Let's Not Talk about The Campaign for a Minute

First off, I'm going to try and keep this short. Usually I feel I'm pretty wordy, so I'll try to avoid that.

The campaign is in low-gear right now since it just got started. If you want to help the biggest thing right now is spreading the word: share my website (www.chrisforhutch.org) or my Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/chrisforhutch) with people in Kansas and especially the Hutchinson area. Really, it's that easy!

But, I promised I wouldn't talk about that, so instead some brief comments:

First, what will I do if I don't win the primary election? Right now I have two major options. One is a list of possible groups that I think I would like to work with and that I think might like to work with me. These groups include political ones, disability advocates, Silicon Prairie (start-up news for the KC-Omaha area), and the like. My other major option is grad school. This year I had another four programs lined up for application, though I ended up only turning one in. Texas A&M's interdisciplinary philosophy Ph.D. should get back to me by March or April. If they accept me, I'll make contact and tell them what I'm doing...then beg them to defer my admission. Should that work out, then I'll just have to kill the time between November and December (if they defer until the spring semester) or November and August. What would I do with that time? Well, hopefully the first option I laid out!

Second, what am I doing besides the campaign? Right now, not much. I watch a lot of Netflix (mostly TV shows that didn't last more than a season because that's how long it takes me to get bored with a lot of them). I have a reading list of books related to the campaign and not, and I love my birthday gift of Jack London's The Sea Wolf. Also, the Chromecast I received has been enabling my Netflix habits! I help out "The Columns," Westminster's student newspaper every once in a while as they fight to keep SGA from cutting them out of the budget. Mostly just sharing tactics learned from The Sustainability Coalition's effort last spring, but also trying to encourage them explore electronic options instead of print.

Otherwise, I just drink a lot of coffee and look forward to what needs done next.