The Spot

Thanks go out to Eddie without whom I might never known the terrible Sailor Moon truth. At a moment when I was desperate for some procrastination, Eddie and YouTube came through. As a recovering Moonie, this is exactly the sort of relapse I needed.

Relapses are good when you're preparing for a very public mock trial, aka the Smith Shield. It's funny - the more I watched the first season of Sailor Moon, the more I identified with Usagi/Serena. Here I was, faced with what seemed to be an insurmountable factum (legal writing, ugh), and instead of working diligently I was... watching anime. Plop two ondango on my head, film me as I come tearing around the corner (late for class again) and you've got an episode right there.

Anyway, the factum's in. And I'm much happier now. It's nice to still be "good" at something, even in law school. Life lesson: the further up the ladder you go, the more mediocre you start to feel. When everyone else in your class is bursting with brains, your own smarts become less and less noteworthy. Thankfully, Mr. Kyte and room 104 come through, even seven years after the fact.

Speaking of which, guess who's co-coaching the Jr. High Sacred Heart Boys this year? Yours truly. It's more fun than I thought - they're just starting out, but they're really interested. They don't meet that often, so it's not much of a time commitment. And it feels suprisingly good to be doing something gratis. I volunteer lots, but it's always on school/career related stuff. Not exactly for the good of the community. This is something that I can honestly say I didn't do for myself. Horray.

PS: if you're in Halifax on Wednesday, you can/should come to the Smith Shield. It's open to the public, and we're going drinking after: you can't go wrong!
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