So, it’s 100 years since the Titanic sank today. This is going to sound weird, but the Titanic is one of those things that really helped me define my ideals and how I see the world. That does sound weird, right? But I cut my social justice teeth on the issue of the Titanic, and there was really no going back.

When I was a kid, I would get intensely ( Read more... )

So, I'm leaving for Jordan tomorrow for spring break.

I’m going with a student group on campus, collaborating with law students at the University of Jordan to work on cases of Iraqi refugees currently in Amman, but who ultimately want to seek asylum in the United States. I’ll also be doing intake interviews with the ( Read more... )

So, on Sunday night, I met truly excruciating pain for the first time in my life. At around 8pm, something in my side just... I don't know what happened (well, now I do), and I felt like I couldn't breathe properly. I felt like the muscle in my side over my left ribcage was being shredded into pieces, and it was much, much worse when I tried to ( Read more... )

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Good things:

• Got my new computer, an 3.1 lb, 11.6" Acer that I will just use for law school stuff. It is shiny.
• Signed a lease for a beautiful apartment in Philadelphia, starting September 1. It is shiny.
• Have a tattoo consultation appointment this Friday evening. It will be shiny.
• Have an interview with a temp agency on Monday. They want to "get me ( Read more... )

March 4-7: Washington D.C. for a Jack's Mannequin concert and weekend with good friend from Berkeley
March 8: 23rd birthday
March 11-March 22: whirlwind trip to Thailand and Cambodia with bff/roommate
March 25-27: admitted students weekend in Philadelphia for Penn Law

LET'S SKIP FEBRUARY, PLZ.

169

97th percentile

oh my god

LSAT: done.

At least until December. We'll seeeee.

( summing up 2008 - for posterity )