Being There

So a few months ago I started doing Brazillian Jiu Jitsu. I didn’t know anything about martial arts or jiu jitsu in particular, but after some reading up it seemed like this was the art to start with. What is jiu jitsu, you ask? Well my standard answer is: It’s like wrestling, only more technical. [...]

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So I don’t exactly have much time right now to blog but I thought I’d list a few things that I’m planning on writing about when I get around to it…

Brazillian Jiu Jitsu
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on habeas corpus
KBR/Haliburton in Iraq
A photo essay of something or other local
Restaurant review of the Brazil Grill in [...]

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Tiye eyes, originally uploaded by Medopine.

This is my kitten, Tiye. That’s pronounced “Tie.” She’s named after an Egyptian queen. Such striking eyes!
Uploaded some other stuff to my flickr if you want to check it out.

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Amazingly, the computer at Hollywood Video managed to make a great movie recommendation when it told me that The Orphanage (El Orfanato) belonged in the “overlooked but great” category. Upon watching this movie, I totally agreed with the “great,” and I’m hoping the “overlooked” only applies to the sort of people that mechanically rent the latest Will [...]

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Well my original goal was to update this blog at least every other day with a post that didn’t just chronicle my daily life but instead discussed something more substantial. The only problem with this is that I’ve started my bar review course in preparation for taking the Oregon Bar in July, and all of [...]

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