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Posted on July 09, 2009This is my 637th post at Legally Blonde Ambition. I've been here for awhile- my archives tell me I started on February 27, 2007. That is a lot of words, a lot of milestones & a lot of rambling. I've grown up since then, my life has changed and evolved...
End Scene
Posted on July 08, 2009This evening BISMOW was late at work & I had invited my close male friend over. By "close" of course I mean in a platonic way - he is good friends with BISMOW and he and I have been remiss of a good, long chat. We were able to talk about many things before parting ways (although I realized we sat rather formally at the opposite ends of my long table) but the funniest part was at the beginning of the evening...
I Ain't Seen Sunshine Since I Don't Know When
Posted on July 06, 2009Today was one of those days. The day where I wasn't that busy, where the office was eerily quiet in a post-holiday-weekend kind of way and I felt it. I felt this sad ache, where I missed the buzz of litigation. I missed the (crazy) client phone calls, the buzz in the office, the scanning of the schedule to make sure that I'd taken care of what needed to be done for the next court call, the next motion argument, the next trial...
A 4th of July Message From Baby Z
Posted on July 05, 2009Baby Z is perplexed as to why lawyers freak out so much about things like "bar exams" and "character and fitness" and "long handwritten exams on constitutional law." He thinks lawyers should relax a little bit more. He thinks certain lawyers should visit him more but he isn't pointing fingers...
4th Of July For Lawyers
Posted on July 04, 2009For most the country the fourth of July means barbeque's and hotdogs and fireworks and sunburns. For the unlucky few taking the bar exam, it is The Weekend. The Weekend that you have to stop screwing around (if you haven't been taking it all that seriously) or the weekend that you have your nervous breakdown (because you've been taking it way too seriously) and suddenly it hits you...
Back Again
Posted on July 01, 2009I apologize profusely for the long, long hiatus from the blog. Somehow The Move morphed into THE MOVE and my computer was tucked away and then when I found it (Surprise!!) I had no home internet. That situation was remedied moments ago and now I have super crazy oh my goodness fast internet that takes my breath away...
A Bar-Related Giveaway!
Posted on June 21, 2009Yes, it is true. I'm holding my very own, very first blog give-away. Now this give-away might not be exciting for all of you, but for those of you studying for the bar (or in future summers) this might be just what you need. I have, in my possession, one pack of the PMBR lecture CD's...
Moving On
Posted on June 17, 2009At the rate we are moving we should be into the new place by Christmas. Which is difficult considering I need to schedule a walk through and key hand over on my old apartment for sometime next week. A total conundrum I tell you. I suppose we could move faster but with the elevator not being legal to use (read: elevator works but doesn't have an emergency call button up & running and therefore it is about a $600 fine for using it) and the massive amount of books both BISMOW and I own, we keep bringing over winter clothes and random assortments of oven mitts as though somehow, miraculously, the books will lug themselves up the stairs...
New Digs
Posted on June 15, 2009In an effort to not talk about the fact that I spent all day yesterday not eating (doctors orders) and how I subsequently spent my morning under sedation having lots of photos taken of my insides I'm instead going to talk about my shiny new house we started paying for today...
Fat Something
Posted on June 12, 2009Right. Fat Baby Friday. I know, I know. Unfortunately my evil step-mother (just kidding, my parents have been happily married for 30 years) has not sent me any photos of my adorable little guy and neither has the sibling unit/parent of my adorable little guy and that leaves me Fat Baby Friday photo-less...
Things I Learned
Posted on June 11, 2009If you are on the phone chatting while climbing down from a step ladder, stepping backwards with all your weight and stepping on the 2" edge of a Le Creuset cast iron baking dish with the arch of your foot is an incredibly painful experience. One that will cause you to painfully moan/moo like a cow whilst on the phone...
Did Anyone Ask Your Opinion?
Posted on June 10, 2009Behold, my Save-The-Dates: Of course mine don't look exactly like that because I changed the font, did thermography instead of flat print, only used chocolate brown ink, changed the envelope liner to chocolate brown, put in my own information, took out the palm tree, added a fleur-de-lis on the 3rd page, and did not write a cutesy note to my guests...
The Bar Exam Continued: Daisy's Strategy
Posted on June 09, 2009I wish I'd followed all of my own advice when I took the bar exam. I took more of a foolish "OHMYGOODNESSI'MNEVERGOINGTOPASS" approach that led to a lot of compulsive outlining, reading & pacing in my living room and eating far too many cupcakes. Live and learn, eh? Some things though I think I did a great job on...
The Bar Exam: Revisited
Posted on June 04, 2009I don't know if I'm mentally strong enough to go back to The Bar Exam (Also known as The Plague, The Badness, The Horrible Thing of Which We Don't Speak, It Which Must Not Be Named, and also, why is it named after a magical location that serves elixers of the Gods that you can no longer frequent due to studying for it?) but I'm going to try...
If Wishes Were Horses
Posted on June 03, 2009BISMOW & I bought a lottery ticket this past weekend. After a stroke of good luck we decided to push that luck a little further and we purchased a ticket. We had a fun time discussing what we would do- and what we wouldn't do- with such a sudden windfall of money...
Roger, Roger
Posted on June 02, 2009I'm going to divert from the usual fodder here and turn to a recent event I'm sure you've heard about- the missing Air France plane that is presumed to be in pieces in the Atlantic Ocean. Some of you might know this but my Dad, Papa Duke is what we call an "experienced aviator...
Library
Posted on June 01, 2009Awhile ago we had a book club here at Legally Blonde Ambition. It was fun. We read neat books! Everyone (seemed) to enjoy it. And then, like many good intentions, it fell by the wayside. I'd love to get it going again but I realize that perhaps I should start slowly...
In The Next 365 Days
Posted on May 31, 2009- I'm going to become Mrs. Bismow and Bismow will become The Hubs - I'm going to have my first "real" house (with BISMOW) with a guest bedroom - I'm going to let the summer bar exam go by without any stress - I'm going to make it to New Orleans & show BISMOW my old haunts - I'm not going to spend the summer searching for a job- I'm going to celebrate my nephew's first Christmas & first birthday - I'm going to attend five weddings of family & friends - I'm going to watch some of my best friends start their medical residencies - I'm going to go to Los Angeles & visit Overflowing Brain & Dr...
FBF, A Year In Review
Posted on May 29, 2009Baby Z wants to help me go over what's happened in the past year.... he's pretty excited about Titi Daisy's upcoming birthday, even if he is too young to partake in the cake & champagne. Needless to say 25 was a big year. In addition to be that quarter of a century marker, it was kicked off by my first day of Saturday Bar/Bri- no rest for the weary I suppose...
We Interrupt This Program For a Comment
Posted on May 28, 2009Oh was I ever amused & tickled by your various comments on my last post. In fact, I'm often tickled & amused by your comments- so much so that I often want to reply back. But then I'm not sure...should I comment in the comments beneath yours? Or are you like me and often don't go back and scroll through comments on another persons blog because, I don't know, you have a life? Or should I edit the post to add a "post script" or is it easier to just start the NEXT post out with comments on the comments...
Going To The Chapel
Posted on May 27, 2009I know some of you are not all that interested in wedding updates. Those "some of you" are same ones who roll your eyes when I post yet ANOTHER photo of Baby Z. I'm sorry but who can resist this kind of striped cuteness: But alas this isn't a Baby Z post but a wedding post...
Fat (Baby) Tuesday
Posted on May 26, 2009To make up for my lack of Baby Z photos last Friday I'll give you some today on an unofficial Fat (Baby) Tuesday. I must say I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the bloggers you'd like to meet and y'all even introduced me to some bloggers I'd never stumbled across...
Memorial Day Monday
Posted on May 25, 2009"Four score & seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty & dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure...
Oh Hi. Is This Thing On?
Posted on May 21, 2009It is almost Memorial Day Weekend, it is almost my birthday, Chicago (finally!) got warm and um, yeah. BISMOW & I sign the lease on our fabulous shiny new house next week. Less than 5 months to my wedding. The Red Wings lead the Blackhawks 2-0 in the Western Conference Finals...
Tulane University: The Katrina Class
Posted on May 19, 2009My first week at Tulane was the week of September 11, 2001.My first week of law school was Hurricane Katrina in 2005.Needless to say I'm pretty awesome at attending the first few weeks of classes in a zombie-like state.It wasn't awesome to get this email from the Dean my first week of law school: In reviewing the College of Law records we determined that you eitherattended college in the region affected by Hurricane Katrina or may havelived in that area and/or have family that lived in that area...
Friday In Photos
Posted on May 15, 2009I have been informed my brother (along with the Namby Pamby) is very worried about having an obese child and is already researching homemade baby foods & putting the kabosh on sugary snacks. (Seeing as how Baby Z is only 3 months & exclusively on a dairy-diet old I keep telling him he needn't think about this for a few more months at least...
A Few of My Favorite Things
Posted on May 13, 2009BISMOW & I got a thumbs up/approval on our very own first home together. Of course anything could happen between our signature on the paper and a set of keys, but so far it is looking good. The new place has 1300 square feet of goodness and of course as a woman my mind has slipped to home decor...
Exile
Posted on May 12, 2009Have you ever walked away from work with a sinking feeling that you are the weakest link? That people like you but that secretly you are creating more work for everyone? That truth be told they are not sure how happy they that you are on the team? Today I was scheduled to work from home which was supposed to be glorious- productive, in my comfy clothes & a few extra minutes of sleep before hitting the deck...
I Heart Hockey
Posted on May 11, 2009Tonight I'm going to the Blackhawks game with my one & only Dysfunction Junction (hereinafter DJ). I won't lie, my heart always lies with the Detroit Red Wings but when I need a second team to love it is the Chicago Blackhawks. Please don't remind me they might be playing for the Western Conference Championship because the thought of it makes me stick my fingers in my ears, close my eyes and go "neeener neeeener neeeener I can't heeeaaar you" while twirling in circles...
Things You Never Knew You Never Knew
Posted on May 10, 2009I haven't over-shared with The Internet People in a long time so I figured I could scrape up some fun-facts and give you a glimpse into my inner psyche. Or my inner crazy. However you label such things. 1. I have pudgy fingers. I have tiny little hands with pudgy fingers...
My Friend. She Has a Blog!
Posted on May 07, 2009A friend of mine, we'll call her Lindsey, has a new blog. Actually we can call her Lindsey because unlike ahem, some of us she isn't anonymous. Whatever I say! Whatever. Don't come crying to me asking me to pick up the pieces of your hacked up body after some crazy stalker finds you and hunts you down...
Blame It On That Woman
Posted on May 06, 2009Because Jillian Michaels is evil and she won't let me "phone in" my work-out, I'm phoning in this blog post. I'm sorry guys. Don't take it personally. That and there is some sort of ridiculous rain storm with lightening outside and I had a simultaneous thought of "Hmm I should probably unplug my computer" followed by "And perhaps take my left foot off the metal trashcan, my right foot off the metal doorknob & the possibly soon to be fried laptop off my (slightly) sweaty lap...
I Can Barely Move (But I'm Ready to Move)
Posted on May 05, 2009Let me just say that any sort of movement requiring muscle is painful for me right now. I CAN FEEEELLLLLL THE BURN. And so I'm just popping in to say that perhaps, maybe, I'm not sure but fingers crossed, we found a fabulous place to live. That said it has some hoops to jump through (Hoop # 1: Convincing BISMOW we must have it right now) and really, until my check is cashed, I've signed on the dotted line & have a set of keys in my hand, I'm not holding my breath...
Working On My Fitness
Posted on May 04, 2009Apparently when you get married you have to wear the least flattering color ever in front of your family and friends. With netting sticking out of your head & bare arms.Who knew? And while I'm by no means gigantic or Titanic-sized, the last year of law school and the bar exam were killer on my health & body...
Dear Namby Pamby, Attorney-At-Scum
Posted on May 01, 2009Dear Namby Pamby, Attorney-At-Scum: We present you with Fat Baby Friday. Ms. Duke has received your cease & desist letter and most politely and charmingly informs you to "buzz off" followed by a hair flip. After the flip she then says in a nice drawl, "We'll see you in court" ...
