oh yea

Oops, almost forgot.

GO BEARS!!!

creepin up

It's November. Before you know it, finals will be here and I'll be thinking...AWW CRAP! IT'S DECEMBER ALREADY???? But you know what? I'll definitely rest in comfort this Dec. knowing that I'm halfway done with law school. HALF WAY BABY!!!

Hmm. So, it's been a hell of a month.

First, the fires. This is like, THE San Diego topic this month. And for good reason. For those wondering, I'm fortunate enough to live about as far from any fire as anyone could in San Diego. Unlike a number of my friends, colleagues and professors, I did not have to evacuate. I just had to stay home. Which I didn't do. Classes were canceled for the ENTIRE week. As bad as I feel about the situation, I sure as hell took advantage of the situation. Let's face it, this was, essentially, the last time in my life that I would have a situation where school would be canceled for a week and I'd have a GRIP of unexpected free time. What was the result? I don't remember much of last week. It was an alcohol-filled week. If I could trade my enjoyment for the fires never having happened, I would in a heartbeat; however, I can't, so I might as well enjoy it.

Surprisingly, the Halloween party wasn't canceled as I thought it would be since everything else was canceled. Well, that was good times. But again, good times I barely remember. I only remember having a blast.

The consequence of the canceled classes? We have to make up a weeks worth of classes within the next 5 weeks. You know, the 5 weeks right before finals? But, truth be told, I don't think it'll be THAT bad. I mean, yea, this semester has been busy as hell, but I think I've received enough training in law school that I, and I believe most of us, could handle just about any amount of work someone could reasonably throw at us. Anyways, moving on.

I find it quite funny how differently the upperclassmen and the 1Ls responded to the class cancellations. It seemed to me that as upperclassmen, we KNEW how huge getting a week off of school was, like a surprise vacation. Thus, the 2Ls and the 3Ls, from what I saw, enjoyed the week. We partied it up like it was 1999. The 1Ls, however, seemed to react to the situation like a different kind of blessing. One in which they'd get extra time to study. To which I say, silly kids, you'll never see this again. ENJOY IT. Did I study? Of course I did, but not for the entire week. By the time I started studying, it was the weekend and I was preparing for classes for the next week during the weekend, like I would any other week. Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed my week off.

Of course now that it's November, I'm getting in finals mode. Which means, working more hours than before. Prepping for class ahead of time so that I could have more time to review and stuff. Ahh yes, it's finals season.

What else is going on? Ah, California football. What can I say. We were sorta number 1 in the nation for an hour or 2. Then, once we begin to look like we earned some respect, we did what we always do. We say "no thank you nation" when the respect is offered and collapse. From technical #1 to unranked in, what was it, 3 weeks? Ah yes, California football. How I love and loathe you all at the same time. Eh well, it could be worse. At least I'm not a Notre Dame fan.

Alright, that's all for now, time to get back to work. I'll seriously try to update more often.

a month???

Damn, I can't believe it's almost been a month. What's new?

NUMBER 3 BABY!!! NUMBER 3 IN THE NATION!!! Ok, not yet, but we will be, tomorrow. ROLL ON YOU BEARS!!!!

Hmm, what else is new? Ah, yes. OCI wasn't a complete waste of time. I got a few interviews and hopefully I'll get more. Better yet, I hope I get an offer from somewhere. Yea, my interviewing skills are awful, but these (for the most part) have definitely been some of the best interviews I've ever had. Granted the standard is rather low. Eh, whatever, we'll see.

RAing and school work together isn't so bad. I still tend to have a good amount of time to do stuff. When I plan accordingly. Soooo, school and work are good. It's true what they say. You become MUCH more efficient by your second year. Well, I guess I can say my one complaint is that the research and school has had one negative effect. It's taken away my ability to surfing almost whenever I want. That part sucks. Yea, I know, this sucks that there's soooo little new but I'm a law student. When people ask me "What's new? What've you been up to??" Pretty much my only answer is "Eh, reading. That's what's new."

Oh, I guess I forgot about IM football and softball. That's pretty fun, on both fronts our team has gotten A LOT better. Unfortunately, we've still not won a game. Oh well, at least it's fun?

On a more personal note, one of the 1Ls is QUITE cute and QUITE fun, but I haven't had an opportunity to check exactly what her story is. I'll do that soon.

