Come on man.

So for this post, I'm totally stealing Chris Carter's "Come on man!" shtick from ESPN. The post may cause a little outrage for some, a lot for others, but the hope and intent is to air some of the grievances and toss my small opinion in to the wave of voices. I don't really know that I'll change anyone's mind, and would be open to anyone trying to change mine. If anyone feels like commenting, please keep it civil and focus on the ideas, not the individuals. If you don't want to read anything charged or bent then please skip this and enjoy this wonderful video or this one (heck I think you should watch them anyway cause puppies).

So I Survived

Wow, it's been awhile. Sorry it took so long, I've been a little busy with the craziness that is finals.

Classes & Paints

So I've had a few people asking about how classes are going and it's been awhile since my last update. I don't have a ton to say and I've got some Torts to read so I'm gonna be brief on this one :-)

Orientation

So this week was my first week @ law school. I don't have a ton to say about it cause I'm generally just really excited to get started but here goes.

School Book Scam

This is something I've noticed throughout my undergraduate tenure, and seems to also be incredibly prevalent in law school as well. There is a serious issue with both how textbooks are assigned/used, and how insanely expensive they are. Well, I've got some solutions that should make everyone (except a select few groups who are massively over-profiting from the current system). Why can't we do this?

License, Registration, and Hanging some Fans

So in the last couple days we've gotten our new driver's licenses, and spent a bucket of money on some ceiling fans. Throughout this I've noticed some things that are done a little better here, become freakishly annoyed with my credit card company, and learned that the people who create the instruction manuals for installing ceiling fans are either completely incompetent, or diabolically evil. The jury is still out on that one.

5 Years

Where do you see yourself in 5 years? It's that dreaded interview question that I always wanted to answer with "ever see 'Leaving Las Vegas', I'm thinking of going the Cage route". (For those who haven't seen it, just watch the damn movie, probably the best 'ol Nicholas Coppola has ever done). Well 5 years ago today I took the big plunge and married the most wonderful person I have ever known. This milestone kind of got me thinking, what would the me today say to the me of 5 years ago.

Buying a House and Moving Away

So as I said in my last post, I had some other things to say that probably deserved their own. Well here goes. Today it's all about buying a house and moving across country. Hopefully some of this stuff can help anyone who is thinking about doing either or both of these things for the first time.

Back

So it's been almost 18 months since I last posted. This won't happen again since I'm going to use this as a forum to communicate back to my friends and family how our most recent adventures are going. I'm not sure what the future direction of this blog will be but I hope those who read it will find it at least moderately entertaining, occasionally insightful, and maybe a little educational. For this first new post I think I'll just look at some of the major events the last 18 months have had. It's been a stressful one.