The M stands for Monster - The Journal » Chicago http://themstandsformonster.com/blog A blog about books, design, law school, and other stuff Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:43:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 On to the Next One http://themstandsformonster.com/blog/2010/12/on-to-the-next-one/ http://themstandsformonster.com/blog/2010/12/on-to-the-next-one/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:40:06 +0000 monster http://themstandsformonster.com/blog/?p=614 First quarter is done as of tomorrow, and we’re on to the next one. It went quickly, but just thinking about the staggering amount of work to come is sort of intimidating. It’s really not hard (or at least not yet), there’s just a lot to do and you sort of just have to do it. I’m glad a lot of people seem happy to just make the best of it, since bad attitudes tend to spread pretty quick. We’ve had a lot of fun though — my favorite was definitely the karaoke bar and hearing our resident ex-opera singer slash baritone sing. That was awesome. Also my cranium comeback and victory along with Steven and MD was pretty great. And Super Smash Brothers! Hopefully I’ll get to attend trivia night and Classic Movie Appreciation nights more often next quarter, but we’ll see.

Anyway, Winter Break. I’m going to Cabo with the familia, I’m applying for jobs and then I need to outline for my classes (exciting! I know). I’m finally going to be home for more than 24 hours — weird. It’s been a while. But I’ll be back in Chicago in time to ring in the New Year with my lovely fellow 1Ls.

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We also went to a showing of the Best of Second City (a well-known Chicago skit/comedy/improv club), which was hilarious. We took the Architectural Boat Tour of the city, we watched fireworks (an oddy death-defying and harrowing experience, actually) and Ali’s parents were gracious enough to cook and grill for us! Yummy!

So, yeah, that weekend was great. Speaking of Chicago, I bought a ticket to watch Hugh Jackman and Craig Daniel in a limited run of A Steady Rain, which is a broadway play set in Chicago about two cops, etc. I got the ticket for the day after my September LSAT. After the June administration, I went to watch Neil Labute’s reasons to be pretty, because I thought it would be nice to relax afterwards and to have something to look forward to that wasn’t the LSAT. Well, I thought that play was great, so it worked out pretty well.

Anyway, the 1-year anniversary of my moving to the city passed by last month, and I didn’t even realize it. I suppose it’s making me want to be sure to check off all the things that I had planned on doing in my time here — I’m going to John Stewart in September, too. I should have more time for these things once law school apps are over, but I don’t want to risk putting it off and never doing these things. Oh yeah, I also turned 23 last month, so I am rapidly approaching old age, haha. My birthday was great — we went to Cuba, per Rita’s reservations, where you get a free cigar with your meal that some guy that rolls in a corner — hilarious! A mish-mosh of middle school/high school/college/work friends came, which was awkward at times, but fun for me, haha.

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