how do you find a job that makes you happy?

no, recruiter dm, i don't want to do family law getting paid less than i would as an ada.

There is a very cute faculty email chain going around GULC right now congratulating Prof. Lederman.

ALERT: i will be in nyc FEOM jan 11 evening TO jan 13 afternoon in case any care to meet up

i am a brooder and stew-er by nature. part and parcel with the (likely clinical) anxiety

i have to remind myself i'm learning still

who's got that one cheap but good enchiladas recipe

judge has approved remote work days for my in person interview in nyc 🫡

so, uh, what exactly is a "closed air drug market"? bc we only seem to hear about the "open air" ones

remember, kids: it's rarely RICO, but it's always wire fraud.

hey what do you guys know about New York County DA's office, and the working environment thereof?

drove to the grocery store last night after a meltdown, to get filtered water for tea this came on shuffle like a sign from the universe

how do you get a job?

sorry for being a sad sack. these are dark times, in the world and personally. but i will survive them, at least. at worst.

i'm so tired

i think i'm meant to be a government lawyer because i feel a deep neurodivergent moral insult when people Don't Follow the Rules.

... i might be anemic. i've stopped eating meat lately bc $$$.

i'm tired boss

I named my fists Vladimir and Estragon. (They do not move.)

i don't know what i want my life to look like, anymore. 8-12 hours of my day will be given to my job, and i don't know what i want those hours to look like.

i feel lost in my career. the goal i had is no longer attainable, and i don't know what will make me happy now.

i must become a fat and jovial wizard, it's the only way

jim cramer stop emailing me to renew my subscription to cnbc you crazy old coot

what does being a lawyer and being happy look like?

thankful for family today

about to hop a 3 hour northeast regional for thanksgiving travel

why i've been putting off getting back on meds:

well well well, it finally happened

phd whispering to me like the green goblin mask

i'm good at reading and writing and it turns out i didn't want to teach primary school english

okay screw the yips, time to get back on OSCAR

Expect Delays, a 1v1 game about a public transit system breaking down. Bought a copy after a single play.

my god it's beautiful

being a dungeon master has given me fantastic lawyer skills - public speaking - improvising/thinking on feet in the courtroom - people wrangling - negotiating and mediating - statutory interpretation - foresight ... and more!

if you hire me i will gladly DM the office campaign

I am playing D&D with five friends via Zoom and we’re all in our fifties and my young teen self knowing this would be happening would be so happy and satisfied.

the underlying practical problems have not changed, but i will try to be more stable and productive today

i'm going to spend too much money on a nice dinner i can't afford tonight to cheer myself up

i have food, i have heat, i have shelter, i have a job for nine more months

i am physically safe, if anyone is concerned. i know what my floor is.

i think i need mental help. i think i might be spiraling.

stressed. might've cried.

oh my god it's m9 day, i totally forgot

Yeah, yeah, wolves using tools, it's all very interesting and opens up entirely new vistas of understanding canine intelligence. But more importantly, this is poaching, and those wolves belong in jail.

sent a job app to a friend's firm after talking with multiple people there, fingers crossed

also, i can feel a repeat of 2008 coming down the line and i don't think im gonna make it on the ark before the rain starts

trying to do back of the envelope math is 170k base salary enough for a suitably middle class lifestyle in LA these days, i've been a way so long

visiting law school friends in dc and rethinking some things