Last Day of the Beginning

wow...that title sounds like the line to some cool novel...ok...maybe not a cool novel, but one of those popular trashy ones snubbed by literary elitists (you know who you are)...haha...anyway...today was the last day of my first year at law school...it was kind of anti-climactic for me....the weather was fitting though...it poured torrentially on my first day of school...and it was equally dismal and rainy today...so i guess we've come full circle...

we also got our t-shirts today...i'm happy with em...in case you don't know what i'm talkin about - i had this idea a while ago to take our professor's heads and superimpose 'em on the Incredibles action figures...what ended up was hilarious...my friend jen hooked me up with some clean up of the picture and addition of background themes for our section...shes awesome with that stuff...so yeah...we're handing 'em today and prof shipley walks in to claim his...and he notices that all the girl's shirts are too small and he makes a crack on lauren - that it should be fine for her cuz she likes wearing those kind of shirts....OMG!! i was rockin that was so funny...lauren was aghast...but took it in good stride...vied to get back at him and all....

i also found out what i'm registering for in the fall...constitutional law...trusts & estates...healthcare survey...copyright law...law and information age...to all my non-law school friends - you can wake up now...at least i'll be takin these classes with my friends so it won't be too bad...healthcare and info age should be interesting....

so looking back on the first year...here are some things that i've learned / observed / whatever:
- law school is really high school, but harder.
- you will hear at least 3 fake stories about people in your class sleeping with other people in your class, and never find out who the source of this info is...
- the scariest professors are the ones that give you a run for your money. take them.
- make a strong group of friends - they'll be the one thing you look forward to every day even if you get slapped with a 50 page assignment and don't know what the hell to write about on your memo.
- enjoy your time cuz you'll be out in the real world before you know it
- i'm not going to write anymore of these stupid points because the pressure of making them sound interesting is quite tiring.

anyway...the first year was cool...now that i'm moving in with some friends..the next two years will be better i hope...unless goose and shawn turn out to be the room-mates from hell...now i'm just lookin forward to the summer...i've got a cool job lined up...have tons of things i want to do with hema...my grandparents are back and it will be fun to swap crim law stories w/ my grandfather - a former criminal law judge in africa...only thing sux is that my bro will be off to that hell-hole called hawaii...poor guy...i pity him.

well...i'll probably update soon...but exams are up next...so as coenen would say - "you must bear down haaaaaard!!"

g nite.

Sideways

i finally saw the movie that everyone was raving about during Oscars season...and....I don't get it...what's the fuss about? i mean its about a mid-life crisis...an education on wines (so the pinot is a grape! yea!)...and some hokey love story in between...i can't relate to the whole mid-life crisis thing...well maybe i can...i mean i did actually watch the movie sideways on my couch (it got uncomfortable after a while though)...and what's with stickin ur nose dead into the glass to "appreciate" your wine...i mean..what if something fell in ya know? or does that just add to the bouquet...haha...ok ok..

so...i'm just sitting here...outlining for civil procedure...and finding any excuse not to do this crap...there's a freakin rule for everything...motion to sneeze, your honor? yes - one for that too...rule 561,000,202(b)(1)(d)(32)....give me a break...can't wait for may 12th...all this will be over...for a bit...

unfortunately nothing else going on in my life...my only joy right now is the off chance to play outside (if my lazy, sun-fearing, pale skinned friends comply)....and mario kart at G's...i'm also figuring out what to get hema for her birthday...well...see what i'm gonna do is...first...oh snap! she reads this...never mind....close one..phew!

um...is there anything else i can babble about to put off more work...let see...oh yea! i found a scorpede in my apt the other day...now you may wander what a scorpede is...well basically its a cross between a scorpion and a centipede (second only to the liger as the coolest animal ever)...and it was pretty fierce looking...i would leave it being the brown, non-violent hippie i am...but then i feared it might crawl in my ear as i lay sideways watching a movie one night (look how i'm bringing this monologue full circle...smooth)...so i poked at it with this piece of plastic...and it started stinging the plastic...i finally finessed it on the plastic and sent it the Magical Pool of No Return...

ok...i really can't think of anything else to say...this is really lame...i think i'll just go swimming...maybe do a cannonball in the regulation pool and see what the lifeguards think...ha..

laterz

Two Proposals and a Funeral.

well..its been an interesting weekend for sure...over an evening at granville's, i charted out the next academic year at georgia law...two of my friends also got engaged this past saturday...woo hoo! but this was also accompanied by sad news about the loss of "granny"...she was a family friend's mother just over ninety years old....

so today i went to her daughter's house (one of my mom's closest friends) and spent a couple hours just listening to her talk about a number of things...growing up in athens...granny's interesting life full of hardships...the struggles...the joys of simple living...collard greens and buttered beans...ha...i thought i would say some kind words and leave within a few minutes of arriving...but two hours later i was still sittin there with rapt attention...

