1. How tall are you barefoot?
Maybe about 5’4.
2. Have you ever smoked heroin?
Definitely not.
3. Do you own a gun?
Would like to, honestly. Probably best for others if I don't, though.;)
4. Who's your best friend?
Probably my best friend at law school…I’ll call her Rachel.
5. Do you get nervous before "meeting the parents"?
As in a relationship setting? That’s never happened, but I’m sure I would be nervous.
6. What music are you embarrassed to admit that you listen to?
I love Britney Spears…her music, not her so much.
7. What's your favourite Christmas song?
Oddly enough, "War Is Over"
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Water
9. Can you do push-ups?
"Girl" ones.
10. Why does one question always disappear?
Because it doesn’t matter?
11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry?
I always need a watch.
12. Do you like painkillers?
I love Excedrin…does that count?
13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
This is a heterosexist question…haha. Either way, probably being different from everyone else works best for me.
14. Do you own a knife?
No.
15. Do you have A.D.D.?
It damn-sure seems like I do!
16. Middle Name?
Not telling. ;)
17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?
I wish this headache would go away.
I should really be doing work right now.
Dang, was that really cute girl outside the Union who kept staring at me really one of those damn let-me-shove-my-God-pamphlets-down-your-throat-as-you-walk-by Christians?!?!
18. Name the last 3 things you have bought:
Books, food and food
19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink:
Coke, Water and Hot Chocolate
20. What time did you wake up today?
10:30am (thanks a damn lot, class)
22. Current worry?
Finals
23. Current hate?
Law school.
24. Favourite place to be?
Chicago
25. Least favourite place to be?
Class.
26. Where would you like to go?
My other motherland, France
27. Do you own slippers?
No, but I own about a trillion pairs of flip flops, which I'm crazy enough to wear even in the winter.
28. What shirt are you wearing?
My "lawyers do it with appeal" shirt.
29. Do you burn or tan?
I’m black, kid. Okay, okay, some PC people would say blacks can, too, so…no.
30. Favorite colour(s)?
Blue, black and white.
31. Would you be a pirate?
A digital media one…yes.
32. Last time you had an alcoholic drink?
Probably the beginning of the school year, so August?
33. What songs do you sing in the shower?
Being that I share a shower with other girls (not simultaneously), none.
34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
A random sniper.
35. What's in your pockets right now?
Money.
36. Last thing that made you laugh?
This funny note my friends and I were writing each other in class about these other people in the class.
37. Best bed sheets you had as a child?
I think I had Charlie Brown ones…not like I asked for ‘em, ya understand…
38. Worst injury you've ever had?
I think a broken finger.
40. How many TVs do you have in your house?
I live 50 million places, so this is a problem…haha. Where I live right now, one TV I don’t watch since I don’t have cable. I get cable on my lap top, so I watch my lap top. ;)
41. Who is your loudest friend?
Nikki
42. Who is your most silent friend?
Myself.
43. Does someone have a crush on you?
I doubt it.
44. Do you wish on shooting stars?
Nope.
45. What is your favourite book?
You’re asking someone who actually likes to read…this is a problem. Tim Wise’s "White Like Me", maybe?
46. What is your favorite candy?
Skor Candy Bar
47. What song do you want played at your wedding?
Another heterosexist question. Probably anything entitled anything such as "Miracle," "Crazy," "I Can’t Believe This Is Happening," "I Never Thought I’d See the Day," "You Must Be Joking" or "Is It April’s Fools?" would be remarkably appropriate. ;)
48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
Eeeeee, yeah…well, if they played anything by Celine Dion, I betcha I’d get up out the coffin, tell everyone what the name of the song is and go, "I LOVE THIS SONG!"
49. What were you doing at 12 AM last night?
I think I was playing jazz music and reading.
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up this morning?
I don’t want to go to class…
Showing posts with label About Me. Show all posts
Showing posts with label About Me. Show all posts
Monday, April 9, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Persistence Pays Off
A finally got a summer job! Well...a summer job I actually wanted.
You see, when you attend law school, you are expected to work over the summer in the legal area. Essentially, you don't get a summer break. You just live and breathe law for 3 years, unless you're like me and take the semesters off by not attending class as often as one should.
I started the school year off by doing on-campus interviews with the snooty, lily white, highest paying law firms. They weren't a good fit for me, and, despite my school's prestige, they weren't trying to hire me. I think that was a good thing. Those places made me dread practicing law and had me thinking law wasn't for me. I still essentially think that. But I noticed that when I started targeting smaller law firms that do civil rights, as well as civil rights organizations, I got more interest and better results. My resume has entertainment all over it--which, I was interested in intellectual property/entertainment law...unfortunately, so are seemingly half the law students on earth--but it also has civil rights interests all over it, too.
I got one job offer last semester that I turned down. It wasn't with a civil rights organization and wasn't anything I wanted to do after graduation. It was in Los Angeles, which was the last place on earth I wanted to go. Unfortunately, it seems like there are so many opportunities in LA and NY. I wanted to be in the best place on earth, i.e. Chicago. I found one opportunity that would be perfect for me there and sent a resume, not really expecting anything. I told my friends and family that Chicago was looking out of the picture. Most of my family lives in Chicago, and my best friends at school will be in Chicago this summer, as well as many other people from my school. So a lot of people were disappointed.
