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Wake Me Up When September Ends

Posted on September 07, 2009
The month of August flew by so fast that I really don't quite know where the entire month went. Somehow now that the calendar has turned to September time seems to be creeping by. I've had no less than 4 nightmares, premonitions, delusions dreams about barzam results in the past week...

Got Lawyer?

Posted on August 31, 2009
Maybe law school and studying for the barzam came in handy after all. I had to sign my apartment lease renewal today. My lease expires today and I've been going back and forth for 3 weeks now with the idiot girl who works in the leasing office to get her to actually do the renewal paperwork so I can sign the damn thing...

What Comes Next?

Posted on August 27, 2009
I've been back at my internship for about 3 weeks now and I absolutely love it. I get along really well with all of the attorneys, paralegals, and secretaries in the department that I work in and the work that I get to do is interesting, engaging, and sometimes just downright fun...

OMG Drama!

Posted on August 25, 2009
A week before the barzam I mentioned that Trivia Boy has a huge crush on one of my friends, the rebel. While a few of us in the crew know that he's smitten for her, no one really knows if Rebel herself has any ideas about this crush. She's been wrapped up in an on again off again thing with another guy for the last 6 months or so and seems to be very preoccupied at the moment with that...

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Seems Like it Happened Only Yesterday

Posted on August 21, 2009
If we are lucky in our lifetimes we will have the privilege of knowing at least one person who touches us, inspires us, and pushes us more than any other person we've ever met before. For me that person was my ballet teacher who I had throughout middle school, high school, and college...

Rested, Relaxed, Tan, and Back to Work

Posted on August 20, 2009
I've returned from my trip to Mexico and it was fantastic. I had a great couple of days with Fashionista in Useless City for a couple of days before we headed south of the border and the week was capped off by getting some much needed rest and relaxation...

Best and Worst of 1L

Posted on August 20, 2009
As the 2009-2010 school year gets underway around the country, several other blogs have written about the topic "Best and Worst of 1L." Basically, just share your best memory and your worst memory of your 1L year- for all of you out there who have made it through the 1L battle please chime in!Worst 1L Memory...

Useless Thoughts on the Barzam

Posted on August 14, 2009
I'm still on vacation in Mexico- this is a prescheduled post to give y'all something to read over the weekend :-)It's been a little over two weeks since i took the barzam in Useless State. In the days immediately following the exam I kept feeling like I should write a final post reflecting on the whole process, but every time I sat down to write it my brain just hurt from the whole process and I ended up walking away from it...

Insomnia

Posted on August 11, 2009
This summer I've had an increasing problem with insomnia. It doesn't happen every night, but at least once a week (and sometimes more if I'm really unlucky) I have one of those nights where I'm able to sleep 3.5-4 hours and then for no reason at all I'm wide awake...

Back to School

Posted on August 11, 2009
Orientation for new students begins at Useless Law today. I really can't believe that I'm already done with law school. While I was in law school it felt like it would never end. By the end of my 1L year orientation seemed like it had happened a decade earlier...

Return to the Real World

Posted on August 04, 2009
I was a crazy crazy person when I agreed two weeks ago to return to my internship today, a mere 4 days after finishing the barzam. I had plenty of rest and fun during those 4 days off, and I was excited to go back today, but despite all of that getting up and actually getting dressed for work was brutal...

Great Summer Reads

Posted on August 02, 2009
Alright everyone, I need your help! In less than two weeks I'll be venturing to the lovely tropical paradise south of the border to soak up some sun and powdery soft white sand. I need some reading recommendations. Last summer on my beach vacation I zoomed through the first three books of the Twilight series (the fourth book hadn't come out yet)...

The Morning After

Posted on August 01, 2009
Champagne and I really don't get along very well. Champagne is that friend we all have, the one who when we're around them we do things we would never ever ever do without them. Oh champagne.Thursday night was the big barzam is over celebration with tons of people from useless law...

That's a Wrap

Posted on July 30, 2009
The two dreaded days at the end of July have come and gone, I'm still alive, and frankly those two days went waayyyy faster than I thought they would, which is a good thing. Whether or not I passed the minimum competency test to become a licensed lawyer is a big fat question mark, but the important thing is at least for now is that it is done and over, nothing but a bad and very distant memory...

We Will We Will Rock You

Posted on July 27, 2009
Dear Barzam,All of us barzamers across the nation who have spent our entire summer getting ready for tomorrow's battle are ready. Prepare to be rocked!Sincerely,BarzamersIn other news, my bar preparation today consisted of getting everything ready for tomorrow: packing snacks, lunch, making sure computer was in working order, etc...

