So…hows it going? As usual, its been a while. It is a bit tough to blog in my free time when I dont have Internet at home, but I have no excuse anymore. Im sitting on the couch in the bus on the way to Angola, Indiana. I have this wonderful contraption called an iPhone with a wonderful app called Wordpress, and thats what brings me to you today. I intend to invite you into my world more often with words and hopefully pictures as well. Micah and a friend of his have begun writing a book about growing up as pastors kids, and it made me wonder if Id ever reach a point in my life at which I felt like I had something worth writing (and worth reading). I figured maybe I could stir up the creative writing juices by reviving the ol blog. Ha…I think if you read the past number of posts, youll realize that Im a portrait of good intentions. How many times have I said Id be regular again? Anybody got some creative Metamucil?

I was going to start out with a picture to show the new “Add Media” feature of Wordpress 2.5, but I think there are some issues with it.  Regardless, I’m enjoying the update.  I just hope they get a few things worked out.  Who knows, though.  It could be my host’s server.  I’m pretty much on very budget hosting.

On to bigger and better things.  How about that weather, eh?  LOVING IT.  I’m about to hop on my bike and kick it over to church for what is probably my 1,000,000th rehearsal in the last few weeks, but something (probably the weather) makes me not care a whole lot.  Even as I’m writing this, I’m realizing that I’m a pretty colloquial blogger.  I have other friends that feel it necessary to regale their readers with philosophic jargon, with which I have no problem, but I struggle to sift through it, and honestly, if I wanted that kind of reading, I probably wouldn’t be reading blogs.

I wrote the title to this post many days ago, but because of my aforementioned difficulties with the image, I never got around to writing it.  And now I find myself wondering where I had intended to go with “The World.”  So in lieu of that, I will actually sign off early, in hopes of keeping whatever base of readers I have left in less suspense in the near future (a.k.a. I hope to post again really soon).

Until next time.

Whisper to me
A story of yours
And please take your time
Each word I’ll absorb
Give me a chance
To write myself in
So I can be there
When you tell it again

If this were the chorus of a song, what do you think would be a good song title? “Whisper to Me”? “Write Myself In”? “Tell It Again”? Or some combination of those using a subtitle?

I’ve really wanted to be a better blogger lately, but I’ve got to know the answer to one question first: Does anyone actually ever read this?

Hi. It’s me again. That’s right, another post less than 24 hours after the previous one. The way a blog should be, at least if it wants to attract and retain readers…if you ask me. But seriously, don’t ask me, because I obviously don’t practice what I preach. Anyway, I’m bored. I probably should just go to bed, but as you learned in the last post, that probably won’t happen (although I am laying on my stomach on the bed while typing this, and I occasionally find myself laying my head down and closing my eyes while still typing). Let’s run over everything I did today. First I woke up around 9:15. Then I showered and got ready for work. Then I went to work at 10. From noon to 2, Micah, Cliff, Eric, and I practiced in the sanctuary for a wedding reception we’re playing at on Sunday afternoon. Then I worked some more until almost 5. Following that, I returned home to Pastor Mick’s house and killed some time doing whatever kills time. A little before 7, I headed over to East Side Middle School to watch the Highland High School beat whoever it was that they played. There were a number of East Side people there. At halftime, I went to get some dinner at Taco Bell (don’t tell). After the game, I came back home and hung out with Micah for a while before finding myself right here on the computer, contemplating whether I should currently be in bed asleep. (Here’s a gap of time for when I put my head down after typing “asleep.”) I kind of want to watch an episode of Arrested Development, but I’m not sure it wouldn’t be smarter to just go to bed. Tomorrow I’m having lunch with Eryn Bowser, and in the evening, I’m going over to the Stuckey house for my belated birthday dinner with them. I think we’re eating Italian, but I’m not sure what sort of dessert we’re having because when Gina asked me what I wanted, I was pretty indecisive. I’m sure it will be great.

Ok, I think I must call it quits on this one and hit the sack. My head is currently down, and that is giving me great troubles while trying to type correctly.

Peace to you, my brethren and sistren.

Matt Ulrich (not #69 for the Colts)

Today is my birthday, and I celebrated by grilling myself, and by “grilling myself,” I mean getting extremely sunburned under 100+ degree heat at a water park. Now I hurt. Oh well.

If by any chance, anyone wants wants to buy me one (or multiples of one), that’d be swell. You can find a nice selection at vintagevantage.com. I wear a size large.

Let me know before you buy me one, and I’ll get you my address. Or you could just bring it to me. That would be fun and nice.

Matt