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Awesome site for goofing around online

Posted on August 31, 2009
Mensa has a great site filled with "brain teaser" games. I had no idea! These games are keeping me company while I waste a beautiful day fretting about the mail.Check out the games by clicking here. I really liked the "hangman" type game called "Wordsense" and the awesome trivia game.

Waiting for rejection letters to arrive

Posted on August 31, 2009
I had 4 different jobs that were supposed to "let me know" by the end of the month. Today is the end of the month. I have not received telephone calls from these potential employers, which obviously means that they hired someone else.But, since my mail has been held up for a month now, I was still holding out a tiny bit of hope...

Need some advice?

Posted on August 28, 2009
The coolest/most annoying thing about having a law degree has to be that everyone seems to want free information about legal stuff. In the past week, I have given out a lot of information:1) Explaining the ins and outs of lawyers' trust accounts to a law school buddy...

Officially giving myself permission to freak out

Posted on August 28, 2009
I have had an issue with the post office not forwarding my mail since I moved in with my sister almost a month ago. First they said that there was a processing error, and they noted the date to start forwarding the mail incorrectly. That was last Thursday...

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Had a life this weekend

Posted on August 24, 2009
This weekend, I splurged and actually left the house and spent a little of my dwindling cash supply. On Friday night, the fiance' and I went to play board games at a friends house. Cost = $0On Saturday, we were treated to a Packer game to celebrate the future father-in-law's retirement...

Jobs jobs and more jobs

Posted on August 17, 2009
I just got an email that a non-profit I know is hiring in the town where I went to law school. The position is about 50% volunteer management and recruiting. This is the same thing I did with both my project assistant job in law school and in my volunteer work...

There's no place like home and I don't have one

Posted on August 15, 2009
I moved in with my sister on August 1. Into her basement to be exact. Beforehand, I idealized what this would be like, imagining taking my little nephew to the zoo and museum and parks to play. I thought my sister and I would have heart-to-heart talks over tea in the morning...

Keeping my head held high

Posted on July 21, 2009
I have been kicked in the teeth more than a few times this past couple weeks. Sometimes, it's hard to hold your head high when you feel like there is a 20 pound weight dangling from a rope around your neck. To mitigate my lack of income, I am moving into my sister's house next week...

Food stamps

Posted on July 16, 2009
The joy of food stamps. Who knew I would be getting them after law school and feel so little shame about it. Just kinda sucks that it has to be this way, but until I get a job, I need to eat. The amount of cash in my household is very very low. Looking forward to cashing in our "piggy bank" this week...

Hey, you aren't baby spinach

Posted on June 15, 2009
Dear readers:As a public service, I must tell you about an imposter in our midst. Recently, I was at the farmer's market and bought some "baby spinach." (Quotes intentional) I got it home and started cooking it to add to my already delicious pasta dish for dinner...

Still jobless

Posted on June 07, 2009
So, I didn't get that terrific job. They called after the second interview and said that they decided to hire a transfer applicant from one of their other offices. Even worse is that our career services lady mentioned in an offhand way when I saw her the next day that she knew they were going to hire the transfer person...

Interview today

Posted on May 20, 2009
I have a second interview today, at a place in my hometown, where I would really like to work. It is a place where I could really make a difference. According to the lawyers working there who attended my first interview, there is a ton of work to be done, and there will be a TON of court time...

Graduation

Posted on May 15, 2009
What else can I say right now. I had such a hectic last couple weeks:getting the public interest award from the bar,job application due dates,finally get the OK to get admitted to the bar,an interview,an exam, then a paper due the next day, then a mock hearing yesterday,And now...

LMAO

Posted on May 09, 2009
Yep, I have been feeling a little bad about not having a job, but I found this blog, which makes me feel like a million bucks in comparison to some poor saps out there.My favorite of course, is the infamous naked wizard gets tazed video, for obvious reasons.

Hilarious Celebrity Apprentice Quote

Posted on May 05, 2009
In the board room:Ivanka Trump: "These are the things that most project managers wouldn't forgo the opportunity to be a part of."Brady (former Playmate) "I didn't "forgoo" anything." Wow. This woman is an idiot. LOL!

