a new year.

happy new year!

2006 in review (in no particular order).  my brother married his highschool sweetheart.  i graduated.  theresa got engaged.  i wrote the new york bar.  kiran got married.  i passed the new york bar.  dave got engaged.  i moved in with vapo and drphil.  sammy married his highschool sweetheart.  i entered the real world and started a real job.  matty passed the ufe. 

my gosh, a lot happens in a year.

who knows what 2007 will bring.

back.

i was in a dark place when i last wrote.  i'm out now and am back to my old self (whatever that means).  it's strange how quickly things can change.  i remember /that/ week*, but everything is a little hazy.  i suppose the passage of time helps us move out of the dark places and back to the familiar. 

and, i guess a month-long vacation doesn't hurt either.

*from now on, the week leading up to july 25, 2006 will be denoted as "/that/ week".

i can't quite describe how i feel.  i've never been punched in the gut before.  i imagine this is kind of what it feels like.  there are moments of calm... then there are moments of panic.  i'm not sure what moment i'm having right now (probably the latter).  i just know that i have never felt this way before.  i'm on the verge of crying, but can't quite shed a tear.

aseet's msn name is: "in a bad bad place".  yes, aren't we all.

and to think... there are 12,000 others feeling the way i do right this moment.

isn't the new york board of law examiners great?