So Jen and I traveled publicly through LA today. We stopped at Philippe's for some sandwiches and beer, and we ended up at the Richard Riordan Memorial Library to watch a little band I like to call No Age play for free.

Alas, we didn't get into the show. Sad. Oh well. One of the more interesting aspects of the day was standing around a bunch of cheapskate hipsters (redundant or oxy-moron? I suppose it depends on what neighborhood they come from) while hoping that the security guards would flaunt the capacity laws and let us in. Lots of fun.

All this to say, we had an adventure in our enormous city today. It was fun, if slightly underwhelming. Good times.

Success!

In general that is. I'm not aware of any great successes occurring in the recent past, present or recent future in my corner of this universe, but I like the ring of the word nonetheless.

Right now I am in the middle of online traffic school. It's funny because it is chock full of grammatical errors. For example, if I attempt to prematurely skip from the reading to the test I get a warning that lets me know "You must learn this topic at least 4 minutes!". I laugh, then I go check out some other internet nonsense for a little while. It's fun. On average I miss 1/2 a question on each test. It's really pretty easy. Good times.

I just got back from parent conferences and they went pretty well. Not too much to report on that subject so I'll move on.

For those that I haven't been able to talk to in person (or on the phone I suppose), I have been denied acceptance to two law schools: UC Hastings and the University of Washington; I've been waitlisted (a term that is new to me, and will most likely come to be synonymous with rejection in the near future) at two law schools: Fordham University and Loyola Law School; I have been accepted at one law school: Chapman; I am still waiting on two law schools: USC and UCLA. I am mad at the last two schools not because they haven't accepted me but because they haven't had the decency to send me a prompt rejection. I'm not putting on some humble front, I'm just being realistic. I would like to have all of my responses in as soon as possible so I can make a decision. USC and UCLA are such ridiculous long shots that I'm suspecting them of making me wait because they're pissed that I waisted their time with my application.

On a more positive note regarding my jump back in to academia, Jen and I were wined and dined by Chapman Law a couple of weekends ago. The school put us up in the Double Tree hotel in Orange and treated us to dinner, drinks and a cruise around Newport Harbor. It was sort of strange to be treated like a tourist only a handful of miles from the house you grew up in, but we had a wonderful time. I talked to a few students and professors and I sat through a class and several presentations. While Chapman was not my first choice, a very strong case was made in their favor. I have many more details, but they would take far too long to type. I'm sure that I'll tell you about them sooner or later.

Another topic that I've gone on and on about to people I've conversed with in person over the last couple of months is the LA Marathon. In order to keep things brief, I will just say that I ran it under 5 hours and it was horrible and amazing at the same time. It was an unbelievable experience. I will do it again.

That's all for now. I will not wait until I have to repeat online traffic school to post again. Or will I? I hope that everyone is well. Success!