 8:00am Coffee w/2 tablespoons sugar free creamer
- 8:00am Tablespoon of peanut butter (so I can take my iron pill)
- 9:30am Half an onion bagel with 1 thin-sliced Swiss, 2 thin-sliced ham, 1 slice tomato
- 11:00am ZonePerfect bar
- 2:00pm Potbelly skinny roast beef on multigrain w/onion, tomato, italian seasoning (no condiments)
- 3:30pm Old Wisconsin turkey snack stick
- 4:30pm Another turkey snack stick (they're tiny 70-cal things)
- 6:00pm Macadamia nuts
- 7:00pm Spinach salad w/tomato, onion, corn, green beans, cheese, smoked pork loin and light catalina dressing
- 7:30pm Grapes (while my guest eats a Li'l Drummie without me

THIS IS MY FIGHT SONG

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