And now I'm back, from outer space...

Once again I have decided to move back to blog land and isolate my webpage and blog from each other. Sometimes I get a little controversial, and now that I'm applying for big boy jobs again, thats not such a great idea. So I'm back, and probably to stay. In addition, I'm going to make a dilligent effort to write in my blog at least once a week. I know some of you are going crazy wondering whats up, and I can barely remember yesterday. So I've scheduled time once a week to write, with a fall back day. I may write more, but at least once a week for sure.

In a vain effort to get everyone caught up, I will attempt to summarize the last few weeks. There has been a great deal of action on all fronts.

First, the big picture. After even more reading and studies, long conversations, and meetings with interesting peoples, the master plan has altered slightly yet again. Currently I will be graduating this may, with my BS in Computer Science and minors in Math and Psychology. In the fall of '06 I will begin, assuming I get accepted, the Masters in Public Administration program at UNCW. Thats basically like an MBA, the business management degree, but for non-profits and government entities. After that, I am currently contemplating going into a Ph.D. program in Economics, but that is completely up in the air right now as I haven't had a single economics course yet to know if I even like it. More about that in the future.

In the non-profit realm, I am now on the board of two official 501(c)(3) non-profits here in Wilmington. The Full Belly Project (http://www.fullbellyproject.org), and the South Eastern Alliance for Community Change (I haven't created their website yet) aka SEACC. I think you all know about the Full Belly Project, if not, check out the website. SEACC is a group that works for community change, by working with local non-profits to help them succeed. I just joined the board, and there are already great things happening. Again, more on that in future posts. I am also being considered for the board of Cape Fear Biofuels, a local cooperative that is forming to provide alternative fuels to gasoline. To learn more about Biofuels, check out http://www.biofuels.coop I will be helping with their website as well, which is also not up yet as I just started.

In activism, Amnesty International at UNCW has been going very well. We are continually recruiting new members, and we had a great year of events. For more, see our website at http://www.aiuncw.org On the peace front, a few friends from Wilmington Peace Meetup (http://peace.meetup.com/96/) and I are working on creating some revolutionary new internet services to empower activists and help eliminate the information overflow from all the action alerts many of us receive. I'll keep you posted on that.

On the health front, for the first thanksgiving ever, I actually LOST weight! Evie and I are working out on a regular basis, and we are both losing weight and have kept it off. Go us!

You probably all want to know whats happening on the job front, because there are some MAJOR developments. But you'll have to tune in next time for that!

I'll leave you with a picture from our last Amnesty International event, a showing of Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price that drew over 300 people!!!