Finally - my paralegal experience pays off

Posted on May 05, 2009
Throughout law school, I have been shocked and sometimes upset with how easily my fellow law students and potential employers have dismissed my years of paralegal experience. I worked hard at that job. I helped build a firm from the ground up. I happened to have worked for someone who trusted me and who gave me a long rope (which I sometimes attempted to wrap around my own neck out of frustration...

Still jobless. Have company.

Posted on May 04, 2009
So, update is that I am still job hunting. The good news is that:a) I am by far not the only one. Some of my smartest, most competent friends and family are still looking too, so I don't feel too inadequate because of my unemployment.2) I have an interview in my hometown for a job on Wednesday...

My own ecomonic crisis

Posted on April 25, 2009
So, I am running out of money. Fast. I knew when I started law school that my savings would be out by the middle of this school year, and that I would have to rely 100% on student loans. Then my significant other lost his job. And it has been rough...

Who knew?

Posted on March 03, 2009

The most amazing room in the Student Union

Posted on February 17, 2009
My friend is doing a panel at the law school today. And her bus lets her off at the Student Union. So I decided to study here for a while. I went upstairs and found this amazing room. Very quiet, with windows overlooking the lake, but not so many windows that its distracting...

Wide world of Apathy

Posted on January 29, 2009
Reading this blog, you might think that nothing has happened in the past 30 days, but lots of stuff has...I have just been too busy, lazy and apathetic to blog about it. I think it might be good that I am spending enough time living life that I don't have energy left to write about it...

Well well well, who do we have here

Posted on December 31, 2008
It's me! Sorry for the really really long absence, but I just got really really busy! While we were on hiatus, the following happened:The boyfriend's sister had a beautiful baby girl.I finished the semester.I took my Real Estate exam. It went OK.I took my Tax exam...

I keep getting teary-eyed about Obama's win

Posted on November 05, 2008
So, I kinda knew I would cry when Obama won the election. Actually, while I hoped he would win, I was still skeptical that we could pull it off. I think that I was a little burned out after 2 terms with the Moron. I also think that's how I kept getting dragged into phone banking and GOTV calls for him and HeadCount...

Obama's grandma passed away

Posted on November 03, 2008
Sometimes, life just isn't fair. After sacrificing for and encouraging Obama so much, his grandma died last night/early this morning.I can't imagine the terrible and strange mix of grief and anticipation for tomorrow that Barack and family must be feeling...

Justice for workers = exciting for lawyers!

Posted on October 29, 2008
Some deliverymen in New York City were getting ripped off by their employer. The guys were working tons of hours and only getting $520 per month from their employer, the Saigon Grill. Turns out that they only made about $2 an hour. They sued with the help of a public interest law organization and won a multi million dollar verdict...

So close, yet so far away!

Posted on October 20, 2008
Graduation is less than 6 months away now, but I still have a ton to do.Found out recently that I might be able to do some updating to my law review article and get it published in a different journal or even the newsletter for an organization I am in...

Going to the Motor City

Posted on October 15, 2008
So, I am going to a conference this weekend in Detroit. In a Toyota Corolla. I don't care what the motor city thinks about my foreign car. It gets damn good gas mileage.I have to laugh about how a momentary decrease in gas prices makes everyone forget that last month, that stuff was $4 a gallon or more...

New school year, new jobs, new hope?

Posted on September 23, 2008
So, I am finally quitting my legal research job to work as a project assistant for the school's volunteer lawyer/law student partnership project. I am excited for the new opportunity and because this job enables me to do something other than staple printouts...

Back on the voter registration bandwagon

Posted on September 19, 2008
So, I am getting back on the horse so to speak, and registering voters again tonight at a show here in town. I said that it was time for me to direct my energies elsewhere, but the org really needed help, and I couldn't say no.However, I am not sure how I am going to feel watching someone else do the job that I used to have...

Can I please just shut the hell up?

Posted on September 15, 2008
If I am not the one in charge, and the one in charge isn't doing a splendid job, why can't I just shut the hell up? I have no idea, but I really wish I could. It's not my fault that things might be a little screwed up, and I don't have to make sure that every damn thing I am involved in is just exactly perfect...

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