Back in Black

Alright, i am not even sure if anyone is going to even notice that I am back to blogging....but here I go. If no one makes comments, then I am spamming the hell out of your email boxes to ensure that I get some "blogger love".

I just wanted to get a little insight into what my family is thinking about when it comes to politics. No judgments, just curiosity...

I am not an expert, but I will go out on a limb and say that, in my humble opinion, we are going to have a new president in 2008. I will also venture to say that the new president could be a man or a woman...or even a mormon. So who are you pulling for?

I personally would like to see Obama take the democratic nod into '08 but I am afraid that is somewhat of a pipedream (especially with his small fumbles as of late). I prefer his common sense approach to health care reform, his track record with the war and his views revolving around civil liberties (habeus etc...).

Having recognized that Obama will likely lose out to the sexier Clinton, I admit that I plan on voting for her over the Italian Stallion, The Stormin' Mormon or even the 2nd coming of Ronald Reagan. The main reasons for my decision to vote for a democrat are, 1. the way I feel a democrat will deal with the "war on terror", 2. supreme court appointees, 3. Civil liberties issues. Lets be honest, the rest of the issues are more subtle differences of opinion...

Mom and Dad

My father possesses one of the brightest mind that I know and I have loved experiencing him “in his element” as one of my professors. This experience will forever be an important one to me and one for which I will always remain grateful. The unique opportunity of going through the “trial” of law school with my father was the reason that I chose to move to Las Vegas and it has proven to be worth it. Don’t worry dad, the 2.4 GPA I mentioned in previous posts was just a big joke. My GPA is WAY higher…at least a 2.6.

In typical selfless fashion, for years my mother spent hours and hours typing out my handwritten book reports and papers. She learned more than she likely would have wanted to about my perspective on everything from the book Hatchet to the Revolutionary War. In the process of helping me, she taught me that learning was important and something that you have to work for.

With all of my complaining about law school and the prospects of work as an attorney, I thought I could show you that I still have the right perspective on a few things. Thanks for everything! I love you

FANTASY BASEBALL TIPS

FANTASY BASEBALL

I am not sure if there would be any interest among the cousins and family, but i thought it would be fun to do a fantasy baseball league. It would be casual and wouldnt require a ton of attention... but it would give us a reason to pay some attention to baseball (now that the kissing bandit has effectively retired). It would also be a way to stay in touch...so cousins, wives, husbands, fathers, mothers, uncles, you are officially invited.

If anyone is interested, I will gladly set everything up for us. We should do a draft this weekend since the games start on Sunday. Let me know, and if we have at least 8 then i say we do it.

ps...i have one person on board so far (Jayme), but i am going to be pro-active and send everyone the link to a league i set up. It took 10 seconds to do, so PLEASE DONT FEEL OBLIGATED to join if you dont feel like it. I dont have everyone's email address though so just tell me if i didnt send it to you but you would like to join.

Hey Reb!

Alright so it didnt work out too well for us last night. But lets be honest, how could we have predicted that a 5'6 18 year old would shoot over 75% from the 3 point line. The kid had the game of his life and there is really nothing you could do about that.
I will give credit where it is due...congratulations Bore-gon.

Rebel Forces...

Alright so I didnt think of the title on my own...but I figured that if I am going to capture the attention of a bunch of sci-fi dorks, I had better use catch phrases you can relate to.

Having said that, I had to give props to my "New" team. It hasnt been easy rising from the dust left by Tark the Shark but for the first time in 16 years the Runnin' Rebels are back in the sweet 16....and Las Vegas couldnt be happier.

Bo Ryan, pictured above, discovered quickly that playing the Rebels can make you look like a dumbass. As Wisconsin became their latest victim, UNLV screwed up the entire nation's bracket. The Badgers should be the only team more frustrated than UNLV by the disrespect of 7 seed...they can thank the Mountain West's TV contract for that one.

As opposed to the glory days of UNLV, the rebels arent running this year. The Rebels' defense has locked teams down on their way to tallying 30 wins for the first time since Grandmama became the first NCAA player to take a pay cut to enter the NBA draft. Unfortunately, the cheating is gone, but the winning is back!

Kevin Kruger and Wendell White take on the Oregon Sucks this Friday and need the support of the Blakesley family. I know that some of you already caught some rebel fever in the MWC tourney (maybe...? just a little bit??) and I am begging for some positive vibrations this weekend. There is only one "cindarella" team left (Butler is Lame), and if you arent already behind them, it is time to jump on the bandwagon.

For future reference during the game...when you hear the "reeeeeebels" chant after we hit a big shot, the correct hand motion is similar to the "Tomahawk Chop" (dont worry, as opposed to teams owned by insensitive lames like Ted Turner, none of "our people" are disrespected during the rebels' song) but with a pause at both ends to mirror the cadence of the song. I expect each of you to throw it from your couches as the Rebs do the MWC proud....

Reeeeeeeebels!!!

So, whatcha been upto?

Thanks for asking...since we last talked (maybe), I finished my first and almost my second year of law school. For some of you (sorry), I finished my senior year at Catholic High School, freshman/sophmore/junior and senior years at Brigham's Academy, and an LDS mission in Hungary...

I know that when Ian and Jayme decided their academic strategies, they went for the good grades/good job route. I...well...I took "the road less traveled". I have learned that I am not necessarily great at reading, thinking or writing. However, in my defense, I had no idea that these skills were required for post graduate studies. Had I known, I may have made a different choice in terms of my career. For example, I excel at complaining and rationalizing, so I feel like I could have been a contender in the political arena...Heaven knows they don't have to be good at thinking.

I am balancing my 2.4 GPA with a job at Senator Harry Reid's office in Las Vegas. I work mostly with Immigration cases, because Las Vegas is apparently an international migration spot. Since Harry is a "raging liberal", I mostly try to help people evade the authorities and steal all of the jobs that real americans so badly desire (ie...underpaid lawn mowers, underpaid hole diggers, underpaid sod layers and underpaid maids). Just in case any minute men read this post, I am joking....I am a liason between the people and the Dept of State.

I will update this blog enough to keep my readers interested (thanks for that tip Jayme). I hope all of you are well, and stay tuned...

For those of you who dont know who is writing this blog... I am the one on the right...

I'm back from the dead...

Greetings to all of my long lost sisters/cousins/friends.....Although you may disagree with me, I am of the opinions that it has been way too long since i have been in constant contact with each of you.

Due to what appears to be a lack of interpersonal skills, our family has decided to keep the lines open through the use of something the "geek squad" calls a blog. I thought I would be un-Blakesley if I did not fall in line.

Forgive me if my blog fails to live up to the standards of my more talented family (all of you reading this). I will attempt to keep your attention through a series of failing jokes, political drivel and arrogant/self assured arguments about things I know "just enough" about...

I have missed out on being connected to all of you for too long....and I am excited to finally come out of the "dark" (not the closet-juddy and tj) and back into the Blakesley "light".