gwax's rumblings

After some delib­er­a­tion and what­not, I have decided to attend the University of Minnesota School of Law next year. I’ve been think­ing about this quite a bit since I first got my accep­tance let­ter from them and I’m really look­ing for­ward to this whole law school in the Twin Cities thing. There have, how­ever, been a cou­ple of bumps in the road of my mind already.

The first mini-crisis that I encoun­tered hap­pened when I was writ­ing the address on the enve­lope of my accep­tance reply. Things were unevent­ful until I hit the address zip code, 55455, which hit me like a cosh in the back of my skull. For as long as I can remem­ber hav­ing a zip code, it’s been a 0####: 01742 — Concord, 02543 — Woods Hole, 02139/02141 — Cambridge. I am mov­ing away in a fun­da­men­tally dif­fer­ent way than I have before; I will be well over a thou­sand miles from any of my home ground.

The sec­ond mini-crisis hit me right after an IRC dis­cus­sion about Magic cards; I know it’s ultra-geeky but that’s what struck me. I am going off to law school and leav­ing the world of engi­neer­ing and sci­ence; this won’t be MIT where, even if they won’t admit it, every­one is a huge geek. I am going to have to find cul­tural con­text that doesn’t rely on Magic cards and com­put­ers; I guess it’s a good thing that every­one plays Halo.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I see these mini-crises as a good sign, not a bad one. Since, change and var­ied expe­ri­ence are cen­tral ele­ments of my desire, being struck by the mag­ni­tude of cer­tain changes means that I’m going in pre­cisely the right direc­tion. Besides, Minnesota is cold, gets tons of snow and gophers are almost as awe­some as monkeys.

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