the problem with netflix...

I just signed up for netflix and now I can't seem to remember any of those movies/tv shows I wanted to see so badly. Isn't that how it goes. All I can remember is all the new music I've wanted to hear but don't have the internet access to get ahold of it (because I'm poor and can't go to the record store). Do you have any suggestions? Do you have anything to say at all? It seems I haven't gotten comments in a month.

I'm getting over a bad cold that first infected me last week and now Xtina has some sort of illness that appears to be much much worse than my cold. We'll see what this weekend has in store for us and which one of us can participate.

temporary means temporary

It has been confirmed. My position at the legal clinic has been offered to someone else. I understand that perhaps I've only been performing the most essential duties of the position and they'd prefer someone with legal filing experience, but I've worked hard for the last two weeks and have received nothing but great reviews of what I've done and I guess part of me was counting on winning them over to offering the position to me. Not just because I've done a great job, but because I want it and I must still have the naive belief that hard work is rewarded. I knew the engagement was casual, but I've realized what a wonderful job and staff this is and like I always do, I got my hopes up. Somehow it feels worse that I proved myself to them, like I'm being stricken down as inferior. I know I'm being irrational, but let me whine about this for just a little while before I go back to drifting through temporary employment.

short update

I'm still working at the legal clinic and I'm astonished at how much I still love working here. Xtina started at whole foods and we already took advantage of our 20% discount. We had a wonderful friday with the guys and a magical evening with new friends, mr. Matt Jensen and his wife Mandy. Ahh, the comfort of having couple friends again. Really - we had a great time and we're a bit jeolous of the fact that they can have a dog. Now Xtina and I want one more than ever.

We ran into nick and brooke Saturday on their way home. Nice to see familiar faces, if only for a while.

On my morning commute I heard a long advertisement for michigan tourism. I wish I could remember how it went. "visit cities so sure of themselves, with individual cultures so distinct residents refer to them by nickname - g-rap, ypsi, cereal city, k-zoo, A-squared, the D." That's right, they refered to my hometown as "g-rap" on the radio. Sounds like a nice place; perhaps I'll visit sometime.

back to blogging at work

That's right; I'm working right now. Through my temp agency I've gotten this two-week position with a legal clinic at the Northwestern University school of law. The job is great, the people are fantastic, I only wish I were doing this long-term. Monday morning I was so nervous driving my car into the north loop I thought I would surely chuck. Now, yesterday when I was taking cabs all over downtown to federal court and other places, I finally feel like I live here. At the end of the day I no longer feel worthless, but exhausted and gratified by a hard days work. It's a new feeling for me in all honesty. Hopefully I'll get a permanent position that is this sweet.