1984

I was working on my Moot Court brief with my partners, and we were having trouble with part of the research. They sent me up to the reference librarian, and he had trouble too. He worked on my issue so long, a line formed by his desk of other students who needed his help. There [...]

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Everybody needs a cheering squad

Thanks for all of the supportive comments about the grades. I appreciate it. I had a hard week. I have been sick, sick, sick with a cold. My moot court partner told me I sound like I have emphysema. Plus, my son has been having separation anxiety, and I have to get my moot court [...]

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Project Runway, Law school edition

On Project Runway, you always get an idea of who is going to win the challenge, and who is going to be Auf Wiedersehen. The judges always go crazy over a couple of the dresses, and then rip into someone else, There is just no JOY there…
In between these two contestants, there are a bunch [...]

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Grades

I noticed that Boston Maggie had given herself a report card. I thought that was kind of fun, so while I wait for my real grades, I decided to give myself a report card too. But I decided to take a Montessori approach instead. So here are the tasks I have mastered these last three [...]

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Praying for Snow

The construction workers have finally moved out.  We are deleading our house, and we moved into the downstairs condo for the week. It seemed perfect at the time, but we could hear everything going on upstairs. Every argument in Spanish, every bang, every dropped pot. We finally came up to take a look, and its [...]

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We got kicked out of a restaurant!

I hope Sue doesn’t read this post because I don’t think she would approve of my behavior.
The Purple Cactus is a restaurant in JP that serves healthy food – fast. It employs a lot of hipsters with tongue piercings and fedoras. So seriously, its like a fast food restaurant with an attitude. Anyway, we took [...]

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I’m a switcher!

Never in my life did I think I would become a “Mac” person. They always seemed so snobby, “Eww, I wouldn’t touch a p.c” like it was a dead rodent or something.And those presumptuous commercials with John Lennon. “Think Different”. Like buying a mac makes you a revolutionary or something.
But at the beginning of the [...]

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The difference between Jen and me

After Jen and I had been dating a week, her roommate said, “I think you guys are a great couple. You’re very different, but you come together on the important issues.” We both broke out laughing. What important issues? We were having fun kissing all night long.
Turns out, roommate was right. We’re different and [...]

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She did it! She did it! She did it!

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She won She won She won (little happy dance)
Thank-you New Hampshire! (Civil unions, voting for Clinton – I never know what to expect from you) 
I am listening to the Obama concession speech – he could still win my vote. (He’s handsome, no?) 

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Kisses and Cupcakes

So the last couple of days, I realized it wasn’t going to be all kisses and cupcakes around here. I have a lot to do. First and foremost, I have to find a summer internship, preferably something that is somewhat related to the law. I am getting the feeling I am way behind everybody else [...]

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