Wedding Registry

I've mentioned Bunny's wedding registry before and I'm mentioning it again because it is now finally included on her wedding website.

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"Is there a difference between an attorney and a lawyer?" - Bunny's Wedding Planner

Just Thought I'd Warn Everyone

With tomorrow being Friday, there could very well be a repeat of this unless I've proven my point. What do you say Stummy?

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"Who puts butter on a baby?!" - Sean

Educational Breakfast Today

Now that Legal Writing is over, has been for a few weeks now, section B has a three hour and forty-five minute break in between Property class and Criminal Procedure class on Thursdays.

Annie, Arpineh, Brian, Bunny, Sean and I went to The Original Pantry for breakfast. At this meal I learned that Annie has a thing about dishes stacked on top of other dishes that still have food on them; that Sean makes a great replication of Woody Hightower on a flagpole using only a straw, a Half & Half container, and hash browns; that the menu at The Pantry is simple and confusing at the same time - some meals come expressly with potatoes, other meals include it implicitly, and still others don't include it by inference? (seriously, rules/canons of construction are needed to read the menu there); that the waiter, while hard to understand, will get your order right; that the hotcakes there are heavy - there's an open question as to whether guys can have hotcakes; that the toast there is huge; that their butter is probably salted; that drinking from a coffee mug with your left handwhen you are right-handed is tough - but preferable if there's lipstick on your mug; and lots, lots more that I can't recall at the moment. A decent breakfast - the lunch menu looked more appealing though - with the refreshingly light and funny conversation that always accompanies.

Technology Still Hates Me

Still can't get the internet to work on my laptop. I'm annoyed.

ESSAY: How Not to Succeed in Law School.

From a section of the essay:

There are lots of fine law schools to choose from. For instance:

Harvard. Harvard is number one, as you can learn by asking anyone who went to Harvard. Or even if you don't ask. The only disadvantage of going to Harvard is that the graduation robes are the same color as Balls O' Fire Salmon Eggs.

Yale. Forget about Yale. It's so selective that no one ever goes there. If you find this statement doubtful, ask yourself this simple question: Do you personally know anyone who is going there now? Of course not. Oh, sure, there are lots of people who say that they went there in the past, now that it can't be verified. Don't you be fooled.

[*1683] Michigan. This is a good school, except the official school drink is Prestone. As each winter comes to an end, someone will have to remind you not to stare at that big yellow ball in the sky.

Chicago. Learn how many Chicago law professors it takes to screw in a light bulb. (Answer: None. The market will take care of it itself.)

Boalt Hall (Berserkeley). Boalt is built on a hill overlooking one of the most spectacular views on earth: the San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge. Therefore, they naturally designed the building so that all its huge picture windows face directly into the fraternity houses across the street. You can't catch a glimpse of the Bay, but you do have a terrific view of fraternity blobs sitting around in their gym shorts, drinking beer, belching, and listening to the music of Twisted Sister at 300 decibels. Oh well.

Columbia. On the front of the law school building at Columbia, you will notice a huge sculpture of a man who has put a noose around the neck of a horse and is throttling it to death. You will not be able to understand the true significance of this sculpture until several days into your first year at Columbia.

Northwestern. Northwestern deliberately charges the highest tuition, on the theory -- called the "Ray-Ban Theory" -- that people will note the price tag and conclude that it must be the best school. Its goal is that eventually people will refer to Harvard as "the Northwestern of the Northeast."

Other Top Ten Law Schools. There are about twenty-five schools in this category. Consult this week's AP and UPI polls.

The "Middle Group." The Middle Group includes all other accredited law schools. These schools actually teach the law.

About Two Thousand Unaccredited California Law Schools. For example: Frank and Morty's School of Law and Cosmetology of the Lower Level of the Seven Hills Shopping Mall. Don't let the classy name fool you. There are basically two requirements for admission to this institution:

1. A pulse, and

2. $ 12,000.


The first requirement can be waived.

Be sure to avoid law schools with "Jr." in the name, such as "Leland Stanford, Jr. Law School." These are actually junior law schools.

Not That It Means Anything

As best as I can ascertain through Sitemeter, on Monday night Bunny became my 1,000th visitor with Brian being visitor number 999 and Stummy coming in at 1,002.

Encounter With Prof. Torts

Annie and I saw Prof. Torts after class and she related how sad it is that 1L's and professors after getting to know each other - not as well as I would like with regards to a certain someone - and attached to one another - not as well as I would like with regards to a certain someone - during that first year, don't get to see as much of each other after completion of that first year.

I satirically told her she was about to make me cry - but I didn't and without having to fan myself may I add - and I promised to visit her during office hours next year. Yup.

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"This means our Stummy is one of the top oralists at Southwestern." - Brian

Good Thing I Didn't Do Third Round

I was doing some reading in room W311 with Annie when evening students began to filter in. One of them went on a rant about the Moot Court process. Basically what he was saying was that he was better than everyone else and was unfairly left off of the list of people going on to the fourth round because he wasn't "fashionable". So the cute went on and the smart - as he proclaimed himself to be - did not, so his theory went. Anyway, a very bitter and angry man motivated Annie and I to put our heads down and finish the reading for Property as quick as possible.

