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October 7th, 2008
11:23 pm - Love is...
Things I Love:
The thrill I get when I look at my keyring and see a key to my apartment.
Not having to answer to anyone but myself.
When he calls me "Baby girl".
My job, even though it's stressful and sometimes makes me want to crawl under my desk and cry like a five year old who didn't get a toy she wanted in her happy meal.
Shopping for office supplies.
Craigslist.
Fast Internet.
Hulu.
My gigantic walk-in closet.
The Glass Passenger.
October--Best. Month. Ever.
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August 6th, 2008
10:12 pm - Mice and Men (The Best Laid Plans)
Well, there's certainly a lot to be updating with. First things first: I've decided to put off law school for another year. In the end, I just wasn't satisfied with my options, and instead of rushing off into something I may regret, I've decided to hold out and see what (if any) a difference a year makes. Two roads in a yellow wood and all that. I feel like I've made the right decision, and it means that I get to see the November election through, which is exciting and terrifying all at the same time. I'm going to re-take the LSAT too (torture).
I've decided to move out of my parents' house too. I'm not being kicked out, I just think it's time for me to get my own place. This situation is of course exacerbated by the fact that I would like to have my boyfriend over without having to deal with "roommates."
Did I think I'd be here right now? No. But here I am, and I'm determined to make the best of it. I will become a certified adult with my first apartment full of Ikea furniture. I will be able to make my own food in my own kitchen and collapse on my couch in front of my TV. I cannot even begin to relate how exciting that prospect is for me. It's like the world is new, and as terrifying as that is, I can't wait to run out and greet it.
So wish me well as I start my apartment hunt, and, hopefully, a new stage in my life...
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May 9th, 2008
09:40 pm - Wait-list Wasteland
Wait-listed again...this time at Suffolk University in Boston. I knew what it was the second I saw it in my mailbox--a small, thick envelope. I have become somewhat of a connoisseur of wait-listedness. The envelopes all feel the same; their weight in my hand suggests I'm almost good enough, but there was something missing. Something about me just wasn't enough for them to say "yes" instead of "maybe" and it's at the same time encouraging and dejecting.
I like to think that there's something I can learn from all of this--first, I should have put my applications in sooner. Procrastination is not the best idea when it comes to law applications--then again, there was this small thing about a Presidential Primary Election where I didn't have two seconds to breathe, let alone submit applications. The second thing I can learn from this is patience. I have never really been a patient person. This waiting is killing me, but I'm trying to be better--to distract myself with other things like learning to be a normal person.
My last holdout is Seattle University. I want to hear from them yesterday, but I sometimes don't want to hear at all, because that will mean that round one will really be over, and on to more indefinite waiting.
Current Music: Sara Bareilles--City
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May 1st, 2008
09:30 pm - Law School Update
I got waitlisted at McGeorge School of Law (University of the Pacific), which is absolutely amazing! I am bouncing off the walls. McGeorge is a Tier 2 school, and with my LSAT, I'm surprised they didn't toss me out the window at first glance. Squee! It should be odd that I'm this excited over not being accepted, but honestly, I'm just happy that it's not a flat out rejection...
Here's the tally thus far:
Acceptances: 2--Widener (Harrisburg, PA) and Thomas Jefferson (San Diego--I already told them thanks, but no thanks)
Waitlists: 2--McGeorge and New York Law School
Rejections: 1--Denver (good, I didn't want to go there anyway)
Still waiting on: Suffolk (Boston, MA) and Seattle University
I'm not feeling as panicked as I was a few weeks ago, which is probably because the elections are coming, and there's more work on my desk and I don't have time to worry about silly things like admissions decisions. That, and I know it will still be a few weeks before I hear from the others.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/mely/lemonfaces/bouncy.gif) jubilant
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April 30th, 2008
10:27 pm - Book Meme from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) bananaprincess
I can see why some of these are on here--I mean, some of these books were really, really good. The Time Traveler's Wife? Amazing. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell? Not so much...I can't believe there are so many Jane Austens on this list, either...Sadly, most of the books I have italicized are actually sitting on my shelf right now...I have about 16 books sitting, waiting to be read, and I will get to all of them, even Tess.
