A Preface to "Wan"

Some comments to preface this:

I've lived in southern CA for most of my life, but I've recently moved to Davis, CA (near Sacramento) to start law school here. A month or two ago, I was in a small group discussion at church, and was asked how the others in this group could support and/or encourage me. Given that I was leaving soon, I thought I could avoid answering it.

One of the other members suggested, however, that I e-mail the others periodically to ask for prayer requests and keep them updated on my life, spiritual and otherwise. The thought of doing so, though, seemed too time consuming, especially given that my track record of keeping in touch with friends is atrocious. It takes me a long enough to write e-mail to one person, let alone 4, or 10, or 20 or more.

It would've been possible, I suppose, to send mass e-mails to everyone, but then there's always people who are on the list who don't want to be bothered, and others who were overlooked, and people who are changing their e-mail addresses, and so on. Maintaining a list isn't much fun. So, having read a magazine article about blogs (which is short for "weblogs", for those not in the know), I decided to start one.

Thanks to my gracious friend and host, cneo (who also has a blog, accessible from the main page of this one), I now have this space to communicate, not only to those in that original group, but to anyone interested in the wan ruminations of this sojourner, making my way for the next few years through law school.

I hope to write here at least 1-2 times per month, though I've yet to experience the infamous workload of a first year law student. If I've fallen short of this, or if you're curious how I'm doing, by all means write to me and bug me. Or just write once in a while to say hi.