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Yeah I removed Updated daily 7:30......... I'm going to try my best to upload frequently... hopefully the daily type of frequently... I'm not saying it'll be posted at that specific time anymore because I don't think I have ever posted an entry on that time šš
I want to start off by saying.. Happy Late New Year!
2025 was a very interesting year for me. It had a lot of ups and downs, but for the most part, I think it was okay. It was the year I became an actual adult, which is still a little weird to think about. It feels like time is moving by quickly.. but I can finally say that it doesn't feel like I'm being left behind while everyone else moves forward. I can keep up! (with the metaphorical ācurrentā of time? Something like that.) Whenever I talk about how I feel about things, I can feelmy literacy start to like decline. It's hard for me to articulate my own feelings, which is why I don't often talk about them. Hopefully I can get better at that as I CONSISTENTLY (TRUST) post these blogs in the new year! I think that'll be one of my new year resolutions...
I think 2026 will be an amazing year for my future! Well, if we take current events into consideration, maybe just my educational future... There are a bunch of reasons why I've been busy and not posting on my blog recently, and one of them was the fact that I had a really good opportunity to have an interview with a judge from my local county courthouse! I had thought originally that I was going there for a spring internship interview, or just a permanent position as one of his assistants, but apparently that was just miscommunication with his assistant. He wanted to meet me so that he could see me face to face, as he's heard of me because of my previous position at the courthouse. He also wanted to have a chat about my plans, and to figure out a summer internship at the courthouse. I was superrr nervous to meet him, but he was really nice and chill. I ended up arriving to the courthouse late for my interview with him because there was nasty traffic in the area (which Iām assuming was because of the holiday season), so I had to wait for him to finish a hearing before getting the chance to speak to him.
Dude that shit was so cool I was sitting in the front of the stands in the reserved seating area of the courtroom. Okay so Maybe I shouldnāt call the whole experience cool because the hearing was related to a domestic abuse/assault case, but it was really incredible to finally step foot in a courtroom without being the one that the case is about. Bullshit Cease and Desist letter ruined my courtroom virginity. Iām not going to explain what courtroom virginity means (I just came up with that concept for this blog) so I hope you guys can infer what Iām trying to say.
I honestly donāt know if Iām allowed to talk about the details of the case because phones and such arenāt allowed in the courtroom, even though I lowkey snuck my phone to play a match of Clash Royale because I got bored waiting for the witnesses to be called up. They didnāt give me anything to sign when I went into the case, but it was a private case and it is still ongoing, so Iām going to assume that if Iām lowkey with it and talk about it some other time I should be fine. It wasnāt really a super interesting case, like the judge literally was looking around bored as hell while both attorneys were questioning the witnesses and asking questions.I was locked in though, I was really paying attention, for the most part. Which is kinda surprising considering I have trouble focusing on thingsā¦ Heh maybe Iām actually meant for this lawyer shit..
I donāt have the full picture as this was just one of the hearings about it. From what I can gather, it was a case involving two adult women and one adult man, a husband and wife and a second woman who was involved in an affair with the husband. The wife catches the other two together, and the affair gets exposed!!! This next part has conflicting information, but according to the mistress, the wife allegedly strikes her with her purse, and so (this part is also alleged, but the bruises on the wife, and the mistress invertedly admitting it, supports the claim) in āself-defenseā the mistress, with the help of the husband holding the wife in place, strikes the wife in the head with a handgun. I donāt have the full picture, so Iām not entirely sure how the situation leads to police officers searching the residence of the adult male for a handgunā¦ but it ends up there.
The witnesses that were called up were the various officers that were present in the scene and involved with the search of the residence of the male. Apparently, the male did have an arrest warrant out for him, but Iām not sure exactly how that justifies searching his residence, which was shared by other people besides just him. The bulk of the hearing involved the searching of the manās residence, and both attorneys questioned the police officers about what went on during the search. It was mostly questions to confirm the situation and to confirm if the information officers were providing on the case were consistent with the other witnessesās testimonies and bodycam footage. The officers justified their search of the residence with the reason of finding the maleās firearm or something. This is the part Iām not really sure about because of a lack of information about the general case. What I donāt understand is, if the adult maleās firearm (which was an illegal firearm) was the one that was used to strike his wife, or if it is the same firearm that they had found in his residence, they werenāt really clear about that in the hearing. The firearm ended up in his house after being used earlier by his mistress to hit his wife a few hours(?) earlier. Iām not sure if there are more instances of the male contributing to harm towards his wife, whether that be him directly hurting her, or forcing her to withstand abuse from others as this was just one hearing. It was kinda weird that I was sitting like right behind the dude who beat his wife. Allegedly? Fuck that dude!
I have to cut this short and keep the case brief since, this blog is supposed to be about me boy! I sat in that courtroom for like two hours until it was decided to have another hearing about the case in a few weeks. I was so freaking amazed by everything! It was cool to see real life bodycam footage on a court tv! My last comment about the hearing was that one of the witnesses that was called up to the stand looked a lot like Benjamin Netanyahu and that scared the shit out of me Like he looked like his doppelganger. We had mutual eye contact for like a minute while he was giving his testimony and I was deadass shook. If he was Netanyahu's evil twin does that make him like a saint or something? If I'm not mistaken, he was the captain of the police department, so I don't think he's really all that good. (Not so) Fun fact! Benjamin Netanyahu grew up in Philly, and stayed there until moving back to Israel after graduating high school! Maybe that man really was Netanyahu's evil twin...
