People are so gross. Seriously.

Hi, by the way. It's been a while. Apparently everything everyone says about the third year of law school being a breeze has been a lie. Then again, most people don't decide to be editor-in-chief of their law journal.

Anyway, as a result of all of that school related stuff, I've been eating poorly and not exercising as much as usual. Not good. Thus, I dragged myself to the gym just now for a round on the elliptical. I was enjoying reading my magazine until I lifted it up to flip through it and realized that someone had hidden a huge chunk of gum there. Seriously, that is disgusting. Never mind that it's rude, gross, and tacky. You're at a gym presumably to get into shape/stay in shape/lose weight/be healthy whatever. You're really not going to walk twenty feet over to a trash can to throw the gum out? Seriously, how lazy can people be?

On the upside, they added a bunch of trackless elliptical machines to this particular 24 Hr Fitness location. A lot more than the usual one I go to.

Still trying to get back into the swing of this school thing. It's been a slow process. Except not slow at all because there always seems to be something happening on the law journal front.

Went to Vegas this weekend. Was there for less than a day. We drove there to take Umma to a Michael Buble concert. I didn't expect to enjoy it, but he was entertaining. Wasn't overly impressed with the voice live, but he was a funny guy and put on a fun show. Now I'm trying to force myself to read my Wednesday Crim Pro. It's slow.

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.

Internship is over. It finished on Friday. I don't think it'll quite hit me until tomorrow, but even now I feel like I should be going to bed soon so I can wake up early. We finished building James's chicken coop this weekend. It was a fun weekend project, I suppose.

I also met up with Churro. We'd been trying to meet up all summer, but one of us would be out of town whenever we'd were in the other's area. It's been ridiculous, so I'm glad I finally got to meet up with her.

Summer's almost drawing to a close, which is pretty sad. On the other hand, I guess I'm ready to tackle 3L and the whole publication process. I think so, at least. I know there are tons of other things I need to do in preparation for the year, including a few trips back up to SF this week. Chris moves back up on Wednesday, though. I'm excited to see him again.

Also, I've been kind of hooked on the Stieg Larson books lately. I read (or devoured) the first two books. Am waiting on the last one until it comes out on paper back. They are fun reads. However, now that I've read them, I think that it's horrific that KStew's name keeps on getting linked to the role of Salander in the movie. She can't act. I haven't seen any of the Twilight movies, but I have seen Adventureland and her acting made me want to drive a nail into my eye. Ugh. I hope it's either not true or it goes to someone else.

Update: Awesome. Glad there was no mention of KStew in there at all. To be honest, my image of Salander was a cross between Carey Mulligan and Emily Browning, but based on looks this girl fits the role. Also, ScarJo? Really? Among other things, isn't the character supposed to have underdeveloped breasts?

Watching the Italy-Ivory Coast game.

The good thing about gli Azzurri after this World Cup is that I think that there's really nowhere to go but up...

...then I remember how France played this year and am no longer so sure of myself.

Fortunately, they haven't let me down yet. They could be playing a lot better, but I'll take what I can.

Update: Maybe I spoke too soon. ...They've still got time, right? Just get it together by the EuroCup.

I am currently watching our recording of the US-Brazil game. It's depressing and US isn't playing their best against a much-better-than-they-were-at-the-World-Cup Brazil, but man this makes me miss international soccer like crazy.

The MLS stuff and even seeing Real Madrid play wasn't the same. I'll post some of the pictures I have from that. It was fun to watch and see some awesome soccer players in action. We left a little early to avoid the inevitable hell that would be leaving a packed Rose Bowl. We also were quite popular/unpopular (depending on how you look at it) because of some anti-Cristiano Ronaldo posters we had. I think they were quite fabulous myself.

Yeah, it was another short SoCal weekend. Other than the game and finally meeting one of Chris's old high school friends, we met up with Henry and Kristina and .. well.. ate a lot of ice cream.

MPRE and OCI are done. Need to start really hustling for journal, but I think things are mostly in place there. It's my last week at CC, but these days are going by much faster than I thought they would. It's insane.

That's about it for now. Probably should go back to doing journal stuff.

Ah yes. Thwarted once again. I saw some mozarella di bufala at Trader Joe's yesterday. Legit mozarella di bufala di campana at that (the IP nerd in me also wants to point out the whole GI thing). I got it despite the fact that all of my previous attempts at buying the stuff at various grocery stores have been disasters. Seriously, some of the stuff I've gotten at Albertson's was most definitely rotten and that's a problem.

This one didn't taste bad. It was actually kind of decent. The consistency was bizarre though, so I ended up giving it to Chabba.

Depressing. Need to go back to Italy for the good stuff.

The MPRE is currently the bane of my existence right now. That and OCI stuff, but there aren't really many firms hiring 3Ls this year, so I really don't have many places to apply to. There aren't even enough options for me to use up all of my bids. Oh well. The MPRE really is a drag though.

It's okay, though. The new Arcade Fire is out. Was listening to the stream earlier today and just got it from Amazon (yay Daily Deal). I'll be listening to it or a lot of tomorrow and now I have some awesome study music.

I'm fighting with my laptop right now. Apparently through all of the computer crashes that I've gone through in the last year (and I've gone through quite a few of them), I neglected to really back up any of my job search materials. I suppose I could go through my emails and look for the stuff I sent out to various orgs and stuff, but it's all in pdf. I'll have to go turn them into word docs or something. Annoying.

Anyway, while scouring through my external hard drive (and remembering that I was long past due for a backup), I ran into a lot of old applications and essays, etc.

For instance, when I was applying to internships through UCDC, this was part of the writing sample that I sent out to all the green groups:

"Over the past two years, the protecting the environment has been something that I thought was important to an absolute passion. While there was one time in my life where I could sit on the sidelines and wait for people to fix the problem for me, I have lately realized that we can never achieve any of our goals and solve any of our problems with such an attitude. As I have said before, right now is the time that we need to start embracing the solutions to global warming and I want to be part of the solution."

This is from a different one:

"I have spent a lot of the past few years doing some soul searching, as all good undergraduates should, and this was a topic that I have spent a considerable amount of time on. Superpowers aside, why do I really want to be a superhero? I have to admit that I am a bit of a chicken, despite however adventurous I may try to be, so I do not know if I could even fight epic battles against my arch nemeses. And a cursory glance at any of the most famous superheroes (Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Wolverine, etc.) tells me that the life of a superhero is a very isolated and lonely life. My great desire to become a superhero really boils down to two things: I want to help others and save the world."



I've always been and still very much am a bit of an idealist, but hot damn. Thing is, I know that this was not BS. Did law school break my spirit (or was it another three years of frustration and a murdered climate bill that did it)? I feel like I've abandoned a major part of me since coming to law school. (Side note, but I'm also kind of sad that I later had to tone down the superhero theme when I reused it for my law school apps.)

No, I think that idealism just moved onto a different venue, one that doesn't quite have the sexy "I'm saving the world" vibe to it that being an environmental activist had. I just get excited when the Library of Congress announces exemptions to the DMCA now, I suppose.

This summer is going by way too fast. Less than a month before school starts and I still have so much to do. It's absolutely nuts.