Like Two Xmas hams shoved up under yo dress!

So my Business Associations Prof looks and talks like the ladies man. He is confident, funny, and coincidentally knew a bunch of my profs from my old school in Michigan. While he lacks the suave lisp, or the glass of courvasier in his hand, his mannerisms are identital to the Ladies Man. Im just waiting for him to ask some one if that is a piece of pizza?

The long drawn out day.

Tuesdays and Thursdays are long. Luckily, I can get most of my studying done before my last class and call it a night at 930.

Civ pro- it was fun being in a 1L class. Keyboards humming away at the profs every word. Makes me laugh seeing how far ive come.

LRW- I think will be my favorite class. My clerkship prepared me to excel in this class. Usually it is the other way around.

Business Associations- havent gone to it yet, but I better like it.

Rant of the day

People often wonder why attorneys are so miserable. A great post by opinionstas sheds some light on the subject. Maybe there arent very many positives or maybe people who are happy practicing do not blog about it, and sure as hell stay away from the miserable ones.

Either way, I maintain that I will be the minority. I will find a way to make this worth all the hell im getting through to get here. All this, "at least you can buy a nice car and have your shirt embroidered with your initials" talk needs to end. I am going to find a way to practice biglaw and be happy.

Evidence

Can anyone recommend an Evidence supplement? I usually dont like Gilberts.

The first day

Its funny that my non law school friends think that im a type A personality. While that is true, the new school is full of people who make me look carefree and passive. Im talking like flipping out about assignments the first day. Or wanting to have heated discussions with fellow gunners on the first day. All in all, I have a lot of work to do if I want to be near the top here.

Evidence: prof was hilarious but eccentric, and wheezed probably from having emphysema. Evidence looks to be my toughest class so far.

Employment law: Again, the prof was hilarious. This one sweats. It must be a gladular problem because he was soaked through his shirt. Had it been a lighter color shirt, his nipples would be visible. There's a thought.

The last deep breath before the big fight

Tomorrow is the first day at the new school. Dont really know what to expect. Its hard knowing what I had to move away from to get here. I have to make it now.

There is still a chance

Despite this I still think GNR will reunite and then kick off the worlds greatest tour.

Bloggers strike back

To the poster who had the audacity to ask for my legal advice by directing me to read your blog. Go fuck yourself. Two reasons.

1. if you dont have the decency to concisely write out your situation in your comment, the I am not going to spend my free time reading your fucking blog because you want your hit meter to go up.
2. I seem to have lost the retainer check you sent me in the mail.

Again, read the second sentence of this post.

Emmy Speech

I just got back from reading some employment law. The class looks like it is gonna be fun, maybe even a future practice area of mine. I wanted to give a special thanks to certain people who have lately been an inspiration to me:

Abogada- you are the sweetest girl. You taught me to find a way to put a positive spin on things when they got tough. Thank you. I am now going to show you how to do the same.

Snowy aka Randillio: Congrats on starting grad school. We are all proud of you and will purposely not have any fun so that you dont miss a thing while you are gone. Seriously. Now quit commenting on my blog and study.

Radar: for providing a role model for all future grey poupon eaters everywhere.

Reid: for being a great pal and reading this blog every day.

Anonymous Commenters: For being so spineless that cant even write your name when you talk smack.

Integrity

The thing that is becoming more and more apparent is that people are not what they seem. They are only a facade with some well crafted personas. Truly sad. How many of there are you out there like this?

Fall Recruitment Part 2

Turned in my applications to 9 employers including my summer firm. The firm this summer is the 10th biggest in my market, so at the very least I would like to work for them or one of the bigger firms. I would take an offer from my summer firm in a heartbeat, but since the hiring partner is on vacay I have to wait.

The cover letter turned out decent I think. I was going for something less traditional than the name, why qualified, crap that everyone else turns it. Depending on how many interviews I get, I might end up eating those words.

To be honest, I dont really expect any interviews. If I get any, I will be ecstatic. So for now, the waiting game. And the reading game. I have plenty of reading to start with for Monday.

