I was talking to the legal intern today and saying "I realized a while ago that I can either go to law school or compete for jobs for the rest of my life with people who have gone to law school."

And she said,

MELP.

Huh.

What I love about spring #409:

The light from my east-facing window starts waking me up at 7am. I have so much time in the morning.

hot summer days when smog is worth

preventing the burning of tons of cola

getting cars off the woad

Tommie Smith and John Carlos, 1968


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I can do most of my Christmas shopping at Staples.

in order of decreasing likelihood:

- it is fucking cold and windy
- i am dehydrated
- i am allergic to my toothpaste
- i have scurvy
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- zombification

Still working on sorting out overwhelming-joy-and-relief-feelings and summing up experiences and being furious at California. Eventually thoughts from Ohio. For now, though, this is pretty much exactly what my head has been doing for the last four days: Kobe Bryant Scores 25 in Holy Shit We Elected a Black President

¡OBAMANOS!

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At Obama's inauguration, as the first notes of "The Star-Spangled Banner" start up, the crowd rises to its feet, puts hands over hearts, and instead breaks into "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

Actually, just slightly less of a pipe dream than I thought...