Blatant Truth.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Wild Party!
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I will be performing in a community theatre production of The Wild Party! I am so excited to be party of the theatre scene once again. I've missed theatre people, parties, rehearsals and performing (of course).
Being in a production is the perfect law school sabbatical.
In other news:
New work out/diet regimen is working well. Six pounds down and, ideally, twenty-nine to go!
Goodbye 1L, Hello 2L
Well I did it. I finished my first year of law school. I've learned a lot in the past ten months and, in a true "Dea" fashion, I've created a list of the important things.
1. Just because you are "smart" in undergrad doesn't mean you are "smart" in law school. This was rough. I was always in the very top of my class and that is certainly no longer the case. After the grades from last semester, I was ready to pack my stuff and head back to NM. My grades weren't horrible, but unexpected to say the least. Who knows how I did this semester. Frankly, I wish they wouldn't send grades out until we started school in August.
2. When you sit for 90% of the day, you will get fatter. Granted this seems like common sense, but man oh man did that creep up on me. I was a serious victim of "The Blaw School 15". I need to buy one of these for the rest of law school:
3. Climbing up rocks is unreasonably fun. Going out side to climb up some rocks should not be amusing in the slightest. This is what Neanderthals did in order to get to the other side of a mountain, or run for dear life. Why is this such an amusing hobby?
4. I am nothing with out my friends. This doesn't need an explanation. Just a blatant fact.
5. New Mexico isn't that bad. When I was there, most of NM seemed like a garbage dump in hell. After coming back for short visits, I realized that the culture, the food, and the people (most of them) makes New Mexico awesome. I am actually considering getting a Zia tattoo.
6. I have come to realize and accept some things about myself that simply won't change. I know this is vague, but it will make sense soon enough.
1. Just because you are "smart" in undergrad doesn't mean you are "smart" in law school. This was rough. I was always in the very top of my class and that is certainly no longer the case. After the grades from last semester, I was ready to pack my stuff and head back to NM. My grades weren't horrible, but unexpected to say the least. Who knows how I did this semester. Frankly, I wish they wouldn't send grades out until we started school in August.
2. When you sit for 90% of the day, you will get fatter. Granted this seems like common sense, but man oh man did that creep up on me. I was a serious victim of "The Blaw School 15". I need to buy one of these for the rest of law school:
3. Climbing up rocks is unreasonably fun. Going out side to climb up some rocks should not be amusing in the slightest. This is what Neanderthals did in order to get to the other side of a mountain, or run for dear life. Why is this such an amusing hobby?
4. I am nothing with out my friends. This doesn't need an explanation. Just a blatant fact.
5. New Mexico isn't that bad. When I was there, most of NM seemed like a garbage dump in hell. After coming back for short visits, I realized that the culture, the food, and the people (most of them) makes New Mexico awesome. I am actually considering getting a Zia tattoo.
6. I have come to realize and accept some things about myself that simply won't change. I know this is vague, but it will make sense soon enough.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Week Win
What an awesome week.
Won an iPad.
Won a weekend cabin stay in Estes Park.
Top four oralists in my class.
Massive dent in outlining.
3 Job interviews (and hopefully a job.)
No complaining on le bloggio this week :)
On the other hand, I am auditioning for Wild Party on May 1st. (In the middle of finals... gooood Shandea.) I don't particularlly expect to get a part, but I am kind of at a loss for what I should audition with. I need one ballad and one up-tempo. (ahem - suggestions please!) The last show I did was Greek Row (not counting Jess' awesome Cabaret.) Now, more than ever, I feel like I am having severe theater withdrawals.
I am plucking out any theater related events I can find. This includes actually enjoying oral arguments. Its like a 15 minute painful monologue where judges get to throw unanswerable questions at you. It's AWESOME.
I will be getting a sufficient dose of theater in the next couple of weeks though. Cabaret tomorrow, In the Heights in a week or so.
Very Excite!
Yippy Skippy!
Won an iPad.
Won a weekend cabin stay in Estes Park.
