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Thursday, July 8, 2010

Trying to write SOMETHING

I am going to try and make this blog as interesting as I possibly can (even though I honestly do not have allot to write about). The main reason I am forcing myself to write this post is because of a wonderful event that happened last night.

As I walked into the classroom at the east end of the Taylor building there was a cool breeze flowing through the Central air vents near the ceiling. I walked past, rather in front of (never a good idea to walk in front of faculty) a panel of three instructors who were sitting at the front of the room. For some reason classrooms in the Taylor building are set up with the only entry and exit being in the front of the classroom. I suppose this could give a student like myself good reason to be punctual. I quickly found my seat on the front row trying not to draw to much attention to myself. As I sat down I realized that I had forgotten to bring a in any tools for taking notes. Distressed that I would not be able to remember the instructors valuable information on personal statements I frantically and quietly beckoned to the girl sitting on my right "can I copy your notes?" To which she responded "yes. . . . if you can read them" I chuckled under my breath and said "I'm sure they'll be fine, thank you." Girl always seem to have better hand writing then guys.
The topic for which this small in numbers but large in collective experienced panel had been erected was to teach us would be law student how to properly write a personal statement. I truly love to write and express how I feel about pretty much anything through the written word, except for things about myself. Because of this I have always loathed English assignments that forced me to write about myself. I figured this panel would be good for me because of my disdain for writing about myself. As I began to listen to their advice I heard many good things which I should take into consideration when I begin writing my personal statement for my application to law school. One of the most applicable things I learned from this panel was an idea to help sharpen my writing skills. That idea which is to write one grammatically correct paper everyday is why I am writing this blog post today. Therefore from today (I didn't start last night when I should have) until time itself stops I am going to try to write a page and post it on my blog.
I would like to make a promise to you my faithful readers that starting tomorrow the pages that I write will be much more interesting then today's topic. Which I know you are thinking to yourself it cant be very hard to be more interesting then this blog post. On that note I will end today's blog by saying that I appreciate your patience and your faithfulness in reading today's blog.
Weston Brinkerhoff

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Excited? YES!


I really try to pretend that I am not a nerd, but by virtue of the fact that when I saw this book on the shelf in the McKay library today I got more excited then a fat guy eating a cake, I'd say that I am. . . . That is something I can live with. I have not yet started this book but I am excited to read it. All can rest assured that I will post my thoughts about this one!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxqe77-Am3w

Please follow this link to watch a great video. I am not a "touchy feely" kinda guy, however being a fellow endurance athlete and also a Christian, I find this video to be very moving. Please also the message of this video to apply to your life. The message is to bless others lives through the talents God has blessed you with. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy.

TERRIBLE MOMENT IN MY LIFE!

So today on my way up to the 3 floor of the library (to attempt to do my homework) I stopped to use the restroom. I walked into the restroom on the 2nd floor of the library and found it very strange there were no urinals in the bathroom. Not really contemplating that this could be the wrong restroom, I did what I needed to do. Upon walking to the sink to wash my hands, I saw a girl walked in. I must have given her the strangest look, she also returned the glance to me. At that moment the light bulb came on and I realized that I was in the wrong one. I did a "here's your sign" moment by asking her, "am I in the wrong one?" Desperately trying to hide her snickering under her breath she responded "I think so?" (She must have been confused as well). Anyways my face turned University of Utah red and I dashed out of there. Needless to say it was quit embarrassing, and I hope to never see that girl again (no offense if you are that girl.)

Friday, June 25, 2010

Maiden voyage

Okay so this is my first blog post on this blog. Well who am I kidding this is my first blog post EVER. To be honest I never really got into the whole "blogging" thing until my fiance showed me hers. I now find myself looking at her blog at least once a day to see if something has changed in her life. which is totally ridiculous because we talk all day. Anyways needless to say I am addicted to blogging, and I figured the one logical way to overcome an addiction is to simply add to it by creating my own blog. Therefore I have created this blog in hopes that I will create a fan base, that rivals that of Rachel's. Plus its a great way to full fill the commandment to keep a journal? Okay that may be slightly stretching things. Anyways I really hope that you all enjoy my blog.

I will attempt to update this thing as much as I possibly can! Until next time