There are ponies
Big news: I am employed!!
Remember my agonizing from just a couple of weeks ago? You know, when I thought there was no way I was going to get the job I wanted? Turns out it was all for nothing. I got the call late last week to set up the interview, interviewed earlier this week, and got the offer later the same day. I am now a Montana Public Defender!
It all happened so quickly I almost couldn’t believe it. I’ve been dreaming about this job since I learned of the Montana Public Defender Act last October, and I gambled big on the fact that I would get it. Then, just like that, I’m hired. Is it any wonder I still find it hard to believe?
The day I got back to Missoula for Bar/Bri classes Professor Paula Franzese was giving her last lecture on property and she told this joke about these two twins. One was very pessimistic and cynical, the other was hopelessly optimistic. The twins’ father wanted to try to balance them out, so for Christmas he shut them in their rooms with their presents. The father filled the pessimist’s room with wonderful toys and gadgets and all good things, and he filled the optimist’s room with horse manure. After a while he went to check on them. The pessimist was standing in his room, arms folded in defiance: “You can’t fool me, dad. I know life is never really like this.” (Or something like that.) The father found the optimist busy in his room full of manure, whistling a happy tune as he carefully put the manure into tidy piles. The father couldn’t believe it and asked his optimist, “Son, how can you remain so happy among all this crap?” And the optimist answered, “Well, with all this crap, there must be ponies coming!”
Franzese’s point was that studying for the bar is a bunch of crap, but she promised that there are ponies to come. Now that I have a jobÃ¢â‚¬â€ťand not just a job, but the job I really wanted, the one I gambled everything onÃ¢â‚¬â€ťI know she’s right. There are ponies, people. There are definitely ponies. Now about all this crap in my room…. [tags]good news, billings, job search, montana[/tags]
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June 30th, 2006 at 11:29 am
Congrats!!
And good luck with the crap… :)
June 30th, 2006 at 11:55 am
Sweetness. Congratulations.
June 30th, 2006 at 1:19 pm
Badass. Super congratulations to you!!
June 30th, 2006 at 1:26 pm
Outstanding - congratulations! (I hope it’s in Billings, otherwise you’re going to have a heck of a commute!)
June 30th, 2006 at 3:57 pm
Congrats dude! Now if you could toss a little of the love my way…
June 30th, 2006 at 5:17 pm
Oh holy cow! Congrats, big time! I love it when things WORK OUT.
June 30th, 2006 at 5:22 pm
Congratulations! That is GREAT news!!
June 30th, 2006 at 7:02 pm
Fan-friggin’-tastic! I am uber-excited for you. Let me know when that pony express is scheduled to arrive in DC!!!
CONGRATS!
June 30th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
goooooOOOoal! gooooooooooooooooooaaaaal! (world cup fever)
glad to see you achieved your goooooooaaaaalll! :)
congrats, man!
July 1st, 2006 at 8:22 am
Awesome! Congrats! It must be such an immense relief to know that the final big piece has fallen into place just sa you had hoped. Can’t wait to hear how it goes!
July 1st, 2006 at 11:46 am
Congratulations! Now you know where the payments for the loans will come from. ;)
Seriously, great to know you got what you wanted.
July 1st, 2006 at 11:47 am
That’s so wonderful! Even though I plan on being on the other side of the aisle, I love to see great people doing PD work.
July 1st, 2006 at 11:33 pm
Yeah! You go all the way to Montana and look what happens! That’s fabulous!
July 2nd, 2006 at 10:52 am
Fantastico! It’s so awesome when the pieces click into place the way they’re supposed to.
July 2nd, 2006 at 3:31 pm
So, so exciting! Now you can really relax and enjoy Montana.
July 2nd, 2006 at 9:18 pm
That’s awesome. So when a newly-graduated law student calls up the Montana PD’s office next year and asks for “the imbroglio” because she wants to join your ranks, is that going to be a problem?
July 3rd, 2006 at 9:42 am
wooooo!
July 3rd, 2006 at 2:37 pm
Congrats!! Good luck to you in MT!
July 4th, 2006 at 12:53 pm
Congrats! Awesome that you are doing this. More than a bit jealous!
July 4th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
Wow! Congrats!
July 4th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
T — awesome. Congratulations. 3 years of hard work paid off and now you’re on to bigger and better things.
July 5th, 2006 at 2:44 pm
WOO HOO! Congrats!
(ps–how’s the floor? We’ve been mulling over your troubles all weekend!)
July 6th, 2006 at 10:19 pm
Congrats! That’s fantastic news. I know you’re going to be terrific.
July 7th, 2006 at 1:12 am
That is great. Absolutely great. I’m so proud of you.
July 7th, 2006 at 1:44 pm
Thanks you all for the congratulations! You’re all too kind. In answer to your questions:
1. raquel: The floor is . . . ok. It’s still rougher than we wanted, but we’re leaving it for now.
2. pseudostoops: Um, I’m pretty sure no one would know what you were talking about if you called up the Montana PD and asked for “the imbroglio.” They might think you’re referring to one of their clients and ask, “which one?”
3. Skelly: Yes, it’s in Billings! My “commute” will be about 15-20 minutes on foot, 5 minutes by bike. (Try that in a big city, eh?)
July 7th, 2006 at 4:14 pm
This is so awesome. There are a few people GW, including me and you, for whom I thought getting the jobs we wanted would be the equivalent of “beating” GW and its vision of corporate law. And here you are! This is incredible. Congrats!
July 7th, 2006 at 5:40 pm
[...] Thanks to all who commented on my last post (last week!) for the congratulations on the job. I’ve been busy w/life things and haven’t been able to update here recently but it’s been great to check email sporadically over the last week and see another positive comment or two in my inbox each time. I couldn’t be happier myself; why wouldn’t I want to be part of this? Words are simply not adequate to describe how lucky and happy I feel that things have fallen into place so perfectly. (Knock wood!) Of course, now that I’ve told everyone I have this great job, the pressure is even greater to pass the bar. I have a spike of adrenaline several times a day imagining what will happen if I don’t pass. Bad things, man. Very bad things. Unfortunately, what with refinishing our floors, painting the basement, and finally moving in to our new house, I haven’t made a great deal of progress on the bar exam thing. [...]
July 8th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
Re: the commute. Billings doesn’t have a great bus system (it’s almost non-existent compared to cities with real public transportation systems), but if you happen to live near a bus line, that’s a good option too on bad weather days. My parents live across the street from a bus stop, so my mom can take the bus to work downtown.
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