New link, quick update
I plan on doing some major updating over the holiday break, but I wanted to fill you in on what I’ve been doing this week.
I’m catching up on my reading for pleasure, and I read Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, and Churched by Matthew Paul Turner last week, and I started The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown last night.
After following him on Twitter for a while, and reading his blog, I’m now adding Matthew Paul Turner to permanent link status on my blog. He is hilarious (if nothing else, check out his regular posts on Pictures of Jesus.)
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy his site (and follow him on Twitter. He’s @jesusneedsnewpr on the Twitter machine.)
Do something.
These are some friends I met in South Africa.
When we asked them what they wanted to be when they grew up, they told us doctors, soccer players, lawyers… Everything you would expect. But most of them will never see those dreams come true. About 75% of these kids were born HIV positive.
This is Avalon Cemetery in Soweto, outside Johannesburg. Its 430 acres are almost at capacity, with 90% of its yearly burials being AIDS-related deaths.
Today is World AIDS Day. I beg you to take two minutes today to think of how you can get involved, to make a difference.
Remember when I used to blog? Yeah, that was nice.
Sorry all, I am a slacker. Law school is kicking my butt, and when I actually do have free time, I find it’s more fun to play Fifa 10 on Xbox 360 than to blog for your enjoyment. I’m such a think-for-myselfer.
I’m going to try to carve out a few windows of time to write/vent a little more. So, here’s some updates on the last month or so.
1. Every time we talk about “duty” in Torts class, I like like a 12-year old. That’s right… I think duty is like doodie, and I don’t care.
2. This blog post by Matthew Paul Turner is one of the funniest things I have read in a while.
3. Crete called me “elephant boy” last night. I’m not sure what that means, but I think he’s already started mocking me.
4. My new favorite website is Awkward Family Photos. Here’s a sample.
This kid loves baseball.
I don’t normally post family stuff on this blog, but this video was too much not to post.
How many 2 year olds can do that? Baseball prodigy right there, folks.
Jesus and a Giraffe!
No time for a real post right now, so I leave you with this. (Courtesy of Matthew Paul Turner at http://jesusneedsnewpr.blogspot.com/ If you aren’t reading his blog, or following him on Twitter, your life is a little less complete than it should be.)
Law school – Day One
Well, I survived my first day of law school. Rather, I should say that I am surviving my first day of law school, as I still have reading left for tomorrow. I’m pretty sure I worked more on school work today than any day ever in undergrad. (Which speaks volumes, both about my effort in undergrad and the effort required for law school.)
It had been 11 years since my last “first day of school,” and I admit, not much has changed. When I walked into the student commons to eat lunch, I was immediately struck with the “Oh crap, who do I know? Who do I know? Who do I know?” panic of being potentially forced to sit by myself. Luckily, I found friendly faces, and escaped.
Another thing that hasn’t changed is the types of people — fratties are still fratty. Know it alls are still know it alls.
Some things have changed though. Sorority girls (or at least, the ones I imagined are sorority girls) weren’t like they were in college. Also, when I got dressed this morning, I was purely concerned with comfort and function (as the building is pretty cold) instead of making sure I looked good for the ladies. (If you knew me in college, are you surprised to know it took effort to look that good?)
Anyways, I’ll keep you posted on how things go.
P.S. If you are reading this, and are on Twitter, and we aren’t following each other, please look me up at @lee_taft. Tweets are a little more rare right now, but once I get back in the swing of things, I expect them to pick up.
