The Countdown Begins

It's officially two weeks until I board my flight to Indianapolis for JVC orientation.  I'm more excited than anything else; the nerves haven't really set in yet.  There's still a lot to do: pack, fund-raise, visit friends and families, and not to mention drive the fourteen hours from Sac back up to Lynden.  Looking forward to a break from this heat (although if the current weather patterns hold up, Milwaukee is going to be pretty abysmal.)  Oh well, at least it will be something more permanent.  

Again, very excited!

First Post

Hello all!

This is my first of what I anticipate to be many posts about the next year.  I hope that you find my exploits and written renditions of them at least mildly entertaining and I'll be doing my best to update frequently as the year continues.

For those of you who don't know, I am spending the next year participating in Jesuit Volunteer Corps, a service program rather like AmeriCorps.  I'll be working at a non-profit in Milwaukee, WI and living with a community in the city along with a set of values.  Since this blog exists mostly to chronicle that adventure, we'll be hearing quite a lot more about that later!

I guess I'd best explain my rather obscure title for this blog.  It comes from my first and only knowledge of Milwaukee: a band's name and a beer company.  There's a little indie band called What Made Milwaukee Famous that I used to listen to back in my retail days.  The name itself comes from a song that plays off an old Schlitz slogan: "the beer that made Milwaukee famous" or something like that.  So, throw in a little JVC and social justice and we get What Made Milwaukee Social Justice.  Clever, I know.  *scoff* *scoff*

 A little good-old Americana, just to prove that I didn't make that up.