thegodofhellfire
09-28-2005, 07:09 PM
Greetings, you lovely bunch of people.
I'm only stopping by briefly. We've just got this flat online, but I'm using my flatmate's computer until we get a network set up (with his online poker hobby/addiction, I figured this way was wisest). Once my own PC's hooked up, I'll be around far more regularly again.
I left New Zealand on 22 July. Slept on a bench in Kuala Lumpur Int Airport for a night, then eventually made it back to Scotland on the 25th or therabouts. Moved into my spiffy new flat in Edinburgh on 1 August (great place, all credit to my flatmate, but the rent's a killer), and finally started work on 1 September, almost two years after the interview!
So, I've been a lawyer for almost a month now. Have my Entrance Certificate from the Law Society and everything. It's a hell of a learning curve, and more than a little disconcerting to find that five years of law school didn't teach me anything particularly useful, but it's great to finally be in the profession - meeting clients, drafting contracts, taking part in negotiations, etc. The firm I'm with is particulrly sociable too, so there's little risk of Jack becoming a dull boy any time soon.
I can see that I've missed quite a lot in the last few months, though (ToTT's counting over 100 missed threads - seems I've some catching up to do!). That being the case, does anyone want to bring me back up to speed with any developments around here?
I'm only stopping by briefly. We've just got this flat online, but I'm using my flatmate's computer until we get a network set up (with his online poker hobby/addiction, I figured this way was wisest). Once my own PC's hooked up, I'll be around far more regularly again.
I left New Zealand on 22 July. Slept on a bench in Kuala Lumpur Int Airport for a night, then eventually made it back to Scotland on the 25th or therabouts. Moved into my spiffy new flat in Edinburgh on 1 August (great place, all credit to my flatmate, but the rent's a killer), and finally started work on 1 September, almost two years after the interview!
So, I've been a lawyer for almost a month now. Have my Entrance Certificate from the Law Society and everything. It's a hell of a learning curve, and more than a little disconcerting to find that five years of law school didn't teach me anything particularly useful, but it's great to finally be in the profession - meeting clients, drafting contracts, taking part in negotiations, etc. The firm I'm with is particulrly sociable too, so there's little risk of Jack becoming a dull boy any time soon.
I can see that I've missed quite a lot in the last few months, though (ToTT's counting over 100 missed threads - seems I've some catching up to do!). That being the case, does anyone want to bring me back up to speed with any developments around here?