So, it's been a LONG time since I updated this blog. But, I'm still getting questions every week, and I try to respond to all of them, so if you have any questions on a particular post, comment! I'll reply when I can!
If there's any interest, I'd be happy to write a follow up post about my life at SMU and law school in general, but it will be a few weeks before I can get to it :) Ahhhh, the life of a law student/student attorney/editor-in-chief.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Friday, July 27, 2012
You down with OCI?
Yeah, you know.
Anyway, here at SMU we're in the middle of the OCI bidding season. Fun, fun, fun. I think I've maybe done two hours of substantive work at my current summer job in the last three days. The rest of my time has been spent on making a targeted bid list, rewriting cover letters for each job, and trying to pray to tiny baby Jesus that I get at least a few screening interviews.
Because bitch please, if I get a screening interview, how can they resist this face?
(I'm making puppy-dog eyes, but you just can't see it. Trust me, it's irresistible).
Anyway, OCI at SMU is completely pre-select interviews, there is no lottery involved. This year we have 51 employers coming to campus, most with between 9 and 18 interview slots, some with as many as 38. Each person has 35 bids, but you're not advised to use all of them unless you're between the top third and top half. If you're in the top 25%+, using every bid will mean getting more screening interviews than you can handle.
But if you're paranoid, you know, go for it.
Last year at SMU's OCI, only 6 students in the top 50% of the class that went through OCI didn't get screening interviews. 43 out of the 66 students that were in the bottom 50% that participated in OCI received screening interviews. And most students between the top 33% and the top 50% bid on 35 firs and received screening interviews on about a quarter of their bids. And the numbers only get better for the top 25% and top 10%. Everyone in the top 10% received screening interviews on a majority of their bids. All but one in the top 25% received screening interviews.
To clear it up: a bid is not really a "bid." It's just an entry. The firms don't take only the highest bidders, and they don't see what order you bid in. It's just the submission of your resume and other documents for their review.
Now, a screening interview is what happens on campus within the first week of classes. If a firm selects you for a screening interview, you'll go in and chat with them wherever they happen to be camped out on campus that day for about 20 minutes. They'll do all of their interviews in one day, and then release call back offers within the next week or so.
A call back is generally a half day interview at the firm itself, where they take you to lunch and take you around to meet and interview with several different partners and associates. It's a big time commitment, so they're given with far less frequency than screening interviews.
After you've had a call back, you can generally expect to get an offer or a rejection by mid-September.
Now, OCI is but one way of getting a firm gig after 2L. But you really really REALLY should go through it if you can. It never hurts, it's good practice for interviews even if you don't get a CB or an offer, and it gets you in front of the people making recruitment and hiring decisions, which is always a good thing.
So, in sum, OCI is a necessary distraction. Sometimes it's an ego-booster, sometime you're crushed. If you have the opportunity, definitely sign up and go through OCI. But don't go to any of the programs that OCS puts on about OCI. They're a HUGE waste of time. You just learned everything you need to know. ;)
Anyway, here at SMU we're in the middle of the OCI bidding season. Fun, fun, fun. I think I've maybe done two hours of substantive work at my current summer job in the last three days. The rest of my time has been spent on making a targeted bid list, rewriting cover letters for each job, and trying to pray to tiny baby Jesus that I get at least a few screening interviews.
Because bitch please, if I get a screening interview, how can they resist this face?
(I'm making puppy-dog eyes, but you just can't see it. Trust me, it's irresistible).
Anyway, OCI at SMU is completely pre-select interviews, there is no lottery involved. This year we have 51 employers coming to campus, most with between 9 and 18 interview slots, some with as many as 38. Each person has 35 bids, but you're not advised to use all of them unless you're between the top third and top half. If you're in the top 25%+, using every bid will mean getting more screening interviews than you can handle.
But if you're paranoid, you know, go for it.
Last year at SMU's OCI, only 6 students in the top 50% of the class that went through OCI didn't get screening interviews. 43 out of the 66 students that were in the bottom 50% that participated in OCI received screening interviews. And most students between the top 33% and the top 50% bid on 35 firs and received screening interviews on about a quarter of their bids. And the numbers only get better for the top 25% and top 10%. Everyone in the top 10% received screening interviews on a majority of their bids. All but one in the top 25% received screening interviews.
To clear it up: a bid is not really a "bid." It's just an entry. The firms don't take only the highest bidders, and they don't see what order you bid in. It's just the submission of your resume and other documents for their review.
Now, a screening interview is what happens on campus within the first week of classes. If a firm selects you for a screening interview, you'll go in and chat with them wherever they happen to be camped out on campus that day for about 20 minutes. They'll do all of their interviews in one day, and then release call back offers within the next week or so.
A call back is generally a half day interview at the firm itself, where they take you to lunch and take you around to meet and interview with several different partners and associates. It's a big time commitment, so they're given with far less frequency than screening interviews.
After you've had a call back, you can generally expect to get an offer or a rejection by mid-September.
Now, OCI is but one way of getting a firm gig after 2L. But you really really REALLY should go through it if you can. It never hurts, it's good practice for interviews even if you don't get a CB or an offer, and it gets you in front of the people making recruitment and hiring decisions, which is always a good thing.
So, in sum, OCI is a necessary distraction. Sometimes it's an ego-booster, sometime you're crushed. If you have the opportunity, definitely sign up and go through OCI. But don't go to any of the programs that OCS puts on about OCI. They're a HUGE waste of time. You just learned everything you need to know. ;)
Thursday, July 26, 2012
You Couldn't Figure Out What to do With Your Life...
...so you decided to go to law school?
Having now made it through the hellish ordeal that is 1L (seriously, it's like hazing for attorneys. Everyone went through it, and if you make it out alive you are worthy), I've had a few friends from undergrad and high school approach me about making the move into the legal field. Most of these friends have jobs, if not careers (we graduated undergrad 3 years ago), and most of them are just feeling kind of...stuck.
I get it. I do.
But that is quite possibly the (second) WORST reason to go to law school.
Making BOATLOADS of money is the worst reason, because unless you're in the top 10% at a T14 school, odds are you're not coming out with a job paying $160k off the bat. Nationwide, only 55% of the graduates in the Class of 2011 had full-time legal employment 9 months after graduation. And only 5,500 out of the roughly 44,000 grads entering the legal job market were able to find employment with firms of 50+ attorneys. Out of the Class of 2010 grads who landed private sector jobs, 62.6% were in small firms (less that 50 attorneys -- and a majority of that number went into firms with between 2 and 10 lawyers), 16.2% went into firms with between 50 and 500 lawyers, and 21.2% went to the biglaw (501+) firms. You think you're coming out of law school and going to immediately be rolling in the dough? Think again.
