A Brand New Day

Wow, I can't believe it's over. 21 long months have come to end and now we all know that we will have the first African-American president ever. I couldn't help but be moved by his acceptance speech. I am very proud of America today. January 20th is going to usher in a new era.

As far as my updates are concerned:

• Work is going really well. I am still going through training, but what I have learned already I am now applying to my own set of clients. It's crazy, about 2 weeks in and I already have clients!
• My girlfriend and I are working on finding a place to live together. So I have yet to find my permanent residence here in Eugene. I guess once I have that, it will really feel like I am living in Eugene.
• In fantasy football, I am 6-3 and second place in my league. I am still the top scorer, and will probably be shoring up my team for the playoffs.

Until next time....

O.J. Simpson Convicted

So, if you happened to turn your TV sets to CNN just after 11pm last night, you would have seen breaking news that O.J. Simpson and his co-defendent were convicted on all counts of armed robbery they faced in Las Vegas. Simpson could get at 15 years, but also up to life in prison.

Here's the funny things though. This conviction came exactly 13 years to the day that he was acquitted in that infamous trial. If that isn't justice, I don't know what is.

Personally, I don't believe he should get life in prison. Simpson is already 61 years old. He's spent the past thirteen years in ridicule, shame, and a constant source of material for the late-night talk show hosts. I mean come on, he was reduced to armed robbery.....for memorabilia of his own storied career, that might have been only worth more money because of the trials 13 years ago.

What was even better about last night was the fact that the news cable news channels only covered his conviction for about 15 minutes - that's it. When I came back from watching another show, they were on to another story. Then this morning, I saw about a 2 minute story about it. It's nice to see the news channels barely even care about this conviction and not giving Simpson any more coverage than he deserves. I say give him about 30-35 years in prison. If he is still alive to make it out, then I'd like to see if the news even remembers him.

Newest Updates!!!

Well...I have had some new developments as of late and my life is going to get a lot more interesting. I just got offered my first full-time job after college, pending the background check, but that won't matter. I'll be working for Marchex, Inc. Click on the logo to go to their site.


They are one of the leading local search and advertising company. My position is going to be as a Search Marketing Specialist in their Digital Platform Group. The team I will be with works with national clients to help them create search engine advertising campaigns. It sounds like a great opportunity for me right after college and it should give me some great experience. I am very excited for this new position at their Eugene office.

And that's where my other new development comes in - I am going to be moving back to Eugene in the least sense of it. I have been living here for the past four year for college. Right after spring term was over, all of my possessions got moved up to Portland. But then I had to stay behind to take one more class, and during that time I stayed with my girlfriend.

Although I love the city in Portland and I hope to return there in the future, I am very excited to stay in Eugene. There were a lot of things I did not get around to accomplishing while here during college, especially when it comes to fulfilling my "foody" habits and trying out restaurants, I never got a chance to climb Spencer's Butte, etc.

So in the coming weeks I'll be posting about where I'll be moving to in this great city, posting pics of my new diggs, etc. It should be interesting!