Stuck In A Rut
Posted on April 30, 2009This is it guys. I'm not even married yet and I'm stuck in a "What's for dinner?" rut. We have our go-to recipes: healthy Mexican, homemade pasta sauce, red beans & rice, pork tenderloin & grilled chicken. The meat dishes are served with steamed or sauteed veggies & sweet potato something (baked...
Safety First
Posted on April 28, 2009(Why yes I did notice a cease & desist letter from the one & only Mr. Namby Pamby Attorney At Law, and yes, I'll be responding shortly. Muahahaha. ) A few weeks ago I suggested a genius blog-tweet-meet up. This of course was a brilliant idea that would blossom life long friendships & rainbows and butterflies...
The Value of Time. And Space.
Posted on April 27, 2009With all of the traveling & parents in town & new job starting some things slipped by the wayside. One such thing was laundry. This weekend, BISMOW and I found ourselves staring at a combined 6ish loads of laundry. We resigned ourselves to an evening of spaghetti, Food Network & laundry and slowly hauled all of it down to the community laundry room in my building...
Fat Baby Friday....24 Hours Late
Posted on April 25, 2009I apologize for the chirping crickets around these parts. I appreciate all your advice & will keep you updated on the Daycare That Holds The Children of Satan. I've also been playing around with the time I leave for work so as to get out earlier thus avoiding the traffic-y (is that a word?) drive home and my schedule has been a wee bit crazy as a result...
This Means War
Posted on April 21, 2009I live on a small, one way residential street. Like everywhere else in the City of Chicago, parking is at a premium. People will rip bumpers off their car to beat another into a spot. There is a motto around here and it goes something like "Learn to parallel park or get out of my way b*tch"...
Delete!
Posted on April 20, 2009First, I would like to promise Anonymous that I did not delete your comment! Mostly because when I switched back to the blogger-comment platform (from Haloscan) I forgot how to delete comments. I don't even know if I can delete comments. I have however noticed some wonky things going on with my comments (like readers getting messages saying they can't comment on my blog which is most certainly not true) so I wouldn't be surprised if The Internet ate your comment for dinner...
Weekend Wrap-Up
Posted on April 19, 2009My parents have been in town and the weather has oscillated between glorious and horrific and all in all we've had a lovely time. My Mother & I ordered Save-The-Date's for the wedding while the men-folk (BISMOW & Papa Duke) spent some time at the boat yard doing who knows what with copper paint & wax & sails...
Sometimes Inspiration Hits
Posted on April 15, 2009Often when you write a post you think to yourself, "Self- this post is brilliant! Those readers will come out of the woodwork!" Then of course you get crickets chirping. Nada. Other times you write a post about LIFE and IMPORTANT STUFF and in the middle of it you mention you like pudding and suddenly you get all these comments about pudding and you think...
Cheezburger
Posted on April 14, 2009Today on Twitter the Yat Pundit and myself discussed the nation's best burger. He and I heartily agreed on the burger that falls in second place - Port of Call in New Orleans...but we also heartily disagreed on the burger that falls in first place. My vote? Easy, a double-double animal style from In-N-Out (tragically it is only found on the West Coast), but the Yat's vote was for a delectable bite from Bud's Broiler (also in New Orleans)...
The One Where I'm Stabby & Angry & Then I Cease to Breathe
Posted on April 13, 2009(Oh yeah. Before we get going, the first day at work was fine. Rainbows & unicorns.) Before I left for Utah whenever I went out there about a week ago, Bank of America charged me an overdraft fee that I disagreed with vehemently. Irate I went into a banking location & set up overdraft protection that was hooked to my meager savings account...
Etiquette
Posted on April 10, 2009For the first time since the big engagement, BISMOW & I are traveling back to his old stomping ground in Michigan. We are staying at his parents and while they are dear, dear people his Mother has a padded/cushioned toilet seat and that is all I have to say about that...
Um. What?
Posted on April 09, 2009Ahem. Dear readers. My last post was for charity. And all it required was a comment. (Namby Pamby? Grace? Artful Blogger? I'm looking at you.) So I'm now I'm just going to not post until I get some more comments. Not because I'm a comment-whore but because it is for charity and it is coming out of my pocket...
What Goes Around Comes Around
Posted on April 09, 2009Wow. I gave y'all some time & to say that I'm overwhelmed with both your charities and the help we are giving would be an understatement. The votes were fairly close & I'm going to round up and give both The Liz Logelin Foundation and The Anti-Cruelty Society $25 donations...
For A Good Cause
Posted on April 07, 2009I've always been a big fan of supporting charities. Certainly there are many out there, and we all probably have one or two or five that hit close to home. I'd much rather write a check to a charity than to the government or my electric company, and I try to remember to give a bit each year...
Learning Curve
Posted on April 06, 2009Things I Learned While On Vacation - Finding the coffee section in a grocery store in Utah is very very difficult. Mostly because the coffee section in a Utah grocery store is about the same size as the Ethiopian food section in your grocery store.- Finding the wine section of the grocery store in Utah is downright impossible...
Ohh-La-La
Posted on April 01, 2009I'm home-ward bound! Excited for April (the new job and of course the Month of the Alleged Lady, followed closely by none-other than the MOD or Month of Daisy) and hoping that upon my return Chicago has finally warmed up. And I shall close with a recipe for some of the simplest yet tastiest barbecue sauce you have ever had...
I Should Have Listened To The Internet People
Posted on March 31, 2009Today I heard back from the company I interviewed with last week. I was nervous when their number popped up on my caller id as I knew they had interviewed quite a few candidates after me. I was pretty sure I was one of the least qualified candidates who interviewed, at least on the number of years practicing...
Hollywood
Posted on March 31, 2009I fully admit that at least half of the movies on your "must see" or "favorite" list I haven't seen. Even if you roll your eyes and deem it a classic and tell me how you've watched it 100,000 times, every single weekend in college, anytime it comes on television you stop and must...
Minding Our Pennies
Posted on March 30, 2009I think this has been a topic of discussion around these parts before, but with today's economy it never hurts to come back to it....... the topic being what we do to save money. As my unemployment drags on, I find myself cutting out more things (no more pedicures! goodbye to delivery food!) and looking for more ways to make a dollar last...
In The Nick of Time
Posted on March 28, 2009Fat Baby Friday!! Someone found their hands this week...way to go Baby Z! And then he quietly modeled his latest pair of pants that come with a little monkey in the pocket. If only grown-up clothes were so cool.
Color Blind
Posted on March 27, 2009A recent conversation bewteen myself and my Crazypants Grandma: Daisy: So Grandma, I wanted to let you know that for the wedding, most people are going to wear fall colors. Mom said you wanted to wear something that would like nice in the family pictures...
Letters
Posted on March 26, 2009Last night and today I worked on forms, paperwork and letters regarding my employment and money or lack thereof. I am trying to see if I am eligible for some assistance with some old medical bills in addition to deferring my loans because right now I am unable to make the payments...
Like A Bloodhound
Posted on March 25, 2009Among other traits, I have an incredibly keen sense of smell. Hearing, pffft I'll probably be deaf by the time I am 50- but smell? I can smell just about anything. If BISMOW is cooking I can tell what brand of hot sauce he is using from the other room...
And Then I Cried
Posted on March 23, 2009I hope everyone had a lovely first weekend of Spring! Mine was certainly busy busy busy- so busy in fact that I forgot about a photo for Fat Baby Friday. Have no fear ~ and adorable photo of Baby Z arrived in my in-box along with another extra special delivery...
This That & The Other
Posted on March 19, 2009First thing first, Dr. Slappy (husband of Katie at Overflowing Brain) got his residency match today and they are happily moving back to Los Angeles! In the same vein, two of my closest friends from college matched together at the same hospital (and residency program) in New Orleans, which makes them and their friends very very happy...
Stolen Lines # 3
Posted on March 18, 2009There's something that I've been thinking about and wondering about and I'm very curious: am I the only one who knows?* A "kosher" dill pickle is not kosher in the sense that it has been prepared under rabbinical supervision, which would ensure that no non-kosher ingredients were used, and that no utensil in contact with the pickles had ever been in contact with food that was not kosher...
There Isn't Much To Say
Posted on March 17, 2009Other than the fact that I really, really need to find a job. I'm not going to bore you with details or whining or my current state of freaking out, but seriously. I need a job. I'm willing to do the rain-dance. Or the job-dance. Or the what-have you dance...
This Post Was Way Cooler In My Head
Posted on March 16, 2009The part of blogging that I didn't realize was part of blogging until I started blogging was that you look at things in your life as blog fodder. I find myself constantly rating situations, parties, conversations in many ways. BISMOW being excited not about the great deal on our honeymoon but instead the king sized bed? Ehhh, mildly funny...
Pizza Pizza!
Posted on March 15, 2009I love home-made pizza. We made it a lot growing up, and my Mother would split the pizza into quarters to "decorate" as we pleased. Her quarter was piled high with sauteed veggies and the dreaded olive (one of which always hid under the cheese and sneaked over to my quarter) my Dad was a pepperoni and ham guy, Bubba was solely pepperoni and I always did extra cheese with one pepperoni in the middle...
Fat Baby Friday
Posted on March 13, 2009Who has the best blog readers ever? I do, I do! Thank you so much for stopping by http://marys-brain-cancer.blogspot.com/ and leaving all those kind comments. Y'all even made Mary cry (good tears not bad ones) with your sweet thoughts & even sweeter favorite ice cream flavors...
The Power of The Internet People
Posted on March 12, 2009So I know I'm pretty lucky over here with my super-supportive fabulous readers. You all supported me during The Studying Of The Bar Exam and then cheered when I passed said bar exam. You were excited when I got my job and indignant when I was laid off...
A Play, In One Act
Posted on March 11, 2009It is a unseasonably warm March night in Chicago, albeit a rainy one. The scene unfolds in a small vintage apartment with cheery hardwood floors & a young couple. The gentlemen watches ESPN. The lady is seen in the kitchen. (Surrounded by a blender, a food processor, cookie sheets, an Oktoberfest mug from Munich and various other small appliances, she searches, frantically...
Titi Daisy & Other Tidbits
Posted on March 10, 2009Last night after about 4 hours of delay I finally made it home. And then waited 30 minutes for the bags to even be assigned to a carousel much less start coming out. It was a late night indeed. But! I am home and discovered that BISMOW cleared out my fridge and pantry so today I will buy groceries and roast a chicken as an "I'm sorry" for just spiriting away so quickly...
Ranting. Perhaps Some Raving.
Posted on March 09, 2009Rant # 1: I have been sitting in the Salt Lake City airport terminal for three hours. I have at least another hour to go. And then a three hour flight to Chicago, where BISMOW (who I miss very much and it is only because of this that I'm leaving my adorable nephew) is picking me up...
Technology Blues
Posted on March 07, 2009My parents have been living in the house they built for almost a year now. It is a lovely house. It has lovely views. It is filled with extras & features that I dream about. The steam shower in the master suite? Divine. The super-fancy-schmancy washer & dryer that hum a little tune when your clothes are done? Fantastic...
BISMOW's Secret Family Recipe
Posted on February 26, 2009Not so secret anymore is it? During his life, BISMOW's grandfather was a head chef at a well known upscale hotel in downtown Detroit. BISMOW & I still cook with his knives, a hodge-podge assortment that he picked out over the years. Supplemented with a few Wusthof purchases, BISMOW and I love our knife collection, even if they don't all match...
Following The Leader
Posted on February 25, 2009I'd like to start by publicly saying that if you are going to follow my blog, you should definitely follow Katie (Overflowing Brain) as well, because, well, think of it as two for the price of one. That and she did house & feed & wine & dine me for five days, and if I beat her out in followers, my planned thank you of spice drops probably won't be enough...
Stick A Fork In Me
Posted on February 24, 2009I'm so tired I can barely form sentences or thoughtsfppllll...................................... see what I mean? I'm leaving for the airport soon where I will, fingers crossed, catch a non-stop flight back to Chicago and then take the El and a cab and finally stumble in the door where, fingers crossed, BISMOW will have made me my most favorite lemon chicken dinner that he makes so well...
