Sowande, 2L

Hey 1Ls, welcome and all of that "jazz'eration". Hope you're ready to learn real good! Suggestion--if you haven't done the readings that are posted on the WeBoard yet (the inside bulletin board for school of law students), DO get on that, and early. Classes get going quickly. The farther ahead at the start, the better. I'm just sayin'...

A lot is happening next week. 1Ls begin, most of us on Fall/Spring are starting our Co-ops, it's the first of the month... *le sigh* Where has the time gone? I'm hopping on a midnight train from Kingman to Santa Barbara on Saturday. Such a tragedy. Summer weather, beaches, family and old friends. Life is rough ain't it??? I just hope the place doesn't light up while I'm there. Poor California is constantly on fire, and devastatingly broke these days. Maybe I'll be able to look into one of those municipal bankruptcies while I'm working there. That would be quite rad--to learn about, not necessarily to happen.

"Les attitudes les plus incompréhensibles dans la vie sont souvent dues à la persistance d'un moment intimidé dans la jeunesse."

Bon chance a tout!

Speaking of "bon chance" don't forget about the Goodwill. I know it sounds gross to some, but there are some nice things a good dry-cleaning away from being quite presentable. I got two gold-button blazers at one out here in the remotest of Arizona, and they are HIGH quality vintage designer blazers. Not a single flaw... and this after trips to various local clothiers wanting at least $140 for low end blazers that didn't even fit me correctly. Pish tosh.

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A lot of people seem to want to know what the law school campus is like in terms of Mac laptop users. They are everywhere. I recall that more than half of the students raised their hands when asked, "who of you are Mac users?" in an all-class meeting. The entire campus is extremely Mac friendly, and students can take exams on Mac versions of the examination software.

No love for Linux just yet. Bottom line--if you want that Mac for law school, "git er done!"

I was lucky from the git... I knew exactly what laptop features *I* required for law school:

(1) has to be a tablet;
(2) has to be under 1500 (total, including any extra service plans--there went the ThinkPad);
(3) has to be fly;
(4) has to be quiet.

There are tons of other features that I wanted, but most laptops come with them as pretty standard features; e.g., >150gig hard-drive, wifi, other basics, dvd burner, et al. I ended up with the HP TX2500z, a burning hot, LOUD, tablet that was under my 1500 max, and with which I am very happy.

If YOU are considering a tablet PC, I suggest Tablet PC Review.

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Getting to the airport Friday was like a Chevy Chase movie... any one, pick one. Exploding boxes of clothing, being dragged through security by the airport check-in staff so the plane could leave early (?), squeezing between people to get to my window seat, only to realize that in all of my frantic hurry, I'd forgotten to drop by the loo... so I had to get back up before taking off... it goes on but I won't drag it out because I'm home now.

Over the next two weeks, I plan to gain ten pounds. It began with ribs at a "welcome home" pool party, and then continued with a visit to see my good pals from the Superior Court. I left with half a pork loin. People throw food at me and I just can't say no.

My Co-op starts in two weeks. Twelve weeks of pure Santa Barbara fun... I haven't spent much time there, since I left a few years after high school. Actually, I think the last time I was there was at least... man it was years ago! Nutz. I'll have to stop by the old high school and see if I can find any old teachers. Sounds like a good blog topic.

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3:05 p.m.--substantive in-class portion of summer quarter, DONE! Next week, four exams and then home.

People on tours here at the school have asked me what sort of difficulties students, who are going on Co-op, may face with regard to moving back and forth. In my experience so far, it hasn't been too difficult--of course this is my first one. There are plenty of resources available, many of which I used, and the best may be 3Ls who have already been through the process, twice. A good landlord and plenty of planning has helped me, but plenty of planning is key. My planning began with a meeting in the Financial Aid office to sort out my budget.

Planning...

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