"What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as 'unread' by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you've read, underline the ones you read for school, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish. Add (*) beside the ones you liked and would (or did) read again or recommend. Even if you read 'em for school in the first place."
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wuthering Heights*
The Silmarillion
Life of Pi
The Name of the Rose
Don Quixote
Moby Dick
Ulysses
Madame Bovary
The Odyssey
Pride and Prejudice*
Jane Eyre
The Tale of Two Cities
The Brothers Karamazov
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies
War and Peace
Vanity Fair* One of my favorite books EVER
The Time Traveler’s Wife*
The Iliad
Emma
The Blind Assassin
The Kite Runner
Mrs. Dalloway*
Great Expectations
American Gods
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Atlas Shrugged*
Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books*
Memoirs of a Geisha
Middlesex
Quicksilver
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West*
The Canterbury Tales
The Historian : a novel
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Love in the Time of Cholera (on the shelf, in queue, but I haven't actually started it)
Brave New World
The Fountainhead
Foucault’s Pendulum
Middlemarch
Frankenstein
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
A Clockwork Orange
Anansi Boys
The Once and Future King
The Grapes of Wrath
The Poisonwood Bible : a novel
1984
Angels & Demons
The Inferno (and Purgatory and Paradise)
The Satanic Verses
Sense and Sensibility*
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mansfield Park*
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
To the Lighthouse
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Oliver Twist
Gulliver’s Travels
Les Misérables
The Corrections
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Dune
The Prince
The Sound and the Fury
Angela’s Ashes : a memoir
The God of Small Things
A People’s History of the United States : 1492-present
Cryptonomicon
Neverwhere
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Dubliners
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Beloved
Slaughterhouse-five*
The Scarlet Letter
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The Mists of Avalon
Oryx and Crake : a novel
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed
Cloud Atlas
The Confusion
Lolita
Persuasion*
Northanger Abbey
The Catcher in the Rye*
On the Road
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything*
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : an inquiry into values
The Aeneid
Watership Down
Gravity’s Rainbow
The Hobbit
In Cold Blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences
White Teeth*
Treasure Island
David Copperfield
The Three Musketeers
Current Music: Sara Bareilles--Gravity
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April 17th, 2008
07:57 pm - On Books and Mailboxes
I'm reading this book called Law School Confidential and while it offers some great advice on what I can expect this fall, it has me freaking out more than anything. I'm still waiting to hear from five more schools, and I'm wondering if I'm going to get accepted to any of them. And then I think, well, what if I do get accepted and I'm just too supid to actually get through the curriculum? What if I'm just too stupid for law school? This book is tossing out terms and telling me what to expect, and I don't know if it's just because I was reading it a half hour after getting off of a brain-frying day at work, but I don't remember any of it. I didn't reatain one thing. The author was blathering on about Torts and Civ Pro and Contracts--all things that I will become quite familiar with--and after I put down the book, I couldn't remember any particulars.
I may be just psyching myself out (substitute "definitely" for "may be"), but being stupid, or more particularly, failing is a huge fear of mine. They say the LSAT is the single best predictor of success in law school, and I tanked on mine. Funny how three numbers can make me so incredibly insecure, eh?
It's just, this is so huge; law school is a serious commitment and since it's going to cost around $150,000, I really don't want to mess this up. I don't want to spend all that money for it to have been a gigantic mistake. And how can I go into such a huge financial and educational commitment if I don't even know where I want to go with it? They say you should choose your law school based on where you want to practice, which is all well and good, but what if I get wherever I'm going and I hate it? What if the economy sucks more than it does now and I'm unable to get a job? Then what? What if, what if, what if?
I know a few years ago a Buddhist monk told me to stop agonizing over my decisions, but for one that is so important, how can I not obsess over this one? What happens in the next few weeks could dictate my career.
I've also developed a love/hate relationship with my mailbox. That shiny, fire-engine red box in front of my house is the container that holds my future, my hopes; thinking about what may or may not be in there makes me sick to my stomach. There's a certain spot on 49 that, after my car drives over it, all I can think about is the fact that I will see that mailbox soon. I can't go shopping after work--I have to hurry home and see if there's any news. I pull up to it, roll the window down and take a breath as I tug the hinged door down. There's a pile of envelopes--all of them small, never a good sign. I flip through them, my WaMu statement briefly giving me heart palpitations, my insurance bill making my stomach roll like it does when I'm at the top of the ferris wheel looking down over the entire county fair. I feel dizzy and wish that the next envelope, the next envelope, the next envelope will be what I'm looking for; no--just bills.
