Stat Of The Day

Thanks Bunny for this comment, which led to this search. Top of a short list no less, meaning this blog is way too 'SC oriented.

Marketing Genius Or Someone Is Trying To Rub It In

I'm watching the UCLA - Washington game on tv and which commercial do they decide to show during one of the breaks? SI's Trojans Championship Package.

Gameday Predictions

Because I'm so good at this, here are my picks for today.

St. Louis 31
Seattle 35

NY 17
SD 24

I guess I'm done reading for the day. Damn football.

UPDATE: I'm really good at this.

UPDATE: It looked like the two teams were trying to prove who between them was the dumbest team on the field. Anyway, so who wants me to pick against their team?

First Reading Assignments Progress

Finished my Business Association's reading. Now moving on to Con Law, even though I may not be smart enough to finish those readings.

Mon 1-10 Race: Washington, McClesky & Palmer, text, 580-596, omit 590-593
Wed 1-12 Feeney & Arlington, 593-601
Thur 1-13 Segregation: Brown II, Swann & Milliken 601-613, omit 613-615

Riiiiight, because reading from 601-613 usually means I read up to 615. Thanks for clearing that up.

Thanks For Speaking On My Behalf, Dick

Many Palestinian voters, already struggling with the labyrinthine politics of the West Bank and Gaza, say they have never heard of Richard Gere who has been recruited to urge them to vote in elections this weekend.

"Hi, I'm Richard Gere and I'm speaking for the entire world. We're with you during this election time. It's really important. Get out and vote," Gere said in the advertisement. He repeated the final phrase in Arabic.

I guess I can shut up now.

Tsunami Relief Message from President Sample

The entire USC community expresses its profound sympathy to the victims of the recent Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster. The effects of this tragedy are being felt throughout the Trojan Family. We have more than 3,000 students, research scholars, faculty and staff who are citizens of the affected countries, and many of them may have family and friends suffering in the aftermath. Many of our alumni who live and work in Southeast Asia are likewise bearing the impact of this catastrophe.

We are making every attempt to locate members of the Trojan Family who are affected. If you know of anyone in the USC community who has been affected, please let our staff in the Alumni Association know.

Members of our Trojan Family are actively supporting relief efforts. One of our new professors, Dr. Pragna Patel, who is a molecular genetics scientist in the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC School of Dentistry, and student volunteers will hold a fundraiser from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12, on the Health Sciences campus quad. The money raised through donations and the sale of Indian food, provided by local restaurants, will benefit the work being done by UNICEF in Indonesia and other countries. I encourage alumni in the area to stop by and support this effort.

In addition, an interfaith gathering for reflection and response, "Commemorating the Dead, Remembering the Living," will be held on Tuesday, January 11, at 12:05 p.m. in Bovard Auditorium. The gathering is presented by the Office of Religious Life, in conjunction with representatives of the major religious traditions of Asia, and with students, staff and faculty from the nations surrounding the Indian Ocean.

I know I speak for all of us here at USC in hoping that no one in your circle of family, friends, and associates has been directly affected by this catastrophe.

Sincerely,
Steven B. Sample
President

Great News

UPDATE: Defamer's take.

UPDATE: Gawker's take on this tragedy of tragedies.

UPDATE: I have no chance.

It Ain't Working For SWLAW

Unless SW is trying to maintain it's third-tier status.

Edley's plan to maintain Boalt Hall's status as one of the nation's top law schools is bold. It is also unusual for a liberal law professor who served in the Carter and Clinton administrations: He wants to privatize it.

It's Not Just SWLAW II

Half of American law students feel that their schools do a lousy job of helping them with job searches and career counseling, according to the results of a survey being released today.

That's especially worrying when considered alongside another statistic from the survey: About 56 percent of law students say they will each incur $60,000 or more of student-loan debt before they graduate.

Stat Of The Day

The only good thing about this search is that Mrs. Federline pops up in the search results as well.

Some People Think It Would Be Cool To Have An Action Figure In Their Image

Let this be a warning to such people.

