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Irrational Basis

Thoughts on preparing for the July '07 California Bar Exam, and a few notes about life in the last semester of law school

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Last Entry: February 03, 2010 at 15:31:32

Nothing like the last minute?.

Posted on September 11, 2009
Just got an email from our friends who we originally had talked to about: 1) officiating the wedding 2) making the bouquet/bouts/corsages/all flowers 3) doing all our wedding photography and turns out that N, who was going to handle #2 and #3 may not be able to make it...

Biding my time at the Cube Farm

Posted on September 02, 2009
When I first took this office manager job, the poor place was in dire need of organization. As I walked around, surveying my new kingdom, I had that feeling I used to get at my grandma’s house – the sense that nothing had ever been thrown away and no one had ever given any thought [...

Something Marvelous on Monday #2 (on Tuesday)

Posted on August 25, 2009
I wouldn’t say we’re on a “budget” for our wedding, I’d say we’re on “Cheap.” We never set an actual number, it’s just been our theory and intention to try to do everything as cheaply as possible while still making people feel comfortable and welcome and assured they will go home properly fed and pleasantly [...

Blockbuster Hit? :)

Posted on August 23, 2009
Every once in a while life happens like a scene in a movie. I remember my friend A telling me years ago about a time when her then-boyfriend-now-husband (happy 6yrs!!) took her to a quiet romantic venue and they danced in a fountain as he sang “In the Arms of the Angels” softly in her [...

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Wedding ? another fun potential recessional song?

Posted on August 22, 2009
ok, so I really HAVE made up my mind about the recessional song we’ll be using, but the other night I had a yearning for some Bart Davenport and I think his song “Euphoria” (aka “Everyone on earth is so beautiful, even you”) would also be a fun one (and unusual!) to use as you [...

more on wedding music ? recessional

Posted on August 18, 2009
There’s that moment at the end of every wedding when the officiant makes the big announcement – “I now introduce to you Mr & Mrs. SoAndSo!!” and everyone cheers and usually that’s when some fun upbeat song comes on as the happy couple and their attendants make their way back down the aisle or angels [...

Something Marvelous on Monday #1

Posted on August 17, 2009
Something I really love and appreciate is honest, straight-forward feedback on my writing. Today, that would be my legal writing. I got comments back from my mentor regarding my AOB for this last (thank God!!) case I’m working on. It’s the first time this year when one of the mentor attorneys has provided me really [...

Wedding Invites & some pics :)

Posted on August 15, 2009
So, after many many months, lots of money spent at Michaels and a lot of procrastinating, my wedding invitations finally went out to just about everybody (there are always those few stragglers you have to get addresses for! ugh!) Here they are (sorry for the blurs!) along with a picture of the house where we’re [...

Inspiration

Posted on August 14, 2009
When I was younger, probably around Jr. High age, I had this notion that, sometimes, my fingers itched. Not like the kind of external itch that a physical scratching can soothe, but an internal itching that simply wouldn’t go away until I wrote something...

Life Support

Posted on August 06, 2009
We got home from New Jersey on Sunday evening, our friend J picking us up at the airport. We had been in NJ this past week to make some almost-last-minute preparations for the wedding. We’re getting married and having our reception on the front lawn of my sexy man’s childhood home...

Playing Hooky

Posted on July 22, 2009
I’ve called in sick these past two days. I honestly am not feeling 100% – I think the combination of lack of sleep and STRESS have been the primary causes. But, I have not been too sick to get a few things done. And I have to say that these two days at home have [...

Wedding March

Posted on July 20, 2009
Taking a cue from Leen, I thought I’d share what has been the easiest part of wedding planning so far – choosing the wedding march. When I was in high school, Irish music became more well known due to the popularity of RiverDance. During this time, I – of course – went to Barnes & Noble [...

Pixar tugs at (and rips out) my heartstrings

Posted on July 18, 2009
I think most people will agree that Pixar makes some fantastic movies. Yet the only other one that has so deeply affected me as it’s most recent movie “UP” has been “Finding Nemo.” The most moving scene in Finding Nemo, to me, occurs when Marlin (the dad) and Dory are inside the whale...

The End is Near

Posted on July 18, 2009
My last opening brief (perhaps EVER) is due this Wednesday. This case has been a real kicker. There was a Batson-Wheeler motion denied during voir dire and it has caused me enormous amounts of mind-pain and anxiety. When an attorney files a B-W motion during jury selection, s/he is alleging that opposing counsel’s dismissal of [...

