First Post!

Okay, so I was watching the New Years Eve report on CNN, last night, and Anderson Cooper was talking about resolutions, and he said his was to "blog more." I blogged a little when I was participating in the Walt Disney College Program last Spring, but the entire thing consisted of sixteen entries over the course of five months. My hope this year is to be like Anderson Cooper and blog more. My hope is to blog about school (The University of Idaho), my jobs (Old Navy, a local high school, and a Campus Representative for Disney), politics (I'm liking Barack Obama), and whatever else pops into my head.
I'll start out by saying that I'm a fifth year college student at the University of Idaho studying Secondary Education with an emphasis in English. This Spring semester should be my last here at the U of I, with my student teaching taking place in the Fall. I can only hope that this actually works out, because I feel like, at this point, I'm never going to get out here. However, I look forward to the year with the philosophy that this will be a great year that ends with me finally stepping out in to the real world.
I also have a lot of jobs. Day to day I work at the Old Navy here in Moscow, Idaho. Most of the time I do what Old Navy calls "logistics," which is a fancy name for moving boxes and setting up displays. Sometimes I also work as a cashier, but those shifts generally consist of me ringing up one or two purchases and spending the rest of my time doing projects for the managers. I may not be working here for very much longer, because I'm getting pretty fed up with how things are going there. I've decided to give it until the end of January, to see if it's just the holiday season, so we'll see. I'll talk about my other jobs in future posts. I don't want to overload people with my complaining just now.
Okay, here we go, politics. This is bound to get me in hot water. I'll start by saying that, though I do follow politics fairly well, I have not been paying much attention to all the candidates so far in the 2008 election. I thought they started campaigning WAY too early, but that is besides the point. The Iowa Caucus takes place in two days, so we'll see who our early front runner is for the Democrats. I like both Barack and Hillary, but I don't think Hillary will succeed against a moderate Republican. On the other hand I think Barack, even with the possibility of his being the first black president, will be at such a disadvantage against a moderate Republican. For me it's a game of getting just about any Democrat in the White House, because it's such a mess right now. Again, I'll talk more about politics in future blogs. I just wanted to offer some previews about what this blog will be covering.
I hope everyone reading this had a Happy New Year, and is ready for an interesting and eventful 2008.