The Post You Were Expecting

I've been trying to think of some sort of insightful, hilarious, tongue-in-cheek post regarding the end of my first year of law school. I've actually been done for about 6 days and 19 hours now. But alas, the dry hilarity that I had hoped for has not materialized.

But to boil the whole end of the year thing down into one word would be easy. Relief. It's a very surprising feeling to spend time with friends, or go to a Twins game, and not feel this overwhelming sense of guilt that I should be reading about the commerce clause. Ironically, my write-on project for the law review is about the commerce clause. Go figure. I really shouldn't complain though, the commerce clause isn't too bad. Now, if I had to spend my free moments thinking about negligence or the calculation of expectation damages, that would be a bummer.

What have I been doing lately? Well, I've been perfecting the art of spending money, for one thing. If only that was an Olympic sport or something. I also went to a couple ballgames over the weekend, which was fantastic. There's nothing more satisfying to a humble Minnesota baseball fan than having the Twins beat up on a first place team to a nationally televised audience. Even if it took place in a plastic black hole.

Speaking of plastic black holes, the other day, I saw an image of the "Twins" logo being raised onto the scoreboard at the new Target Field. This is actually going to happen. Wild.

Since I'm on the subject, I think Joe Mauer may be an alien. Or some sort of baseball android from the future. But he surely isn't human. Right now, he's hitting a home run an average of every 8 at-bats, or something freakish like that. Because I have some sort of nativist streak, the fact that he is a corn-fed St. Paul boy makes it even more satisfying. If the Twins do not sign him long term, I'm fairly certain the Metrodome is going to become the site of one of those Branch Davidian style mass suicides.

I've got nothing else. A large set of digital condolences to my friends in the Luther College Concert Band, who had their Japan tour canceled due to the H1N1 flu virus. I wish I could adequately express how terrible I felt last Wednesday, especially being fortunate enough to make this tour four years ago. I was really excited for them, and looking forward to the homecoming concert at Ted Mann. Sometimes life just throws a curveball, I suppose. But for the folks who have worked all year for this tour, that's small comfort. Keep on going LCCB.

I've got some quality albums coming up.