Well, here I sit, once again blogging from thirty-someodd thousand feet in the air, after quite a winter break, and after reading the first eightyish pages of a book titled Supreme Courtship on the plane. Great title, right?
Any, time to begin with the usual new year mumbo-jumbo. Resolutions! Right? Here’s my top ten.
10. Get a car. Seriously, I’ve got about a two mile range without one, and a bunch of the roads here don’t have sidewalks or bike lanes. Generally not a good thing. Also, I cannot get to a rowing machine without a car. This is a terrible, terrible thing, given what my fitness level used to be.
9. Go to the gym consistently. See also resolution number 10. While I somehow managed to maintain my weight over the first semester, the ratio of muscle to fat has noticeably dwindled. I literally feel weaker, and the lack of veinage in my arms is simply disappointing to look at as I type endless amounts of law stuff every day. I believe I can do better at being awesomely strong this semester. Gotta be ready for intramural football and softball whenever it comes up. Also, I should start a Duke Law rowing club to beat up on Harvard Law’s rowing club. That would be pimpin’.
8. Fu Manchu February. It’s coming. Be ready.
7. Figure out how to study for law school. I studied too much last semester, but probably not efficiently at all. I need to do better at this.
6. Get better grades in law school than I got this semester. Even though I have absolutely no clue how I did – as law school testing apparently is based on random subject matter, in a style you’ve never seen before, and graded on a curve – improvement is always welcome. Though an incredibly unlikely scenario, this resolution is void if my grades turn out to be a 4.3. Instead it will be replaced with a resolution to hold a celebration for some random event. Perhaps a George Washington’s Birthday Party?
5. Take more pictures. In fact, I should just resolve to carry my new camera around. I seriously don’t have enough from the first semester. Like a handful, maybe. This must change. I need records of Duke-Law-land because I cannot imagine returning to Durham too often after I leave (not to rag on Durham – it’s a solid place – but I mean, home is home).
4. Eat healthier when its business time. Not that kind of business time, but real business time. The Wendy’s/Taco Bell binges on nights with lots of reading or outlining seems to me to be a big fail just waiting for the family genetics to kick in. I should probably avoid that.
3. Get a job! I mean, for summer. Work in progress, of course, but going well so far.
2. Go on a date. I know nobody calls them dates anymore, but I haven’t taken a girl out in a good long time and it’s fun, so I’m going to try and do that at least once this semester. Seems like a solid resolution.
1. Have more fun. First semester was great, why can’t 2nd semester be better?
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