I have spent the last two weekends at home -- two weekends ago I flew into LA Friday night and left Sunday morning, and this past weekend I drove down on Friday morning. Things just happened to work out the way they did, but it's allowed me to entertain the thought that I can spend weekdays at school, and weekends in LA.

It's flybacks week, so I have no class and I can do whatever the hell I want. The feeling is liberating. I'll consider it the missing piece of my summer vacation. (For the unintiated, "flybacks week" is when the 2Ls fly out to interview at law firms. 3L's can do it too, but I have no intention to re-interview.)

Too bad I can't shake this ridiculous, nagging cold..

On my way back from watching a court proceeding involving a white supremacist prison gang (those guys were scary), I stopped by City Hall to see new mayor Antonio Villaraigosa give his inauguration speech. It was upbeat, populist, realistic, and very slick. I think this guy just might be the publicly visible, activist mayor that Los Angeles needs.. I'm hopeful, and impressed by what I've seen of him so far.

Anyway, my life has been pretty hectic. Two days off from work at the beginning of this week were helpful though, in allowing me to recover from that mysterious sickness. But I barely finished an assignment for work today, I still have my essay which is in a quasi finished-unfinished state..

But for now, I can put that all out of my mind. It's time for my family's annual summer trip -- nine days in mainland China and Hong Kong. It will be great...