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[xylocarp]

At this very moment I am like a negative 10 because fuck this brief and I am melodramatic. Overall during law school probably like a 9. I'm no longer working four jobs like in undergrad so I feel like I have a ton of free time, I like my classmates a lot, I love love love Charlottesville and my set-up here, and

married life >>>>> single life.

Childhood was overall pretty chill but I didn't have the same level of awareness so I wasn't like deeply satisfied with the trajectory of my life/the people involved like I am now

[xylocarp]

Also I was an ugly child and an emo teenager

[Gray]

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[xylocarp]

Also I was an ugly child and an emo teenager

I don't believe this - maybe if there was a picture of you with blue hair and a lot of eyeliner....

I'm not even wearing that much eyeliner in the blue hair one OKAY

[Gray]

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[IsThisForReal]

I just wanted brown hair so people would stop telling me blonde jokes

[Kinky John]

I don't understand this sidebar, hikko can you pls pm me the pic they're talking about?

[xylocarp]

I don't understand this sidebar, hikko can you pls pm me the pic they're talking about?

[Hikikomorist]

I don't understand this sidebar, hikko can you pls pm me the pic they're talking about?

I think that might be a slightly creepy thing to do, and I'm trying to reform and all.

[xylocarp]

I just wanted brown hair so people would stop telling me blonde jokes

Yeah that sounds annoying. At least you're not dumb because then maybe it would be super hurtful

I attempted to get blonde hair as an ugly 11-year-old by using a lot of Sun-In. It went about as poorly as you might imagine.

[Gray]

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[buckiguy_sucks]

meh, law school isn't any happier or sadder a time for me than most of my life has been so far

Positives: live with SO, not an exhorbitant amount of work, chill sociable classmates, DC is cool, did alright enough that I probably won't be unemployed

Negatives: less fun and more work on balance than undergrad, more work than my joke of job (though more fun), anxiety is not good (probably a getting older thing though and not a law school thing), don't really take enough advantage of DC being cool, cant stop procrastinating things

So like a 6 probz

[xylocarp]

Anyone have a suggestion for a new poll?

I, for one, am shocked that TLSers are overwhelmingly above average by yet another measure.

[usn26]

On a 1-10 scale, where 5 is the median level of happiness you've experienced in your life, where are you all now?

Adult life? 2.5. Talk to me in June.

[PeanutsNJam]

I just got a 1L SA offer!!! What is life. Time to live the model and bottle lifestyle this summer.

St. Louis law firm with 0 stl ties

[Minnietron]

I'm around 7.63. I would be better with some furry animals running about, but they would not appreciate being locked in a a dungeon-like english basement for the majority of the week. I'm at an impasse.

I used the hair bleach that my mom used to lighten her eyebrows and got like a nice streaky chunk of copper in the front of my hair and then lied and said it was sun in.

I actually used sun in and ended up with a lovely palate ranging from the aforementioned copper to a lovely bright orange. I said it was from spending the summer at the pool.

Congratulations PnJ! Gonna rub elbows with some Rams players...Oh wait.

[PeanutsNJam]

Gonna rub elbows with some Rams players...Oh wait.

Let's be real nobody's going to notice the Rams missing.

[Minnietron]

Gonna rub elbows with some Rams players...Oh wait.

Let's be real nobody's going to notice the Rams missing.

Baseball town, no longer with a football problem.

[Loquitur Res]

Definitely a solid 8-9 right now. Killed first semester (likely top 5 in my class) and this one seems to be going even better thus far. Got a great PI internship locked up early on. Law school is not as bad work wise as I was expecting, though I came in with very low expectations regarding my quality of life. I think being a bit older, and spending significant time in the real world gave me a better perspective going into school compared to my classmates who are k-jd or only a year or two out of undergrad. In my former life I was working at a very stressful 50-60 hours/ week on average with some weeks at 70+ pulling in 30k. with no raise over the past 3 years and no room to move up or lateral. No matter how hard I worked I never felt like I was truly succeeding or getting ahead, just keeping my head above water, living check to check.

I put in a lot of work at school but the difference now is less stress and more reward in the form of good grades. I love the challenge and intellectual stimulation. I am definitely one of those weirdos that find school work fun. I am excited about how much I am learning and how my skills have improved. I also think my work experience helped ground my expectations job wise. Starting a new career at 45k would be a blessing! I have a full-ride at a T2 (the school actually does very well getting students jobs in our local market, which is where I want to work) with stipends and passive income that helps with living expenses, so debt wont be a huge issue. Law school gave me a way out of a serious rut, with promise of a decent middle class future. Life is Good!

[zhenders]

There's so much happiness

[czpczp]

There's so much happiness

It is all an illusion. only tears await

[xylocarp]

There's so much happiness

It is all an illusion. only tears await

EVERYTHING IS TOTALLY FINE

[unsweetened]

happiness is illusory

[Minnietron]

There's so much happiness

It is all an illusion. only tears await

Tears of joy! I mean, who isn't thrilled about the never ending LRW class know as legal employment? Bonus, it is graded with money!

[MurdockLLP]

It would be really great to lock down a 1L summer internship. Still waiting on an in-house gig I interviewed with, have spring OCI interview next week, and a couple of other things out there. Overall happiness at a solid 4. Can this year be over with?