Circus of the Stars

The other day I was feeling very sad. For no real reason, maybe everything is just catching up to me. I don't know. I've had a crappy past few weeks. I'm also very bored because I have no job and no school. So I decided to take a bath. I lit candles (a bunch of those big white ones that you can buy at Meijer in the mexican food section). I put on some music and just meditated for about an hour and a half and it actually helped. I felt much better.

After my bath, my sister called and she told me that she got ENGAGED! Isn't that crazy? She and her boyfriend/fiancee Nick went to a Brad Paisley concert and he proposed during the song "Wrapped Around". The lyrics are:

"I've been wrapped around her finger/ Since the first time we went out /Every day and every night she's all I think about /I need that girl beside me /When the lights go out /I think it's time to put a ring on the finger / I'm wrapped around"

Ok, so all though it was a country music concert, at the Jackson County Fair, I think it was still pretty romantic, and it fits them very well. I've been expecting the engagement since I knew he's had a ring for over a year. Now, it's final. And my family is freaking out on when the "date" will be. I've tried to convince them to get married in the Caribbean, but they don't seem to be too keen on it.

Perpetually a cynic, I should list perpetual sources of drama: Ashley wants a small wedding, Nick a big wedding; Ashley won't want to get married in a Catholic Church; Nick converting under the pressure of my mother (not a good idea); Money; Organization; Whole Family engaged in rapid weight loss program to look good in tuxes/dresses.

Tomorrow, I am going to talk to one of my professors about an externship during this next year. I don't know what the difference is between an externship and an internship, but I am going to be working, for no money, but getting college credits, which I actually have to pay for. I'm hoping that I get placed in the US District Court in Toledo, or maybe the Court of Appeals for Ohio. Anyway, I'm excited at the prospect of getting some experience this year.

Other goals for this new school year: pretend that I'm a 1L but I'm in the "other section" so that's why I'm not in their classes in order to redo my first year properly; join every organization at the law school possible (can I join the groups for Black and/or Female law students?); find some kind of volunteer position; get a 4.0 or as close as possible.

Friday I'm going out for Jason's birthday in Ann Arbor. Then on Saturday I'm having some friends over to my parents' house. Then I'm staying at my parents' house to housesit/catsit while they go up north. So I'll have plenty of time to start reading for the new semester.

Lately, I've been watching Bravo, because it's one of the only cable stations I get. So I watch all things Kathy Griffin, and I'm very amused. I really like her. She's so funny. I've also watched "Being Bobby Brown" and it scares me. Or as Kathy Griffin calls them the "MacCrackersons".