Catch up

So Cheeto (my oldest brother) and Adam (my other brother) have started blogging and Cheeto has been giving me a hard time about starting mine, so here it is. I had a hard time coming up with a title but I decided that 'audacious cerebration' sounded good. Cheeto warned me that people wouldnt know what it meant but I have more confidence in you guys than that. If nothing else, look it up. Well actually.....I guess I will just tell you. I figured that there would be times that I wrote about things that I had been thinking about. Like social issues or current events or whatever. I like to think that I come up with my view points based on reflection and thought and not just my political allignment at the time. One of my pet peeves is discussing issues with people that align their viewpoints solely on the candidate that they support or the party that they identify with. I find that to be foolish. No candidate is right all the time and no party makes sound decisions regularly. That isn't to say that I always make the right choices or that I will always be right but hopefully I will have the cohones to admit when I am wrong. Either way I am going to express my opinion based on the information that I have and what I believe to be correct. All of that being said 'audacious cerebration' is nothing more than an interesting way to express my hope that I will have the courage and fortitude to take stances based on thought and reflection and not political alignment.

Now that I have explained all of that I guess I should probably point out that the majority of the space on this blog will be dedicated to an online journal type format. In other words I will be posting my daily activities, happenings at work, etc.

Now for an update. I got done with school on May 15 (I think that was the day of the last exam). One year of Law school down, only two more to go!!!! Actually, that is pretty scary considering how much fun I had at NYU and how fast that first year went by. After exams I spent a few more days in NYC hanging out with friends, and then I went to greensboro until May 28th or so. From GSO I flew to SLC on my way to Pocatello, Idaho. I have been here ever since. I started work at Idaho Legal Aid on June 1 and I have been working 30-40 hours a week since. I was hoping to work with migrant farm workers while I was here but so far it has been mostly poor white people. The supervising attorneys have me handling landlord/tenant issues and I have had fun with that. My biggest complaint has been that I dont have enough work to do but things have been picking up as of late. So overall I have very few complaints.

I am living with the De Los Reyes family here in Idaho. They have been family friends ever since I can remember (I consider them relatives) and they have been nice enough to let me stay with them. Lettie (my only sister) was already living with them and so I just kind of snuck in too. Lettie claims that they won't accept any type of rent payment but I havent asked them directly. I doubt that they would but sometimes I wish that they would just so I would feel better about it. I feel like such a squatter.

As for friends I have 3...my sister, kari joe, and omar. Kari jo is the only daughter of the De Los Reyes and Omar is another family friend that I have known ever since I can remember. Through those 3 people I have met some others but for the most part I hang out with them.

So far I have spent quite a bit of time outdoors. I have gone fishing twice, camping once, and hiking a few times. I have also started jogging/riding a bike somewhat regularly. Through an attorney at work I was invited to join a co-ed adult softball team so I have been doing that recently also.

As for highlights....I have seen quite a bit of my extended family that I have not seen for years so that has been nice. I also had the chance to go to a US National team world cup qualifiying game. Lettie was lucky enough to get us press credentials from her work so we were fed lunch and we got to watch from the field. I wore an orange photographer's vest but I was nothing more than a spectator. After one of the goals you could even see me on ESPN jumping up and down like an idiot. Oh well, I never pretended to be there to work anyway.

Other than that I have done some 'community service'. I helped my Aunt Karen paint the trim on her house, helped omar strip/paint his garage and his house, and I have helped in the De Los Reyes yard a bit.

To make a long story short, I havent been bored yet. I have left out a lot of detail and lots of crazy stories but it is hard to fill people in on 5 weeks worth of stuff. Hopefully I will be good about posting and I wont have to do this again.

Until next time......Mar-Cos OUT. haha