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Recently I was hooked on this mini-series on the history of the English language. It turns out the language played a back seat for a while but thanks to its versatility it held on throughout the years. Often as a symbol of rebellion and the common folks’ vernacular, the shapes the language took throughout invasion and change of rule is remarkable. We owe it’s difficulty to the mutt of a language that it is as well as to the traditionalists in the English Chancery. They, in printing national texts and laws, after going English, often chose versions/spellings of the words that weren’t written as they were pronounced but stayed true to their various roots (of which there are many). Many initial texts, even the first prints of the Bible, are the first time it is believed certain spellings and many new words were chosen/added into everyday use.

I’ve been inspired. Write on, speak on, and read on. Story sharing, adaptability, the Bible, and rebellion should all be something to be inspired by.

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A quotation provided by subscriber kylemazoo

…All language learning is childish, inherently infantilizing, a giving up and a giving in, a loss of control. Learning a language means returning to a state of near idiocy.

Cathy N. Davidson
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A good quotation that relates back to a conversation in the comments of an entry I wrote recently: The sharing of information is dangerous

A mix of the old, new, and present:
(Resume can be found here)

Justin Fenwick emerged into the limelight on December 1985, when Mother Fenwick popped him out. Although the event probably wasn’t as big as the hair at the time, it was sure to have an impact on Fenwick’s mother. He was child two, to be the middle of three later on.

“You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have, the facts of life.”

Socially awkward was the title that would capitalize Fenwick’s growth into high school maturity. Fights with the younger brother dwindled as admiration for the older sister grew. Attending Glengary Elementary, Clifford H. Smart Middle School, Walnut Creek Middle School, and Walled Lake Central High School, in that respective order. Friends began to play a larger part in his life as did swimming, soccer, and probably masturbation. Computerized, intellectualized, cell phone enabled, and just as unorganized as ever he took his nearly late college decision and ran off to Kalamazoo College. The year was 2003.

Justin Fenwick, was/still is a swimmer and combined his chance study of the Chinese language with Economics. As an Economics major and Chinese minor he wavered elegantly between not making a decision and not making a decision for post-grad. Fenwick secretly dabbles in writing and a bit of philosophical drawl.

A knack for travel and adventure, time in China and all over the United States leaves Fenwick thirsty for more. Graduated in June 2007, he found his calling for the moment as a Michigan Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA at Eastern Michigan University. Ask him about it later.

Openly homosexual , Justin Fenwick finds himself dating “Double G.” In line with how he views things, it was “moment by moment” and now is partnering up the ladder.

He wonders actually how important are his intellectual ramblings? Open minded enough to know that life is a journey that doesn’t end — that losing the input of others will stop growth and stop a good party.

Throwing the angst of his youth behind him and embracing the recklessness of the 20’s to follow. I’m sure Fenwick wouldn’t mind you kicking up your heels a bit to sit back and enjoy his material. Watch him become something.

“Where do you find yourself today, not tomorrow, and not yesterday? I’m doing my best to live my life in a way that is neither in the past nor in the future.”
-Justin Fenwick-