Admit Frenzy
Woke up at an ungodly hour and couldn't get back to sleep. Got up finally at 7:30. Worked on Journal citations until 8:30 and then showered and got dressed for class. The place was at a new low of digustingness, fortuately was scheduled for today. Went to breakfast with admits in Drapkin lounge. Gave my sales pitch many more times. Tried to find my crim law class but couldn't. To be honest I didn't try very hard. Wandered the halls chatting with people. Started seriously coveting the new book bags the admits were getting. Resolved to "appropriate" one somehow. Read my Reg State for a change. Decided halfway through it was a mistake and stopped. Had lunch with admits in the President's room. Really nice salmon buffet with a tasty cheesecake among other things. More sales pitching. Shmoozed a bit with the dean. I like Dean Schizer. He's a good guy. Missed Reg State. Skimmed the con law reading and attended, terrified that I'd get called on again without being fully prepared. Got spared though. Finished my citations after class. Also convinced the acting dean of admissions that I had done so much for the admissions office that I deserved a bag. Getting hooked up is nice. I don't know why I have a thing for these stupid book bags but I really like them. Maybe it's a fetish. There's probably a 12 step program for the condition. Anyway, finished up work somewhat and went to another admit reception in Drapkin lounge. More sales pitch. Losing my voice. Red wine didn't help that much, but at least I got my daily tanins :-P Then went to a pizza dinner with JLSA at a neighbor's apartment. Not a lot of attendance by admits. I was pretty full too. From there went to Bistro Ten 18 for Shearman Sterling's reception. I really like that restaurant, but I was stuffed to the gills. Had a Brandy Alexander and chatted with friends while popping the occasional morsel until a tipsy classmate bumped into me. She apparently hadn't eaten in some time and one drink had done her in. It wouldn't be cool to let her embarass herself in front of the partners (who seemed pretty cool) so I helped her to a corner to rehydrate and get some bread in her. Eventually the firm people caught us but I had some friends create a diversion while I snuck her out. Must have mentioned something about biotech though. Relevant later. Helped her out of the bar and over to the bus station. It was really cold out with the wind chill but she refused to take a cab so I saw to it that she got on her bus. Too bad it was the wrong bus, headed uptown instead of downtown. Alcohol can lead to these sorts of mistakes. By the time I realized she was headed in the wrong direction it was too late, the bus was gone. She got a cab home in the end so it turned out fine. And I made a new friend, which I'm always happy to do. She IMed later that night with a contact for me at Kirkland Ellis. She remembered I was interested in tech and had a friend at the firm. I emailed over my grades and resume. Hopefully something will come of it, but it's pretty late for a big firm like that to be recruiting.
