I finally

decided on an apartment. It had good ratings and was decently priced so I went ahead and put down a deposit. It was too time consuming to keep searching and searching because you will always find something wrong with whatever space you're looking to lease.

I've also noticed that apartments around the school are asking for deposits equal to one month's rent. I guess it's to make sure that undergrads stay put so they don't forfeit all this money but to me, anything above $200 for a deposit is too much for my blood. What if I get there and hate the place or the apartment isn't ready for move-in, then what??

We're going to dinner tonight to celebrate my birthday, it's belated but WTF. We always have a good time and tonight we're going to the Clay Pitt which is a great Indian restaurant.

Amelie Mauresmo won the Wimbledon title today and I'm thrilled for her.

Notice

I have a part-time job and I gave them my two week notice. Boy that felt good, no more working on Saturday nights. It's time to kick back, relax, and enjoy the last month before law school!

Weekly Roundup

The Mavs have lost the last 3 games to the Heat. Can't say I'm surprised. So now it's all but a done deal because I don't see them winning the next 2 games even though they're at home.

My friend got married this past Saturday and it was a great wedding. The weather was great albeit a little windy but it all turned out ok.

The world cup is going on and I've caught a few games altho' watching soccer is a very tedious affair in that they run up and down the field and only score one goal. I watched the USA/Czech game and it was watchable but I still don't get why it's the most popular sport in the world. I'm rooting for Brazil to win it all.

It's my birthday today....don't ask how old! My friends sang for me and we had cake at midnight so that was nice, I also have the day off work so that's even nicer. Anyway, it was a great weekend, met alot of great people, and let's do it again soon. Cheers!

Relocating

is a very complicated process especially if you already have established roots like I do....job, nice pad, etc. I can't get me head wrapped around the fact that in a few short weeks I'll be in a new place, new people, gunners, socratic method.... Housing, though, is my biggest concern. It's very hard to tell how a place really is without ever having visited it. I don't have the money to jet set to Columbus so I have to rely on the web to guide me in this whole process. Did I mention that I have to register my car, change my driver's license, open a bank account, find a hair stylist, a grocery store, a mechanic, and on and on and on and on a.......

Meaningful Death?

It's great for U.S. morale that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed today after an air-strike but I only wonder how his followers will respond once they regroup. It always seems that when one goes down, the rest come out swinging even harder and the only people that really suffer are the citizens of Iraq.

This is the most mindless, ridiculous, illegitimate, unnecessary, etc war in the history of mankind. I find it crazy that the US always says that Iraq is better off now than it was under Saddam's rule....wake up and smell the oil!

Weekly Roundup

1) Immigration Reform: So the Senate has passed its version of an immigration bill and now its headed for a showdown with the House. Should be interesting how all this goes down. My two cents, let those who want to work work, however, don't put them on the path to citizenship. Give them work visas and let's call it a day. For those of you thinking that someone is going to round up 12 million illegals, I want some of that shit you're smoking. OBL is still out there and he's only 1 guy.....nuff said on that.

2) Go MAVS! However, if they don't step up and slow down down some of that Phoenix offense, it's going to be wrap. Somebody put a hand in Nash's face and see what happens...or maybe grab a hold of his nasty hair.

3) I made $62 from selling two of my Powerscore books (lsat prep). Gotta love Amazon...no setting up Paypal like Ebay altho' they charge a commission to sell books on their website. But what the heck, it's the most painless sale I've ever been a part of!

Applications

So far, I think I'm headed to OSU Moritz College of Law this fall. I visited the school in April and liked what I saw. Sanjeet Sant, who notified me of my acceptance via phone, was our 'tour guide' of sorts (he's very hot!) and he was really nice. Have also gotten a decent scholarship package from them so, it's kind of a done deal altho' I still want to get into the following schools which I've been waitlisted at:

1) Washington University, St Louis
2) University of Wisconsin
3) University of North Carolina

Really, it's just for bragging rights if I get in because no acceptance this far into the application cycle just means no scholarship money coming my way. I'm debt averse, so any free $$$ is highly appreciated.

As an aside, I was rejected by the University of Texas a few weeks ago, but with my kind of luck, they sent me an email saying I was a potential victim of fraud because someone from Asia had hacked into their business school and accessed the personal information of about 180,000 people. Now the question that begs to be asked is, what is my information doing in their business school database??? Was it not enough that you rejected me, now you have to add on to my misery by asking me to place a fraud alert on my credit file....assholes....may your law school rank plummet!

NBA Playoffs

Hahaha....Nothing makes me happier than when the Lakers get their asses beat. And guess who'll be back for Game 7.....Raja Bell. Gotta love the guy for clothes-lining Kobe and backing it up in the aftermath. Go Suns, don't let me down on Saturday!

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