But I digress.
I finally had a friend the other day, who has NEVER expressed any interest in school, or the law, or being a lawyer, tell me, "You know, I'm thinking about law school. I don't know what else I want to do, so I might as well try it." And although I smiled politely and gave him some sage advice (study hard for the LSAT, retake it at least once if you don't hit at least a 161 on your first try, and check out TLS), inside I was thinking, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"
Going to law school because you can't figure out what else to do means that you're going to have an EVEN harder time with 1L, because your heart won't be in it. When other people are bogged down but enjoying the analytical reading, you will slowly be losing your mind trying to determine what sort of message Satan whispered in your ear to make you decide to subject yourself to this. And you, in all likelihood, will be so unhappy you'll consider leaving, but you'll already be so far in debt that it won't be worth it and you'll find yourself stuck in a career you're not sure you even want.
Now, I know this might seem like strange advice coming from me. You all know I'm not really a pessimist by nature. But I have seen too many of my friends and classmates come to this realization to NOT say something.
Please, if you are just stuck in your job/career/field and you don't know what to do and think law school *might* not be that bad of an idea, make sure it's something you'll actually enjoy. It's not like Law & Order, or Suits, or Franklin & Bash. You're not going to be making $160k as soon as you graduate. It's harder work than most fields, and the rewards can be intermittent.
What I did, and what I thank God every day for, was take a year to work in a law firm, and make sure that the practice of law was something I could see myself working in for the foreseeable future. If you're considering leaving your job to go to law school, leave your job for a job in a firm or within a legal department at a company or something. You'll get to see the practice first hand, and make sure it's something you can stomach doing every day for the rest of your life. Not everyone can. And if you're one of those people who thought it was going to be a lot more glamorous than it actually is and decide you hate it, well then at least you're not out a year of your like and $50k.
Please, for your sake, make sure you're not just doing it because you feel like you're in a rut. If you are in a rut, there are way more easy and pleasant rut-breakers than law school.
Having now made it through the hellish ordeal that is 1L (seriously, it's like hazing for attorneys. Everyone went through it, and if you make it out alive you are worthy), I've had a few friends from undergrad and high school approach me about making the move into the legal field. Most of these friends have jobs, if not careers (we graduated undergrad 3 years ago), and most of them are just feeling kind of...stuck.
I get it. I do.
But that is quite possibly the (second) WORST reason to go to law school.
Making BOATLOADS of money is the worst reason, because unless you're in the top 10% at a T14 school, odds are you're not coming out with a job paying $160k off the bat. Nationwide, only 55% of the graduates in the Class of 2011 had full-time legal employment 9 months after graduation. And only 5,500 out of the roughly 44,000 grads entering the legal job market were able to find employment with firms of 50+ attorneys. Out of the Class of 2010 grads who landed private sector jobs, 62.6% were in small firms (less that 50 attorneys -- and a majority of that number went into firms with between 2 and 10 lawyers), 16.2% went into firms with between 50 and 500 lawyers, and 21.2% went to the biglaw (501+) firms. You think you're coming out of law school and going to immediately be rolling in the dough? Think again.
But I digress.
I finally had a friend the other day, who has NEVER expressed any interest in school, or the law, or being a lawyer, tell me, "You know, I'm thinking about law school. I don't know what else I want to do, so I might as well try it." And although I smiled politely and gave him some sage advice (study hard for the LSAT, retake it at least once if you don't hit at least a 161 on your first try, and check out TLS), inside I was thinking, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"
Going to law school because you can't figure out what else to do means that you're going to have an EVEN harder time with 1L, because your heart won't be in it. When other people are bogged down but enjoying the analytical reading, you will slowly be losing your mind trying to determine what sort of message Satan whispered in your ear to make you decide to subject yourself to this. And you, in all likelihood, will be so unhappy you'll consider leaving, but you'll already be so far in debt that it won't be worth it and you'll find yourself stuck in a career you're not sure you even want.
Now, I know this might seem like strange advice coming from me. You all know I'm not really a pessimist by nature. But I have seen too many of my friends and classmates come to this realization to NOT say something.
Please, if you are just stuck in your job/career/field and you don't know what to do and think law school *might* not be that bad of an idea, make sure it's something you'll actually enjoy. It's not like Law & Order, or Suits, or Franklin & Bash. You're not going to be making $160k as soon as you graduate. It's harder work than most fields, and the rewards can be intermittent.
What I did, and what I thank God every day for, was take a year to work in a law firm, and make sure that the practice of law was something I could see myself working in for the foreseeable future. If you're considering leaving your job to go to law school, leave your job for a job in a firm or within a legal department at a company or something. You'll get to see the practice first hand, and make sure it's something you can stomach doing every day for the rest of your life. Not everyone can. And if you're one of those people who thought it was going to be a lot more glamorous than it actually is and decide you hate it, well then at least you're not out a year of your like and $50k.
Please, for your sake, make sure you're not just doing it because you feel like you're in a rut. If you are in a rut, there are way more easy and pleasant rut-breakers than law school.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Law Review Write On: The Basics
So, today the law review write on starts today.
Eek?
For those that don't know how LR write on works, SMU has a mandatory write-on policy. Some schools allow grading on, which is where the top XX% of the class is automatically invited on. Here, however, everyone who wants to be on any of the law review journals has to compete in the write on. (If you're in the top 10% of the class, a "good faith" effort will get you on no problems).
The write on competition consists of three portions: an editing exercise, a bluebooking exercise, and a writing exercise. The packets are made available on Thursday morning, and due back on Monday morning.
Good way to ruin a weekend, right?
SMU has three law review associations that publish five law review journals. The SMU Law Review Association publishes the SMU Law Review and the Journal of Air Law and Commerce. The International Law Review Association publishes The International Lawyer and Law & Business Review of the Americas. Science & Technology Law Review publishes a journal by the same name.
According to our LR orientation, every year about 175 students compete, and between 100 and 120 are offered positions on one of the journals. If you're extended an offer from a secondary journal but decline it, you're not allowed to write on for a "better" journal the next year. So either be really awesome or suck really bad if you know you only want the SMU LR.
Law review is really a great resume builder, but if you know you want to go into litigation and you don't want to work at Jones Day or some other firm like that, then LR isn't necessary. It's always helpful though.
