Almost that time again...
I don't post for months and the only comment I got was spam about some shit mortgage. I deleted it. Lame.
Took the MPRE last Friday. It went pretty much as I thought. Could always seem to narrow down the tough ones to two choices, but then just had to go with the gut shot at the end. No idea how I did. And don't really care as long as it's the passing scaled score of 79 that I need to pass.
School starts one week from tomorrow and I got most of my books on Barrister and Amazon and saved $50 before sales tax over my overpriced on-campus book shoppe. I only had to buy one casebook on campus and was lucky enough to find a used copy that wasn't too marked up and saved another $35 off the new retail price. My two supplements weren't in yet, so am hoping there's no reading in those for the first day.
I've sold most of my old books on Half.com and Amazon Marketplace and just have a few remaining books left unsold. Even if I only get 1/4 what I paid new, it's more than they are earning underneath my bed, right?
I have to go home next week as my mom is having surgery and I wanna be there for her and my 77 year-old stepdad. Make dinner, run errands, go get movies, whatever. I'm definitely getting my mom a huge bouquet of lilies for when I pick her up from the hospital. The smell fantastic and look so pretty.
While I'm gone, they are finally going to fix the gaping hole in my ceiling caused by last year's rains. It actually works out, but poor Ms. Patchouli will have to hang out in the bedroom (and her litter box, too!) until the workmen leave. At least she can lay on the bed in there.
So far, I only have one interview for OCI. They are much much pickier for 3Ls than 2Ls. Not all the firms have posted their interviews yet, so I could still get a few more. Or, hell, this might be the only one. I see that Robert Shapiro denied me. Oh, well...I didn't really want to work for an OJ lawyer, anyway, right?
I am excited about the interview I DID get is with a firm that I'm not really qualified for per their OCI requirements, but they were one of my ranked bids. I don't know whether I got it from the lottery or whether they actually read my resume and liked it. But no matter. I'm thrilled with the interview since it was one of the firms I was most excited about applying to (and thus why it was one of my ranked choices). They do a lot of trademark and copyright protection and litigation and the guy who's interviewing me has quite a prestigious resume (Harvard grad, etc). Since this is the field I really want to work in, could be great...at the same time, I'm having a difficult time really embracing working for a big firm. It's just not really ME. But the $$ is. And the opportunities.
So...not getting my hopes up (since I'll be interviewing with the top 10% of 3Ls), but not shooting myself down early either. I'm doing research on the interviewer and the firm and will be ready when called.
In other news, I've been preparing for school by going to the gym and doing a lot of yoga. I feel really good about myself right now -- spiritually and emotionally and physically -- and I'm hoping that will help keep me focused during this killer of a semester (hello 16 units!).
I still need to finish the final project for the Prof. I will probably take it up to Sac with me and work on it from my Mom's house.
I can't believe this is my final year.
Wow.
Took the MPRE last Friday. It went pretty much as I thought. Could always seem to narrow down the tough ones to two choices, but then just had to go with the gut shot at the end. No idea how I did. And don't really care as long as it's the passing scaled score of 79 that I need to pass.
School starts one week from tomorrow and I got most of my books on Barrister and Amazon and saved $50 before sales tax over my overpriced on-campus book shoppe. I only had to buy one casebook on campus and was lucky enough to find a used copy that wasn't too marked up and saved another $35 off the new retail price. My two supplements weren't in yet, so am hoping there's no reading in those for the first day.
I've sold most of my old books on Half.com and Amazon Marketplace and just have a few remaining books left unsold. Even if I only get 1/4 what I paid new, it's more than they are earning underneath my bed, right?
I have to go home next week as my mom is having surgery and I wanna be there for her and my 77 year-old stepdad. Make dinner, run errands, go get movies, whatever. I'm definitely getting my mom a huge bouquet of lilies for when I pick her up from the hospital. The smell fantastic and look so pretty.
While I'm gone, they are finally going to fix the gaping hole in my ceiling caused by last year's rains. It actually works out, but poor Ms. Patchouli will have to hang out in the bedroom (and her litter box, too!) until the workmen leave. At least she can lay on the bed in there.
So far, I only have one interview for OCI. They are much much pickier for 3Ls than 2Ls. Not all the firms have posted their interviews yet, so I could still get a few more. Or, hell, this might be the only one. I see that Robert Shapiro denied me. Oh, well...I didn't really want to work for an OJ lawyer, anyway, right?
I am excited about the interview I DID get is with a firm that I'm not really qualified for per their OCI requirements, but they were one of my ranked bids. I don't know whether I got it from the lottery or whether they actually read my resume and liked it. But no matter. I'm thrilled with the interview since it was one of the firms I was most excited about applying to (and thus why it was one of my ranked choices). They do a lot of trademark and copyright protection and litigation and the guy who's interviewing me has quite a prestigious resume (Harvard grad, etc). Since this is the field I really want to work in, could be great...at the same time, I'm having a difficult time really embracing working for a big firm. It's just not really ME. But the $$ is. And the opportunities.
So...not getting my hopes up (since I'll be interviewing with the top 10% of 3Ls), but not shooting myself down early either. I'm doing research on the interviewer and the firm and will be ready when called.
In other news, I've been preparing for school by going to the gym and doing a lot of yoga. I feel really good about myself right now -- spiritually and emotionally and physically -- and I'm hoping that will help keep me focused during this killer of a semester (hello 16 units!).
I still need to finish the final project for the Prof. I will probably take it up to Sac with me and work on it from my Mom's house.
I can't believe this is my final year.
Wow.
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