Back to reality...

I've decided to write after my nearly one month hiatus and not for any particularly good reason either (you'll be glad to know). So I arrived safely in Canada just in time for Christmas with family, minus my two brothers and their significant others, who arrived post-25th. It was a pretty chill few weeks involving a great deal of eating, drinking and watching season one of "Dexter." I mean what better way to spend your holidays than with a glass of alcohol infused egg nog, a box of chocolate and a serial killer with a moral purpose? There is none. New Years was also equally uneventful, but I suppose that's because in large part I just accepted that fact rather than try to go to some party and be disappointed about the most overated night of the year.
So I'm back at school and not much has changed. The toilets in the women's washrooms are now automatic and there are still about four more toilet bowls situated outside the lawschool waiting installations...I could go on for paragraphs about how telling that image could be but I'll probably save it for the Oyez, the satirical magazine I write for. Truthfully, it has been a strange re-adjustment. It was really nice to see all my law school peeps, I did miss them and it seems like everyone is intent on spending the last four months of our law school careers in a fun, if not memorable, way.
I had the "honour" of hearing the Hon. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Beverly MacLachlin speak this past Wednesday. Her speech dealt with the importance of an independent bench and bar and was rather uninspiring to be perfectly honest. The Q and A session that followed was slightly more interesting, when she was given the opportunity to speak candidly. Unfortunately for her, some people chose to ignore the fact that she is unable to comment on political issues, given her position and insisted on asking her politically related questions anyway. She was however asked (on numerous occassions) what barriers she faced as a woman in the profession. She basically said, she'd had it more or less easy in that respect and encouraged young women entering the profession to see these types of things as challenges and persevere. Good to know, considering in a short six months, I will be working in a profession characterized by the "old boys club."
Anyway, I miss Amsterdam and my life there but I am intent on making the best of it here....starting with finishing the paper I have left over from last semester (some things never change).

Hope you're all well.
Bye now :)