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On Fed Tax, at 3am

Posted on April 29, 2010
Guys:In perusing my Fed Tax (oh, hello, Merlot, my old friend and study buddy): I saw the sign. And it opened up my eyes--I saw the sign! No one's gonna drag you up, to get into the light where you belong (but where do you belong?).I am slowly losing my mind...

Law School Roundup #222

Posted on April 27, 2010
Law School Roundup #222 is up at Beyond the Underground.Check back here next week for #223!

It can smell fear

Posted on April 27, 2010
The take-home Fed Courts exam is getting emailed out today. Everyone who's taken this class knows that this thing will be an unholy nightmare. I'm not typically one for test anxiety, but knowing it's out there, on the internet--lurking--is a little horrifying...

Throw another dime in the jukebox, baby.

Posted on April 24, 2010
In an act of unadulterated But I'm a 3L-itis, I got 20% of the way through my tax outline, roasted some potatoes, opened a bottle of Teatown 2005 Merlot (vineyard relevance = minimal, except to say: Seriously, my wine-drinking, crossword-doing buddy, I am still reaping the benefits of your lovely trunk...

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Ok, but seriously.

Posted on April 22, 2010
I am not allowed to be on Petfinder again until I have a future plan that doesn't involve sleeping on my parents couch.

Please Send Chocolate Espresso Beans

Posted on April 21, 2010
As previously previewed in yesterday's forlorn "oh please let me still be a nerd" posting, I have an epic amount of work to do. I have no idea what crazy place I got myself into this semester, but it can only be interpreted as a Very Bad Choice.Non-law students, listen carefully: This is a dangerous time for you...

The Ivory Tower Has a Fire Escape?

Posted on April 20, 2010
3Ls: Is graduating overwhelming and sad to you, too?I know I'm about to get pilloried for saying this, but I'm afraid, and nostalgic, and frankly, panicked. It's not about the work.* Instead, it's about that fear of mediocrity that never really left, from the first time I picked up a pencil and started sketching out logic games...

Law School Roundup #221

Posted on April 20, 2010
Welcome to Law School Roundup #221.Without further ado:And also: On poodles, and blogging (oh hay, its kk)31 Flavors: What kind of law blogger are you? (Law Actually)Volumes: Seriously, people. All we do is write. (Virgin in the Volcano)Hell: Law school nemesis (My Legal Fiction)...

Ready? Go.

Posted on April 14, 2010
I am never leaving the Journal office. Ever. UGH.Also, if you want a shot at extra points in Fantasy ANTM, post/email me your guesses for who's going home and who's getting called first by 8pm EST.There will be no recap this week, I have to write 75 pages by Tuesday afternoon...

Law School Roundup #220

Posted on April 13, 2010
Law School Roundup #220 is up at Beyond the Underground.Check back here next week for #221!

This just in.

Posted on April 10, 2010
A quick gmail search has revealed: I use the word "rad" an alarming amount in my email correspondence.Ok, then.Also rad:DarwinFMFSeeing my college buddy on SundayRed wine

Squee!

Posted on April 08, 2010
Prof. Big Deal Crim from 1L year called me his friend today.GUYS. I HAVE TOTALLY ARRIVED.Le sigh. I have such a professorial crush on that mean old man.

I Watch Top Model (So you don't have to)...Bonus Round

Posted on April 07, 2010
Dudes. And dudettes. I love this show so freakin' much.A brief recap so that I can get us back in line for Fantasy ANTM:*Week 2: Toccara, one of the six successful ANTM alumni, takes the girls on a party bus for model trivia. If you have watched more than 2 seasons of Top Model, you would totally kick ass at this game...

Law School Roundup #219

Posted on April 07, 2010
Welcome to the (belated) Law School Roundup #219OMG! Like, Totally: Law School is just like high school (Write and Wrong)WTF: Or not. (i don't wear skinny jeans)Hobbies: Something to keep the spouse occupied, too. (The Corner in the Middle)PSA: Dear Authors: Seriously, guys...

Ew. Ew. Ew.

Posted on April 01, 2010
Internet, this is a warning to all of you:The next one of you that tries to live-blog/twitter/Facebook status update your child's birth--I will come to your home, remove all your electronic devices, and smack you. And you will deserve every second of it...