Final Stretch

Posted on July 24, 2009
The weekend that seemed like an eternity away 2 months ago at law school graduation is now upon us: the final weekend before the bar exam. Before I started this summer I had heard from many people who had already taken this exam that the final weekend before you really need to slow down with the studying and definitely take the Monday before the exam totally off to charge up for the 2 days of exam day hell...

Up and Down and Up Some More

Posted on July 23, 2009
My summer has been full of ups and downs. Right after the total high of law school graduation I had some work drama that threw me for a loop and put me in a pretty good funk to start off bar prep. Then bar prep itself has been up and down. I go between feeling like this exam is totally manageable, minimum competency, to feeling like it is absolutely impossible and that I haven't put in enough effort, focus, or work to pass it...

Life Outside The Bar

Posted on July 22, 2009
By this time next week I will be starting the final day of summer from hell. The Lexis rep at my school told me a few months ago that finishing the bar is as close to the feeling of getting out of prison that she ever wants to experience in her life...

Bar Exam Realization

Posted on July 20, 2009
Useless Law is kind of notorious in the city because for the past few years we've had a low bar passage rate for first time takers, it usually hovers right around 65-70%. Meanwhile the higher ranked cheaper state school up the road tends to have a pass rate in the 80's...

Toxic

Posted on July 15, 2009
Ms. Fabulous and I have been studying for the bar together. While I adore her and am so glad that she is one of my friends, I came to the conclusion this afternoon that for the next two weeks I've got to cut the ties. She's been stressed from the very beginning...

Bar Exam Confidential

Posted on July 15, 2009
Shout out to Law School Ninja who blogged yesterday about the ubiquitous pre-law read, Law School Confidential. While she is at the beginning of her 3 year law journey, I had totally forgotten that there is a chapter at the very end of that book that talks about the barzam...

Secured Transactions for Dummies

Posted on July 15, 2009
After a totally gruelling day of PMBR (which I'm not entirely convinced was worth it, but I guess it's always good to have your butt kicked by hard questions so you don't get complacent) I decided that I had to buckle down and spend some quality time with Secured Transactions...

Barzam Madness

Posted on July 12, 2009
I've spent a grand total of 14 hours at Useless Law School today, and my motivation to study has finally returned thanks in part to the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack doing the trick once again. The barzam is scary close on the calendar. I have a mountain of things I still have to learn...

To Tan or Not To Tan?

Posted on July 11, 2009
Forget the Barzam for the moment, in 5 weeks I'll be relaxing with Fashionista on a beautiful white sand beach in Tulum, Mexico, with one drink in each hand. I simply cannot wait! However, seeing as how I've been cooped up inside since the end of May studying for the bar, and I'm pretty fair skinned, I look like like snowman...

Motivation Where Art Thou?

Posted on July 09, 2009
By this time 3 weeks from today I will be downtown in Useless City celebrating being DONE with the barzam with my friends. While the thought of being done in a little less than 3 short weeks is thrilling, the fact that there really isn't that much time left to study is terrifying...

Not Your Normal July Barzam Freak Out

Posted on July 03, 2009
I think I've figured out why I'm not exactly flipping out about the bar exam. It's because I'm really more scared of what comes after the bar. As much as studying sucks, and as much as I have actually missed working, the realization that in 3 short weeks there will be no more class, no more studying, no more mid afternoon coffee runs to the Starbucks across the street from Useless University with friends has really put me into a funk...

Little Blue Box

Posted on July 03, 2009
If diamonds are a girl's best friend, then the little blue box from Tiffany & Co. is the second best. After a fairly relaxing day that did not include bar exam studying I went home to my parent's. When I arrived I noticed a box hanging out on the porch, so I picked it up figuring it was something my mom had ordered and had not been home to get when UPS showed up...

The Calm Before the Storm

Posted on July 01, 2009
I just got home from a fabulous night at trivia with the crew, after a long day of trying to teach myself Wills & Trusts for the Barzam it was definitely a great relaxing break. As I sat down at my computer to check my email one last time before turning in for the night an automatic reminder popped up reminding me to pay my rent tomorrow...

Project Blog Makeover

Posted on June 29, 2009
As you can see, I've been procrastinating on my bar studies to put together a totally revamped blog design. It's finally up and running! I was growing tired of the old peach color and decided since law school is over that it was the perfect time to put together something new...

Vacation All I Ever Wanted

Posted on June 25, 2009
Post Bar Vacay HERE I COME!!!!!I've thought about a vacation after the bar exam since first year of law school. As of this morning I still didn't have any plans because BFF has been totally non-committal on the subject for the last 9 months. She promised last summer that we would absolutely do something but once January rolled around and I started doing some serious research on the options she totally backed down and kept giving me bullshit excuses as to why she couldn't discuss the possibilities or commit to anything...

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