tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63130922011-04-21T17:42:41.027-04:00Chronicling my descent into madness and bad nailsCrazynoreply@blogger.comBlogger2071100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-3337833256393696842007-05-16T16:54:00.000-04:002007-05-16T16:55:20.060-04:00

In less than 24 hours, graduation will be over and I will have a J.D. I'm still not sure quite how that happened. I'm waiting for a phone call from someone at the law school saying "oops, sorry, it turns out that you have 3 more years of school left. Get that bluebook back out of the trash."

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-49103711607931759082007-05-11T20:33:00.000-04:002007-05-11T20:39:16.580-04:00

Phone: Ring ring ring!Me: Hello?Person calling me: [something in spanish]Me: You have the wrong number.Person calling me: [something else in spanish]Me: This is the wrong number.Person calling me: [even more stuff in spanish]Me: [Click.]Question: Even if you don't speak enough english to understand the words "wrong number", isn't just the fact that I'm speaking english all the

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-27683192151136777112007-05-09T17:57:00.000-04:002007-05-09T17:58:20.727-04:00

Dear Law School:Where the fuck are my grades?Love, Me.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-79964545464309016262007-05-04T23:50:00.000-04:002007-05-04T23:59:07.859-04:00

I don't get people who go to law school and then don't take the bar exam. I know that the boys over at Barely Legal have some sort of logical explanation for this, but I just don't get it. First, if you realize after 2 years that you don't really want to be a lawyer after all, then why not drop out immediately and reduce your crushing load of student loan debt to 2/3-of-a-crushing-load of loan

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-13672937624062110592007-05-01T21:31:00.000-04:002007-05-01T21:39:35.754-04:00

Everything you read on this blog should be construed as legal advice, because it's certainly not posted for informational purposes. I am not an attorney and am not allowed to engage in the practice of law -- but if I don't practice, then how will I get good at it? The transmission and receipt of the information contained on this Web site and your access to this Web site do not create or

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-81946714357263019822007-04-19T10:37:00.000-04:002007-04-22T17:41:38.407-04:00

More pet food recalls. I'm kind of fond of my cat -- she does cough up hairballs on the carpet way too often, but she also worships me as a god, so it balances out. So I figured maybe I should just feed her cans of people tuna fish, instead of the killer canned cat food that all the grocery stores are apparently selling now.So I googled "make your own cat food" just to be sure that giving her

Crazynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-26096319108880316382007-04-15T12:51:00.000-04:002007-04-15T12:59:51.201-04:00

Here in the northeast, we are having a "nor'easter" or however you spell it. In my neighborhood, it just seems to be a normal rainstorm -- I don't see cars floating down the street or cows being tossed around by tornados or anything. But it does seem to provide a good excuse to spend the day at home in my pajamas -- which regular readers know is one of my most favorite things to do. But I have

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-83061628113139575812007-04-13T17:08:00.000-04:002007-04-13T18:49:09.911-04:00

Today in my Trial Techniques class, my half of the class (which had our fake trial last week) was watching the other half of the class put on their fake trial (these "trials" are our final exams). The "trial" I was watching was a criminal trial. I was listening to the "lawyers" and the "witnesses" and thinking "that guy is totally innocent. Those eyewitnesses don't mean anything -- everyone

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-46707713486786289292007-04-12T20:06:00.000-04:002007-04-12T20:07:04.355-04:00

I just realized that after I graduate next month, I won't be able to get student loans anymore. What will I do? (I know, I know, get a job. Shut up, Mom.)I've sort of fallen into a regular routine: log on, check the bank account balance, quickly apply for a new loan, con the real lawyers at my internship into buying me lunch for a few days, receive check, deposit, resume partying. Lather, rinse,

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-73208863126906397182007-04-11T21:28:00.000-04:002007-04-11T21:35:47.230-04:00