After two hours I could finally have my interview with the judge! I was brought to the back of the courtroom and into the judge's room. I was super freaking nervous dude. I can't lie, stepping in the back of the courtroom felt pretty weird, it felt like I was some place I wasn't supposed to be in. The judge's office was pretty humble though. The whole courthouse itself was super cool and nice to walk in, it kinda reminded me of the offices of Black Mesa heh. I had been anticipating this interview for a few weeks, and I thought I was ready for it, but I really wasn't. I had a bunch of questions and things to say in general for the judge, but I guess I forgot about them in the moment. He said like multiple times that I looked nervous and to relax a little, but I guess its easier said than done. I did some research about the dude while I was prepping for the interview, and he's kinda cool. He has his very own Wikipedia page, which is part of the reason I'm not saying his name lol. I know Caiden hates judges and stuff but this dude was awesome. He was a lawyer, then he ran to become mayor and served a term before going into the PA Senate for a few terms. I can't lie he felt a bit intimitading from the Wikipedia article, but my manager said that he was nice and "avuncular". I have NEVER heard a single person use that word in my life until now. According to Google, an avuncular person is someone who is kind, friendly, and helpful, resembling a favorite uncle, especially towards younger people, so I was in good hands. He was pretty nice when I talked to him, even though we didn't really have much time to talk.
We mainly talked about my academic plan, and he was impressed with my resume. I was expecting a full blown interview, but he told me that he just wanted to know me more personally and to see my life story. I was kinda taken aback when I heard that, since that meant that I was worrying so much the past few weeks for no real reason. I can't lie, that bummed me out a lot, but I still had to continue with the interview. I told him about how I graduated high school early and I'm on my way to finish my associate's degree next summer, and that I wanted to get as much experience as I can in the field. He was impressed and said that he believed that I could get a summer internship at the courthouse with my background. He said that he believed I could easily get into law school if I keep up the good work and find a good work-life balance. You can call me a dork or whatever but in that moment I felt like Deku hearing All Might tell him that he could be a hero š I'm such a loser
That really did mean a lot to me though. I've never really heard supportive words or reassurance from any adults in my life other than maybe my parents. No teacher or professor or whatever ever really believed in me, so hearing those words come from someone so distinguished means a lot to me. I've struggled a lot in school and outside maybe one or two of them, it felt like my teachers never cared or believed in anything I said. I don't remember the words exactly, but I remember my 8th grade math teacher said that I was a failure or something. The only people who really cared whether or not I succeeded was my middle school assistant principal who would constantly call me in 8th grade when I was struggling a lot to make sure I went to class. If a person who became a lawyer, then a mayor, and then a judge believes in me, then maybe I really can become a lawyer and succeed in life. I've always subconiuously thought that I should be realisitic and realize that I most likely can't get into law school, and I've always talked about law school as an if, and not an inevitability, but he told me I shouldn't think like that. He told me that I should go to Temple Law School since I'm looking for something cheaper, so I'll probably look towards that in my academic plan. My friend goes to Temple and he wants to be roommates and share an apartment, so it's definetly a viable path forward. I'd need to finish my bachelor's degree, which I'd probably end up doing at Temple too. I'm broke as hell so that's basically my only choice lol since it's the cheapest. It'll still cost some money after financial aid and scholarships, so I'm going to have to go back into the workforce soon sighhhhhhhhhh
I had to go because my dad was my ride home and he had work, so I had to cut the interview short. He said he would keep in contact and send an email with the details about the summer internship. I haven't gotten that email yet though gulp. He was asking if I had any questions to ask him personally, but I didn't really have any at the spot. If I'm being honest, I remembered the questions that I had prepared for the interview only after I got in the car š.
Overall, I think that day was awesome. Even if I was really disappointed that the interview wasn't for an immediate job, it was still nice to be in the courthouse and meet that judge dude. It was REALLYYY disappointing that I didn't get a job back then, cuz I kinda need it. I don't really have that much money saved up anymore... I did have around a thousand dollars saved up seperately on top of the few hundred dollars I already had in my checking account a few months ago, but since the occasion I was saving that money up got cancelled I guess I didn't really need to keep that money in a seperate account. I used most of it to help around with bills since my mother hasn't been working for the past few months, so I'm kinda broke and I need to save up money for college, and I can't count on financial aid that much because I literally only got 53 dollars for textbooks for the upcoming semester lol. At least it was spent on something worthwhile and not like stupid things I guess...
I've been feeling kinda like a jobless bum (which I technically am right now) and just bummy in general the past few days because of that, but I kinda don't have the time to be a bum anymore since school starts in a week, and since I'll have five classes and (hopefully) a part time job, I kinda have to enjoy what little time I have left. I'll have a break in the spring for a week or two, but I won't have any breaks after that. I need to get back into a hard work ethic! I feel like if I stop working hard for a few days, I instantly revert back into being super lazy. So. I'll play FF7 like Caiden said. I'll enjoy what time I have left before the fog comes. And, I'll stop being a bum and post on my blog! Believe it!
My Piccolo-Lover advice for the day is.. good things come to those who wait. That's definitely not an excuse for why I posted so late! Actually, the real advice is that, to overcome laziness, don't force yourself to be productive. You only need to force yourself to make that first step, because after that, (for me anyways) your laziness is a lot weaker(?)! Something like that. Bye!