Guess Who

On my way to the metro today, I passed by Filene's Basement, where there were four black sedans and suburbans and half a dozen men with little pins on their lapels and earpieces. I have seen enough episodes of the West Wing and been to enough political events to know that these were probably political secret service so I went inside to try to figure out who it was.

Despite following the secret service around the store, assuming that it would lead me to whoever they were protecting, I was not able to figure out who it was. I saw one of them talking to an older white woman who I did not recognize, so I am not sure if that was her, a friend, or just a normal customer.

I am hoping my smart and political savvy friends would be able to help me figure out who it was. Clues:

• I am almost certain it was a woman because the secret service were downstairs in the women's section almost the entire time.
• It was someone important enough to have four secret service cars and a dozen secret service gaurds.
  
• This person shops at Filene's Basement, which means that she likes designer clothes at discount prices.
  
• This occured on Saturday around 10am, meaning that it was probably not Michelle Obama because she gave the commencement speech at UC Merced.
• This Filene's was next to the Mayflower Hotel, which means it could be someone in town for something.
  

School's Out for the Summer

Summer* means being able to go to a Nationals game and stay for extra innings without worrying about waking up early the next morning to study.

As much as I loved law school, yes I was one of those oddballs who loved law school, the biggest downside was probably missing out on fun because I always had reading or studying looming over my head.

I know that once I enter the working world, I will also have time, vacation, and monetary restraints, but I am hoping that will be better than saying no to Foxfields horse races every year because of finals, spending my holidays at home outlining, missing out on UCLA alumni events because of night classes, sporting events because of mock oral arguments, declining wedding or birthday invitations because of some large due date. Overall, I think I did the best I could to balance school and a real life, but I am looking forward to a job that I can leave at work and more free weekends.

*And by summer, I mean the periods of time before and after bar exam studying.

Done Done Done

Well since I last posted, I have studied for and completed two finals, ate where Obama and Biden had a burger, realized that I may actually find corporate law interesting, celebrated my fourth anniversary with Alex, and woke up for the first time with nothing to do. It has been great.

I feel like the next few weeks will be full of reflecting about law school. However, right now, it is still surreal. I cannot believe that I will be getting my diploma next week. Where did those three years go?

To answer my friend Doug's question, I will probably keep writing on this blog while I am in DC rather than start a new one. Whether I will be posting everyday is something I will figure out as I embark on bar studying and the working world. But now, it's off to celebrate some more.