Soooooooo... I'll be working on my LR write on submission this weekend. Wish me luck! Catch y'all on the flip side.
Eek?
For those that don't know how LR write on works, SMU has a mandatory write-on policy. Some schools allow grading on, which is where the top XX% of the class is automatically invited on. Here, however, everyone who wants to be on any of the law review journals has to compete in the write on. (If you're in the top 10% of the class, a "good faith" effort will get you on no problems).
The write on competition consists of three portions: an editing exercise, a bluebooking exercise, and a writing exercise. The packets are made available on Thursday morning, and due back on Monday morning.
Good way to ruin a weekend, right?
SMU has three law review associations that publish five law review journals. The SMU Law Review Association publishes the SMU Law Review and the Journal of Air Law and Commerce. The International Law Review Association publishes The International Lawyer and Law & Business Review of the Americas. Science & Technology Law Review publishes a journal by the same name.
According to our LR orientation, every year about 175 students compete, and between 100 and 120 are offered positions on one of the journals. If you're extended an offer from a secondary journal but decline it, you're not allowed to write on for a "better" journal the next year. So either be really awesome or suck really bad if you know you only want the SMU LR.
Law review is really a great resume builder, but if you know you want to go into litigation and you don't want to work at Jones Day or some other firm like that, then LR isn't necessary. It's always helpful though.
Soooooooo... I'll be working on my LR write on submission this weekend. Wish me luck! Catch y'all on the flip side.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Post 1L Decompression
All right, so 1L is done. For those of you 0Ls looking for some last-minute advice before you transition into law school life in August, I hope to write a few entries in the upcoming weeks about things I wish I had known before 1L that would have made my life a little easier in the last few months.
A preemptory "you're welcome."
Also a preemptory "sorry I didn't write as much as I wanted to."
So here's the low down on my recent life. SMU schedules it's spring finals so that this year we had one reading day before having a final every other weekday for two weeks (five total). Between the studying, the caffeine, and the drama it's all a blur, but I'll do my best to break it down for you.
In a later post.
Until then, I'll be taking the next week or so to decompress, clean my apartment, play with my dog (he's doing very well, thanks for asking), and generally get my life in order before the first of my two summer jobs starts.
For reference, I'm working for half of the summer at a boutique corporate litigation and tech startup firm in Dallas (paid -- yay!), and then the second half I'll be with a justice at the Texas Court of Appeals (not paid, but good experience). They stop hearing cases in May, so I'll mostly be doing research and writing there; not too much courtroom shadowing, unfortunately.
I always thought it would be interesting to sit in on family court or criminal court. I would think it would be like Jerry Springer or Maury Povitch or something. Without the moondancing when a potential baby-daddy is told, "You are NOT the father."
I digress.
Anyway, I'm excited for the experience of both jobs, even though it means I'm not getting much of a summer break. I might end up having to take a bartending or waitressing or retail job PT in order to make rent the second half of the summer, but it might not come to that. We'll see. For the next week I'll be cleaning my crap up and working on law review write on. And maybe (if I'm lucky) getting my tan on pool-side.
So, ask questions, let me know what you want me to write about, what you're interested in, or what you're worried about in your own law school journey. I'll try my hardest to respond and enlighten you as to the perils and pitfalls (and fun times, don't worry) of 1L.
A preemptory "you're welcome."
Also a preemptory "sorry I didn't write as much as I wanted to."
So here's the low down on my recent life. SMU schedules it's spring finals so that this year we had one reading day before having a final every other weekday for two weeks (five total). Between the studying, the caffeine, and the drama it's all a blur, but I'll do my best to break it down for you.
In a later post.
Until then, I'll be taking the next week or so to decompress, clean my apartment, play with my dog (he's doing very well, thanks for asking), and generally get my life in order before the first of my two summer jobs starts.
For reference, I'm working for half of the summer at a boutique corporate litigation and tech startup firm in Dallas (paid -- yay!), and then the second half I'll be with a justice at the Texas Court of Appeals (not paid, but good experience). They stop hearing cases in May, so I'll mostly be doing research and writing there; not too much courtroom shadowing, unfortunately.
I always thought it would be interesting to sit in on family court or criminal court. I would think it would be like Jerry Springer or Maury Povitch or something. Without the moondancing when a potential baby-daddy is told, "You are NOT the father."
I digress.
Anyway, I'm excited for the experience of both jobs, even though it means I'm not getting much of a summer break. I might end up having to take a bartending or waitressing or retail job PT in order to make rent the second half of the summer, but it might not come to that. We'll see. For the next week I'll be cleaning my crap up and working on law review write on. And maybe (if I'm lucky) getting my tan on pool-side.
So, ask questions, let me know what you want me to write about, what you're interested in, or what you're worried about in your own law school journey. I'll try my hardest to respond and enlighten you as to the perils and pitfalls (and fun times, don't worry) of 1L.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Still Terrible
Also...
When the people at the table next to me are talking loud enough to hear them over the BarBri lecture I'm listening to, and then when I look over and see they're studying math or rocks or anatomy:
(I have definitely gotten REALLY good at giving this look in the libs).
(Also, I promise that I'll update about 2nd semester and my summer plans and whatnot after finals are over and before law review write on).
When the people at the table next to me are talking loud enough to hear them over the BarBri lecture I'm listening to, and then when I look over and see they're studying math or rocks or anatomy:
(I have definitely gotten REALLY good at giving this look in the libs).
(Also, I promise that I'll update about 2nd semester and my summer plans and whatnot after finals are over and before law review write on).
I am a Terrible Person
When someone asks me if law school is really as bad as everyone says it is:
How I feel about law school right now (during exams):
How I feel about law school right now (during exams):
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Finals Recap
I know, I know.
All I can say in my defense is that the memo and finals were a lot more overwhelming than anyone not in law school can imagine, and that the last thing I wanted to do over my (very short) winter break was think about school.
Sorry, my bad.
But I'm back, and happy to answer questions about finals for 0Ls that are worried or curious. Seriously. I'll answer way more frequently than I'll post.
But this is a post, and as such, let's get on with it, shall we?
Basically, the memo wasn't too bad, if you didn't leave it until the last minute. I didn't, thankfully, but I did become DEATHLY ill the weekend before it was due. Really. I don't think I left my bed/bathroom for two or three days. People had to come over and walk Bingley for me because I literally couldn't make it down the stairs in my apartment building. So my illness left me in a little bit of a time crunch as far as editing goes. I normally edit as I write, which works well for me, so my editing process is usually quite a bit less intense than most people. But legal writing is a little bit different.
