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"You live strong. I give blood."

- Me (Trini)

Blood Drive

I've given blood before. Today was my second time. I hate it. The thought of a needle piercing the skin and inserting into a vein to make it gush blood makes me a bit queasy. But it's a good thing to do, so I try to do it without much thought. I did express my ambivalence about donating blood to the male nurse who was to draw my blood. He responded that that he had no such ambivalence by saying there was no way in hell that he himself would be a blood donor. Didn't really help my anxiety, but it was funny.

Anyway, not much purpose to this post other than to point out that I'm a really great guy for donating blood and a better person than all those who didn't.

The Nutritional Content Of A French Kiss

Among other things.

• 0.7 grams of protein
• 0.45 grams of fat
• 0.19 grams of other organic substances

It's Good To Have Balls*

A preliminary report of lawyers two to three years into their careers has yielded one striking finding so far: Women in the study are earning an average of $66,000, while men are earning $80,000.

The difference is explained in part by the tendency of women to go into lower-paying fields, such as government and public interest work. And there's some good news: In the 101- to 250-lawyer firms, women slightly outearn men.

The author of the article offers up some of her own theories to explain the earnings gap.

1. Women aren't as likely to negotiate for higher salaries.
2. Women don't tout their accomplishments as much as men do.
3. Men get ahead by drinking with power brokers.
4. Women are thinking ahead about work/life balance.

Or maybe - as I now channel my inner Larry Summers - women are merely not as good at this law thing as we men are. I kid of course, but feel free to send me hate mail at WSoller at Gmail dot com anyway.

*Especially if they're magnified 10x their size.

Where's the beef?

I mean ending. Wayne recently left this testimonial on my friendster page, but alas it is incomplete. I've already approved it but I want to know what your final thought was, since you seem to have been cut off mid-sentence.

"From prior testimonials: "really greatperson"; "always cool and a down asschick"; "very sweet, kind, intelligent";"chill, sincere, ambitious and fun chica"; "sweetest person"; "goofy girl with a cool past". From all that has been said about Trini, one would be left with the impression that she is the easiest person to get along with and the one person you must absolutely have as a friend listed on your Friendster. But that impression could be a mistaken one. If you are either a republican; or a Bruin; or trying to play games during class; or someone bopping her on the head with a stuffed teddy [I'm glad you finally admit that it isn't an action figure], it is not that easy to get along with her - it is damn near impossible if you are all of that. And yet regardless of how knowingly hard or because of how seemingly easy it is to get along with her, many, as do I, choose to call her a friend. That says something about Trini. But that is only this conservative pricks opinion, an opinion that very well may have"

What I Most Like About Angela's Bathroom

The makeup mirror facing the toilet.

It gives this Asian a big grin as he pees in her bathroom.

Hot Or Smart?

A collection of some applicants to SWLAW and their numbers. Here's a graph.

What I Learned In Con Law

Discussing Nguyen v. INS, the professor said he had found it puzzling why one of the justices voted the way he did. Professor Con Law then said that he had taken an opportunity to ask one of the Supreme Court justices about it. Prof. Con Law then tells us that he was told that the justice in question was sent into one of those asian land wars that we're not supposed to get into and that ever since then he has had a thing against Asians.

And that's what I learned in Con Law on Monday.

Quiz Time

Take the WHAT INTENTIONAL TORT ARE YOU test.
And go to mewing.net. because law school made laura do this.

Southwestern's New Dean?

If he is, let's hope it's a case of their loss, our gain.

His credentials.

If Law School Doesn't Work Out V

Apparently Soup has become my career counselor.

Being On AP Is Very, Very, Very Bad

I heard that one of the 1L professors was giving the impression that it was a certainty that students on academic probation after their first semester of law school end up failing out of law school on completion of their first year. She also gave the impression that it was nearly as certain that those who do fail out will not be able to petition back in.

Way to support the students who need it most, bitch.

Yes, it's difficult to get off of AP and I'm sure that a good percentage of students on AP after their first semester do get kicked out. But what good comes of some blanket statement saying that by being on AP your fist semester of law school you are wasting your time by coming back for a second semester? Maybe she's just trying to save those on AP who have no real shot at making it out of AP - probably a majority of those - from spending another $15,000 and four months in law school. Or possibly, she's trying to weed out those who are not completely committed to turning things around. Or maybe she's just trying to shock them to the reality of the difficulties they face to getting out of AP.

But what about those who do have a real shot of getting out of AP and a bit of what they need to help turn things around is some sort of positive encouragement? And what if the impression that the professor made was more harmful than helpful to such people? I guess she wasn't talking to them.

Angela's Birthday

Recapped by Macy. I don't recall the part of me getting "emotional", I just stated a fact in a very non-emotional way.

UPDATE: More recapping here by one of my mentees.

What Else I Learned From Legal Profession

Unless the crime-fraud exception applies, the attorney-client privilege shouldapply to communications concerning possible future, as well as past, criminal conduct... under the ethical rules may elect in the public interest to make a limited disclosure of the client's threatened conduct.

Sounds to me that electing to make a limited disclosure in the public interest might cut into my billable hours. Not that I would take such a thing into consideration.

Why Wasn't I Asked To Participate?

Right Wing News emailed more than 200 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a ranked list 1-5 of the candidates that they would most like to take the Republican nomination for President in 2008 and the 1-5 candidates they'd least like to see as the Republican nominee in 2008. Representatives from the following 50 blogs responded...

The complete results.

Most Desired Nominess For 2008
5) Newt Gingrich (19.0)
4) Bill Frist (20.0)
3) Jeb Bush (31.0)
2) Rudy Giuliani (39.0)
1) Condoleeza Rice (61.5)

Least Desired Nominee For 2008
5) Dick Cheney (21.5)
4) Chuck Hagel (29.0)
3) George Pataki (29.5)
1) Newt Gingrich (39.5)
1) John McCain (39.5)

(Note: Numbers are the weighted point totals for each.)

A Gift Idea For Brian

(link via Joy)

Another Reason To Have Internet Access In The Classrooms

That and I actually might be able to get some blogging in during the week.

The Birthday Girl Is The One Who Looks Drunk

Pictures from The Sunset Room - where we took Angela for her birthday - are up, courtesy of JoonBug.

Gameday Picks

Falcons - 24
Eagles - 21

Patriots - 24
Steelers - 17