10.30.05
Went to eat dim sum in silver spring today, haven’t had that in a while, back home or on the west coast. I think it was one of the newly developed areas of the city, you could tell by the building and clientile. I am told that the area has been up and coming a lot in the past couple of years, that it will be the “second bethesda” developing right outside the district lines. Noticing different areas of the city experiencing different levels of revival, gentrification what not.
Contrasting Friday evening eating dinner in bethesda, found a nice vietnamese place close to the metro, a little upscale, and maybe a little haolified, but it was still very good. I like the area overall, something about the feel and layout fits closer to what I had originally expected to see coming out here to live. Of course the costs are always a factor, something to think about before making another move. Overall I think I like the area as a possible future place to live, although it is a bit farther out of town, and therefore a longer train ride in the morning.
Badgers have a big game this weekend against Penn State, like deja vu from 6 years ago en route to the rose bowl when they came in a close race for the lead in the big ten. Strange how this weekend, after being spoiled with pretty much non-stop coverage on ESPN I’ll be getting shafted with the regional ABC coverage. I’m thinking it might be partly since nobody thought preseason that either team would be in the running. so much for preseason expectations.
Under the random reminder that this degree I am working on comes with a lot of assumptions and expectations, almost to the point in which that it is an unspoken invitation for people’s comments, advice, paradox and humor. Somewhat ironic being that until I finish this degree, and actually go and get a job with it, my current work during the day, although probably not as glamorous by way of name recognition, is actually a lot more meaningful and interesting.
One thing for certain, I’m not driven by just the money or the prestige independent of some cause or mission that I could stand behind. And the nature of the world today, I’ll probably end up working for a non-profit, or government agency. I find that often times people have trouble understanding this, as if unless you go into corporate or business law, or some big name politician then its all a waste of time. Afterall, why study anything unless you’re going to get rich and famous in the process?
My answer, at least in part is that despite all the talk of thre being too many damn lawyers, as a society, we do need more in certain other areas. Namely those areas that are left behind by the free market. I suppose I view the degree as I would any other degree, as an opportunity for making a positive contribution to society in addition to earning a living.
Both of which I seem to be fine accomlishing with my current job and degree.