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Wednesday, 21 May 2008

  • Jobs...

    So I had my placement interview for the Dallas County DA yesterday.  I went in being told I would start on June 23, and I came out starting on Tuesday.  Most would consider this a good interview - I do as well.  The only downside is that it takes away a lot of time from actually making money this summer, but I guess life goes on.  It should be interesting with a lot of high profile cases coming down this summer that I can take part in.  I look forward to an fun summer!

    The major problem is deciding my future.  It's more than a what do I want to do - it's a where do I want to do it.  I love the San Diego life - the weather, the people (after you get used to them), my friends, and the lifestyle in general.  But growing up and with my family in Dallas, I have the connections.  I can easily have very good, very well-paying jobs here, but then I have to come back here to Dallas to live (or Houston or Forth Worth).  Any way you look at it, it's back to Texas.  Texas isn't a bad place, but I love California.  Although this isn't a huge question at the very moment, I am looking ahead, mainly to taking the bar.  Where I want to end up determines which bar I take.  And I don't know doesn't really work for the bar associations of either state.  I'm being pulled between where I want to live and where I have endless opportunities.  I am sure that I can get the same opportunities in San Diego, eventually - but I have to search for them and hopefully get them.  San Diego is more competitive, lower paying, and smaller.  But it's San Diego.  Texas is easier for me to get, higher paying, and a bigger community with a wider range of opportunities.  So who knows... it's something I'll have to figure out fairly soon.  I guess I'll get there.  Any thoughts/comments are greatly appreciated ;)

Sunday, 18 May 2008

  • Life can be entertaining at times...

    Yesterday was a trip to say the least - I drove from El Paso to Dallas - not a bad drive in and of itself.  But I did get pulled over twice... for no front license plate.  Two warnings - no biggie.  They were both quite entertaining.  Both state troopers told me where speed traps would be on my way to Dallas and where to look out for other troopers - teamwork you know ;)  The first time, I ended up sitting in the front seat of the trooper's car as he wrote me the warning.  The second I had to teach how to move music into iTunes so he could put it on his wife's iPod.  Who does that?  Oh well, they made my day.  No ticket AND entertainment so I can't really complain.  The first even commented that my radar detector was a good one - haha.  And neither could believe that I didn't have a gun on me... a nice welcome back to Texas.  Just like California - ha!

    Today was another one.  After my mom threw out half of my clothes last night, it was off to a great start with her.  I went to go for a run this morning and was going to take my mom's dog with me (huge Great Dane mix) since mine died.  Well we got about a block then she saw another dog and got scared.  This huge dog is scared of EVERYTHING.  After 10 minutes, I accepted the fact that we were not going to get past the house with the German Shepard in the yard, and we came back home.  I ended up running on the treadmill.  But seriously, the dog is a huge wimp!  She gets scared of little dogs too - it's crazy.  Then I got to go to mass with my mom (we're Southern Baptists) which was no big deal, but then it was for her friend so it was all in Spanish.  I ended up translating the entire thing - fun times.  Then we had an additional 2 hours for her friend to get ordained as a priest.  It was really interesting but made for a long day and a lot of kneeling.  Kneeling sounds easy until you have your knees cut open and you can no longer feel your kneecaps - it makes balancing hard.  I ended up spending most of the time focusing on kneeling straight and the pain - b/c yes, I can't feel the surface but I can feel pain.  My luck.  Other than that, it was good day.  Dad got home from his Marshal's Posse thing this weekend.  His poor dog had followed him over 45 miles in the past 2 days, so she was exhausted.  But it was good to see him and Zoe again.  Other than that, not much is new.  It's back to work for dad tomorrow - one month there then off I go to the DA.  Fun times! 

Friday, 16 May 2008

  • Thoughts from the Road

    So when you drive for hours by yourself, you have plenty of time to think (or listen to Doug's mix 10 times).  I have realized that we all get so caught up in life that when we sit back and look at it, nothing is as important as it seems at the time.  People aren't that nice and aren't that evil (for the most part).  Stepping back and getting the big picture is important, and I haven't done it in a long time.  Yeah, I still think about the little things that piss me off and they still do - but in a different way.  You look back at a semester, at a year, at law school and general and you remember the big fights, but more than that, you remember the little things that people do.  The nice things that aren't that big of a deal.  It really adds up. 
    When I started driving this morning, I had decided to write about what was bothering me and all of that crap and the longer I drove the more I realized that it wasn't that big of a deal.  I mean it is, but it isn't.  Life is too short - yeah you have worries, and we always will.  BUT I have to live life and have fun while those worries continue.  The little problems and worries keep us sane and grounded while we go out and enjoy life.
    So yeah - my little sermon is over, mainly because I'm hungry.  But yeah - the little things you do for a person do make a big impact - bigger than the fights ever will.  The small troubles aren't that big and are really just there to keep you preoccupied and have something to talk about.  Life is short - live it and have fun - live it for you and not for your parents or anyone else.  It just isn't worth it.

Tuesday, 13 May 2008

  • In your opinion who is the greatest actor of all time?

    It would have to be Clark Gable.  He's the classic Southern man - charming, polite for the most part, but just enough of an ass to spark your curiosity and make you mad.  He's the man's man who they all hate for it but the woman's man as well.

    And yes, I'm bored enough to be answering this....

       

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  • So simple yet so complicated...

    So people go to law school with the idea that they want to be a lawyer.  I didn't.  I toyed with the idea and almost convinced myself that I could be that person, but now I just don't know.  I think what's worse than not knowing what you want to do with your life is going to a graduate school that tells you what area you want to work in and you still don't know.  I guess I'll figure it out.  I head back home soon, so that helps.  Maybe I'll figure it out this summer while I'm working for the DA - so I can hope.  Luckily I only have to work from June 23-Aug 1, so I get the experience, but I can still work and make money this summer as well.  It's boring out here with everyone being gone or being boring, but I'm surviving.  It's been a strange year - new friends, old friends renewed, people who you thought were your friends really aren't, and those who I thought weren't my friends really were.  Life can be a big illusion that just takes a lot of work to figure out.  I was raised being told you can't trust people and you really want to, but I've realized for the most part you can't.  And it only makes it worse when you try and get burned.  If people were only straightforward - I'd rather deal with someone being cruelly honest than someone trying to placate me or act in their own interests.  I've had too much of the latter lately and it makes me doubt anyone's sincerity or thoughtfulness.  Friendship without honesty is nothing.  White lies are only white lies soo long.  Life is ironic - the people you go through the most shit with and get the maddest at are the ones who are there for you in the end, after all of your "friends" who have been there through all the rest of it have left.  I know that hard times or controversy bring out the real person, but it's sometimes surprising to see what shows up.  It's surprising who you end up calling when you need someone or who you turn to when you are down or who you miss when they are gone.  Either way, life goes on... so simple, yet so complicated....

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  • Fun-loving law student... one more year!!! I have no clue what I want to do with my life, but I have one more year to figure that one out at least. Living in San Diego is the best ever, which makes up for being in law school. I have great friends out here and just enjoy going out and having a good time!

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  • mcshanj
    Haha - I love you for you - but your bitchiness just makes it better ;)
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    Where'd your post go? So you love me for my bitchiness...I love you for you...there's a problem there...
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