This may never happen again, so I needed to write about it while I have the chance. Back in May both of the roommates I’d had for the previous eight months left, one because he got married and the other because he was going to be working in Tennessee for a few months. Before leaving, they each found a guy to sublease for them. Since these new guys moved in with me they’ve both become bloggers! (They’re also both using WordPress.) So, in an attempt to drive a little traffic to their new sites I thought I’d tell you a little about their blogs.
Aaron Gavila (aarongavila.wordpress.com) had been my roommate before. Back when I was a senior at FSU we lived together in Kellum Hall. Even though we had one of the largest rooms in that dorm it was still like living in a shoe box, so as a result we became even better friends than we had been. He graduated from FSU this spring and is now just killing time until his tour with the Peace Corps begins in February.
Aaron takes on a variety of topics in his blog drawing from his eclectic knowledge base. Putting his new economics degree to use, his most recent post responds to a blogger’s article citing the increase of porn site membership since the government began passing out stimulus checks. But Aaron also uses his blog to talk about his interests, such as his experience at a recent Dave Matthews Band concert. He’s a major fan of the NBA and has written about this year’s NBA Finals and Shaq’s rap about Kobe. Many of his other posts highlight fun YouTube videos that he’s come across. One of the features I hope he expands in the future is his personal dictionary, in which he defines made-up words (such as flabbergastnationness).
I just met Jacob Breman (jahkobian.wordpress.com) this past fall. He came to one of our Nav Night meetings after being referred by a friend. Starting in the spring he hung out at my house quite a bit, in large part because my house is very close to campus. He also graduated from FSU this spring and is waiting to begin grad school in the fall.
Jacob doesn’t deliver the quantity Aaron brings, but he makes up for it by spending a lot of time on each post. He too has put his recent degree to use — in his case, a physics degree — in writing about lightning prediction and 3-D glasses. He also tackles spiritual topics. After the tragic death of a four-year-old girl whose family attends his church he wrote a thoughtful post about death and salvation. Also, as a way of wrapping up some of what he’d learned in the two Ephesians Bible studies he was in this spring (one as a leader, one as a participant) he examined male and female relationships in the context of Ephesians 5.
So I encourage you to check out their sites. This is true of all bloggers, but new bloggers especially love to hear from their readers, so leave them a comment on one of their posts. Oh, and be sure to tell them who sent you.
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