The First Day of the Rest of My Life

As the title suggests, this is "The First Day of the Rest of My Life." The day I begin to blog. To set the record straight, this blog was not commissioned out of boredom, averice, or for any other egotistical reason. Instead, I have been compelled to open up to you by a Boston University ecommerce course that I will soon be enrolled in. Being the private person that I am, this new endeavor is justifiably unsettling to me. Letting everyone (or maybe just my professor) delve in to my life will take some getting used to. No matter, I must press on. This first posting is meant to give you a little information about myself, and to "set the stage" for all my future posts. Here goes!

My name is Dan, and as the above title suggests, I am a lawyer. This may be a bit misleading however, as I am currently only engaged in the practice of law on a minimal basis. Let me explain. After graduating from Hope College in 2005, I immediately enrolled in law school. In May, 2009, after three grueling years of law school and one fabulous year living in Prague, I graduated from the Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. Three months later I sat for, and passed the Illinois Bar exam, thereby allowing me to utilize the shiny new title of attorney! The thing is, there were a couple of other adventures I wanted to complete before I surrendered my life to the practice of law. With that in mind, and with law school in the rearview mirror, I enrolled in an M.S.M. (Management) program at Boston University, where I am specializing in international marketing management. More important, and certainly much more interesting, I also began the process of filling out and submitting an application to be a Fulbright Scholar in Poland during the 2010-2011 academic year. I found out that I had been named a finalist for the Fulbright grant about two weeks ago.

Since the possibility of the Fulbright grant is basically dominating my thoughts these days, it is likely that this blog will see its fair share of Fulbright related information. Please bear with me. Beyond Fulbright talk and academic rumblings, I also plan to touch on subjects like travel (I've spent time living in the Czech Republic, Japan, Russia, and Germany), sports (especially Detroit and Cleveland teams), books (I try to read a novel a week), wedding planning (Mine is June 19th), and life in general.

Until Tomorrow

TA Esq. (pictured with fiancee)