Movies I Watched While in San Diego

Mary Poppins
Bedtime Stories
The Hallelujah Trail
The Fiddler on the Roof
Star Trek (2009)
Dvorak in Prague
The Glenn Miller Story
The Importance of Being Earnest

Patriots Day Weekend

This weekend was one of patriotism and historical reenactments in Massachusetts. On Saturday, I went with my San Diego friends, Ian and Whitney Dawson to Minuteman National Park between Lexington and Concord for the a reenactment at Battle Road and on Monday morning I went with some friends to the Lexington battle reenactment. On April 19, 1775 British troops departed from Boston to seize arms and munitions in Concord. Local minutemen and militias battled the troops in Lexington, Concord and all along Massachusetts avenue back to Boston. The reenactments definitely stirred feelings of patriotism and veneration for our country's rich history. Unfortunately I didn't take many still photos, but I got about an hour of video! So if anyone's interested in seeing that let me know!

British Camp at Minutemen National Park, Concord

Ian and I with a British Officer in Concord

Lexington with friends at 6:00am, Patriots Day

Everyone was taking turns getting "jumping pictures" in front of this flag.

It was my turn. Here's my take-off

I went for a superman shot.

Paying tribute to the honorable dead.

Jared popping a heel-clicker.

Fun Stuff - Spring 2009

The Spring 2009 semester is almost over so I thought I'd recap some the highlight of the year so far:


Got to argue a drug possession case at the Suffolk County Court of Appeals at the John Adams Court House in Boston.


Interned at the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board with Commissioner Sharaffa

Kicked it at George Washington's house for spring break


Wandered around D.C. aimlessly in the middle of the night

Did a 3 hour driving tour of Gettysburg battlefields. Here's my roommate Jared at the top of "Little Round Top."

Almost fell in the Shenandoah River

Toured the historic town Harpers Ferry

Crazy Life

I haven't posted anything here lately because I'm loosing my mind. I've been trying to get a huge paper done for my tax clinic the last month and its been slow and arduous. I was also asked argue for the DA a case on appeal that I wrote a brief for last semester. The oral argument is April 2. Fortunately, the moot hearing went really well this morning and I'm almost done with my paper, so end in sight! Then I got to start study for finals again!

How To Deal With Winter in the North East

In Boston, winter is a disappointing and substantial portion of the year. I'm the last person to offer any advise on how to enjoy the season. As the snow piles on my car and the streets to ice, my affection for New England quickly turns to disdain.

My ward is renouned for proceeding with church when all others have declared "snow day."

Trying to find parking during a snow emergency occurs about every other Sunday (remember, church proceeds!)

Last weekend, however, my contempt for the cold weather was somewhat subdued upon the discovery of a novel past-time celebrated in these bitter territories. Snowshoeing. Brittany and I joined a small group of New Hampshire and Vermont residents at Bear Pond near Lebanon, NH. The activity was surprisingly invigorating and enjoyable. The people were really fun and upbeat. By the end of the excercise my attitude towards the cold weather had softened substantially and my appreciation for the North East rehabilitated. Now that I've made peace with the winter I'm ready to move on to the spring.

Brittany was so fast in those snowshoes. One of the trail guides, Pete, noted her speed saying, "wow, she's really going!"

I tried my best to look good at snowshoeing in front of the group. Unfortunately I blew my cover as we were heading back and I fell over while trying to say "thank you" to my fellow snowshoers. We all had a good laugh.

Spring Class Schedule

I just registered for Spring classes. I am most excited about the tax clinic. Only 8 students per semester get selected for this course! My spring classes:

Personal Income Tax
Will Estates & Trust II
Tax Clinic
Modern Remedies
First Amendment

Music Videos of home

These are some of my favorite Music videos filmed in San Diego. They are consoling when I'm bummed out by the North East freeze fest out here. The Dashboard video is filmed at the Hotel del Coronado and the Switchfoot videos is at a SoCal beach, I'm not sure which one, but definately reminds me of Oceanside Pier. SD, I'll see you at Christmas!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epHN4uSHox0



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