Law Students

Boxing Day

Posted on December 26, 2008
This is the first Christmas in a long time that my siblings, our spouses and kids, and my parents didn't all spend together. The plan was to spend Christmas with our individual families and see eachother in the following days, though probably not as a group as my sister was recovering...

The tyrant in footy pajamas

Posted on December 26, 2008
My sister is feeling much better after a fever spike and general unpleasantness associated with a C-section, her new daughter is beautiful, and her two year old daughter is terrifying. Ok, the last part is not precisely true. By not precisely true, I mean she's really 27 months old, not 24...

MILP #77

Posted on December 21, 2008
Backdating this one for posterity.PtLawmom had the round up, here.

Off line

Posted on December 20, 2008
I'll be at my sister's for a few days, helping with the baby, and then maybe a few days more. Not really sure of the time table.br /br /I don't really have time to schedule a bunch of posts, so I am not going to. I'll update upon my return. Until then, have a great holiday, andbr /br /Dance...

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Winning him over, one alter ego at a time

Posted on December 18, 2008
Clownfish: It is raining mommy. I don't want Meow to get wet. Could you carry her inside of your jacket?br /br /Me: Sure. (taking Meow and securing her).br /br /Clownfish *tiny voice*: Thank you, you're a great Mommy.br /br /Me: You're welcome, Clownfish...

Angst

Posted on December 18, 2008
I knew a href="http://butterflyfish1.blogspot.com/2008/12/post-exam-lack-of-feeling.html"this/a wouldn't last.br /br /I have that horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach because I messed something up on my Land Use exam yesterday.br /br /HUGE mess up...

Post-exam lack of feeling

Posted on December 15, 2008
Real estate is over. I felt very nervous before the test. I haven't felt that nervous before a test in a while. Now, post-exam, I don't feel much of anything.I don't feel terrific, like wow I totally nailed that. I don't feel awful or sick, like wow I totally blew that...

MILP # 76: Happy Ramahaunusolstikwanzmas

Posted on December 14, 2008
The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom, A New Duck, and A Little Fish in Law School blogs. We originally rounded up just the moms in law school, but then discovered that those women eventually graduate...

Can you guess which one was mine this weekend?

Posted on December 14, 2008
The following are the 'status messages' some of my friends and I displayed on our instant messenger this weekend. Which one was mine?Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.Some people put the 'stud' in study... I bring the Y...

Is there such thing as a knack fairy?

Posted on December 11, 2008
I am ridiculously incapable of understanding Real Estate. I am just . . . not getting it. Or major aspects of it. It's like another language to me. I read it all semester. I always thought I understood what was going on. And I'd get to class and think I had studied Spanish while the professor was speaking Greek...

I think a little Queen (We are the Champions) is appropriate right now

Posted on December 10, 2008
I wrote a summary judgment motion during my last week of work this past summer. I felt good about this one -- it was really helping someone who was getting railroaded by a much bigger entity. We didn't hold out much hope for SJ, but were certainly entitled to it, at least by my reasoning...

House

Posted on December 09, 2008
House = HolmesWilson = WatsonHe lives at 221BDrug addiction that abates when he has a mysteryetc.etc.There are so many Sherlock Holmes references in House.But dropping Irene Adler into tonight's episode... that was just awesome.

How can you tell if a lawyer is ethical?

Posted on December 08, 2008
See, this would be the start of a great lawyer joke, except apparently, according to a multiple choice test, I am ethical enough to practice in every jurisdiction that takes the MPRE seriously.I have no idea how that happened.Ok, you can all officially say "I told you so...

Why real estate is making me crazy

Posted on December 08, 2008
Ann borrows money from Big Bank secured by mortgage on her house. Big Bank borrows money from Conglomerate Bank and assigns Ann?s note and mortgage to Conglomerate. Big Bank doesn?t tell Ann about the assignment. No one does. Ann makes all her payments to Big Bank...

MILP #75

Posted on December 07, 2008
Thank you to One New Duck, who did the round up this week.Next week, here!

Wedding hells

Posted on December 03, 2008
Rehearsal. Rehearsal dinner. Rehearsal dinner scheduled very inconveniently for those of us travelling from out of town, necessitating an even longer visit home, during which no school work can be done.My brother's wedding. My baby brother's wedding. My unemployed baby brother's huge formal wedding, which involves rehearsals and post-wedding brunches and therefore several 'nice' outfits for me and more for Clownfish...

