Yeah, this is the writer of “A Biblical Trace”.
As anyone who has touched on programming, computer science, or has access to google can tell you, “A Biblical Trace” is a reference to the concept of a “Stack Trace” in programming. A stack trace is a common debugging programming practice which catches errors and programming idiosyncrasies during program execution. This means that the movement of function program control can be tracked. It is also a commonly utilized methodology for displaying messages for program users. Needless to say (for me and other people with this background, at least), there are many ways that this concept can be reconciled with the prospect of understanding a text that can be interpreted as a literary text, because it is necessary to trace thorough different themes and their permutations as well as philosophy generation, historical context, and numerous other factors or “functions”.
Well, you all can tell I’ve spent a little bit too much time considering the crossover between a binary, logic based field like computer science and an ambiguity based field like literature. If you didn’t catch that from the first paragraph, then maybe you should scratch up your close reading skills.
Besides these approaches, I am both an asexual as well as, subsequently, a woman, and a feminist (I am aware of the problematic nature of this term in concerns with its broad usage as well as usage as a tool against forms of intersectional feminism, but I choose to use this term because it is a current best fit on personal views, even if the practice of the term isn’t perfect). Both of these concerns will be addressed throughout this blog.
I am also white and American. Whereas the previous states place me in a space of oppression (both as a sexual minority as well as a woman), these two states place me in the state of an oppressor and position of privilege. The importance of these states will be discussed in this blog as well.
So, I am a white asexual feminist female American with a background in computer science and literature analysis.
I have also made the personal choice, despite contradictions and logical evidence otherwise, to believe in a higher power precisely because of this background. My belief is not reflective of many mainstream forms of this belief, because I am doing my best—using my experience with reconciling contradictory thoughts and states of being—to develop my own interpretation on this subject matter. If I describe the reasons for this choice at a latter date, I will link this decision making process description to this page.
I hope you will get something out of this blog, even if it is just a laugh at my internal struggle. Just don’t tell me if you’re laughing—I have too fragile of an ego to handle it properly. I just might snap and decide to take over the world. I doubt you would want to live under my cruel, evil, and destructive tyranny.
