In nine minutes, I will begin my last exam as a 1L. It has been a long road, from deferred to admission to a trans-Atlantic move to a year of transition and self-discovery. The hardest part of law school will soon be over. 2L, here I come!

I have arrived in Boston after spending the summer at home. I worked for a small firm that represents employees, which I found to be a nice blend of justice and the profit motive. At the same time, since this was civil work, there was not the excitement and drama of criminal practice. Basically it was a good experience but I am not sure that ( Read more... )

this will be my last time sitting here and writing from the free wi-fi at the airport here ( Read more... )

in 11 days i will make my way to the airport and bid this country farewell for the time being, something whose implications i am still trying to fully digest. all the excellent friends i have made, the maturity that comes with being for the first time in a different cultures, and the socio-linguistic makeover i made for myself provided for ( Read more... )

two days ago, i went to aliza and nora's abode to celebrate the passover holiday in the city to which jews around the world toast. it was a delicious and inspired by good company including some journalists, out-of-town guests, and two hard-working soldiers (aliza and i). while the discourse of freedom will bring me to the situation of lgbt ( Read more... )

i am sitting in the airport awaiting my flight and taking advantage of the high-quality free wireless here ( Read more... )

i spent most of this weekend with charming french fellow named maxsime who is studying for his ph.d here. what was meant to be a simple tryst transformed itself into a long date that including a night spent over and two nice meals (thai and ethiopian). the downside to this whole deal is the minor fact that he is taken and has a nice french ( Read more... )

i have been meaning to write about two events that shook up me up two weeks ago. first while i was in the country's cultural capital, i heard news of a horrible event perpetrated against lgbt citizens, something that caused me to cancel my plans and return home immediately. last week i went to vigil for the victims of this event where the country ( Read more... )

first of all, it appears that i will be heading out of here in in less than twelve months, as i will not be going to the officers' course as my commander had suggested. for those months between my return and early march and my (somewhat but not totally surprising) discovery in mid-june that i cannot attend due to a number of bureaucratic setbacks ( Read more... )

it has certainly been a while since i have sat to collect my thoughts for posterity which, i realize as my livejournal enters into its sixth year, the reason i have taken pains to write in and update this contraption ( Read more... )