Uproot

I'm leaving in less than a week for DC.

I know for most of the folks here, such an action isn't a big deal. Y'all have gone across the US and country tons of times, but for me this just hasn't been the case. Stanford was a perfect school for me in many ways, including location. The only time I've gone across the US has been for vacation and visiting special people.

I just realized that I'm really going to be far from home, and I'm not sure what to think about it.

Small Two of Pieces

Traveling on a train to San Diego right now, all I can say is this small trip has, like most endeavors I partake that involve other people, renewed my already sufficient hate in mankind. Fortunately, they offer nothing more than an inconvenience, like most people that I tend to meet these days.

I've already ordered and confirmed my plane ticket and temporary hotel for my apartment, as well as confirmation that my signed lease and rent has been delivered to my landlord. Guess that means that I'm pretty much done here. I believe I've taken care of things from the financial end, and that, coupled with the always persistent and much appreciated aid from my mom means that I should be able ot survive in Washington DC at least for this first year of the law school journey.

I never got a chance to discuss what happened when I went to DC last time. From a housing conference perspective, it was pretty laid back. alas, I was tired for most of the trip, most likely due to the fact that I quite adjust to the time change; rather I just shrug and continue to live as usual, oblivious to the changes in sleep pattern or hours. The law school was quite amazing, a giant nice-looking building in the heart of one of the more 'swanky' parts of Washington DC. The house that I'm going to live in is a huge group house that is a little more than a few blocks away, making for a nice walk to and fro every day. The associate dean that was there was nice as always, and the bus tour allowed me a glimpse as to the sheer variety of this area. I even got to see the white house off in the distance.

Things are always interesting in my life. There's always something new to do or to go, some new area of my life that must be more fully explored. The short of all this is that I hope that there is never a time when this stops so I can continue learning for the rest of my life about myself and the things that i care about.

Also my PSP just died. I really hate the fact that it can't last more than a short car ride before needing a recharge. Guess I'll just play my DS Lite, the system that I have been playing insanely for awhile (besides my 360, which now looks infinitely better ever since I got my HD tv, more on that later)

Chrome

Picked up another interesting title for the 360, Chromehounds. Interesting title, mainly in that it has actually gotten me intently interested in playing online with other folks in somewhat of a team setting. Good times.

I'm tired as hell, and I'm not gonna stand for it an more. I'd do something, if it weren't so tired. Sigh.

Apartment has been acquired (hopefully) lease and rent has been sent in. I'm secretly still praying that this whole apartment thing isn't a horrible sham to trick me into sending in free money, but we'll see. The guy I talekd to was really cool, and hopefully my tendency to trust folks doesn't backfire.

I'm so tired, I hope I get some sleep before law school.

CoD2 Addictiveness

Call of Duty 2 was one of the first 360 games I picked up. Multiplayer was horrid back then but ever since they released a patch and fixed the network code, things have been so great. I love playing it. Good times.

In other gaming news, I traded in my old Xbox and some games and picked up 140 bucks in store credit, now I gotta buy shit with it. More good times!

In law school news: I finally got an apartment! I'll be living at "The AU Law House" very close to the law school among other things. 

I forgot to write about the housing conference which was very interesting and enlightening, not to mention a glorious time because I got to hang around with Laura. 

More to come later. Promise.

Enough

Okay, well enough of silence on this little ol' journal of mine.

Graduation was great. It's a little hard to describe it in words, especially to you folks out there. Suffice to say, check out the pictures or ask me in person in order to grasp some vague concept of how grand it was.

I'm not entirely sure what it means to me. Yes, I now have a BA from Stanford, but what's that mean? I'm not going to go work; in fact it's three more years of school for me at American.

I just came back from DC to look at apartments. I'm still looking, but it looks like hopefully I'll have something relatively soon. That's good, because I'm leaving for school relatively soon, as I need to be there all set up by August 2nd to start a pre-class conference and then prepare for orientation and such.

Laura was here for a long time, and all I could say was I wish it was longer.

Gamewise, I picked up a DS Lite, and I'm addicted to all the wonderful titles on that portable system, as well as the old GBA games I couldn't pick up before. I am thinking about Battle of Middleearth for the 360, tho.