Mark The Date

I am no longer a Frito Pie virgin. The chili had no beans and I forgot the onions but did manage to top it with sour cream and cheese, however, I also had it in a bowl and not in an individual sized bag - couldn't find them at my grocery store and I wasn't about to eat 8 servings in one sitting. It was still good though, I mean really good. So good that I'll probably celebrate June 4 as an anniversary from now on. Actually it deserves better than that.

I propose that the first Monday after the first Friday of June be celebrated as National Frito Pie Day. How to celebrate what is sure to become over time a most popular three day weekend extravaganza event? By eating a Frito Pie of course and wishing everyone you meet that day a Happy Frito Pie Day! - parades are optional but going down on your partner is highly recommended (that last part probably has nothing to do with Frito Pie but I want it to be a really, really happy day). If you can't eat a Frito Pie - say you're allergic to gluten or something - then you can either still eat a Frito Pie and risk death or just make it for friends and family - your choice. So be sure to take this coming Monday June 6 - it's the first Monday after the first Friday in June this year - off and have yourself a Frito Pie in celebration of the inaugural National (it's not International because I hate the French) Frito Pie Day.

That's how much I love Frito Pie - actually, 1) I have a lot of leftover chili, 2) I am looking for an excuse to have it for three straight days and 3) I don't want to post tomorrow or Monday*.

So go spread the word already by mass email, telephone calls, voicemail, posting to your blog whatever. As extra incentive to get you to spread the word, if you should get at least one person - be it either yourself or someone else - to have a Frito Pie on Monday, you may consider yourself an honorary founding father/mother of National Frito Pie Day. Just be sure to leave me a comment so I can officially recognize you as such - and yes, I am comment whoring myself.

*To honor National Frito Pie Day, I'll be taking the rest of National Frito Pie Day Weekend off from posting.

So Funny!

This story is so funny and another reason to never shit outside of the comforts of your home. I am a strong advocate of only pooing at home. As I read the story I noticed the man had burns to his legs, back, neck, arms, but never was there any mention of a burned butt hole. If he had added that to his claim he could have gotten atleast 20 million if I were on the jury. Happy Pooing Everyone!

Is It Wrong

That when asked by my cousin about this movie I told her that it was a puppet movie and that she should definitely show it to her 4 year old son and 1 year old daughter? Kids gotta learn someday right?

Random AIM Conversation

Bruin7089: So how sure are you that you don't want to be a lawyer?
yaz: Pretty damn sure, why?
Bruin7089: Wondering
Bruin7089: So how did you come to that realization?
yaz: This stuff just isnt fun
yaz: I could not imagine doing it the rest of my life
Bruin7089: What can you imagine doing the rest of your life?
yaz: Lounging around
Bruin7089: does that pay as well as i've heard it does?
yaz: I am hoping so
Bruin7089: Could it be that you're just not doing the type of law that you would find interesting?
yaz: no
Bruin7089: What if you were in the position of the lawyer who hired you. Obviously he's doing all the fun stuff of a lawyer while giving you all the shit stuff right? Wouldn't it be better to be in his shoes?
yaz: Yes, that is true
yaz: I just dont know if I would be happy or feel like I accomplished what I ultimately wanted to accomplish in my life (career wise) by just being a lawyer
Bruin7089: What do you want to ultimately accomplish in life other than dating a cheerleader (still a goal right)?
yaz: I know some ppl's ultimate goal is to be partner at a firm or a successful attorney, that is not what I want
yaz: If you got the choice of what your "legacy" would be when you died what would yours be?
yaz: Would part of it be you were the best lawyer around, or one of the best?
Bruin7089: That I did my best at something that I loved doing.
yaz: Would that be being a lawyer?
Bruin7089: I don't know yet.
Bruin7089: But I can't honestly think of anything else that I would rather be doing.
yaz: Dont you think we should have known that before starting this whole process
...
Bruin7089: So you were obviously thinking that you were going to become a lawyer when you came to law school but now you want to go into business and are now considering an MBA program after law school?
yaz: I dont think that is very realistic to be honest
Bruin7089: Or is it that you don't think you can become the best lawyer?
yaz: I think I have to go work for a few years and then go back maybe
yaz: I dont want to be the best lawyer
Bruin7089: but you feel like you have to want to be the best at what you do in order to love what you do?
Bruin7089: or do what you want to do
yaz: I think it has to be a goal of yours if you are in the right field
Bruin7089: I don't know.
Bruin7089: I'm not exactly the most ambitious person.
Bruin7089: I think if you're going to achieve something great on a grand scale
Bruin7089: then you're probably right
yaz: I dont think you live to be average, do you?
Bruin7089: Well most people are.
Bruin7089: Do you think it's because they don't try to live to be great?
Bruin7089: Obviously those who are great dared to be.
yaz: No I just think ppl have different definitions of great
yaz: Some ppl think great is having a career and a great family life, not sacrificing family for career
yaz: Some ppl think great is arguing in front if the supreme court
yaz: It is all a subjective thing of great
yaz: It just depends on what your great is, what will you be satisfied with. When you look back on your life in 50 yrs will you think you have accomplished what you wanted to accomplish, or will you have regrets
Bruin7089: So what do you want to look back on 50 years from now?
yaz: I want a lot of things to have happened
yaz: I want a family
yaz: I want to have a succesful career
yaz: I want a foundation for kids
yaz: But what is a successful career, that is the question
Bruin7089: That's a subjective one
yaz: Right
Bruin7089: So don't ask me
Bruin7089: ask yourself
yaz: But what do you think it is for a majority of lawyers?
Bruin7089: ha
Bruin7089: one that pays back the student loans
Bruin7089: i seriously believe that's why most graduating students go into the profession
Bruin7089: after the loans are paid
Bruin7089: who knows
Bruin7089: maybe it has become the only thing they know how to do
Bruin7089: or perhaps there's something about it that they love
yaz: Could you be happy being a lawyer the rest of your life?

