One of the things about law school that I didn't know is how the 1L/2L and 2L/3L summers work. I (foolishly) assumed that you had that time off, much like in undergrad. In fact, law students must find work in their chosen field for those months as part of their education. Columbia (and, I imagine, most law schools) has a whole system for assisting ( Read more... )

On April first, I sent a text message to my future father-in-law which congratulated him for writing a very funny April Fools article. The next day, I received a text back from him with an attachment.

The message said "White Power," and the image looked like this (without any words). I thought was pretty weird. The message had been sent at 3:54 AM ( Read more... )

Yeah, it was awesome. It's kind of surreal and confusing to actually be there, though, because you don't know where to look. Jon is up there on the set, often obscured by cameras or or a boom arm, and there are many flat screen monitors hanging above your head. The show as you see it at home is up on the monitors -- the clips they show and the ( Read more... )

I should have told this story a few weeks ago ( Read more... )

American Airlines called me in response to the voicemail I left them. In that message, I complained that they had lost part of my life-saving medical device, and as a result I was going to have to go to the hospital in the morning ( Read more... )

We really did. We saw both of our families and had a really good time ( Read more... )

We're in Portland right now, at Larra's parents' house. It's really nice. We arrived right before most of the snow fell, and we've been mostly house-bound for about a week ( Read more... )

Social Security automated system: Please say the name of the state or territory where you were born.

Me: American Samoa.

Social Security automated system: I think you said TEXAS. Is this correct?

Somehow, that computer had more trouble hearing than I have.

So I guess today is Columbus Day. I wish I'd remembered that before I called Social Security to try to set up an appointment. I also wish the local office I was calling had an outgoing message saying they were closed for the holiday (as the national hotline I called later did), instead of just putting me on hold.

A while back, I claimed that Larra and I would post a new video of our furnished and decorated apartment once it was furnished and decorated. I finished furnishing a couple of weeks ago, but we've been busy with a number of small projects since then (see entries I never made re: dealing with Social Security, hosting Christy and Mimi, general work ( Read more... )