| Hellloooo people who only keep in touch by xanga! I haven't forgotten about this thing - I just haven't had any time to post! It's finals time (again) and that means when it's over my first year at law school will be over! That's really exciting because, as I tell people who ask me - I can't say that I love it (maybe even that I like it). Also, I need to figure out the privacy options on this thing so that I limit viewers only to friends etc (don't want issues coming up during job interviews) =P
Hmm, I guess I'll give more of an update later. But it's definitely been a crazy year.
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| Yes I know I don't update often, I don't have much of a life right now. I wanted to Xanga about something that I thought was important. I'm part of the student group Universities Allied for Essential Medicine and we recently released our Philadelphia Consensus Statement which describes the basic goals of the group: to get universities to license their technologies to developing countries. Basically we're trying to get medicines into developing countries. I haven't taken Introduction to Intellectual Property yet (IP is Boalt's hot thing), so I'm still learning a lot about this topic as I go along, but I encourage anyone who reads this to take a look at the consensus statement and sign on if you feel so inclined. (People like Paul Farmer already have!)
We have also been contacting press folks so you can read some stuff here:
slashdot
Time blog
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| I wish I were travelling...
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| back from the boalt abyssdude. I haven't written in FOREVER. Hmm updates on life.
Well, for all of July I travelled with Korey, Shinie, and Erina throughout SE Asia. We went to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and then spent a week in Taiwan (me, korey and shinie did - erina stayed in Thailand and then went home). It was a great trip that I still haven't had time to fully process because right after I got back I had two weeks of vegging time and then law school started.
Ah law school, and how it has consumed my life. I was thinking about all that I had to get done this weekend and started feeling my pulse rise, so I did an emergency QT. This past week has actually been pretty good because, since coming back from the IV 2005 reunion, I've been trying to do qts everyday (which I sooo wasn't doing before), and I just felt that each day was much better after I did them. That book Too Busy Not to Pray is so accurate (well from what I can remember cause I read it so long ago). These past few days I've been wondering if I am cut out for law school - in the sense that, maybe I'm just too senstive or something? I think coming back from the retreat I was able to take a step back and make myself less stressed out and busy - but then I can see how everyone else is just rushing around! And I think coming back from the retreat made me really long for that kind of community in this stage in life - at least people who are experiencing similar things with me etc, but I am just not there yet. I am praying that God delivers this kind of community. In any case for a few days I had that same desperation feeling that sometimes I used to get late at night sitting in bed, just wanting God to be close. Which maybe was the point of all the loneliness feelings - to remind me?
Well, QT was good. Read Psalm 63 (randomly) and Hebrews, which I have been reading (and wondering why I didn't read it much before).
Hebrews 12:1-3
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the righ hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Anyway, now on to do the checklist of things to do and also attend the Cal v Arizona game - GO BEARS. I know it'll all get done. =T
And whoever is reading this, please feel free to send me prayer requests because I would really like to know what is happening in people's lives and to pray for you.
=)
ah and as a random little update - if you don't know already, as of Sept 20 Elvin and I are officially dating. Weird, I have a boyfriend. haha
God bless!
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