Averting Disaster

So last night I had my NUJLS conference call and I had it on speaker phone. My mother came in just as the Executive Director was addressing me by my current chosen name. Thankfully, my mother seemed not to notice. Anyway, that was close.

The Axe is Ours!

Stanford won Big Game - 20-13. The axe is returned to its rightful owners. Of course I am excited that Stanford managed to upset USC and Cal in the same season, and I am happy whenever Stanford wins Big Game. However, it makes me sad to realize that my grandfather won't be reluctantly wearing a Stanford hat in public this winter. But I gladly won't be wearing any Cal gear for a while.

Work Gets Increasingly Frustrating

I love ECDC. I really do. I love my job as well. However, as the time gets nearer and nearer to the end of the semester (and of me working there), I am getting increasingly frustrated with my job. The gender conformity enforced in the education of youngsters infuriates me currently, and being in the closet makes me angry. Why on earth would I be in the closet, you ask. Well, primarily, I believe they would fire me if I weren't. Anyway, in some ways I am treated like regular staff (instead of a college student) because I work essentially half-time. And as such, I am the only one a) not in a relationship and b) without a husband or boyfriend, unless you count my facebook relationship with a male friend.

The point is, I'm ready to be done.

Latke Hamantash Symposium - 61st Edition

This year's debate lived up to my expectations, but did not exceed them. In terms of numbers, there were two in favor of the latke, two in favor of the hamantash, approximately. Although all the speakers put forth good (although primarily fallacious) arguments, I was especially impressed with Alberto Simpser, who explained that election fraud contributed to the latke's perpetual win of the vote count. He stated that the Latke Lobby is in the business of not only setting the agenda of the debate, but also of intimidation of the voters, similar to states like Iraq (under Hussein, I assume) and cities like Chicago.

Anyway, the point is, I had fun.

NUJLS!

NUJLS Conference 2008 registration is up and running! Check out the link.