Caught The OC Tonight

And I must say, the two new blondes do it for me with a slight preference for Shannon Lucio over Olivia Wilde. Though it breaks this Bruin's heart to admit that Shannon is a graduate of USC.

When A Boy Likes A Girl...

Hell, I don't know why anyone would ask me the following but E-Spat does anyway.

[W]hat it made me wonder is "How can a girl know if a boy likes her?" (I have no idea why it made me wonder that). Like, we know when he's NOT into us...cuz we read the book...but how do we know if he IS into us? It sounds stupid, but I wonder about these things. And someday a boy might like me again and I won't know because I'll be too stupid to understand his subtle yet urgent signals that he wants to be my cabana boy. What I would like is for all my favorite male bloggers to take one aspect of male behavior and explain it in depth (if you're not linked, it's not because I don't love you, it's because I've had a rough day [see next paragraph] and just can't stand to do one more link...I love you all equally). That can be your birthday present to me...an understanding of what the f*ck is going on in your heads (not yours exactly, but yours as a gender representative).

Awwwwwww... I'm one of someone's favorites. Enough of that.

It's a bit too open ended of a question for me to answer. I mean what one aspect of male behavior could I explain that shows a boy likes a girl? I know that when I like a girl, I've been known to get drunk and either molest her ass in public or follow her into the ladies' restroom. I'm not really into that whole subtle thing. Anyway, a little help from the ladies please, or E-Spat herself, in narrowing it down to a specific behavior that I could write about and I'll do my best to explain. And seeing that I don't have classes until Monday, am not doing much of the first reading assignments, and am really bored, I more than willing to write on many instances of specific behavior. So ask away.

Awww now this truly makes me sad

After winning two straight national championships, the Heisman trophy, and about to be a top five pick in the NFL draft, Matt Leinart had to go and do this. Rumor mill has it that Leinart is now dating CaCee Cobb, Jessica Simpson's assistant.

This just in!!

Ben Roethlisberger is one of the luckiest men alive. He was just named the AFC Offensive rookie of the year, the first time ever for a quarterback. He earned several million dollars this year playing a game, and finally this.

He maybe the luckiest man alive.

Grades

I dont' know if they are up or not but Brian told me that they are. It doesn't really matter to me because I'll be waiting for all of them to come in before I check. Anyway, Brian told me his evidence and going on past history, it's not looking good for me.

Yet Another Template Change

I really like this template but the sidebar tends to get all eff'ed up when viewed with Internet Explorer. Anyone know why that is so and more importantly, how that can be fixed?

UPDATE: So far so good.

UPDATE: I think I'm done with the template. Hopefully, the sidebar holds up. Doubt it though. Anyway, I'll be adding to the quotes in the sidebar. If you have a favorite that you want up there, let me know.

Let's Play 20 Questions

To Anonymous who has been leaving comments to the post regarding the cancellation of my Legislation class, here's the first of some questions before I guess who you are, please answer,

1. Did you use a rollie to tow your laptop and books around campus?
2. Do you now attend UCLA law school?
3. Have you made law review at your new school?
4. Did you wear glasses?
5. Were you the one who got bitch slapped at the Hollywood Athletic Club?
6. Were you shorter than 5'4"?
7. Are you female?
8. Do you have blonde hair?
9. Did you have a boyfriend while at SWLAW?
10. Blue eyes?
11. Did you park your car on the upper level or the lower level?
12. Were you a gunner in class?
13. Did you attend UCLA as an undergrad?
14. Did you study in the basement of the library?
15. Did you use Examsoft?
16. Did you type class discussions verbatim?
17. Were you even in my section?
18. Were you one of the cuter looking girls at our school?
19. Would you have dated me?
20. Did you wear thongs to class?

Really, just answer the last 3 questions.

Might Be Switching Templates Again

Just noticed that the comments are not showing on individual post pages - don't worry if you don't understand what that means, because I don't myself. Anyway, it looks like another change to this blog is in order. I'm starting to hate this.