Hmm, I think that's all I have for now.

GO BEARS!!!

drama

Seriously people. Why the fuck can't you avoid creating drama? I'm not technically involved, but I sure as hell learned A LOT about who you are as a person. I hate losing friends, but for this reason, I can. Will we ever be cool again? Maybe. Are we cool now? No.

Two things are at the top my list for a true friend: loyalty and trustworthiness. I wasn't screwed over, but the fact that you're willing to screw over one of your best friends tells me a hell of a lot about you. It doesn't help that I'm also good friends with that person. It also doesn't help that I actually used to like you and had higher expectations despite being unsure whether those expectations were justified. Well, this weekend certainly solved that issue. And being "drunk" changes the situation and how I feel, well, not at all. You don't screw your friends over (esp. ones that are supposed to be one of your best friends). Willingness to do that demonstrates a hell of a lot. I hope you realize that.

Anyways, enough ranting. So the surf was good on Saturday. As I expected it to be. Hell, almost TOO good (for my level at least) as a couple waves did quite a number on me lol. Overall good weekend, and I have a feeling it could be my last "good" weekend for a while. My forecast is predicting a shitstorm of work rolling in this week with no expected end date. It doesn't help that this weekend was good primarily becuase I did very little (pretty much NO work) up until today. I'm pretty sure this whole "2L they work you to death" thing will prove to be true.

Anyways, I should get back to work and prepare for the shitstorm. Out for now.

P.S. GO BEARS!!!!!!

another overdue update

Ahh, full swing school. It's not so bad. Yet. So I guess my first real "substantive" legal job will be as an R.A. for a prof. That works for me. It should be paid and can't complain about that. Things should pick up (A LOT) in the next few weeks what with moot court/mock trial stuff. Oh, yea, and the job on top of it. So far, this semester's really chill. 14 units really isn't that much. I should have taken more units so that I could do part time both semesters next year. Too late. Oh well.

On a positive note, applying for OCI jobs wasn't a complete waste of my time. I actually got an interview. Surprising to me mainly because, at least for this job, I didn't meet any of the "hiring criteria." Not yet at least. Time to start prepping for the interview. Ok, yea, I'll procrastinate on it until the day before the interview. Whatever. I'll make sure I'm as ready as I can be even if I don't start until the day before.

So the swell is supposed to be AWESOME this week. Looking forward to getting out there. Question is which beach to go to. I think I'll just park at the same ol' beach and walk down the the new one. That'll work. Or just let the current take me down there. That'll be the easier way to go. We'll see.

Went out last night. Had a BLAST. Too bad DJ's closing in a month. It was the best time I've ever had at DJ. Sigh.

New roommates moved in. They're not done cleaning up yet, but they're in. We'll see how that goes.

Alright, back to procrastination. Oh wait, what was I doing just now? Eh, whatever, either way, I'm out.

time to kill

I gots (I don't 'have' some, I gots some) some time to kill so I thought I'd post. School has officially started. Granted not for me since my first class hasn't started yet. Anyways.

Orientation. First day the 1Ls all (ok, almost all) looked really nervous. Like, REALLY nervous. I wonder if we were like this last year. I guess there's no way to know since I was on the other end of it last year. The second day they were a lot relaxed. Maybe the booze they got at the end of their first day calmed them down. Or maybe they realized that they were all in for yet another day of speeches and listening to speeches and thus were pre-sedated. Either way, they were calm. It's funny that by the end of the first day, you can already see the little cliques forming. Wonder if it'll hold up throughout the year. I'm willing to bet my life at least a good half of them will. People often ask us "what do you get for volunteering for orientation?" The reply? A free t-shirt. Yes, that's right. We all did it for the free t-shirt (sarcasm btw, doesn't translate too well on paper). One thing that DID suck about volunteering for orientation was that it sucked the time right out from under me so I wasn't able to go surf like I would have wanted. Other than that, volunteering for it was fun and I'll probably do it again next year if I can.

The book exchange went OFF. LOTS of books being sold for good money. I actually wasn't planning on selling my casebooks but it turned out that I was able to get decent money for them so I went ahead and sold them. Well, I think they sold. At least most of the ones that were actually being used this semester. Probably find out in a week.

So OCI is done. I finished a day early since I knew I couldn't work on them the day they were due. Threw out A BUNCH of applications. Hope I get SOMETHING back. Here's to wishful thinking.