In undergrad, professors gave you a page target. You could wax on poetically, change your line spacing, the font size of your periods, etc. to make it to that dreaded 20th page, and then relax, right? Not so in law school. In fact, it's the exact opposite. We are given a page limit...and a very stringent one at that. I think our page limit was 7 pages? It's been so long I can't remember. All I do remember is that I wrote what I felt needed to be in, and didn't use any flowery language or sentence lengtheners, and I think my memo was 13 pages. I had a LOT of editing to do.
After I got my memo in about three hours before it was due, I went to our huge memo party (which was a LOT of fun), and then it was time for Thanksgiving break. Of course, it's not really smart to fly 4 hours home and 4 hours back for a weekend, especially when the weekend is the one before your finals starting. So I stayed in Dallas and went to a friend's for Thanksgiving. It was REALLY hard being away from my family, but I enjoyed my break and know that staying here was the smartest thing I could have done.
Over Thanksgiving break I did take it a little easy, but I planned out my attack for finals. Knowing that once our reading week started I probably wouldn't even be looking at the outlines for my later finals, I spent a good chunk of my break completely re-working my outline for my last final (Crim), and putting together a few charts for my open-note exam, most notably a comparison of pretty much every crim we studied under the CL and the MPC. That particular chart took almost a whole day and ended up being a beautiful, beautiful document.
Then I didn't touch Crim again until the day before the final.
Our final schedule went Torts, off, Civ Pro, off, Contracts, off, Property, off, and Crim. Torts was the most stressful, because it was the first exam. I don't like to rehash exams right after they end, but normally I can stay composed. After torts I went home, fed and walked my dog, tried to call my dad, and as soon as he got on the phone I started sobbing. Uncontrollably.
It was pretty awful.
But I moved on, got my shiz together, and made it back to the library an hour later to study for Civ Pro. Our civ pro exam was multiple choice, so that made it a little less pressure, but looking at it now it also means that the curve is just that much more tight. I didn't have another break down after Torts, except for when I yelled at the undergrad that was having a very LOUD conversation in the law library.
Ugh. SIDE NOTE: If you are an undergrad at a school that has a law library, don't go study there unless you really have to. And if you HAVE to go, don't let it be during finals. And at least have the good grace to look frazzled and stressed. And for God's sake, be quiet. You don't look cool, and you're making everyone in that library HATE you.
Seriously.
As far as studying goes, I pretty much studied on my own, either at my apartment or in the library. There's SO much stress during finals, and different people study in different ways, so you have to pick who you study with carefully -- it's not always going to be your closest friend that you want at that study carrel with you. There was a little bit of tension between my friends during the whole exam period, to be honest. I just had to keep reminding myself that it would be okay, that everyone is just different during finals. And I spent a lot of time in my house with just Bingley and Netflix. I really don't like drama, but it seems like you can't escape it. Especially during finals.
Everything's cool now. I know you were SUPER worried.
All right, so in total I felt okay about pretty much every exam. Not great about any, not terrible about any. We'll see how it went when our grades come out. I know for sure that I didn't fail anything, so that's a little bit of comfort, right?
I'll try to post again (very soon) about my break and coming back to Dallas for the second semester. But seriously, comment and ask questions. I'll get back to you, I promise.
All I can say in my defense is that the memo and finals were a lot more overwhelming than anyone not in law school can imagine, and that the last thing I wanted to do over my (very short) winter break was think about school.
Sorry, my bad.
But I'm back, and happy to answer questions about finals for 0Ls that are worried or curious. Seriously. I'll answer way more frequently than I'll post.
But this is a post, and as such, let's get on with it, shall we?
Basically, the memo wasn't too bad, if you didn't leave it until the last minute. I didn't, thankfully, but I did become DEATHLY ill the weekend before it was due. Really. I don't think I left my bed/bathroom for two or three days. People had to come over and walk Bingley for me because I literally couldn't make it down the stairs in my apartment building. So my illness left me in a little bit of a time crunch as far as editing goes. I normally edit as I write, which works well for me, so my editing process is usually quite a bit less intense than most people. But legal writing is a little bit different.
In undergrad, professors gave you a page target. You could wax on poetically, change your line spacing, the font size of your periods, etc. to make it to that dreaded 20th page, and then relax, right? Not so in law school. In fact, it's the exact opposite. We are given a page limit...and a very stringent one at that. I think our page limit was 7 pages? It's been so long I can't remember. All I do remember is that I wrote what I felt needed to be in, and didn't use any flowery language or sentence lengtheners, and I think my memo was 13 pages. I had a LOT of editing to do.
After I got my memo in about three hours before it was due, I went to our huge memo party (which was a LOT of fun), and then it was time for Thanksgiving break. Of course, it's not really smart to fly 4 hours home and 4 hours back for a weekend, especially when the weekend is the one before your finals starting. So I stayed in Dallas and went to a friend's for Thanksgiving. It was REALLY hard being away from my family, but I enjoyed my break and know that staying here was the smartest thing I could have done.
Over Thanksgiving break I did take it a little easy, but I planned out my attack for finals. Knowing that once our reading week started I probably wouldn't even be looking at the outlines for my later finals, I spent a good chunk of my break completely re-working my outline for my last final (Crim), and putting together a few charts for my open-note exam, most notably a comparison of pretty much every crim we studied under the CL and the MPC. That particular chart took almost a whole day and ended up being a beautiful, beautiful document.
Then I didn't touch Crim again until the day before the final.
Our final schedule went Torts, off, Civ Pro, off, Contracts, off, Property, off, and Crim. Torts was the most stressful, because it was the first exam. I don't like to rehash exams right after they end, but normally I can stay composed. After torts I went home, fed and walked my dog, tried to call my dad, and as soon as he got on the phone I started sobbing. Uncontrollably.
It was pretty awful.
But I moved on, got my shiz together, and made it back to the library an hour later to study for Civ Pro. Our civ pro exam was multiple choice, so that made it a little less pressure, but looking at it now it also means that the curve is just that much more tight. I didn't have another break down after Torts, except for when I yelled at the undergrad that was having a very LOUD conversation in the law library.
Ugh. SIDE NOTE: If you are an undergrad at a school that has a law library, don't go study there unless you really have to. And if you HAVE to go, don't let it be during finals. And at least have the good grace to look frazzled and stressed. And for God's sake, be quiet. You don't look cool, and you're making everyone in that library HATE you.
Seriously.