Remind me not to go through this again. There's a reason I only applied to state schools for college....
In other news: work is going well. I'm getting all the stuff together to put out a poll worker manual and get the training power point up to scratch. Seems that I'll be doing the training again (yay!). Everything is coming up so quickly, and I can't believe that the Primary (part deux) is almost upon us.
Also, happy birthday Alpha Xi Delta! My sorority is 115 years old today, and looks pretty good for her age, too.
I also would like to say that although I'm not much of one for reality TV, I'm very much enjoying American Idol this season because David Cook is such an amazing talent. I, like everyone else on the planet, was blown away by his rendidtion of Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby," and I can't wait until he puts out an album of his own stuff. If he's this good singing other people's songs, imagine how much better he'll be when he doesn't have to sing the music of that week's musical mentor. I think it's quite something that he's kept the situation with his brother under wraps. A lot of people would play the pity card, but he didn't, showing he's not only talented but he's got integrity. I hear he also likes crossword puzzles--rock on. Here's hoping he sweeps the floor with the rest of them...
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April 15th, 2008
10:32 pm - One big envelope....
Thomas Jefferson in San Diego accepted me. Now I have choices! Still waiting to hear from five schools. Maybe I'll find out this week?
In any case, woo hoo!
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April 11th, 2008
09:47 pm - LOL
Someone pointed me toward the "Stuff White People Like" Blog, and after about two minutes I was in stitches on the floor. It was hilarious--and what's even better, it's completely true. In addition to the entry on whether or not you should date some who is not as well read as you are, there was ( this ) entry on San Francisco, and I was laughing and laughing and thinking how spot-on this guy was.
It's going on my list.
In other news....STILL no news.
Someone kill me now.
Current Music: Sara Bareilles
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April 10th, 2008
06:25 pm - The Waiting Place
"The Waiting Place......................... for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a place to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or a No or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite or waiting around for Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance. Everyone is just waiting. " Dr. Seuss
Dear Law Schools I've Applied To:
I'm waiting, perhaps not patiently, for your responses so that I can start planning the rest of my future. It's a bit hard to plan for forever when you don't know where you're going to be in three and a half months--yes, school is only three and a half months away, and quite frankly I'm starting to freak out. Being a woman of action, I need something to act on. I also need some answers. Big envelope, small envelope, just send me any envelope so that my impatience doesn't cause me to do something rash.
Also, I've already been accepted to Widener, but pretty soon I'm going to have to tell them if they're getting all my money and more that I don't have or not, so: a) I'm a hot commodity and you should accept me for that and many other reasons, and b) I don't want to have to pay them $400 only to have to lose it if I like you better. $400 could be a third of my books, you know?
So, send me the mail I'm waiting to see,
Send a yes or a no for me,
Send me something so I will not be,
Dying of my curiosity.
Love,
Beth
PS, See how incredibly clever that was? I just made up a rhyme...I'm awesome, and that's another reason why you should admit me!
Current Location: Home
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/mely/lemonfaces/concern.gif) Waiting
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February 19th, 2008
09:36 pm - It's love
Lauren pointed me toward this blog, Language Log, and I think I'm in love. It's complete grammar snobbery, which, of course, makes it my new favorite thing.
Exhibit A
Oh, and Dave Barry is my new boyfriend.
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February 16th, 2008
01:33 am - Driven to Distraction
I have been scatterbrained all this week because of two things. First, I got accepted to law school. Second, I can't stop thinking about China. ( Read more... )
Current Location: Bed
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/mely/lemonfaces/unsure.gif) contemplative
Current Music: Nellie McKay--Get Away from Me
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December 29th, 2007
10:28 pm - Crazy? I went crazy once....
I've begun applying to law schools. Just the thought makes me ill. Then I look at the application forms, at the personal statement prompts, at the tuition and I feel like I am going to be violently ill. I'm remembering why I only applied to two colleges in the first place.
