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Mental Clearing House

April 17, 2007 2:08 AM

wanna write about something or other tonight, but I don't really know what I should write about. There's a bunch of stuff on my mind, but I don't know how important any of it is. I don't know. I guess I'll write one of those random posts where I try to touch on a bunch of different topics.

The Virginia Tech Shooting
I don't really have much to say. It's kind of hard for me to believe that it happened, honestly. I'm sorry for the loss the friends and families of the victims suffered.

Impending Graduation
As the counter to the right reminds me every single day, graduation draws closer with every passing millisecond. For about a million different reasons, graduation is the most emotionally confusing thing I've ever had to deal with. I'm excited and scared out of my mind. I'm nervous and giddy with anticipation. I'm confident that I'll be ok five years from now, but I'm fully prepared to fail within the next three months. I'm ready to move on, but I'm not ready to have this part of my life wrap up.

I didn't really expect to feel this way at graduation. When I decided to come to law school, I swore that I wouldn't get caught up in the big money-big firm mentality. Then, after I got caught up in the big money-big firm mentality, I found out that I really didn't want to have anything to do with that stuff. And while everyone around me who had grown up knowing that they wanted to be a lawyer gradually got disillusioned by the whole thing and started saying "I'm doing this for two years and then getting out," I, having come to law school as the result of losing a job I really loved, grew to love the law and yearned to be a lawyer. I still do. Which only sets me up for a ridiculous amount of disappointment every time I miss out on a job.

But, on the other hand, I know I'm going to be ok. I know that, one way or another, things are going to work out. I'm not worried about the long term, I'm worried about what I'm going to do on May 19th.

The Thing Where I'm an Idiot
Seriously. Sometimes, the degree to which I am an idiot about things surprises even me.

Heroes
I don't know how many of you have seen this, but the last five episodes of the season are going to be ri-goddamn-diculous. Just check this out:

Anyway, thanks for reading.



2 Comments


Vice said:

Finally saw the pilot last night, helped build the excitement for the impending season finale arc.

What I'm looking forward to most -- two words: DINOSAUR FIGHT.

April 17, 2007 2:44 PM



jbob said:

BLACKSBURG, Va. - The 23-year-old who methodically pumped bullets into dozens of students and professors was a loner who emigrated from South Korea to the United States in 1992 with his family.

He spoke little in class, submitted disturbing writing assignments to professors and reportedly died with the phrase "Ismail Ax" inked in red on his arm.

Dude spelled your name wrong.

April 18, 2007 7:25 AM



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