most definitely, jeeves

what an enjoyable week (with a few unenjoyable moments)

I was brought to toronto to check out the law school here, just to get a better feel for the school, the faculty and the other acceptees. It seemed amazing, and although the other admits seemed a tad awkward at times, the upper year students were amazing, so there is hope for law school kids.

The facilities are interesting, ranging from lectures around a dining room table to bunker style bathrooms. But, all of the badness of the facilities is mediated by the fact that Trinity College (woe is me!) is nearby and has a working fireplace around which you can study. As some of you may know, studying around a fireplace in a castle type building is actually all I wanted out of my university education.

Spent most of my time in toronto getting drunk, which was nice. I wandered down to Waterloo to visit some old friends on friday, went to a back to the future party, and they spent saturday cross country skiing. It was so gorgeous and surprisingly fun. If all goes well, I may be going again on Sunday, skiing through Manning Park.

Most of my friends are very anti-law school (with the exception of jon and colin, who are in law school) and none more so than some of the folk in Toronto. So, I was taken to the hospital to do a little shadowing with one of my doctor friends. It was amazing. Exciting, intellectual, collegial, and with research opportunities. I think I know what I want to do, but it is occasionally so tempting to follow other interesting paths. that said, medical school may be impossible due to a complete lack of MCAT testing sites. damn.

anyway, flying back to vancouver today, which should be its own slice of awesome.

as a precursor to posting the essay ....

my favorite song that involves star trek:

waste time?

Well, I must say that I really enjoyed this:



And this is still funny.



and this is what might happen to me:



flat beat

and they said it couldn't be done

So, in the mail today I found a large package addressed from NYU.

"Large package!," I exclaimed, "I know what that means."

and, indeed, I did. I am accepted into NYU School of Law, and all of the associated benefits of that. I don't know if I will go. I was also accepted to University of Toronto Law School so if I choose the law school route, it may be better to stay in Canada.

But what is exciting is that NYU is, by most rankings, is the 5th best law school in America (after Yale, Stanford, Harvard and Columbia) and I was accepted after having written an essay that talked about what a strong influence Star Trek had on my life.

Ain't that great? Star Trek to Law School. I am extremely pleased with myself right now.

all that is good

sun was out in force yesterday.

I stumbled out of my exam, looking desperate and bearded, disheveled and hungry. I expect the drearyness to bring me down, to crush heavily on me but rather I was greeted by a cloudless sky. It is the first cloudless sky I have seen in a long time. I searched for clouds. There were none. zero. cloudless.

So, i threw on my headphones, put on some agressive opera and went on an incredibly enjoyable bike ride.

back in van encore this weekend, if any of you want to meet up. It is my sis's b-day on saturday. wanna go drinking?

this article seemed appropriate.

and these seem like great ways to figure out what mainstream shows you just have to go to: iconcertcal and sonicliving.