Law Students

Internet, Meet Darwin: My partner in crime.

Posted on November 07, 2008
I've been reading through old blog posts, trying to clean up my labels a bit and make everything more accessible (see the to-do list), and it's made me all reflective.Not in the neon-orange, riding your bike at night way, although that would be pretty neat...

Sidenotes: Tell Us What You Really Think

Posted on November 06, 2008
In reviewing my notes & outlining courses today, I came across the following little sidelines gems. Unlike last year, where I listened, this year's notes have scribblings of crossword clues and fatalistic predictions about my ability to get a job...

In Which You Thank God You Do Not Have to Live With Me...Also: Monsters!

Posted on November 06, 2008
Poor Roommate. She is a smart, politically active, intellectually engaged girl, living with someone with the mind of a small child.Don't get me wrong. I like talking politics and policy and The Way Things Should Be with Roommate. She's interesting and smart, and she challenges me to think in new ways...

Sportsmanship: Not just for tennis anymore

Posted on November 05, 2008
The election is over. Did you get that memo? Yeah. I know, right? Crazy.So, fellow law students: Now Is The Time: Shut up.Stop talking. You had your chance. The votes are in. If your guy won, congratulations. If your guy lost: I promise you, this is not the apocalypse...

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4 years ago today...

Posted on November 04, 2008
...I was at a very exclusive election night party in D.C.I can't tell you whose, but I can tell you the following people were there: a Green Party girl, a CNN reporter or two, a Democrat, a Republican, an Independent, and Don King.One of them was really considering a career change...

Partisanship is peachy.

Posted on November 03, 2008
I don't know if you've noticed...but there's an election tomorrow. Apparently. And, much to our founders' surprise and delight, people are quite engaged, and everyone's got an opinion. Have you noticed this? I live in a cave, and I've noticed.If you haven't voted yet* (a proposal: send "I Voted" stickers with the absentee ballots? Please?), Google Maps has a polling place finder...

Law School Roundup #145

Posted on November 02, 2008
Ok really though- I will start posting more this week. Cross my heart!With no further ado- here's this week's edition of the Law School Roundup. Welcome to Roundup #145, the Happy Daylight Savings Edition.Here's this week's collection of interesting posts from law students current, impending and recovering:Kind Of A Big Deal: You know you're kind of big deal when...

Fiddling with blogger

Posted on October 27, 2008
I changed my setup around a little- I found a 3 column template over at Webtalks, which is a nice start.Learning web editing is on my to-do list...I will do my best not to have this blog self-destruct in the interim.

Law School Roundup #144

Posted on October 27, 2008
This week's Law School Roundup is up at the Legal Underground. Check it out for posts by law students current, aspiring, and recovering.Check back here for next week's Roundup, same great place & time!

Meet the Parents?

Posted on October 22, 2008
My family is odd.Yes, yes, I know. Every family is odd in it's own right, etc., e tc. But still: odd. Smart sometimes, interesting always, but distinctly and irrefutably odd. Not creepy, usually, though my assessment may have been tainted by years of growing up in a household where "Infectious Disease: Symptoms & Consequences" is a normal topic for dinner table conversation...

Who's a failure now?!

Posted on October 21, 2008
I got an offer! Yeah! Major selling points of the firm include:1. Pays cash-money2. At last check, does not drown puppies.3. Not in Modesto.Unlike last summer's job search, I did not promptly begin with the effusive, delirious thank-you's that are typically my wont...

Law School Roundup #143

Posted on October 19, 2008
Welcome to Law School Roundup #143, the with-love-from-Joe-the-Plumber Edition...Here's this week's collection of interesting posts from law students current, impending and recovering:But I'm Charming! Some BigLaw hope for those of us who are better at cocktails than Contracts (The Shark)It Might Be One of the Plagues: Sometimes, the great outdoors just insists upon coming in, and it's gross...

I don't like you because you're not me.

Posted on October 17, 2008
Roommate: Hahaha. That self-important 1L we hate is complaining about how hard it is going to be to make her final memo short enough. Oh honey. You're going to have to learn to cut all the excess words. And judging by the amount of talking in the lounge today- there are LOTS of them...

The credited response is: Blech.

Posted on October 14, 2008
To the googler who got here with the search "how do you feel after the lsat".........bring beer. And a designated driver. And maybe a cookie. You've got a long, miserable road ahead of you.But since, judging from the referrals, its getting to be That Time of Year again, you can also find my ramblings from the LSAT to Oh-No-I'm-a-1L process here, under the tag "Applications" or "LSAT...

