I'm all over the Web

These are a few websites that my name appears. The first being the UWRF website where I talk about what being a UWRF student has taught me and what my aspirations are for the future. The second is the Choice USA website where I'm on their Board of Directors. The third is from back when I was a County Board Supervisor in Pierce County. The fourth/fifth are from a website I created with the help of my friend and running mate Patrick Okan when we were running for Student Senate with a group that we called "Vote 4 Change." Unfortunately we weren't as successful as we hoped to be but we had fun running and we were the most creative, you'll see us again in the Spring getting out the vote!!

This blog was mainly to encourage everyone to see how much visibility you have on the net. You might be surprised at how much information is out there about you!!

My Family Roles in 2025

Well, being a futuristic idealist I have major visions for what the future potentially holds, and in a world I hope to help shape, life in 2025 is much more tolerant than it is today. With that said my family will be non-traditional because I'm 100% unconventional and love to push the envelop in every way.

1st: I won't get married until all people can get married to who ever they love, so until gay marriage is legal I'm not signing a marriage contract which means me and my partner will either be in a domestic partnership or have nothing binding each other to one another.

2nd: I'm queer so I have no clue who I'll be marrying, as a pan-sexual I don't believe in limiting my sexuality to the binary mutually exclusive system society holds onto so tightly. Although I've only dated men, I won't rule out the fact that I might fall in love with a woman or even a trans-man or woman. So just based on if I don't "marry" a man I won't be living in a traditional family.

3rd: I plan on working full-time but depending on my income, I wouldn't mind my partner (whatever gender) being a stay at home parent, because I plan on having over 5 kids.

4th: I plan on having over 5 kids which is nontraditional.

5th: I do plan on having a commitment ceremony in place of the wedding but it will be similar to Jennifer's wedding because we'll have attendants instead of bridesmaids and groomsmen.

6th: I don't cook so most likely my partner will have to, which depending on who it is that will be nontraditional.

7th: Both of us will share all of the duties, it might not be equally but we won't have set responsibilities, everything will be determined by situation. Like who takes the kids here or there and who makes/purchases dinner. We will all be in constant communication about who does what and when.

8th: There is a 80% chance that my partner will be mixed or of a different cultural background then me. I just like diversity in every aspect of my life, what can I say!

I think that's about it... as you can tell my family will be anything but traditional and in my made up world that would work but in reality I doubt the world would have changed eons in 2025 so I'll face a lot of challenges because of my unwillingness to stick with the status quo.

My Family Communication Rules

List two communication rules your family uses or used when you were growing up.

1. Don't talk about Religion... unless it's pro-Jesus
Once when I was about 10 years old me and my family minus My Dad who was at work were all sitting around the living room and I brought of the topic of Christmas asking why do we have to celebrate it. My mom told me not to question it, using the common parental response "because we just do and that's how it is." Well... similar to how I am now, I don't like blindly following rules without explanation so I responded that I'm not celebrating Christmas because I think it's stupid... you can understand how that didn't go over so well.. I learned that day that religion isn't a good family bonding subject to talk about.

2. Sex/Sexual orientation and Relationships
I don't remember the "talk" probably because me and my siblings never had it, so I did a lot of research on the internet... which wasn't that great of a teacher. I did once have a conversation about sexual orientation with my sister and it got really heated... I can imagine how that conversation would go over with the rest of my family.

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