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eryximachus really talks like he pulled an all nighter right before giving a graded speech that's supposed to last 15 mins but he only has 5 mins worth of content prepared huh.
also i'm reading an old copy the symposium from my mom's college days, and she's underlined parts of his speech and annotated with '??!' .... very relatable.
bit of an update:
goals for tmr's library session:
catch up on CIV
on fri i'm going to be watching a halloween movie & grabbing dinner w a friend (i know its late celebration but we make do Tv T) i have 1 lesson on fri but the custom is to submit tutorial answers 2 days ahead so no further work needed for that!
ot until 11 working on docs for tribunal, hard dl tmr, more ot to come.
met new paralegal today and onboarded her. also met senior asso for first time since she was on maternity leave and always wfh LOL.
got pcll onboarding docs & timetable!!!!
new trainee on rotation also offered me her notes which was nice
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finally submitted AEO docs to tribunal today, before midnight no less! i’d count that as a success, thank god. have to work on list of evidence + research memo tmr.
orientation today - pre-enrollment done!
asked for ref letter from boss for future tcs. drafted ref letter
spent until 2am revising draft and pre-enrol.
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had to reschedule in-person enrollment w school. fri to sat morning now! gotta walk-in enrollment instead.
team lunch w my boss today. discussed my pcll course , AK47 LMAO, senior asso’s kid is gonna be a child model for luxury clothes!
got home before 12am the first time today THANK GOD. but only bc of t8. had to pack up a lot of my things before leaving today in a rush bc its going to be signal tmr.
took my laptop home bc i still have an evidence list to revise and some research to complete for a rejoinder memorial.
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finally have some time today to give an update.
attended venture capital work seminar.
finished handover notes and research + evidence list
brief paralegal on handover matter for witness statement
☁ 27 august 2022 ☁
spent the morning enrolling to my new university & visited the uni library (its huge!!!) to get some reading done for my civil litigation classes on monday. heading home right now - i’m waiting for the shuttle bus at the train stop. gonna shower when i get home and then apply for some training contracts + churn through some more readings, if time permits. am excited to eat hotpot with my extended family tonight!!
readings done:
civil litigation lecture 1 desk notes
40 pgs of civil justice reform summary
a summary of the week:
SAT/SUN - spent the weekend studying the fact pattern for the mediation assignment on 12 nov. discussed w . spend remainder time at library tidying up litigation writing & drafting notes / templates for another exam on 19 nov.
MON - spent most of the morning studying for civ lit & reviewing tutorial materials for the upcoming small group session.
not to be a downer here but if my ex-addict baby sitter started raving about a ghost possessing my child i would fire her on the spot for relapsing. why in the fresh hell are they being so lenient with her? ah. cause the dad wants to screw the babysitter. riiiight. got it.
the 'chemistry' between quinn and her love interest (who i've already forgotten the name of. adrian???) is akin to 1-ply toilet paper, soggy and bland. what is this. why is he described to have the hot body of a man but the face of a kid. just no.
the characterization is also godawful. mc is truly a mary sue. addiction aside (which doesn't really seem to affect her in ways that matter to the plot, really):
she doesn't question her conviction that whatever strange going on in the house is in fact related to a ghost, even though she believes she's hallucinated things before due to her addiction.
she isn't afraid of anya?? like okay, anyone in their right mind would be afraid but the way the author writes her emotions is just. the blandest. like the child gets posessed in front of her and all she does is tell him to snap out of it. like seriously rekulak you couldn't have made her a bit more emotional?????
the child immediately takes a liking to her upon the first interview for the post, hugging her, giving her drawings, which is like. not believeable if you've been interviewing a bajillion baby sitter candiates
the mom gives her designer?? clothing that she says she was going to throw away or donate. like this is just a lazy way to put her in bomb ass clothing, and probably justifies the author's compulsion to describe every outfit she wears in each new scene.
the side characters. utterly. how do all of them range from unmemorable to downright repulsive???:
the kid. just like. literally the blandest kid to exist. all i know about him halfway through the book is that he complains about eating fried tofu (courtesy of his vegan parents) and doing chores. idk.
the mom. she's likeable but bland like the tofu she eats. best thing she's done is to snap at quinn after she forgot to tell her something and quinn cries. of course they apologize simultaneously and hug each other afterward, god forbid an employer get snappy with their employee when they do something wrong.
the dad. fucking creepy. probably named after ted bundy. also weird for naming his kid the same name. okay, biased points aside lmao, there is literally no good fucking reason to have him lust after mc?? except ah, the mc is a mary sue. so i guess every man in a ten mile radius is just frothing at the mouth? uhh
the ghost. literally never thought i'd ever say shit like this but wow. i have never been more unafraid of a ghost in my life. all she did in her short career was possess a kid to draw a little. like damn. she's just bored i guess.
plot: what is happening????? uhhhh. god fucking knows.
me reading eryximachus' speech:
ok so he's analogizing love into various professions, and saying that in terms of medicine, a healthy body is heavenly love, while a diseased ? body is common love?? uh.... bro. what are you even saying.
me flipping back to read the introduction:
"[eryximachus] is unable to consider any subject except in a professional and technical way...the distinction between a good and a bad kind of love, is not origional, but borrowed from pausanias...eryximachus' speech is poor stuff and meant to be so - it is presumably by way of contrast that it is interposed between the much more important speeches of pausanias and aristophanies"
ah okay, so it's meant to be shit. understandable plato, have a good day
i wanted so bad to like this book, but the constant melodrama, forced love triangle, and choppy flashbacks are causing my projected rating to tank hard. it's a shame because it's an intriguing concept based on real events. what i expected from this book (i.e., seeing how mila earns the respect of her peers, improves her craft, her life in the army) was brushed over or not touched upon. more than half of the book is about a fictional american visit and a contrived sniper plot, which felt misleading because it wasn't what i signed up for.
also how many times do other characters need to ask / mention mila's kill count? we get it, she killed people !!!
2023 goals
this is sth i should do. get on it. its only 4 months. make the most of it yun.
fitness
work out consistently - x2-3 / week
join fitness program
do outdoor activities - hike/bike/kayak
career
make list of apps. apply more.
brainstorm + plan interview answers
current affairs
study
keep up to date with readings
study consistently
personal
go on a few more dates this yr. that is all. live a fucking little.
read some books and educate urself
stop being so negative. look on the brighter side.
PLAY NICE.
workout
a friend said that if i'm serious about physique transformation i should purchase a work out schedule along w a meal plan. i'm not against it - i've wanted to get stronger and be more fit for a while now. thinking on it.
natasha oceane / caroline girvan / pamela reif are the current contenders. oceane's workouts are a bit too much for me; i'm thinking however many weeks of that is probably not sustainable. reif seems like the popular choice but idk if she has meal plans.
i will do more research. get back on this.
was told i'm not contributing enough at home - fair enough. just do the following
tidy room up
wash dishes
be polite and stfu.
study harder wte / send job apps
wipe the sofa + chairs.
just do this and no more nagging. bam.
oh and pay them when you start working.
