it's hot out
I keep meaning to update this, and then the laziness sets in.
That seems to be a common theme for me this summer: laziness. I assumed that with no schoolwork to do in the evenings I'd be able to do a lot more stuff, but in reality I pretty much come home, eat something, watch tv and/or read for a while, and go to bed. wash, rinse, repeat. Not that I felt I'd have anything fabulous to do or that, I just envisioned a little more activity.
I'm thinking about going to see Moby in Grant Park on 4th of July. Not that I'm a huge Moby fan, but it's a free show, and he put on a pretty decent stage show that last time I saw him ('99 at the Q101 summer thing). The down side is that since the taste is gong on, I'll have to get there crazy early if i want even a halfway decent spot. Not sure if I'll do that or end up going home. Home has a certain appeal in that the alcohol will be free and plentiful, and I'll get to see some of my friends. I have about a week to figure it out, so feel free to weigh in and help me make my decision.
In work related news, I think I'm starting to really enjoy my job. It gets a little tedious when the work slows down, but when I have meaningful work to do, I find it really interesting. One of the partners at the law firm is actually having me draft possible amendments to patent claims to show clients already, which is a nice vote of confidence, since he just gave me my first "solo assignment" this past week. Assuming all goes well for the rest of the summer, hopefully I'll be able to keep something going there during the school year. This could turn into a pretty nice thing for me.
I heard this week that I got the CALI award for property, which essentially means that I ended up with the highest grade in that class, from what I can gather. It shouldn't mean that much to me, but it does. There's two basic reasons: It proves to me that you can get the best grade without sucking up to the prof or making a show of always having questions for him, which some people seem to think is required; and it flies int he face of me feeling like I'm never actually the best at anything. I always do pretty well, but I'm rarely number one, so it's nice to feel like I am for some small part of life, anyway. Oh, the trauma of doing well. I guess I shouldn't complain too much about any of this.
Well, that more or less sums up the ridiculousness that's been going through my head for the past couple weeks. I know I always say that I didn't intend this to be such an angsty thing, but I finally figured out that it's always going to be because I rarely feel like I need to discuss the good things that I'm thinking about, but putting voice to all the other stuff helps clear my head, even if there aren't many/any readers.
That seems to be a common theme for me this summer: laziness. I assumed that with no schoolwork to do in the evenings I'd be able to do a lot more stuff, but in reality I pretty much come home, eat something, watch tv and/or read for a while, and go to bed. wash, rinse, repeat. Not that I felt I'd have anything fabulous to do or that, I just envisioned a little more activity.
I'm thinking about going to see Moby in Grant Park on 4th of July. Not that I'm a huge Moby fan, but it's a free show, and he put on a pretty decent stage show that last time I saw him ('99 at the Q101 summer thing). The down side is that since the taste is gong on, I'll have to get there crazy early if i want even a halfway decent spot. Not sure if I'll do that or end up going home. Home has a certain appeal in that the alcohol will be free and plentiful, and I'll get to see some of my friends. I have about a week to figure it out, so feel free to weigh in and help me make my decision.
In work related news, I think I'm starting to really enjoy my job. It gets a little tedious when the work slows down, but when I have meaningful work to do, I find it really interesting. One of the partners at the law firm is actually having me draft possible amendments to patent claims to show clients already, which is a nice vote of confidence, since he just gave me my first "solo assignment" this past week. Assuming all goes well for the rest of the summer, hopefully I'll be able to keep something going there during the school year. This could turn into a pretty nice thing for me.
I heard this week that I got the CALI award for property, which essentially means that I ended up with the highest grade in that class, from what I can gather. It shouldn't mean that much to me, but it does. There's two basic reasons: It proves to me that you can get the best grade without sucking up to the prof or making a show of always having questions for him, which some people seem to think is required; and it flies int he face of me feeling like I'm never actually the best at anything. I always do pretty well, but I'm rarely number one, so it's nice to feel like I am for some small part of life, anyway. Oh, the trauma of doing well. I guess I shouldn't complain too much about any of this.
Well, that more or less sums up the ridiculousness that's been going through my head for the past couple weeks. I know I always say that I didn't intend this to be such an angsty thing, but I finally figured out that it's always going to be because I rarely feel like I need to discuss the good things that I'm thinking about, but putting voice to all the other stuff helps clear my head, even if there aren't many/any readers.