A Working She-Hulk

I'm back for now. I was surprised that I got a couple of comments after the bar was over and I disappeared to Vietnam and then the working world. Thanks for reading people.

Lots of changes have occurred and I've been too busy to take some time to reflect and type out anything meaningful. Starting next week though, I'll be living by myself for the first time EVER. My parents and I bought a new house, and I am renting the old house from them for a bit. It'll be nice to get out under their wing again since they've been taking care of everything since I've started working: cooking, laundry, ironing, dishes, etc. Not like I love doing these things, but I miss being mistress of my own abode. I bet I'll be over their new place often for dinner, but now I'll have a bigger room for all my stuff...actually a whole house for now until I get roommates.

None of this could have happened except for the new job which I started in October. I found out I passed the Bar in November, and I took my oath so I'm officially an esquire now with a secretary (whom I share with 2 other lawyers). My office is pretty sweet since my 15th floor room overlooks a country club golf course. The choice view in the office is the ocean, but the golf course ain't half bad. I read agreements most of the time and revise and mark them up. The most stressful part is working with demanding and difficult people, but everyone has to deal with that at work. I worked 12 straight days until Friday since I had to give up last weekend and by Friday I was so tired I just wanted to go home, work out, sit in the sauna, and then sleep. Thank god for the gym and ballet or else I think I would go crazy. I've noticed that the more stressful my life is, the harder I hit the weights and the stronger I get. I'm so sore right now that raising my arms to take off my shirt is painful.


Went to ChezPei's wedding a few weeks ago which was delightful. She looked beautiful and the food was delicious as expected. She is the first of my college friends to get married and she pulled off quite a classy affair. There was a live jazz band that played standards soI got to dust off my dancing shoes and swing with Kirrus and cut a rug with KHsin. I miss being around my old college pals. I was sad to leave around 9:30 since I had work the next day and I was on a deadline. Darn work, but it's what pays the bills.

I have a couple of projects going on right now. One big one is set to close late March. Another small one is also set to close late March. Then I have another big one which I don't know the schedule for yet, but I'm sure I'll know tomorrow. I'm hoping that I can get away for my birthday and ask for a couple days off to go to New York in April. I'm sure I'm going to really need a break by then.

I got to catch "Juno" last weekend with the newly married ChezPei and Wonder Woman. Today I watched "There Will Be Blood" by myself. Both were very good and both are worth seeing in the theatre. "There Will Be Blood" was well executed and thoughtfully disturbing in the way long, dark novels are.

I've seen three movies recently all dealing with unexpected pregnancies and they've all been good. "Knocked Up" was probably the worst one critically because they way it glossed over the issues most modern working women would go through in dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, but it was the funniest. (I read in an article that even Katherine Heigl said the movie was sexist). I think "Bella" was the most touching and real (it is too bad it never gained enough popularity to be released more widely), and "Juno" was the one for teenagers with its smartass script.

Hope everyone had a good weekend, and if yours is still going on, enjoy it!