Hey guys. So turns out I am just as terrible at keeping a blog as I thought, so this space is going to continue to be my only blog. If you were wondering, law school is going great. If anyone who I haven't talked to about it is interested, feel free to email or call me and I will talk your ear off.

Anyway, I am posting here because I have new art to share. Good for you, because it is the only thing that actually motivates me to write here. This one might require some explanation. First off, it is a political cartoon. So right off the bat you know it is not going to be particularly funny. The law school here at Duke has it's own paper, The Devil's Advocate (clever, eh?), and I am planning on doing a comic for them. I am not really sure what direction I will end up taking it, but this first one at least is about Supreme Court news.

In order to understand the... not joke. Purpose? Meaning? Anyway, in order to understand the cartoon, you need to know something about current important Supreme Court cases. Last year District of Columbia v. Heller was decided. It applied the 2nd amendment to individuals instead of just Militias. It was a huge case, but it left some big unanswered questions. Because the case was from the district, the Court completely ignored the issue of whether their decision applied to state gun control regulations. They didn't need to address the issue, as the district is not a state. That is where the upcoming case McDonald v. Chicago comes in. If you want to read up about it, the wikipedia article is an ok place to start, but there are a lot of good articles on the case out there if you plug it into google.

McDonald is important because of the reasoning it is calling for. McDonald is asking the court to find that the privileges or immunities clause of the 14th amendment applies the bill of rights to the states, effectively overturning the Slaughter-House cases. I won't go any more into it, but if you know anything about Constitutional law, this is pretty big. In any case, the cartoon:



As I said, not particularly funny, and incredibly safe. But I do like the disgruntled states dog. Anyway, it was my first cartoon. They are bound to get better. Maybe I will actually make them funny in the future! It will probably be easier when I have more experience at the law school to draw upon. Anyway, thanks for your time and as always all comments and criticisms are appreciated!

Oh, hello there

Hey, quick update. I am using my Deviant art account now. If you want to see more of my art, that is where I am going to be posting it from now on. I might link some of it here every now and then too.

http://bosquebaboon.deviantart.com/

Also, I am going to law school in the Fall. Right now it seems like that is going to be at Duke, but I have not heard back from Stanford. Once I know which school I am going to, I am gonna make another blog so I can record my law school experience for posterity. I am going to keep this one too, but it is going to stay more personal/random information.

I never post here anyway, and no one reads it, so nothing will really change. Anyway, if you are curious about what being a law student at Duke or Stanford is like, watch this space for a link in the future!

Egyptian Blue Lily

Election over! I don't have to deal with the campaigning anymore!! Not sure how I feel about one party having the house, senate, and presidency, but maybe my lack of faith in the human race as a whole is unfounded.

Anyway, on to much better things. My next botanical! I would have posted it before I got it back, but I forgot. Anyway, it is an Egyptian Blue Lily, or a Sacred Blue Lily. It is actually a kind of lotus, but whatever. Enjoy!





I think they might be a little washed out since I took the pictures outside, but there they are.

RED RAIDERS

BEST GAME EVER.

That is all.

The King of Fruit

I am still working on my law school applications, but I just finished my mango botanical. So, I thought I would post it. Here we go!



I am still not entirely certain if I want to do anything else with the background. Anyway, I included some closeups of the fruit as well.





And there we have that. Now, off to figure out what plant I will do for my next botanical. I am thinking possibly a Venus Flytrap, but I might want to go with something a little more common. I am just not sure yet.

Too much thinking

So, the LSAT is over. I would talk about it, but that would violate the first and second rules of Law Club. I am glad I will probably never have to take that test again though. It is nice to have it out of the way.

Unfortunately that also means I now have no excuse to further postpone putting together my applications. I now get to corner my recommenders to get them to write my letters, and write all those damn personal statements. I get to start on that tomorrow. Joy!

Anyway, I think I will try and post some more of my progress in the future. Look for it.

Might post my mango botanical once I am done too. We will see how it turns out.

So, I am back

And this is why I should never have a myspace, facebook, or blog. I go for months forgetting to check it.

New Zealand was amazing, but I can't bring myself to sit down and write an entry about it. Chances are that by now I have told about everyone I know how amazing it was in person anyway. Maybe some time in the future I will sit down and actually hammer out a report on my experience, but consider the matter closed for now.

So you may be wondering, “Forrest, if you are no longer in Australia, what exactly are you doing writing an entry?” Why, I am glad you asked. This blog is officially from now until my next major trip reallocated to the documentation of my random rambling musings. Expect no unified theme, overarching statement, or even contiguous posts. This is truly going to be a stream of consciousness sort of deal.

Further, I have no idea when I will update. I might never update again after this, or I might update daily from now till the day I die. Most likely it will fall somewhere in between, but I don’t want to make any promises I certainly cannot keep.

One last note before I move on: while I am not sure what I will be talking about from day to day, chances are high that subjects such as video games, politics, technology, books, and news relevant to my life will feature regularly. If none of these are of interest to you, you may want to look elsewhere for mindless, time killing reading material.

I am still looking for a third roommate for next year, so if you or someone you know who is not a douche (this is a very important characteristic) is looking for somewhere to live in Lubbock next year, please let me know. Thanks!