News

I should be asleep, since tomorrow will be a busy day, but I also think I should post something before I go to bed.

So, it's been a week full of news and developments. Since it's going to be another one of those megaposts, I'm going to use subheadings again.

School

Two out of three of my classes are definitely less than thrilling. The worst of them is contracts. The professor goes at a snail's pace, talks endlessly about elementary symbolic logic (like, HELLO! We all rocked the LSAT! Why are you talking about necessary and sufficient conditions as if it's the first time we've heard them?!). Every class is simultaneously infuriating and soporific, and never fails to make me sorry that I came at all.

So far we've gone through three cases. Today we spent the ENTIRE class talking about a very simple case about consideration. Half the class was IMing, the other half probably asleep.

Tax is, well... tax. Although the first few classes were really dead, I think it's getting better. So far we have been talking about what income is, a question I've never given much thought to. But apparently the concept is incredibly slippery. For instance, is gift income? Does employee discount count as income (the percentage that you would have paid had you not been an employee?) What about fringe benefits like free meals and lodging, if you are a live-in nanny. Does it matter if you are not a live-in nanny but the employer pays for your housing? What if you won the lottery or a trip to Hawaii? Anyway... you get the idea.

Property is by far the most interesting. Boyfriend and I spent a pleasant Sunday afternoon walking around in B-town and we talked the whole time about property cases. I gave him fact patterns, and he tried to guess what the court decided, and what he would have decided. And then I told him the answer. It was surprisingly fun, and helped me review too.

Jobs
Well, did I ever mention that I applied for around 30 domestic jobs and another 30 International jobs. Well, in retrospect that was, ahem, a little crazy. Replies are now coming in, and I'm a little overwhelmed. I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon to go to an interview in H-Town for a job that I really want (skipping contracts for Friday). Living in H-Town this summer would make my life so much easier in terms of housing!

On Monday I have two more on campus interviews (both of which I probably won't get because they are uber-competitive, but I signed up for them anyway since I want to take a shot and thought it would be god experience for next year. Then on Tuesday I'm going to take the train for 4.5 hours to go south for another interview, at a job that I moderately want but certainly wouldn't hate if I happen to get it. Then on Friday another interview, and another two next Monday. Add to that a couple of phone interviews with international employers and I'm swimming in interview land, which is not as much of a good thing as I had thought it would be... Yikes!

Grades
Yes, they are now posted online, waiting for me to log in and view, which I'm not inclined to do for a while. Why? I guess I don't feel the need to yet, and I don't feel like obsessing over them (why didn't I get a good grade in torts? what did I do wrong?!?). I also honestly feel like good or bad, nothing good can come out of me knowing them. I'm still going to work just as hard (or not as hard :)), and will apply to exactly the same jobs and the same organizations and journals. So I just can't imagine why I'd want to know them now, other than pure curiosity.

My classmates though have looked at them. And grades talk has already begun! Perhaps I'll succumb to peer pressure soon, but this is also why spending a few days out of town would be good for me. Great timing, Buttercup!

Career
Did I just write that as a subheading? Gee. I don't really have anything profound to say under career, except that I'm more interested in becoming a litigator. The Circuit court sat a session in my law school today, an apparently very rare (so says my First Year Lawyering teacher again and again) and very cool event. I really enjoyed hearing the attorneys present their arguments and the judges grilling them. Heck, I even enjoyed readng the briefs they submitted, and really look forward to writing my own briefs for Moot Court this semester.

Obviously, this is after ONE semester of law school, but it's nice to have a goal and a direction, for once.

Boyfriend
The Israel trip has really gotten me and Boyfriend closer. I'm very happy with the way everything is right now.

Miscellaneous
My new obsession is this Vietnamese restaurant in the Square. I have been begging my various friends to go nearly every day. ABS, who introduced me to the restaurant, caves some of the time, while people like J and I shake their heads in disbelief.

I love having all these nice restaurants within walking distance. I think I have probably eaten out 6 days out of every week, an so far I have been to every restaurant within a mile radius multiple times. It's definitely more expensive than eating at home, but I'm already so in debt that all this eating is hardly making a dent. :)

Went to the only mall in town with S today after tax. It reminded me of the first time I've been to that mall with DK and S during the first week of law school. What a fun and disorienting time that was, and how much we've changed! At that time I thought I knew a lot about law. I was wrong, just as I was wrong about so many other things (how I'd feel; how I'd relate to others in law school; what I'd spend my time doing (hint: NOT reading.))

It's all well and good. And I'm going to bed now.