So let's update!

I'm in a frenzy. After getting less than stellar grades last semester, this semester I need to be twice as diligent or else I'll end up working in the bowels of some insurance company or spending my life travelling the world escaping massive debt (which is the better option). But first I'm going to try extra hard to study better and get my shit together. I know this stuff, but I have no head for details. No head at all.

The summer job search is occupying too much of my time. I have developed a mental complex after my unsuccessful search two years ago (!!) in Shanghai that no one will ever hire me. That makes me obsessively write cover letters and look for opportunities constantly, when I should probably be focusing on school. Bah!!

I want to get back to China this summer, but all that is up in the air...there are bigger things ahead...I refuse to let myself be held hostage by this degree. I decided to study law so it would help me work internationally. I was assured that that was the future and was going to be a strong point on my resume. Going to law school was a means to an end, not an end in itself. I'm going to use this degree to get the job I want.

But first, study.

I've voting Obama for president. He's the real deal.

Is this a shock to recent commentators on my posts from years past in which I assert my conservative political leanings? Well, this just goes to show you can't put dizzo in a box! I'll keep you guessing!

Happy Thanksgiving! My first in three years!

Update!!

I'm in law school at GW. It is a lot of work, not terribly difficult per se, just a lot of work. Midterms next week.

Being back in the states is like going through heroine withdrawal. You know in Trainspotting when Ewan McGregor freaks out in bed screaming cuz he wants to shoot up? That is how I feel about China sometimes. I just wanna scream cuz I miss being over there, and I feel like I've put so much effort into learning Chinese and making a future for myself based on my China expertise, but I'll now never get a chance to use it or get back over there. It is a completely paranoid, irrational reaction, but so is heroine withdrawal.