This week at law school appears to be the student government elections. Or student bar association, or whatever it's called. There's posters everywhere, and flyers in my mailbox, and a bunch of people standing around in their suits "campaigning" or whatever it is they're doing. What I want to know is, who do they think they're impressing with the suits? Their fellow students? Because you

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-29754251736705654012007-04-10T20:25:00.000-04:002007-04-10T21:20:01.004-04:00

I'm watching American Idol for the second time EVER, because I want to see this Sanjaya guy that everyone is talking about.Opening credits:- Reminds me of that part in X-Men where Magneto is in the plastic cell.- Hey look! It's Nathan Fillion! What's up with that?- Oooh, Jennifer Lopez. She's so pretty. I bet that right this minute, she's not sitting in front of her TV, drinking wine and

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-13693070889306067222007-04-10T18:32:00.000-04:002007-04-10T18:33:43.285-04:00

Riesling?Pre-trial memorandum?or both?

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-90886061474633935912007-04-02T20:06:00.000-04:002007-04-02T21:34:29.907-04:00

Today's bar exam topic is "The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning". I'm learning a lot about criminal law.But seriously, this is a terrible, terrible movie. I laughed until I cried. If it wasn't for the nude wrestling in Borat, this would be the funniest movie ever. It's just plain awful.The only criticism I have is that Daisy Duke really needs a sandwich. A couple of sandwiches, and a

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-61389651446820641232007-03-26T22:15:00.000-04:002007-03-26T22:19:12.544-04:00

I'm watching a high-def documentary about Katmandu. It appears to be about culture and history and stuff like that. They lost me at the beginning, when they started off with scenes from the market in the center of town. I thought "oohhh, shopping - look at that scarf! I want to go there!" Now I'm just sort of half-watching while I wait for them to stop showing temples and stuff and go back

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-54178876441990454102007-03-22T00:35:00.000-04:002007-03-22T00:46:28.292-04:00

My neighbor downstairs is making toast. I can tell, because the smell comes through the heating vents. I'm not sure it's toast. It could be waffles. But it's definitely carbs. Jesus H. Christ it smells good. MMMmmmmmm carbs. AAAAaaaaaahhhhh. I want to just sit on the floor by the vent and lick the little carb molecules off it. In law-related news, I made it through class tonight without

Crazynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-24105714341997190692007-03-19T22:34:00.000-04:002007-03-19T22:39:19.171-04:00

Remember those people with the fake blog who were supposed to be RV-ing across America and parking in Walmart parking lots? Right now, at this very minute, my mother's RV is parked in a Walmart parking lot. Somewhere out there in the flat middle part of the country. Luckily we also have Walmarts here at the bumpy edges of the country that she can park in when she comes out for graduation.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-18635171596318990392007-03-19T20:24:00.000-04:002007-03-19T20:28:36.190-04:00

. . . aka the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case. One of my classes requires us to go to court and observe a few trials. I have a terrible urge to show up at the municipal court wearing a t-shirt that says "Fuck the Draft" and see what happens. I'm pretty sure that no one at the court would get it.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-47286580884017521702007-03-13T22:43:00.000-04:002007-03-13T22:45:28.053-04:00

How old do you have to be to find this video funny?http://www.nerve.com/nerveblog/scannerblog.aspx?id=96e9759#9759

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Turtle porn. Damn, I'm proud to be an American.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-27224026174092066022007-03-08T06:02:00.000-05:002007-03-08T06:03:35.657-05:00

How come the cops on CSI never draw chalk outlines around bodies? When did that stop being an important step in crime investigation?

