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[Jun. 19th, 2009|03:10 am] |
If you ask pretty much anybody why they moved to DC, they'll tell you it was because of work; either they had a job there or they wanted a job there or they were related to someone who wanted a job there or something like that. I've noticed that if ask that same question here in Juneau, not a single person will say it had anything to do with work. They came here because they liked the mountains, or wanted to live somewhere far away from the rest of the world, or because they knew someone here and came for a visit and never left. What job they were going to get once they arrived didn't really factor into their decision. They have a totally different attitude towards working than what I'm used to. One of the lawyers in the office is quitting so she can sail around the world for a year or two. What about her career? What's she going to do when she returns? She doesn't know or really care all that much. When I told people that the legal market was awful these days and didn't know how I'd ever get a job as a lawyer this fall, they seemed to think this was a great thing and that I should 'go bum around Europe for a few years' instead. I'm not sure how I feel about this attitude towards life, but it's a refreshing change from what I'm used to.
Speaking of being unemployable, in the hopes of improving my resume a little, I sent off some papers I had written to a bunch of law journals to see if I can get any of them published. I'm probably just asking for more disappointment, but it didn't take too much effort to email them out, so what the hey? I sent them to every journal I could find. I even bit the bullet and sent one to Stanford. However, I drew the line and refused to send one to U Texas. So I guess if nothing else I learned something about myself; I hate the State of Texas even more than I hate Stanford.
I saw the movie The Hangover tonight. It was quite funny. |
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