h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I don't get onto H2G2 much anymore, and I see it's been well over a year since my last journal entry. A brief recap:

On October 9th at 2am in the morning of 2001 I started dating my then debate partner, Anika. She and I won the first tournament we went to that same weekend (it was novice division, but hey, it was our first tournament). We also kicked much rear at NPDA, the national tournament, that spring. We were one of only 3 first year teams to break to out rounds (elemination rounds).

On April 27th of 2002, at 10:30pm Anika broke up with me. The clock struck midnight and I turned 21.

Since then I have had an on and off again relationship with Anika, who I am still madly in love with. We remain good friends at all times, but not debate partners.

Over the summer I worked to build the environmental movement in Arizona with the Arizona League of Conservation Voters, arranging the first ever summit of the Arizona Conservation Alliance (originally named "Conservation Roundtable"), a coallition of various conservation groups from around the state. I also attended a Sierra Club training academy at Tanque Verde ranch in Tucson, so if you need someone to help start up a grassroots movement of some sort for you, I have the basic training if not the experience.

My current debate partner is Ryan, and we are progressing very well concidering his ability level at the start of this year.

On September 13th (I think that was a Friday) I began dating Martha, who I had to break up with on November 19th. She's still upset with me, but I hope she and I can hang out as friends like we once did (I know, that sounds lame, but Anika and I are still best friends, so you never know).

That brings us up to now, more or less. I am no longer the tee-totaler that I once was, but I do not drink nearly as heavily as most of my friends, I don't drink to help me have a good time, I don't smoke, and I don't do any illicit substances.

I will be announcing my candidacy for President of the United States of America about as soon as I am old enough. I will run on the Democratic ticket and seek my party's nomination by running on a platform of honestly telling the public what I believe in, what my past has been like, and what I would like to see happen in America. I think I will loose in a landslide, but I may force other Democrats to actually take a stand on an issue once in a while and differentiate themselves from Republicans. Which can only be a good thing, right?