Squirrel!

Another busy week has flown by. Work was hectic and bustling as usual, but I did get to do some interesting things. The thing that was probably the most interesting was sitting in on a meeting. I know that sounds dull but the nerd in me really enjoyed it. Every few weeks my firm has a brown bag lunch in one of the conference rooms. During this lunch one of the senior partners gives a little lecture to the associates. The one I sat in on was a lecture about depositions. He gave tips on how to always be in control at a deposition, regardless of which side you are on, and he had a lot of life stories to go with them. He also gave advice about what types of questions you should always ask during a deposition, and what questions you should never even think of asking. He also gave pointers on how to make your opposing counsel look like an idiot in front of a judge which was hilarious coming from a senior partner. I also found out that I will be attending a few court hearings coming up so that will be exciting.

Last night I attended a session for the Israeli-Palestine Peace Advocacy Project (Yes, my Friday nights are pretty wild and saucy... I know... I know. Be jealous.) It was interesting to say in the least. People got a little too heated for my taste, mostly because people didn't seem to even understand what they were yelling about. Call me crazy, but a group that has the purpose of lobbying on Capitol Hill isn't going to be neutral. If you are neutral you have nothing to lobby about... but maybe I'm just crazy.

Today I went to a law school forum near the Woodley Park Zoo. It was incredibly busy but I got a ton of information and law school applications. It was probably a mistake though because after being there, the list of schools I want to apply to pretty much tripled; and application fees are not cheap. I also visited Union Station, which is probably the prettiest metro stop I have seen so far, and wandered around a few shops. (Don't worry bank account, I didn't buy anything.) Tonight my roommate and I went to a movie theater in Bethesda and saw Pixar's Up. Excellent movie, but it was heartbreaking, I'm a sucker though. I really recommend that everyone see this movie, if for nothing else... you will come out of it understanding the title of this post.