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-27582302614651345332007-03-08T01:19:00.000-05:002007-03-08T01:24:02.315-05:00

If there's one skill that I am going to be an expert at when I graduate, it's studying while watching TV. 4 years ago, law was the most exciting thing ever. Now it's exciting for about 3 minutes at a time, and then I lose interest and have to do something else. So far the best show to watch while studying -- even better than Law & Order -- is "Sunrise Earth" on the high-def station. Each show

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-86538872575862379622007-03-02T18:40:00.000-05:002007-03-02T18:44:27.405-05:00

"No chips of any kind or other foods that cause audible crunching sounds are allowed.""DO NOT bring any of these items with you inside the Examination Room:""suitcases""backless shoes""weapons""purses". . .no backless shoes? no purses? I should start planning my outfits now, so I'm ready by July. And start testing my favorite snacks for the audibility of their crunchiness.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-55510776464822524632007-02-24T13:49:00.000-05:002007-02-24T13:53:03.225-05:00

I'm listening to an opera on the radio -- while I study, of course. (From now on, I will probably think of the best evidence rule whenever I hear Eugene Onegin.) I just realized that there's no way to pause it if I need to go to the bathroom or go out and get lunch or whatever. I'm so used to Tivo-ing everything and pausing TV shows whenever I want that I'm lost without that technology. Why

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-74413242490557802382007-02-17T14:55:00.000-05:002007-02-17T22:25:43.416-05:00

I decided to have a hard-core study weekend -- pajamas, diet coke, and a big stack of law books -- and no leaving the house. (Because I'm not changing out of my jammies.) But I forgot to stock up on food. All I have to eat is frozen vegetables and half a box of girl scout cookies. And I feel kind of pathetic when I call the pizza place on a Saturday night and have them deliver only enough

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-12551614061807074932007-02-17T12:28:00.000-05:002007-02-17T12:31:43.832-05:00

I'm taking lots of "practical" classes this semester, where we learn actual legal skills, like how to write a complaint. That's our assignment for one class next week - write a complaint. Except that the last class was cancelled (snow day), so we haven't gotten any actual instructions on what to do or how to do it. It seemed like the best way to figure it out was to just look at some

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-15195640641214540192007-02-13T18:20:00.000-05:002007-02-13T18:22:24.808-05:00

Issue: Should I have potato chips for dinner?Rule: Potato chips will make me fat.Analysis: Mmm, crunchy AND salty!Conclusion: Diet starts tomorrow. Seriously. I mean it this time.UPDATE, 7:17 p.m.: I feel sick.

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Some people look out the window at the snow and think "ooh, pretty." Today I looked out my window and thought, "Whose fucking idea was it to have frozen water falling out of the fucking sky all day long? Shit. This is proof that if there is a god, he hates us."

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-87022621060400293802007-02-11T20:25:00.001-05:002007-02-11T20:25:53.098-05:00

As a law student, I find that the most interesting part of the Anna Nicole Smith story is the dispute over the ownership of her mansion.

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I am the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby.

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I think I've been aging a lot more rapidly since I started law school. Today I was browsing on apple.com, because I'm thinking of getting an external hard drive for my iBook. It only has a 30 GB hard drive in it, and I've got 25GB of iTunes songs, and I've only ripped a small percentage of my CDs, so if I had an external hard drive I could put all my songs on it and I would only need to hook it

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-72547893709702807912007-02-08T18:19:00.000-05:002007-02-05T19:43:05.995-05:00

I've been reading a lot recently about the calorie restriction diet that is supposed to make you live longer. I would love to have enough self-control to restrict my calorie intake -- but only so that I'll be skinny and can wear cuter clothes. I don't know why I would want to live longer.For example, suppose I lived to be 100 years old. If I retired at age 65, I would need enough money in my

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-86113946022671873542007-02-05T19:41:00.000-05:002007-02-05T19:43:06.188-05:00

I have enough chips, dip, wings and beer left over from my party to eat for the next 3 days without cooking or ordering takeout.

