saturday

things i’m doing today:

• enjoying my new shoes
• west wing marathon with the roommate
• watching the storm roll into the bay

things i’m not doing today:

• homework
• leaving my warm house [it’s 12* out right now]
• feeling guilty about not doing homework.

sweet life!

world’s biggest nerd

i just got out of a meeting with my con law professor. we talked about last semester’s exam, all kinds of super nerdy things, and how i could get a participation bump if i talked in class. that could be an option – but my friends already judge me for my nerdiness, why let everyone know?

anyway, i really let my nerdiness show. i told her about the SCOTUS fantasy league.

she didn’t already know.

i know, i’m in shock, too.

not a member? check it.

von goethe

5

i may not know much, but today i know these 5 things. and i’ll take it.

1. time flies way too quickly. yesterday i was a first year exploring virginia. today i’m in the second half of my law school experience. it has been the blink of an eye and it baffles my mind. widespread panic gets it:
   old days come and go too soon
   old friends, heroes, lifetimes
   don’t let a single memory fade away
2. the way we respond to haiti says more about us as people than any election ever will.
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4. it’s easier to be hateful, but so much better to smile.
5. this version of “i still haven’t found what i’m looking for” is magical. hyperbole aside, it is one of the greatest songs of all time.

an election recap that isn’t

because i think it’s obnoxious when people jabber incessantly after an election unless they are 1) the media or 2) have been invested in the whole thing start to finish, i’ll keep this short.

• obama is an awesome campaigner. governor christie and senator brown might agree.
• the democrats still hold the presidency, 59 seats in the senate, and 256 seats in the house. a win is a win, but it’s still an uphill battle.
• scotusblog has an awesome piece re: last night’s election and what it might mean for the supreme court. particularly for justice stevens’ replacement. check it.
• there was a shit ton of fog this morning. it was cool.
• it’s a bit premature to suggest scott brown run for president. i’m looking at you, drudge.
• after 4 years of love, i still find anderson cooper to be hotty mcdreamypants.
• the namby pamby hit it dead on: “Watching Keith Olbermann tonight is like Christmas morning. Only better.”
• the supreme court is releasing opinions today! SO EXCITED.
• please call the nerd police for that last bullet point.

my bologna has a first name…

i went to an alumnae event this weekend in boston. it was superb. there were women in attendance from the class of 1944 through an admitted student for the class of 2014. such amazing women who have fabulous stories and experiences. i cannot fathom being prouder of the ability to say i share something with these remarkable people.

so yes, rainbows and butterflies and unicorns. i love my college. no surprise there.

but as with many sweet briar events, i feel so empty after i leave. i have just spent hours with some of the finest women this world has to offer, and then i have to go back to my everyday life at this decidedly ordinary school. there’s nothing objectively wrong with it, it’s just no sweet briar.

and with that, i’ve come to my realization. my epiphany. life is like a bologna sandwich.

it provides nourishment, sustains you, but is not exciting. it is up to you to spice it up; to add life’s condiments – the mustard, lettuce, onion.

if bologna is all you know, it’s fine. but what about once you’ve added something special to the mix? like caviar.

once you’ve had caviar, you cannot even fathom going back to bologna sandwiches. it’s not that there’s anything necessarily wrong with bologna, it just doesn’t even stand a chance in comparison. once you’ve experienced the delicacy of the sturgeon roe, that’s it. no more of oscar mayer’s finest.

with sweet briar having been my caviar, my current life shift back to bologna is, to say the least, unsettling. so i have a few plans up my sleeve to add a condiment here and there until i make my life much more of a delicacy than sammich. and i’m genuinely excited.

pictures: bologna source and caviar source

runaway

sorry i’ve been MIA lately. still not mentally checked back into school and spending much of my free time on the fantastic tucker’s new website. so obsessed!

i just wanted to share what i’ve been listening to on repeat. totally in love with this song.

i am just fixated on the lyrics. i’m hearing the road calling my name again and i have the itch to find someplace new. maybe it was growing up riding, horse showing, and hanging with cowboys, or just a product of a kid growing up out west, but i’ve got a fire in my heart and am feeling the pull of westbound i-70.

with every state line

somehow i find another part of me

i’m gonna pack my bags and never look back

run a parallel line with the railroad tracks

and make my getaway

decidedly not back in the swing of things

classes started yesterday. i’ve been filling my time with things such as:

• my google reader
• reading the daily caller [tucker carlson’s brand spanking new, news website]
• catching up on my DVR from over break
• glorious sleep
• finishing a few books i started over break
• struggling [in a big way] to do my assignments
• feigning enthusiasm for the new semester

i’m usually one of those nerds who looooooves the start of a new semester. new books! new highlighters! new topics! the illusory optimism that this semester might be different – maybe i’ll finally get one of the elusive CALI awards [highest grade in the class] or be able to sleep a lot during the semester.

but i’m just not feeling it this semester. i’m still tired from last semester. i’m still reeling from the effects of a wholly unexpected and disappointing grade in tax.  maybe it’s the nasty economy. maybe it’s the fact that i’ve applied for 56 jobs for this summer and nary an offer has been made.

i don’t know what it is. hopefully it’s just a funk. but until i pick back up – suggested reading lists are welcome! favorite book? blog i don’t know about? send ’em my way.

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what i’m doing today

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yep. i’m sitting in my pajamas, watching FIS world cup action with lots of coffee in hand. just saw johnny spillane win the world cup for nordic combined. now watching some slalom – the weather is nasty and people keep crashing. it’s fun to watch! here, it’s snowing, my dog is snoring, and my poopy pants parents are in hawaii.  i might do some work later, but for now, watching alpine season is pretty awesome.

in my “real life” aka law school, we still haven’t gotten grades back. i’m anxiously awaiting my tax grade so i can figure out what i want to take this semester.

but for now, i’m kinda loving this lazy life. 🙂

resolutions smesolutions

i don’t really do resolutions. if i want to change something, i just do it, rather than waiting for resolution season. that being said, this year i suppose i do have a resolution. just one. but it’s a big one.

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for 2010, i will be happy.

i’m going to live the crap out of this year. i’ll laugh more. forget others’ expectations. care more about people. study an ounce less and play more. i’ll enjoy the time spent with my good friends. i’ll let the little things slide. i’m going to say goodbye to the neurotic, stereotypical, dull ginger who only defines herself as a second-year law student and embrace the pura vida life.

so let’s go, 2010. you’re mine.

in the immortal words of goethe, nothing is worth more than this day.