Carhart + Heller = ??

Posted on December 01, 2008
ME (3:22:21 PM): the following words were just said in my adv. con law class: . . .ME (3:23:44 PM): ?Open season on fetuses?Friend (3:24:00 PM): hahaha, i just got the image of [professor] in camo with a rifleFriend (3:24:03 PM): its kind of awesomeME (3:24:10 PM): same image in my headFriend (3:24:14 PM): the camo is of course a turtleneckME (3:24:32 PM): naturally

NaBloPoMo Ends

Posted on November 30, 2008
A post a day for 30 days. Done. It's a pyrrhic victory. Yes, I did it, but the price was a lot of truly awful blogging. And this is someone who has a pretty low opinion of her own blog to begin with. Maybe there were some decent posts in this mess, but they quickly got bumped by dreck...

Follow up

Posted on November 29, 2008
In a desperate attempt to post anything for NaBloPoMo without resorting to song lyrics, recipes, or stories about shopping for socks, I thought I'd follow up on some of the posts from the month.We chickened out of Black Friday because my sister, Hubby, brother (and his fiancee), Dad and I stayed up past 2:00 AM talking...

MILP #74

Posted on November 29, 2008
PtLawmom has the round up.The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom, A New Duck, and A Little Fish in Law School blogs. We originally rounded up just the moms in law school, but then discovered that those women eventually graduate...

Black Friday

Posted on November 28, 2008
(Scheduled post because I am visiting my sister & family for the holiday).I never go shopping on Black Friday. But our cheap, ten year old television that we bought at a low rent box store is giving up the ghost. So Bullshark and I have decided to splurge (a little) for Christmas and buy ourselves a new television...

A brief tale of green beans

Posted on November 27, 2008
A little turkey, a little wine, a little green bean action. It was a nice Thanksgiving, my first in our new house. Around Christmas I suspected. After New Year's, I knew. And by the end of summer, I had my Clownfish. He is right now sitting on the kitchen floor singing "Happy Birthday Thanksgiving...

Exam theme music

Posted on November 26, 2008
What songs get you through exam period? For me, if you catch me listening to Youtube music on my laptop during exam period you'll hear any of the following:Extreme Ways (Moby). (Oh baby, Oh baby, then it fell apart, it fell apart...) If you don't know the song, its the theme from the Bourne movies...

Movie meme

Posted on November 26, 2008
*strongemScheduled post/em/strong*br /br /The ?new classics? from the last 25 years. According to a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207387_20207063,00.html"Entertainment Weekly/a, anyway.br /br /Movie they missed: strongThe Princess Bride/strong ...

Thoughts on Gay Marriage II

Posted on November 25, 2008
Click here for Thoughts on Gay Marriage I. My best friend is a lesbian. I feel strange saying that because it reeks of the kind of justifications you hear from certain kinds of people. You know the kind:Well yeah, I tell gay/racial/intellectual handicap insensitive jokes, but I don't mean it...

I still care

Posted on November 24, 2008
Confession: it is 3L fall. And I still care.I care about my grades and I care about reading assignments.I still cling to the notion that maybe if I do well enough on my exams, I'll be ok.Like, good grades will somehow translate into a job I'll enjoy.Or good grades will justify my foray into law school in the first place...

MILF. . . ummm MILP #73

Posted on November 23, 2008
Tranny Head is guest hosting the round up this week. The theme? Trannies, of course. Check out the hawtness.The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom, A New Duck, and A Little Fish in Law School blogs...

New blog layout

Posted on November 23, 2008
Have to figure out how to adjust the column width a little, otherwise...Seeking feedback.

Panty raid

Posted on November 22, 2008
I run a law school organization that does public interest-y stuff. Our first effort of the fall fell apart, as sometimes happens. Our big event is in the spring. But we decided to hold an underwear drive for an organization that runs an emergency shelter for women...

Raptors run 10 m/s and do not know fear

Posted on November 21, 2008
It's been two months since I interviewed a four year old. His favorite snacky is now Oreos... not Cheerios.Also, among the dinosaurs, he would now prefer to have a Velociraptor live in the house. When I pointed out the raptors are vicious soulless meat eaters who can open doors, he didn't mind because it would not eat him, though it might eat me...

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