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Unnecessary Excitement

Posted on May 25, 2008
Yesterday, I went to the doctor's office at 11 am and ended up spending all afternoon in the ER. Friday afternoon, I was having some odd shoulder pain, and it developed into some bizarre pain up and down my left side. Saturday morning, I woke up and had no appetite at all, so decided something was really wrong and that I should call the doctor...

Friday night's all right

Posted on May 23, 2008
Not very exciting, but we made some good food:Chicken bahn mi with braised baby bok choy.And then we made honey cake:Which was freaking AWESOME, even though it wouldn't come out of the pan. And then watched Eddie Izzard talk about history and snowboarding and the Heimlich maneuver...

Wednesday

Posted on May 21, 2008
Yesterday was bad. Bad bad bad. It began with 7 hours of contracts lectures and the afternoon hours ended with me eating Nutella with a spoon out of the jar as I contemplated getting a real estate license after I fail the bar exam. Oh, and the city is trimming trees in our neighborhood so all day long it was chainsaws and woodchippers...

Plugging away

Posted on May 18, 2008
I finished my first run-through with the PMBR CDs today. Um, yay? The first day of the bar exam is nine weeks from tomorrow. I have so much to learn.The wedding last night was a lot of fun. Everyone looked pretty. Especially my sister and I:We drank many cocktails and ate too much chicken parmesan and cake...

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Last night

Posted on May 16, 2008
We helped set up for G & P's wedding. It was fun. We put together topiaries and made tissue paper flowers.The blushing bride is confused as to how one decorates with paper flowers.Also, my bar review books arrived yesterday. Um, yay? I can't wait to learn all of this stuff...

I am a creepy yuppie

Posted on May 15, 2008
World's second most beautiful water bottle ever.World's most underripe papaya. Sigh. And I really wanted papaya...Our garden. And Nettie, racing towards the camera that is still not food.I forsee many photo posts and very little content in the future of this blog.

New camera!

Posted on May 14, 2008
I spent some of my graduation money on a new digital camera. It's so wee and fast! Especially compared to my old camera, which I got in either 2002 or 2003 and which was being held together with duct tape.Now even more pictures of dogs!Kira is curious about the new toy...

Severely Boring

Posted on May 12, 2008
PMBR CDs are very, very boring. Also, one of the lecturers says "defend-ANT" instead of defendant. Like some sort of special type of insect. The Defensive Ant. It's distracting.I graduated! Yay! I am still trying to recover from Friday night though...

The passage of time

Posted on May 09, 2008
Operation eat body weight in sushi for my sister's birthday was completed. The evening was a rousing success. My head hurts, and she in 22-year-old fashion just woke up and seems to feel fine. Ah, if only to have the alcohol metabolizing abilities I had when I was 22...

Ages have passed

Posted on May 01, 2008
Since I last posted. I'm sure you were all waiting with baited breath. Both of you, my dear readers...Anyway. I'm done with law school! Wheee! I have actually been done since Tuesday. After my exam I proceeded to the bookstore to sell my last book...

People are rude

Posted on April 21, 2008
This morning, I rode my bike to school.  A woman yelled out her car window "Get on the sidewalk, stupid!"  As you can probably imagine, I was pleased that she was so concerned about my safety.  Sadly, she has no idea what she is talking about since it is ILLEGAL TO BIKE ON THE SIDEWALK...

Awesomeness

Posted on April 19, 2008
I love my bike so hard. Seriously. This morning I biked from the house to the coffee shop (~5 miles) to study. I was so bummed out the past two days because it was raining and I couldn't bike anywhere!But alas, now I must study instead of just riding around looking at stuff...

Done!

Posted on April 16, 2008
To my great astonishment, I actually DID all the stuff I was going to do last weekend. Oh happy day.I am done with classes. Eep.Three real finals, one two-week take-home final, and then graduation.I'm taking today off before I start working on the finals though...

Busy weekend

Posted on April 13, 2008
Tattoo is done. Mother of god, it hurt. But it turned out great, I am really happy with it.I got a bike! It's red and pretty. I looooove it. Please ignore the nerd standing behind it. I am clearly very excited about my new bike...More bike. SQUEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeee...

Today I get something done.

Posted on April 12, 2008
Really. I swear.I have one more week of school, but three of my classes have wrapped up already. So I have a presentation (5 t0 10 minutes) and three actual classes left standing between me and finals. Unfortunately, I have done very, very little this semester (surprise!) and so I am completely f'ed...