As far as studying goes, I pretty much studied on my own, either at my apartment or in the library. There's SO much stress during finals, and different people study in different ways, so you have to pick who you study with carefully -- it's not always going to be your closest friend that you want at that study carrel with you. There was a little bit of tension between my friends during the whole exam period, to be honest. I just had to keep reminding myself that it would be okay, that everyone is just different during finals. And I spent a lot of time in my house with just Bingley and Netflix. I really don't like drama, but it seems like you can't escape it. Especially during finals.
Everything's cool now. I know you were SUPER worried.
All right, so in total I felt okay about pretty much every exam. Not great about any, not terrible about any. We'll see how it went when our grades come out. I know for sure that I didn't fail anything, so that's a little bit of comfort, right?
I'll try to post again (very soon) about my break and coming back to Dallas for the second semester. But seriously, comment and ask questions. I'll get back to you, I promise.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Living Near Campus
If you're unfamiliar with Dallas, then you probably don't know about all of the different areas where you can live and still be within a commutable distance from SMU. Let me tell you, there are a lot. I have friends that live in Uptown, M streets, Highland Park, University Park, the Village, off of University and Greenville, etc. etc. I even have friends that live in Oak Cliff, Addison, Plano, and other outlying places like that.
Personally, I would never want to live that far away. Dallas traffic is ridiculous!
I however, won't ever have to worry about that traffic. Because my commute is 46 seconds long on foot. And after living directly across the street for this semester, I'm realizing the beauty of living so close to campus. I might not feel so great right after finals, because being that close to the source of my stress might not be the best for my psyche, but overall 3 months of convenience is worth two weeks of slightly more stress.
Here's the thing: my building might not be the newest. It has it's quirks...the floor is a little sloped in my living room, one floorboard squeaks in my bedroom, I find little cracks in the ceiling and walls, there aren't enough outlets, there aren't ANY outlets in the bathroom (I blow dry in my study!), and there isn't a dishwasher or central AC. Plus my rent is a smidgen higher than a lot of my friends who live in comparable buildings (not as high, though, as my friends who live in swanky buildings uptown).
BUT - I have only filled my car up with gas twice since school started. And I still have half a tank left. Which is pretty great.
Really, there's everything I need within a walkable distance. There's a grocery store, a bank, and CVS, restaurants, stores, a Starbucks, and school. I get covered parking by parking in the law garage, and I can run over to the library any time I need to print anything or do some research without having the hassle of packing my stuff up and getting into the car.
Plus I get to sleep in a LOT later than most of my friends who have to drive to campus.
PLUS SMU pays for taxis to and from campus on Thursday - Sunday nights, so if you're going to go out and you live close to campus you never have to worry about getting a DD!
What more could a girl ask for?
If you're looking to move closer to campus, there are a lot of really cute buildings off of Daniel, Rosedale, Hillcrest and Milton that all have condos and apartments, typically around $900/month and up. One of the easiest ways to figure out what is open around there is just to drive around. These buildings tend to put up home made "for rent" signs, and their open apartments can get snapped up pretty quickly.
Personally, as of right now, I really recommend living close to campus. It's suuuuuuper convenient, and worth the slightly higher rent and fewer options.
Personally, I would never want to live that far away. Dallas traffic is ridiculous!
I however, won't ever have to worry about that traffic. Because my commute is 46 seconds long on foot. And after living directly across the street for this semester, I'm realizing the beauty of living so close to campus. I might not feel so great right after finals, because being that close to the source of my stress might not be the best for my psyche, but overall 3 months of convenience is worth two weeks of slightly more stress.
Here's the thing: my building might not be the newest. It has it's quirks...the floor is a little sloped in my living room, one floorboard squeaks in my bedroom, I find little cracks in the ceiling and walls, there aren't enough outlets, there aren't ANY outlets in the bathroom (I blow dry in my study!), and there isn't a dishwasher or central AC. Plus my rent is a smidgen higher than a lot of my friends who live in comparable buildings (not as high, though, as my friends who live in swanky buildings uptown).
BUT - I have only filled my car up with gas twice since school started. And I still have half a tank left. Which is pretty great.
Really, there's everything I need within a walkable distance. There's a grocery store, a bank, and CVS, restaurants, stores, a Starbucks, and school. I get covered parking by parking in the law garage, and I can run over to the library any time I need to print anything or do some research without having the hassle of packing my stuff up and getting into the car.
Plus I get to sleep in a LOT later than most of my friends who have to drive to campus.
PLUS SMU pays for taxis to and from campus on Thursday - Sunday nights, so if you're going to go out and you live close to campus you never have to worry about getting a DD!
What more could a girl ask for?
If you're looking to move closer to campus, there are a lot of really cute buildings off of Daniel, Rosedale, Hillcrest and Milton that all have condos and apartments, typically around $900/month and up. One of the easiest ways to figure out what is open around there is just to drive around. These buildings tend to put up home made "for rent" signs, and their open apartments can get snapped up pretty quickly.
Personally, as of right now, I really recommend living close to campus. It's suuuuuuper convenient, and worth the slightly higher rent and fewer options.
Friday, October 28, 2011
An Addition to my Family
One thing that I forgot to mention in my update from yesterday was the fact that, as of two months ago, I have a addition to my household...
This is Bingley (in his Halloween costume)! He's a schnoodle, and he is a little under 5 months old now. While a lot of people thought that getting a dog might be a bad idea during my first semester of 1L, I just couldn't help myself. I was lonely and I reeeeeeally wanted one.
Plus I live RIGHT across the street from campus. If I didn't there is no way that I would have gotten a puppy. It wouldn't have been fair. But as it is, and as you can see from my last post, I am home A LOT, so I feel like Bingley gets plenty of love and attention.
And he's a great distraction and outlet for when the sheer amount of work that I have seems to be too much...he always cheers me right up! Right now we're working on getting 100% potty trained (he's at, like, 88% now), and basic obedience commands. He knows sit, down, off, roll over, paw (shake), and jump. But he's a puppy, so he gets distracted.
If you're in law school and considering getting a dog, please consider whether you live close enough to be able to go home and give your dog the interaction that he deserves. Most of my friends stay on campus ALL day, at least 7 hours, and that's just too long to be away from a puppy (or dog of any age, unless you have a backyard). But if you're a dog lover and can give (or make) the time for a furry friend, I recommend having a pet...they make life so much better!
This is Bingley (in his Halloween costume)! He's a schnoodle, and he is a little under 5 months old now. While a lot of people thought that getting a dog might be a bad idea during my first semester of 1L, I just couldn't help myself. I was lonely and I reeeeeeally wanted one.
