Life update...

Yesterday, I decided to wax poetic about WALL-E. Today, I need to give a quick life update.

In short, I am still looking for a job. (Oh, so fun...) I am getting quite discouraged. I know what I want, but whether I'll get it in the current market is a different matter. *sigh* We may have to go to plan B....

I am also studying to take another bar exam. (Yes, another one...) I'm going to take it at the end of July. I'm not feeling as pressured about this one, for whatever reason. I would still like to pass, mind you. But there isn't a huge sense of urgency. As I'm studying, things are coming back to me, so it's mostly review more than anything. However, I do need to learn the particulars of the local law and that's where most of my focus is.

I also just started a new martial arts class about 3 months ago. It's called haidong gumdo. It's basically a Korean form of kendo with some kung-fu-esque moves thrown in. Unlike kendo, it's designed for group battle situations instead of one on one battle. (Not that you'll find any situation where you're in the middle of a battlefield where swords are the weapon these days, but hey....) If you've ever watched Korean historical dramas, that's the style used in the battle scenes.

It's a heck of a lot of fun. I just took my yellow belt test yesterday and passed. My brother, who is also taking the class, managed to get an award for the best score overall! I was quite nervous since I've never taken a martial arts belt test, but it went well. I didn't mess up too much, which is good. And according to my cousin (who owns the studio where the class is taught and helped judge) I got one of the top three scores in the class. Heh...

2nd post of the week! Yay!

Yeah, okay... not much sarcasm there... heh...

Anyway, second post of the week. Not much to report. I am packing up my life to move back east right now. I am trying to sell off as much of my stuff as possible (furniture and the like) and ship everything else via UPS.

So far it's going well. I managed to sell about half of my furniture. I'm not making much, but it's still extra cash which is nice. The UPS shipping is a pain though. I put in a request for UPS to pick up last Friday in the afternoon... what do they do? They show up at noon, even though I tell them to stop by after 3:30. Go figure.

Oh, well... We'll try this again. My building has a doorman, so I'll leave the boxes with them this time.

On a different note, got the lovely news today that I might not get my bar results until November, instead of October. AAAAGH!!!! The sheer torture man....

Oops...

Yeah, big oops! I haven't posted since April. *sigh* It's now summer as a friend kindly pointed out... =) Ah, well... Here's the update: (1) Graduated in May (YAY!!!!) (2) Took the bar exam in July (jury's still out on this one... no results until OCTOBER!) (3) Went to a friend's wedding in NY (Congrats Fe!) (4) About to move back east That's basically it. The less said about the bar exam, the better... I'm just glad it's done. I do have a rather funny story to post at some point soon. Anyway, back to the resolution to be better about posting.