I've decided to stop blogging here. After that last post, I think this blog has fulfilled its purpose. And since I am using Twitter so much (@Carty64, see the updates on the right side of the page) this whole site doesn't seem necessary. I may start another one to chronicle my life as a young, soon-to-be attorney, and if I do, I'll post that link here.
Thanks for all the views and comments everyone!
When I first started this blog, I wrote a post about how I love the show Scrubs and how I always felt that it helped me deal with law school. I first got into the show in my first semester and I have been watching it ever since. I even have all the (available) seasons on DVD. Now, as fitting as it could possibly be, both the show, and law school have ended.
I didn't intend for this to happen as it did. Recently, I have been watching the newest episodes on demand on Sunday nights in bed, and tonight was no different. But, was I wasn't expecting was the last episode of the season, and, very likely, of the show. It was fairly emotional for me because I feel like I know the characters so well, like I have grown up with them. And in a way, I have. When I first got here I was just a scared little man not sure about who he was or what he wanted. I hadn't experienced what it was like to really know fear and doubt. And just like Zach Braff's character in the first episode, I very quickly learned that things were NOT going to go like I expected. I discovered that the one, and only, thing I could count on to help me get through this all were my friends.
I didn't know my roommate before law school but without him I really don't know if I could have survived this all. We are so alike and still so different. The insecurities, fears, beliefs, and desires were all there. More importantly though, no one has made me laugh more, or think more. We're not quite as close as JD and Turk from the show, but it's close. I know he'd never say it aloud (like Dr. Cox) but I know he's really going to miss me, and I'll be the sappy dork and probably say something corny (but sincere) when we finally say goodbye.
I didn't know that the episode I would be watching tonight was a finale, but I'm glad it was. My final 2 tests in law school are Monday and Tuesday, then I am driving back to Salt Lake and leaving this all behind. The show tonight talked about the different ways people say goodbye and the way that people want to be remembered. I have so many memories of people, places, experiences and feelings, some good and some bad. But I will even look back on the bad ones fondly because they are part of the whole experience that I have had here. But more than that, they will help me make choices about my future. I'm sad the show is likely over, but it feels somewhat fitting, like it knows that it has helped me get through this and now I need to go out and start the rest of my life. This really is the end of a chapter, and I don't know what will happen next.
So here we are, 2 1/2 years later. I'm 27, graduating from law school, no job locked down yet, and moving home while I study for the bar exam in July...I need a new TV show.
Hey all, sorry it has been so long since my last post. I have been crazy busy with school and the Legal Clinic. Good news though, only THIS long until I am all done! Graduation is creeping up and pretty soon I will be road trippin' back to the good ol' SLC.
My friend Emily has always been the non-mainstream music authority among my friends (well, her and Dan, but he is MIA). I have really changed a lot since leaving the bubble for law school, and one of those changes has been in my musical tastes. Before, I would dismiss a lot of the music she liked as "hippie-indie-emo-wannabeJackJohnson/BenHarper" (that should tell you how long it has been since I have listened to it) garbage. However, thanks to Last.fm and Emily's blogging, I have seriously expanded my musical samplings. For instance, I now regularly listen to music by Franz Ferdinand, SebastiAn, Interpol, Hieroglyphics, Jurassic 5, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Beirut, Kid Cudi, Kanye West, and Justice.
For those of you that know me, you'll probably be shocked to see any or all of those artists. I used to listen to the Dave Brubeck Quartet, 311, Dave Matthews, and Red Hot Chili Peppers pretty much exclusively. They are still in the playlist, but less often than before (Brubeck is especially good for studying).
If you have 5 minutes, go to Last.fm, create an account and play with it. You'll likely find music you love that you never knew existed!
As previously noted, the HIGH today was -1 degree. While sitting here NOT studying, I decided to have a little science fun. As the temperature reached an arctic -15 I took a regular cup of tap-water outside to see how long it would take to freeze.
After 20 minutes there was a thin layer of ice on the top:
Then after forty minutes of playing video games doing laundry and reading, I ventured back out into the tundra to see how my little friend was doing.
Almost totally solid. There was some liquid water still sloshing around in the center, but it was certainly frozen. Upon further inspection, it would likely only have taken about another 20 minutes to be totally solid:
Yay Midwest weather!