Lundi Gras Catch Up
Posted on February 23, 2009I'm still in New Orleans (um, it was 60 degrees here yesterday...I heard it was 11 in Chicago....need I say more?) and having a wonderful time. Katie and her husband Slappy have been lovely hosts, even if Slappy has nicknamed me S.K. (Serial Killer) and I awoke to find a stuffed-animal Mardi Gras throw hanging from Mardi Gras beads from the chandelier outside my bedroom...
I'm Still Alive, Much To Slappy's Chagrin
Posted on February 21, 2009I'm still alive. I've ingested a shrimp po'boy, red beans & rice, Kyoto sushi, Popeye's mashed potatoes & biscuits, Cooter Brown's oysters, and pancakes at Slim Goodies. Needless to say I'm having a lovely trip. Slappy is trying to figure out when I'm going to become the serial killer he's labeled me ( my new nickname: S...
Made Or!
Posted on February 19, 2009Whew. I'm here. I'm still not sure how- I woke up at 4:oo in the morning (also known as O'Dark Thirty or Butt Crack of Dawn) and slid my way to the closest cab, as Mother Nature graced all of Chicago-land with a weather phenomena that can only be described as "wintry mix" that then froze to every surface, creating an uneven ice rink...
Stolen Lines # 2
Posted on February 18, 2009"Ghosts definitely live here," I say. My roommates look around in disbelief. "Ghosts.....or fraternity boys," mutters one of them. I can't help but think that the so-called "charm" we saw in this dilapidated old apartment was something we had invented...
This is the view from my parents
Posted on February 17, 2009This is the view from my parents house, looking at it every day is akin to being on crack:It just makes you a little wobbly & light-headed. I suppose I could blame that on the altitude, but I prefer to blame it on the view. I like to look at it while sipping a glass of wine and listening to Papa Duke & BISMOW debate the PAC 10 and the Big 10 just one more time...
And The ___ Goes To.....
Posted on February 16, 2009Monday morning at O'Dark Thirty BISMOW & I are heading back to Chicago. Until then here are the much promised & anticipated (well at least for me?) awards going out to 7 blogs who are new(ish) to these parts. Many thanks to always adorable & informative Preppy Princess for sending the honor my way in the first place! (Please remember I fudged the rules, but of course to all the recipients, please pass it on as you deem fit...
All In A Days Unemployment
Posted on February 11, 2009The phone rings. Daisy: Hello? This is Daisy. Career Services: This is career services from you law school. We are calling to take the employment survey for the class of 2008. Do you have a moment? Daisy: Well how long will it take? I'm packing and running out the door to catch a flight...
One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other
Posted on February 09, 2009I have a few topics to discuss tonight so here we go. First. Let's talk about grammar. I don't want to harp on this or seem irked but rather I just want to say, I love my readers- but if my grammar, my topics, or anything else bother you, please, spend your time reading elsewhere...
Analyze This
Posted on February 08, 2009Like most bloggers out there, I use a stats tracker to see who comes around this page of the internet. Don't worry, I really can't find out who people are, rather, where they live (city & state) and how they came here. For instance I can tell when people come through a search engine (most come from Google) and what they searched that brought them to this crazy corner of the internet...
January Round Up
Posted on February 06, 2009Last weekend there was a sailing conference in town & BISMOW and myself had the pleasure of hanging out with The Errant Yachtsman (see blog linked on the right) and I completely forgot to tell y'all about it, what with the frantic scrubbing that ensues prior to a visit from Mama Duke...
Aaaand Take!
Posted on February 04, 2009Mama Duke is safely back in Utah (skiing I'm sure, the lucky duck) and I'm sort of sitting around blinking going "Whaa?" because it was a lovely trip but it was a whirlwind trip, all the while the winds were swirling around Chicago (Why yes, it was a high of eleven degrees today) and we were finding ourselves walking! everywhere! in the wind! and now I'm just tired and content and want to snuggle up into my couch and not move for awhile...
Scrubbing & Sweeping
Posted on February 02, 2009I apologize for the silence, but my Mom, she is coming to visit. Which means I'm busy scrubbing & cleaning & doing laundry and trying to look nice and show her that I'm looking for a job. (Then I can hit her up for money. Or at least a shopping trip or two...
Talking About Things Ladies Don't Talk About
Posted on January 29, 2009My parents are two fabulous, albeit very conservative people. I was the kid who couldn't go to a party in high school unless the host's parents were home (and I had to prove it by having said parents call my parents upon my arrival....such a nerd) and my parents are generally of a conservative approach to most things in life...
Valentines Day
Posted on January 28, 2009A few weeks ago (specifically, say, the first week of January) I walked into a large grocery store with BISMOW and found myself assaulted by the Valentines Day crap. I can't call it stuff because it isn't stuff it is crap. If BISMOW (or any of you sneaky buggers) ever purchased me a 4 foot tall white bear with a satin heart for a tummy that says "I LOVE YOU" I'd decapitate it and use the head to stuff down his/your throat...
Dream Walking
Posted on January 27, 2009Last week I had a dream about an old friend of mine, who through a falling-out, is no longer a friend of mine. It is and was a situation that smelled badly from the beginning, and I think back sometimes and wonder if it could have gone differently. My ultimate conclusion has become that the "thing" that caused the end might not have happened...
Whew
Posted on January 26, 2009After a whirlwind and fantastic weekend -including a wine & dessert party complete with Overflowing Brain, The Namby Pamby, Law With Grace, The Artful Blogger, The Alleged Lady, and our sidekicks PAG, Melissa & Scuba Steve (gold ribbon baking awards to Artful, Melissa, Katie & myself) - I finally ventured outside today and went down to jury duty...
Things You Didn't Know
Posted on January 23, 2009- I only buy cleaning supplies in citrus scents and candles in citrus or "fresh linen" scents. I also try very hard to buy "green" cleaning supplies. - My hair was very very curly as a toddler, but it straightened out until high school when it started getting curly again...
Random
Posted on January 22, 2009There are a lot of things that I don't want to do these days. With this job hunt being a mind-numbing experiment in "awful" I find myself without a lot of motivation these days. Laundry? Don't wanna. Wash my hair every day? Don't wanna. Clean the floors? I really don't wanna...
Dear Anonymous
Posted on January 22, 2009The best part about having my VERY. OWN. BLOG. is that it is like my very own playground that I get to moderate. So here is the deal: Break-ups are hard, personal & messy. They often stem from relationships that have been spiraling down the toilet for months or years...
Success
Posted on January 20, 2009This weekend I met up with one of my blog readers, Melissa. I was worried (the aforementioned reasons, most notably, what if she found my real life-persona not nearly as cool as my blog persona?) but I'd say the outing was a smashing success. We went out in search of mittens, which were found (including a gl-itten pair for me so I can iPhone in the winter) & purchased...
Yum.
Posted on January 17, 2009Oooh. I bet you thought I?d never share the recipes all of my darling readers sent in for the holidays. Between the inability to post while on vacation, to the lack of a job, to the funeral, well, I?m behind. I?m sorry. Please accept my apology. The nice thing is?...
Happily Ever After
Posted on January 16, 2009I don't know if this is something other (read: normal, adjusted women) women keep track of but I'm dismayed to find that with two exceptions, every guy I ever dated (high school & college) is now engaged to be married, or in fact, married. Most of them to the girl they dated directly after me...
Internet Friends to Real-Life Friends
Posted on January 15, 2009Sitting behind a keyboard, writing to y'all isn't very scary. If I'm in a sad mood but feel like the blog has been a depressing-suckhole-of-lame I can either not write or try to find something light hearted. I could tell you that I weight 100 pounds (I don't...
Career Goals
Posted on January 14, 2009Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments on my Stolen Lines post. I look forward to when Grace "hosts" it again- maybe I can tell you a more uplifting story, one that doesn't involve snot & flooded apartments? Your comments let my mind wander to where it often does, "Hey! I could write a book!"...
Stolen Lines # 1
Posted on January 13, 2009I tried to think of the right answer. Unable to think of that, I spoke anyway. "Of course I want you to be happy. It is just that you make me happy. Don't you want me to be happy?" It didn't matter. It was over. We were over. The relationship had begun quickly, we'd met our first night of our sophomore year of college...
The Preppy Princess Cheers Me Up
Posted on January 12, 2009It has been a long few weeks, with job searches & blizzard after blizzard after blizzard, and sadness and funerals. I'm a little worn out and having a hard time following the rules that have been given to me in the job hunt, mainly # 1, "Stay Positive...
When The Moon Hits Your Eye Like A Big Pizza Pie
Posted on January 12, 2009No, we are not talking pizza...but spaghetti sauce is Italian & so is pizza, so I figured, why not? I recently got a comment from a new reader (hi Sarah!) and she was wondering if I had a good spaghetti sauce recipe. The short answer: yes. The long answer...
Hip & Cool
Posted on January 07, 2009My family, for the most part, it fairly technologically savvy. My Grandparents have matching tiny Nokia phones. When my Grandmother had emergency surgery last year I received a text message telling me the news, sent from Grandpa's phone. My parents both have iPhones, and type text messages on the twee little keyboards...
The Pros & The Cons
Posted on January 06, 2009Being unemployed gives me a lot of time to think. I now have many hours to think about many important things. I can research the case law & rules & constitutions regarding the Senate's refusal to seat Roland Burris. I can read every article available on the conflict in the Middle East...
The Hits, They Just Keep Coming
Posted on January 05, 2009BISMOW's Grandmother passed away today, with family by her side. She had been sick for a long time & has earned her much deserved rest. As for me, I hope that this is 2009's way of saying "Look Daisy, it can only get better from here." Because it is, isn't it? I mean, at some point it has to be ok...
It Was Funny To Me At Least
Posted on January 05, 2009As far as girls and sports go, I think I do fairly well. I love college football. Hockey is exciting. A summer afternoon spent at a baseball stadium is one of the best ways to pass the day. I try to understand the rules & the traditions- and just the other day I turned to BISMOW mid-football game and exclaimed "Holy Crap! Did Utah just run a hook and ladder? That was beautiful!" So yeah...
Resolution Revolution
Posted on January 02, 2009Here we are. January 2nd, which technically means I'm a day behind in discussing this whole "Resolution" thing. Some people abhor New Year's resolutions. Some make many and keep none. Some people make one big resolution and keep it. And some make a bunch of small ones and keep them...
Upward Swing
Posted on January 01, 2009In my opinion, 2009 is already looking a little brighter. First I changed my blog template (if you didn't notice, you might want to get your eyes checked) so thanks to everyone who commented positively. If you don't like it, alas I apologize. I'm not changing it, but I'm sorry it bothers you...
Don't Let The Door Hit Your Ass On The Way Out
Posted on December 31, 2008For myself, my family & friends, and my internet friends, 2008 has been a doozy. A real humdinger. A real kick in the pants. Before I write about all the crap that I am so deliriously happy to bid au revoir to, I will focus on the good. Because, no matter what, there is always some good...
Day 1 of Unemployment
Posted on December 30, 2008If it wasn't so depressing, I'd probably do a daily something on it. Maybe on the bottom of all of my posts I'll count, a little reminder to the world that Hello! Daisy is unemployed during our nation's "worst modern day financial crisis." But again with the depressing...
I Don't Like Mondays
Posted on December 29, 2008I'm here with news I never thought I would write. Or share. Or have to deal with. Today I was let go by my firm. I'm not going to get into the messy details other than to say I think it was unfair, but um, not much I can do. Everything happens for a reason and other than my increasing worry over keeping the heat on, I am repeating a mantra to myself that everything happens for a reason...
One Week Later....
Posted on December 28, 2008I am so sorry I went MIA with little explanation. I was thinking about this little corner of the internet while I was on vacation, and keeping my fingers crossed y'all wouldn't be too mad I was late coming with the recipes. I also thought about throwing caution to the wind and posting from BISMOW's parent's house...
Taking Care of Business
Posted on December 21, 2008Business One: The Holiday Recipe Swap You have until um, lets say, tomorrow evening to email me your holiday recipe. The ones we have so far sound and look delicious, so please feel free to add yours to the mix. Business Two: Book Club Things have been...
Dear Chicago Mayor Daley (And Zeus):
Posted on December 18, 2008So you read my last post did you? And you got a little annoyed with how I complained about your weather? So you plotted against me. First you started by not plowing my street (or surrounding streets) after the last, tiny snow storm on Tuesday. The one that blanketed the city in 2...
