Speaking of commuting, I'm still figuring out the best way to get from Sunnyvale to San Jose by public transit. I think the fastest method--I'm guessing 45 minutes or so--will be to bike to the Lawrence Caltrain Station, take Caltrain to the San Jose Station, and then bike to my office. I suppose I could attempt to take a combination of buses (probably the 32 to the 522) but VTA is so much less reliable than the train. Plus, biking is more fun and healthful.
I have some goals and projects lined up for this summer:
- Read for pleasure
- Begin to learn Spanish
- Research and apply for fellowships and clerkships for after graduation
- Write On journal competition grading (~25 10-page case comments)
- Spend quality time with friends, preferably on short Bay Area adventures
- Visit my grandmother as often as possible
I have some other ideas to which I have not yet committed... For instance, I am considering taking a martial arts class, maybe Judo or Taekwondo. I also am brainstorming some sort of spiritual devotion for the summer (ideas?). I really want to make the most of this summer. What with studying for the bar exam next summer, this is my last truly free summer as a student. Sheer madness.
Any suggestions for my summer reading list? So far, I know I want to read:
- Traveling with Pomegranates, by Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor
- The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life, by Fr. James Martin
- Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages, by Ammon Shea
Lovely as this summer daydreaming is, I must come back to the present. Final exams tomorrow, Friday, Monday, then one more exam the following Saturday and paper due the following Tuesday, whew! I am not flying back to CA until May 22nd, so I'll have a few days to hang out as a tourist in DC and tidy up my apartment for my lovely sublessee. I hope I'll be able to check off a few more things from my DC To-Do List (see column, at right), as my pace has stagnated considerably this semester.
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I just finished Lost Women of the Bible by Carolyn Custis James (it was the only for-fun book I read this semester and it took me the entire semester to finish it). I very much recommend it. It gives an interesting perspective on women in the Bible and includes a devotional at the end of each chapter. It would be a good book to launch into further study about each of the women if you are looking for something to last throughout the summer.
Crazy Horse and Custer Stephen E. Ambrose, A parallel biography of the two epic figures, it covers the cultures they grew up in and came to exemplify, before clashing at the Little Bighorn. It also covers Indian and Government relations.
The book reads well, but at 500+ pages it might not be in your idea of fun reading.
I have made some posts about Books which should have a work or writer you would like.
Good luck on your finals.
I amended a plan:
Spend quality time with friends, preferably on weekend Las Vegas trip.
Good Luck on your finals and have a great Summer. As for books I am not sure. I am currently reading The Chronicles of Narnia as light bed time reading so I can fall asleep without all the days material racing through my head. But that would probably only last you a week. Hope to see you this summer.
Not sure if I've mentioned it before, but I always like to recommend "Through Painted Deserts" by Donald Miller. And you might like "Imperium" by Robert Harris, since it's about a Roman senator.
Oh and if you've never heard of LiveMocha, it seems like an interesting place to check out. Haven't used it, but it's a language learning site where you can chat with, for instance, a Spanish person who wants to learn better English.
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