Back and better than ever

It's clearly been a while since I have contributed to this blog (so long that, in fact, I had completely forgotten how to log-in and start posting). I will admit that I am on here mainly because this is a homework assignment for a Computer Science class that I am taking this semester, my spring semester of my junior year at Brandeis. I used to be avid about updating this precious piece of Internet real estate, beginning with a desire to improve my writing skills in high school followed by an independent research project on the blogging phenomenon that I pursued my senior year. It was a great success, earning me an award that has long since disappeared from my collection of personal items. Nevertheless, I seem to keep coming back to this thing, even if my academic career does not directly call for it. I have and will always think of myself as a writer, one often times with an opinion best expressed in an informal setting (what better than a blog?).

In short, a lot has changed in my life since my last post, which I believe was in summer of 2006. My freshman year at Brandeis was memorable in the sense that it taught me a lot of lessons, ones that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. That summer I was given the honor and privilege of going on Baha'i pilgrimage to Haifa, Israel. It was there that I underwent a spiritual renewal the likes of which I had never experienced before. Hopefully the details of this rebirth will gradually be revealed in time. For now, I want to say that I desire for this blog to take on a new tone. Make no mistake... I am still the Pundit. However, I do not wish for the critic and cynic in me to drown out the voice of reason, of hope, and informed judgment. I wish to inspire, not to bring down. I wish to uplift the human spirit, not to leave it aimlessly wondering what kind of mess of a world its body was born into.

Until next time, my friends.