Happy New Year

In light of the New Year, 2009...good-bye 2008, I hate's ya...I am making resolutions. And much like ImNobody, I want resolutions that are concrete, real. I have thought about this for a week now and I now I think I have the ones I want.

1. Exercise aerobically everyday, for at least 15 minutes...and housework counts. I can do anything physical, I just have to get it in every day. And do not take the easy way. Walk to a further bus stop, take stairs, take breaks to cross the river periodically.

2. Two to three times a week do strength training of some kind. Start with pushups, my core exercises and a few other weight exercises.

3. I want to eat real food, slow food for at least 3/4 of all meals each week. That means that I have to plan out the week for cooking, do it simply (pull out the slow cooker for beans and stews). I want to stop treating my body like a garbage dump. I love food, I love to cook. There is no reason that law school should stop this. Get back to steel cut oatmeal with walnuts and berries. Real cream in my coffee. Slow cooked dried black beans with coriander, onion, and mint.

4. Be the one that is not busy. I love the philosophy but haven't been able to quite internalize it. This year I will spend more effort to this end. The one that is not busy is the one that is able to focus be it work, play, or anything. And not only focus, but shift focus relatively easily between tasks, etc.

That's a lot, but it's all things that are important to me.

Wish me luck and good luck for the New Year to every one.

Blog may go away

I am taking on a lot next semester and I wonder if I am using this blog to accomplish anything anyway.

I know I have said this before

but I wonder if I could really blog everything that I am doing for the career search. OR potentially turn it into a book. I really do not see many sources for those on the bottom of the GPA. Well, I will see and start keeping copious notes just in case.

Second semester job hunt...what to do?

So now that it is official that I do not have a job in my field for summer, I have to figure out what to do for second semester. Our CPDC office has been less than helpful, the only thing they ever say is to network.

So in that vein,

1. Join another couple of organizations.
2. Volunteer with the organizations I am a member of
3. Talk to the research office of the university about becoming involved there
4. Make multiple coffee/lunch dates with local attorneys over the winter break
5. Meet frequently with the CPDC office to discuss people I should be talking with
6. Find a small firm that would let me volunteer for the summer
7. Sign up for every job fair I can find
8. Make myself distinguishable:
a. Grades - knock em out of the park
b. Papers - have three publications by summer
c. Work - point out my job
d. Get this volunteer research position

The next 10 - 12 weeks are going to be very busy. I wish I had been this focused 8 months ago.

Oh well, good enough for me.

Uggg

Rejected.

That gnawing feeling in my gut

Recently had another interview. They said that the offers would go out on Monday. I can feel it building in my gut, the fear of yet another rejection. At this point, I wonder what I have done, is it just grades, do I simply come across as an ass, what is it that keeps people from hiring me?

God, I hate this.

Newest pet peeve

People in class that feel the need to literally bang on their keyboard. I hates 'em.