Monday, February 22, 2010

"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."

Galileo Galilei


I actually went to the movies. This has become an increasingly rare occurrence because it's hard to actually go out to sit in a theater and watch a movie when there's so much work to do for school. Saw Shutter Island, which I had been wanting to see for a while. I enjoyed it, but I saw the twist coming from the beginning. We also watched Romeo and Juliet last night (the Baz version). I guess we were in the Leo mood (actually Chris has been bugging me to watch it for weeks). I like that version, but have never actually been a fan of the story. The only two characters I can really stand are the Nurse and Mercutio.

My note for journal is due in a couple of weeks. It's still an utter mess, but I'm beginning to piece things together. Going to have to really focus to crank something out. I keep on telling myself that I'm going to put my other reading on hold until the note's due, but the nerd in me doesn't let that happen. As sad as it sounds, it also makes for a good break when I am getting nowhere on the note. Oh law school. I love what you've done to me.

It's also Noise Pop this week. Couldn't have come at a more inopportune time, but I can't let it pass and not go to anything. Going to be an interesting couple of weeks. The upside is that it's followed by spring break and a return down south to use the second half of my 2fer pass.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

"Fight for your opinions but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth."

- Charles A. Dana

Weekend was good. Saw siblings. Saw Bruce. Went to Disneyland. Valentine's dinner with a lot of old friends. A lot of eating which surprisingly did not end up in massive weight gain. Also tried Phillipe's, the home of the French Dip. Didn't get much work done, but that's another story.

Downside is that I think Chris gave me whatever cold/sore throat he's had the last few weeks. My throat hurts, but surprisingly nothing else does (knock on wood).

Today was Mardi Gras. I like to cook jambalaya this day of the year, but I've got no time these days. Instead, Jeanne and I went to Brenda's and had crawfish beignets. Yum. I also got the fried shrimp po'boy so I could finally cross that dish off of my Big Eats SF list.

Okay, going to try to get a little more work in before I sleep.

Monday, February 15, 2010

"When God made time, He made enough of it."

Celtic saying

Thursday, February 11, 2010

"He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain"
-Wise saying

I feel like that sums up law school.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Tea Bag Quote:

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."

- Socrates


Should get back to work but here are short snippets:

- Heroes finale was anticlimactic. Am really hoping that this was the series finale as well. It was probably the show's weakest season finale (maybe because Nathan didn't die this time around?), but it was good enough to end the series. I really don't want to see Sylar decide between good and evil again and I like the thought of them ending with Claire revealing their secret to the world.

- Lost was interesting. Wonder where they're going to take this Claire thing. She looks like Rousseau

- New Yeasayer's album is absolutely delightful. Cannot get enough of it.

- Oh and I appointed my board for next year. Exciting stuff.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

I guess the biggest news since I last posted was that I did run for Editor-in-Chief after all and got elected to that position. Granted, I ran unopposed, but it's still very exciting. It's still sinking in to a certain extent and I've been going between moments of utter elation to very Gob-like "I've made a huge mistake" moments. Overall, though, I know next year is going to be an incredibly busy year (probably something like the CalPIRG days on crack minus pledge week), but it's going to be so worth it in the end in more ways than one. My project right now is to elect a board. In the past, Comm/ent has had two editors-in-chief. Because it's only me, I'm going to have to elect a very reliable and strong board. The people who've expressed their interest so far are great, though. I'm very excited about next year.

Otherwise, it's been a lot of the usual. A lot of reading. A lot of writing that I have to do and not that much time to do it all. Such is the life of a law student in their second year. It's what they warn you about before you apply.

Lost premiered. The season premiere created a number of new questions - namely whether they're going to do this split between alternate universes the entire season, but it also answered a few major ones. We also found out what happened to that one flight attendant. I wonder if they added that in because it was a common complaint among Losties. I also find it interesting that the roles of Ben and not-Locke have reversed in many respects. In a way, I'm kind of sad that this is the last season. I need to get as much mileage as I can out of making fun of Jack, I suppose.

I finally also got around to starting Remix by Lawrence Lessig. Thought it might give me some ideas on where to go for my note. Great read, so far. I love his writing style. I still can't believe I met him a year ago. So cool.


Based on the tags of this entry, the letter of the day is L.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

I could post about the awesome episode of Lost, but I need to actually work now. Instead, I'll post a tea bag quote. It's pretty cool.

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
-Rodin.