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BWE 10: My week in pictures

What a busy, hilarious week. There is too much to write about, so I am settling for pictures and captions. This is choppy, but appropriate given the state of things…

This week featured a massive iced-tea spill at the office. Amber is cackling as I run to fetch napkins:
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That day I took the long route to work from Judd’s house just to see the Cathedral of Saint Paul:
St. Paul Cathedral
I spent the rest of Saturday at work so today I held myself hostage on campus until I finished my homework. I have never done so much tax law reading in my life. I started my epic study-day at the purple onion cafe:
Purple Onion Cafe
I was so thrilled that “homeless guy who reads aloud to himself” didn’t bother me this time! I was good about avoiding eye contact and glaring at my tax book…

I also decided that if I donate to the law school I will require that my donation be used to give the law school an entrance like this:
U Minnesota
Swank! The other side of campus gets all of nice buildings…

I take the dogs on walks around the nice-side of campus all the time. And no, I haven’t been successful yet in getting Judd to take the Rottweiler:
Juddson
…maybe I should throw in some fava beans and a nice chianti…

One of the places I visited on the nice-side of campus was the Walter Library. Behold:
Walter Library
Sigh. The undergrads have all the nice facilities… I have never taken a picture of the law school library because you’d scream.

One of my undergraduate bosses told me that I should have attended graduation because it would have given me a sense of closure. Today I realized he was right. My 1L year felt like a continuation of college in some ways, but today I looked at the undergrads and thought, “Who are these awkward, smelly people and how the hell was I ever one of them?”

I think a semester in a frat house and some boomkats was warranted after three years as a resident assistant at the University of Miami, but now I live alone in a nice (albeit ghettotastic) apartment building and I have a reliable car, a job, an adoring (and not yet freaked out) boyfriend, and two dogs, including this one:

Rottweiler
After I almost hawked her to a classmate at the Lake of the Isles, Gertrude said “Oh, wait, this is supposed to be a run? I’ll give you a run fool!” And she wore me out. I think it was part ‘earning her keep’ and partially revenge for me trying to pass her off on someone else.

But seriously, does anyone want a Rottweiler or a bullmastiff? They are making me batty…

4 Comments

  • Amanda
    March 30, 2010 at 9:47 pm

    I *just* got to see the splendor of the cathedral on Thursday night 🙂 Turns out that my college friend I stayed with lived in Saint Paul, not Minneapolis like I thought! Which was fun, because I’d never spent much time there since most of my friends live in Minneapolis or Eagan! It’s so pretty all lit up at night…
    {like the new blog look, btw}

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    • Jansen
      March 31, 2010 at 12:35 pm

      Why thank you!

      Yes, Downtown St. Paul is prettier/more historic than downtown Minneapolis but I think Minneapolis has more cutesy semi-urban neighborhoods.

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  • Naomi
    April 2, 2010 at 12:41 am

    Okay, you know I had to make a comment about the Cathedral, which is so amazingly, fantastically, GORGEOUS.. and it’s so FIERCE! I live about 1 mile from there, and I am always in awe each time I drive by. I have only lived in St. Paul since this past November, but love the city more each & every day! Keep on plugging away with your studies, all that hard work and dedication will pay off. 🙂

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    • Jansen
      April 2, 2010 at 11:37 pm

      Muhaha, thank you. Can you just imagine how pretty Europe is? Overload.

      Reply

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