Working at the firm is cool. It just doesnt spark much for blogging lately. Went for drinks on Friday with quite a few associates. The theme of the day seemed to be bitter. Each were complaining about how there are better ways to make money than being a lawyer. Billable hours came up as the most hated part of practicing. Im that guy that always says, "not me" when I hear how others deal with things. I keep thinking i am invincible to the things that make lawyers hate practicing biglaw. Am I naive?
On a different note, its amazing how some of the worst situations can spawn a new outlook. I have a new outlook on making that special girlie in my life happy. I would tell you more about it but then one of you good looking readers might just copy it and call her up and steal her away from me.
8 comments:
You are not naive. You are just better at dealing with things than most. You aren't the kind of person who is going to have the same sorts of problems that others will face.
Oh cruel world! I don't want a six figure income, thousand dollar suits, three hundred dollar silk ties, a cherry red european sports car, and a pimped-out pad in a nice part of town. Woe is me!
I'd rather work as a low level analyst, slugging my way through corp world with a nice off white mazada, pizza for lunch, twenty dollar rack shirts, twelve dollar ties, and a dumpy little two bedroom next to a freeway.
Boo this man! Boo!
-Ope
The United Way realized that it had never received a donation from
the city's most successful trial lawyer. So a United Way volunteer paid
the lawyer a visit in his lavish office.
The volunteer opened the meeting by saying, "Our research shows
that even though your annual income is over two million dollars, you
don't give a penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give something back
to your community through the United Way?"
The lawyer thinks for a minute and says, "First, did your research
also show you that my mother is dying after a long, painful illness
and she has huge medical bills that are far beyond her ability to pay?"
Embarrassed, the United Way rep
mumbles, "Uh... no, I didn't know
that."
"Secondly," says the lawyer, "my brother, a disabled veteran, is
blind and confined to a wheelchair and is unable to support his wife and
six children." The stricken United Way rep begins to stammer an apology, but is cut off again.
"Thirdly, did your research also show you that my sister's husband
died in a dreadful car accident, leaving her penniless with a
mortgage and three children one of whom is disabled and another has learning disabilities requiring an array of private tutors?"
The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, says, "I'm
sorry, I had no idea"
And the lawyer says, "If I didn't give money to them, what makes
you think I'd give money to you?"
wow, talk about tooting your own horn, whoever you are- Barbie...that's possibly the most disgusting blog post I've heard ever. YOU'RE AWESOME BARBIE!! Is that what you were fishing for?
Hey last poster! Remember the old adage:
"If you can't say something nice......go fornicate yourself with a railroad spike and die of Tetanus."
--Ope
I have to say that the best way to give someone a compliment is to focus just on the person you are trying to compliment and not try to highlight yourself in it as well. That kind of takes away from the whole purpose of complimenting the person.
Alex you are quite intelligent and devilishly handsome to boot.
~Snowy
(Notice I did not highlight myself, but we both know the sun shines on both sides of the fence.)
Alex, you are topshelf material!!
(even though you can't reach the top shelf without a boost.)
Long live the backhanded compliment!
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