Recipe: Chicken Broth Cures Bad Days

Posted on October 14, 2008
Blurg. It has been gloriously pretty the last few days- crisp mornings, bright, warm afternoons- but that's all over now. Fall has.......fallen. Like a ton of soggy, smelly bricks.I woke up this morning to the sound of rain on my window. Under other circumstances, this is a rather pleasant sound...

Law School Roundup #142

Posted on October 12, 2008
Law School Roundup #142 is up over at Legal Underground.Check back here next week- same great place & time.

That's what she said, redux

Posted on October 07, 2008
Roommate on tonight's presidential debate:"If I hear the phrase 'Wall Street...Main Street' one more time, I might have to choke a bitch."

"All We Do Is Work"....No kidding.

Posted on October 06, 2008
Roommate pointed this out to me this afternoon.Jackson Lewis law firm moto: "All we do is work"Can't say you weren't fairly warned, right?

Law School Roundup #141

Posted on October 05, 2008
Welcome to Law School Roundup #141, the promise-not-to-talk-about-Sarah-Palin edition....Promise.Here's this week's collection of interesting posts from law students current, impending and recovering:Drag Queens: Chalk it up on the "things that are more fun than outlining" list...

Theorhetical Question

Posted on October 04, 2008
How much old-school Britney Spears can you rock out to in the living room before you have to turn in your cool kid card?I'm just wondering. For a friend.How about bubblegum punk?

Limericks are fun!

Posted on October 03, 2008
This morning, in limerick form: There once was a sweet little kitten, Whose wild side must have been itchin' She strode onto the tile,With a big kitty smile,And took a fat dump in our kitchen. Oh yes. That happened. There's nothing like Sofa looking you in the eye, and then taking a shit on the kitchen floor ("hey...

Memo #12: Kenny Chesney, we need to talk

Posted on October 02, 2008
Dear Kenny, I?m so glad that you have ?No shoes, no shirt?no problems.? It sounds delightful. I, however, have all of the above. In spades. Perhaps you?d like to take some off my hands? I think I have your fair share. Another problem: I do not have ?sun and the sand and a drink in my hands, with no bottoooomm,? though I would like it very much...

Memo #11: Why, that sense of entitlement really matches your eyes

Posted on October 01, 2008
Dear NoSchool 1Ls:Ok, I get it. I was a 1L. We all have our moments. I've resisted bashing. Even when it was probably deserved. But guys, we've got to have a sit-down. Some of your number need to be reigned in, or I am going to crack and go on a chair flinging rampage...

I want a damn Xanax

Posted on September 29, 2008
It is Monday.Oh my god I'm never getting a job.I'm screwed. Screwed, screwed, screwed.The End.** Update ** Bailout does not pass. CNN tells me this = epic fail. Bailout, no bailout- we are all going to hell in an unemployed hand-basket...."We need to get something done...

5 Blogs, 5 Bloggers....Pass it on.

Posted on September 28, 2008
I knew someone was listening.PT-Law Mom read my mind (sending out socially anxious pick-me-pick-me-pick-me vibes) and tagged me for the meme that's been going around. As you may have already adduced, I'm like nothing more than making other people read the things I think are fabulous*, so I've been itching for a chance to spread the love...

Law School Roundup #140

Posted on September 28, 2008
Law School Roundup #140 is up over at Legal Underground.It's a good one! Check back here next week- same great place & time.

Comfort Food?

Posted on September 24, 2008
Roommate is feeling even more despondent Re: the lack-of-jobiness than I am (though she has less Brick* moments in her interviews than I, so perhaps there's hope for her yet).Anyway. I am making dinner tonight, to make me feel better, and hopefully to make her feel better...

Memo #11: What is the "fun" you speak of?

Posted on September 23, 2008
To the person who found this blog with the google search "reading law review for fun":That is not fun. Don't lie to yourself. Go outside and play, before the horrible winter of library and frostbite settles back in again. Kisses,Nobody

Law School Roundup #139

Posted on September 21, 2008
Welcome to Law School Roundup #139.Here's this week's collection of interesting posts from law students current, impending and recovering.In their own words:Tasty: "Let the flavors come together by simmering for a minute or so more, then add the chicken back to the pan" (Divine Angst)A Matter of Perspective: "But I?m irreplaceable!" (No...

The drop outs are coming, the drop outs are coming

Posted on September 18, 2008
The first of the 1Ls are starting to drop. It's sad...and a little familiar.Good luck on the outside kids.To the ones who stay: We call the first one Goose....the surviving gunners are up to you.

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