A Two-For-One Epic Fail
Posted on December 17, 2008Lets chat about the two things in my life that have failed so miserably lately that I'm beginning to wonder why I don't just move back to New Orleans. (Then I think about taking another bar exam and then I laugh and shelve that idea.) divbr //divdivFirst, the iPhone...
I Dream A Dream...
Posted on December 14, 2008Part of what I love/adore/pine for about the holiday season is that you have full reign to dream. You can dream of world peace, getting along with your family (even if it takes two bottles of wine to get there), the perfect gift for your persnickety Dad, or just the perfect gift you are hoping is sitting under the tree or by the Menorah...
Christmas Bark (Of the Edible Variety)
Posted on December 11, 2008The last post showed my inability to work with numbers (pfffffft lawyers don't use numbers) and the fact that some of you have sadly lived a life without bark. Williams Sonoma makes a popular peppermint bark (white chocolate & mint and..uhh..stuff) that many are obsessed with, but I promise this one is tastier...
Is It Friday Yet?
Posted on December 10, 2008So much & yet so little has been going on. I'm almost done with all of my holiday shopping (The Artful Blogger is proving especially difficult to find something for as he has everything & buys whatever he wants when he feels like it, thus leaving the element of SURPRISE to pure chance) and I just need to ship a few more things off before I can relax on the couch for a few moments before I start my holiday baking...
Sunday to Monday Reader's Poll
Posted on December 07, 2008A few weeks ago (back when I could actually think about food without rolling my eyes and wondering if it too will make me feel horrible) I asked every about their favorite holiday food, and there were answers. Many answers that sounded delicious and made me want to be a part of your family...
Oh Hospitals, You are So Funny
Posted on December 05, 2008Daisy: Hi, I'd like to make an appointment, hopefully for today. I've been sick for the past three days, and I have a history of stomach problems since college, so I'd like to get it checked out. My work won't let me come in until I'm cleared. Appointment Lady: Mmm ok...
Decay In Two Parts
Posted on December 04, 2008Ta-tap. Tap tap. Are you there? Anyone? Hello? Awfully quiet around these parts lately, on both your part & mine. So rather than tell you stories about the horribly horribly delayed flight home from Savannah, or Puke Fest '08 courtesy of either some bad food or an even worse virus, or how two of my closest friends from college came to visit during Puke Fest (but they did not cause it with any of the wine, nope, in fact it was a legitimate evening spent on the bathroom floor) and how even through the stomach pain I wanted to figure out a way to wrap them up and keep them here for forever...
Top 10 Books
Posted on December 01, 2008Awhile ago I talked about Grandma Duke, who in addition to many other lovely life accomplishments, was at one point the book reviewer & critic for a major US newspaper. She still writes the occasional review & her home has two personal libraries in it...
Stuff It
Posted on December 01, 2008Moving right along from books (see below for Top 10 Books of All Time) to cooking. Everyone loves cooking. Or eating. If you don't love cooking, I'm going to assume you at least enjoy eating good cooking. So to start off the holiday recipe sharing (don't worry, there will be one big post with all of the recipes, after you share yours and allow me to cook a few up, hint hint) I'm going to discuss stuffing...
Odd Day
Posted on November 29, 2008This morning started out with a car accident. BISMOW and I were off to a meeting in Savannah when someone (some idiot) ran a stop sign and we just smacked right into him. Airbags deployed, the front of the car was banged up, and we have some bumps and bruises...
ThankFULL
Posted on November 28, 2008Whew. I'm stuffed. Yesterday's turkey-day extravaganza was nothing short of spectacular- shrimp salad, fried oysters, sweet potato souffle, mashed potatoes with gravy, prime rib with horseradish sauce, all topped with cheesecake. Sigh. It was delicious & the only meal I could eat all day...
Monday Night Football Readers Poll
Posted on November 24, 2008Well, technically this poll has nothing to do with football, but I'm writing it while watching the Saints (Geaux Saints!) on my new 42 inch televison, therefore it works. Or at least takes the spotlight off of the fact that I'm a few posts and/or days behind my last post...
In All Seriousness
Posted on November 20, 2008Beside the usual grumblings of the whole bar exam, finding a job, LIFE IS JUST TOUGH nonsense I seem to spout, I've left out the fact that my personal life has gone to hell in a hand basket. Ok, maybe that is a *slight* exaggeration. However, in the past 4 months there have been more shifts and splits and tears and just plain awful then I think one person is truly equipped to deal with...
Cindy Lou Hoo
Posted on November 18, 2008"Though I Have Grown Old, The Bell Still Rings For Me. As It Does For All Those Who Truly Believe." I've made no secret of the fact that I love the holidays. *Love* Growing up, my family moved around all the time, to new countries and states, to new towns and new schools...
Monday Evening Poll, Free With Advice
Posted on November 17, 2008This poll starts with a story. Followed by a lesson. Which is followed by a poll. And finalized with photos of how dinner turned out last night. Ok? Ok. On Friday night, BISMOW was invited to a very posh dinner at a very posh site, for some work-related revelry and fun...
Reader Appreciation
Posted on November 16, 2008I don't think I mention enough how wonderful my readers are. A diverse group for sure, but lately you've been coming out of the woodwork, leaving comments, letting me explore your blogs many of which make me laugh. A lot. And those of you without a blog that still stop by and leave the nicest comments and often cheer me up when I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed or under the weather...
New
Posted on November 13, 2008I'm getting ready to finish the second week at The Firm. I mentioned earlier that I'm not talking about the job, and I'm going to honor that. I needn't risk my job security, if for no other reason than y'all might get bored by the daily blog post of "SEND HALP PLS! NO EMPLOYMENT! CARTOONS R ROTTING MAH BRAIN!" What I will say is for many people, myself included, change is very hard...
Overnight Delivery
Posted on November 12, 2008Wow. Who knew y'all had such opinions about your method of bathing. I'm seriously contemplating just asking everyone their whole morning routine (manual toothbrush v. electric, shower or bath, electric razor v. manual, normal or hippie toothpaste, shaving cream v...
Tuesday Evening Reader's Poll
Posted on November 11, 2008I know. I know. I've been absent, again. I'm currently trying to figure out when/how to post. Work is out, and I'm there from the wee hours till after 5, and I tried posting from my iPhone's twee little keyboard, but apparently Blogger and Apple hate each other and set up some weird obscure "email your post" system that I do not have the mental capacity to understand...
Cole Haan, Ooh La Laa
Posted on November 09, 2008Harmless Error asked in the comment section if " have an opinion on the ridiculously overpriced Cole Haan "Nike Air" heels". And boy oh boy, do I ever. Cole Haan, which was founded in 1928 in Chicago, has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Nike, Inc...
Things I Learned This Week
Posted on November 08, 20081. Chewing gum while dictating status reports is a recipe for disaster. 2. Windows Vista falls into the category of "EPIC FAIL" 3. All offices have politics. 4. There are more Bar Associations than I could ever care about or join. 5. But apparently all of their presidents attend swearing-in ceremonies 6...
Alive
Posted on November 06, 2008Tap tap Tap... anybody there? On Monday I just kind of started "working" at my "new job" at "The Firm" and it just so happened to coincide with a few other small things like a national presidential election, my parents and grandparents coming into town, and the week I get sworn in as a real-live-malpractice-insured-lawyer...
First!
Posted on November 03, 2008Today is my first day at my new job. I still have not settled on a name or acronym for this lovely little firm that is sparkly & new and has a 401K plan and health care and, ohmygoodness, a real-live salary. SNF = Sparkly New Firm? Thoughts? I'm just not sure...
Onward, Upward & November-Ho!
Posted on October 31, 2008It is that day of witching & candy & masks & politically incorrect costumes & wee little babes dressed as lady bugs and bumble bees and other cherub-like outfits young Mother's insist on putting their little ones in. So over here? We are discussing the November Election & the November Book...
One Day More!
Posted on October 30, 2008Today is the day. I'm going to skedaddle out of here a few minutes early (physical therapy appointment at 5) and then, the end of an era. I'm done at BPLF. Monday morning I'm off to shiny-new-real-lawyer job complete with an office & malpractice insurance...
Hodge Podge
Posted on October 29, 2008Right. So the election has a few people confused, candidates & campaign managers included- but that has more to do with their late night out spending their hard-earned donation dollars on booze & call girls. But that I suppose that is a scandal that should break later...
The Dirtiest Election...Ever
Posted on October 28, 2008Thought I was talking about the 2008 Presidential one, didn't cha? Well I'm not. I'm here to discuss an election that is dirtier. Darker. More twisted. With more mud-slinging than ever seen before. The best part? You are all eligible to vote. If you can find some dead people, they are eligible as well...
Monday Mid-Morning Reader's Poll
Posted on October 27, 2008There is nothing like a Monday morning to slap you back to reality. I'm having a bit of a lousy one, with a lot of gritting my teeth & reminding myself that as of 5 pm on Thursday, I'm blowing this joint and never looking back. Oh how I would love to turn on my heel & walk out today, but alas, that seems "unprofessional" and "immature...
Fuzzy Line
Posted on October 24, 2008After the love-fest that was yesterday, I find myself with nothing. I've got nothing for you people. Nothing interesting, exciting, funny, or unusual. Other than the fact that I'm in loooove with my physical therapist as I spent a lovely 45 minutes this morning with a deep tissue massage to all of mah afflicted shoulder muscles with the occasional request to move my arm and report back if hurt more or less...
Why
Posted on October 23, 2008When I started this little corner of the internet I was kind of just opening a little place to talk. To myself of course. Nothing screams "normal law student behavior" than starting a blog on which to bitch & moan & complain about your classmates, your workload, your dumb stupid (expensive) law school, your writing assignments, your reading assignments, oh my goodness how did I end up here? In law school? With, gulp, only a few friends...
Blogging Along
Posted on October 22, 2008Let me be the one to tell you that the only thing worse than showing up an hour early for an appointment you rushed to, is to find out that your early-arrival was totally your fault. And could have been avoided had you just looked at your day planner...
Cookbook
Posted on October 21, 2008Over the years I've amassed my much-loved recipe collection in many forms. Snippets from magazines. Recipe cards. Many a good idea printed from The Pioneer Woman & her cooking site. PAG's Mama, who is quite the accomplished Italian chef, photocopies recipes she once typed up on a type-writer...
Monday...Afternoon...Reader's Poll
Posted on October 20, 2008Ok. It is the afternoon. In my defense I had a hell-ish morning in court being a pseudo-lawyer and I've had a headache for 3 days. I realize I've got nothing, nada, on Katie at Overflowing Brain, who is on day 30 or so of her headache. But, uh, yeah my 3 day headache has kind of sucked...
25 Random Thoughts
Posted on October 17, 20081. I wear glasses during the week at work. I rarely put them on on the weekends, even if it means I really can't read the football score on television. 2. I love fall....I love football in the fall. 3. More than fall, I love the holidays. 4. The first snow during the holidays is magical...
An Open Letter
Posted on October 16, 2008To The Man On The Bus: I realize that your project for law school is rilly rilly important. And that your project partner is rilly rilly dumb. But your repeated explanations, in a LOUD LOUD EVENING VOICE at 8 am on a commuter bus, which is probably chock full of people who have also been to law school & graduated from it are totally judging you for your messenger bag with your law school name written across it...
American Girl
Posted on October 15, 2008When my family moved from Europe back to the United States we received a catalog from my Grandmother. Inside the catalog was a collection of dolls, three to be exact, by a company known as Pleasant Company, named after the founder, Pleasant T. Rowland...
Doctor, Doctor, Give Me The News
Posted on October 14, 2008Yesterday I had (finally) my appointment with an orthopedic surgeon. Although I really just wanted to see an "orthopedist" as I'm taking any surgical repairs of mah shoulder or mah broken back off the table, apparently there are no "orthopedist's" just "orthopedic surgeons...
Monday Morning...Reader's Poll
Posted on October 13, 2008Here we are again. Monday. And in my ever-continuing effort to make Monday's more interesting, or better, or something I'm having another poll. Today we are going to discuss...gasp..dare I say it...tattoos. First I'll share where I come from. I grew up in a household that under no circumstances, 18 or not, would any sort of piercing or tattoo be acceptable...
