Unemployment & Internship Day 1

Today was my first Monday as an unemployed person since August 1993. But it didn't feel like it because I started an unpaid intenship with a small plaintiff's firm. There are only two partners and two associates. They already gave me some work to do, and I rode along to a hearing in the partner's Porsche. He had me stand behind him as he argued his case at the bench. I enjoyed it but I was very intimidated and nervous. I only understood about half of what was going on! One of the other attorneys asked me how long I'd been practicing. Heh. I guess I look old enough.

We had sushi for lunch. My first raw fish experience; I enjoyed it.

I called up a couple of competitors of my former employer. I'm thinking that it makes more sense to work for 6 months to a year in IT and made more money than to take a law clerk's job for six months at 30-40K. So I'm doing an internship while looking for a job AND taking Bankruptcy class... oh, and law review...

I think I will need some No-Doze...