JollyBlogger Tagged Me
t the risk of allowing this blog to devolve into a personal, warm and fuzzy, “Here’s where I am today” kind of blog, I’m actually going to take the challenge recently extended to me by David Wayne, aka the JollyBlogger. David’s one of my “silent readers”, those people who make you feel good about your blog because they’ve linked to you and added you to their Bloglines, and yet they never leave comments. However, since David’s such a nice guy and asked so politely, I’ll accept his invitation to reveal some things about myself! (Notice how subtly I slide some guilt David’s way…hehe)
All seriousness aside, here are the questions that David has passed on. He called it “Five(ish) Things I’d Like to Know About You” and you’ll see very soon why he said “Five(ish)”:
0) What’s your name and website URL? (optional, of course)
Hi, my name is Steve Sensenig, and I’m addicted to blogging. (Hi, Steve!) My website URL is…well, which one would you like? Let’s see, this blog is http://www.theologicalmusingsblog.com. My music site is http://www.worshipkeys.com. My homeschool blog (very infrequently updated) is http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/pianosteve. I have a xanga that I hardly ever update, too, but which is reserved usually for much lighter things. That’s http://www.xanga.com/pianosteve. Happy now? 
1) What’s the most fun work you’ve ever done, and why? (two sentences max)
Hmmmm, I would say probably the current work I do accompanying music students at Appalachian State University. Hey, I get paid to play music. What could be more fun?
2) A. Name one thing you did in the past that you no longer do but wish you did? (one sentence max)
B. Name one thing you’ve always wanted to do but keep putting it off? (one sentence max)
A. Atkins diet. I lost about 40 pounds on it in about a year and a half. That was in 2003. Since then, I’ve gradually found 30 of the ones I lost. OK, so that was more than one sentence. Even my writing apparently needs to go on a diet!
B. Getting my pilot’s license.
3) A. What two things would you most like to learn or be better at, and why? (two sentences max)
B. If you could take a class/workshop/apprentice from anyone in the world living or dead, who would it be and what would you hope to learn? (two more sentences, max)
A. Golf, because it’s so much fun but I stink at it; and playing jazz, because it’s so much fun but I…well, maybe I’m not so bad, but I could be a lot better!
B. At the risk of just sounding like I am trying to impress you with my spiritual maturity (which I’m not, because I still have a ways to go), I would love to have been one of the disciples of Jesus when He lived here on the earth. What would I hope to learn? Answers to a lot of the questions I ask on this blog!
4) A. What three words might your best friends or family use to describe you?
B. Now list two more words you wish described you…
A. funny, sensitive, gentle
B. film composer (One of my dreams is to compose the music for a motion picture someday)
5) What are your top three passions? (can be current or past, work, hobbies, or causes– three sentences max)
My top three passions are: 1. Loving Jesus Christ and seeking more of Him in my life, 2. My lovely wife and our family, and 3. Music
6) Write–and answer–one more question that YOU would ask someone (with answer in three sentences max)
I’m really at a loss on this one. It would greatly depend on the person I was asking, so I think I’ll have to pass on this one. Sorry, David!
[Bonus: What is one question you wish people would ask themselves?]
Are the things that I’m doing in my life moving me closer to Jesus Christ?
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Now, as these things go, I’m supposed to tag others with this. So, if you are interested in doing this, answer in a post on your own blog (if you have one), or in the comments below (if you don’t have a blog, or don’t wish to turn your own blog into a personal, warm and fuzzy, “Here’s where I am……..):
- Gordon Cloud
- Tony Sisk
- Alan Knox
- ded
- Phil Wyman
- Raborn Johnson (just to get you blogging again!)
Until next time,
steve 
January 7th, 2007 00:44
Steve,
I responded to the questions in this blog post.
-Alan
January 7th, 2007 09:01
Very interesting.
January 7th, 2007 15:57
I did it!:) Here’s my “warm and fuzzy”! Thanks for the prod Steve-O!
January 7th, 2007 19:26
Hey Steve,
Mission accomplished! Thanks for inviting me to play. Hope you’ll check it out at Ugh!! He Got Me!
Maybe we can hit the links someday together???
January 7th, 2007 20:28
0. David Davis and what is a website URL?
1. Building or fixing things with brothers for other people for the gratification of camaraderie and the accomplishment blessing someone.
2.
a). Camping.
b). Write another book and publish this one.
3. Two things at which I would be better are
a). understanding what people are saying from their soul behind what they are saying with their mouths, and being patient with what they are saying with their mouths so that I do not undercut the opportunity to speak to their souls…especially with my wife and children and my students!
b). I would enjoy taking painting classes from Matisse thus learning more about light in oil painting.
4. From which mode do you wish to hear my family speak?
a). On the lighter side they call me goofy, silly, and to my utter mortification, cute. What am I, one of the seven dwarfs???
b). ummmm…this is a hard one. I wish for more terms.
5. My top three passion categories (minor editing here allows me to say more):
a). spirituality…loving God and others, which is the basis for my vocation of school teacher
b). natural life–my family: Freida, my wife;, my son Josiah and his wife, Meredith; my son Jesse; my daughter Emma Beth, my son Jacob, and my daughter Anna.
c). soulish expression: creation and the humanity it supports expressed in profound and subtle ways through literary, visual and performing arts.
6. My question is, “Are you content?” With the corollary, “If not, why not?”
Bonus: “What can and will I do to consume less stuff?”
January 7th, 2007 20:33
I hate it when I fail to answer part of an essay question.
Yes, I am content. Jesus satifies my soul and enlivens my spirit!
January 8th, 2007 07:59
I enjoyed reading these and “getting to know you better”. I can relate to the pilot’s license. Brandon (Farmboy) has his all the way up to commercial instrument rating. I always wanted to get at least my private rating too, but never did. Maybe one day I will …
Blessings!!
January 8th, 2007 12:46
OK, Steve, mine is up. Thanks for letting me play.
January 8th, 2007 22:06
Thanks to all who played along, and who responded here, too! I enjoyed reading all of the posts in response.
Tony, I would love to “hit the links” with you. As long as you can stand playing with a golfer who is not very good! (I mean, serioualy…I have yet to shoot below 110!!) How far are you from the Boone area, do you know? We need to get together sometime. If I can drive 10 hours each way to visit Gordon……
ded, so does this mean I can call you “David” on here now? I’ve tried very hard to force myself to type “ded” when responding, because I wasn’t sure if you were using your initials as a privacy thing on the big bad internet or not!
Hope your ankle is healing quickly.
Gordon, I enjoyed reading your responses on your blog, as well. It’s always nice to get to know you even more! Hope you can get up this way soon (although I think you said it would have to wait until the fall, right?) Bring your clubs, and we’ll talk Tony into coming down, and the three of us can go golfing together!
More serious posts to come. I still owe Gordon some answers from before Christmas. I haven’t forgotten, I promise!
January 9th, 2007 06:51
I’ve never minded you using my name. I type ded because its quicker than David, that’s all.
The ankle is getting better, thanks, though it still looks a little like a large sweet potato with toes.
January 9th, 2007 11:58
yep, I did it, and I am finally sending it to others as well. I was going to send you that tagging e-mail, but didn’t have your address. So I’ll post their names on my site.
January 9th, 2007 12:21
Phil, you can email me at the address on my About Me page. I also have an “Email Me” link in the “My Other Sites” section in my sidebar.