Oh baby baby

Posted on April 04, 2008
We have been doing an experiment. It seems that you can substitute "Nettie" for the word "baby" in most pop songs without losing anything beat-wise, and while gaining much amusement.So I present - Hit Me Nettie, One More Time:Oh Nettie Nettie, oh Nettie NettieOh Nettie Nettie, how was I supposed to knowThat something wasn't right hereOh Nettie Nettie, I shouldn't have let you goAnd now you're out of sight, yeahShow me how you want it to beTell me Nettie cuz I need to know now, oh becauseChorusMy loneliness is killin' me (and I)I must confess I still believe (still believe)When I'm not with you I lose my mindGive me a sign, hit me Nettie one more time!Oh Nettie Nettie, the reason I breathe is youGirl you've got me blindedOh pretty Nettie, theres nothin' that I wouldn't doThats not the way I planned itShow me how you want it to beTell me Nettie cuz I need to know now, oh becauseChorusOh Nettie Nettie, how was I supposed to knowOh pretty Nettie, I shouldn't have let you goI must confess that my lonelinessIs killin' me nowDon't you know I still believeThat you will be hereAnd give me a sign, hit me Nettie one more timeChorusI must confess (my loneliness) that my loneliness(is killing me) is killing me now(I must confess) don't you (I still believe) know I still believeThat you will be here (I lose my mind)And give me a sign...

One more

Posted on April 02, 2008
"Exercising judicial discretion" is just fancy lawyer talk for "making shit up."

Things I have learned

Posted on April 02, 2008
We clean up pretty well.When your boss asks you to "find some case law that says X," you can add to the end of that sentence "because I can't find crap, and frankly I don't think anything exists, but look for it anyway." Therefore, writing this memo has been like trying to sculpt David out of jello...

Unprecedented

Posted on March 29, 2008
Two posts in one day! Shocking.The only picture of us I have so far. Poor Curt, half his head is gone. And the lighting is woefully horrible. But you can see a glimpse of the shoes!I am thinking about getting a bike. I have a very small car and it still cost me $35 to fill it on Thursday; gas is $3...

Prom

Posted on March 29, 2008
Barrister's Ball was last night. We had a ton of fun and I wore my Barbie shoes, which were a huge hit. Pictures later hopefully.I bought a pair of size 10 jeans yesterday for a small fortune. When I started back up with working out, I had just purchased my first pair of size 16 jeans, which is why I started going to the gym again in the first place...

Eddie Izzard on Easter

Posted on March 23, 2008
Now we should all remember the reason for Easter:"So the Pagan religion had very big festivals, remember, on Easter and Christmas. Christian religion came along and had very big festivals, at Easter and Christmas. Jesus died on one and was born on the other...

An eventful day.

Posted on March 20, 2008
I got a tattoo. Isn't she pretty? In three weeks I go in to get the shading done - this is just the outline. This is my left side. Please ignore the stretch marks.And Curt finished the rest of the tile. It looks so good.

The apple of my eye

Posted on March 18, 2008
My power cord died in Corporate Finance with a pop and a burning smell.  It had been acting a bit funky lately, so I can't say I was terribly surprised...Apple is sending me a new one.  Hooray for service plans.

Home improvement

Posted on March 15, 2008
The bathroom we bought with the house (note hideous Harvest Gold tile):The crazy purple paint we added:The kickass new tile that has almost led us to toss matches into the house and run off:And the top of Curt's messy hair. I am amazed at how much lighter it looks in the bathroom without the dark grout...

Ugh

Posted on March 11, 2008
I am in 3L hell. I have a ton of work to do and a raging case of spring fever and senioritis. Also, I keep losing at online scrabble. Woe is me.Two of my sister's friends have been admitted to law school and are planning to start this fall. They insist that law school will be different for them, and besides they don't know what else to do with their lives so they might as well go...

Weather woes

Posted on March 07, 2008
Yesterday, it was over 40 degrees all afternoon.This morning, it was -2 when I drove to work.  And there was a teeny tiny bit of snow, which renders everyone unable to drive.I hate the midwest sometimes.

The colossus of Kiwi

Posted on March 06, 2008
For Gretchen - this is what 4 lbs of kiwis look like:And a small jar of peanut butter for comparison. See? Not like, a million kiwis.Dinner from one day last week - black japonica rice, some spinach, sauteed tofu, and a poached egg. Drizzled with some sriracha and sesame oil...

Super duper

Posted on February 26, 2008
So yesterday morning, it rained.  Then the temperature dropped, and it snowed/sleeted.  Then the temperature dropped even more, and everything froze solid underneath a layer of snow.It took me 45 minutes to drive 10 miles this morning - there were accidents everywhere, and I got stuck on a hill (Parker Street) and had to back onto the cross street (50th Street)...

Oscar night

Posted on February 24, 2008
This year, I am having the odd experience of watching the Oscars without having seen a single movie (in a theater) during 2007. How is that even possible?I think I need some greasy popcorn, stat. Maybe that will help remedy this situation.

Stuff

Posted on February 22, 2008
Breakup girl is back! Huzzah!I mailed off my bar application (certified mail, with return reciept) today. Scary.My first box of bar prep materials arrived yesterday. Barf.It included a bunch of audio CDs with lectures on con law, contracts, crim law/procedure, evidence, property, and torts...

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