Plus I live RIGHT across the street from campus. If I didn't there is no way that I would have gotten a puppy. It wouldn't have been fair. But as it is, and as you can see from my last post, I am home A LOT, so I feel like Bingley gets plenty of love and attention.
And he's a great distraction and outlet for when the sheer amount of work that I have seems to be too much...he always cheers me right up! Right now we're working on getting 100% potty trained (he's at, like, 88% now), and basic obedience commands. He knows sit, down, off, roll over, paw (shake), and jump. But he's a puppy, so he gets distracted.
If you're in law school and considering getting a dog, please consider whether you live close enough to be able to go home and give your dog the interaction that he deserves. Most of my friends stay on campus ALL day, at least 7 hours, and that's just too long to be away from a puppy (or dog of any age, unless you have a backyard). But if you're a dog lover and can give (or make) the time for a furry friend, I recommend having a pet...they make life so much better!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
So far, so good
Well, I've been in law school for two and a half months. So far everything's going well; don't get me wrong, it's a LOT of work...but I expected that.
For you future 1Ls reading, concerned about the work load, here's what my schedule looks like on a day-to-day basis (Tuesday through Thursday...my schedule is different on Mondays and Fridays):
6:45 - wake up, shower
7:45 - study for an hour while I eat breakfast
8:45 - go to class
9:00 - 11:45 - class
11:45 - 12:30 - eat lunch
12:30 - 2:00 - read for class
2:00 - 3:20 - class
4:00 - 6:00 - study (clean up notes, outline a bit)
6:00 - 8:00 - cook and eat dinner, watch an episode of trashy tv
8:00 - 9:00 (three or four days a week) - gym
8:00/9:00 - 10:30 - read for class the next day
10:30 - 11:30 - relax
11:30 - bedtime!!
Monday I don't have class until 1:30, so I wake up at 8:30, start reading by 9:45, and take a break at 12:30 for lunch and relaxing before class. Then after class it's pretty much the same as the rest of the week. Fridays I'm done with class by 11, so I take two hours off after class to have lunch and hang out, then I spend three or four hours cleaning up my notes and reviewing from the previous week, and (now) outlining.
Saturdays I work for about 7 hours spread out throughout the day. Sunday I work for about three hours, unless I have a legal writing assignment due on Monday or Tuesday.
Sometimes I don't get as much work done as I'd like -- facebook calls, or I can't stop at just one episode of The Jersey Shore (my trashy tv show of choice). But the above schedule is what I really try to stick to. Some people work a heck of a lot more than I do, some people don't work at all, but I feel like my schedule is pretty middle-of-the-road as far as where my friends are.
For you future 1Ls reading, concerned about the work load, here's what my schedule looks like on a day-to-day basis (Tuesday through Thursday...my schedule is different on Mondays and Fridays):
6:45 - wake up, shower
7:45 - study for an hour while I eat breakfast
8:45 - go to class
9:00 - 11:45 - class
11:45 - 12:30 - eat lunch
12:30 - 2:00 - read for class
2:00 - 3:20 - class
4:00 - 6:00 - study (clean up notes, outline a bit)
6:00 - 8:00 - cook and eat dinner, watch an episode of trashy tv
8:00 - 9:00 (three or four days a week) - gym
8:00/9:00 - 10:30 - read for class the next day
10:30 - 11:30 - relax
11:30 - bedtime!!
Monday I don't have class until 1:30, so I wake up at 8:30, start reading by 9:45, and take a break at 12:30 for lunch and relaxing before class. Then after class it's pretty much the same as the rest of the week. Fridays I'm done with class by 11, so I take two hours off after class to have lunch and hang out, then I spend three or four hours cleaning up my notes and reviewing from the previous week, and (now) outlining.
Saturdays I work for about 7 hours spread out throughout the day. Sunday I work for about three hours, unless I have a legal writing assignment due on Monday or Tuesday.
Sometimes I don't get as much work done as I'd like -- facebook calls, or I can't stop at just one episode of The Jersey Shore (my trashy tv show of choice). But the above schedule is what I really try to stick to. Some people work a heck of a lot more than I do, some people don't work at all, but I feel like my schedule is pretty middle-of-the-road as far as where my friends are.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
A fun day in Torts
My torts professor is HILARIOUS, both intentionally and unintentionally. Some days, a couple of kids in my section and I just can't help ourselves...we have to keep a running commentary of the day.
These few photos show one example:
These few photos show one example:
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Synopsis of SMU Orientation
Before I go through and describe my two days at orientation, I wanted to share this beautiful work of art, drawn by a fellow 1L, that I feel very accurately describes everything we learned at the first day of orientation.
We've got there a story that Dean Camp told about crossing the street to buy a kite (the ending depicted in the drawing was much more dramatic than the ending to the real story). There's a drawing describing the average cost of the books for your 1L. Also, she's included an interpretation of all law students hitting the wall, which, we learned, was inevitable in 1L.
Lastly, we have Dean Attanasio, the first (and absolutely most important) speaker, who mentioned -- no fewer than seven times -- the fact that SMU is comparable to, if not better than, Harvard.
That's right. Harvard. Just think about that (and then give SMU your money).
We've got there a story that Dean Camp told about crossing the street to buy a kite (the ending depicted in the drawing was much more dramatic than the ending to the real story). There's a drawing describing the average cost of the books for your 1L. Also, she's included an interpretation of all law students hitting the wall, which, we learned, was inevitable in 1L.
Lastly, we have Dean Attanasio, the first (and absolutely most important) speaker, who mentioned -- no fewer than seven times -- the fact that SMU is comparable to, if not better than, Harvard.
That's right. Harvard. Just think about that (and then give SMU your money).
Monday, August 29, 2011
Moving Sure Takes a Lot Out of a Girl (Part 2)
Okay, so where was I? Oh yeah...the car.
Anyway, after we made the decision to ship me my car from high school, my dad left me in my new, half-set-up apartment with no cable, no internet, and no company. :( Luckily, my bestie decided that he had enough time on his drive from Lubbock to Austin to stop by my place for a few days.
Let me tell you, I put him to work. He mounted my bookshelf, fixed a few things in my bathroom, and was my general handyman for the short time he was here. Don't worry, I cooked for him, so it was a fair trade. Then he took me to my first ever Ranger game (I love me some baseball!) where I got this:
Apparently, Texas is delicious!
I digress. After my friend left, I didn't have too much time to be lonely. The next night I met a few of my future class mates uptown for a vigorous and fun round of pub golf. Then I had a day or two to recover and get everything ready for orientation to start.
