so exactly what i'm feeling

the question isn't "are you gonna suffer anymore?"
but "what will it have meant when you are through?"

the question isn't "are you gonna die?" you're gonna die.
but "will you be done living when you do?"

3rd time's a charm...riiiiiight...

school has officially started again. i'm already primed to shoot myself in the head. why do i do this to myself? someone, anyone, please tell me WHY?!

this semester was not supposed to be crazy. believe me, i've learned my lesson about over-achieving - got that message LOUD AND CLEAR last year. so this year, my FINAL year, i thought, "i'll take it a little easier, give myself a little break, not try and do everything all at once."

riiiiiiight.

*ahem*

monday: federal indian law, work
tuesday: legal ethics, externship class
wednesday: federal indian law, work
thursday: work (maybe), trial practice
friday: legal drafting, work (maybe)

doesn't sound so bad, right?

okay, so for this week, my legal ethics professor assigned 100 pages of textbook reading, several statutes, and 4 20-page cases i needed to print off of Westlaw. this is a really good indication of the semester i'll spend in this class.

and we all know how much i'm looking forward to trial practice, right? (for those out-of-the-loopers, that was me and my witty sense of humor being asinine and sarcastic). well, why don't we just add legal drafting to that list as well? because the work load will be INSANE.

and, oh yeah, i'm working 14 hours a week, revamping my writing requirement, am on the editorial board for the journal of law and social challenges, AND writing an article for publication.

WHAT THE HELL was i THINKING?!

so this blog has just magically transformed into my semester-o-crappola journal. i'm going to try and write every day as a sort of therapy. so fair warning: it probably won't be all sunshine and roses.

*sigh*

in other news: N. and i went horseback riding out on five brooks ranch near pt. reyes yesterday as a way to get out of the city and away from stress. (side note: stress was still there waiting for us when we came home). my ass and every other muscle in my body has declared mutiny as a result.

Native Hawaiian Independence?

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