Jury Duty

I am sitting at the Criminal Justice Center in Downtown LA. It's pretty cool that they offer free wi-fi here. The shitty thing is...they blocked almost every website I was excited about using. And I'm not just complaining about MySpace or the FB, I'm talking about denying me access to UrbanOutfitters.com, Hulu, and my banking sites. I suppose they do this for their bandwidth's sake and for our security's sake. But really though...no online games? Any site with Tetris, Bejeweled, Zuma...ACCESS DENIED!

Oh shit...! The tutorial video is about to start! I gotta pay attention.















NOT.

Ugh..FML. I hate the LA County court system.

Strange thing though: On my way here this morning, I felt like whatever LA-based-nostolgia I had melted away and I just kind of took it all in. And it felt nice. Yeah, weird. Despite the traffic, the smog, the people and noise...I was actually glad to be in this city. I guess living back out here won't be all that bad......we'll see how long I go before I say otherwise.

Spring Cleaning

"Where you live is your temple - treat it like one." - Buddha

Eff..gotta clean...

A day at USC!

Today was the Admitted Students Reception at USC. We went to check out the campus and to hear more about the program...just to see exactly where our thousands of dollars are going. The Health Sciences Campus is very close to home! It was only about a 25 min commute via surface streets from my parents' house. This is where I will be spending my days this summer...makes me kinda nervous to dive head-first into the program. But I suppose there's no other way to do it *shrugs*

The main campus is a little farther away. It's kind of weird to think that this school sits in the middle of LA...doesn't really feel like Southern California to me when I look at the architecture. I guess that's nice.

We had lunch here! Everyone got chicken breast topped with a cream sauce, mashed potatoes, asparagus and baby carrots. The vegetarians got cheese enchiladas...yippee..!

I wish I had a chance to snap a few pictures of the sweet marching band that came in after lunch. They played the fight song...really gave the reception a sense of occasion (and woke my dad up because he was dozing off as the faculty spoke). I'm really glad I attended the reception. I think today really helped me not only reaffirm my career choice, but also be really excited about the different ways I can implement Occupational Therapy and maybe even contribute to Occupational Science.

This is definitely the right thing. I feel it.