Fourteen Weeks

I've got fourteen weeks until I get my bar results - Nov. 20. Until then, I need to stay afloat and do whatever I can to make sure I'll be able to get a law job once I'm admitted to the bar. Times are really tough around here, no doubt.

My scheme:

• I got hired as a delivery driver for Round Table Pizza, $8/hr plus tips. They're only going to give me three days a week, during the day (worst time for tips), but I'm going to try to pick up as many extra shifts as possible and hopefully it will be enough to pay rent and buy food. Who knows when I'll actually start though, this is the most unorganized company in the universe - I have to call them everyday to remind them that they hired me and I have bills to pay. It's almost as bad as working for a movie theatre run by children, which I did as a youth.

• I'm going to do pro bono (free) work for San Diego Coastkeeper as a full-time legal intern. That's where I interned from May-December of last year. This would be my dream job if they could somehow get enough money to hire another attorney. Since they're a non-profit, this is going to take a serious miracle. Operation: convince them they cannot live without hiring me, in full effect. I'm going to be working full-time hours, so I'll pretty much be working on this whenever I'm not delivering pizza to frat boys.

• I'm writing some articles for the Green Scene section of a website for the company my dad is the editorial director for. (http://thegiggleguide.com/biz/features/green-scene) This pays (almost literally) peanuts, so it is mainly just a resume builder and maybe it could open doors for a real job. Plus, it's writing about stuff I'm interested in anyway so that's good. I'm working on an article right now actually, and it is pretty hard to figure out how to write this type of article for a specific audience instead of just writing whatever I want. Getting used to it.

• I'm signed up to take a 5-unit Italian class at a community college two nights a week. Let's be honest - if you're not multi-lingual, what's the point of you? I might have to cancel the class if I can get some night shifts at Round Table, though. But, I like the fact that I can do credit/no credit and then I won't have to care about getting good grades (although my A-addiction will probably force me to care anyway), and if it turns out I have to quit halfway through the semester it won't be a big deal since I've already got my J.D. and this is just for fun anyway. I'm actually hoping a seat in a Japanese class that is full will open up, because I'm more interested in Japanese than Italian. Either way, if I have time I figure the best way to use it is to keep learning.