Finals are done! They've been done since Wednesday, but I've been too busy playing Super Mario Galaxy and reading The Sandman and eating my way around the Mission to mention that. I've been using my LexisNexis points on The Sandman. Just got Vol. 3 but now I am out of points. Haha. Why is Neil Gaiman so awesome and why has it taken me so long to discover this?

Have the summer internship lined up with Creative Commons. I'm very excited about working with them. I have a couple of weeks of bumming around before that starts, so I'm taking the time to undo all the damage that finals caused. Signed up for 24 Hr Fitness with my mom and James. Chris restarted his account. So hopefully I can fix some of the damage before then. Going to spend this summer actually taking the diet thing seriously as well. We'll see how that goes. Maybe I'll even start cooking for myself again. A novel concept, I know.

Okay, should probably try to find something to eat.

Also trying to finally beat Super Mario Galaxy before the new one comes out. This is taking longer than it should because I'm being anal and want to get all the stars first. Whatever.

Going to Korea tomorrow. Won't be blogging here, but will be using a special Korea (take 2) blog. It will be here: http://whoamgkorea.blogspot.com/. We're watching Coraline right now. Part of my summer of nerding over Neil Gaiman. Even bought another one of his books for the trip. Woot.

I've been in Southern California for the last few days. Been enjoying not having to wear a suit to work every day and being able to sleep in a little.

Went to see a show at the Troubadour a couple of days ago. (will blog about that later). Going to Disneyland today with Crasher and James because it's Crasher's birthday (happy birthday, will blog about D-Land later). Watched the Confederations Cup finale a couple of days ago. Pretty intense game. Well played on both sides. It was fun to watch US lead Brazil 2-0 for almost half of the game.

Moved Miaout of her previous place and am in the process of organizing her new place. This means a lot of IKEA trips and the like.

Had Kogi BBQ for the second time. Line was not as intense as it was the first time around. The deji bolkogi burrito was just as good. Yesterday, we had the rip off stuff from Baja Fresh. It was surprisingly good. People need to stop mispronouncing kogi though. Or correcting me when I pronounce it correctly. Seriously.

Anyway, i'll post about other stuff later because Chris wants me to get ready for D-land. I guess I should listen because it's his birthday and all.

Just wanted to post that it's past the halfway point of the year and I'm halfway through the book thing. Really slowed down after finals ended for some reason.

#24

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

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Really funny. Love his writing. Need to read more of his stuff.

#25

Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

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It was okay. I got it at the SF library for like $2 or something. I'd always been kind of curious to read it. It was okay. An easy read. Parts of it were fun, but idk.

We just got two Neil Gaiman books. James needed one for summer reading and I saw the other one while I was getting his summer reading book. I've also got that Al Gore book that I've been working on and a book on the secrets of SCOTUS. Let's see if I can get through these.

Everyone's officially ditched me and Bruce for Cancun. This means that if I wanted to I could be a stereotype and throw an epic party. That would require having a lot of people to invite and while I do have friends, they are all scattered around the state and/or world. Also, that means I'd have to clean up a mess. Also that just doesn't sound fun in general.

I could also set up a bunch of contraptions a la Home Alone just in case someone tries to burgle the house. That also takes effort and creativity.

Instead, Bruce and I will chill out as we are right now. Maybe he'll actually walk to the park tomorrow and not ask to be carried halfway. And Chris comes here on Tuesday. We've got some fun things planned. There's apparently some big pirate festival in Vallejo next weekend.

The externship has been fun. I can't believe I'm about 1/4 of the way through. I have a feeling this summer's going to go by super fast.

The waking up part hasn't been as fun, I guess. Oh well. I'm going to have to do this 9-5 thing some day, right? Can't be a student forever.

Grades all came out. I did surprisingly well this semester. If you had asked me what i thought my 1L grades would be, I certainly would not have guessed that. My property grade was the most surprising. I was 95% sure I got a C or worse in that class. Anyway, I feel like I'm going to get an email one of these days reading "just kidding. here are your actual grades." We find out rankings next week. That should be interesting.

I never really wrote about the weeks between finals and externship. They consisted of a couple of trips to SoCal, meeting Mandy Moore and Ryan from the Office (aka BJ Novak), having kogi tacos, watching all three seasons of Veronica Mars (very upset with the way it ended), Mr. Pizza (after an unsuccsesful trip to get kogi tacos for a second time), and a lot of relaxing/not doing law school stuff. In a nutshell.

Also finished a couple of books:

#22 - Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

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Fascinating Read. I'm not sure when we're actually getting together for that book club meeting, but it was a fascinating read. Definitely a recommended book. Learned a lot about food.

Book #23 Sandman - Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman

The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman

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Been super curious about this series for quite some time. I wasn't sure wihch one to get first, so I chose this one because it had a pretty cover. Quite a trip. I <3 Neil Gaiman.