Law Students

Tranny Head is gonna be so jealous...

Posted on November 20, 2008
If you can't read the image, it says that it's 87% likely that this blog is written by a man.Hat tip to E.McPan, who is only 55% likely to be a man.Check yourself. I checked three other blogs on my blogroll, all written by women. Two it correctly identified, and it called the third 'gender neutral' at 52% male.

Geeking

Posted on November 19, 2008
Yes, I read some webcomics. I read xkcd even though, at least occasionally, the sciencey mathy ones are over my head. This leads to a Wikipedia search and education. Education is good, right?I should probably stop here. I also read a webcomic about indie kids who occasionally go off on music tirades to which I cannot relate in the slightest ...

Overheard in law school

Posted on November 18, 2008
"It is a pre-existing non-conforming dog."_____________________Context ruins everything. Long story short: A condo complex changed the rules regarding pets . . . I don't have the case cite in front of me.

Google Me

Posted on November 17, 2008
Answering the questions that bring people to my blog in another fun attempt to fulfill my NaBloPoMo quota:How to give a pirate toastAs the mother of a four year old who went as the Dread Pirate Clownfish for Halloween, I feel uniquely qualified to answer this question...

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MILP #72: Wild MILPs!

Posted on November 16, 2008
Welcome to the Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup. It is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom, A New Duck, and A Little Fish in Law School blogs. We originally rounded up just the moms in law school, but then discovered that those women eventually graduate...

Why I love my husband

Posted on November 15, 2008
Instant message conversation:Him: Hey I just took that color quiz from your blog.Him: I'm Turquoise.Him: (LINK)Me: Whoa... our dominant colors are the same....Me: Wait -- the entire text is exactly the same...Me: Wow... weirdHim: Yep... we're a match made in HTML

The hook brings you back

Posted on November 14, 2008
It doesn't matter what I saySo long as I sing with inflectionThat makes you feel that I'll conveySome inner truth of vast reflectionBut I've said nothing so farAnd I can keep it up for as long as it takesAnd it don't matter who you areIf I'm doing my job then it's your resolve that breaks* * *There is something amissI am being insincereIn fact I dont mean any of thisStill my confession draws you near"Hook" Blues Traveller_________________________________________Really? Is she going to post song lyrics once a week to fulfill her NaBloPoMo quota? Yes...

Open .:cough:. letter to my classmates

Posted on November 13, 2008
Dear everyone,.:cough:.I know that I am extremely annoying to have in class these days . . . ok, more so than usual. It started off as a polite, quiet, occasional, dry hacking sound. The last day or so it sounds more like a walrus with pneumonia. I would leave class every time a small fit erupts, but I would miss class altogether, and you know what our draconian attendance policy is like...

Behavior modification

Posted on November 12, 2008
Clownfish began laying down the law a few months ago at bed time.Nightly, he would tell me some variation of this list:Turn on TV very softly.Just watch one show and then go to bed.When you go to bed tiptoe so I don't hear you.Just do a little work in the kitchen before bed...

Class selection

Posted on November 11, 2008
It is my 3L spring: last chance. I am committed to taking a four credit tax class (hard), an three credit class with a terrific professor I have not had the opportunity to learn from yet (heard he's lots of work though), and trial practice. That's nine credits...

MILP #71

Posted on November 10, 2008
One New Duck has the round up. Back here in two weeks or so.This absolutely counts as a NaBloPoMo post for 11/10.Sweet.

Just so I can say 'I told you so' later...

Posted on November 09, 2008
. . . I really might be one of those fails the MPRE the first time she takes it.Ummm. Yeah. Cuz it wasn't pretty.Allow me to pre-empt the comments:"No, you didn't." "It's fine. Everyone feels that way.""You're being a drama queen.""When I took it I totally thought I failed but I didn't...

Li la li

Posted on November 08, 2008
I am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be, that's not unusual.No it isn't strange, after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.After changes we are more or less the same.~The Boxer, Simon and Garfunkel___________________________(This is in my head today...

Things I am learning for the MPRE this Saturday:

Posted on November 07, 2008
Client consent cannot shield an incompetent attorney. Confidences and secrets are different things. Apparently its ok to spill one of them.I am taking the exam in a state that requires me to be really ethical... like "85" ethical.If a client leaves heroin in your office after telling you its anxiety medicine, you can totally tell the cops its his heroin when you're arrested for "knowingly possessing heroin...