I Watch Top Model (So you don't have to)...sometimes

Posted on March 31, 2010
This week's I Watch Top Model has been indefinitely postponed due to a case of "holy crap it's almost April." Points will still get updated this week, and your regularly scheduled programming will resume shortly.Also: Reserved my cap & gown today...

Self-Reflection

Posted on March 31, 2010
What is it about me that makes my male authors want to use emoticons in their emails? Are all academics needy, socially dysfunctional, freak shows, or just the ones that work with me?Case in point:Dear [Author]:Thank you for your recent re-submission to the Journal of Fun and Wonderment...

Law School Roundup #218

Posted on March 28, 2010
Law School Roundup #218 is up Beyond The Underground. Check back here next week, same great place and time, for Roundup #219 (the "OMG More Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs, Please" Edition).

How is it...

Posted on March 28, 2010
...that now, with so many months of training behind them, my 2Ls have all forgotten how to use an em dash?Tarnation. I need hardly mention the Rule of Five, except to say: 2Ls, I am watching you. Get thee to the Bluebook, and stop destroying my faith in humanity...

I Watch Top Model (So you don't have to)

Posted on March 23, 2010
Inspired by KK, welcome to the first weekly session of I Watch Top Model (so you don't have to). If you have testosterone, take your life too seriously, or expected some kind of legitimate substance from this blog, it would be best if you clicked away now...

The bar exam, by the numbers

Posted on March 22, 2010
....Or, "How The Bar Exam Saved California's Budget Crisis."I am taking the California Bar in July (to clarify: in May, June, and August, I will be going to California bars. This is not the same experience, though both leave you poorer and headachey)...

It's official

Posted on March 22, 2010
I've reached that stage in the law school/Journal/life onslaught that I need a hug even more than I need a stiff drink.When I say I'm overwhelmed, I sometimes have to remind myself that I am not weak or incompetent--just bowled over and in need of a good shoulder to lean on...

Better plan:

Posted on March 21, 2010
...I drop out of law school and make my living selling things on Etsy. Current skills include: cooking, wedding website design, calligraphy, bootleg alcohol, puttering. I am fairly certain I can parlay this into something that people would buy.Right?

Law School Roundup #217

Posted on March 21, 2010
Welcome to Law School Roundup #217:It has been a trying week in the blawgosphere. To our friends out there who are grieving, struggling, or barely getting by- we're here for you. Sometimes, the pain is special. Other times, it's the normal ache of the mid-semester grind, compounded with job-search hopelessness and a dash of I'm-not-sure-I-can-do-it...

It is snowing.

Posted on March 20, 2010
Again.Accordingly, Roommate and I are making a turkey. By which I mean: I spent the morning up to my elbows in gizzards and garlic, while Roommate patiently listened to my diatribe about the proper care and feeding of stuffing, and I snuck tastes of the aforementioned when it seemed like no one was looking...

Of humor, honesty, and the dog-stealing Grandma.

Posted on March 18, 2010
Before she went blind, my grandma, Catherine, used to wander around her neighborhood. She was tough as nails, and always independent. At 16, she became the first woman in the state of Texas to play high school basketball. Seventy-five years later, she shrugs at this, as if it was just 'one of those things...

Enter the Awesome.

Posted on March 16, 2010
Seriously. Fantasy Top Model. Do it.Here's the roster. Picutres are on the CW website, and as soon as my technologically incompetent butt can, I wil get them up here, too. Here's the cast of crazies!Tatiana: Is a volunteer mortician, and promptly tells Tyra about how she fills bodies with sawdust and formaldehyde...

Seven recent news items that I should be blogging about

Posted on March 07, 2010
1. One of my professors just added me as a friend on Facebook. This makes one of us awesome. I am not sure which one.2. You know what love is? Love is calling the DMV for you, and navigating that horrible touchtone disaster. Thanks, Darwin.3. The Journal of Fun and Wonderment elected my successor...

Law School Roundup #214

Posted on February 28, 2010
Law School Roundup #214 is up over at Beyond The Underground.Check back here, same great place and time, for Roundup #215.

When the going gets tough...

Posted on February 27, 2010
The tough sit on the couch with the cat and a bowl of ice cream.Right?

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