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Things I've learned to like since I started law school:(1) Large corporations(2) Really big TVs(3) Footnotes(4) Prescription painkillers

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-82390172374976391192007-01-11T22:27:00.000-05:002007-01-14T12:49:14.777-05:00

(1) Fly girl(2) Agent Scully(3) Heiress(4) Sydney Bristow(5) Lawyer

Crazynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-70698926473441270182007-01-11T00:38:00.000-05:002007-01-11T00:42:15.297-05:00

You know what I hate? I hate it when professors won't just leave me the hell alone. I'm paying 700 bazillion dollars per credit, AND I have to put up with some obnoxious old guy pestering me with questions during class while I'm trying to read my email and ignore the dumbass midwesterner with the loud voice who ends up sitting behind me EVERY goddam semester. If I wanted to participate, I'd

Crazynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-26090347323785171722007-01-08T00:20:00.000-05:002007-01-08T00:24:57.838-05:00

How to make your own marshmallows.Why? Is there something wrong with the marshmallows from the grocery store? There are plenty of foods that taste better "homemade", but I don't think marshmallows are one of them. Also on the list of things that taste better mass-produced in a factory in New Jersey than made with loving care in your kitchen are Twinkies, Pepsi, cigarettes, and cheez wiz.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-59529926031050938052007-01-06T13:19:00.000-05:002007-01-06T13:21:16.045-05:00

The new semester starts on Monday. I got my books last week. Today I dove right in and started on the first-day assignments by getting out my highliters, opening the books up to the assigned reading, and spending an hour on YouTube watching videos like "Kitten falls down stairs" and "Kitten falls asleep."

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Just bought the last set of law textbooks I'll ever buy, for my last semester! Now I can go home and add up my loans and figure out when I'll be able to afford to get tired of being a lawyer and go back to school for a new career.

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Maggots.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1166237992715522622006-12-15T21:58:00.000-05:002006-12-15T21:59:52.726-05:00

I am drinking wine from Slovenia. Or Slovakia? Are those the same place? Anyway, it didn't have enough vowels in the name. It's not bad, but it isn't quite the right wine to pair with Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.

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I'm watching "The Upside of Anger". According to the reviews, it is a "brilliant psychodrama" with "richly layered" performances; it's a "smart adult drama". I'm bored. I prefer movies with guns, spies, mutants, elves, and/or spaceships. I think I'm just going to fast-forward to the end and see who dies.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1166068898437058492006-12-13T22:54:00.000-05:002006-12-13T23:01:38.450-05:00

The cat kept trying to "help" me study. So I got out the catnip and got her nipped up to distract her. Now she's passed out on top of her scratchy toy. :-)

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Section 2-666: "How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days." The beginning was pretty dumb, but when it got to the party where she filled his medicine cabinet with tampons and got baby pictures from his mom, I was laughing pretty hard. It's not quite over yet. Will Matthew McWhatever and Kate Hudson live happily ever after? I don't know yet! The suspense! Who knows how it will end?

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According to World Net Daily, "soy is feminizing, and commonly leads to a decrease in the size of the penis, sexual confusion and homosexuality." This has something to do with estrogen, I didn't read that closely. So I assume the article is talking about male homosexuality? If it's "feminizing", do I (a woman) run the risk of become more straight? I guess that's a risk I'm willing to take -

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1165621103424084582006-12-08T18:30:00.000-05:002006-12-08T18:38:23.426-05:00

Email from the university health services:In June 2006, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to recommend the first vaccine developed to prevent cervical cancer and other diseases in females caused by certain types of genital human papillomavirus (HPV). The vaccine, GardasilR, protects against four HPV types, which together cause 70% of cervical cancers and 90% of genital

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Plot summary of the L&O SVU episode I just watched:police go to woman's apartment to arrest her daughter.mother says "you can't arrest her - I did it!"police arrest mother; skip to trial - mother pleads not guilty.during trial, while testifying, daughter says "you can't convict her - I did it!"DA dismisses the case.someone immediately finds a videotape giving daughter an alibi, proving daughter

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1165549588392662852006-12-07T22:41:00.000-05:002006-12-07T22:46:28.410-05:00

Tonight I went to Starbucks to study. It has 3 clear advantages over the law library:(1) it's not full of law students;(2) it's got yummy snacks and tasty drinks; and(3) there's no free internet to distract me from studying.Except that it failed on point #1 tonight - I was happily typing away when I heard the voice of the 4th most annoying student in school. I looked over, and yup, it was him.

