One Down, Three to Go

The Law Skills II trial was Thursday night. I ended up being 20 minutes late to the thing, missing motions in limine and basically having no idea what we stipulated to. In the end though, as the defense, we finished with a hung jury. And that's good enough for us. I actually had a lot of fun doing the whole thing- once I stepped in front of the jury I really didn't feel like I needed any notes or even an outline in my head, what I wanted to say just came out. It made me reconsider whether I should have tried my hand at doing trial advocacy work, but it's a little late to rethink my career path.

I've been having a really lazy day. I went out last night to the gaslamp and had a really good time. I didn't end up going to bed until close to 6 in the morning, which always screws up my schedule. As I'm rereading this post, it's dawned on me that it's really boring. But that's fine, this is for me.

I saw a bunch of people standing outside Horton Plaza yesterday with Ron Paul campaign signs. I vaguely knew that Ron Paul is a Republican candidate but knew nothing about his campaign or his stance on issues. So after waking up this morning I youtubed him and watched clips of him at the presidential debates and also on talk shows such as Bill Maher. He struck me as a very genuine person, very likable despite being a Republican in this race. He was accused by critics of being a Libertarian, and frankly, I agree. I was surprised to find out that he's an MD, and not a lawyer. Perhaps that is why he seems such an easy target to the other candidates, he speaks his mind freely. I like him, I like his stance on tax issues and foreign policy. But, frankly, his chances of getting nominated are nil, and I probably wouldn't be able to live with myself if I voted Republican. I never had a problem with Republicans until the Bush administration came into power, but that's probably because I didn't care about politics as a kid. After watching the latest Democratic presidential debate, I actually think Joe Biden performed well on a lot of the issues. I think that inevitably Hillary is going to secure the nomination, but I haven't really cemented a full opinion of her proposed policies. It's going to get real interesting a year from now...

I've been wanting to see Beowulf since I first saw the trailer for the movie, but there's no one around this weekend who I can go see it with. Right now, I'm debating the merits of going to the movies alone on a Saturday night. I know it's not about self-esteem, but it would just feel a little weird to be in there by myself with couples and families surrounding me. But that's how I felt about eating out alone when I was in college; people teased me all the time because I couldn't go out for dinner without company. But now I eat out by myself all the time, and not just at fast food joints; I go out to nice restaurants and sit myself in a booth and just enjoy the food. I do get a few odd glances from people who are probably wondering whether I got stood up or if I was just a weirdo. Maybe it's time to break down the wall against watching movies by myself... Beowulf, you had better impress me, because if you suck, I am going to be really distraught when I walk out of that theater tonight.