Greetings,
As you may have identified at this point, my name is Andrew Weatherford. I am a Senior Religion major / Sociology Minor. I enrolled in this course, kind of as a last minute decision. I originally was enrolled in Buddhism, and had an epiphany that I should drop it, so I did. I knew that consequentially I needed a LT requirement fulfilled for graduation, I weighed the pros and cons of intro to poetry vs intro to fiction vs intro to Shakespeare, and ultimately discerned that fiction could be more enriching since I do not read fiction. And voila, I am here. I hope that I am able to develop a better understanding of what the literary realm considers "good fiction" and on top of that, I will be glad to get my LT mark on my transcript.

So, not to come of as an illiterate, I will inject that I do enjoy reading, and I read frequently, just have never really enjoyed reading fiction on my own intitiative. I read the holy scriptures, and I enjoy reading research material, theology, commentaries, and news publications. I really enjoy writing, both scholarly and journalistically. I wrote op ed pieces last semester for the Daily Skiff and might be resuming that job this fall.

Lastly, I have contemplated what an interesting story could be and after sorting through the wholly inappropriate ones, I found peace with the greatest story of my life. In 2005, I came face to face with a supernatural God who instantly changed this drug addicted, homeless, unemployed, lying, theiving, god-hater into a man filled with love, joy, peace, and righteousness. I was literally dragged from the pits of suicide and despair, where as a dozen of my friends died or went to prison, by the grace of God I was delivered. I now have my own church, and I minister to homeless, drug addicts, alcoholics, I am able to go out and pray for the sick we meet on the streets, and I have even been able to take in 6 homeless people and help them get back on their feet. In conjunction with that, I have been blessed with a full ride to TCU. So, thats me in a nutshell, I look forward to the rest of this class.

Andrew Weatherford
http://www.dbcfortworth.com
http://www.myspace.com/dbcfortworth


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