My name is Brice Duke and I've decided to write down and publish some of the numerous thoughts that race through my head on a daily basis. Before I get started, I think its important to explain who I am and what i'm about...even if most of if not all of my readers will be people I know.
As of the time i'm writing this, i'm a 23 year old college grad who is about to start graduate school for a Master of Teaching at the University of West Georgia so that I can finally achieve my dream of being a high school History teacher. Fun fact about UWG; this is my 4th college/university that I've attended since I graduated from high school in 2013. Yes, its been as tiring and frustrating as one could imagine transferring schools so many times in such a short amount of time. I'll probably end up telling that story eventually if this blog actually advances past the first installment.
I got the idea to start this for several reasons; none of which are particularly profound or significant. I just got a new computer so I need an excuse to use it while also getting the opportunity to write down some of the thinks that I think about everyday and I can tell someone else other than Bennett, the poodle that lives in the house with me. As you can imagine, he doesn't have much to say when I ask him what he thinks about things ranging from Russian spies in the White House all the way to the struggling 2018 Atlanta Braves bullpen. I also would like to think that I enjoy writing a good bit. As a history major during my undergraduate career, I typed more words than i'd ever care to admit. However, there is also a somewhat therapeutic quality to typing for me. I also believe that its important as an amateur historian to record anything that you can for the future. I have a feeling that the Declaration of Independence wouldn't have meant as much if we would've just called King George III on the phone and said "We're through." Voices can only carry so far; writing is permanent.
I'd like to think that this will be a platform that I can express my thoughts on any and everything. I hope I can help educate people on stuff that matters as well as things that don't. I also would absolutely welcome questions that I could answer. I consider myself someone who knows a little about a lot of things and its important that humans help each other. I'd like to apologize in advance as well for my hot takes on things such as sports, politics, news, and basically anything else I talk about but this is my blog, dadgummit. I also will use plenty of bad puns and pop culture references that are incredibly lame...you have been warned.
I don't really have much of a plan for how often I'll write but I want to use this as a way to document my journey towards finishing my Masters, becoming a teacher, and also becoming an adult while dealing with the incredibly awkward stage of life i'm in being out of college but definitely not feeling like an adult...even though I have bills to pay. God has put me in a unique position during this season of life that i'm in. I've been tested to my limits so far in 2018 and I know its only going to get more difficult between starting school again but also being a substitute teacher during the day and learning how to deal with kids but I know that it's only going to help me in the long run. James 1:2-3 says "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness." I know that hard times are ahead, but my God is bigger than any problems that I could possibly face.
Before I finish, I'd like to say a few things that I like and don't like as of July 23rd, 2018.
Like:
There are only 40 days until college football is back.
I'm starting as the new trivia host at the Rome Mellow Mushroom on Tuesdays at 7!
I live less than 2 minutes from a Zaxby's and it still hasn't gotten old.
Don't Like:
There are still 40 days until college football is back.
My car got broken into last week. I'm missing the quarters and earbuds they stole.
Buying groceries is incredibly expensive. Adult life isn't all you think it'll be when you're a kid.
Also, my first bit of lame humor came in the title of this post. For those of you who don't get the reference, i've attached the link of the song.
Hope to see everyone again soon! Go Dawgs!
-Brice
