the Dude Abides

I'm enjoying my dwindling days of semi-employment. Even though I have 5 days per week free from obligations, I just can't manage to get everything done. Because I am addicted to the internet where I find things like this http://www.flat33.com/bzzzpeek/html/bzzzpeek.html

BitterNY is back from his first day of training at the new job. Nothing like a New York, high intensity turn and burn under my withering gaze of micro management. The people are cool and laid back and he is going to enjoy it there. Phew. We really needed him to land a job and I would hate for him to be suck in a shitty one cause we are in a crunch. I feel better. I can continue to do nothing with a clear conscience.

I have sent out a mass mailing letting my loved ones know about this blog and have recieved some very interesting comments and info in return. One friend, who has quickly become a trusted advisor after having carried his acerbic wit through an uber successful 1L year and straight on to law review, said that he read somewhere that all law students should have blogs. Really? I thought this would be a future employment liability. Good to know.

The other bit of info is from someone I won't be hearing from very often. My buddy Vespa (real name) has started a micro production company. Acting, writing, shooting and cutting shorts over a weekend. He's got a great female partner (I'll take his word for it, he's got good taste). Me-the ex-film student, dreamer- I was jealous. But I consoled myslef by thinking how many of projects I will be able to fund after school and with a few years of lawyer salary in my bank account.

Coming here to L.A. to go to law school has just reinforced in my mind my desire to be an artist, but widened the lifestyle possibilities. My personal fairytail story is one in which I am forging a new path, leaving the world of waitressing/bartending and fiding a new way to be an artist. Perhaps I will produce and go into entertainment law. Perhaps I will do M&A and have money to fund all sorts of projects. This blog is project #1. So how's it going?