Random Saturday morning

I find myself blogging because otherwise I really need to crack open the law books. Am not sure this is a good sign for either blogging or studying...

Okay, hair update: I got about 2 inches whacked off the bottom, and a long sideswept bang (longer than I'd have preferred, actually, but eh). Plus more layers so it lies smoothly. I like it, though it's not a radical change or anything earth-shattering. But it is nice.

We'll have to see how it grows out, though. I go to an Aveda salon and it's really nice, but I have concluded over the years that Aveda people tend to give subtle haircuts. It's all fairly natural looking, pretty low on the artificiality/theatricality scale. That's probably good now I'm ensconced in the world of law, but I do find they tend to grow out and get a bit shapeless quickly. The upside is that you walk out of the salon with a haircut you like (no growing-in period!), but I feel the cuts don't last as long.

Mind you, having hair that grows quickly and the habit of waiting at least 8 weeks between cuts may have something to do with this.

Of course, the biggest problem is that I keep thinking if I find the right haircut, I will walk out of the salon transformed into a goddess. And yet, strangely enough, I keep walking out of the salon as me. Go figure. 

Anyway. Have made it to the weekend, which would be more of a relief if that didn't mean I have 2 days to fill with work. My to-do list includes:

• reading for classes for next week (this SHOULD include making up the reading I missed while I was away, but I kind of suspect I'm going to put the make-up reading off until it's too late even to pretend it will get done!)
• researching like a mad thing for the seminar paper I have to write this semester (I really really want to do a good job with this... but the first topic I was exploring [grad student unions!] really wasn't going anywhere; couldn't think of anything new to add to the debate. Am now thinking I will look at accommodations for students with mental illnesses. Wish me luck!)
• completing the next draft of my casenote (currently, I think my casenote is INCREDIBLY boring; the question is whether I want actually to make it good, which will take a fair amount of work, or whether I want just to fulfill what's required, which might allow me to get away with only fixing grammar and egregious mistakes. If I make it good, I might be able to publish it; the real question is whether I want to put in the effort required to make it good enough that I won't feel like a prat trying to publish it.)
• reading a bunch of articles to decide if our law review should make offers on them (can I tell you how STRANGE the student-run law review system feels to me, after being in the world of peer review? why the hell should anyone let ME decide whether or not a legal article is worth publishing? I guess I can console myself that I'm not any WORSE a judge than anyone involved in any of the OTHER law reviews out there, right?)

Beyond this, I should actually get some exercise (especially since it's nice and sunny here today), as well as try to plan some meals for the upcoming week (which, who am I kidding? is not going to happen).

AND I'm currently mildly stressed because last week I gave my first project to the judge I'm interning for, and she will probably give me her feedback on Monday. I went through three drafts with the clerk who assigned me the project, but something the judge said before I left made it sound like she thinks it need EXTENSIVE revision. Crap. I really want this woman to think well of me so I can get a good reference! I mean, if she thinks it sucks there's nothing I can do but learn from the experience and figure out what she wants me to do to fix it, but still, it would be sooooo much nicer to impress her from the start. Sigh. State court was sooooo much more laid back than federal!

Okay. That's enough whining. I should go accomplish something other than reading blogs, writing this, and spending money online! (Here. I love this stuff. I'm never so happy as when I'm running out of soap and therefore have an excuse to buy more! Word to the wise, though - don't replace the ".net" at the end of the address with ".com", or you get a very different kind of website!)

Comments

[idwsj]

You're absolutely right about Aveda haircuts. I used to go there except I'd like my haircut for about a week until I felt like I needed another haircut.