What is and What is to Come

By dent of its properties, weblogs make for some of the most accurate, detailed, and quickest forms of biography society has ever created. It is almost to amazing to believe that with a few simple tools any person can document, editorialize, and publish their entire life story to millions of people around the globe in an instant. Consider this: the first western artist to have a bibliography written about him while he was still living (in fact he had two) was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni...Better known as Michelangelo; yes that one.

One of his most famous works that survives to this day is his masterpiece of David. The piece was designed following the artistic discipline of diesgno, which considers sculpture the finest form of art because it more then any other form mimics Divine creation. Michelangelo often has the concept of "unlocking the form from within the block" attributed to him. It is said that he believed he did not create in the strict sense of the word, rather he was simply able to "free" the piece that God placed inside the raw block. His work David is suppose to represent the moments before the historical figure would take his place in the currents of history by slaying the giant Goliath. The moment after Conscious Decision but before...


...Conscious Action. This is where I find myself, or more accurately where I find myself at the moment. I have decided to begin this project and can visualize the end result, yet I am just now beginning the steps that will lead to the finish line.At this very moment 3YUDL is a mass of raw thoughts, templates, and future plans; yet I know that there is already a finished form inside that just needs to be unlocked. It's weird but if you can conceptualize time outside of this linear track we are on, it becomes easy to visualize 5,10,15 years into the future an older version of me reading back on this very post and thinking how silly and naive it is. Once the finished product is unveiled it is always harder to understand how it could have ever been anything other then what it is.

But we can not pierce that veil, and I am starring at what is now just an undefined blog, so shall we take out our tools and begin to free the soul of this block? I think we should.

1. First and foremost, this blog will serve as my primary memoir of: preperation for law school, life as a student, and the transition from Law Student to Law Practicioner. There will be many tales of DePaul, Chicago, and generaly the life of a law student.
2. This blog will serve as the main tool to opine about legal issues, political issues, and current event items that cross my brain. My passions tend to run towards the political and legal so the things that I talk about most will reflect that. I will do my best to put issues into perspective, show both sides, and make my own thoughts open and accessible
3. And Finally (since I like 3's) this blog will be a way for family, friends, and acquaintances to keep a rather clear window into my life as I undertake this rather stressful time. Going to school in Chicago means that I literally will be moving across the country, and any kind of face time with friends and family will be slim to nil at best.

I can not wait to look back on this post in three years time and see just how close I came to obtaining these goals. I often read over old xanga post and laugh at the person I once was; but it always helps to put into perspective the person I am today. So to you the readers, please enjoy this window into my thoughts and life; to you, myself (confusing I know) welcome back to this unstressed and untested time. Please try not to judge me too harshly, remember you have at least three years of wisdom and knowledge on me.