summertime....and the livin's easy

or at least it should be. right? isnt that what its for? thats what brad nowell said, and he turned out alright. so the other day, i got a summer internship/associate position with the law firm bremer, whyte, brown & o'meara, which im really happy about. as i said earlier, i really dont think i want to do civil litigation, but if i ever did, it would be with a firm like this one. so while i am happy about this job, one of my immediate thoughts was that now i cant be a bum all summer. when i mentioned this to my friend, she said that there is always a dark cloud hanging over my head. at first i was offended and wanted to remind her that she is a lost cause and that the dark cloud is better than being filled with sleet, like her. but then i was actually flattered. because while she may view it as a dark cloud, i think of it as a natural, innate ability that i possess to view every situation from many different angles and notice all of the good and bad from certain events, thus qualifying me to be a top notch attorney. so i am justified in having mixed emotions. and i think that my emotions come from the two people fighting for supremacy inside of me.

the first one we can call ron. ron is very stable. traditional. constant. conservative. this job is good because it will be a great opportunity to work all summer and then prove myself to this firm and hopefully receive a full time offer at the end of the summer and graduate school and enter the workforce and just start entering the machine and churning out stuff for the rest of my life. the ron part of me is happy because this is why i go to law school - to get a job. job = work. work = why im here on earth.

but there is another guy inside of me. we can call him ron jon. ron jon's first thought when hearing about the job was, 'well, why did you even bother to move to that house in huntington then? you disappoint me.' (zach attack and i are moving to huntington by the way. the picture is our new location. we signed up for this place the day before finding out about the job. we chose this one because it is only 30 yards from the sand, unlike the another one we looked at that was much nicer, but farther from the ocean). ron jon likes to travel. ron jon was hoping not to get a job this summer and spend student loan money on going to fenway park and wrigley field. ron jon enjoys that every few months money just shows up in my bank account and doesnt think about the fact that i will need to pay it back someday. ron jon is really care free. ron jon is getting scuba certified this summer. he is buying a surf board. ron jon is also very single.

so is there a dark cloud over me? yeah probably. i really should just celebrate having a job. its really great. i dont want to be that negative half-empty glass type of guy. i really do want to make money and i do feel good when i accomplish things that a ron lifestyle has to offer. so i know its a good thing. i realize that i can stick with ron and that probably through ron i will be able to eventually live more of a ron jon lifestyle. so i know i should go with ron for now. its jus that ron jon is so tempting sometimes. i should end this before he becomes too tempting. he is currently formulating a great plan involving future student loan money, the lottery and something about possibly never having to work again.....im listening....