Accepted

Today I was told I was accepted to Rutgers and Florida State law schools in Camden, NJ and Tallahassee, FL, respectively. To celebrate, here's a picture of an animal that London is trying to save. I think it's well worth it.

Nice Story

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6788291

Lethal Injection

For all those Pro-Life or just Anti-Death Penalty:

The Executioner's Wrong

Jan 4th 2007 | WASHINGTON, DC
From The Economist print edition

Florida, California and Maryland suspend lethal injections

ON DECEMBER 13th, Angel Diaz, a convicted murderer from Florida, became the latest victim of a botched lethal injection. The doctor who served as executioner bungled the first set of injections, sliding the needle straight through the vein and pumping the toxic chemicals directly into the underlying flesh. Mr Diaz writhed, grimaced, andattempted to speak until a second dose killed him. That was 34 minutes later; the execution should take only a fraction of that.

Two days later, Jeb Bush, in his last month as governor, suspended all executions in the state. He also set up a commission to consider whether Florida's lethal injections are constitutional.

Resolutions and Photo

Really quick, because I got a client coming in in less than an hour, here is my New Years resolution. I resolve to live the rest of this volunteer year to the fullest I can, especially with regards to things that may not be as accessible to me in the future. What that means is that I will try to use more time to read, to write, to learn guitar, to pray. I will start spiritual direction to see how it goes. I will try to sleep at a reasonable hour because I wake up early. I don't know what else I will do, but I'm sure this list is not exhaustive.

For those of you that don't have facebook, i.e. Orlando, I include for you the new profile picture I have. I had some free time the other day and got a little happy with Microsoft Paint. It combines 3 pictures for both Monica and me, though my legs haven't looked like that in a long time. I thought it was fun and funny. Hope you do too.

Feliz Ano Nuevo

How obscene is the Spanish word for year with the funky 'n' (pronounced enye, but I can't write it here. Merry Christmas to all those around the world, and happy Epiphany to our Eastern friends. In Tampa, the Greek Orthodox Church has a big event where a bunch of youngin's dive into a deep lake to find a cross, and the person who finds it gets a special blessings from some cool guy with a sweet beard.

While in Tampa for a week and change I sent out 8 law school applications, and then 5 more in Milwaukee. There are divided up into 5 cities, plus a straggler. Two cities had 3 applications, but the rest had two (and then the straggler). So the total now is 13 schools. The cities/schools are:

L.A.- USC and Pepperdine (Malibu)
Chicago- Loyola, U Chicago, and Northwestern
Philadelphia- U Penn and Rutgers (Camden, NJ)
New York- Fordham and NYU
Boston- BC, BU, and Northeastern
Florida- Florida State

We'll see what the future holds for Jorge.

New Years resolution....to be continued. My boss is giving me a ride. Peace.