There Goes The Neighborhood

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It's Because He's An Ass

First Set Of Grades Are Now Online

For real this time. Hope you all did well.

Any Suggestions?

Just got a call from SWLAW saying that the Legislation class I was scheduled to take has been cancelled. That leaves me with 13 units, which means if I don't pick up another class, I'll have to average 13 units per semester next year in order to graduate. So pick up another class to have at least one easy semester next year or pocket the newfound $1,900 in extra loan money and take that with me to Vegas?

By The Way: I haven't marked up my new Legislation casebook but the thing did come in a shrinkwrap that I removed a few days ago. Does that mean I don't get a full refund? Also, I might take Anonymous's suggestions to heart if Anonymous weren't so anonymous.

It's Not Just SWLAW

Going to start the transfer application process pretty soon. Buttering up Prof Property from last term for a letter of rec. He volunteered to do write one so that shouldnt be too hard. This school is notorious for sitting on transcripts to hurt the chances of transfer students. I wonder what the legal implications of a letter requesting they be sent as soon as they are available would be?

Not that common problems make the problem any better but when SWLAW students recognize that the problems of our school are not unique, then maybe we can all be a little bit happier about attending SWLAW.

Maybe She Was Exhausted Of Having Major League Yambos

This warrants more attention than Soup's blog can give it. Not that my blog gets more hits, because it doesn't, but this is the first REALLY HUGE news of 2005 and really, this is all just an excuse to link to pics of Lindsay "Soon To Be Mrs. Soller - unless she doesn't get them back" Lohan.

Looks Like I've Met My Quota For The Year

Someone thinks I've come up with a great idea.

Stat Of The Day

Something like 18 of the last 25 searches through google/yahoo/msn that led to this blog involved the words "Ashlee Simpson" and "booing". As if people need information as to why anyone would boo Ashlee Simpson. Think people, think. Anyway, the number 18 did not include this search because really, I don't know if it was about the booing on Tuesday night or something else I would not rather think about - this is really one of those times I wish I could get my mind out of the gutter.

I Heart The Hit Map

But Toothbrushing Would Be So Much Quicker

A toilet brush with a tag that says "Do not use for personal hygiene" has taken top prize for the wackiest consumer warning label of the year, according to an anti-lawsuit group.

The Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, M-LAW, whose main mission is to reveal how lawsuits and anxiety over lawsuits have created a need for overly obvious warnings on products, sponsors the The Wacky Warning Label Contest each year.

Other top finishers this year include:

-- A scooter with the warning "This product moves when used."

-- A digital thermometer with the advice "Once used rectally, the thermometer should not be used orally."

-- An electric blender used for chopping and dicing that reminds users to " "Never remove food or other items from the blades while the product is operating."

-- And a three-inch bag of air used for packaging that read "Do not use this product as a toy, pillow, or flotation device."

I believe Blonde Justice has come up with a candidate for this year's contest: "Do not serve lemon butter cuticle cream over vegetables."

First Reading Assignments Progress

I've read 20 pages for Business Associations and about 10 for Legislation. I figure I have about 270 pages I want to read before school starts on Monday. I read about 15-20 pages an hour from a casebook. That breaks down to about 14 to 18 hours of reading over the next four days. I can do that. Right?

Prima Facie Blonde Is Back To Blogging

Knowing how hard it is to get people to comment to posts, I've kinda become her commenting whore. It's better than promising people herpes if they don't comment.

So I guess I'm suggesting every blogger to become another blogger's commenting whore. So adopt a blogger and become their commenting whore. It's the right thing to do.

For All Of You Voyeurs

A google search that gives you unsecured webcam feeds.

(via BB)

Last Word On Last Night's Game - From Me Anyway

A recap of last night's Pac-10 demolishing of the Big 12 from someone who was there. That's about as good a spin as this Bruin can make of it.

No One Who Speaks German Could Be An Evil Man.

