Law Students

Even the Space Aliens Don't Want Me

Posted on April 01, 2008
Apparently instead of going to Mars as a Virgle Pioneer I should finish law school instead........"Well, you're distressingly normal and could conceivably adjust to life as a deep space pioneer, though we recommend instead that you leave the Mars missions to the serious whack jobs who scored over 130 and instead finish year 3 of law school, tuck your toddler into bed, design Web 2...

Not a great update, but better than nothing....

Posted on March 27, 2008
Taken from Ana. Great way to procrastinate during boring classes!I know this doesn?t really count as an update since I?ve been gone forever, it?s been a really busy semester. I promise a real update soon- but in the meantime here?s a list of things I have and have not done :) ( ) smoked a cigarette ( ) crashed a car?(x) got drunk with a good friend?( ) stolen a car (x) been in love?(x) been dumped?( ) shoplifted ?( ) been fired?( ) been in a fist fight ?( ) snuck out of my parent?s house?( ) been arrested?(x) gone on a blind date?(x) skipped school?( ) seen someone die?( ) been to Canada?( ) been to Mexico?(not yet but headed there this summer!) (x) been on a plane?( ) purposely set a part of myself on fire (x) eaten Sushi?(x) been skiing (at least once if not twice a week!)?( ) been moshing at a concert?(x) taken painkillers?(x) love someone or miss someone right now?(x) lay on my back and watched cloud shapes go by?(x) made a snow angel?(x) flown a kite?(x) built a sand castle?( ) gone puddle jumping?(x) played dress up?( ) jumped into a pile of leaves?(x) gone sledding?(x) cheated while playing a game?(x) been lonely?(x) fallen asleep at work/school?( ) used a fake id?(x) watched the sun set?( ) felt an earthquake?( ) touched a snake?(x) slept beneath the stars?(x) been tickled?( ) been robbed?(x) been misunderstood?(x) pet a goat (and then the goat charged me and hit me on the head with it?s horns- I was about 4 years old)?(x) won a contest?(x) run a red light?( ) been suspended from school?(x) been in a car crash?( ) had braces?(x) eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night?(x) had deja vu?( ) danced in the moonlight?(x) liked the way I look?( ) witnessed a crime?(x) questioned my heart?(x) been obsessed with post-it notes (on a daily basis!)?( ) squished barefoot through the mud?(x) been lost?(x) been to the opposite side of the country?( ) swum in the ocean?(x) felt like dying?(x) cried myself to sleep?( ) played cops and robbers?( ) recently colored with crayons?(x) sung karaoke?( ) paid for a meal with only coins?(x) done something I told myself I wouldn?t?(add apply for law review as the most recent item to this list!)( ) made prank phone calls?(x) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of my nose?(x) caught a snowflake on my tongue?( ) danced in the rain?(x) written a letter to Santa Claus?( ) been kissed under a mistletoe?( ) watched the sun rise with someone I care about?(x) blown bubbles?( ) made a bonfire on the beach?( ) crashed a party?(x) gone roller-skating?(x) had a wish come true?(x) worn pearls?( ) jumped off a bridge?( ) ate dog/cat food?( ) told a complete stranger I loved them?( ) kissed a mirror?(x) sung in the shower?(x) had a dream that I married someone?(x) glued my hand to something?( ) got my tongue stuck to a flag pole?( ) kissed a fish?( ) sat on a roof top?(x) screamed at the top of my lungs?(x) done a one-handed cartwheel?(x) talked on the phone for more than 6 hours?(x) stayed up all night?(x) didn?t take a shower for a week?( ) pick and ate an apple right off the tree?( ) climbed a tree?( ) had a tree house?(x) been scared to watch scary movies alone?(x) believe in ghosts?(x) have more then 30 pairs of shoes (good thing this doesn?t require telling exactly how many pairs of shoes I currently have!)?( ) worn a really ugly outfit to school just to see what others say?( ) gone streaking?( ) gone doorbell ditching?( ) played chicken?( ) jumped into a pool/hot tub/lake with all my clothes on?(x) been told I?m hot by a complete stranger?( ) broken a bone?(x) been easily amused (on a daily basis)?( ) caught a fish then ate it?( ) caught a butterfly?(x) laughed so hard I cried?(x) cried so hard I laughed?( ) cheated on a test?(x) owned a Britney Spears CD?(x) forgotten someone?s name?( ) French-braided someone?s hair?( ) gone skinny dipping in a pool?( ) been threatened to be kicked out of my house?( ) been kicked out my house?(x) had a fantasy over someone I love as a good friend?( ) sun-tanned naked?( ) ran naked in the rain

The "Listening" Justice

Posted on February 25, 2008
CNN has an interesting article on Justice Thomas this morning, apparently he hasn't asked a question at oral argument in over 2 years.The "Listening" Justice"I can't really say that it's unfair to say that I'm silent in that context. I would like to, though, be referred to as the 'listening justice,' you know ...

