First post...

So here it is -- my blog. Having completed the all-important 1L year, I suppose I'll finally sit down and do something I've been contemplating for some time. Considering the next few months and years will have a profound effect on the course of my life, what better time to catalog my thoughts and dreams than now?

I write this as I sit enjoying a good night of sports from my oh-so-comfortable couch. That's right, I actually have time to watch sports now. In real time. Amazing. Later, I will enjoy some DVR before drifting off to sleep. This comes after several days of celebrating combined with relaxation after my last exam on Friday. Yesterday, in fact, several of my friends and I enjoyed, inter alia, a wonderful day on the lake on a double-decker pontoon boat we rented; the purpose was to celebrate my good friend Aditi's birthday. Unfortunately, we did not know that Indiana does not permit alcohol sales on Election Day, so our supply was limited to the few random beverages we could scrounge up collectively. Nonetheless, we still had a blast. And honestly, it was probably best that we didn't have more to drink; I was able to catch up on some sleep and thus have a productive day today.

In addition to investing some time in the note I am writing in pursuit of a law journal position, I ran a few errands and notched a solid workout. Rather than hitting the gym, however, I exercised at home with the new Perfect Pushup apparatus I purchased today at GNC. So that I can easily transport them to NYC for the summer, and when traveling in general, I chose the travel model. The jury is still out on whether or not executing these "perfect" pushups will actually result in less strain on my right shoulder than traditional pushups. I will report back in a few days on this topic.

Also, I was able today to knock out a few more pages in my the book I'm reading: The Last Tycoons. The work is basically an expose on the history of investment banking and one of the industry's most illustrious firms. Because I realized I really did not understand the various facets of the investment banking industry all that well, I thought I'd check it out. For anyone interested in reading the book, check out the first chapter, printed here in the NYTimes. I began reading this piece the day of my Contracts exam. While I knocked out around a hundred pages that first day, I've not had time to dig into the work again until today. Although it's seven hundred pages in length, I anticipate finishing the book before I leave for NYC on May 29. Because I will not have a television in my dorm in NYC, I would be open to any suggestions anyone might have on pieces I should read over the summer.

Well I suppose that's enough for the initial post. Brevity has never been one of my strongpoints. Cheers.