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think like a woman... act like a man

Law student journals about her life and fledgling legal job. Much about her mixed-breed dog, Martha.
By "The Ruby Red Slipper Blog" AKA "Anastasia" AKA "Ana"

Post Frequency: 1.6/day

Last Entry: July 18, 2010 at 14:13:00

How's Your Cash Flow?

Posted on July 18, 2010
During law school, I wrote quite a few posts on living simply and managing your money. Since graduating, and ultimately finding a job, my budget needs have changed a little bit, so I thought I?d discuss what I?m doing now financially.1. Rebuilding My Savings ? Watching my savings slowly and steadily deplete over 3-4 years was probably one of my most painful moments in my life financially...

Oh wait, you work here?

Posted on July 13, 2010
So work today was a little awkward. You see, not only did they do layoffs yesterday, but well, it wasn?t the traditional ?Hey, you?re fired, and now we?re going to escort you out the building.? Uh, no, they gave my friends two weeks to find another job within the company...

And This Too Shall Pass...

Posted on July 13, 2010
Life has been a little stressful lately.First ? at work, it?s been obvious for the past three weeks or so that some serious shit is about to go down. Closed office doors. Extended impromptu lunches with specific parties. Mumblings of the term ?budget...

Your Life in Expenses...

Posted on July 09, 2010
My bank called me this morning because they suspected fraud on my credit card. I sat down at my kitchen table as the bank rep asked me line-by-line to confirm or deny each transaction.BankRep: $42 on itunes, July 8?Ana: Not me.BankRep: Purchase of a Sony Playstation at X Toy Store?Ana: Not me...

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Self Improvement...

Posted on July 08, 2010
Remember how a few months back I asked which was better ? a good face or a good body? Well, the reason for this was because I am totally fine with my body, but I HATE my face.It?s not that bad. I just personally am not a fan, and I cringe whenever I see it in pictures...

Ana Can Haz Goals..

Posted on July 06, 2010
Okay, so for months I?ve been freaking out, and I think a few weeks ago we realized it was because I don?t have any short term/long term goals.It?s hard. I mean, in 2003 I decided that I wanted to go to law school. I spent the next two years working on making that happen...

The SkinCare Regime...

Posted on June 23, 2010
Back in January I mentioned that I was experimenting with skincare products and promised to report back after a full-scale review. Six months later, I think I?ve seen enough, and I?m sorta-semi shocked with the ultimate results.Prior to beginning my quest this winter, my daily skin care regimen was to apply sunscreen daily...

Suck it, Pac-10!

Posted on June 15, 2010
And P.S. - maybe next year we'll invite some of your schools to join OUR conference.

Working In-House...

Posted on June 15, 2010
Although, this could probably apply to any client now that I think about it...Ana: Blah-blah-blah-blah, but from a legal perspective, I would advise you to do XYZ.Random Dude in Company: I'd like for you to give me a legal argument as to why I should do XYZ...

Goals...

Posted on June 06, 2010
So I was sitting around today doing absolutely nothing?and berating myself over it because, hey, it?s Sunday, I can do anything I want, and in sixteen hours I?ll be back at work ? so I should at least a) be having fun, or b) be doing something constructive, but no, I don?t want to do ANYTHING...

Looking Back at the Thirty-Fifth Year...

Posted on June 03, 2010
Turning thirty-five should make you feel old. Heck, turning thirty-four made me feel old and depressed, and now I?m that much closer to forty. Guess what though? It doesn?t. Thirty-five is apparently the year when I stop viewing my age as some sort of mile marker for life...

Back to Basics...

Posted on May 23, 2010
Hello friends. Thanks for letting me throw up all over the page the other night. It?s strange keeping a journal that others can read. I like knowing that someone is reading, and I like that you?re anonymous, but sometimes it freaks me out to know that there are people who know me here...

Phases...

Posted on May 19, 2010
My grandfather had a nightly ritual. At five pm, he?d come downstairs to the living room, pour himself a glass of beer (usually Pearl) and watch the local news. Then at six pm, he?d watch the national news. When that was over, he?d pour another glass of beer, head back upstairs to his study, click on his reel-to-reel that played Big Band music, and sit in his director?s chair...

Her Own Heart is Her Kryptonite...

Posted on April 30, 2010
It's that time again, kids. You know, when I write the crazy stories about the future? Like this one I wrote while procrastinating for the bar where I was married with three kids? Or this one where I was a sixty-something old lady in the Ozarks? Yep, well, now you get one in my early forties...

Your Active Participation Required...