Top four oralists in my class.
Massive dent in outlining.
3 Job interviews (and hopefully a job.)
No complaining on le bloggio this week :)
On the other hand, I am auditioning for Wild Party on May 1st. (In the middle of finals... gooood Shandea.) I don't particularlly expect to get a part, but I am kind of at a loss for what I should audition with. I need one ballad and one up-tempo. (ahem - suggestions please!) The last show I did was Greek Row (not counting Jess' awesome Cabaret.) Now, more than ever, I feel like I am having severe theater withdrawals.
I am plucking out any theater related events I can find. This includes actually enjoying oral arguments. Its like a 15 minute painful monologue where judges get to throw unanswerable questions at you. It's AWESOME.
I will be getting a sufficient dose of theater in the next couple of weeks though. Cabaret tomorrow, In the Heights in a week or so.
Very Excite!
Yippy Skippy!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
I blog?
Uh... Scoops. I apparently haven't updated this thing in forever.
I have been busy busy busy and trying to figure out some random life-related things as of late.
Since there is no possible way I can update for the last jillion years I will do a simple set of Yeas and Boos.
YEAS
1. Less than a month left of school
2. Plenty of job interviews
3. Rock Climbing outside
4. Auditioning for Wild Party
5. New Backpack
6. Thai food
7. Sanity Saving Law School events: Prom, Kickball etc.
8. Friends
9. Winning a weekend cabin stay in Estes Park from a raffle
10. Going to Lady Gaga with Kris in July
BOOS
1. No job yet
2. Beer
3. Civil Procedure
4. Finishing Legal Writing
5. Chat roulette (this could also sneak in as 10.5 on the yeas list)
6. The pain that of upcoming non-stop homework
7. Weird car noises
8. Laziness
9. X-Man Wolverine... uh whatever its called
10. Hang overs
I promise to be more diligent in updating. :)
**Edit : thank you to Jamesy for finding the clear and obvious mistake. Everyone knows how much I love civil procedure and hate cabins.
I have been busy busy busy and trying to figure out some random life-related things as of late.
Since there is no possible way I can update for the last jillion years I will do a simple set of Yeas and Boos.
YEAS
1. Less than a month left of school
2. Plenty of job interviews
3. Rock Climbing outside
4. Auditioning for Wild Party
5. New Backpack
6. Thai food
7. Sanity Saving Law School events: Prom, Kickball etc.
8. Friends
9. Winning a weekend cabin stay in Estes Park from a raffle
10. Going to Lady Gaga with Kris in July
BOOS
1. No job yet
2. Beer
3. Civil Procedure
4. Finishing Legal Writing
5. Chat roulette (this could also sneak in as 10.5 on the yeas list)
6. The pain that of upcoming non-stop homework
7. Weird car noises
8. Laziness
9. X-Man Wolverine... uh whatever its called
10. Hang overs
I promise to be more diligent in updating. :)
**Edit : thank you to Jamesy for finding the clear and obvious mistake. Everyone knows how much I love civil procedure and hate cabins.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
PostSecret
Every Sunday I head to Post Secret to check out the new stories and confessions. Sometimes the chosen few toss me in to a laughing fit; Incriminating photos of a boss, mindless confessions of stealing things out of the office fridge, cheating on a paper, etc. Other times the confessions tug at my heart strings. Whether it is complete empathy for an unfamiliar, yet unfortunate situation or actual sympathy for being in the same situation myself.
Either way, I would consider what secrets I had, but never actually thought of sending them in. This weekend I sent three postcards. Three separate unrelated secrets. On a short trip to Denver, I told a close friend of mine that I sent them in. I quickly realized that by saying that, there would be interest in what those secrets were.
The first one he guessed. I guess it isn't much of a secret, but it isn't something I would boast about. It's not that I try to hide it, I just never make it known.
The second is entirely "guessable", but because of certain elements that surround it, it wasn't guessed. It's a three-parter. The first element is assumed, the second everyone already knows, and the third is unthinkable. I can't really explain it myself, which is why it is floating through the US Postal service to a mailbox in Maryland.