Achmed The Dead Terrorist

Posted on February 20, 2008
Surfing YouTube and finding funny videos is way more entertaining than doing homework, here's my latest favorite (this one is probably PG-13 FYI):

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Instant Messenger

Posted on February 18, 2008
I'm an instant messenger addict- maybe that's why I found this video so funny (or maybe it was just funny because it was a distraction from doing my Crim Pro reading). You decide....

Looking Back At Prior Posts

Posted on February 14, 2008
Butterflyfish tagged me to do a blog post meme :) Here it goes!! The My Posts Meme Family: This is a really hard one because I don?t blog about my family. I have one, in fact I have a mom, a dad, and a younger sister who is about to start college next year...

Change the World

Posted on February 06, 2008
I participated in my first presidential caucus tonight. In 2004 my state had a late primary and John Kerry was already the for sure democratic nominee and in 2000 I wasn?t yet 18 (yup I?m a mid-80?s baby). What I saw tonight during this somewhat obscure yet fascinating caucus process was absolutely incredible...

Music Meme

Posted on January 10, 2008
Rules of the game:1. Put your iPod, iTunes, Windows Media Player, CD Player, etc. on shuffle.2. For each question, press the forward (next) button to get a new song, the title of the song is the answer to the question.3. You must write the song name down no matter how silly it soundsQuestions:If someone says ?Is this okay?? you say? Don?t Let me Down by Nina Gordon...

I Love Barnes and Noble

Posted on January 03, 2008
I have 2 regular law classes next semester and 2 trial practice classes. For my regular law classes the textbooks totaled to about $260.00 at the Useless University Bookstore. Thanks to the $25/year Barnes and Noble membership that I purchased in August I bought both textbooks PLUS a study guide for each of those classes and the total came to $210 :) The B&N membership is definitely worth it, in addition to the member pricing I also get coupons for an extra 25% off once in a while (and I had one of those golden little coupons this time)...

Resolved

Posted on January 02, 2008
New Year's resolutions aren't really my thing. I never keep them longer than a few weeks and I know when I make the resolution that it most likely won't last, so what is the point of making a resolution if I know that I won't keep it?For some reason this year though I do feel compelled to at least make an attempt at some kind of resolution...

I'm Dreaming of a...

Posted on December 25, 2007
WHITE CHRISTMAS!!!!!I can't remember the last time there was a white christmas, even though my parents live somewhere snowy it's usually dry and sunny on Christmas day. Here's the view from my window at my parent's house, Merry Christmas :)

Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2007
I hope that no matter what you celebrate or who you celebrate with that you have a great holiday and get to enjoy some time to relax before the new year!!I'm sharing one of my favorite Christmas commercials of all time cause it always brings a smile to my face :) I'm not really a big fan of Coke but I LOVE all of the polar bear commercials, this one is my all time favorite:MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Apparently I'm Annoying :)

Posted on December 14, 2007
And this is supposed to be a bad thing???take the WHAT INTENTIONAL TORT ARE YOU test.and go to mewing.net. because law school made laura do this.Thanks to Butterflyfish for posting a link to this quiz!

Half Way There

Posted on December 14, 2007
I'm officially done with HALF of law school!!!!I don't know if I should be excited that I'm half way there or irritated that I still have half of law school left.Jurisprudence was an absolute monster. We just had to to "journaling" throughout the semester, but it might as well have been a paper by the time all of the mandatory edits were done, I don't understand anything that we learned in that class, but oh well...

Almost there

Posted on December 11, 2007
Evidence final was today. I could say that I've spent the last week preparing for it, but that would be a lie. I spent a lot of hte last week thinking about outlining and studying, but in reality I really just hung out at coffee shops, procrastinated a lot and then went out with friends and drank beer...

