4.22.2006
4.04.2006
Final
I'm coming to the general conclusion that my blog is pretty boring, and honestly kinda pointless anymore. I don't really have much interesting to post about anymore, and honestly, blogging in general is becoming a bit old. Reading friends' blogs and knowing what's going on in their lives is nice and all, yet in some ways it seems so impersonal. What happened to phone calls and personal e-mails? Not only that, but the only blogs that I really read are funny blogs. And this blog just isn't funny. I can tell the occassional one-liner or whatever, but I wasn't granted the ability to tell a really funny story. Lately this blog has only really been a forum for complaining about my life, and in fact, it began that way about a year ago, while I tried to recover from all the difficult things happening in my life at the time. It's not really fun to post anymore, so after this post, I think that will be it for me for quite a while, and I may even soon kill the blog entirely if I so decide.
However, here are a few of the things I've learned in the last year:
- Being single can be very, very good for you.
- Being in a healthy relationship can be very good for you, and help you through some incredibly difficult times.
- Don't ever, ever choose a career (or for that matter, what type of graduate school to go to) because your parents recommend it, and your dad did it, and you don't know what else to do with your life. Be very sure of what you're doing before you do it. Be sure it will be a good investment of your time and possibly money, and if possible, find something that you will love doing, or at least find interesting.
- I am not my father, nor will I ever be.
- Be careful with your heart, and don't let others use it, yet love completely when you choose to.
- Ironically, non-Christians can often behave more Christian that Christians.
- No matter what the vaunted career services department at Hillsdale College may claim, a Hillsdale degree isn't the "preparation for all that you may choose to pursue" that it claims to be. Granted, I received a wonderful education, I'll admit that. Yet, in some ways a Hillsdale degree leaves one unprepared in many ways for dealing with the stresses and work-demands of the real world (or at least, law school), while also making it difficult to enter other possible career alternatives. Hillsdale College, compared to law school, seems now like a nice, pleasant, enjoyable stroll through the woods coupled with intellectual, high-brow conversation with friends. It is very much a place unto its own, yet in some ways its very limiting.
- Don't go to law school.
However, here are a few of the things I've learned in the last year:
- Being single can be very, very good for you.
- Being in a healthy relationship can be very good for you, and help you through some incredibly difficult times.
- Don't ever, ever choose a career (or for that matter, what type of graduate school to go to) because your parents recommend it, and your dad did it, and you don't know what else to do with your life. Be very sure of what you're doing before you do it. Be sure it will be a good investment of your time and possibly money, and if possible, find something that you will love doing, or at least find interesting.
- I am not my father, nor will I ever be.
- Be careful with your heart, and don't let others use it, yet love completely when you choose to.
- Ironically, non-Christians can often behave more Christian that Christians.
- No matter what the vaunted career services department at Hillsdale College may claim, a Hillsdale degree isn't the "preparation for all that you may choose to pursue" that it claims to be. Granted, I received a wonderful education, I'll admit that. Yet, in some ways a Hillsdale degree leaves one unprepared in many ways for dealing with the stresses and work-demands of the real world (or at least, law school), while also making it difficult to enter other possible career alternatives. Hillsdale College, compared to law school, seems now like a nice, pleasant, enjoyable stroll through the woods coupled with intellectual, high-brow conversation with friends. It is very much a place unto its own, yet in some ways its very limiting.
- Don't go to law school.
4.03.2006
Update
I realize I haven't posted in a while...I suppose I don't have much to talk about. I could do the normal old complaining about school, but that doesn't really accomplish much (nor is it very interestting). I have come to a conclusion though - I now know that I will most likely not be an attorney. Perhaps I'll still finish my JD, although lately I've been considering cutting my losses and doing something else. Of course, perhaps if I can find some summer legal work I'll get a chance to change my mind. I know that I would love being a professor of a subject that I enjoy, yet I also know that having a JD would probably help me in getting into a decent doctoral program somewhere, and would be a good thing to fall back on if I ever needed it. Decisions, decisions. Now though, I just need to focus on finishing up the semester.
Ha, I see that Mark has linked to my blog on his website. He's right, this blog isn't very exciting, is it? Yea, must be because I'm in law school...I swear though, I used to be an interesting person! I must thank Mark though, for making some hella good turkey burgers on Saturday night. Anni and I attended a dinner party at Simone's apartment with all our Germans/French buddies who live here in Owen. It was the first time I'd been out in a long, long time, and I really needed it. It was a good evening...lots of food, and I brought lots of beer. I was also excited because, in going to buy beer at Goodrich (the first time I'd been there), I was ecstatic to see that they had Frankenwein (Wine from the Franken region of Bavaria, where I spent a month of German summer school). I happily bought a bottle of Silvaner, which I hope to enjoy at some point soon. I sincerely miss German wine, and always buy some if I see a decent dry variety.
Otherwise, I'm just trying to survive, and trying to remain human, as opposed to the best efforts that school may throw my way.
Ha, I see that Mark has linked to my blog on his website. He's right, this blog isn't very exciting, is it? Yea, must be because I'm in law school...I swear though, I used to be an interesting person! I must thank Mark though, for making some hella good turkey burgers on Saturday night. Anni and I attended a dinner party at Simone's apartment with all our Germans/French buddies who live here in Owen. It was the first time I'd been out in a long, long time, and I really needed it. It was a good evening...lots of food, and I brought lots of beer. I was also excited because, in going to buy beer at Goodrich (the first time I'd been there), I was ecstatic to see that they had Frankenwein (Wine from the Franken region of Bavaria, where I spent a month of German summer school). I happily bought a bottle of Silvaner, which I hope to enjoy at some point soon. I sincerely miss German wine, and always buy some if I see a decent dry variety.
Otherwise, I'm just trying to survive, and trying to remain human, as opposed to the best efforts that school may throw my way.
3.23.2006
Hilarious
My buddy Thomas over at Notre Dame law sent me an e-mail informing me of Barely Legal: The Blog, a blog by a guy who hates law school as much as I do. Very funny.
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