A Good Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

Not to be confused with whatever one Tessa used.

The NY Bar Exam

They're considering raising the bar passing score in NY.

Bosse said the minimum certification score will be raised five points each year until 2007, in the interests of "public protection." Based on the exam's 1,000-point scale, the passing score will increase from 660 to 675. This is the exam's first passing-score change since 1979.

During his state Senate committee testimony, Standard also asserted that the new scores could have a "disparate impact" on minorities in the law profession. "Based on all the measures we have of test-passing abilities, minorities typically have lower scores," Standard said.

Standard spoke of a 1998 report from the Law School Admission Council, a non-profit corporation that supervises the Law School Admission Test. The study revealed that 91 percent of Caucasians passed their first bar exam, while only 61 percent of African-Americans and 74 percent of Hispanic aspirants passed the initial attempt.

Here's my question, at what score - other than some bare minimum that everyone would score - would there be equality in results among the races? I mean if disparate impact is the paramount concern then shouldn't the score be set accordingly? Is there such a score? I guess what I'm truly wondering is if it should even be a concern at all when determining what the passing score should be.

And what's the basis for saying that raising the scores would adversely affect minorities unequally? Maybe Caucasians are scoring at a higher rate between that 660 to 675 score and thus if you were to raise the passing score to 675 you could actually be bringing the Caucasian pass rate lower and more in line with the passing rate of minorities. And that would be good right? Because it's not that we want minorities passing at a higher rate so much as it is that we want everyone passing at the same rate as everyone else.

By the way, where's the stat on Asians? Don't we - and by "we" I mean "they" because I'm not really asian - count?

A Morning Riddle

About 50% fail the first time, about 75% fail the second time around, and close to 90% fail if they should try a third time. What the eff' am I talking about?

Stop Yer Worrying

It's nice that people care enough to say that they're worried about whether I'll be able to return for my 3L year. To all of you, a sincere thank you for the expressed concern. But really, don't worry. I'm not going to go all Broadway Joe and guarantee that I'll be back next year but chances are that I managed to squeak by. So worry about more important things please. Like whether Izturis gets the start at shortstop for the all-star game as he deserves.

Congratulations Kate

For CALI'ing Con Law.

Quote This

"I hope she doesn't talk about gay asian men, we have enough stereotypes to overcome." - Steve

1st Day Of Summer Classes

It has me wondering why I even care to be back next year. If not for Steve's playing of Sports Jeopardy on his laptop and his comments about how white people don't understand the oppressed people of China, I don't believe I could have survived the first night of Community Property. As for Debtor-Creditor Relations, I pretty much screwed myself by sitting in a seat that doesn't get internet access.

Summer School

Starts today for me. Let's hope that three weeks into it they don't decide to kick me out. Because that would suck.

Crossing Lohan Off The Short List

Yes Please

And why not add the last two years of law school as well.