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| UpdateI haven't updated in awhile, but I'm at work so this will be short. My boss is on vacation this week, so work here is light. I'm working for Richard Cordray, a candidate for State Treasurer. He's a Democrat, and even if you've never voted for a Democrat in your life, you should vote for him. If you want reasons, e-mail me or leave a comment, and I promise to provide them.
Life has been uneventful, basically I work and sleep. Friday I went shopping, and then stopped by Tree's house but the lights were dim. Saturday I went swimming and my Aunt's. Sunday, I introduced my mom to DeGrassi, and fun was had by all.
My big news is that I won't be going to law school next year. I'm deferring for a year (which means I have a spot guaranteed for me in the Summer)to work on the campaign and then, hopefully, I will continue to work for Rich until I go to Ann Arbor. They've asked me to start in the summer, so I will begin classes in June.
In short, I'm excited about this opportunity, and my candidate. But I'm also here, I'm a little bored, and I will be here and a little bored until next well into next year. So if anyone is interest in hanging out let me know. Or, you know, if you'd like to volunteer. We can use people.
Have fun, and stay out of trouble.
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| A Lovely DayToday has been lovely. At midnight I was at Seth Flaxman's with a bunch
of College Democrats. The Dems are really good people, and I am happy
that I spent what will probably be my last party at Columbia with them.
After that a few of us went to Tom's for grilled cheese and milkshakes,
and it would have been perfect but for seeing a rat run into a sewer on
the way there. We came back here, I went to bed at about 3 (after some
lovely drunk-dials with Dean) and woke up at about 7. I made pancakes,
then I went to a lovely service at Saint John the Divine Cathedral. The
theme of the sermon was tolerance within the Christianity and the woman
was emphatic that we needed more of it. Then I went to Stroko's for
pizza, and then down to Lincoln Center to see the NYC Ballet perform "A
Midsummer Night's Dream." I got there early and was lucky to find a
street fair, where I purchased some headbands and a crepe and generally
enjoyed my very stereotypically New York experience. The Ballet was
amazing. The fairies were all played by students at the American Ballet
Academy who were very good, but I felt compelled to feed them. My 12
dollar student-rush ticket got me into the second row, so I could hear
when they went into a giggle fit. The dancers were amazing and the
orchestra was terrific. After that, I came back to campus and Jen and I
went to see Anthony Rapp (the original Mark in Rent) speak about his
book. You could tell that he really cared about Rent, Jonathan Larson,
the original cast, the fans, etc. He was adorable and passionate, and I
loved him. We bought books (hardback for $10, no less) and had them
signed. He talked about living with Jesse L. Martin and Adam Pascal
during the film shooting, and about what happened to the cast after
Larson died. I nearly cried three times. This was a great way to end
the small party I've had since turning in my last paper. Tomorrow, I
begin studying for finals. May 11th I'm finished. May 16 I graduate.
After Memorial Day I begin at the Treasurer's Office, and in August I
start at Michigan. (I write all of this now, because what is the
likelihood I'll write about it later? Let's not kid ourselves). Life is
good. | | |
| - Miami 2017Thesis and IranMy thesis is basically finished, minus some editing and finishing the
works cited page. I wasn't sure this day would ever come.
If anyone's interested, there's a really good article in the New Yorker
(Andy Novak pointed me to it) about the plans of the Bush
administration to attack Iran's nuclear program. I think this
line got to the heart of the matter fairly well:
“God may smile on us, but I don’t think so. The bottom line is that
Iran cannot become a nuclear-weapons state. The problem is that the
Iranians realize that only by becoming a nuclear state can they defend
themselves against the U.S. Something bad is going to happen.”-Pentagon
Advisor on the War on Terror
If anyone's interested in the article, here's a link: http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060417fa_fact | | |
| A Good DayOkay, so I've got 20 pages of paper left to write before Friday, but
I've had a good day that I would like to write about briefly, and some
updates on law school.
1) Today I heard that I was admitted to
Boston University. A few weeks ago, I got a letter from Columbia that
said I had been put on their reserve list, which basically means that
they won't be giving me a definitive answer until June, at which point
I could be admitted, rejected, or put on the wait-list. This means that
I probably won't be attending Columbia, because I can't wait that long
to determine what I'm doing, besides the fact that they're likely to
reject me anyway. I also assume that I will be rejected from Harvard,
but if anything exciting comes in the mail in the next few weeks, don't
worry, all of you will know. Thus, I will be attending Michigan or
Georgetown next year, but I'm going to wait awhile before making that
decision. If anyone has an opinion one way or another, let me know.
2)
I got a 90% on my history exam. I should have done better but I thought
I did worse. I was also and idiot and missed an easy 5 points by
forgetting to do one of the IDs. So overall I feel a little dumb, but
I'm happy with how I did.
3) Natalie Portman showed up in my
Terrorism & Counterterrorism class today, as a suprise guest
speaker to talk about her new film (V for Vendetta). My class was
invited to an early screening of it which I didn't attend, but the
people that went said it was good. I believe they're going to show her
speaking to my class on MTV-U, whatever that is. She was really little,
and she seemed to know a bit about terrorism based on some research for
the film, but I think her showing up had more to do with the Professor
being well-connected (he was a speechwriter for Senator Dodd, but I'm
not sure how that equals knowing people in the movie industry) and
either wanting to show off and get the class excited or doing a favor
for someone who wanted her to speak to a class that would understand
what she was talking about.
Anyway, it was a good day, and I needed a good day. I wish the same for all of you.
Oh yeah, and Friday I will be in Disney World. It's 85 degrees there. | | |
| I've been accepted to 5/8: Temple, OSU, Michigan, Georgetown, and
George Washington. I feel more than a little proud of being
accpeted to Georgetown law after being rejected from Georgetown
Undergrad. Some of them have also offered money, which is nice,
and means I might not be broke by the time I have a law degree.
This has definitely made me the happiest that I've been in quite some
time. | | |
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