It is amazing to me how fast I can get behind in my work. And even more amazing that I can then catch up. Like a bizarre rollercoaster, behind, caught up, and behind again. Oy. I'm preparing for my trial on friday (my first trial!!!) I am excited, but very nervous, since if I screw up, I could mess up my clients life. Luckly, I have a great instructor/supervisor to make sure that does not happen. WHEW!

First week of classes are behind me. Oh, tis good to be back. Well, maybe it's good to be back. Then again......maybe not....

$450. That is the new total. I returned a LOT of books today that are recommended, and not required. I feel a little better about the book situation now. Classes start tomorrow. Everyone together now: "ewwwwwwwwwww!" Yes, that's right, ewwwww. But alas, I must go. Maybe it will be fun. Maybe I will like my classes. Maybe pretty birds will sing me a song. You never know, in the wonderful world of law...

$700. That's how much I just spent on books today. That is messsssssssssed up. Evil evil evil law school.

Oh, and my sister started her own blog (yay!) Check it out on my links section! Go Kristen!

These questions were from deb (see yesterday's post for disclaimer and such):

1) When did you decide that you wanted to become a lawyer and why?
I want to be a lawyer? That may be a debatable issue at this point. I think the idea started floating in my head when I decided that I couldn't be a doctor, and I was trying to figure out what else I could do with a genetics degree. And I have a big mouth, so law seemed like a good direction. That, and I am ok with being despised by the general populous. The why is just because I figured that I would make a decent lawyer and I figured maybe I could do some good in the world as a lawyer, since the law is what dictates what can and can't happen in the world, really.


2) What is your favorite memory?
Well, there is one with Matt that I am not going to share. :-) Hmmmmm.....I think my favorite memory in the past couple of years was the morning I woke up on the Frontier Spirit and went out on deck. It was still dark out, and we were steaming back in from a month at sea. The weather was warm for february, around 30 some odd degrees, and I climb up the the upper deck. The sun started to rise, and the sky was all orange and red. I could just see land coming up, and a couple of other boats were in sight. A whale spouted somewhere to the port side. And I remember just feeling so relaxed and calm, like nothing could touch me. And I sat there, and I realized that I was going to be ok. I think it was the first time I had really thought that in a looooong time. I think that is my favorite memory of late.

3) If you could change one thing, what would it be?
Well, this is a rather vague question, no? One thing in general? Well, I would change Matt from dying. But not if it meant the weird monkey's paw, "he-would-be-a-zombie" kind of thing. Or I would change the way we decide who gets paid more or less. I would change it so those who work hard to protect the weak, who "fight the good fight" as it were, would get paid better, so that qualified people could do these jobs with out being poor forever while the rich protect the richer to get even richer.

4) What is your favorite book?
Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. Story of Gettysburg from 4 different view points. LOVE IT.
Close runners up:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowlings
Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

5) If you could go anywhere for a day, where would you go?
I would either go back to Alaska, to spend a day at sea again. Or to Australia and go diving on the Great Barrier Reef. Or I would go to Spain, to visit my friend Anabel, and see Barcelona.

Hmmmm...I think Debs questions were a bit easier then trish's. **whew** that's enough for today!

Courtesy of Green Fairy, there's a trend circling now of questions ala Friday Five, but contributed by your nearest and dearest bloggers.

1. If you want to participate, leave a comment saying "interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions - each person's will be different.
3. You will update your journal with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview others in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

The five given to me (by trish) were:

1. What is your most embarressing memory from childhood?
Hmmm...my most embarrassing memory? Yes, thank you trish for asking this one to be posted on the web. Hmmmmmm....you know, I know there were a lot of them, but I can't think of any that really count as childhood. The one that immediately comes to mind was when I was showing my rabbit at the fair. I was showing some kids and their parents my youngest rabbit, Jordan. I was saying how good he is and how well behaved and such. Right about that moment, Jordan decided to shift position, scratching me, and then he decided to pee. Mega gross. I was wicked embarrassed and I had to try to hunt down a clean shirt to wear for the rest of the day

Sorry, that probably wasn't the worse thing that has happend, but it is late, and I can't think of one off the the top of my head.

2. What (or who) has had the biggest influence on your life?
I think that it would have to be my Dad, as a general influence. Because frankly, my dad rocks. He always gives me good advice, and never pushes me to be something that I am not. He is the person I go to when I am confused about somthing, or just the person I want to chat with. So he probably had the biggest overall influence on my life.

The what though, would be Matt's death. That probably had the most, uh, immediate and profound effect on my life. It was possibly the worse time of my life. And it really changed the way I look at the world. I loved him with all my heart, and I know a little piece of me died when he did. And when pieces of you die, it tends to change you.

3. Name five songs in the soundtrack of your life.
Easy:
Sarah McLachlan - I will remember you = for Matt
Chumbawumba - Tubthumping = my college theme song
Barenaked Ladies - Who needs sleep? = my other college theme song
Gloria Gaynor - I will survive = just my life
Black Eyed Peas - Where is the love = I think I just like the idea in this one

4. Do you remember how you spent your 21st or 22nd birthday ?
Of course! After all, everyone told me about the little missing part, and the rest got filled in when I woke up thinking it was 2:30 and it was really 7. I remember all of 21, albit a bit fuzzy at times. And I got most of 22. But y'all filled me in nicely on the missing details. :-D

5. If you could change one thing about your personality, what would it be?
Wow, where do I begin? So many things..... no, that is not true. I think I would change my lack of focus. I think it is potentially my biggest fault. I have a tendency to not focus on the "important" things, or rather, the stuff that I should be focused on. I just seem to lack that ability to do something uninteresting for the multitude of hours it sometimes takes to get certain uninteresting tasks done. So I think I would like to change my ability to focus on things like school.

Well, that's all she wrote folks. Hope whoever reads this was entertained.

Ah, and I'm back. Welcome to my legal world. Which currently consists of me trying desperately to organize my room (read: my life) before classes start up once again. And coming to terms with my lacking performance as a student. Yes, the bonus of coming back to good ol'BU is that I have very smart friends. Ironically, I had/have very smart friends in Cornell. Maybe it is my way of moving up the ladder or intelligence. NOTE: for any of you who read this and are going to yell at me, I know that I am not dumb. BUT, there is a little part of me that misses high school, where I was the big smart fish in the little puddle that was Ichabod Crane.

Ah, but I diverge. Classes start in a week, and I have welcoming duties till then. Which means I get to chat with the 1Ls. Interesing, since I was in there shoes not one year ago, yet it seems like a lifetime in many ways. Like the greenhorn that has survived his first battle. He becomes a veteran in the course of hours, and rapidly becomes hardened to the war. Sometimes it is good to talk to the greenhorn, it helps you remember why you signed up for the war in the first place....

So I am going back to Boston at the end of the week. Woo and hoo. No more summer. No more court. **sigh** I don't wanna go. Does someone wanna take my place? Please?