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EROTIC YOUTH AWAIT SUSHI

Maybe Bert And Ernie Can Help With Brian And Annie

Where countless politicians and diplomats have failed, Elmo, Cookie Monster and their "Sesame Street" buddies are on a mission to promote peace and tolerance in the Middle East.

A programing experiment using the Muppet characters was launched six months ago and was widely welcomed by parents, educators and the media. But the Muppets are not without their critics in Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan.

Sesame Workshop partnered with local producers to create "Sesame Stories," an adventurous initiative to use new and existing "Sesame Street" characters to foster respect and understanding among children in the region.

Knell says. "Yes, some Israeli reports accused us of being lackeys of the Palestinians, while another article accused us of being lackeys of the Bush White House and charged that Elmo was carrying the will of the White House to the Middle East.

Technology Hates Me

Been having trouble connecting to the internet either wirelessly or through a cable. Basically, I can't connect to the internet at all, which makes it harder to post here when inspiration strikes. Which may account for the recent lack of quality posting here as Brian and Stummy pointed out today.

Once Again, Thanks Stummy

Because I was basically appointed as SBA liaison for APALSA, I now feel obligated to attend this.

Tomorrow

Civ. Pro. starts forty-five minutes early because Prof. Easter Egg is going to miss a couple of classes after spring break. That's two hours and fifteen minutes of Civ. Pro. It's a violation of my Eighth Amendment rights.

To Drop Or Not To Drop

I don't know whether you should stay in law school or not. Why did you go? I don't think it has much to do with being a lawyer. I mean, if you want to be a lawyer you have to credential yourself appropriately but as the folks at De Novo recently discussed the legal education and the legal profession are pretty distinct experiences. If you don't like law school you may still like being a lawyer. If you love law school you may still hate being a lawyer. If you don't want to be a lawyer and you hate law school, you probably want to take a break, and maybe drop out entirely.

Go read the whole thing.

UPDATE: More on dropping out:

A quick Google search finds me nothing comprehensive, but these interesting results:

Al Gore dropped out of law school.

Paul Simon dropped out of law school.

The writer/director of "Two Weeks Notice" and "Miss Congeniality" dropped out of law school.

Al Gore dropped out huh? That tips the scales towards staying in school. Go read this whole thing too.

Congratulations!

Goes out to Stummy for being named an alternate oralist and thus earning an interview for the Moot Court Honors program. And congratulations to the rest of those from Section B as well, disproportionately representing again, who earned an interview.

Read The Quote And #5

Repeat after me, don't date fellow sectionmates. And yes, 2 months is much shorter than 7 years so it's probably time for FG to give the watch.

I'll Drink To This

Drinking in moderation appears to reduce heart-related deaths in men with high blood pressure, new research suggests, challenging the belief among many doctors that alcohol should be off-limits to such patients.

"If I turned over a rock and saw one of these things, I would probably scream and run away. "

Ever heard of a pill bug? They are more regionally known as doodlebugs and roly-polys. They're those little bugs that curl up into a perfect little ball when you mess with them. I had great fun with them as a kid. I thought it was so cool that a bug could turn into a ball.

Well, they're not actually bugs -- they're crustaceans. This guy up here is a very close relative of the roly-poly, only it lives in the deep sea along the ocean floor. It's just like the ones you found under rocks as a kid, only it's really fucking big. It even rolls up into a ball!

Call Me Blockhead

You are Charlie Brown!


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With A 2.3 Mean GPA

It's not too far from the truth that this is, as Rizbang says, "A Southwestern student after finals."

Some Law Students Have Too Much Time On Their Hands

It's a list of twenty types of law students, keyed to baseball players. I don't think I fit any of the twenty types. I'm more of the overachieving type that's not good enough to make the all-star team and is considering retirement after this season is over.

Effin A

The damn screen on my cell phone now reads Cingular rather than AT&T and I haven't been able to make an outgoing call from it since. Let's hope this doesn't last long.

UPDATE: So here's the thing, my screen keeps switching between saying Cingular and saying AT&T. Everytime it reads Cingular, I can't make outgoing calls. Everytime it says AT&T, it works well. The light at the end of the tunnel is that the signal reception is much improved.

March Madness Day 3: Throwing In The Towel

With my two finalists, Stanford and Gonzaga, losing in upsets yesterday, I think it's safe to say that I'm not going to win this year's pool. The Supangan's still lead the pool at 1 &2 with Danzinger tied for second. But it looks like Mykytiuk is in the best position for the rest of the tourney so far.

So This Explains Mark Cuban

It was a long night for me. I guess I have to apologize to all Mavs fans for last night’s game. I took the Hawks too lightly. I thought I could prove to myself that superstitions are ridiculous. I thought of any game, this was the game where I didn’t have to wear the right shirt. I didn’t have to stop at 7-Eleven and get my two sugar-free Red Bulls and Diet Mountain Dew.

I tried to right the wrong at halftime when we were way down by changing shirts. It wasn’t enough.

It was a tough lesson, but I learned once again to never underestimate an NBA opponent.

Today, I Am Proud To Be A Filipino

"One way or another the Filipinos have to be fed." - Dad