For the past six weeks of bar review, I've been playing basketball with a group of my bar review/law school friends. We get together twice a week, typically, and play 3-4 pickup games each time, lasting about 2 hours. It's been great fun, although things are winding down because bar review classes are now over.

I never got to play organized basketball as a kid, although I always wanted to. In grade school, which was the last time I played basketball, I was always one of the last kids to be picked, and I never was any good. However, these games with my friends are so casual that I get to play the whole time, and I've learned quite a bit by playing with these guys. Everyone is at a different skill level, and it doesn't really matter, because it's all in fun.

I haven't developed a shot yet, or much in the way of ball handling skills. (I'm working on those.) But I like to bring it on defense and can make anyone's day miserable (except maybe Ognen, who is 6 foot 9.) My nickname on the court is "The Worm," which is apparently a Dennis Rodman reference. (I have also been called "The Spider" and "The Pencil," for reasons I don't fully understand.) However, I like to think I draw my inspiration from the UCLA basketball team.



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