Struggling

Posted on July 09, 2009
Words cannot express how much I hate law right now and how much I regret spending all that money on law school and then taking on a second job just to stay in the legal field. Not only did I gain $100,000+ in debt, but I also contracted ADD (my classmates totally infected me) and [...

Almost Complete

Posted on June 26, 2009
Gorgeous wedding dress – check Shoes! – check Veil – check Hair accessories – check Petticoat – check Necklace – check ** All that’s left are earrings and undergarments!

Ya gotta love the city?.

Posted on June 24, 2009
7:30AM, I’m hustling to work, already late, breakfast in one hand, coffee in the other, still trying to wake up. Homeless (?) guy approaches me as I’m standing at a corner, waiting to cross the street. “Hey, got any change?” He asks me crassly, holding out a grubby paper cup...

?Making the Cut? Update

Posted on June 18, 2009
The only reason I’m posting this is because I have searched the internet to find out if people are REALLY getting results from this whole Jillian Michaels craze. I’m just looking for NORMAL people who are seeing changes in their body. AND, I’ve been hard-pressed to find many blogs of people who 1) actually completed [...

Math & Invitations

Posted on June 14, 2009
For the last 5 months, I’ve been developing the design for our wedding invitations and recently began putting them together. The biggest ordeal is that I didn’t buy enough paper to make all the invitations look the same. Also, it was a really stupid idea to try and put together 120 invitations, made basically “from [...

When a cold is not just a cold

Posted on June 13, 2009
My sexy man hasn’t been feeling 100% these days. He’s had a bit of a head cold – stuffy nose, sinus pressure, and, overall, feels pretty crappy. When he gets sick, it shows. He just looks miserable and, if he was dealing with a normal girlfriend, would evoke genuine empathy and nurturing from her...

Riding the ?Shredded? Bandwagon

Posted on June 12, 2009
I?ve dreamed of my wedding day ever since I was little. I?ve generally always said that the two most important things to me (apart from the groom, of course!) are 1) the dress 2) the pictures. In my dreams, I?ve always looked amazing in both. To make my dreams come true, though, I need to be [...

Hacked again.

Posted on June 12, 2009
For the second time this year, someone hacked into the credit card system used by a store I went to, and my debit card info was stolen. Even though they don’t know my passcode (yet, I’m sure), they attempted a $500 withdrawal from my bank account...

30 Days of Freedom (sort of)

Posted on June 03, 2009
Last week I turned in an opening brief for one case and filed a motion w/ext of time in my other case. I swear, you couldn’t have slapped the smile off my face or the giddiness out of my step – I had just bought myself thirty days of freedom...

A Gift?

Posted on May 30, 2009
Last fall, my sexy man and I were sitting at our little dining table with the patio door open behind us when we heard a little rustling noise and the sound of wings. We looked outside and there were two sweet grey doves walking amidst our chives and dill...

While the cat?s away???

Posted on May 28, 2009
Is it possible to get tired of trying on your wedding dress??? I don’t think so

One Day at a Time?

Posted on May 27, 2009
When I was in college, I worked part-time at a local Hallmark store. My manager Leah was a very wise woman and was sort of like a mentor to me while I was there – not just in how to rearrange shelving or take inventory, but a mentor in life stuff...

PMBR Books for Sale

Posted on May 15, 2009
I have the red and blue 2006 PMBR books if anyone wants them or knows someone who may want them. The majority of questions in the red book are unmarked (I would say at least 70% unmarked) and I would say 98% of the questions in the blue book are unmarked...

Heartbroken.

Posted on May 12, 2009
When I lived in Fresno for a short stint after college, I had a ridiculously difficult time meeting people. Thinking a church would be a good place to start, I tried getting involved with a local, young church and found a women’s bible study to join...

Money

Posted on May 07, 2009
With the amount of time I’m putting in and the lack of credit card debt (woohoo!!!) you would think that we would be getting somewhere in the saving money arena… Days like today, when I’m looking at how much having this freakin wedding will cost and how much living on the boat will cost and how [...

A good friend of mine from law

Posted on May 06, 2009
A good friend of mine from law school took the Virginia bar twice and didn’t pass. Her confidence was completely gone and she couldn’t hardly stomach the idea of taking another bar exam again. Somehow, she found the motivation and determination to take the DC bar this past February, and today she passed!!!!! [...

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