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Mice at Play

Posted on September 22, 2008
This weekend TF was out in Vegas with his brother for his batchelor weekend. Also gone were many of his fellow trainers, off to get their RKC certification. Meaning there was a large group of girls whose boyfriends were out of town. I dubbed it the ?When the Cat?s Away Weekend...

Uff, Ow

Posted on August 30, 2008
Yesterday I fell off the exercise equipment at the gym. Yes I did. It was the ARC Trainer and it was moving, so that's good I guess. But it wasn't like a little stumble like when you sometimes get caught up watching a tv on the treadmill and you trip on yourself...

I am the law!

Posted on August 07, 2008
Am I late on picking up on this?Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Is 'Totally Badass'

?And One to Go

Posted on July 30, 2008
Dear MBE,We are officially broken up. I?m sick of your mind games and the way you treat me. I work and work and work my fingers to the bone and still it?s never good enough for you. Well, I don?t need you in my life anymore. So here is your Statute of Frauds back...

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One Day Down

Posted on July 29, 2008
Even though today was a half-day it was still brutal. First of all, I?m taking it on my computer. There?s only two locations in the state that allow computers, so we?re in this massive Exhibition Hall. I kinda feel they probably show tractors or something in it when we?re not taking bar exams in there...

It'll Only Hurt for a Minute

Posted on July 28, 2008
Good luck to everyone taking the bar tomorrow! I'm safely holed away in my hotel room, after a stressful weekend of not having my admissions ticket (have it now!), almost getting on the wrong plane (didn't!), getting here and settling in (...am?).I've only stayed in a hotel by myself twice before (callback interview and all-attorney firm weekend), but never for three nights...

I Know Why the Caged Bird Spends So Much Time on Facebook

Posted on June 03, 2008
If it?s not been painfully clear by now, I am deep in bar study hell. And what fluctuates between more hellish and a mild reprieve from pangs of death by bar is that I am doing it alone in my room with an iPod. That means that every morning I get up, make coffee and sit at my breakfast room table with an iPod and the 40 lbs of books that BarBri sent me...

Would you look at him? Sittin' there with his hooter scrapin' away at that book!*

Posted on May 31, 2008
K did a little list of books and out of curiosity, I did it for myself. Bold for the ones I've read, underlined for the ones I read for school, italics for the ones I never finished. Also copying K, I bolded and underlined the ones I read for school but then re-read (or, actually read) for myself...

Fun With MadLibs

Posted on May 30, 2008
Today I went to the BARBRI. It was sooo BARBRI. I saw my friend BARBRI as I was BARBRIing the BARBRIs at the BARBRI. I said, ?Hey, BARBRI, what are you doing here at the BARBRI?? He said, ?What else would I be BARBRIing? I?m a BARBRIing BARBRI BARBRI who BARBRIs BARBRI BARBRI, BARBRI...

The Robo-Boogie

Posted on May 06, 2008
Yesterday I took at kickboxing class at the gym. I think it was called something like ?I WILL KEEL YOU! I WILL KEEL YOU DEAD!? I figured it would be hard. I didn?t figure that I would throw up a bit in my mouth. So this morning I had to waddle to the doctor?s office to have him look at my sore throat...

What do you mean, you didn't like Atlas Shrugged?

Posted on April 07, 2008
Not only does this make me feel better about judging people by the books they read, it also makes me feel better for hating the shitty writing of Ayn Rand, something I always felt like I had to hide from my college friends.

A Dingo Ate My Baby

Posted on March 27, 2008
YO!I am back from Australia. I am still very tired even though I have to sit here and try to get some work done.I would tell you how it all went, but my sister is doing a much better job over at her blog (multiple paragraphs! For shiz!). I took a buttload of pictures (buttload = approx...

Pictures of You

Posted on February 25, 2008
My graduation present came last week and it's my favorite new toy. I hearts it so much. So this is just an excuse to post some puppy pictures. And to show my parents where their money is going! Click pics for biggers. Also, I realize the focus in the bottom two isn't quite on, but I'm working on it...

Popular, You're Gonna Be Popular.

