Summer Warmth, Interviewing, Shopping Bliss, and Good Reads

Hello, I'm back again. Finally! Excited for who knows what reason! Maybe b/c I finally found something to wear for my interviews Monday, because I've accepted my potentially impending death from the up-coming ankle surgery, and because I've found some great buys on clothing at the Nordstrom Rack. A great place to get reduced-price quality clothing. However, I miss my friends from law school and college more than ever. Summer is here and so many people are moving on to new stages of their lives, including myself, yet, we only seem to grow further apart with our changes in life rather than closer. Words can only close so many gaps, when finally the absence of their physical presence results in a gap to wide to be crossed safely and as securely again. Yet, always moving to different states hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles away, we can only plan brief visits around our busy lives in an effort to retain our once sacred friendships. 

Oh yes. The interviews. It's not that I have exactly "gotten" an interview, so much as I am going to "impose" an interview upon my potential employers. It's always best to have the upper hand this way. They see your diligence and persistence at finding Them, and they get to see you at your best, when You have chosen to interview. This works especially well for me, since I am local, and most employers here appreciate hiring locals over others. Persistence is the key here. Confidence and persistence. As my Dad said, "There are many intelligent people out there, but the ones who get the jobs are not always the intelligent ones, but the persistent." I know this from personal experience. Despite my lack of experience in any of my previous positions my frequent calls and "drop-by" hellos resulting in many jobs for which I was qualified for, yet far from their "categorical choices", as you will see most employers have.  "Categorical choices" have included "friends of employees", "high school students", "working-class background", "cheery and stupid", "Jewish", "Cheery, bubbly, dumb type", "be-speckled English-major grammar Nazi type", "Corporate-demon-I'll-stab-you-with-my-high-heels-while-smiling-with red-frosted-lips type."

The last category, combined with the English major grammar Nazi is the one I'll most likely need for landing my legal internship. Confidence and clarity of voice, mind, and action, are key. No hesitation confidence. I know you'll love me confidence. You couldn't back down if you wanted to confidence. They know they want me.  

Well, enough of that for now. It's not that I think about law school ALL the time you know. It's really the theme of this blog, so it predominates here. My current reads include The Girls of Riyadh (inspiring me to write! The author published at 25, so, so can I!). Think by Simon Blackburn (a general review of "modern" philosophers and thought), I have the Right To Destroy Myself, Thai Cooking, and Learn Spanish in 30 Days. Ha. I have yet to finish the first page. And here, I thought I could discipline myself! These reads are good ones. Enjoy! P.S. Enjoy the weather too!