While my apartment still isn't 100% done done done, it's very close, and that's awesome -- I have three more bankers boxes full of miscellaneous crap before I can consider myself done. I have all of the furniture I need in my apartment and set up, and a lot of the general furnishings and decorations done too.
I found a couple of old steamer trunks, one which just happened to be slate blue, to stack and make into a coffee table to match my slate blue patterned couch. I bought a blender, toaster, coffee maker, george foreman, and Brita pitcher to round out my kitchen, and found a big parson's desk that had been painted white on CL to finish off my study. I also went a little nuts at Ikea, and bought a huge TV on CL, too -- I don't think I realized how big 47 inches was.
Let me tell you: it's too big to take up three looooong flights of stairs by yourself.
Now that a majority of the big stuff has gotten done, I'm in the process of buying/acquiring/crafting wall hangings and other little kitschy things to put into the nooks and crannies of the apartment, so it doesn't look so spartan/dorm-like. Overall, it's going well, and my place is turning into a relaxing place that I can come home to and enjoy, but also have a dedicated place to do my reading and work (and not have to camp out at the library like I'm sure a lot of other 1Ls are doing).
Now, I think I'm caught up through orientation. Next time I have a few minutes to spare I'll give you all an inside glimpse at how scintillating (or not) SMU's 1L orientation can be!
Anyway, after we made the decision to ship me my car from high school, my dad left me in my new, half-set-up apartment with no cable, no internet, and no company. :( Luckily, my bestie decided that he had enough time on his drive from Lubbock to Austin to stop by my place for a few days.
Let me tell you, I put him to work. He mounted my bookshelf, fixed a few things in my bathroom, and was my general handyman for the short time he was here. Don't worry, I cooked for him, so it was a fair trade. Then he took me to my first ever Ranger game (I love me some baseball!) where I got this:
Apparently, Texas is delicious!
I digress. After my friend left, I didn't have too much time to be lonely. The next night I met a few of my future class mates uptown for a vigorous and fun round of pub golf. Then I had a day or two to recover and get everything ready for orientation to start.
While my apartment still isn't 100% done done done, it's very close, and that's awesome -- I have three more bankers boxes full of miscellaneous crap before I can consider myself done. I have all of the furniture I need in my apartment and set up, and a lot of the general furnishings and decorations done too.
I found a couple of old steamer trunks, one which just happened to be slate blue, to stack and make into a coffee table to match my slate blue patterned couch. I bought a blender, toaster, coffee maker, george foreman, and Brita pitcher to round out my kitchen, and found a big parson's desk that had been painted white on CL to finish off my study. I also went a little nuts at Ikea, and bought a huge TV on CL, too -- I don't think I realized how big 47 inches was.
Let me tell you: it's too big to take up three looooong flights of stairs by yourself.
Now that a majority of the big stuff has gotten done, I'm in the process of buying/acquiring/crafting wall hangings and other little kitschy things to put into the nooks and crannies of the apartment, so it doesn't look so spartan/dorm-like. Overall, it's going well, and my place is turning into a relaxing place that I can come home to and enjoy, but also have a dedicated place to do my reading and work (and not have to camp out at the library like I'm sure a lot of other 1Ls are doing).
Now, I think I'm caught up through orientation. Next time I have a few minutes to spare I'll give you all an inside glimpse at how scintillating (or not) SMU's 1L orientation can be!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Moving Sure Takes a Lot Out of a Girl (Part 1)
Let's do a quick run down of everything that I went through before orientation:
I got a very late start leaving my hometown (not my fault, I swear, thanks mom), and was about thirty seconds from missing my plane. Not an auspicious beginning to my move. Anyway, after arriving at the airport, they told me either I could make my plane and leave my bags, or I could wait for the next plane the next day.
I chose to leave my bags. Duh.
Now, my bags consisted of pretty much everything I had left at my house, and so it was A LOT. And I was concerned that they might not get to Dallas unscathed. Thankfully my bags caught up to me on my layover in Vegas, and so I had the "good fortune" of trying to load these huge boxes and suitcases into my rental car.
The next morning, my dad and I drove to my apartment near campus. It was sooooo frickin' hot in Texas (I mean, it still is, but that week it was 108 or over every day). My dad and I waited for my pod to get delivered, went to Target to pick up a couple of necessities, and then waited for my movers to show up...no way we were carrying that much crap up to the fourth floor!
(For anyone needing a mover in the DFW area, check out His Kingdom Movers. They're super nice, super efficient, and extremely reasonably priced. Can't recommend them enough! It only took them two hours to get an apartment's worth of stuff up three long flights of stairs!)
My dad and I spent the next few days alternately setting up my apartment and shopping for cars. I'd determined that I wanted to lease a 2011 Kia Soul (there was a really solid lease program on), but the only colors left in the entire DFW area were the ugly green and orange ones!
Luckily, they found a car in a color I could stand, and ordered it. But when it got to Dallas it was realized that they had actually already reserved it for someone else. The 2011s aren't being made anymore (since the 2012s are coming out this month), and the 2012s don't have a lease program in place yet. Needless to say, it was a huge waste of time.
Long story short, I decided it wasn't worth my time and worry to try to get a car here and now, so my parents agreed to ship me the car that I drove in high school for my use for the next few months, and then when I go home around Christmas we'll see how it's doing and if I even drive enough to warrant getting a newer car.
Le sigh. What's a (broke law student) girl to do?
To be continued...
I got a very late start leaving my hometown (not my fault, I swear, thanks mom), and was about thirty seconds from missing my plane. Not an auspicious beginning to my move. Anyway, after arriving at the airport, they told me either I could make my plane and leave my bags, or I could wait for the next plane the next day.
I chose to leave my bags. Duh.
Now, my bags consisted of pretty much everything I had left at my house, and so it was A LOT. And I was concerned that they might not get to Dallas unscathed. Thankfully my bags caught up to me on my layover in Vegas, and so I had the "good fortune" of trying to load these huge boxes and suitcases into my rental car.
The next morning, my dad and I drove to my apartment near campus. It was sooooo frickin' hot in Texas (I mean, it still is, but that week it was 108 or over every day). My dad and I waited for my pod to get delivered, went to Target to pick up a couple of necessities, and then waited for my movers to show up...no way we were carrying that much crap up to the fourth floor!
(For anyone needing a mover in the DFW area, check out His Kingdom Movers. They're super nice, super efficient, and extremely reasonably priced. Can't recommend them enough! It only took them two hours to get an apartment's worth of stuff up three long flights of stairs!)