One Day, When I'm Not Busy, I Will Be Invincible
Posted on October 12, 2008Well okay...that isn't the exact title of the book. But I got the feeling that September was a busy month, so busy in fact that while BISMOW finished the book, and I've seen it sitting on the Artful Blogger's end table, I only got a few reviews....neither of which was from them...
A Little Muggy
Posted on October 09, 2008First, let me remind you that tonight is the "due date" for the Soon I Will Be Invincible reviews. I haven't gotten any yet....and it was a fun book....so send them in!!! I'll accept reviews through tomorrow morning, 10 am, EST. A few weeks ago I alluded to my mugs, that I collect...
And These Are A Few of My Favorite Things....
Posted on October 08, 2008Well y'all. Lets face it. The economy is in the tank. The weather (at least here in lovely Chicago) has been a big downer. The debates are either stomach-acid or blood pressure inducing, yet the election just isn't here yet. We need some cheer. Some sass...
A Sprinkle of This, A Pinch of That
Posted on October 07, 2008So. Last week I told you guys you could ask me any question, any question at all and I would answer it. And I got one. So Grace, let me answer, "Yes you are supposed to return the tin, preferably re-filled with a homebaked goodie of your own. Or Oreo's...
A Monday Morning Reader's Poll
Posted on October 06, 2008Here we are again. Monday morning. So much has happened since last Monday - I found out I passed the bar, my new job was solidified, and BISMOW bought me flowers- so I'm feeling introspective. Pondering. Musing the great mysteries of the world. But in the meantime, lets get to what really matters...
Another Hurdle
Posted on October 03, 2008Remember awhile ago when I alluded to a job that would come to fruition if I passed that ridiculous test in July? Well I passed. And now I have a corner office at a fabulous shiny new firm. Doing the same thing but on the opposite side of the aisle. While before I "chased ambulances" and sued "poor innocent doctors" I am now going to defend those helpless doctors and insurance companies from being sued by "greedy orphans and widows...
Lets Dish
Posted on October 02, 2008I haven't posted any recipes lately- but soon I'll share with you my most favorite home-made "gourmet" Shepherd's pie (think spicy sausage & sweet potatoes.....) that I made on a whim and then thoroughly enjoyed. In the meantime though, I'm soliciting my dear readers for some help...
Wowza
Posted on October 02, 2008Well. To say that y'all supported me through the last few days would be, well, a huge understatement. You guys came and supported and commented and emailed and Twittered and were awesome. Best Readers Ever award goes out to all of y'all- and then some...
Daisy Duke, Attorney-At-Law
Posted on October 01, 2008At 2:50 am, I found out I passed. I never did get the promised e-mail.
Q & A & A & Book Club
Posted on September 30, 2008NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS. * * * Edit: I got an email from IBABY! Telling me I passed...Character & Fitness. As in, I'm morally cleared to become an attorney if I pass the bar exam. Jerks. Huge fat jerks. (stomach. churn. churn. churn. nausea. churn.) So um, I'll pop back in here a few times today to let you know that, yup, still nothing! And in the meantime, I'm doing a Q & A (and A for questions already posed in the comments section that I have not yet answered or responded to...
The Bar Exam: A Waiting Game
Posted on September 30, 2008I still have no news, other than an awkwardly worded apology that sounds/reads like it was written by my "BFF Jill"- it contains the word totally and "so" as in, they are "so sorry". Supposedly results will begin posting over the next two hours but they are begging us not to log onto the site until we get our email telling us our results are up, so we don't crash the site again...
The July 2008 Bar Exam Results
Posted on September 29, 2008So. Today a message went up on the Board of Admissions website saying (in Daisy's words) the following: "We know we told people in their official bar-examination packet that results would be mailed via USPS on October 15, with results going online shortly thereafter...
A Poll! Of a New Variety!
Posted on September 29, 2008It is Monday morning which means it is time for a Monday Morning Reader's Poll. However we are stepping away from wedding-etiquette today and moving on to another and much more pressing topic. Bar Results & The Dissemination of Your Pass or Failure First I shall explain the dilemma: After three years of law school, of competing with the same people for the top 10% (which incidentally, to all you new-law-schoolers out there, let me remind you that 90% of you can't be in that club), of vying for CALI awards (top mark in the class overall), and just, well competing...
I Love This Crazy, Tragic, Sometimes Almost Magic, Awful, Beautiful Life
Posted on September 26, 2008That post I wrote. About karma & good deeds and paying it forward? Well I'm continuing the challenge through the weekend to see how many good deeds we can get and also because while you might look and say "17 comments, yay!" about a million of those are taken up by the Namby Pamby and his deeds that FAIL...
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Posted on September 25, 2008-Bonus points to anyone who can name that musical- Things around this blogger world has been pretty dismal lately. Katie, over at Overflowing Brain is dealing with a headache (going on over a week now) with no answers, Lanny is dealing with yet another death in her close circle of friends, and BISMOW has just taken another shovel-full of crappy health news regarding loved family members...
Revelation
Posted on September 24, 2008So in my continuing saga of aches & pains, it is worth mentioning I've always had lower back... discomfort? Not so much pain, it is certainly always there, a tension or discomfort, always feeling like one good crack or massage might put it back in place...
For All Chicagoans
Posted on September 23, 2008The acclaimed documentary, Trouble the Water, starts a regular Chicago run at Landmark's Century Centre, 2828 N. Clark, 773-509-4949. The Times-Picayune gives the film 4 stars. Read about the film here: http://troublethewaterfilm.com/Read the review here: http://blog...
Stuff
Posted on September 23, 2008So, here we are. Tuesday. I find Tuesdays to be the worst day of the week, and as such my creative juices are zapped. So instead I shall share a few things with you that I bet you didn't know. Or wanted to know. And keep in mind that the October book, chosed by Anonymous Hottie will be revealed early next week...
A Monday Morning Reader's Poll
Posted on September 22, 2008So last Monday I discovered that there were many strong opinions regarding the money dance and wedding manners in general. During a very scientific data analysis of all comments, I think the general thought- by you, the readers- was: The money dance was once traditional, can occasionally be cute, but now, due to the rising cost of attending a wedding, the money dance is a wee bit outdated and tacky...
The Wedding: A Recap
Posted on September 21, 2008This weekend myself, BISMOW, and some other law school friends (including blogging compatriots The Artful Blogger & Anonymous Hottie) attended the wedding of one of our close law school friends. At a location a few hours away, the (beautiful!) Legal-Beagle-Bride married a wonderful guy, the ceremony was touching & the reception was, well, booze-filled & lovely...
And The Oscar Goes To....
Posted on September 19, 2008Shut up. I could totally win an Oscar. I was an amazing actress in elemetary school. I even played Clara in the school production of the Nutcracker. Which was awesome until my gorgeous white linen nightgown & robe that I had to wear (cause Clara was supposed to be in bed when the Nutcracker came alive) turned sort of see through when the stage lights shone on me...
Indigestion
Posted on September 18, 2008Dear People At the Restaurant Last Night: Last night, BISMOW & I went out for a quick dinner. We had been running around and stopped in a local pub for their fabulous Wednesday night special of $5 burgers. That and they have a burger with a fried egg on top (for me...
Procrastination
Posted on September 16, 2008So remember when I was studying for the bar exam and physically I just sort of fell apart? My shoulder hurt, my eye twitched and I actually, (shudder to think about it) developed a sore on my elbow from leaning on it while I studied for nine-gazillion hours a day? And then I sort of stopped talking about it, because listening to someone whine and coooommmplaaain really isn't fodder for an exciting blog...
Grace
Posted on September 16, 2008Who knew that wedding etiquette was such a hot topic? As such, maybe next Monday I'll take another informal poll. We can discuss wedding showers (who really can make that invite list?) or registries or the dreaded lack-of-a-thank-you-note. Or...gasp....
Monday: A Reader's Poll
Posted on September 15, 2008Today I'm going to take a poll, so please vote below. Your vote could also include "I don't care, I'm drinking margaritas & watching Law & Order reruns". I'm also going to keep my opinion regarding the matter to myself, but I am very curious about where y'all sit on this topic of wedding etiquette...
A Task From God (An Email)
Posted on September 11, 2008(A note from Daisy: This is, in fact, the greatest email I have ever received. I hope that you too see it as such. Sparkler is one of my closest friends from college...a true kindred spirit & New Orleanian lover. And the Beach Music review post is below, so please, lets discuss!!!)Greetings all,Please do not be fooled by the subject of this email...
Melting Pot of Words....Beach Music****
Posted on September 11, 2008First & foremost, I ask that every one of you takes a moment to think about what this day means & the ultimate sacrifice thousands of American's made in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon in 2001. I am sure we all have our own memories, none pleasant, but let us never forget both the horror & the aftermath of that Tuesday morning...
Books & Politics
Posted on September 10, 2008First off.... Beach Music reviews...get them to me!! Post will (hopefully) go up sometime tomorrow but I've only gotten maybe 5 reviews and I know around 20-25 people were reading the book... so all I can say is get'r'done! And now, politics. I'm taking today to officially announce that beyond reminding all of you to vote, I won't be discussing politics or the election on this blog, other than to say "Whew...
Hindsight is 20-20
Posted on September 09, 2008Things I Would Have Done Differently Had I Known: - This morning I would have put on tights because um, hello crisp fall morning. Brrr. I'm going to have goosebumps all day. - Maybe not so many ice cream cones while I studied for the bar exam? - Probably would not have dated a guy named Brigham in 10th grade...
Elephant In The Room
Posted on September 07, 2008Why yes, I did in fact allude to a job offer. And no, we can't talk about it. Mostly because it is contingent on that pesky little exam I took in July and I just don't feel right opening a bottle of champagne or sharing any life-changing plans until, well, the ducks are in a row...
Curl Up With A Good Book
Posted on September 05, 2008First, I am officially calling for all Beach Music reviews. For those I have already received, thank you! I really enjoyed reading what you had to say. For those who haven't had a chance (don't worry, hurricanes count as a valid reason!!) I hope you find time, but if not, don't worry...
Pressure
Posted on September 03, 2008The only thing that can possibly make the pressure & anxiety of bar exam results worse? Knowing you have a (real) job waiting for you if you pass........ Some might call it a "dream" job but at this point I'm calling it a "contingent" job & refusing to let myself get too excited until I find out my bar exam results...
Make Levees Not War*
Posted on September 02, 2008So I'm going to try to the best of my ability to explain New Orleans: its sea-levelness, its levee system and why it is so vulnerable. I'd like to start by saying I'm no expert, this is my best shot at an explanation but if any natives (NolaNotes & the like) find an error, please feel free to correct...
Relief, Exhaustion & Thanks
Posted on September 01, 2008I'm too tired to write anything....but tomorrow I will start plugging away on a post to try explaining the levee system & just why New Orleans is vulnerable...and why it wasn't just a bunch of idiot settlers who built below sea level. The story is fascinating (at least to me) and I'll try my hardest to shed some light on the levee system to the non-New Orleanians among my readers...
Please pray for New Orleans
Posted on August 30, 2008I\'m too tired to write anything....but tomorrow I will start plugging away on a post to try explaining the levee system & just why New Orleans is vulnerable...and why it wasn\'t just a bunch of idiot settlers who built below sea level. The story is fascinating (at least to me) and I\'ll try my hardest to shed some light on the levee system to the non-New Orleanians among my readers...
NOLA & The September Book!
Posted on August 29, 2008And I wish I was in New Orleans, 'cause I can see it in my dreams,Arm-in-arm down Burgundy, a bottle and my friends and meNew Orleans, I'll be thereTom WaitsI am continuing to monitor Gustav & saying small prayers for both my beloved city (will the school-girl crush every end?) and my friends who are lucky enough to still call it home...
Deja Vu
Posted on August 28, 2008This post is a substantial repost of what I posted on this date, last year. This year of course I tweak my writing with thoughts of Gustav hovering over the Gulf. I pray it does what most hurricanes do....misses New Orleans, allows for that substantial sigh of relief, and a continuation of the slow, sultry life in the Big Easy...
