I guess life didn't really get that much less busy since I finished Moot Court. I wanted to see Bishop Allen the night of the moot court argument, but I didn't because I had to read for Property. It turns out that this was a good choice because my professor drilled me like crazy on a case, most likely because I wasn't able to answer a question on Monday. That's okay. I think I held up pretty well.

Because I didn't go see Bishop Allen on Tuesday night, I thought I'd go see The Tallest Man on Earth at the Rickshaw Stop on Wednesday night. I thought this'd be a good way to kind of cool off for a bit before I head into the final stretch of this semester. A good way to de-stress, I suppose. I turns out, that I spent ALL of the opening act stressing about what time I was going to get home so I could do K and ConLaw reading. The opening act, Herman Dune, was really good, though. I just wish I could have enjoyed it more.



I almost didn't stay for the Tallest Man on Earth until I realized that I went to see him and felt like it'd be dumb not to stay. I was glad I did in the end because he was SO good live. Definitely not the Tallest Man on Earth. I left a little early from the show because I wanted to be back in the Tower by 10:30 and took a taxi back. Great show though. Glad I went.



Thursday and Friday weren't any different than usual other than the fact that I officially started outlining. I'm trying to remember if I have any intersting GAAP stories from Thursday, but I don't think so. I was the only volunteer there for the first thirty minutes and that's when most of the clients came in for help, so I was very busy for those 30/40 minutes.

I was supposed to go watch the APALSA Dodgeball tournament last night, but ended up forgetting about it and then staying for only a short while when I did go. I was actually way into the Property reading if you can believe that (you should, because it's true).

I also have a fun story from Monday night. Gianni and Mia came up to the city because Mia had an interview for an internship at 8pm. They stopped by so we could eat dinner and, having wanted to eat at Tommy's for a really long time, took them there. Little did I know that they have a very limited vegetarian selection. It was ALL meat. Gianni ended up eating a salad and cheesecake, so I guess it was okay in the end. We were mostly happy because it smelled like Germany in there and brought back memories of backpacking. How does Germany smell, you may ask? Not going to say.

So, apparently there's some new facebook app where you can list your Top 5 movies/cds/whatever. I don't know how people can list their top 5 albums. I just don't even know where to begin to answer a question like that. I guess I answer it with mini Top 5 lists.

So here's one: Top 5 albums that are important to me

1. Phantom Planet - The Guest

Not my favorite album ever. Not even my favorite Phantom Planet album. This album kicked off some crazy bug inside of me. I think this album defines that point of no return moment that has led me to become the semi-indie music geek that I am right now. Also, I think that my favorite band before this album was Good Charlotte, so I think it was for the best anyway.

2. The Scarlet Pimpernel - Cast Recording

Anyone who lived through my Scarlet Pimpernel fanatic phase must have expected this to hit my list. Like The Guest was for rock music, this musical turned my love of musicals into an obsession. Also, I have to listen to "Into the Fire" before any tests or big events. This includes the Moot Court oral argument on Tues.

3. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom

This seems like a random choice for my top anything list because I don't even think they'd crack the Top 25 artist list. Tragic Kingdom is on this list not because they have never and probably never will release anything as good as this album, but because this is the first CD I ever went out and bought.

4. Miggs - Anyway

I saw this band for the first time in March of 2003. Coincidentally, it was the same day I found out I got into UCI. This has nothing to with anything, but I just wanted to point that out. After purchasing this album at that first show, I went back to see them over 30 more times (in all of their various line-ups). I couldn't have a list like this without them. Also, I think "Taste" will always be my favorite Miggs song.

5. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

Random right? Chris and I listened to this album all the time when we weren't together but liked each other. I'm sure we annoyed the hell out of Ed because we'd find the lyrics online and then sing the songs together. We actually did this after we got together. Our favorite song to sing was "Michael. Yeah, at no point were we a normal couple.