I need to post more often.

Well yet another couple of months have passed since I last posted. For that I apologize. I guess I'll have to chalk it up to being busy, although I know that is probably the most tired excuse one can give. The old law school saying has certainly rung true for me thus far though: "The first year they scare you to death; the second year they work you to death; and the third year they bore you to death." Hopefully the final element won't prove true; I intend to take some pretty cool classes and clinics my third year. Additionally, I intend to defend, along with my buddy Elliot, my IU Law beer pong title, since no league seems to me materializing this year. Perhaps it'll be like the Ryder Cup, or the World Baseball Classic, taking place only every other year, but all that much more important when it does go down. But I digress...

The aforementioned "working to death" part for me has included countless hours preparing for, traveling to, and attempting to win people over at interviews; what seems like a year of my life checking citations and quoting Bluebook rules (incidental bonus: partial mastery of the Chicago Manual of Style); trying to be at least halfway prepared for my classes; and finally, in the few hours that remained, attempting to learn the moot court case well enough so as not to embarrass myself at oral argument. This crazy schedule caused me to spend multiple ENTIRE pre-finals weekends in the library, something I had managed to avoid even during 1L.

Looking on the bright side, my frantic fall did land me a job: I'll be heading to Allen & Overy in New York next summer. I'm pretty excited about my choice, and I feel really lucky to have gotten the opportunity, especially in this economy. A&O has not only the sophisticated international corporate practice for which I was looking, but its NYC office had a much smaller entering class size (15-20) than some of the larger shops I was considering (80-90). The people were really cool too, which is always nice.

Anyway, with journal responsibilities all but done for the semester, and moot court fall arguments over (and likely definitively over -- fairly confident I'm not advancing), and the job wrapped up, this weekend I suddenly realized that I actually had some free time. Sure enough, however, things will quickly pick back up, for study group meetings commence later this week. Nonetheless, I resolve to post more often, not because anyone will likely read this, but because I enjoy writing at my leisure and about things of my choosing. Perhaps I will chronicle some of the few fun things I have gotten to do this fall; perhaps I will write about how the BCS dodged a huge bullet (if not a missile) with the Penn State loss over the weekend (thank you, Hakweyes). Rest assured I will not get overtly political. Until I decide my next topic, cheers.