A few 1L's joined us for lunch at orientation today. Sitting down to eat I was faced with a challenge. Should I:

a) warn them that their life as they know ceases to exist.

b) tell them that studying and outlining is useless for success in law school.

c) tell them to scarf their food down and go directly to the library

Well. I did neither. I did the noble thing. I told them that most of what they hear about first year is a myth and the only true thing to believe is that you should be studying until your eyes bleed every night until finals. The suckas bought it, hook, line, and sinka.

The bearded hippie and the pabst blue ribbon

Its not everyday that your law school is overrun with bearded hippies. And by overrun, I mean that there were two. But as a closet republican, it only takes two to smoke the whole bag.

I met a few fellow classmates who turned out to be really nice. Once was even sipping on a PBR while the dean spoke. Maybe it was the dean who was drinking it? Hell, i hung out with the hippie too long anyway.

Everythings Bigger in Texa$$

For those of you who like your Texans tall, dark, and metro, Lawnonimous gives you your fix.

Supersize Me

There are few movies that ever have a profound effect on me. All in all, I am hard to shock. Supersize Me was unbelievable. The guy almost gave himself cirhosis (sp) of the liver in 30 days. While I found this movie motivational, the undergrad in me became curious.

Instead of Mcdonalds, how bout someone eat JellyBellies for a month? Or turkey gravy. Or frozen dinners. Or salad. Or fishsticks. Or sticks of butter. Or pop tarts. Or meatloaf.

Seriously, how bad could pop tarts be. You could have a strawberry poptart for breakfast, a smores poptart for lunch, and a sensible dinner (3 chocolate poptarts). This would make for a fun reality show.

Evidence Reading

My first case in my Evidence book deals with an appellant trying to get a new case because the jury on his previous case admitted to being extremely drunk and high. The jurors even confessed to smoking weed and snorting cocaine while on lunch breaks. All I have to say is that Jury Duty is the new college.

OCI stuff

Finishing up the resume. Tomorrow im going to write a cover letter for all the other firms I plan on applying to. Everyone warns about writing one cover letter for mass use, but I plan on tailoring this one specifically per firm. I formerly thought that this was self-explanatory, but apparently "forgetting to brush your teeth" isnt either. In fact, the list of things not to do at an interview was hilarious. I wonder if anyone really "gets it". Including myself.

40 yr old vigin (my true identity)

Maybe I am too picky. I thought the movie sucked. Everyone else thought it was hilarious. I am just too high maitenance.

Mt. Everest, Here we come!

A friend of mine, who I think doesnt really know me that well, called me a "social climber". Is this a good thing?

Day Off Numero Uno

Woke up at 7:30 am because the thought of sleeping in on vacation was too profound for me. Immediately started on my resume. It is particularly tough to write somewhat objectively on the resume. Too bad you cant write, "office stud.. see references" and leave it be. That might have been a little arrogant, but then again, you all wouldnt be reading this if you didnt agree.

Plastic floats

If you havent seen Comedy Central's Roast of Pamel Anderson, I strongly reccomend it. Hilarious.

Apparently I'm not the only one...

http://www.jd2b.com/VanderbiltLawReview.pdf

Who I am

My personality is a double edged sword. On one hand, I am super ambitious, ready to achieve my goals no matter what. On the other hand, in my down time I cant relax. Here it is, not even 24 hours after I am done working, and all I think about is starting school. Character flaw. Apparently my father has the same affliction. How does one learn to relax? An elusive answer for sure.

Bored Brainless

Now that I dont have to work, I have nothing to do. I really dont want to start school stuff yet. That would be pathetic. Or would it?

Comments

Does anyone know how to stop comment spammers? I am thinking about turning off anonymous comments.

Thats it?

Four months and that is it? Give me a break. It was like, "see yah". Some were genuine. Some, clearly uncomfortable. It truly is a miserable existence.

Shh. Just go

Tomorrow is my last day at the firm. Hopefully for only a few months. I cant believe ive been there a week shy of four months. Even crazier is that most clerkships are only 8-10 weeks long. In retrospect, it has been a fun summer. Ive learned alot and I really feel like I got a good education at the firm. Hopefully everyone else had a fun summer.

