Dell Purchase

Ordered a new desktop today. J, my technical advisor, is probably thoroughly disgusted wherever she is, because it's unfathomable to her that someone would buy a desktop in 2007. I heard her but I'm a firm believer that desktops have a very long shelf-life compared to their laptop counterparts. Take my current - almost obsolete - desktop. Had it for about 7 years (originally it had Windows ME before installing a bootleg version of XP) & it's still going strong. Then take my 15-month old laptop that had all 4 USB ports go out a few months ago for no apparent reason. Not hardy at all. We all need a trustworthy companion & my desktop is it for me. What's great about this one is that it's going to have a wireless network card so I won't have to run cable wires into my study room. Hook up the modem & the desktop should be able to connect to the internet from anywhere in the house. Love it!

Aug & Sep is when we job hunt for next Summer. Just found out that I'll receive 6 on-campus interviews (OCI). Here's how the process works in a nutshell: All the participating firms are listed on one website so you upload your resume, cover-letter, transcripts, and writing sample & apply to whatever firms you want & then those firms select those they want to interview. While it's great I got the interviews, only about 15% of the people get jobs through OCI so while technically, though unlikely, I could be part of the 15%, I'm just looking at this as an opportunity to polish up my interview skills. Then I'm going to Chicago for a job fair sometime in Aug where I have some more interviews scheduled. I've only applied to big firms thus far (since they have early recruiting dates) so I still have to target the small to medium sized firms & government jobs. It's going to be a long 2-3 months.

S.C.O.O.

Today I filed my first petition with the Supreme Court of Ohio. One of the attorney's sent an email asking if someone had an extra hour to do a project. I responded & it turned out it was to file the petition with the court which was about a 15 minute brisk walk away. After going through an x-ray machine, the security guard scanned my ID, laminated a copy & had me wear it on my lapel. Thought it was a little much but..... The building though was absolutely magnificent. Mostly marble with a Greek type of interior decor.

Journal & Other News

Remember my post about Journals at Moritz, well, I'm going to be on the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution! I am totally stoked about this although I have to be back in school Aug 5 for orientation & 2 weeks of journal assignments.

I signed my new lease today. The landlord will be out of town for the next couple of weeks so he had me sign the lease & get the keys today even though I'm not going to be moving in until Aug. I'm going to love having a washer & dryer since hauling laundry in the middle of winter is no joke. The landlord was nice enough to spray the basement to prevent critters from setting up shop. Since I had mentioned to him my fear of creepy crawly animals, I guess he figured he'd better take care of it now instead of waiting to get frantic calls from your truly.

3 Weeks & Counting....

down till my summer job comes to an end. I'm actually liking it much more than I did at the beginning so I'm not really looking forward to going back to school. But the remaining weeks will be hectic since I bit off more than I could chew. This is how it works: When we (summer clerks) get low on projects to do, we either walk around the office with a legal pad & pen asking attorneys for work to do or send them emails. Response is better if you walk around but lazy ol' me decided to send emails to about 4 attorneys (this was a few weeks ago) and last week they all decided to respond & assigned me projects. So instead of having a lazy few weeks to end the summer, I'm up to my eyeballs in mundane projects that have to get done before I leave. Initiative is overrated!

My BFF has been stalking me. Seriously. She wants to hang out all the time & since she's the only one willing to go with me on my firm outings, I have to be nice & indulge her. So Friday night, she had me bar-hopping even though I was dead tired after a hard week's work & the kicker was I had to drive. Sheesh! Saturday night though, I went out with my other girls & had an AMAZING time that shall not be rehashed - now that this blog is rated.....

Nothingness

I got my first Amazon seller feedback rating from a buyer this week. 5 stars . For some reason, buyers don't leave me any feedback even though I sell stuff all the time on Amazon & my products are always in great condition & I ship priority even when they pay for standard shipping. But try shipping something late & see the negative feedback assail you.

I found out today that I am now an Ohio resident for tuition purposes!!!! The process is tedious since you have to account for your whereabouts for the past 12 months. Leaving Ohio for more than three weeks during the entire school year disqualifies you & the only way to prove you were in the Buckeye state is through a year's worth of bank statements, pay stubs, leases, & other FBI type shenanigans. Well worth it though.

I was on a flight last week & the Columbus Destroyers (arena football) were on board. Didn't know who they were until the flight attendant announced them as we were fixing to land but I knew they had to be on some team since they all had on white polos & were bigger in stature than the average American male. The paparazzi in me almost pulled the camera out but since I didn't want to seem like the local groupie, I held back.

Red White & Boom

Gotta love 4th of July celebrations. Thanks to the festivities going on in downtown, we get to leave work at noon tomorrow so that we don't get caught up in all the fireworks madness. I was leaving work this evening & traffic was already a nightmare since lots of roads have been closed to prepare for the number of folks who'll be milling around. Yours truly is probably going to be joining the fray. My friends want to go out for dinner & drinks and then hike about 2 miles into downtown to watch the fireworks display so it should be good fun. Happy 4th of July!