This process is terrifying. I can make a hundred tiny mistakes that could mean a thin envelope. I could be too stupid for all of this, and the sheer amount of pressure has me wondering if this is even something I want to do.
Then I remember how interesting my online not-for-credit law classes were, how much I liked reading cases, how I could be really good at this.
I know it seems like this is all for nothing--all this whining (which is what this entry really is)--because I will apply and I will give it my best, but I would like it on the record that the process seriously, seriously sucks.
Moving on...
I just saw In the Land of Women and I really liked it. I also liked Adam Brody, and I'm wondering how he managed to escape my radar for so long... To remedy this I've rented the first season of The OC (not quite as good as my guilty pleasure Gossip Girl, but then again, I'm only four episodes into it so far).
I have a brand-new shiny laptop that has ALL of the stuff from my old laptop on it. A miracle man was able to get everything off of it (and he did it for free!), and I am restored! I have all my old fragments of started novels, all my papers, all my music and pictures, and life couldn't be better. I offered the guy my firstborn or a camel, but he only really wanted a few dozen home made cookies. Sold!
Work is getting hectic, but I love my job. I really do. I don't care if they want me to work nights and weekends for the next three months, because I am actually doing something useful that's not only making a difference in the office, but in the whole county. If I wasn't there, there'd be no poll workers, and no polling places, not to mention a million tiny little things that I get to do each day that allow an election to run smoothly. If this law school thing doesn't work out, I want to work in elections forever.
I hope you all had a merry whatever you celebrate, and a Happy New Year. Go easy on the Champagne!
Current Music: Jack's Mannequin--Kill the Messenger
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November 24th, 2007
11:28 pm - RIP Laptop
My laptop died.
The hard drive crashed.
To back it up would have been smart.
I'm clearly not smart.
On a positive note, I get to get a new laptop, which I was going to do anyway, but now it's just a bit sooner than I thought I was going to. I'm going to send my hard drive in to one of those "we can retrieve it even if it's been dragged through the mud, frozen in snow, and used as a soccer ball" labs. If you know of a good one that doesn't cost two small fortunes (I'm on a government salary, here--only one small fortune is acceptible), let me know.
Hopefully I will have a new laptop in a few weeks. And I will start backing up my data as soon as I get a new one...
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October 26th, 2007
07:27 pm - The LSAT (ain't nothin' but a number)
So, here's the thing: for some reason completely beyond my immediate understanding I want to go to Law School. I want to go through what I've heard is three years of hell to come out $150,000 in debt. Call me crazy for wanting to spend all my free time in the library, but I just think it sounds like fun.
In order to apply to Law School, you need to take the LSAT (Law School Admissions Test), which I'm pretty sure was written by Satan. Now, I've taken this beastly test twice, which is generally discouraged. It's one of those tests that you're only supposed to take once, because it will show your true aptitude for law school. Want to know what it tells me? It says: don't quit your day job.
My first time taking the test, I left the room thinking, "Hell yeah, I nailed that thing." I know now that the only reason that I felt that way was because the test ended with a writing sample (not even graded), which happens to be something that I think I excel at. I love writing tests, and I thought I argued my point well. What did not go well was the part of the test that actually counts. I got a 150. I almost cried. Seriously. I thought to myself, I can't possibly be that stupid. It must have been a bad testing day.
So, I dusted myself off, and started preparing for the next round. I figured that the reason I did so poorly on the first test was because I was so worried about the Logic Games portion of the test, that I spent about 90% of my time preparing for that, and ignored the other sections. No biggie...I'd take it again.
I practiced and practiced. My practice tests were seven to nine points higher than my actual score, so I was really excited. I was going to rock the LSAT this time. Now, I was aiming for a 160, which is not genius level (I wasn't trying for Yale), but I thought that it would certainly help me out and get me a little closer to my schools of choice. 157-159, yeah, I could deal with that. I bought books. And books. And books. I took a $350 weekend class. I was really prepared the second time.
I got my results back a week ago (on my Birthday). 152. Turns out I am that stupid--or at least, the LSAT thinks I am. This score pretty much says that even with my 3.7-missed-magna-cum-laude-by-.01 point GPA, I can probably only get into a third tier school. I was pretty depressed right then, and I thought about giving up. But here's the thing, I'm really not that dumb; I've never standardize test-ed well--my SAT's were awful (1090 *shame*), the LSAT was awful, and the only standardized test (for Sonoma anyway) that I passed with flying colors was, surprise, surprise, an essay test.