My dad and I spent the next few days alternately setting up my apartment and shopping for cars. I'd determined that I wanted to lease a 2011 Kia Soul (there was a really solid lease program on), but the only colors left in the entire DFW area were the ugly green and orange ones!
Luckily, they found a car in a color I could stand, and ordered it. But when it got to Dallas it was realized that they had actually already reserved it for someone else. The 2011s aren't being made anymore (since the 2012s are coming out this month), and the 2012s don't have a lease program in place yet. Needless to say, it was a huge waste of time.
Long story short, I decided it wasn't worth my time and worry to try to get a car here and now, so my parents agreed to ship me the car that I drove in high school for my use for the next few months, and then when I go home around Christmas we'll see how it's doing and if I even drive enough to warrant getting a newer car.
Le sigh. What's a (broke law student) girl to do?
To be continued...
Growly Notes in Action
For those of you wondering, I am still liking the organization options offered by Growly Notes. It's easy to use and read, and so far I don't have any complaints.
(The one complaint that I had about the printing was fixed in the latest update).
If you were just DYING to find out how I'm organizing my notes (so far) this semester, here's a screenshot for you (click on it to enlarge it).
I have a one "book" for 1L, and a separate "section" for each class I'm taking. Within the section I have "pages" for the following: Class Notes, Case Briefs, Reading Notes, and miscellaneous notes about the instructor.
Let's see how this strategy plays out for me...
(The one complaint that I had about the printing was fixed in the latest update).
If you were just DYING to find out how I'm organizing my notes (so far) this semester, here's a screenshot for you (click on it to enlarge it).
I have a one "book" for 1L, and a separate "section" for each class I'm taking. Within the section I have "pages" for the following: Class Notes, Case Briefs, Reading Notes, and miscellaneous notes about the instructor.
Let's see how this strategy plays out for me...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
It's only the first (full) week...
Goodness gracious.
It's only the first full week, and already my planner is full. Literally, that's not an exaggeration. I've had to add post-its to two different days in my planner this week in order to have enough room to write down my different reading and assignments, plus my "notes to self" about classes and profs.
It's exhausting. But, as my friend is so fond of saying to me, "you knew what you were getting into before you got there."
She's right. I did. But in times like these, when the newness of the classroom setting and the stress seems to be getting to me, I only have to think of one thing to be able to get back on track.
It's only the first full week, and already my planner is full. Literally, that's not an exaggeration. I've had to add post-its to two different days in my planner this week in order to have enough room to write down my different reading and assignments, plus my "notes to self" about classes and profs.
It's exhausting. But, as my friend is so fond of saying to me, "you knew what you were getting into before you got there."
She's right. I did. But in times like these, when the newness of the classroom setting and the stress seems to be getting to me, I only have to think of one thing to be able to get back on track.
I feel like everyone should have a little mantra to keep themselves grounded in times of stress. It doesn't have to be a Bible verse, or even a whole quote. Just something to calm you down and keep you focused. Maybe even put this quote/verse/mantra into an art piece or somewhere in your house or apartment or book bag to force yourself to remember it.
Okay, back to my reading/briefing/writing. I swear at some point this week I will find time to blog about my orientation.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
A Few Things I've Learned About Texas Thus Far...
I've been in Texas for a little over a two weeks now, and in the course of that two weeks I've experienced quite a few "culture shock" moments. I would have never considered that Texas and California could be so different! I mean, we have semi-similar climates, and similar population demographics -- but ultimately there's just a fundamental difference between the two states.
Instead of delving too deeply into that difference, I've tried to embrace my new state by learning a few things here or there. And this undertaking also served to underline some differences between sunny CA and hot hot Texas.
Here are a few examples:
- In California, we refer to freeways by their numbers, saying things like, "the 405 is crowded," or "hop off the 5 and onto the 99." Here, if you say "the (insert number here)" in reference to a freeway or highway, they look at you weird. And then correct you. It's not "the 75," it's JUST 75.
- Along the same lines, we call areas of the freeway where multiple freeways merge together and then separate an "interchange." Here they say "mixmaster." Which to me sounds like an old boombox from the 80s/90s, like the kind John Cusack held up in High Fidelity.
- There is, apparently, a difference between saying "y'all," and saying "all y'all." The former refers to two or fewer people; the latter refers to three or more.
- "Texas Country" music is NOT the same thing as "Country" music, and it *should* be immediately obvious whether a song is a Texas country song or not. I say should because it is, in fact, NOT readily obvious to anyone who hasn't spent a significant amount time listening to songs about tractors, dogs, and whiskey.
- The "Six Flags of Texas" doesn't refer to the roller-coaster amusement park, but rather to the fact that Texas has, at one point or another, been under the control of six different governments. (Which ones, you ask? Spain, France, Mexico, US, Confederate States, and the Republic of Texas.)
So, anyway, those are just a few of the things I've learned over the past 14 days in the Lone Star state. Recently I was pondering aloud just how I was supposed to keep all of this straight, and someone said to me, "Oh, honey, don't worry. It'll come natural soon enough. You might be Californian by birth, but now you're a Texan by the grace of God."
I guess that about sums it up.
Right?
Saturday, August 20, 2011
*Clears Throat* Long Time No (Talk)...
Well, hello again. It's been an age...
and I sincerely apologize. No, really, I do. Trust me when I say I wish that I could have been updating for everyone. But unfortunately I hit a few snags on the road to having an internet-capable apartment. (the biggest snag of all: thinking that Charter Communications was the cable company for me).
However, after two weeks of using my iPhone as a life source, I have seen the light, switched to AT&T, and am now completely hooked up and wireless. IT FEELS AMAZING, thanks for asking.
Anyway, a lot has happened in the last two weeks. I'll update more about exactly what happened for all of you inquiring minds, but first I need to finish my reading.
And so it begins...
and I sincerely apologize. No, really, I do. Trust me when I say I wish that I could have been updating for everyone. But unfortunately I hit a few snags on the road to having an internet-capable apartment. (the biggest snag of all: thinking that Charter Communications was the cable company for me).
However, after two weeks of using my iPhone as a life source, I have seen the light, switched to AT&T, and am now completely hooked up and wireless. IT FEELS AMAZING, thanks for asking.
Anyway, a lot has happened in the last two weeks. I'll update more about exactly what happened for all of you inquiring minds, but first I need to finish my reading.
And so it begins...
Friday, August 19, 2011
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