def load(self, file_locations=[], **kwargs):
        """ Loads the file_locations into the triplestores

        args:
            file_locations: list of tuples to load
                    [('vocabularies', [list of vocabs to load])
                     ('directory', '/directory/path')
                     ('filepath', '/path/to/a/file')
                     ('package_all', 'name.of.a.package.with.defs')
                     ('package_file','name.of.package', 'filename')]
            custom: list of custom definitions to load
        """
        self.set_load_state(**kwargs)
        if file_locations:
            self.__file_locations__ += file_locations
        else:
            file_locations = self.__file_locations__
        conn = self.__get_conn__(**kwargs)
        if file_locations:
            log.info("Uploading files to conn '%s'", conn)
        for item in file_locations:
            log.info("loading '%s", item)
            if item[0] == 'directory':
                self.load_directory(item[1], **kwargs)
            elif item[0] == 'filepath':
                kwargs['is_file'] = True
                self.load_file(item[1],**kwargs)
            elif item[0].startswith('package'):
                log.info("package: %s\nspec: %s",
                         item[1],
                         importlib.util.find_spec(item[1]))
                try:
                    pkg_path = \
                            importlib.util.find_spec(\
                                    item[1]).submodule_search_locations[0]
                except TypeError:
                    pkg_path = importlib.util.find_spec(item[1]).origin
                    pkg_path = os.path.split(pkg_path)[0]
                if item[0].endswith('_all'):
                    self.load_directory(pkg_path, **kwargs)
                elif item[0].endswith('_file'):
                    filepath = os.path.join(pkg_path, item[2])
                    self.load_file(filepath, **kwargs)
                else:
                    raise NotImplementedError
        self.loaded_files(reset=True)
        self.loaded_times = self.load_times(**kwargs)