March of the Law Students

Posted on December 04, 2007
16 plus minutes of entertainment while you are procrastinating on studying for finals :)

Coffee Shops

Posted on December 03, 2007
Exam season is here and with exam season all of the maniacs seem to come out of the woodwork to inhabit the law school for a 2 week period each December and May. I wish someone would have told me to get the hell out of the law building last year when I was a scared little 1L (or I wish I was smart enough to get out on my own)...

The end of NaBloPoMo

Posted on December 01, 2007
Bet yah didn't think I could do it huh?? I honestly didn't think I could actually follow through and finish NaBloPoMo either, but somehow I did. It's kind of funny because now I am in the regular habit of posting something to the blog before I go to bed each night...

Law Tunes

Posted on November 29, 2007
I have heard a lot about law related song parodies, but for some reason I've never really heard any of them. Today I got an email about Law Tunes These look pretty amusing. There's a whole bunch of "holiday" tunes for lawyers (I think the clip called "Billing on Christmas Eve" might be one of my favorites)...

Grooving in a Fishbowl

Posted on November 28, 2007
I don't know about the rest of the law schools out there, but at Useless Law School the study rooms are pretty much fishbowls. Each study room has a giant window and everyone walking past can see who is in the room and how much they are studying (or procrastinating in my case)...

Need a Pep Talk?

Posted on November 28, 2007
Peyton Manning can help you out........Priceless Pep Talks.A friend of mine sent me the "I have no social life" pep talk this morning, I had a FABULOUS time spending about 30 minutes looking through all of the other pep talks and sending different ones to various other friends...

Why Didn't I Think of This Angle for my Paper?

Posted on November 26, 2007
It's been awhile since I posted links to a news story or editorial, but an opinion piece in the NY Times this morning caught my attention and I thought I would share it with you all:Taking Marriage PrivateI found this article interesting because my Jurisprudence class this semester has used the issue of Gay Marriage as a basis for studying the different legal philosophies that have impacted the American legal system...

Post Holiday Weekend Hangover

Posted on November 25, 2007
It was a fabulous 4 day weekend. I didn't open one book for school, I didn't think about one thing that needed to get done for a clinic case, I went skiing, I went shopping, I saw a musical, and I ate more food than should be humanly possible to consume...

Law School Gag Gifts

Posted on November 25, 2007
I was procrastinating A LOT today. In my procrastination adventures I ended up on Cafepress checking out all of items that come up when you do a search for "Law School." Many of the items that people have come up with are pretty amusing. I don't know if I would ever order any of these, but I had a lot of fun for about an hour looking through all of the cleaver things people have created...

Would you put this chair in your office?

Posted on November 24, 2007
A friend of mine emailed this Onion article to me, this friend is not a law student and is not connected to the legal profession in any way, but she thought that the article was hilarious nonetheless because law offices do stereotypically have really nice furniture...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 23, 2007
Things I am Thankful For:1. My family2. My friends, both new and old, I am so lucky to have so many amazing people in my life!3. The opporitunities that I have been lucky enough to have throughout my life, and the future ones that life will bring.4...

I've never really considered this guy

Posted on November 22, 2007
Shout Out to Ana for the link to the Candidate Calculator.Your Top MatchOhio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D)91.67% matchYour Other Top Matches:Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 89.17% New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 68.33% Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 65...

A Few of My Favorite Holiday Songs

Posted on November 20, 2007
I have been trying my best to get into the holiday spirit. I always used to love the holidays, especially when I was a kid, but for the last few years I've been kind of a grinch. I don't know if it's the stress of school or the pains of growing up or the continued annoyances of extended family, but for some reason I just never really seem to be able to get into the holiday spirit...

Post 1L Flashbacks

Posted on November 20, 2007
I had dinner and drinks with some of my clinic colleagues this evening. Everyone was reminiscing about the horror that was first year. Two of my girlfriends (who are 3Ls- so a year ahead of me) were talking about how horrible their experience was, their section was super competitive, no one wanted to help anyone out and they never even thought about being friendly in a social type atmosphere...

Reminds me of a Bon Jovi Song

Posted on November 18, 2007
This Page For Keywordsuseless, school, trial Reward $562 I could use an extra $562 right now, too bad I can't actually cash in on this!!!Also, hello to all of the new readers that have been visitng and commenting on the blog!!! I don't really respond to comments much since I barely have time to update every day, but I apperciate knowing that people are reading the blog :) Thanks for the kind words of encouragement and helpful tips you have all provided!

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