The last is completely and utterly unguessable. I won't say it, and I won't hint at it. I'll let it live inside me until I croak.
This lengthy, vaguebook of a blog is for two reasons:
One- I like having secrets. People say "I don't have secrets." or "I'm an open book." but that couldn't possibly be true. Everyone has a secret.
Two- Although I love having secrets, I almost spilled the beans on the second secret. I wanted to, but didn't (or couldn't). It would essentially void the whole purpose of the secret. And I know that even if it ever so sneakily did slip out, it wouldn't be repeated again. If it did pop out, it would be to that friend.
Now that I have pulled you through this blog (giving nearly zero percent of real information), I leave you with advice.
Send one. Send a secret. It feel so, so, soooooooooooo good.
Send it anonymously to:
Post Secret
13345 Copper Ridge Rd
Germantown, Maryland 20874
Either way, I would consider what secrets I had, but never actually thought of sending them in. This weekend I sent three postcards. Three separate unrelated secrets. On a short trip to Denver, I told a close friend of mine that I sent them in. I quickly realized that by saying that, there would be interest in what those secrets were.
The first one he guessed. I guess it isn't much of a secret, but it isn't something I would boast about. It's not that I try to hide it, I just never make it known.
The second is entirely "guessable", but because of certain elements that surround it, it wasn't guessed. It's a three-parter. The first element is assumed, the second everyone already knows, and the third is unthinkable. I can't really explain it myself, which is why it is floating through the US Postal service to a mailbox in Maryland.
The last is completely and utterly unguessable. I won't say it, and I won't hint at it. I'll let it live inside me until I croak.
This lengthy, vaguebook of a blog is for two reasons:
One- I like having secrets. People say "I don't have secrets." or "I'm an open book." but that couldn't possibly be true. Everyone has a secret.
Two- Although I love having secrets, I almost spilled the beans on the second secret. I wanted to, but didn't (or couldn't). It would essentially void the whole purpose of the secret. And I know that even if it ever so sneakily did slip out, it wouldn't be repeated again. If it did pop out, it would be to that friend.
Now that I have pulled you through this blog (giving nearly zero percent of real information), I leave you with advice.
Send one. Send a secret. It feel so, so, soooooooooooo good.
Send it anonymously to:
Post Secret
13345 Copper Ridge Rd
Germantown, Maryland 20874
Monday, March 1, 2010
Prozac?
About a month ago I went to the doctor for my "annual" and also conveyed some potential concerns about my life.
I discussed my minuscule anxiety problems, this, that, and some other stuff. After talking for about a half an hour she suggested a low dosage of Prozac.
PROZAC!? Me? Really?
I looked up potential symptoms of anxiety:
* Are you constantly tense, worried, or on edge?
Yes
* Does your anxiety interfere with your work, school, or family responsibilities?
School occasionally
* Are you plagued by fears that you know are irrational, but can’t shake?
All the time
* Do you believe that something bad will happen if certain things aren’t done a
certain way?
Check
* Do you feel like danger and catastrophe are around every corner?
Depends, but it happens.
Is this another Restless Leg Syndrome sort of quiz where the results point to EVERYONE needing it?
Either way, I can't decide... take it? Or throw it away.
I discussed my minuscule anxiety problems, this, that, and some other stuff. After talking for about a half an hour she suggested a low dosage of Prozac.
PROZAC!? Me? Really?
I looked up potential symptoms of anxiety:
* Are you constantly tense, worried, or on edge?
Yes
* Does your anxiety interfere with your work, school, or family responsibilities?
School occasionally
* Are you plagued by fears that you know are irrational, but can’t shake?
All the time
* Do you believe that something bad will happen if certain things aren’t done a
certain way?
Check
* Do you feel like danger and catastrophe are around every corner?
Depends, but it happens.
Is this another Restless Leg Syndrome sort of quiz where the results point to EVERYONE needing it?
Either way, I can't decide... take it? Or throw it away.
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