So not only did we prevent the French from speaking German but we also prevented them from having really big crepes. No wonder they hate us.

Scoliosis Check, Had That

Naked naptime, didn't have that.

Of Course It's Perfection

She was, after all, genetically altered to be perfect.

Uh... You Mean To Say It's Not Because Smart Women Tend To Be Ugly?

Article taken from my mentee.

A high IQ is a hindrance for women wanting to get married while it is an asset for men, according to a study by four British universities published in The Sunday Times newspaper.

The study found the likelihood of marriage increased by 35 percent for boys for each 16-point increase in IQ.

But for girls, there is a 40-percent drop for each 16-point rise, according to the survey by the universities of Aberdeen, Bristol, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Claire Rayner, writer and broadcaster, said in the article that intelligent men often prefered a less brainy partner.

"A chap with a high IQ is going to get a demanding job that is going to take up a lot of his energy and time. In many ways he wants a woman who is an old-fashioned wife and looks after the home, a copy of his mum in a way." [Did she just call my mom dumb? - ed.]

"Women in their late 30s who have gone for careers after the first flush of university and who are among the brightest of their generation are finding that men are just not interesting enough," said psychologist and professor at Nottingham University Paul Brown in The Sunday Times.

The simple solution would be for you ladies to lower your expectations.

Another Letter From Britney

2005 Predictions

I know this is a little late in coming but everyone knows that nothing happens in the first week of the year anyway.

1. Brian will find that living in West Virginia is a good thing.
2. Stummy will be late for something.
3. Trini will remind me who won the BCS.
4. Bunny will throw a drink into a customer's face.
5. Sean will drop kick someone on the dance floor.
6. Brian and Sean will share a spinach artichoke dip.
7. The phrase "penal interest" will continue to elicit laughs.
8. Numerous people will be told to shut it.
9. Women will continue to befuddle men.
10. Prof. Kushner will refer to Bush v. Gore at least a dozen times during his Con Law class.
11. The writing seminar class will be the bane of my existence.
12. Brian will make only two visits to Colorado.
13. Beefy McManstick will die.
14. Joan Lend will continue to annoy and disgust me.
15. SWLAW will retain its third-tier status but just barely.
16. The Bruin teddy bear action figure will make another on-campus appearance.
17. Trini will abuse said action figure.
18. I will hit said Trini over the head with said action figure.
19. Someone will finally hate me.
20. Beefy McManstick will receive a proper burial that will not include the sound of flushing.
21. At least 4 people in my current section will not be back next year in law school.
22. A certain contributor to this blog will use a sock puppet to pick up the ladies.
23. The Bruins will make the field of 64 without having to play in the BS play-in game.
24. Brian will lose the SWLAW tournament pool.
25. The SBA t-shirts will be a resounding success if they use a few, but only a few, of my ideas.
26. THL will fall truly, madly, deeply in love with me but I will have to reject her romantic overtures because she's too tall for me.
27. Soup will be forced to talk shit about my mom again.
28. Soup will probably also mention Godzilla again.
29. NDC will find himself a woman and a kinder, gentler, nicer NDC will result.
30. Milbarge will still be lonely.
31. E-Spat will make enough scarves to keep the entire population of Africa warm.
32. This will get patented.
33. I will deny using said sock puppet to hit on the ladies.
34. The Bruins will defeat the Trojans in football.
35. The SBA will not use any of my ideas for the t-shirt.
36. This blog will not be making this "best of" list or any other "best of" list.
37. I will once again score the most points the fantasy football league and yet again will miss the playoffs.
38. The use of the word "bussy" will die out.
39. Hoity-toity will be used continually.
40. I will throw a softball like a girl.
41. Aishwarya Rai will make it to the Final Four of Soup's next JB Tourney.
42. I will not learn how to swim.
43. The LA Dodgers of Los Angeles will do better than expected unless you expect them to win the World Series.
44. The Yankees will win exactly 119 games.
45. They will also win the World Series.
46. The Los Angeles Lak Miami Heat's Shaquille O'Neal will lead his team to the NBA championship.
47. Tampa Bay gets to keep the Stanley Cup.
48. The San Diego Chargers will win the Super Bowl.
49. North Carolina will win the Big Dance.
50. No one will care who won the MLS championship.
51. Ashlee Simpson will quietly fade away from her A-list celebrity status. But not quietly enough.
52. A celebrity I am completely in love with will appear on this site and I will no longer be in love.
53. I will find myself in a body of water - deeper than 5'6" and however high I can jump in water - needing to be rescued.
54. I will break my own record in Ms. Pacman.
55. I will still not be able to beat spider solitaire on the difficult level.
56. We will find out that Jeremy Blachman is in fact penning all of the blawgs from Ambivalent Imbroglio to Will Work For Favorable Dicta under the respective pseudonyms.
57. And it will piss off numerous people.

