Done
05.21.07
Song of the Day: blissful silence
And just like that, after three years of agony, law school is over. Yesterday I walked across the stage and was celebrated for doing something really impressive. As for whether that's true, I'm content to let everyone else believe it, since I'm not entirely convinced myself (but maybe if I actually get a passing grade on my ass-kicking antitrust exam, I'll start to believe it a little). It was strange realizing that everyone who was visiting this weekend was here for me, since it was a huge treat on my end to get to spend time with everyone.
The last of my guests who were here to celebrate with me just left, and I'm faced with an apartment that looks like a tornado blew through. I've started mentally assigning categories to everything I look at - throw away, pack for storage, pack for immediate use upon reaching Ohio - but am far too exhausted to start doing anything about it. The fact that I am finishing off a bottle of wine at 2 in the afternoon might help describe my mental state.
People keep asking if I'm sad about leaving Chicago, and I definitely am, but at the same time, I feel like, "Okay, been here for three years, what's next?" I'm ready for a change of scenery, and although I have absolutely no idea where I will be come the end of the year, I'm looking forward to moving in with my dad for a few months and letting him feed me.
I'll end this on an awesome note - last week, my dear Amy and her boyfriend Jeff got engaged, and she, too, will be graduating in a few weeks with her Masters in Social Work.
Nerdy dreams
05.09.07
Song of the Day: Texas - Red Book
Yesterday I mentioned my Vox account, and I realize I haven't updated it in the last week even though I've said I'm never quiet over there. I've been holding off on reviewing what I'm currently reading, which is Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle - 2617 pages of dense prose written in annoyingly tiny print. I've just started the third volume, which houses the final 800 or so pages, and I'm very eager to be done with it and move on to other books. Not that I'm not enjoying them, but things have started slipping out of the pages and into my life - last night I dreamed about Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz arguing with each other, while I stood in the middle of them. I thought I'd hit the ceiling of dream nerdiness thanks to my semi-frequent video game dreams, but THIS takes the cake.
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Housekeeping
05.08.07
Song of the Day: Gabriel & Dresen - Tracking Treasure Down
A few housekeeping matters - I just discovered that Vox allows you to easily change the URL of your Vox site. I switched it to mirror this one - it's now at positivelysomewhere.vox.com. I'd wanted to make this change almost from the very beginning of having a Vox account, but was too anal to move the first few entries over. It automatically redirects from my old one, and should keep all the Neighbors updated, so this should only be an issue if you bookmark it. I'm updating the link off this page, as well.
Second - since I'm leaving behind my ISP in two weeks, I'll also be leaving behind that email address. I've set up a gmail account in hopes it'll put an end to these ISP switching nightmares. Firstname.lastname @ gmail.com. If you don't know my first or last name, you probably don't need my email address. Or you can just, you know, ask.
Third - would someone please call Amazon and demand that they ship my Tori/Feist/Björk CDs NOW? I don't know why they need until the 13th to send them when they're all out as of today.
Done with school, shopping to celebrate
05.07.07
Song of the Day: Ilya - Without You
I am done with classes. Forever. I never again have to go to class. Well, except Bar classes. Which don't count, because I don't have to go to class anymore ever again forever and ever.
Today, I acquired two new pairs of shoes and two new pairs of shorts to celebrate. Shorts, which are an item of clothing that I have not owned anytime in the last decade. I bought a pair last weekend when Shannon was visiting, and they looked very nice, much to my surprise. I was looking for a white pair at the Gap, and came across some that were insanely short. Out of my general feel-good mood (aside from being done with classes, I have recently been fitting back into pants that didn't fit a few months ago), I grabbed them. And then I thought, "Holy hell, are those MY legs?" And my uncle and his friends started applauding.
Fashion rule #1 - when the gay guys enthusiastically approve, you listen.
One of the pairs of shoes was also an uncle-guided acquisition, and I didn't realize until I got home that I am not quite sure how I am going to walk in them. I have gone the last three years without wearing heels, because I refused to negotiate city blocks in them. In anticipation of no longer walking everywhere, I've been buying a few pairs of heels again, but I'm now wondering if jumping straight into 4-inchers is such a good idea.
Fashion rule #2 - do not wear short shorts with shoes whose heels are twice as long as the shorts' inseam. I think. >:D