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Name: Ed
Country: United States
State: California
Birthday: 10/3/1983
Gender: Male
Interests: Theatre, Piano, Thinking
Expertise: Just In Time Production
Occupation: Student
Industry: Legal
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Member Since:
2/3/2003
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| Fuck the Berkeley Tree HuggersFuck them. I want my stadium.
Go Bears.
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| Bar Exam BluesIn case you don't know what it is, it's a 3-day exam at the end of July that all law students have to go through in order to be licensed as an attorney in California. This is such a catch-22. If you fail, everyone and their moms will know about it because it's public informaiton. People would start making assumptions about your competence and intelligence, not to mention the fact that retaking it and going through this process would willy suck again. If you pass, it's not really a big deal because thousands of people other than you also passed, so it's not like a huge accopmlishment that distinguish you from all the unemployed grads. You are right back into, "shit, I need a f*cking job!" The most frustrating thing is that you don't really know how you are doing and whehther you know enough to pass. The nature of the exam makes it difficult to evaluate your potential score. I won't talk about my study process until I've found out I have passed or failed since it's not of value to anyone except future examinees who in the case I am lukcy enough to survive, would be interested in my two cents. Congrats to Pierce and KG. | | |
| Poetic JusticeI am back in Berkeley.
It feels appropriate that, I, after all that has happened, am preparing for the California bar exam where it all began.
Summer 2004, I made a haste decision to take the LSAT and study for it at the Boalt Hall library. I did not know what the fuck I wanted to do with my life.
Summer 2008, I have made a last-minute choice to going to take my Bar prep course in the very same building so I can get my license to practice law. I am pretty damn sure I want to be a lawyer.
Summer 2004, I lived with a then loving girlfriend, but it was just puppy love.
Summer 2008, I am living with a loving girlfriend, only now I think I have a slightly better idea of what love is all about.
Summer 2004, I drank a lot of white mochas to keep me up while studying.
Summer 2008, I am still drinking a lot of white mochas, only now it cost a lot more than it use to be (inflation, I officially hate you).
Things have changed. Places have changed. People around me have changed. I have changed. Best friends no longer live down the street from my south side apartment. It is not the big changes, but the summation of inifitnismal small changes over time that forces one to realize the passage of time.
Yet, I still eat at the Asian Ghetto. I still write on xanga when I should be studying. Ah, such is me. Such is life.
Beautiful memories, however, will always remain with me as I walk past these dirty, ghetto streets of Berkeley everyday this summer and reminisce about the good times that once belonged to you and me.
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| Water Flow East (Part II)In case you are wondering about the title, in ancient Chinese poetry, the water flowing east is a imagery for the passge of time because all rivers in China flows east towards the Chinese Sea. I AM DONE WITH LAW SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Long sentimental entry to capture the moment --- nah, my brain is too tired now. Party UP! | | |
| Water Flows East (Part I)Here I am, 8 days away from my final set of law school finals, I should be cramming really hard because failure is not an option. Yet, here I sit paralyzed by the thoughts of what dreams may come. If I were to write a recipe to the mix of feelings that I have right now, it would consist of one tablespoon each of trepediation, fears, relief, regrets, joy, happiness, confusion, amazement, despair and hope. My state of mind spells oxymoron on its forehead. I need to put away these feelings and just sprint. Wish me luck. | | |
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