About That "Job Search"
Posted on August 27, 2008So. The job hunt. The job search. The never-ending, never-ceasing stream of rejection. That thing my parents ask about, hopefully, wistfully, somewhere in every phone conversation.The job search is going swimmingly thanks. To date I have:- Been told that I am over-qualified by virtue of working at BPLF- Been told that I am under-qualified by virtue of not having a license to practice yet- Been asked if the pipes at BPLF are made of 24 Karat gold- Been asked what Mr...
Book Club: An Update
Posted on August 25, 2008I just wanted to remind everyone that the end of the month is growing near....so soon we will be moving on to the next book. I have the privilege of knowing the September book and plan on picking it up this week to begin reading (maybe some car-reading on the way to Ann Arbor?) so I can properly introduce it...
Football & Food...with a Surprise Guest Blogger Soon!
Posted on August 25, 2008This Monday morning hit me smack in the face, barreling down at full-speed. Next weekend I'm going on a mini-vacation for BIMSOW's birthday and the start of college football season (Hallelujah!!!) by heading off for a relaxing weekend in Ann Arbor, complete with awesome tickets to the opening Michigan football game...
A Repost
Posted on August 21, 2008Last August I wrote a post with my advice to the 1L's. Considering it is about that time again I figured I'd repost it in all of its glory. So, to all you people out there entering into your first year of lawschool, I give you this:- Don't judge those who went to other schools becuase you know/think your undergraduate experience was better...
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Posted on August 20, 2008Best Buy is still a horrible corporation. I won't bore you with the continuation of the picky details other than to say Best Buy you are on notice. The End.(And I am still re-reading all of my favorite Harry Potter books, a/k/a Harry Potter 1-7 because I am totally obsessed and weird and in love with all the characters & it just makes me want my iRobot Roomba named Peeves who will sweep my kitchen floor in lieu of my wand & acceptance letter to Hogwarts...
Things I Learned Yesterday
Posted on August 19, 2008If during the course of a conversation Best Buy informs you that if you do not solve the dispute regarding your "broken" (according to them) hard drive in the time frame they have provided (1 week) they will in fact give it back to Sony with all of your personal information on it, and you subsequently respond that would be a poor corporate choice by Best Buy thus lining them up for a lawsuit based on conversion of property, Best Buy will, in fact, hang up on you...
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread
Posted on June 12, 2008This recipe is so easy that I challenge all non-cooks to it. Seriously. You can't screw it up. You make the batter, pour it into two loaf pans & bake. You remove from the oven when the toothpick or knife comes out clean. It freezes well (just give it a few hours to thaw before you hack into it) and I've been known to bring it to breakfast meetings or eat it for an afternoon snack...
Blind & Selectively Deaf
Posted on June 12, 2008Last night, in all my stressed out anxiety, BISMOW was over and came into the kitchen as I was cleaning it up and told me not to worry about it, that he'd take care of it. Specifically I was unloading the dishwasher when he came in.So imagine my surprise this morning when I went into the kitchen to make a cup of tea and found the sink still full of dirty dishes and the almost empty BRITA filter on the counter, not in the fridge, and the trashcan full of smelly trash...
Overwhelmed
Posted on June 11, 2008I think that about sums it up. The impending law school loans, my lack of a job, the dismal job market, the rising cost of everything, the bar exam.Right now I feel unemployed (and useless), broke, and stupid due to my complete lack of knowledge about anything that pertains to the bar exam...
Money Money
Posted on June 10, 2008Dear Undergraduate Institution:I understand that Katrina really knocked your socks off. It pretty much crushed me too. And I appreciate the fact that you send me my alumni magazine because I actually read and enjoy it. And I've come back for a homecoming and will continue to return for years to come...
Request # 1
Posted on June 10, 2008Cornbread. Anne left a comment asking if I had a good recipe for cornbread, and oh man, do I ever. But you might be a smidge disappointed. Well. That depends. If you are a sweet cornbread person you won't be. And so I give to all of you sweet cornbread lovers:Thats, right, Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix...
Spicy Southern Shrimp
Posted on June 09, 2008This recipe is fast, delicious, and did I mention fast? I like to serve it with a side of sweet potatoes (however you like to prepare them) and a big green salad.Spicy Southern Shrimp2 pounds of large shrimp2 Tbsp butter or olive oil (I use olive oil)1/2 of a sweet onion, diced1 Tbsp chopped fresh basil (or 1 tsp dry, but fresh is much better)1 Tbsp chopped fresh oregeno (or 1 tsp dry...
The End of The World
Posted on June 08, 2008BISMOW and I drove through the apocoli (plural for apocalypse) going back and forth to another Midwestern state for a wedding this weekend. We actually pulled over and sat in the car waiting & watching for a tornado funnel to come down upon us. We determined if we saw a funnel we were ditching the car (but I was bringing my new handbags with me, for real, they were in my lap in case of running) wearing BISMOW's sailing-rain gear jackets (that we had already donned) and booking it for a nearby filling station that looked sturdy & windowless...
This That & The Other Thing
Posted on June 06, 2008I'm glad everyone seems to be enjoying the recipe sharing. I love to cook, and while I don't claim to be the worlds best (or even close) I have been cooking for a looong time and so I think I've figured a few things out along the way. In high school, like any teenage girl, I fought with my Mom a whole lot, but the one thing we could do without arguing was cook...
Dear People Who Decide If I Get To Be A Lawyer
Posted on June 06, 2008I have in fact received your request that I authorize a criminal background check with the City of New Orleans. I appreciate I also don't have to pay the "background check fee" that the City charges. Apparently the $9000 I gave you (give or take) covers such things- who would have guessed?This background check will be really fun...
Butter Me Up & Then Some....
Posted on June 05, 2008Growing up my Mom made the best chocolate chip cookies ever. No matter where we lived and what school I went to, Mama Duke's cookies reigned supreme. They were the perfect amount of chewy and tasteful and my friend's mom's would ask for the secret recipe...
Law School Class Selection
Posted on June 04, 2008My comments on "what to take" vs. "what not to take" have garnered a few responses so I figured I'd touch on it again. "S" makes a good point that not everyone wants to be a litigator and you might not have the option of taking your state-civil procedure class...
Evidence & Food...... The Latest Pairing
Posted on June 04, 2008Evidence was long, but at the same time, a review of material I'm fairly familiar with. I certainly have memorizing to do, but after working through four trials, a lot of the concepts are well ingrained, somewhere in my brain. In between my thoughts on Pepsi-brand coke (ugh!) and Tom Cruise, pre-crazy (yum!)...
Suretyship
Posted on June 03, 2008Suretyship sure is fun. Except not really. It was only four pages though & then we got to discuss essay answers & then write our very own very first essay answer. In which I skirted the issues beautifully. I was on the right track. Sort of. I earned approximately ...
Deviled Eggs & Commercial Paper
Posted on June 02, 2008Why yes, they do go together quite nicely now don't they?Commercial Paper ala Daisy:Blah blah blah. Maker Makee. Blah blah blah. If people didn't write checks I wouldn't have to memorize the holder in due course rules...again.Deviled Eggs ala Daisy:I won't begin to press my feelings about deviled eggs on you in the sense of what to put in them- vigorous debates could be had about dill or sweet pickle (dill is best), to paprika or not to paprika (I like a little color on top myself so I say sprinkle away), if some egg white should be in the filling mixture (I say yes, best way to use the eggs that boil all funny and can't hold any filling), if celery is necessary (do you like crunchy food? if so, throw some celery in) to mayo or not to mayo (as much as I dislike mayo, a dallop of real, full fat Hellman's mayo is necessary- don't even think about cheating and using Kraft (it is for Yankees according to my Grandmother) or, yee gads, Miracle Whip which is just for the dogs if you ask me) and of course, mustard or no mustard (always use mustard, of the cheap yellow variety, for good color and flavor)...
Whew
Posted on June 01, 2008My birthday was, in fact, phenomenal. I woke up and opened my lone birthday gift that didn't get opened early....thanks to Eddie & HASWOE for my fleur de lis bundt cake pan that I've had on my Christmas & Birthday list for 3 years running.... it now resides with my new deviled egg platter from PAG...
25 & Still Kicking
Posted on May 31, 2008Happy Birthday to me?In the past year I have:- Found maintained & kicked ass at a hard to get & harder to suceed at legal clerking job which I have to continue to maintain was a good experience even without the offer- Finished & graduated from law school- Watch my brother hit rock bottom but then, finally, start to crawl his way back up- Made some amazing new friends, both real life & internet- a big "you rock" to Eddie & HASWOE, and my "blog supporters" Katie, NOLA & Lanny (seriously you guys are awesome!) and of course the new Big City Blog Krewe, Namby, Grace, AH, and BISMOW...
Are You There God? It's Me, Daisy.
Posted on May 30, 2008Thanks for all the notes of encouragement in the comments section last time...it is amazing how much my "internet family" helps me, so thanks to y'all for everything.In the meantime, my world, as I know it, continues to crumble a bit more around the edges...
Crim Law
Posted on May 30, 2008Please see Anonymous Hottie for the best description of Crim Law. Whew. Enough of the depressing talk. Thank you so much to all the previous bar-exam-takers & sufferes that informed me I'm neither the first (or the last) person to go through this nonsense...
Torts, After 17 Practice Questions
Posted on May 28, 2008I. Is. An. Idiut.And the bar exam is evil and I hate it.I will now be outlining and note-carding in a vain attempt to learn something. Anything.Foot? Hello! Meet Mouth!(Cue scene of Bar Examination Gods laughing at previous statements of having worked in the torts arena for eons...
Torts, Day 2
Posted on May 28, 2008Well. Day 2. Where do I start?Well my number one observation is this: the entire section on proximate cause was wrong. Dead. Freaking. Wrong. Seeing as how I just wrote a 20 page bench brief for a judge as well as a 12 page Motion to Reconsider on the issue, I'm fairly familiar with the concept on both a national and state level...
New LBA Theme Until Futher Announcement a/k/a, The Bar Exam Is Over
Posted on May 27, 2008Today was the first day of Bar/Bri, which is the incredibly expensive bar prep course for all newbie law school graduates (or the unlucky few re-cycling back through after a failed attempt or many...) to learn all the things about the law that they clearly missed in their three years of law school...
Surprise!
Posted on May 24, 2008Whew. I'm back from my trip up to a resort town in the Great Lakes. My Great-Uncle lives up there who fits the bill of "eccentric wealthy old coot." At one point he carried my grandmother's suitcase across his property in his front loading tractor (he keeps it around "just in case") to prove a point that it was too heavy to carry up the stairs...
Stick A Fork In Me
Posted on May 20, 2008I'm done. I graduated. I have many stories, but for now I'm heading off for a quick vacation with my Mom & Grandma until Friday.Catch you on the other side....where we can discuss my Grandmother ranting about Yankees on a street corner in the Big City...
Graduation
Posted on May 17, 2008Tomorrow I graduate from law school, but today I entertained some of my family that are in town for the big event.I come from a large family, with many degrees, but with the exception of my Great Uncle, who is also my Godfather, I am the only lawyer. Today, my Great Aunt & Uncle, (also my Godparents) came into town for the big event...
Superman Potter
Posted on May 15, 2008Apparently the entire point of graduation garb is to make you look like a moron.A moron who attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry and, for the fun of it, made a Superman inspired set of school robes just in case the Hogwarts Express was about to run over some poor wizard and you must, in the blink of an eye and faster than a speeding bullet, save the poor maiden...
It Confuses Me
Posted on May 13, 2008That in the coffee shop by my work two of the employees have a British accent...sometimes. And sometimes they have an American accent.This is odd, no?That's what I thought. I'm glad the internet is behind me on this one.In the meantime I'm searching my inner soul for the uplifting! the funny! the satirical! and all I'm coming up with is woefully unemployed! $150,000 in debt! law school is over priced and underrated! i have no job!But I am excited for my family to come out for graduation this weekend...
Thanks But No Thanks
Posted on May 12, 2008Lets just say it was the worst. interview. ever.The firm kept me waiting for 30+ minutes, took me back, complimented my resume, showed their complete ignorance on the type of law they supposedly practice and then told me that they were sorry, but they had misread my cover-letter and didn't realize I wasn't already licensed to practice law, so they were sorry but there was not a position available for me...
