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.

I just wanted to check in and say that I have not disappeared. It's been a busy week between trying to catch up after an unproductive spring break and an interview in San Jose on Monday evening (that threw off my week like crazy) as well as preparing the oral argument and doing other stuff.

I want to post pictures, but I guess I'll do that later.

Spring break was good. Kicked it off by watching the Watchmen. Great movie, but we were in the front row so my neck hurt.

Played a lot of Wii Fit. Had some phone interviews that I have yet to hear back on. Chris came on Wednesday. We went to SF on Thursday night. Friday, we saw Watchmen on the IMAX, got frozen yogurt, saw the Cartoon Museum (which had props from Watchmen as well as drawings from the Escapist comic (see Kavalier and Clay) and other awesome stuff). Took BART to the Mission District to eat at Delfina Pizzeria. We got this prosciutto and mozarella di bufala pizza, some mozarella, and sausage. Gooood stuff. We also stopped by Safeway on the way back to get supplies for baking a pie. Unfortunately, we bought the wrong crust so we had to make it some weird way, but it worked out and was really good. Made it just in time for Pi Day too (March 14 for those of you who are not cool).

Saturday, we made our way passed the St. Patrick's Day parade (where Chris would not let me catch green beads) and went out to Pier 39 in search of Del Sol that was supposedly there. It wasn't, so we went to the Musee Mechanique and got some good crab chowder and crab sandwich at Fisherman's Wharf. Went to Ghiradelli's Square so Chris could get gifts for the people who wrote him recommendations (we found out he got into UCSB's grad program btw). Decided to take the cable car back. Of course, we were one of the last groups on, so we had to hang from the side, which was an extremely terrifying experience. There were also a significant amount of people (men and woman) wandering around Union Square in wedding dresses. Prop 8 something or other maybe? I don't know. We went back to the Mission for dinner at this pretty legit Mexican place called El Faralino. Good stuff.

Chris left on Sunday morning, so I made a sad attempt at getting homework done. I got all of Monday's stuff done at least, but didn't get any frontloading for the week in - part of the reason why this week's been especially busy.

After classes on Monday, Umma picked me up so we could go into SJ for my interview for a joint externship program with the Court of Appeals and Superior Court. Not sure at this point which way the interview went. I should find out soon whether I got in, so we'll see. Hopefully good! We were super early, so we stopped at Yogurtland on the way there. I hope that brought me good luck.

Tuesday I ended up missing both of my usually scheduled volunteer activities. Wasn't feeling too good and everyone who I go to the Immigration Clinic with had an immigration midterm to write, so well didn't end up going.

After Moot Court on Wed, Jeanne and I went over to Clement St to eat at this restaurant Burma Super Star. The wait was very long, so we put our name and phone number down and explored. Ended up getting some frozen yogurt and heading over to Green Apple Books, which was this pretty awesome (and huge) used book store. Talk about timing though. As we were leaving Green Apple, we had been waiting for about an hour/hour and a half. We were just about to give up when Jeanne got a call from the restaurant. Food was very good. Never had Burmese food before, so it was quite an experience. If I go again, I might have to try that tea leaf salad that everyone else in the restaurant seemed to order.

Today, I actually did go to GAAP and stayed an extra 30 minutes because I was helping a client. It works since it kind of makes up for the time I missed on Tuesday. It's not like I would have done anything important in those last 30 minutes. In fact, I don't know why I don't do that every week. I got some homework done after that. After 6, I went over to the 200 building because Lawrence Lessig was speaking on campus. Obviously, I had to go. I've been wanting to see him for years. I had brought my beat up, worn down, and written on copy of Code 2.0 with me to get signed, but ended up getting his new book Remix. We missed him at the wine and cheese reception to get our books signed, but Prof. Lee said that he'd help us meet him after he spoke. Great talk. He spent the first half talking about free culture/remix and the second half talking about Change Congress. And afterwards, we got to meet him and get our books signed. I feel really geeky to say that I was star struck. Haha. Actually, I guess they were all going to the SkyRoom after the talk, so we ended up riding the elevator with him too. Pretty cool.

Taping oral argument tonight. I've been trying to work on it. At least have something semi written down. They ask a lot of questions (or at least hopefully will), but having something written out is kind of like a safety blanket. I guess.

Also finished Book 13 - Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut. I've actually never read anything that he's written. This is a collection of short stories. I loved his writing style, so I'll have to read more of his stuff in the future. Once I make it through that giant pile of books that's been developing.

Still working on Watchmen.

Anyway, it's ridiculously late and I just used precious Moot Court time updating this, so I"m going to go to sleep now. Good night.