it's been a while, i know; but the past few weeks have centered around moving, finding my way around a new city, and beginning my studies - so i think the absence is justified.
where to start? DC is a amazing city! the people are extremely friendly; i think it has to do with everyone here being from somewhere else. on the first day of law school orientation we were introduced to our courses, our professors and classmates. GW picked a great group of people for the 2012 class. out of 500 or so students i've only met a handful that weren't just cool people. the professors are phenomenal, some of the best in the country - i'm feeling like i made the right choice.
that's the good part. the bad part: this life is fucking brutal - i wake up at 8am and go to bed at 3am. the time in between is filled with classes, and the reading of cases, the outlining of cases, and the drafting of memos. when i do finally go to bed i pass out from sheer exhaustion. but we do try to find a balance - every thursday is "thirsty thursday"; the law school provides free beer in the student lounge. from there it's on to "bar review" a weekly function organized by the Student Bar Association. for the first bar review the SBA picked up the tab. that was all kinds of awesome, except that i didn't do the reading for my friday class b/c i was having too much fun...good thing i didn't get called on in class! so i've decided to limit myself to one bar review a month - and it's conditional: i can only allow myself to go if i've done my reading!
i take saturday's off to run errands, etc. so it goes without saying that friday night is party night! last friday we (me and some members of my section) went to a place called Froggy Bottom. it's a decent joint with a cheap IPA and decent burgers. this past friday we went to The 51st State which, even though they don't sell any IPAs (i had to drink a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale), has a much nicer pub-like atmosphere (the frog is stashed away in a basement on Pennsylvania Ave.) From there we checked out a place called The Guards in Georgetown. it was pretty much an undergrad bar, but there's a dance floor in the basement, so it turned out to be pretty fun. saturday a friend from back home was going out with some girlfriends and i tagged along :) we went to a place called Muse Lounge in Chinatown. straight up d-bag club - definitely not going back there, but it was actually really fun dancing with her and her med school peeps [again :) ].
Oh - there's also some cool random things that happen too. i was riding my bike the other day and the presidential helicopter, Marine One, comes in no more than 100 yards over my head - i was a football field away from the president (sort of)!!! also, yesterday, i got to see the presidential security detail up close as they were pulling into the white house. those guys are no joke. they're armed to the teeth and, i'm sure, are in no mood to play games - they're shoot first types.
well, time to read torts and civil procedure now - more on DC adventures later.
