I'm pleased to report that I survived the 27-mile hike along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. It was absolutely brutal - aside from the rigors of law school and the bar exam, it was by far the most difficult thing I've ever done - but I am indeed alive and well. It was both physically and mentally demanding, but absolutely worth the pain and ( Read more... )

All right - so I've finally found the time and energy to post to my journal. I'm not making any promises, but I'll do my best to update. Now with that said, let's get to the good stuff ( Read more... )

So the bar has come and gone. I'm relieved, to say the least. Yet, despite all my previous worrying, the experience itself wasn't as intimidating as I'd thought it would be. Maybe it was because I'd begun to think of last week as a dry run, but I wasn't terribly stressed out. Weird ( Read more... )

So the bar's just a few short days away - something that I've been dreading for the past four years of my life is finally here. I'm sort of in a state of denial about the whole thing. I spent so much time fretting about it that I worried myself sick. I can't think, let alone memorize the law, when I'm really stressed out. So I've adopted the ( Read more... )

I am thoroughly spent. The past couple of weeks have been kinda rough, and it's steadily getting worse. Initially, it was sort of exciting to review the law, see what I'd remembered after all this time, what I'd forgotten, how it all fits together. Yeah, I'm so over that shit. I want to know how I'm supposed to find time to go to class, study, and ( Read more... )

So Chris and I started studying for the bar on Monday. This week, we're taking this six-day class that focuses on the multiple-choice section of the bar exam. I was totally not looking forward to it, especially because we just graduated this past Saturday. To my surprise, however, we're encouraged to take it easy this week - thank god for that! ( Read more... )

Cool, fun stuff I got to do in the past week: Take a three-day trip to Sonoma to spend two whole days sampling various wines; go skydiving for the very first time, which was incredible, by the way; [finally] graduate from law school in a long-winded, but much-needed ceremony; and see my friends and family, whom I've really missed over the past ( Read more... )

So I had my last final on Wednesday. I can't say that I wasn't happy about being done with law school, but I don't think it really sank in right away. After all, I've spent the past three years of my life just trudging through it, and now the single worst experience of my entire life is over. And now that it's over, now that this unpleasant ( Read more... )

I’ve been going through something lately - that is, if the past couple of years could be considered “lately”. Thanks to this whole law-school experience, I’ve been doing a lot of introspection, coming to terms with things about myself that I’d managed to deliberately or unconsciously overlook in the past - unsettling things. Like my exceedingly low ( Read more... )

I'm feeling sorry for myself again. I feel compelled to do this now and then, particularly when I receive my grades. I suppose I have nobody to blame but myself; after all, I skipped a lot of class and neglected my homework. Nevertheless, it's always a slap in the face. I can't help doubting my abilities as an up-and-coming lawyer. Me? A lawyer? No ( Read more... )