Supreme Something
Posted on May 10, 2008So. This whole "not having a job offer" really sucks. But in an effort to not be a big ball of disappointed resentment, I have decided I must look at the positives. My job offered me an amazing experience that even some licensed attorney's don't get until their fourth or fifth year...
Unemployed
Posted on May 09, 2008I didn't get the job.Nor did I walk out on them as I have some unresolved projects.That interview on Monday suddenly looks a whole lot better.
One Time I Failed. At Life.
Posted on May 08, 2008Shocking but true. Last night I took my last final ever (And yes Katie, I think we might secretly be related, but only if you have as many crazies in your family as I do. And oh man, do I.) and I'd say it was time to break open the bubbly and toast me being done with law school but I have to finish the last little bit of a project so technically I'm not quite done...
J-O-B Status
Posted on May 07, 2008I still haven't heard anything. But everytime my phone rings or I get a buzz from reception I get really nervous and my stomach starts churning. So I have that going for me.I also have an interview at another firm on Monday because, people, you can't put all your eggs in one basket...
Two Posts. One Day. Contain Yourselves.
Posted on May 06, 2008Overheard in court today:Your honor I know we are behind in this case but we have a small problem. You see, one of the Defendant's isn't readily available...um...he's an astronaut. And in other news....I've been asked to a photography shoot as a "model" for some upcoming Law School publications...
Buyouts & Takeovers
Posted on May 06, 2008Lets take a break from the seriousness that was the last post (although I'm very glad that so many of you identified with it and enjoyed it and I hope all of you who did end up with your college sweetheart know that I know that each of us are different and I'm just part of the group that was so entirely not meant to end up with my college boyfriend...
Chapter 3
Posted on May 04, 2008When I started law school in the fall of 2005 I was alone. Utterly, completely alone. As my senior year of college began to speed towards graduation I had a plan. I was moving to the Big City, far away from Utah (where my parents were) and the South (where the rest of my family was)...
To Do
Posted on May 03, 2008I'm in the office on a Saturday with some goals of wrapping up some work-work & some school-work. There is something nice about the office on Saturdays- wear your jeans, come in & get things done without being blindsided or side tracked by anyone else's agenda's...
Nerves. Lotsa Nerves.
Posted on May 01, 2008I've been informed (with an apology for the delay) that I'm to meet with Mr. BPLF next week regarding employment.Oh vomit.I know I continually harp on the subject but between BISMOW and I, our student loans amount to a realllly nice mortgage. So employment (of the paying variety) is necessary to do things like eat...
Dear Bar Exam:
Posted on April 30, 2008The bar exam is really, really screwing with my chi. Or my mojo. Or whatever you call it.Point A: I have typed every single exam in law school I have been allowed to type...which has been about 90% of them. The bar exam employs the same fancy schmancy softwear to "safely" type your exam...
Romance At Its Finest
Posted on April 29, 2008Last night BISMOW came home with a card, flowers and ingredients for homemade chicken noodle soup. He then proceeded to make me a huge pot of chicken noodle soup and give me tissues & a blanket so I could watch tv on the couch while eating a little dinner...
Sick: Updated
Posted on April 28, 2008I'm sick as a dog. So is half my office. If I live through this and find the person that gave me this horrific cold/flu/toxic virus I shall squish them.The Bad: I have the flu. Officially. The influenza virus. The Doctor said so.The Good: I have that new flu-prescription so I only feel like The Death for approximately four days instead of ten...
Vote
Posted on April 25, 2008Well that last pair of shoes went over well with The Namby Pamby, who privately told me that he thought they were borderline the most hideous shoes ever. HASWOE told me they exuded causual chic summer, which is more of what I was going for. But in the meantime...
I Deserve It
Posted on April 24, 2008I've discovered that Federal Jury duty means I'm "on-call" for three weeks...and I could basically have to go down to the courthouse every other day for three weeks if they are having jury trials and if I don't get picked I have to come back again. I can't even discuss how angry this makes me and my bank account & calendar that have been planning on my studying for the bar exam via a very expensive & non-refundable course all summer long...
Jury Freaking Duty
Posted on April 23, 2008I got a notice in the mail today that I've been randomly selected as a potential juror in the United States District Court. Maybe I wouldn't be so annoyed if this wasn't the third time since living in the Big City I've gotten jury duty. I have only lived here for three years...
I've Got Nothing
Posted on April 23, 2008Well other than this: Appalling.As I've less than a month left as a clerk at BPLF (Which, um, maybe I'm coming back to? But maybe I'm not?) I'm wondering what the exit protocol is, considering more than likely I won't have any answers on that situation...
Anti-Climatic
Posted on April 22, 2008Last night was my last night class ever. And it was going well until the police came in and said we had to evacuate the building immediately.Note to all jokers out there: Bomb threats on schools are taken very seriously.And so I left and took a cab home with the lovely Legal Lucy where we discussed the awesomeness that is not knowing what exactly we are doing upon graduation...
A Slap In The Face
Posted on April 20, 2008My Mom & Dad built their new place to capture the views:I think they did a decent job.And now, I am back. BISMOW and I both finally unpacked for semi-good (I have a trip to an amazing lakefront community on the Great Lakes planned the week between graduation & Bar/Bri...
On The Road Again...
Posted on April 17, 2008Trial = Turned Into A One Way Ticket To The Appellate Court.That's about all I can say.Appellate briefs baby, appellate briefs.(For those who arn't legal dorks, a whole lotta nonsense went down and the overall determination is we need clarification on points of law from the higher-ups...
Same Song, Second Verse
Posted on April 17, 2008I've worked 30.3 hours past my normal 30-hour a work week schedule in the past 7 days. I was out of town for two of them. And I still made it to one of my classes this week.The. End.(Um but this 2" trial brief? With six attachments? Is going to cause opposing counsel to freak...
Overtime
Posted on April 15, 2008I was supposed to work for two hours today & then go to school.I'm approaching hour twelve in the office. I ate lunch & dinner at my desk. And my head still hurts.The sweet sweet smell of overtime, I mean, success. Or sleep deprivation. One of the above.
Hypochondriac
Posted on April 14, 2008I'm fairly certain this horrific splitting headache (complete with nausea, photophobia, and dizziness) is the exact same thing our client (in the current trial) died of.That or a sympathetic manifestation of the same symptoms.But I'm going with an intra-cranial brain bleed because oh man it hurts...
They Won!
Posted on April 13, 2008And all was well.Now back to the grind. (Sigh. Big, big sigh.)Only two weeks of law school classes left. So very overwhelming yet underwhelming at the same time. Considering I have to immediately start studying for the bar after I graduate I have a feeling it will be a big anti-climatic moment...
Schedule
Posted on April 12, 2008NHL Playoff Game LIVE!!Back to the Big City to do Trial! Prep! Yay! Trial!Also to do the assignment another partner needed someone to do that I signed up for because, man, I'm trying to get a job there. And if that means a few more hours of work (that hey, I get paid for...
Thou Shall
Posted on April 10, 2008If you are ever going to trial, I would highly recommend you "google" all the parties to the case as well as any expert witness you or the other side have proffered.Because you might just hit paydirt. It might be inadmissible paydirt, but it might also add the perfect fuel to the fire to make you remember why you do this...
Mushy: An Update
Posted on April 10, 2008The morning Mushy the Heart jumped out at BISMOW from a juice glass. Muahahaha.And then he was hiding in my skivvies drawer. Sigh.* * *And now, an excerpt from work:2nd Chair of Upcoming Trial: Daisy what are you doing tonight? Do you have class? Daisy: Umm...
NOLA Love
Posted on April 09, 2008Nola of Nola Notes went to my favorite restuarant and ordered my favorite thing in the whole entire world, what I have dubbed "heaven on a plate".It made me smile as I tried to unbury myself from the 8 binders of depositions & paperwork I'm wading through for trial next week...
Mushy
Posted on April 09, 2008A few weeks ago when Eddie & HASWOE came to visit, Eddie gave me a parting gift: a mushy stress ball in the shape of a heart. It is red and covered in the logo of some company...highly scientific description I'm sure. Anyway, BISMOW and I think that this mushy heart is quite funny and BISMOW threatened to hide it where I would least expect it, so the mushy heart would jump out and scare me...
Change
Posted on April 08, 2008Starbucks had new cups today and I almost died, right there on the spot. We all know how I feel about Starbucks Red Cups, so any change in the cups is something I need some advanced warning on. Then, right before I died there on the spot I had to pull it together and ask the Barista to please give me a new-new cup because he had just sloshed half my drink down the side of the one he was about to hand me...
No News Is....
Posted on April 07, 2008The National Conference of Bar Examiners has deemed me to be ethical enough to pass the ethical-lawyer exam.Interpret that how you will.Either way, my calendar in August just got cleared as I don't have to re-take the sucker.As for my job, well, no, thanks for asking, I have not heard anything about...
Good Morning Sunshine
Posted on April 07, 2008Getting back in the swing of things after a little vacation is never fun, but what is less fun is being the office-mate to the person bitching about being back in the confines of meetings & deadlines after their faabulous, relaxing vaacation so I shall strive to not be that person...
The End
Posted on April 06, 2008Sunburned.Hungover. (Oh man am I hungover)Home with BISMOW. Ahhhhh. And now, an excerpt from last night:Mama PAG: Daisy youuu are drunk! Daisy: No, YOU are drunk (emphatic finger pointing towards Mama Pag) !!!Please excuse me while I find the section in Miss Manners on the appropriate hostess gift to send after such an incident.
Update
Posted on April 04, 2008Scarlett, PAG and myself just finished breakfast on a balcony overlooking the ocean. It was divine. Not so divine: the raging hangovers AND my horrific sunburn on a patch of my right knee and my left bicep. Note to self: if you are going to wear SPF 70 for your fair fair skin, it works best in an even application...
Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
Posted on April 02, 2008I am here. Hilarity ensues. Yadda. Yadda. Yadda.Ooh, but on a slightly cheerier note, I am going on vaaacaaation tomorrow morning. Even though I'm not thrilled that someone, ahem, PAG, booked us on the earliest butt-crack of dawn flight EVER out of the Big City I am excited for some sun (haha pasty white opaque self get ready for some suuunscreen!) and some relaxation, and truth be told, BISMOW is excited to watch the Red Wings games in perfect silence and peace back in the Big City...
Overwhelmed
Posted on April 01, 2008There is a lot going on these days and because this is my blog so I get to write about whatever I want because it is MY blog and I'll complain if I want to, I just need to vent a smidge.Classes end in four weeks. Four weeks! Holy crapola. And I have a lot of assignments to turn in during those weeks...
I Don't Suppose You Know What It Means...
Posted on March 31, 2008So remember that one time, a long time ago (i.e. about a week ago) when I gave you a schedule of some posts? And you were all like "Daisy, a schedule hahahah" and I was all like "No for seriously really, I will follow it!!" And then I didn't and y'all felt vindicated?Well here is one of the long ago promised topics:The Easter Basket & Its Innards BISMOW's Mom gave us lovely Easter baskets filled with lovely things...
Whew
Posted on March 31, 2008Some weekends are relaxing and quiet. Others are not. Lets go with the latter of the two and recap the past four days:- My cousin, Baby Daisy, came into town. Yay!- Eddie & HASWOE came into town, surprised the living pants off of me. Anonymous Hottie was pleased with her surprising skills, rightfully so...
Hollywood
Posted on March 27, 2008There is a movie with a very, very famous set of actors and actresses filming on my block this week. When I say filming on my block I mean right in front of my damn apartment. I can't tell you which movie or actors in case, say, some internet-weirdo does some research and finds where I live and shows up and hacks me into bits for saying something they didn't "agree" with, but um, in the meantime, think big...
The Fate Of The Free World Depends On It:
Posted on March 26, 2008Me owning the following shoes. (Yeah. I know. Two posts, one day, neither on the schedule. But these shoes are very important.)Oh they are all black? I didn't notice. But um, black goes with everything. And everything I own. You say boring, I say classic...
The End of The World As We Know It
Posted on March 26, 2008Big sigh of relief that y'all agree that diapers should not be changed on tables designed for eating. I think we should start a club, some sort of "Keep Sidney's Butt Off My Table But In The Meantime, Please Install Changing Tables In All Public Restrooms", except KSBOMTBINTMPICTIAPR isn't really catchy...
