Fun While They Lasted
Free evenings, that is. And free time to blog. I imagine my future entries will be few and far between. Today was the first day of orientation, and I already got my first three reading assignments. Just the tip of the $800 iceberg.
Also got my schedule, and it's a mixed bag. I have four classes: Legal Research and Writing, Civil Procedures, Criminal Law, and Torts. My Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays are full days, but with four-hour blocks of free time in between classes. Since I don't live right near campus, I'll have nothing to do then but get work done at school. It would have been nice to finish earlier, but I suppose this will help me maintain much-needed discipline, which is probably better in the long run.
At least I get to finish the week on a light note, with only one hour of class on Thursdays, starting at 11:15am, and two classes on Fridays, from 11:15am to 1:50pm. Now that's a schedule I can get behind. :)
After a long day of listening to deans talk about the great journey upon which I'm about to embark, waiting in long lines to buy overpriced books and pick up my hideous ID card, and making small talk with future professors and classmates, I was tempted to pick up some fast food on my way home and collapse in front of the television. But I'm trying to avoid bad habits (don't have a couch in which to collapse, anyway), so I managed to cook my first meal in the new place, spaghetti alla Prego. I even snuck in a quick workout, which is surprisingly easy to do after the warm-up I get from biking home, even after an exhausting day. Once in motion, it's easy to stay in motion.
But now I'm feeling it. I need to finish my reading and go to sleep. I had the hardest time going to bed at midnight last night (so damn early!), but something tells me I'll be able to crash hard tonight.
Also got my schedule, and it's a mixed bag. I have four classes: Legal Research and Writing, Civil Procedures, Criminal Law, and Torts. My Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays are full days, but with four-hour blocks of free time in between classes. Since I don't live right near campus, I'll have nothing to do then but get work done at school. It would have been nice to finish earlier, but I suppose this will help me maintain much-needed discipline, which is probably better in the long run.
At least I get to finish the week on a light note, with only one hour of class on Thursdays, starting at 11:15am, and two classes on Fridays, from 11:15am to 1:50pm. Now that's a schedule I can get behind. :)
After a long day of listening to deans talk about the great journey upon which I'm about to embark, waiting in long lines to buy overpriced books and pick up my hideous ID card, and making small talk with future professors and classmates, I was tempted to pick up some fast food on my way home and collapse in front of the television. But I'm trying to avoid bad habits (don't have a couch in which to collapse, anyway), so I managed to cook my first meal in the new place, spaghetti alla Prego. I even snuck in a quick workout, which is surprisingly easy to do after the warm-up I get from biking home, even after an exhausting day. Once in motion, it's easy to stay in motion.
But now I'm feeling it. I need to finish my reading and go to sleep. I had the hardest time going to bed at midnight last night (so damn early!), but something tells me I'll be able to crash hard tonight.
posted by Chang Kim at Thursday, August 16, 2007
11 Comments:
dude you need my spaghetti recipe and my secret ingredient. you can make a big vat of that stuff and keep a big jar full in the freezer.
we should start exchanging simple recipes on our blogs. i have like 3 or 4 from last year although i don't cook as much as i need to.
don't forget to make time for thebootleg! and go to bootstock! lol
I was gonna include that my recipe isn't nearly as good as yours. Send it over. I could use some tips.
I'm so behind on the boot. Have they announced the decommit yet?
dang i was just about to comment about how much free time you have to keep blogging. what am i supposed to do in my free time now if i can't read new posts?
Stick with the Prego...hard to beat the convenience of a jar of Prego (Roasted Garlic and Herb) with some ground beef.
Fantastic.
Buy the Examples and Explanations by Glannon for CivPro. Best supplement I ever used in law school. And then have fun reading Pennoyer v. Neff. :-)
I'm excited to have someone to share my mundane knowledge of the law with!
Oh, and Trader Joe's has lots of frozen food. Their frozen tamales are pretty tasty.
if free time is limited, isn't fast food the way to go?
Fast food would be expedient, but as I said, I'm trying to avoid bad habits, and swinging by Jack on the way home constitutes a bad habit. :)
Thanks for the tip, Lis. I'm sure I'll have questions for you!
Chang - i have a silly habit of googling myself every now and then and found myself here :) so hey, i also have torts (schwartz), crimlaw (kutz) and civpro (swift). any overlap? --Cheryl.
What's up, Cheryl? I have the same Civ Pro and Torts profs! Study buddy!
A good resource for buying used books on the cheap is www.fetchbook.info.
Also, search www.recipezaar.com for quick and easy recipes. They show nutritional facts for each meal, so it will help you keep up good habits (even when you are cooking.)
Getting used books is tricky, because these things usually get updated yearly due to new cases. Convenient for them, huh?
I'm sure you're a wealth of information on healthy recipes. :) Thanks for the tips.
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