the conversation was cool because i could really relate to the time we spoke about...a time where people lived a simpler life...a more wholesome life...a more active life...a life that i aspire to in this world today where materialism, money, and degrading values are at every corner...we made an interesting observation - its really hard to come across people who share the same values as us...really hard...i pointed out how lucky i was to have met hema because we see eye to eye on so many things that have to do with one's core principles...i also made an observation that everything in this world comes and goes in cycles...fashion...the stock market...war...and hopefully the way of life...my expectation is that the current generation will see just how degraded and empty society is today and will perhaps raise their children with values that echo those of when granny was growing up...

i also watched i heart huckabees this weekend...which kinda fits into the theme of this weekend...the whole existential conundrum....it was an interesting movie...i kinda saw the ending and its meaning before it happened...but it was still good...i liked the score...

well...thats enough of my musings today...i cooked up some indian food today after a long time so i gotta go...i'm famished...but think about what i said and where you fall in this whole puzzle of a world...laterz...

Golf. Fun?

ok...so yesterday...i was minding my business outlining for property and dix calls me up to come outline and watch baseball + golf with him...now...for most of you who know me...baseball bores the crap out of me (unless i'm playing)....and visits to Turner Field have been mainly to enjoy the shenanigans...not to see the game...i mean you can't totally yell at me for not loving america's favorite game - i was at turner field's largest attendance ever (Trivia: name the day that happened...answer coming soon)...anyway...so watching baseball sux royally...but nowhere in comparison does it suck as much as watching golf does...i mean to me - watching golf is like watching grass grow...i would rather watch C-SPAN...ok...now you're getting the idea....so when dix calls me...and pitches this wonderful afternoon "play date"...what do i do? i run right over...makes no sense..i know...but read on

so we're outlining...and then golf comes on at 3...tiger woods apparently is on some roll which is supposed to make everything exciting...i was like YAWN...property is more riveting...but then something weird happened...i got into the game...i stopped paying attention to leaseholds and started yelling at tiger not to hit it in the second cut (yes, i know what the second cut is now)...later i went home and stayed glued to the TV...and at the 16th hole...i jumped up in the couch when tiger made that crazy shot...and i cheered at the play-off winning putt...i...became...a...FAN.

so...all of a sudden...this one game is making me re-think if my abhorrance of golf is justified...i started asking my room-mate where i can buy a used lefty driver so i can practice at the range...between this game and countless meals with law firms where they keep asking my handicap (at first i wanted to tell them that i'm perfectly fine and have all my limbs)...i think i might take up golf...we'll see...this summer...it just might be fun.

ok...gotta turn in...been a long day...school...studyin...swimmin...sleep!!

Two. Six.

well...waddaya know...another year gone...its funny how birthday's change since you're a kid...when you're a kid...it's like you advance in half-year stages...i'm six AND a half! birthdays are bad ass and second only to christmas (or diwali if you're brown)...but then as you get older...it kinda gets to be just alright...i mean when you were a kid...you could at least tell that it was another year...either you lost a tooth...or you gained a tooth...maybe you grew a little...but i think i'm at this point...where i can't really tell...i feel the same as i have for the past 5-6 years...i look in the mirror and i look the same...and then it strikes me funny that i'll be 30 in 4 years!! i just laugh...cuz i really can't see myself as a 30 yr old...i mean...when i shave properly...and wear the right baggy clothes...i could pass for a teenager...i mean...should i stop wearing baggy jeans now? can i not make dorky jokes anymore? what does turning 26 mean??? nothing at all.

i saw this interesting documentary the other day...a reporter had gone to some island in south-east asia...and was trying to converse...he asked this guy his age...and the guy, probably in his 50's, says - i don't know...the reporter was bewildered...but i think that old guy had it right...his culture places less value on age than on what you do with your life...i know people who may biologically be 21...but realistically they live the life of a 60 year old...not making the most of their youth...so...in that respect...i'm glad i don't feel my biological age...and i don't plan to conform to any age guidelines any time soon...i'll catch up when i need to....right now i'll just enjoy life and make the most of it.

well...enough of my sermon...this past week's been chill...just been studying...and doing my normal routine...i swam a kilometer on sunday...and felt really proud...but haven't had a chance to go back again...today was cool..hema came up...and i got calls from literally all over the world...got tons of cards...thanks y'all...we went out to dinner with my fellow lawdawgs...all in all..it was a good nite...stormy, but hey i keep it exciting..ha.

so...tomorrow's another day closer to exams...hema's coming back on the weekend with some friends for more birthday festivities...not sure where to go yet...

well..as they say in gujarati...my 27th year is off and running...so i'm gonna go catch up... g nite.