Next thursday is orientation at my new school. That should be weird going thru all of that again. Then Monday we start. Time to crack down. Time to start the caffeine binges. Time to enjoy not working for a change.

evaluations

Firm evaluations today. Things went really well. It was nice to hear that I exceeded expectations of what a 1L could do. On that note, I think people might have just aimed low so they werent dissappointed. Either way, I have a decent chance at getting an offer for next summer before Fall Recruitment starts. We shall see.

In other news, I worked almost 12 hours today. That is enough typing to make anyone numb.

In sexier news, there is a hottie in florida on vacation now that i miss tons and tons. hope to see her soon.

Fall Recruitment

Went to a mandatory fall recruitment meeting to get the scoop on On Campus Interviews. Looks like I am going to have one week from Friday to get all my stuff turned in.

Most of the kids looked smart as hell in there. Some even asked some relevant questions. I am going to have to study my ass off.

Slammed

Getting my two hardest projects of the summer in my last week at work sucks. Considering I have three days to finish about 45 hours of work, I would say im probably working next week.

Camping

A night of camping and this city slicker has had enough. It was great. The doggie swam, went tubing with a boat. Topped it off with a nice speeding ticket on the way home. 76 in a 55 allegedly. I still say the pig had the wrong car. He was rude too. He didnt even let me drop that I was in law school. Guess I will just have to let the judge know when I appear in court.

They dont make a pill for this

With one week at my clerkship left, I have to say that it has been very dramatic. One week i love it. The next I hate it. Nothing really changes with the work. Some projects are better than others but for the most part, my enjoyment comes when I am in a good mood. Part of me expected more, the other realizes that work is work, and im not exactly getting paid to play basketball like I had dreamed of as a boy.

I see the next few years of my life being exactly of what I make of them. But does it ever get to a point where I wont be able to affect change like I think I can. For example, I happen to have about 60 hours work of work to get done in one week. Not the way I envisioned my last week there. Apparently, the firm is notorious for assigning clerks lots of projects in their last week. This comes with the territory of working for a "real" firm.

So I plan on finishing strong. Then my week off will be spent writing my law review paper to see if can sneak on. If I have any time to spare, im sure it will be spent worrying about the rest of my life. That seems to be what I do for fun. Seriously.

Fall Schedule

I got bent over for most of the classes I want. Nevertheless, I am on track to graduate with 15 credits a term. I ended up with a few good ones, and I cant really complain because I got Fridays off. This is what I ended up with:

Employment Law 3 credits
Evidence 4 credits
Business Associations 3 credits
LRW 2 credits pass/ fail
Civil Procedure I 3 credits

Chapter Nine

Have you ever met someone that was so morally bankrupt that it shocked the shit out of you? Some people have a really skewed view of this world.

Secrets

Hearing secrets about the firm you work at can be unnerving to hear. Basically in a nutshell, were all fucked.

The spanish word for lawyer

Cheap sushi.......$4

3 Jack and Cokes..............$9

Realizing you miss abogada and would do anything for her.....................Priceless.

We salute you, Mr. Pretendstobeyourpalsohecanhititwhenyouleave

Guys, take a close look at yourself. Dont be that guy.

To the Haters at my old school

Fuck off.

Things like... you running around town naked?

It still amazes me how much the clerks want to bitch every time they are asked what they dont like about the summer. Like the associates are going to sympathize or something. They are probably going to repeat it verbatim to the hiring partner.

I will tell you what I like. I like a paycheck. I like an intellectually stimulating job. I like the fact that no two days are going to be the same at work. I like the fact that people cant read minds. I like the fact that in no way is practicing law like the movie office space.

Dukes of Hazzard

Is the best movie of the summer. Beats out Wedding Crashers. Ms. Simpson deserves an Oscar and a beefcake and im not talking about that fratboy wannabe Nicky Le Chez.

These boots were made for walking

Nice boring weekend. 3 weeks till school starts. Get work evaluations next week. Should be fun to find out what the attorneys thought.

Happy Birthday Abogada

Happy Birthday Love. Gosh, you are old.

Rent's due!

Im taking guesses as to how I got into my new school.

A Nice Day

I came home from a boring day at work to find two packages. In the first, school supplies and a sweet card from my woman. In the other, my acceptance letter to my dream school. Aside from missing her tons, life is good.