Thoughts on Gay Marriage I

Posted on November 06, 2008
***This could be a really long post--and I don't like to write really long posts. So I am going to break it up over several posts, and intersperse other topics in between.*** In the 1990's, when I was in teacher training, the buzz word was tolerance. Teaching tolerance was a huge movement in education...

Serious thoughts on the election...

Posted on November 04, 2008
. . . will never be found on this blog.Saturday Night Live hasn't been funny for a long time. But every few elections, they really do a good job skewering the candidates. I'll never forget Bush v. Gore and the lockbox. Lockbox. It was a good idea and good policy...

Open Letter to Hillary Clinton

Posted on November 04, 2008
Dear Hillary,John McCain just congratulated Barack Obama. He acknowledged the historic nature of the victory. He acknowledged that differences still existed, but pledged to help him go forward to face the challenges that this country faces. He thanked his supporters and his family...

Color me important II

Posted on November 03, 2008
you are lightseagreen#20B2AAYour dominant hues are green and blue. You're smart and you know it, and want to use your power to help people and relate to others. Even though you tend to battle with yourself, you solve other people's conflicts well.Your saturation level is higher than average - You know what you want, but sometimes know not to tell everyone...

MILP #70: Pre-Election Day Edition

Posted on November 02, 2008
Welcome to the Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup. It is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom, A New Duck, and A Little Fish in Law School blogs. We originally rounded up just the moms in law school, but then discovered that those women eventually graduate...

NaBloPoMo

Posted on November 01, 2008
I decided to participate in NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month). Thirty posts in thirty days. Umm, yeah I can probably do that . . . . If you participate too, I'm there as butterflyfish. "Friend me" or however that works.

Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2008
The Dread Pirate Clownfish will be out tonight. Lock up your booty and your princesses.(No that's not my kid in the background, but this is the only clip I could find with the Pablo (penguin) part.)We wear a puffy shirt and some baggy pants.... a pirate says arr...

I don't have time to engage in the mommy wars because I am too busy questioning my own choices to judge yours

Posted on October 30, 2008
I am still working on figuring out who I am and what I want. Going to law school was an enormous step for me -- I quit a career and an identity that had defined me for the better part of a decade because I was not enjoying it. It was not what I wanted to do or who I wanted to be...

Ack!

Posted on October 28, 2008
I have to choose classes this week for my final semester of law school. For many people, this is probably a happy occasion. For me, it means I have one last semester to enjoy being a student.... and I am that much closer to graduating... and the Barzam...

Charlie Brown III: Lucy is a heinous b*tch

Posted on October 28, 2008
This job was a clerkship.I didn't get it.I'm kinda over it at this point, but I did promise to follow up on my Charlie Brown arc. So there it is. Lucy pulled the football again, and I'm lying on my back in the autumn leaves.And like him, I'll pick myself up and try it again at the next opportunity...

... and we're back

Posted on October 27, 2008
Me: What was that?Bullshark: Maybe an opossum?Me: No, too big and grey. A wolf?BS: No wolves around here. Coyote?Me: Yeah probably a coyote. Good call.. . .Me: Did we just play 'name that road kill'?BS: Yep, I guess we did.Me: Huh. I'll bet people will be expecting a better post about my anniversary weekend, but I think that about covers it.

MILP #69

Posted on October 27, 2008
PT Lawmom rounded up. Back here next week.Also, I just watched the movie The Departed. Haven't enjoyed a mob movie that much since Goodfellas.

Finally

Posted on October 23, 2008
Meme answers are finally posted in the comments.Jeez this is the last time I do something this involved.Also, I'm outta here for the weekend.

MILP Roundup #68

Posted on October 20, 2008
One New Duck has the round up.Now a note from this blog's author:For the folks who commented in the meme of Friday, 10/17, my response should appear in the comments by Wednesday. Sorry for the delay. Be excellent to eachother.

Ten

Posted on October 18, 2008
Married ten years today. Ten years. Ten! . . . which of course falls on a Reserve weekend.*So instead, the Dread Pirate Clownfish and I went to a Renaissance festival today. It was really geared toward kids, and his costume got him quite a bit of attention...

Talking about Roe

Posted on October 17, 2008
Professor: So, when would you say your life began? When would you say you became the person--the human--that you are?Me: About age 30.

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