Butt Paste & DQ
Posted on March 25, 2008Bet you didn't think that would ever be the headline of anything you read did you? Well, times are changing folks, and apparently some people think the mixing of butt paste and a Dairy Queen table is appropriate.The scene is as follows:Dairy Queen, somewhere on the route from Big City to Big City...
We Take A Break In Our Regularly Scheduled Programming...
Posted on March 24, 2008Sometimes, as I stare at my law school debt, or want to go to bed but really have to finish reading depositions & then start my homework, I wonder why I went into law. When I hear the media bash the "liberal tort bar" or the "liberal trial bar" I wonder what mess I've jumped straight into...
Back & Better Than Ever
Posted on March 23, 2008So. Before I begin to tell you all about the Easter meet-n-greet with BISMOW & his family I figured I'd give you a schedule for the upcoming week. Consider it my gift to you:- The Contents of The Easter Baskets: Dissected - The Incident of The Butt Paste & Dairy Queen (who knew DQ would become a common topic?)- The Incident of the Sock & The Dryer- Maybe a few old tales of my failures to come across as cool calm & collected with the The Ex (including the Cosmo on the white carpet story...
My Interview Skills Are Like....
Posted on March 21, 2008So. Easter. Yay?I am going to another Big City with BISMOW to meet his entire family. I've decided my Easter dress is not as flattering as I once thought. Big sigh. I hope they like me. I haven't done this in...years.I'd forgotten how nerve wracking this whole thing was...
Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance...
Posted on March 19, 2008Or something like that.Let me just say that if, lets say, hypothetically you opened a neat boutique-y dog kennel, then hypothetically you would avoid:a- opening one two blocks from another kennel of the exact same concept ORb- having basically the exact same name as the aforementioned kennel of the exact same concept And, lets say, if you hypothetically opened said dog kennel and did not avoid a OR b, then I would say that you should have a really really big sign telling customers at the front door that you are not the kennel of the exact same concept and almost the exact same name located a mere two blocks away...
Congratulations!
Posted on March 17, 2008BISMOW started his new job today. For a variety of boring reasons (i.e. financial and the like) this is a very good thing. He is a lawyer and with the dismal market out there, the fact that he was able to make not only a change but an "upward" one at that is pretty awesome...
The Number You Have Reached Is Busy
Posted on March 17, 2008My Boss at BPLF: Hey Daisy, whatcha doing? Daisy: Um. Finishing a complaint for you, another complaint for Mr. Very Important, another for Mr. Super Very Important that has a very firm statutory deadline of Friday, a trial brief for the Very Important Trial Team Who Has No Clerk This Week, trying to wrap my brain around some mediation memo's that I know you want to get off to the mediators, and then some stuff at some offices really far away that Very Important Team needs me to do...
St. Patty's Day
Posted on March 16, 2008Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day. The Pope said so, and from what I hear, he has authority on those things. So yesterday BISMOW and I went from party to party and bar to bar and got our green on. It was great. Other than the unruly drunks, the vomit on the sidewalks and the other usual grossness of "Drinking Holidays"...
Swoon
Posted on March 13, 2008Romance at its finest:BISMOW told me that I'm cuter than Spitzer's call girl.
..or Dare?
Posted on March 12, 2008Please read the opening sentence which came from this article about Eliot Spitzer. Please note that I am in no way publishing, broadcasting, rewriting or redistributing this article. Just...you know...pointing a few things out.Lets see...in one sentence we get the following words: tumultuous tumble zenith promising political nadir shocking sex scandal bright bullheaded bloating...
Do You Know Where You Are?
Posted on March 11, 2008Seeing as how it is Tuesday it is a "school" morning on which I get to treat myself to Starbucks. Ahh that delicious latte. Barista: Ok thanks. (hands me my card back) Would you like your receipt? Daisy: No thanks, I'm good. (Begins to turn to walk towards the coffee bar...
Crazy Ethical
Posted on March 10, 2008Saturday was the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam, a/k/a the MPRE, a/k/a the "Are You Going To Be An Ethical Lawyer" exam. Unlike some people I didn't oversleep and miss the exam, or oversleep and almost miss the exam. Nope I was there right on time...
I Came, I Saw, I.....
Posted on March 07, 2008did something?I had my meeting. I did not vomit.I find out in a month. Give or take.Oh goodness. The real hoping/praying/finger crossing starts right about now.
Unemployment
Posted on March 06, 2008As a third year law student I am doing the annual "rush and find a job so you can pay your bills and eat and become a productive member of society and not have to come crawling home to Mom & Dad admitting that you just can't hack it in the big bad world" ritual...
Wrong Number
Posted on March 04, 2008Someone is an idiot.Someone, more specifically, who has a phone number that is clearly similar to mine. And this idiot, being completely unaware of what their phone number is, is giving my number out instead. The incoming calls have been crazy. I haven't actually had a chance to answer any of them as these individuals always seem to call when I'm in class, at work, or running an errand that requires me to interact with other people, preferably without my phone glued to my ear...
Dear All of You With The Death:
Posted on March 03, 2008I love you all.Now please stay away.No, no, I know what your symptoms are. You have a horrible fever. You feel wretched. Lapsing into a coma/drooling Nyquil induced sleep is imminent. You hate the world. You don't know or care why and when you got the flu shot...
Imagery
Posted on March 02, 2008This weekend, I got the heck out of dodge. As BISMOW was giving me a grand tour of his college campus, I enjoyed the scenery. I even took a photo: Now imagine me a few feet away from said pretty picture, sprawled out on the ground, knee bleeding, slush all over me, bags on the ground...
A Few Truths & A Lie
Posted on February 28, 2008So today I'm going to share a few things with you. One of them will be a lie....you can vote on which one and then, one day, I'll let you know which one isn't true. Here goes:- When I was a baby my family owned a Belgian Tervuren , a type of Belgian Shepard...
Atonement i.e. Paying For Depression
Posted on February 27, 2008Just in case anyone was wondering, I saw Atonement.Let me rephrase that. I asked BISMOW if he wanted to go to a movie and when he said yes I told him that Atonement had been nominated for a lot of awards and was set during WWII. In my defense, this was really all I knew about it...
Steam Cycle
Posted on February 26, 2008Papa Duke just sent me a text message telling me that he flew over my college and was hanging out, eating red beans and rice, in New Orleans. I think the second part might have just been a big joke mostly because I'm fairly certain he was sitting in an airport terminal, but one never knows with him...
And The Oscar Goes To.....
Posted on February 25, 2008So, like many people, American and otherwise (otherwise? really? sorry guys, it is Monday, and with that comes a complete lackofvocabulary...) I watched the Oscar's last night. Actually, after spending five entire, horrible hours of my life learning about being an ethical lawyer or, rather, learning the finer topics usually tested on the "how to be an ethical lawyer" mandatory exam I crawled home, ordered a take & bake pizza (Ahem! New favorite pizza combo! Whole wheat crust, sauce, cheese, fresh garlic and basil...
Scentsational Memories
Posted on February 21, 2008You know how a smell can instantly transport you back to a time and place so far from where you are currently standing it is eerie?For instance, a whiff of Chanel # 5 reminds me of my Mother, all dressed up with her gorgeous dark green dress coat, coming in to kiss me goodnight after coming home from a night out with my Dad...
Haaappy Biiirthday To LBAAAAAAAAAA
Posted on February 20, 2008No, that isn't Legally Blonde Ambition x 1 million, its just, you know, what it would sound like if you sang Happy Birthday to my blog. Because LBA turns one year old today. Lets review the past year:- I finished my second year of law school. Big yay...
Does Daisy Have OCD? Vote!
Posted on February 19, 2008Sometimes people (a/k/a, PAG, Anonymous Hottie, Bismow & Mama Duke) inform me that I'm weird. As in organized and OCD. Here is my closet...I don't think it is that organized. If you look closely in the lower right hand corner you can see the embroidery on my traditional German wear for Oktoberfest in Munich...
Who Knew?
Posted on February 19, 2008Apparently Hubert Humphrey was not a President of the United States. He was a vice president.I stand corrected.Blah blah blah. Blah blah blah.
Q & A
Posted on February 18, 2008Today my boss gave a speech. It was an excellent speech. I say that becuase I wrote it....or at least wrote out all the bullet points for him to follow. I got to attend the speech becuase I was in charge of the Powerpoint presentation. Very high tech you know...
Oooh, Ahh....Monday
Posted on February 18, 2008Much thanks to Lanny for bestowing upon me an Excellent Blog award...it came with some wonderful words & compliments, and all I can say is Thanks! Now I'm supposed to hand the award onto someone else who I think is an excellent blogger...and so I'd like to hand it over to Grace, who makes me laugh on a daily basis...
Meme
Posted on February 15, 2008Oh man. I've been tagged by Grace. But first, lets show how this happened:Grace was tagged. She subsequently tagged:Harmless Error, Anonymous Hottie, and myself.Anonymous Hottie tagged Eddie.Eddie re-tagged me, and also tagged The Wayward Esquire & Blonde Counsel...
Happy Half-Priced Chocolate Day Eve
Posted on February 14, 2008Tomorrow ladies & gentlemen, is Half-Priced Chocolate Day. It is the day of the year that you skeddadle on over to Godiva or Ghiradelli, or hell, even Walgreens and select yourself your favorite truffle or chocolate gnache box, throw away the obnoxious red & pink & heart covered packaging, and enjoy your goodies...
Oooh
Posted on February 12, 2008http://legal-lucy.blogspot.com/Read. Love. Repeat.But seriously, whenever my Hot Blonde Former Co-Worker takes up blogging I can't help but be supportive...and hope she isn't wittier than me.Also, on a side note, I'd like to say that for once I have a reader & commentor whose blog doesn't fall into the legal genre/bitching/moaning or typical young 20 something moan about life/work/significant others...
Communication
Posted on February 12, 2008Lets start with the snail mail and share a recent card BISMOW got in the mail:Dear BDSMOW (Boy Daisy Sometimes Makes Out With):Thanks for letting us abuse your apartment last weekend. Your girlfriend is smokin'. Sorry we clogged the toilet.Love,The University of the Midwest Varsity Ice Curling TeamI'll let y'all ponder that one & decide if that letter was part of Ms...
Ayo Technology
Posted on February 11, 2008I just trekked to school in a ridiculously cold snowstorm from my office. The weather map has this image:Followed by the sentence: "Feels like 2* F"By the time I got to the Starbucks by school, my hair was drenched with freezing snow. Luckily a few of my friends told me that this "drowned-rat" look has given way to the "sexy school teacher" look...
Morning Cup of.......
Posted on February 09, 2008At BPLF we work on teams. My team is quite small: me, the legal assistant/secretary, and The Boss, an attorney & partner at BPLF. We are a small team and work relatively well together, but, um, someone on the team is sort of odd. And it isn't me...
Lent....
Posted on February 08, 2008I should preface this by saying I'm not actually Catholic, so giving up something for Lent is not something that my church asks me to to do...but the idea of giving something up for 40 days before Easter doesn't seem like a half bad one, and so for most of my college & law school years, I've given something up...
Death
Posted on February 07, 2008The Plauge Has Come.Specifically, myself and PAG have contracted some horrific mutant cold that has left her hacking up her left lung on a regular basis and me sneezing and blowing my nose every two minutes.We are disgusting.The end.
Home Sweet Home
Posted on February 06, 2008Papa Duke has a blog. It isn't so much a writing blog as it is a photo blog, on which he posts photos of the progress on the "Dream Home" he and Mama Duke are building. The writing is mostly in the captions, things like "Castle Turret Number 2 Completed"...
Let The Good Times Roll
Posted on February 05, 2008Ooh, and you thought today was going to be me being all preachy and telling you to Vote! Vote or Die! Voting Is Important! Well you were only half right. Today would not be complete without reminding everyone that it is Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras...
Thoughts Before Super Tuesday
Posted on February 04, 2008Three cheers for Arizona.An excerpt from the article:While we all support abstinence-only and don't believe, in particular, that teenagers should be engaged in sexual relationships of that sort, the fact of the matter is that some do," Napolitano said...
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