A brief intro so you know who you've stumbled upon out here in the cybervillage... Hey, I'm Sophie. I'm an attorney, late twenties, from a small town and a middle class fam, somehow landed in a large national lawfirm (a/k/a "BigLaw") and after a year in practice still can't quite get my bearings on what the hell is going on each day. But I am a great attorney. Damn good. It's the... the everything else that confuses me.
No, I am not married. No, I do not wish I was married. No, I do not miss having a boyfriend. I like to get that out there, because people seem mystified by that. Dating would be this giant time commitment and I don't even have time to make my bed in the morning. Primping for a night of awkward small talk and nervous phone conversations has no chance.
Work? Yeah, I make a lot of money. I love making a lot of money. Yes, that is part of the reason I became an attorney. Anyone who tells you differently is either lying or too naive to realize what they just got themselves into. Or is a legacy and has their father's name splashed across some law firm letterhead. And as you will learn, legacies count for nothing but census figures.
Work continued? Yes, it is stressful. Yes, I work a ridiculous number of hours. Yes, I do often go to bed early in the morning...and still have to wake up early in the morning. That's BigLaw. "Work life balance" means "You balance the number of hours you work by not having a life." Anyone who tells you differently? Is a partner. Or a legacy, in which case, see above.
Family? Yes, I have one. A mom and a dad (still together), a couple of brothers, and some pets. My pets are my kids, and I do not particularly mind if you believe that me calling my pets "my kids" insults your human children. I have seen the way your human children behave, and in many cases, I may be insulting my pets with that comparison far more than the other way around. At least mine are toilet trained. And neutered.
Me? I am extremely intelligent, but I tend to do flaky things. I am usually the first to laugh at myself and the flaky things I do; it's already embarrassing, so might as well get some laughs out of it. My strengths are my ego, my passion, my curiousity, my perfectionism, and my unabashed appreciation for all things humorous and satirical. My weaknesses are the same, plus I am impatient and phenomenally intolerant of stupidity. Flaky, I can handle. Not-the-brightest, I can handle. Stupid pisses me off.
Hobbies? I like to volunteer every second of free time I have to worthy and admirable causes.
No I don't.
I like to websurf for information on whatever subject I'm pondering at the moment, and I can spend hours doing that. Reading non-fiction about whatever subject I'm pondering is also high on the list of like-to-dos. I also like to do kickboxing and weights, yoga, cooking, meditation, and journaling though I fail to make time to do them as much as I should. I love restaurants. I love reality television. I love animals. I love sweets.
So, hey. I'm Sophie. Good on ya, mate.