Posted on February 18, 2008
Awesome: The IT Crowd is coming to America. Also Awesome: Richard Ayoade is coming with it. I talked about this show a long time ago (Sorry, I think the video link is dead.) and what I saw of Season 2 was just as funny if not funnier. They better not make it stupid...

A West Indian Man

Posted on February 11, 2008
TF?s Valentine?s Day present came today. As I was riding up in the elevator, I noticed that above his name and address the envelope said ?A West Indian Man.? TF is not, by the way, a West Indian man. Even if he were, I?m not sure why that would be on an address label...

It's not the 50s anymore, Frank. The kids aren't bopping anymore.

Posted on February 03, 2008
I am surely due for an update. If only I had interesting things to tell you, but mostly it?s me just keeping my head above water. To wit: yesterday I asked TF, offhandedly, that if he happens upon my glasses let me know because I can?t find them...

Just Too White and Nerdy

Posted on January 06, 2008
I wish I had great stories to tell you of the holidays. But I do not. They came and went completely uneventfully. Yesterday, I took down my tree *sniff sniff* and all that's left is an empty corner of my living room. If that's not bad enough, classes start up tomorrow...

Tis The Season

Posted on December 18, 2007
To fall on your ass. I happened to take my trip on Saturday, on the way to a holiday party. No, strike that. On the way IN to a holiday party. So, you know, no time for anything to dry, black bits of street grime accenting my newly matted hair. So hot...

PUNCHED! FULL RECOVERY!

Posted on December 03, 2007
Did you see that SNL short where Andy Samburg punches people in the face and then celebrates with a happy dance? I believe it was called, appropriately, People Getting Punched Just Before Eating?Well, appropriately or not, that's the dance I did when I got my MPRE results...

Overheard On My Block

Posted on November 19, 2007
Tourist Lady #1, shouting into cellphone: Everyone here has herpes!Tourist Lady #2, shouting over TL#1's shoulder into same cellphone: There's a whoooooole lotta herpes in this city!

Oh, really? Wow, I didn't even know they made ethics rules for that.

Posted on November 03, 2007
Everyone seems to be blogging about the MPRE. So here is mine: (1) It sucked. (2) No, really.It was surprisingly hard. I only did self-studying for the exam, but that?s pretty much how I?ve always studied for tests like this and I?ve always done really well...

Don't Ask Me About Shoes

Posted on November 01, 2007
I think one of the reasons I don?t post so very regularly here can be best understood through the following story (if you can call it that): Yesterday was Halloween. I wore a t-shirt and jeans. I was at school for 12 hours. While my building was having its Halloween party, I was at my second of three meetings of the night...

An Open Letter to The 1Ls Who Walk Slowly and In Groups Five People Wide

Posted on October 16, 2007
Dear Assholes,Look, I understand. Law school is like, hard and stuff. And the weight of the world (and impending exams) must rest heavily on those wee shoulders. Not to mention the 50 lbs of books you carry around.* It must make every step a feat of strength, what with all that new knowledge building up in your little, weary head...

G as in Jesus

Posted on October 08, 2007
Ahhhh.That?s me floating around on my post-Wes Anderson happiness cloud.The Darjeeling Limited is out and you kinda have to go see it, like, right now. It?s so pretty and lovely and of the 91 minutes, there are at least 85 of Adrian Brody pouting and that in itself is a great movie...

More than Meets the Eye

Posted on September 22, 2007
In case you were wondering, I will not be clerking next year. This is a good thing, as the process nearly cost me my fiancé. I?m not exaggerating and I?m not going to go into detail about a deeply personal relationship issue. So let me say simply that I?m happy it?s all over, excited to grow up a little bit and settle down...

Hey Hermano!

Posted on September 12, 2007
I'm off for my birthday vacation tomorrow. This is not a post apologizing or warning for the service interruption, because , well... duh, I think you know who you're talking to.Anyway, it will be flights #1 and 2 of the 5 flights I have this month (the sixth being on Oct...

Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dee

Posted on August 25, 2007
My father is right. I have been back from Ireland for DAYS now and have reported nothing. Day One was spent in the airport back to Chicago, marking my 7th flight in less than a month. I was very tired. And then I got sick. I noted to myself a long time ago that since going vegan, I have enjoyed very good health...