So, here's what I think: I think the LSAT, while supposedly a great tool for measuring applicants against each other for admissions purposes, can't possibly tell law schools that I really want this. It can't tell law schools that I will study my ass off, that I will be in the library every night if I have to be; I will read the books twice if I don't get it the first time. I will learn as much as I can, and when the time comes, I will get an internship and impress the hell out of the people who hired me. It doesn't measure perseverance, grit, or ambition. It doesn't measure the talent of people who think outside of the LSAT box, and it can't possibly show that character and integrity and dedication are more important than three numbers on a page.
Studies show that the LSAT is a good predictor of who will succeed in law school, which is all well and good; but what about the people who defy conventions? What about the people who set out specifically to prove everyone wrong?
I'll be sending out my applications to schools soon. Here's what I don't want to happen: I don't want schools to toss me in a reject pile without looking at the rest of what I have to offer just because I have a mediocre LSAT score. I think I have a lot of qualities and experience that make up for the fact that I don't test well, and while it's my job to convey that in my application, I can't do that if three little numbers that won't matter ten years from now stop me from even getting a chance to show them how great an applicant I really am.
And that, right there, is the real reason I hate the LSAT--not because it's hard, grueling, or scary (which it was), but because it could be the one thing that blocks me from getting to where I want to go. And that really makes me like numbers a great deal less than I already do...
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/mely/lemonfaces/mad.gif) frustrated
Current Music: John Mayer--Stop This Train
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October 4th, 2007
07:56 pm
I finally saw Garden State the other day. WOW! I can't believe that I waited so long to see it. The scene where Zach Braff's character is in the pool and is talking about how home has changed for him is so ...dead on.
Really, really good!
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September 13th, 2007
08:19 pm - Season of mists, and mellow fruitfulness
Today it started. Fall. The air smelled like fall...changing leaves and rich earth. A slight chill in the air, enough to hint at cool, breezy days to come. A warm, not hot, sun with light rays and a light wind, rustling the soon-to-be changing leaves. Fall. Tonight, slippers on the feet; first time since April. A short, internal debate on which sweater to wear. Pajama pants instead of shorts, socks to bed, no ceiling fan. Thoughts of cider and tea and cocoa. Curling up under a blanket; knitting a scarf without feeling overheated. Dreaming of days of rain strung together where the sun tries to come through the clouds, but lights the world up with a shining platinum-grey that makes the fall palette even more vibrant and stunning. The whole earth turning my favorite colors, determined to flame brightly before giving in to winter. Pumpkins, candy corn, and cornucopias.
Fall.
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August 4th, 2007
09:03 am - And the distance between the drop and the dream, is our one little piece of the divine
I woke up this morning from a dream about China: about Shanghai, and old friends, and fantastic places, and things I loved while I was there.
I woke up heartbroken.
It's been over a year, and I still miss it--everyday I miss it. It's like this talisman that I carry around with me, just hoping that the memories of my fantastic adventure will get me through the meaningless days I string up as the calendar pages turn. Some days, I want to sit down on the floor and cry like a kindergartener because I'm not there; other days, I'm ready to drop everything and fly back there, find a job and a home, and to hell with everything else. Those days are the hardest.
Today is one of the days where I'm ready to get on a plane. I am so ready to leave and only ever come back to visit. I'm homesick for a place that was home over a year ago. I fell in love with it, just like I fell in love with Sonoma: you exit I-80 and suddenly, the world has changed--rolling hills with rows and rows of grapevines, a change of air; it's just like magic. When I dream, sometimes I picture myself wandering among grapevines in one of the wineries along Highway 12. When I dream of China, I wake up happy for one one second, then I realize I'm not there, and I go back to the feeling something just short of despair and mourning.
This is going to throw my whole day off kilter...
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July 21st, 2007
09:39 pm - Harry Potter and the Holy-Shit-I-never-saw-any-of-that-coming Ending
For those of you who are still reading, I will not spoil the ending, but I just want to go on the record and say: OH MY GOD! HOLY SHIT! Where did that come from?
