Free To Be

I wanted to give an exhaustive description of my 1L year and what I learned, but given that I have still not recovered from finals, I am not up to it just yet. I have spent the last few days filling my head with junk. I'm talking American Idol, Desperate Housewives, Law & Order marathons, anything tawdry and low brow. It has been great. I also want to pick up a few books to read. (suggestions are welcome) I don't actually start working until the first week of June so I am enjoying a rare respite from the chaos that has enveloped my life since I started law school. I can't even begin to explain how great it is to not have a reading assignment, WOA brief, or something equally oppressive hanging over my head. For at least a few weeks I will get to be the old La Mitotera again, which is priceless.

My Man Neil

I should be studying but I wanted to quickly mention this funny LA Times article that talks about my favorite fourth of July song "America" by Neil Diamond. Apparently it is becoming the new anthem for Latino immigrants. I just have to say I loved that song since Cheech used it as background music for their march on the border in Born in the East LA. My man Neil may be a little cheesy in his rhinestone studded apparel, but he sure can sing. "Everywhere around the world..they're coming to America...got a dream they come to share, they're coming to America...They're coming to America today!!" Ok, I got that out of my system. Back to work.

Red Bull IV Drip Anyone?

With one more take home exam due by noon tomorrow I am literally about to start holding my eyelids open with toothpicks. Summer starts tomorrow. I can't wait. I will officially have survived my first year and will be a 2L in less than 24 hours. It is about damn time.

Jimmy Smits Is My President

Ok...so I am on yet another study break. I wonder if you can really call them study breaks when they constitute the majority of your time. Anyway, although I should be studying I am watching a west wing marathon. I have never actually never sat through a full episode of west wing and now realize I have been missing out. All this time I could have watched west wing and pretended that there is a Democratic president for an hour at a time. Hey, according to west wing there is a democratic Latino president. I could get used to that alternative reality. I have to say the only drawback to living in west wing fantasyland is that it makes reality that much worse. It may sound ridiculous, but the day Senator Kerry lost the election was one of the worst days of my life. Everyday that I see another soldier dead, news about Guantanamo Bay, or the countless other things being done in the name of all Americans I truly wish things had worked out differently. In short, Jimmy Smits is my president. Too bad west wing was cancelled.