Nothing Intelligent Here!

Ha, nothing but the end of the semester. I am pleased with myself that I just knocked out yet another final. Whether it is good enough always remains to be seen. I am just happy and am finally able to take a deep breath. The end of the semester is so frustrating. Anyway, have a great summer everyone and we'll see who keeps on blogging!

Breath of Fresh Air

For me, when my son spends his evening talking to me about his day and how much he adores being home is such an amazing feeling. I mean think about it, as adults we see the economy, stress, life in general as being so intense that when a child says how much he enjoys his day at school makes a person really appreciate the simple things. Not too many children are happy with their school and what they learn throughout the day. My son is really smart. He is in a science based school and in the 1st grade, he brought me home his homework which is all about the vertices. Hell, I think I just learned about that not too long ago at the college level. Boy do I feel inadequate. Regardless, this little boy said to me that he has decided that he wants to be a bio engineer when he grows up. He wants to discover the cure for cancer. Isn't that just crazy to hear from an 8 year old? He really makes me proud to be a part of his life, watch him grow and see him change into the person he is going to be. I really feel lucky to be able to be a part of it. I can truly only aspire to see things as clearly as he does at 8 years old. He is my inspiration to be better and more simple in my day to day life. To appreciate simple beauties and be fascinated by things that I take for granted during my day is a type of magic that I (as an adult) work for is something to learn from.

Bye Souter

I woke up this morning, turned on the news which is normal in my household and behold, the announcement came over the television (and of course was also in my morning paper waiting eargerly for me when I opened the door) Justice Souter is stepping down. Retirement. Souter is the Republican that was appointed that kept the block going on behalf of the controversial cases involving Roe v. Wade et al. This is Obama's chance to appoint and as we all know, this is one of the most telling legacies that a President can leave is an appointed Justice to the Supreme Court. This is going to be really interesting to follow even though it is said that the person appointed will not likely make a significant change but at least uphold the status quo. Souter is expected to end in June but will most likely be staying on until October when the next term takes over. As quoted in the NY Times, "Replacing Justice Souter with a liberal would not change the basic makeup of the court, where he and three other justices hold down the left wing against a conservative caucus of four justices. Justice Anthony Kennedy, a moderate Republican appointee, often provides the swing vote that controls important decisions."

Take a look at the article yourself. Good luck Souter, and Good luck to Obama and the rest of the Nation for the next pick.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/us/02souter.html?_r=1&hp

Swine Arrival

So I have been following the swine flu like everyone else recently. I received a phone call from my sister who lives in Santa Clara and behold, she has been hospitalized for the pig flu herself. She was given Tamaflu and is feeling better but is still being held under observation. The pandemic alert status went to 5 today and now, schools are closing. One that I have heard of is in Chicago and one now in Santa Clara. Crazy. I keep seeing photos of people in Mexico walking around in face masks etc. and the news just says to wash your hands and eat at home. Really? That is the best advice so far? Crazy, Crazy world we live in. Yesterday I was reading an article that Mexico was closing down any non-essential government due to the pandemic. How in the world does that work? I was curious exactly how that was going to fair. I mean, how do you shut down a country? What really happens when it is attempted? My attention is definately on it right now and considering all of the countries that are in danger, it is a real worry and a true concern. I am a big advocate of WHO so I normally follow what they do in neglected countries. I have no answers, I just thought it was worth mentioning.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30471035

http://www.who.int/en/

Feeling at Odds

I have come to see that this semester seems to be really getting to people. I really feel bad sometimes for students that are so stressed out (even myself) that we end up taking our frustrations out on each other. Academia at its best I guess. So many students seem to be pushing themselves so hard that the frustrations seem to be shot off in all directions. This is honestly the strangest semester yet. I find it funny that because I keep my blogs simple (because everything else is not) that I am even getting rough feedback because of it. Hey, we all do what we do to get through life and through the day. You can't please everyone, so try with the self. I am ok with that. So, for the students that are stressed out and really feeling it....take a moment, breathe and keep swimming. (I will be taking my own advice too.)

Stuck

Don't you hate it when your brain just gets stuck? I mean really, we are students and when a person can't think of an issue (or anything for that matter) that is on the brain to blog about, it is really a frustrating experience. Maybe it is just end of the semester frustrations. So many classes and so little time to complete everything that is due so the brain just gets bogged down and then, gets stuck. So, that is where I am at right now. Stuck. I am trying to maintain my blog but when there is nothing coming from my brain to write about, then it just doesn't happen. Don't get me wrong, I have had important issues come up, but nothing I necessarily wish to share with the World Wide Web. So, here I go with meaningless trite bullshit in order to make sure that I don't leave my participation points, hanging in the breeze. Nothing would be more frustrating to me than to have worked so hard this semester and then blow it all off at the very end. Know what I mean?

What to Blog?

I have been sitting here since Friday trying to figure out what in the world I am going to blog about this week and quite frankley, the only thing that has been on my mind is everything involved with Law School. This is not a little thing for a person who worries as much as I do. For example, I have to worry about studying for the LSAT's, hoping they are good enough to get me into Law School. Now, will those scores be good enough to get me into the school I want to get into? Once you actually get into a law school I have to worry about the debt, as well as not flunking out. If you make it far enough to actually complete law school and not flunk out, well then there is always the BAR exam to thwart me. So, these are my current worries, along with making sure that I enroll in my next set of classes by the 22nd, and hopefully the classes I want are not all taken. Not to mention that I have finals for this semester and I have to apply for my graduation certificate by a certain date or I am not graduating. Are you kidding me? I feel like I am in some sort of rat race. This is insane.