So I start my last year of law school tomorrow. Part of me is excited and part of me isn't. This last week that was supposed to be spent lounging around and being lazy was an incredibly hectic rush of getting things prepped for the new year - a lot of law journal stuff and a lot more trips to SF than I would have expected.

Anyway, I really can't believe the summer just flew by like that. In some respects, doing my first full-on SF summer makes me feel like I was kind of cheated out of the drippingly hot summer the rest of the country had (except maybe not).

Last weekend before school was fun. I saw Scott Pilgrim this morning, which was awesome. So many geek references in one film. I loved it. Seriously, all the actors were great. It was a lot better than I went in expecting it would be (I mostly went because of Jason Schwartzman...).

Also, we saw SJ Earthquakes play LA Galaxy. Okay, I was rooting for my home team and I was very happy that they beat Galaxy, but I'm not going to lie. We were squished in the corner and after the roller coaster ride of the US team's performance at the World Cup, it was kind of awesome to be like 20 feet away from this guy when he was doing his corner kicks:



It made me a little sad that all the Quakes fans were booing him, but I guess we're supposed to hate him or something. Whatevs.

Tomorrow: Yelp Elite event. Some preview night. Supposed to be 40s themed dress, but I didn't have time to put something together, so I'll figure something else out.

Weekend of soccer, chicken coops and music. I think it was a productive one, yeah? We saw the Earthquakes play a friendly against Tottenham on Saturday afternoon. We actually played pretty well, a lot better than I expected. Granted, playing well is relative after a summer of the World Cup, but they definitely played a good game. Was a little frustrating. They had plenty of good opportunities to get the ball in and missed them. Tie game in the end, but still fun to watch. We're contemplating getting season tickets next year.

Came home and helped Oppa and James build a chicken coop. Yeah, James's wish to raise chickens might actually come true. With the raccoons in the area, though, I'm not sure if it's going to end well. Kind of nervous to find out.

Went to Oakland last night and met up with Dinah to see the New Pornos and The Dodos. It was a fun show. They're kind of fantastic live and I really need to see Neko Case once. She was so amazing. Was trying to write something up for the other blog. Not much is coming, so I might just crank something out at some point and post pictures.

Now I'm tired. I've discovered that I actually did finish grading all the Writing Competition entries. I didn't really get much of anything else done. Really need to start cracking with journal. Gah. So tired though. I'll save that stuff for tomorrow.

Also I got my Treasure Island ticket for the Sunday show. So expensive.

Went to another Earthquakes game. As a person who has been sports-phobic her entire life, the whole soccer game thing is a lot of fun. Totally looking forward to the World Cup this summer. Earthquakes won this time, too. Thus, I got a "win pin," which is a silly pin they hand out after each home win. Kind of want to go to next week's game too, but considering that I have finals again that week AND I haven't been entirely productive this weekend (recovering from Trade Secrets), I think I might have to skip it. Also, games aren't the cheapest things in the world.

On the upside, I did get a free ticket for a future Earthquakes game yesterday. I had to update on Facebook that I was at the game. Literally got the last ticket. Even then, it was only because he looked really sad when he told some other guy that he was getting the last ticket. I can use it for whatever upcoming home game except for the Galaxy one. Maybe DC United or the Seattle Sounders or something? I don't know. We're going to more Earthquakes games. We should have just gone with season passes this year. Maybe next year? Whatever. It's kind of fun being a sports fan, anyway.

Also, I've finally set up what I've been saying I'd do for months. Been wanting to do a food blog. It's actually the reason I started yelp. Kind of figured building up Yelp views would be a good way to get into the food blog. I'm combining it with a music blog. It should be fun. Music & Jjigae. Even playing around with the whole Word Press thing.

Don't worry all ye faithful reader(s). I'll still be keeping this as my primary and personal blog.

On Saturday, we decided to see the first Earthquakes game of this season. They were playing Real Salt Lake who are the defending MLS champions. We knew it wouldn't end well, but we also want to support MLS soccer...so yeah.

Chris made us go there very early. They'd been announcing on the radio that they were giving away jersey style shirts to the first five thousand people. Somehow that meant we needed to be there an hour and a half early. We got our shirts. On the other hand, so did people who were trickling in 30 minutes late. Oh well. Gave us some time out in the sun.

See these nice seats we had? Didn't last long. Will explain in a bit.

We were also there early enough to watch them stretch. Always fun I suppose.

We also had these great third row seats for the first half of a game. They were really good. At some point in the beginning of the game, one of the Real Salt Lake players flipped over that white guard rail like right in front of us. It was AWESOME.

You see? Earthquakes player is arguing with the Ref. Trying to card him. He got red carded later in the game. Sadness.

Which brings me to another point. One of the reasons that I love soccer is that I LOVE to watch the dramatics they put on to get their opponents carded. It's absolutely delightful.

Anyway, so we had these great seats. Then this family came and said we were in their seats. Chris squabbled with them over the tickets for a while until one of the kids pointed out that we were in the wrong section. I don't know. I wasn't in charge of finding the seats. I was too busy looking for free swag. I guess this was a bit of karma though. The night before Umma made me James and Mia go watch Mitty's production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (kind of awkward considering Mia's the only one who went there...three years ago). When we got there, some girl was sitting in Mia's seat and we fought her for the seat.

So we had to move up to higher seats. In all honesty it wasn't that big of a deal (except for the fact that we had a lot less leg room). We were at a higher location so we could see more of the field. Thus, we were still happy. (Except for James. He sulked for most of the game).

In the end, the Earthquakes lost 0-3. It was depressing, but this frustration is really only part of the true soccer experience.

Assuming we're both in the area over the summer, Chris and I hope to go to more of the games. We're kind of planning around watching some of the better MLS teams play, so I think we're in for a lot more depressing games from an Earthquakes fan perspective.

We went to Eduardos afterwards for dinner. Meant we missed out on Earth Hour. Oh well. Next year.