| May. 25th, 2009 @ 02:31 pm Time to join the ranks of those who think they're God (lawyers) |
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I'm at my dad's office.. supposed to be working on internship stuff. Turns out, gas prices don't interest me much. Actually, it's just because I'm feeling lazy. I feel like I've had longer than a weekend off.
Hung out with my sister's friends this weekend. Turns out that I like hanging out with people my own age a bit better. I was one of three unmarried people in a group of about 15.
I've been strongly considering changing my career path lately. I like this politics stuff that I've been writing about, but I was thinking.. as much as I like writing, if I stay in the journalism industry, there's a pretty good chance I'll end up as a reporter, and I really don't want that to happen. I don't want to have to chase people around with a microphone and be all cutthroat and bitchy. It kind of annoys me when I'm reading an article and it says something like "Mrs. So-and-so was unresponsive to questioning." It just makes me wonder how much these people were harassed before the reporters finally gave up and then decided to mention this person's unwillingness to cooperate in their article, as if it's some personal offense to readers that whoever didn't want to talk to the press. Hm.. I must be thinking too much about this. But, the fact of the matter is, I do not want to be a reporter. But I still like researching and writing and trying to convince and educate people. Plus, I'm getting into politics through this internship of mine, and I've decided I really like to feel on top of things.
Basically, the result of all this is that I'm pretty strongly considering going to law school.
I wouldn't be a courtroom lawyer, of course. I'm a peace-loving kind of person and tend to flee from face-to-face conflict and the pressure of having an audience. But there are a lot of different types of lawyers, most of whom don't ever set foot in a courtroom. They just sit around, read and write, and help people out. Not all lawyers have to work all the time, either. At least not after the first few years. Tommy's dad was a divorce/civil conflict (?) lawyer and never worked overtime. I think the first few years are a bitch, but.. I get the feeling that'll happen with any job. I could be an insurance lawyer -- that sounds kind of interesting.
Hm.. we'll see. I could still go to Carolina for grad school, or even stay at UVA, or.. there are tons of options.
But we'll see.
On a less intellectual note (as in, emotional reaction takes a lot less thinking), Dabney is coming on Friday and I'm super-excited and trying to plan everything. I don't think he likes it when I try to plan everything. But it just means I'm excited. :] So far we have a free Twelfth Night showing downtown on Friday night, theme park Saturday, my brother's graduation party out at the lake Saturday night, and maybe theme park again Sunday, and then a more few days out at the lake.
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