long time, no inane rambling
and i don't really have much to say now, but i figured i should post. of course, we all know that once i start to post, i can't stop posting. maybe later i will sign on to tell you how awful the series premiere of falcon beach was last night and yet how i insisted on watching all two hours of it. well, actually that about covers it.
anyways, i was going to talk about work stuff.
so, i am pretty excited! it's like a two-fer! they've started to give me projects in practice groups in which i have epxressed interest! but to make it even better! they're projects that involve things like document review! and going to meetings and taking notes! i did these things as a professional for 3 years! i can do these things! i know they don't involve legal research or a legal education, but do you have any idea how happy that makes me?!!?!
so i got a government investigation case on friday and i was uber-excited about that. it's a long-term thing, so i'll really be a part of a team AND it involves projects that were started by a summer LAST summer, so it's totally not time-sensitive and the people are uber-nice and i'm just parsing information out of documents! god i love drivel!!!
AND THEN TODAY! so i had expressed an interest in government contracts b/c i interviewed with this guy and i thought he was amazing tho i learned on friday that maybe i shouldn't be too excited about working with him, but then today i had the opportunity and we will see how badly i screwed up. but still. so guess who represented the largest association of defense contractors at a meeting with the VP of homeland security today when the guy in her office who was instrumental in drafting the regulation that was issued today called in sick? yes, that very clearly overstates my role and the importance of the meeting, tho it is always motivational to attend meetings where those in charge are commended for their artful not answering of the questions. i can not answer questions! maybe i should do this!
so i was very excited b/c i even billed a whole day. of course, to non-billable projects. but whatever. i was so proud of my 9 hours til i realized that that is not ever going to cut it in the real world, but baby steps. so yay for me! of course, since i may very well have dreadfully angered a top-dog partner, maybe i will be fired again. actually, the funny thing is that i kinda failed in this too. well, i didn't fail. but he expected them to talk about things at the meeting. substantive things. but they didn't! mostly they just patted the guys who wrote the regs on the back, and then those guys said this was just a step and waaaay more needed to be done, and then the other people would ask questions and then those guys would fail to answer them. so big partner man was not very thrilled about my report back, but hopefully the written report will make it clear. not that i understood most of what was going on, so hopefully he can figure that out for himself.
i'm not giving away privileged information, right?
ok, well this is all very boring.
and tomorrow i go to a jail! for 16 hours! i'm tired just thinking about it. blargh. but also kinda excited! unless partner man tells me i'm not allowed to. which i hope he doesn't. aren't you glad i involve all of you in these discussions?
anyways, i was going to talk about work stuff.
so, i am pretty excited! it's like a two-fer! they've started to give me projects in practice groups in which i have epxressed interest! but to make it even better! they're projects that involve things like document review! and going to meetings and taking notes! i did these things as a professional for 3 years! i can do these things! i know they don't involve legal research or a legal education, but do you have any idea how happy that makes me?!!?!
so i got a government investigation case on friday and i was uber-excited about that. it's a long-term thing, so i'll really be a part of a team AND it involves projects that were started by a summer LAST summer, so it's totally not time-sensitive and the people are uber-nice and i'm just parsing information out of documents! god i love drivel!!!
AND THEN TODAY! so i had expressed an interest in government contracts b/c i interviewed with this guy and i thought he was amazing tho i learned on friday that maybe i shouldn't be too excited about working with him, but then today i had the opportunity and we will see how badly i screwed up. but still. so guess who represented the largest association of defense contractors at a meeting with the VP of homeland security today when the guy in her office who was instrumental in drafting the regulation that was issued today called in sick? yes, that very clearly overstates my role and the importance of the meeting, tho it is always motivational to attend meetings where those in charge are commended for their artful not answering of the questions. i can not answer questions! maybe i should do this!
so i was very excited b/c i even billed a whole day. of course, to non-billable projects. but whatever. i was so proud of my 9 hours til i realized that that is not ever going to cut it in the real world, but baby steps. so yay for me! of course, since i may very well have dreadfully angered a top-dog partner, maybe i will be fired again. actually, the funny thing is that i kinda failed in this too. well, i didn't fail. but he expected them to talk about things at the meeting. substantive things. but they didn't! mostly they just patted the guys who wrote the regs on the back, and then those guys said this was just a step and waaaay more needed to be done, and then the other people would ask questions and then those guys would fail to answer them. so big partner man was not very thrilled about my report back, but hopefully the written report will make it clear. not that i understood most of what was going on, so hopefully he can figure that out for himself.
i'm not giving away privileged information, right?
ok, well this is all very boring.
and tomorrow i go to a jail! for 16 hours! i'm tired just thinking about it. blargh. but also kinda excited! unless partner man tells me i'm not allowed to. which i hope he doesn't. aren't you glad i involve all of you in these discussions?
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