Some things should be forgiven and forgotten. Some should be forgiven. And some should be neither forgiven nor forgotten. The trick is to tell which is which.

In your life, if you had been close to someone for a long time, and then they did something quite awful to you, would you consider forgiving them (months later), not because they had asked for forgiveness, but simply because you missed having them in your life? Why or why not ( Read more... )

I've done a lot of thinking over the past few months. Who do I want to be? How do I get there? Who am I now? And how do I not hate that person, while realizing that there are things I want to change? I've come up with some answers, and I've made some progress. I still have a long way to go ( Read more... )

...and now we have a capuchin monkey. Who will do something you didn't expect.

Why are we getting a capuchin monkey when I didn't even know those were allowed in court?

I am bitter. And I'm angry. And I want things to go back to the way they were. I'm tired of losing people. I want my grandparents back, who died within 4 months of each other. I want back the three who did things that I can't forgive. I want the one who I already know won't give me what I'm looking for, because I think he can also give me ( Read more... )

I might be able to go to Known World Dance! It's kind of last minute, but we'll see!

Although finals were about two weeks ago, I still had one more large project for the year: the writing competition for the law school journals. I finished them up, handed them in with a whole ten minutes to spare, and now I am gloriously DONE!!! I have a 6 days until I leave for Philly for the summer, so if you want to get together, I am ( Read more... )

They start one week from today.

Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

I just found out that I got into the Innocence Clinic for next year. Yay! That means that I'll be investigating real cases where people have been convicted of serious crimes, and if it seems like they are actually innocent (maybe new DNA tests or something), we try to get them freed. It sounds really fascinating, and I can't wait to actually do ( Read more... )