Posted on April 30, 2010
Would you rather have...a) a great face; orb) a great body; andc) Why?You can comment anonymously. Also, in your comments, you should probably state which you think is your better portion - face or body.Muy thanks in advance. (If you think neither is important and this is total 2-dimensional baloney, just roll with me, k?)

Sometimes I'm Wrong...

Posted on April 29, 2010
Popping in to say hello and tell you I am alive - meaning I survived my brother?s wedding.As I packed the night before (the wedding was outside of Los Angeles) my sister texted me to let me know that a group of people were going hot-tubbing after the rehearsal dinner...

Dear Old Navy...

Posted on April 19, 2010
Dear Old Navy,I recently (and inadvertently) lost a few pounds. Although most people can fluctuate five pounds without moving up or down a size, I am not one of those people. And so, with the idea that this weight loss will probably be short-lived, I decided to hit up one of your stores for some cheap, casual, small-cut clothes for summer that I wouldn?t feel bad about letting go of in six

My Mother's Child...

Posted on March 21, 2010
So, I'm not preppie, but I find as a I get older that I do prefer simple over outrageous, and classic over trendy....which is why I loved a recent email from my mother where she asked,"Do you think I might find a dress for your brother's wedding at LL...

And How is Life Treating Me?

Posted on March 18, 2010
Well, my boss went out of town - so I thought things might quiet down a bit. Sometime in mid-December I chipped (thankfully) a back molar. (Thankful that it was in the back as opposed to the front.) Because I thought all might be quiet on the western front, I made an ridiculously early dental appointment for this week (which felt even earlier since I forgot all about daylight savings stuff)...

The Redneck Hippie and the Yuppie Granola?

Posted on March 17, 2010
It has come to my attention that many people put hippies and greenies and their various subforms into one large category. Au contraire, mon fr�re, these groups are very different ? and two that run rampant in Texas are?the redneck hippie and the yuppie granola...

I Practice Peace Law...

Posted on March 16, 2010
You may not know this, but International Law is all about being nice to your neighbors.For example, today I got a phone call from a co-worker in Canada. The other contracting party was having a little trouble with some of our contract language.?Well, send it over...

Around the House Frugality?

Posted on March 12, 2010
I?ve never made much money, so over time, I?ve learned to be cheap, I mean, um, frugal. In law school, and in the year after, I learned how to do so like never before. Here are some cost-cutting tips that add up over time (and which usually help the environment-bonus)...

Fact or Fiction?

Posted on March 11, 2010
Fact. If you wash your hair once a week, your oil production levels will even out in about six weeks.Yep, just tried it. On week five or so. Do you know how much time, water, energy, shampoo, money, etc. that I can save by doing this over a lifetime?Sweet!That being said, the first few weeks require wearing a ponytail from day 3-4 on until it all works out...

But Still Technologically Retarded...

Posted on March 09, 2010
Yesterday Senior Counsel showed me the little 'trick' of pressing T when scrolling through messages on your blackberry. Boy, do I feel stupid.Now if only I could find someone to show me how to set up my voicemail on the darn thing.What? I've only had it for like, six months.

I Bought a Piece of Technology!

Posted on March 09, 2010
I know. Hell must have frozen over, right? I?m a little shocked myself. Despite never having bought a television or a stereo or a vacuum cleaner, I finally did it.I got a new ipod.My first ipod was won in a raffle, and I thought it was pretty groovy ? because it held SO much more than the MP3 player my dad gave me...

Updates...

Posted on March 03, 2010
Remember how I told you that I?d had a great experience with the Ex?Um, yeah, well, after the whole deal, I deleted him out of my phone, convinced that it was all over and resolved. Never in a million years did I imagine that he?d contact me?in order to screw it up...

Because it's just a great song...

Posted on February 24, 2010

More Grappling with Technology...

Posted on February 21, 2010
After my grandmother died in the fall of 1996 and my grandfather was moved to an assisted living home, my mother, brother, and I all assembled at their home in San Antonio to go about figuring out what to do with their stuff. Mom gave my brother and I each a sheet of dot stickers...

And People Wonder Why They're Single...

Posted on February 18, 2010
So, since you guys seemed to enjoy the last date post, I thought I?d follow-up with more ?fun? online adventures. I?ve now been on the site for six months, and I?ve met or received emails from *quite* an ?interesting? group of people.Seriously, I think I could write the self-help book from hell when this is all over...

Wherein I am once again forced to join the 21st Century?

Posted on February 17, 2010
Remember that post from awhile ago where I told you how bad I was with technology? I mentioned that I got my TV in 1997?and that my dad bought it for me.Well here it is?or here it was.Replete with awesome antenna sticker.Around Thanksgiving my dad called asking what I wanted for Xmas...

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