Stat Of The Day

As if the 146 prior ones weren't good enough. As one of my co-contributors would say, flip the channel buddy.

Fight On Trojans!

USC spanked the Sooners...now nobody can justify hating on the trojans (not even you, Wayne), except all the losers from OU.

Quote This!

Keep it sexy.

- Vanessa (on her motto for 2005)

How To Fix The BCS

After two years of controversy the answer should be clear and simple. Don't allow the Sooners to participate.

Some Articles Just Can't Help But Make Me Laugh Like A Five Year Old

Take for instance this CNN article.

The nonprofit Consumers Union says in a new guide to contraception that the seven top types of condom they studied did not burst despite vigorous testing, and all models met international standards.

But results showed that the top brand, able to take the most punishment, was the Durex Extra Sensitive Lubricated Latex, according to the report.

Other top-performers include the Durex Performax Lubricated, Lifestyles Classic Collection Ultra Sensitive Lubricated and TheyFit Lubricated.

A melon-colored model distributed by Planned Parenthood performed the worst, bursting during a test in which the latex condoms were filled with air.

Everything I've bolded either got a grin out of me or made me laugh. And yes, it's because I'm five. But seriously, other than pointlessly hopeful virgins, who would collect condoms to the point they become classics? By the way, way to go Planned Parenthood, job well done.

Consumers Union uses standardized tests to rate the products it examines, which for latex condoms involves filling them with air. There is no accepted method to test silicon or non-latex condoms.

"You end up with a balloon 3 feet tall and a foot wide. They can really stretch an amazing amount," Metcalf said in a telephone interview.

Male readers of this blog - and females you may too if you wish - think about that for a moment. 3 ft. long and a foot wide. Let those numbers linger in your mind for awhile.............................................................................. Now just the male readers, compare yourself to that for awhile.................................. Now you're empathizing with your asian male counterparts.

So take pity on us asian males. You may still have as many asian women as you want. But please, for every asian woman you take, do send us five of your hottest white women. Please, out of pity.

First Set Of Grades Are Now Online

But Being Called A Pimp Daddy's Ho Would Be A Libelous Statement

Right? If not, then I guess I've got a new nickname to call someone.

I Think I'm In Love

With the KCAL 9 weather girl, Jackie Johnson. Seriously, it's Barbie doing the weather. Be sure to check out her videos.

Stat Of The Day

I pray to God that I don't end up being this guy. Amen.

Halftime Show Impressions

I think I liked it better when Kelly Clarkson's mic wasn't working.

7:25 - Whomever was singing backup, wasn't really helping. And now there's a country music guy singing. Did Brian come up with this halftime show?

7:27 - Ashlee Simpson. Damn. She's terrible. Ears hurting.

7:29 - Booing. Awesome.

Recap - A lineup of Kelly Clarkson, Country Music Guy, and Ashlee Simpson. Accompanied by girls in cowboy hats. This halftime show was definitely the brain child of Brian.

First Half Impressions

Seriously, OU, you're the freaking #2 team in the country. Start playing like it. UCLA and Cal played 'SC much closer than this. Was the Pac-10 just that much better than the rest of the country this year?