I had a few theories that were good; a few were not so good. I had Rther silly theory where I thought Harry would just chuck the Horcruxes through the veil...yeah, not so much.
Anyway, I started reading at 1 am and finished at 8am. I literally couldn't put the book down. I wasn't tired at all, and aside from a few yawns, I read the book all the way through. I have never in my life stayed up for 24 hours straight.
So, all in all....
WOW!!!
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June 3rd, 2007
05:47 pm - I love fishes!
I got some goldfish today. I've been wanting them for a while, and after my disastrous LSAT practice test (only a 153), I needed some cheering up, so I went to the pet shop and got them. Mind you, I was going to get a bowl and a fish and maybe a fake plastic plant, but I actually got an aquarium (a small one--it was on sale) and a fake plant, some red gravel rocks, two fish and a very Hogwarts-esque castle (couldn't help it!--the fish love it, too).
I haven't named them yet--we need a while to get to know each other, but hey are so calming...I love them already.
On a side note, I almost got a Beta, but then I realized that they really creep me out because sometimes they stop moving, which seems like odd behavior for a fish.
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June 2nd, 2007
11:10 pm - Yes, there's still a pulse...
News:
I got a new job which I will start on the eighteenth! There are not enough exclamation points in the world to show how completely thrilled I am, so I will stick with one. I am still working for the County, but now I will be working in Elections. For those of you who know me, or who remember my rant from October 31, 2004, you know I will be working in a place I care about. In one of my interviews, I think I may have even gone off about how the Electoral College is antequated, but I still got the job! I suppose this means that I will have to shut my trap when it comes to politics, since I'm pretty much the polar opposite of the normal demographic in my County, but this is nothing new for me, and I shall be able to handle it with relative grace and poise.
I take the LSAT on June 11th, and I'm preparing like mad to get a fabulous (or at least not so terrible) score. It's hard work and sometimes it makes my brain hurt. In any case, I will be happy when it's over, because I have about 15 books on my new Ikea bookshelf that I haven't been able to read because I've been practicing these damn logic games for the last few months. I miss my books! So, if you have a moment to spare and care to ask whatever deity you frequent to let me score well on my big, scary, law school test, I'd really appreciate it. I'd be happy to return the favor whenever any of you need some good karma.
I'm in the process of re-decorating my room. I figured that if I have to live at home with my parents until a law school takes me off their hands, I should at least live in a room that doesn't look like I just moved out of a dorm. I will really tackle it when the LSAT is over....Only a little while longer.
I have been impatiently waiting for the fifth Harry Potter movie, and the seventh book, and although May flew by, the releases don't seem any closer! Meh. After the LSAT, and in between my other books, I intend to re-read all six Harry Potter books so that I am caught up when July 21st rolls around--not that I really need to read those books anymore; I can all but quote page numbers at you...
I finally saw An Inconvenient Truth. I feel so current! I went out and bought energy-saving bulbs so that I can help the environment and all that. I wish there was more I could do that didn't involve giving up my car or paying for a new one, but I suppose that that's at least a start.
Hairspray comes out on July 20th, and I can't wait. I am so incredibly glad that Hollywood is making musicals again. I love them so much, and I love finding out that all of these actors and actresses can sing and dance--I respect them so much more when they can do more than just look pretty and shoot a few smoldering looks into a camera. And can I just say that Zac Efron has an awesome voice, and I can't imagine why, aside from the fact that his voice is "too low," the people who made High School Musical would have mixed his voice with some other kid's. If his voice wasn't right for the part, they should have cast someone else in his part--It's that simple. That said, I still love him to death and I'm glad he gets to prove himself in Hairspray.
And speaking of acting....I am completely distressed by the demise of Studio 60. Such good television should stay around, but in the world where completely senseless and cheap reality shows rule, intelligent TV has no chance. I wish it were not so. I suppose I'll just have to enjoy it while it lasts. Then there's this whole business about next fall's lineup having more "supernatural" shows jumping on the Heroes bandwagon. Here's the problem with Hollywood--instead of actually looking for the next big thing, they prey on good shows and concepts until the market is oversaturated and all the copycats and the original good thing go down in flames. Then it's on to the next carcass.
Oh, and the new Maroon 5 album is pretty good.
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Current Music: Maroon 5 - Not Falling Apart
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