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Writing, notes, and occasional rambles.
mixed emotions
Carl is moving back to Germany for a year. He’ll be leaving at the end of October/beginning of November. I’m thrilled for him, because it is such a great opportunity and it will be so wonderful for his career, but I don’t like the thought of being apart for a whole year. We’ll get to see each other every few months, and I guess that will have to do. I’ll miss him.
Sep 2008Lawyering "Tips of the Day"
I’m a TA for Lawyering again this year, and my professor wants me to give a “tip of the day” when I’m in class (which is once a week). And because I have not written anything on here for a while, I thought I would share my wisdom with the general public… or no one, as the case may be. Week 1:
Sep 2008right now
This year is going to be crazy. I’m hoping it will be fun though. I’m doing all sorts of writing things, some trial stuff, and then three classes on top of that. A squirrel just ran up to the sliding glass door. Leibniz was waiting. But then both of them kind of leapt upwards and backwards. Terribly funny. Life is good right now. My house is messy, but I’m happy.
Aug 2008disastrous interview
I had two interviews today, one of which wasn’t really an interview, and the other of which was a disaster. I started talking and then I started thinking, “Shut up, shut up, for goodness’ sake, Rachel, shut up,” but I kept talking. He asked all sorts of questions that I didn’t know how to answer (e.g., “Why didn’t a law firm hire you last year?”), and he told me that my writing sample is on a topic that make people’s eyes glaze over (Burmese refugees are terribly boring, I guess). He seemed like a great guy, and I would love to work for him, but I don’t think the feeling was mutual. Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’m not going to get a job there.
Jul 2008Carl in DC
Carl came to DC last weekend. He arrived here on Wednesday from Munich and left for KC on Sunday. It was a whirlwind weekend, but it was so good just to see him again. Here’s a rundown of what we did: Wednesday: I met him at my house after work. We went out for dinner and walked around Arlington. It wasn’t very exciting, but it was very nice. Thursday:
Jun 2008Heller
This isn’t my own creative work, but it amused me. It was posted on the Lawrence Journal-World website. Here’s a haiku in response to the Heller decision. Hand me my shotgun. I need to go kill a bear, then I’ll have bear arms.
Jun 2008on another note
It’s wonderful being back in Kansas for a few days. Mitsu has been laying on me for a long time, readjusting when I move. Silly cat. But it’s good to be home. I’ll post something about DC soon. It might be a long post.
Jun 2008the bar application in Kansas
I’ve been looking at the Kansas bar application (not necessarily meaning that I will take the Kansas bar, but I need to start pulling my information together), and when it comes to references, both general ones and character fitness ones, I need to have known all of them for four or more years. They also can’t be employers, relatives, “fellow” law students (I need to find out if this disqualifies law students from other schools), and only one out of the eight can be an attorney or a judge. This essentially disqualifies all the people I talk to currently. Rather, it disqualifies all the people who know me well and can attest to my ability and fitness. It disqualifies all my pastors, as I worked for Luther College Ministries and my mom has been my pastor the rest of the time (ooh, wait, there might be one!). I could ask the bishop, but he really only knows me through my mom. I just think it’s an arbitrary requirement that doesn’t actually mean that someone knows you well now, but rather, that they’ve known you in the past.
May 2008ICE
We all know ICE has done terrible things to people, even US citizens and LPRs. And so I think the rallying cry should be: “Ice ICE, baby.” I came up with this while I was sort of listening to a conference call in my boss’s office. I started to giggle and then had to stop myself. More on my job later. Suffice it to say, I’m loving being in DC and working for LIRS and using all sorts of acronyms. The learning curve is amazingly steep. That’s all for now. If anyone should go hang out with my cats, tell them hi from me and tell them I miss them. :)
May 2008flirting
Thank you, Mom, for teaching me how to flirt. Because of it, I managed to be alone in the courtroom of the Supreme Court of the United States. AWESOME.