7:00 - I can't effin' believe this. Another freakin' fumble? You gotta be kidding me.

7:09 - Well at least they held them to a FG.

First Quarter Impressions

Highlight of the game so far? No, not that great catch by the 'SC tight end. No, not that boneheaded play by Bradley of OU on the punt return.

JoJo singing the national anthem. Not exactly hot looking per se, but she ranks a 6 on my scale. And she's definitely legal in Delaware, I think. Good thing I'm not 30 yet.

Um yeah, wrong about that one.

UPDATE: Justice Ginsburg's take on the matter should definitely prevail.

BCS Prediction

Oklahoma 38
USC 34

Last Great Invention Of 2004

Virgin mobile has come up with a new service plan for its Australian customers.

Virgin mobile says it’s “dialing under the influence” service will prevent incoherent calls to ex-partners, current partners or bosses.

A recent survey by the company of more than 400 people found that 95 percent made phone calls after a drinking session, with 30 percent of calls going to exes and 19 percent to current partners. [I guess this goes to show that a broken relationship is more likely to drive someone to the bottle and that 19% of all couples shouldn't be together. - ed.]

The survey also found that the morning after more people will first reach for their mobile phone to check who they had dialled (55%) instead of reaching for painkillers (8%). More than half those surveyed also said they made up to three calls per night.

Virgin says with the new service, people will simply dial a number followed by the phone number they don’t want to call, effectively blacklisting it until six o’clock the following morning. [Since when aren't people allowed to be drunk at 6 am? - ed.]

If this makes it to America, I don't see myself serenading anyone over the phone anymore. And that would be a shame.

Huh?

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?! What next? The New York Jets of New Jersey, or the New York Devils of New Jersey, or... or... yeah, that's all I've got.

Fortune Cookie Say

"You will inherit a large sum of money in bed."
14 17 27 31 34, 11

New Year's Resolutions

1. Cut way back on the pop soda consumption.
2. Do not play any games Ms. Pacman spider solitaire pinball tic-tac-toe on the laptop during class.
3. Get into the gym at least 4 times a week.
4. Eat healthier.
5. Try to be somewhat funny on the blog.
   
6. Get the reading assignments done before the start of during class by the end of the semester.
7. Have my outlines done by the beginning of dead week.
8. Take more hiatuses from the blog.
   
9. Learn how to swim.
10. Stop jumping into bodies of water - deeper than 5'6" and however high I can jump in water - before learning how to swim.
11. Stop making fun of Brian's mentee's porn collection addiction habit "problem".
12. Stop wandering into ladies' restrooms.
13. Never eat chicken at Brian's or never get drunk before eating chicken at Brian's.
14. Never eye The Chub.
15. Don't make light of people's ugly toes.
16. Stop being a bussy.

Random AIM Conversation

LL: two types of asian
LL: Asian #1
LL: these are your asian restuarant/laundry mat/big city asians... these are who americans view as "chinese"
LL: Asian #2
LL: these are usually you're teenage "stylish" asian, usually looks like a tourist
LL: these are what americans believe to be japanese
LL: and those are your two types of asians
Bruin7089: What do you call the asians you see on my blog?
LL: WWB's.
LL: There are also BWB asians
LL: WWB & BWB are really the 'typical' asian.
LL: WWB = white wanna be. They're succesful and professional. But America doesn't yet acknowledge asians as a true race. Thus you either have to be a wanna be white or wanna be black asian.
LL: So then there are the BWB = black wanna-be's
LL: which are very nicely represented by... that one asian rapper. haha

The Trojan Doctrine

I'd like Bunny and Trini to pay particular attention to the second paragraph on the second page.

Me, Studying For Finals

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve in Vegas is overrated. Maybe it was because I was expecting Sodom and Gomorrah but with less fire and brimstone and more Wayne Newton. Disappointingly, Sodom and Gomorrah - minus the fire and brimstone, plus many more magazines - was to be found at a librarian's house on New Year's Eve.