Eventually, I heard from the place, a civil rights organization, in Chicago. We interviewed, and the interview didn't seem great. I've given better interviews at places which I didn't end up getting an offer to join. So I kept sending resumes and doing interviews. I got an offer from a place in the area of my school and had started looking for an apartment in the area to stay in. Another place around here had let me know that they'd like to set up an interview later. Neither of these places specifically do civil rights, but I would have been happy to stay here for the summer.
Then, suddenly, the civil rights org in the best place on earth called and offered me a job. Everybody around me is happier than I am. I mean, I'm happy...I'm just not an emotional person. I guess I'm borderline monotone, perhaps even catatonic. ;)
I sent out so many resumes and did so many interviews. I worried I wouldn't get a job and kind of regretted passing LA up. I was kind of pissed that I paid all this money for a school's name and, yet, I was having to do all this work to get a job. But I (kind of) got over it and just pounded the pavement. Anything I saw in civil rights, even if it wasn't somewhere I'd like to go, I applied for. Anything I saw that seemed like it was interesting or that I had a chance for, I applied. I kept going, and I got exactly what I wanted. Plus, I ended up with multiple offers.
Woohoo, I'm spending the summer in the best place on earth, fighting injustice! ;)
You see, when you attend law school, you are expected to work over the summer in the legal area. Essentially, you don't get a summer break. You just live and breathe law for 3 years, unless you're like me and take the semesters off by not attending class as often as one should.
I started the school year off by doing on-campus interviews with the snooty, lily white, highest paying law firms. They weren't a good fit for me, and, despite my school's prestige, they weren't trying to hire me. I think that was a good thing. Those places made me dread practicing law and had me thinking law wasn't for me. I still essentially think that. But I noticed that when I started targeting smaller law firms that do civil rights, as well as civil rights organizations, I got more interest and better results. My resume has entertainment all over it--which, I was interested in intellectual property/entertainment law...unfortunately, so are seemingly half the law students on earth--but it also has civil rights interests all over it, too.
I got one job offer last semester that I turned down. It wasn't with a civil rights organization and wasn't anything I wanted to do after graduation. It was in Los Angeles, which was the last place on earth I wanted to go. Unfortunately, it seems like there are so many opportunities in LA and NY. I wanted to be in the best place on earth, i.e. Chicago. I found one opportunity that would be perfect for me there and sent a resume, not really expecting anything. I told my friends and family that Chicago was looking out of the picture. Most of my family lives in Chicago, and my best friends at school will be in Chicago this summer, as well as many other people from my school. So a lot of people were disappointed.
Eventually, I heard from the place, a civil rights organization, in Chicago. We interviewed, and the interview didn't seem great. I've given better interviews at places which I didn't end up getting an offer to join. So I kept sending resumes and doing interviews. I got an offer from a place in the area of my school and had started looking for an apartment in the area to stay in. Another place around here had let me know that they'd like to set up an interview later. Neither of these places specifically do civil rights, but I would have been happy to stay here for the summer.
Then, suddenly, the civil rights org in the best place on earth called and offered me a job. Everybody around me is happier than I am. I mean, I'm happy...I'm just not an emotional person. I guess I'm borderline monotone, perhaps even catatonic. ;)
I sent out so many resumes and did so many interviews. I worried I wouldn't get a job and kind of regretted passing LA up. I was kind of pissed that I paid all this money for a school's name and, yet, I was having to do all this work to get a job. But I (kind of) got over it and just pounded the pavement. Anything I saw in civil rights, even if it wasn't somewhere I'd like to go, I applied for. Anything I saw that seemed like it was interesting or that I had a chance for, I applied. I kept going, and I got exactly what I wanted. Plus, I ended up with multiple offers.
Woohoo, I'm spending the summer in the best place on earth, fighting injustice! ;)
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Why I Blog On Coming Out
"Gay" might be misleading, but it's the term I prefer best in describing my sexual orientation at this point in time. But I am a woman. I'm (part) black. I'm in my second year of law school. I'm queer. I'm a thinker. And I'm a queer thinker, i.e. I see myself as thinking differently than most people, even most people in the GLBT community. I like to write, and I write for everyone. Even though I don't view my sexual orientation as a big deal, I have dedicated a journal to it because I recognize that there are some GLBT stories that are not being told. Although I'm not interested in being visible or having a gay voice in the public fight for gay equality, I am interested in having a voice for myself. Although I see bits and pieces of myself reflected in various GLBT stories, I never see enough of myself reflected in any story. So this is my story, my queer thoughts. I will focus on why I have chosen not to come out of the closet in various posts, taken from a piece I've already written. But I will also discuss other GLBT issues, as well, sometimes intersecting the GLBT identity with race and other identities. So welcome, and keep coming back!
Also, be sure to catch my comments on AOL's QueerSighted and my posts on The Lesbian Lifestyle blogs as "Nunya".
Also, be sure to catch my comments on AOL's QueerSighted and my posts on The Lesbian Lifestyle blogs as "Nunya".
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