So the White Party was fun. Partying with some people you've not really seen all summer when you've grown accustomed to seeing them pretty much every day. It got pretty packed, but it was still fun nonetheless.

I guess that's all. School's started. Got a hell of a lot of reading again. Sigh. Summer = too short =(.

oci

The OCI process blows. For those that don't know, OCI = on campus interview. Ok, ok, I'm biased. I hate all things related to job searches. Especially cover letters. I absolutely despise them. Oh well, can't get away from them.

The MPRE was WAAAAAAAAY harder than the sample tests provided by Barbri. I'm pretty sure I passed. I mean, we need a scaled score of 79 when the scale is from 50 to 150 with 100 being the average. Basically, it's not easy to not pass. Doable, but not easy. Obviously, I'm going to be PISSED (and ashamed) if I don't pass.

Oh, and friken loans suck. Apparently, one of my loans wasn't disbursed because I "didn't" sign my master promissory note. "Didn't" is in quotes because, well, I signed it last year. So maybe I have to do it ever year for that lender. So I called the lender in the morning, at which time I was told that they didn't have my MPN or even whether or not the school certified my loan. Ok, that's fine, I sign the MPN and call later in the afternoon to make sure it's done, at which time I was informed "oh, your MPN is signed and has been signed, I really don't know why your loans weren't disbursed already." -___- Seriously? First I'm told I don't have it. Then I'm told they don't really know if I have it. Then I'm told I've had it all along??? WAT THE FUCK? Normally, it wouldn't be such a big deal, but PEOPLE, I NEED MY FIN AID!!! I guess the only bright side is that the only competent person I talked to was (obviously) the last person I talked to and thankfully she was willing to take steps that weren't even necessary. So I'll find out tomorrow wtf is going on.

Other than that? Surfing (of course). Got my board back! SOOOOOOO glad it didn't ACTUALLY take 2 weeks. Only 1. Love my board =). But did have the opportunity to try another board the other day (a shorter, but quite thick, one) and I liked it. A LOT. So the hunt is on for a board. Again. I know, what else is new right?

Oh! First day of reading for upper div classes? CRAZY! Like, seriously! The 2 classes that I know for sure the assignment for are the equivalent of a week of what I did a year ago. Not cool man, not cool.

time flys

Damn time flies. I totally planned to update a hell of a lot more, and next thing I know it's been over a month.

Summer class is over. Lesson learned? When you can use it, bring a pocket Websters with you to the final. Especially if your vocabulary sucks like mine. Seriously, not knowing an entire question because you didn't know the definition of one word sucks. It really really does.

In the meantime, I picked up yet another surfboard. It's an awesome board for how much I paid. Unfortunately it's now being repaired because I damaged it =(. At least I have another board to use in the meantime.

I can't believe how fast classes are creeping up on us. The summer's almost over, orientation's almost here (yes, I know, it shouldn't affect me, but I'm volunteering for orientation so it does affect me) and the new 0Ls (or, I guess they can be called 1Ls now) will soon know how much work work there really is. Ok, ok, it's not THAT bad once you get used to it. But finals month still sucks.

The time has come for OCI. I totally need to start applying for work. Really I do. Of course, I really only remembered to blog because I thought to myself "what do I have to do? Oh! That's right! Cover letters! Oh wait, actually, I haven't blogged in a while, think I'll do that first." Yes folks, that is what we in the industry call "procrastination."

In the meantime, I need a new book to read. Preferably non-fiction, any suggestions out there? Last book I read was Lone Survivor. About (and written by) a Navy SEAL who was the only survivor on his mission in Afghanistan. Good book, I'd definitely recommend it. But now I have to figure out what else I'd like to read. Started re-reading Make No Law (I never finished it the first time around) but I don't really want to read that book. It's just the book I happen to have most interest in reading of the stuff I have right now. I still can't believe I'm reading for fun now. Last time I read books for fun (before this Summer) was like, before high school. Kinda explains my poor vocabulary ;p.

Oh, yes, I LOVE my grill. And my patio. Seriously, I should have bought a grill A LOOOOONG time ago.

The Wii is fun but glitchy. I didn't get one, roommate did.

Hmm, I guess I should start on my job stuff since I have to do that this week plus the MPRE. And I want to go surfing later. Alright, that's all for now.