Everyone Loves an Irish Girl

Posted on August 11, 2007
My fortune cookie tonight saidNext week, green is a lucky color for you.And with that - I'm off to Ireland! So no posting for awhile (hahaha, like I post!). Will be back middle of next week.

You know when I'’m down to just my socks it's time for business

Posted on August 09, 2007
Some updates:1. I'm in my final days of being a summer associate. I am extremely tired. I'm not complaining because it's pretty much the sweetest gig on the whole planet, but I am tired. I think this has a lot to do with the research I agreed to do for a professor...

Fat Girl in a Little Suit, Fat Girl in a Little Suu-uuuit

Posted on July 30, 2007
A button popped off my jacket today as I sat at my desk.This is obviously the result of a design flaw and not my zaftig summer tum. Right? Right.Damn you Anne Klein!(and damn you too, pasta.)

What Smells like Burning? Part II

Posted on July 26, 2007
A) DowntownB) My laptopC) MeAnswer: All of the above. Yes, my downtown exploded yesterday. It was kind of scary, watching it from my window. Flamingdebris would fly into the air and land on cars which would subsequently catch on fire. Giantfireballs shooting into the sky...

Is This a Test?

Posted on July 17, 2007
I'm testing the Mail-to-Blogger feature by way of this post. I'm doing so because my computer had a hissy fit last night to end all hissy fits. It shut itself down and I couldn't turn it back on. Crap crap crap crap crap. All I can think about are the hundreds and hundreds of files on mycomputer that aren't backed up and that I am at risk of losing...

While I'm Here...

Posted on July 12, 2007
I figured I check my stats, since I rarely post and rarely assume people are still reading. (Hi! Sorry!)While I still get about 10% of my monthly visitors for people looking for neutra rats (see sidebar on figgy pudding if you're new to the neutra rat saga), I got what's one of my favorite random googles to date...

Whycome You Don't Got No Tattoo?

Posted on July 12, 2007
You know how you've got your ipod on shuffle in the background and all of a sudden you find yourself thinking "This song is really good, why haven't I heard it before?" And turns out its been sitting in your list (if you're nerdy like me, you have a playlist of just the unheard songs in your itunes...

Fashion. Turn to the Left. Fashion. Turn to the Right.

Posted on July 06, 2007
Gautier?s Fall collection was my favorite of the Paris shows. The suits, the gold, the boots? Hot. Jodhpurs, though, are everywhere and growing old (I?m looking at you, Givenchy). I don?t get them and I won?t be wearing them. Do you hear me? I am not Katherine Hepburn, and you will not convince me otherwise! Armani Prive was a very close second, though...

You Gotta Roll With It

Posted on June 28, 2007
It?s official. I?m spilling out of my clothes. Like, to the floor. The official Summer Associate, Summer Fatass Weight Gain, at the halfway mark, is 6 pounds. SIX POUNDS! It?s embarrassing and uncomfortable and makes me feel bad about myself. Like, that I lack willpower...

Your Daily Dose of Awesome

Posted on June 22, 2007
I thought about what to post for your Daily Dose of Awesome (which, yes, would be more aptly name Your Sometimes Semi-Monthly Dose of Awesome When I Remember It, but my blog my rules).First I wanted to post Paul Potts. Because he's everything I ever hoped for all those little fat, awkward weird kids I've know...

Let's Hear it For Sunshowers

Posted on June 14, 2007
Helwo? So? sorry. It?s been busy. Like, really busy. Work, and after work, and journal stuff and traveling back home all the time and that part where I accidentially agreed to do research for a prof because I AM STUPID (and also, he?s the kind of prof you just can?t say no to and also I?m getting a lot of credit, but mostly because I am STUPID)...

Your Daily Dose of Awesome

Posted on May 23, 2007

Excitement

Posted on May 06, 2007
(actually, I don't know anything about this one, I just like soccer movies cuz they're purty. It's the Beautiful Game people!)

One, Shut up. And two, shut up.

Posted on May 03, 2007
Twice, TWICE, I had to go stomping over to a study room in the library and slam the door shut because people were chatting up a friggin storm while I was trying to take a FINAL EXAM.What.The.Hell.Normally, I can handle people and their little convos at the library, especially around the large tables where, naturally, people study together...