First: Darn the UT library...they offer most popular TV shows/movies that have a lawyer in them for free. Last semester, I got addicted to Boston Legal. Took a CD home per day and watched...it was great. This semester, I must admit, I am now addicted to The O.C. Yes I am slightly embarrassed about it, but it's OK. That show is bizzom. Even though the lawyer is the dad and it has nothing even remotely legal about it except the sprinkling of attorney-client privalege here and there, it is a great show. The main character, Ryan is a little too brooding for me. In fact, he reminds me Harry Potter...got transported to this new place made new friends and has this, "Im not a teenager and I do what I want" type of attitude. And the faces he makes, I can't look at the screen when he's on. But I LOOOOOOVE Sandy and Seth Cohen. They are the only reason I watch the show. Oh and Julie Cooper, she is who I aspire to be when I grow up, except I'm not white, a gold-digger, devious, or a whore so I don't know how that will work.
Maybe I like the O.C. because it reminds me of home. Am I from the O.C? No, I'm from Oakland. LOL. But my boyfriend is from Southern California near the beach, and in the past two years, I have gone to SoCal just as much as NoCal, so it is starting to kinda feel like home too.
2nd: Imogen Heap/Frou Frou. I've written a little bit about her before, but I chose to expound. This woman is insanely talented. Like seriously. Her voice is crazy, but it is awesome. I think the first song I heard from her, was in Shrek 2...well actually it was Frou-Frou...Holding Out For A Hero. I just thought the song was cool, but eh, not much. Then a couple of years later, I heard "Let Go", once again by Frou Frou on SYTYCD and fell in love with this chick. She captures emotion so well...her voice is has natural emotive qualities. You can tell when some people put fake emotion into songs, but she doesn't. And then mix that with the airey quality of the instruments they use...omg. It will give you chill bumps on a 100 degree day. No lie. Cuz there's beauty in the breakdown.
If I wasn't immediately convinced by this time, which I was, a couple of seasons on SYTYCD, Mia Michaels didthis CRAZY piece go "The Moment I Said It". It was crazy. I just sat there breathless for like a minute and kept watching it again. Then I went out and bought "Speak for Yourself" and every time I need something light and airey, that's where I go. She is beyond words...and proves that good music transcends genre. If you have an appreciation for music, you can and will find it everywhere.
3rd: Confunkshun. Now with them, I am convinced I was born two decades too late. OMG, I probably would have been the biggest groupie to them. I remember my parents used to play their old records and stuff and I had a couple of favorites, but I never really listened to them until I got imeem, and some good ones came out the wood works. "Let Me Put Love on Your Mind"...really though. This song is effing bomb. You just feel it man. Where are people like this now. They were straight killing it. Had choreography and live instruments and still killed it 68 times harder than these ridiculous fools out there today.
4th: I'm spending the first 7 weeks of my summer in Dallas. I'm getting paid so I cannot complain, but it is going to be crazy hot and I am staying with my cousin whose daughter and I do NOT get along, and she just graduated from college, so she is staying at home. It is going to be interesting. But I figure I will be able to spend more time at the office and the social events because I won't want to go back, so they will be forced to hire me. :).
5th: Because I am spending 7 weeks in Dallas, that means I do not get to go home until July 10th. Please believe I will be out my last day. I haven't been home since spring break... that makes me sad. My mom is coming the third week of May and we are going to my cousins graduation in Oklahoma, but its not like going home to California. I need some In n Out and some Chinese food that doesn't taste like Mexican food or PF Chang's (sorry to tell ya'll, but PF Chang's is not genuine Chinese).
Which brings me to a thought I had last year. This firm I am working for this summer is a medium sized plaintiff's firm with offices in Dallas, Las Angeles, San Francisco, and Baltimore...all places I can live. I am going to try my hardest to get in with some people who can give me contacts with the LA and SF offices, because I really NEED to be in California to function properly as a human being. I know it sounds weird, but the culture is so different, and I have just not caught onto this Texas culture. I want to go back home. Sometimes you need to get away from home to remember what you've got. And I've done just that. Back to home please.
And with that, I think I really want to be in Southern California. I love it down there, not the party scene because that's not me, but the beaches. Loooove it. When I was stressed at home, I would hop on the BART and go into SF and walk along the "beach" to the GG bridge and back. Or I would get in my car and get on the 80 and drive along the side road thats right near the bay. It's just relaxing. In Austin, I walk along Town Lake (sorry, I refuse to call it Lady Bird Lake) every weekend because it mellows me out. Point being, I need to be near water to survive, and being in a landlocked city, kinda effs that up.
That brings me to my last statement. After these 3 finals, I will be a 3L. OMG OMG OMG. It is almost over. At this time next year, not only will I be studying, I will be packing up my apartment, and planning my move back to California, and planning my BAR study rituals and stuff. It's just crazy. The real, REAL life is about to start in a year guys. It's kinda scary. But I am looking forward to it, because I know I have prepared myself in law school and I will be OK no matter what happens.
-- Yes, this whole post as me procrastinating. I don't want to study any more.
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