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What I've learned from watching "Law & Order SVU": if you are a single woman living alone in New York, you will be raped at least once, and possibly carjacked. However, you will at least have a really big apartment. Everyone I know in New York lives in apartments that are about the size of a kitchen on SVU. On SVU, waitresses and single mothers especially seem to have spacious, well-lit

Crazynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1165458896274085272006-12-06T21:34:00.000-05:002006-12-06T21:34:56.296-05:00

Your 'Do You Want the Terrorists to Win' Score: 81% You are a terrorist-loving scoundrel who hates our dear leader and the values he defends. There are few redeeming qualities about you. You most likely celebrated when the evil-doers hit us on 9/11, then opposed the Iraq war when we tried to pay them back. You hurt us at every step and cause troops to die in the field by questioning Bush's

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1164733634374491332006-11-28T12:05:00.000-05:002006-11-28T12:07:14.396-05:00

... when I become a famous celebrity, I must remember NOT to make x-rated sex tapes with my future ex-spouses.

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In one of my classes we're doing student presentations, a few students each week. This past week there was one guy who said "umm..." in between each sentence and then 3 or 4 times within each sentence. After a while I couldn't help twitching every time he said it. I'm not even sure what his presentation was about by the end. Also, he never finished a single sentence - he would start one, and

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1162086307859830532006-10-28T21:39:00.001-04:002006-10-28T21:45:07.860-04:00

My 8-year-old nephew is watching something on the Cartoon Network called "Hellboy" -- or "H-E-double-hockeysticks-boy", as my nephew calls it. "That's not right!" he exclaimed when he heard the name. He seemed genuinely shocked that they could say that word on TV. I asked him if he was allowed to watch this sort of thing, and he assured me that everything on the Cartoon Network was safe for a

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1161910985836222532006-10-26T21:01:00.000-04:002006-10-26T21:03:05.856-04:00

I desperately yearn for a QuikTop to keep my soda fresh. Maybe this will be the one time that something "seen on TV" isn't crap!

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I love the news stories that pop up in the headlines on slow news days:"Vampires A Mathematical Impossibility, Scientist Says" This might be important news if the math were good, but it's not. This "expert" assumes that a vampire sires new vampires at the rate of one a month, which is not even close. And the effect of slaying and accidental sunlight exposure is not even factored in.

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Aaaahhhhh!!!! I accidently sent my own DVD back to Netflix! Now they have my Alias Season 1 disc 2, and I have their CSI:Miami Season 2 disc 6! It totally sucks because if I had accidently sent back something like "Office Space" or "Anchorman" I could just go to Target and buy myself another one, but how am I supposed to get another copy of "Alias Season 1 Disc 2"? I'm going to put an ad on

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1159837361009528802006-10-02T21:00:00.000-04:002006-10-02T21:02:41.030-04:00

Sometimes I get depressed that most professional football players are young enough that, biologically, I could be their mother. (Same thing happens with supermodels.) Brett Favre is now my favorite quarterback based solely on the fact that he is older than me.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1159634814514460702006-09-30T12:45:00.000-04:002006-09-30T12:46:54.530-04:00

Play Xbox or study? Play Xbox or study? I can't decide.... xbox or study.... xbox or study.... xbox or study.... xbox or study....Xbox wins. Shit.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1158894724240646952006-09-21T23:06:00.000-04:002006-09-21T23:12:04.260-04:00

Eh, whatever. Adequate. What was up with those creepy, scraggly beards? Is that a flat-part-in-the-middle-of-the-country fashion thing? Remind me to never go to Kansas.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1158525994289331682006-09-17T16:43:00.000-04:002006-09-17T17:04:49.983-04:00

So somebody was running the ball, I forget who, and they ran across the field, and disturbed some pigeons that had to fly out of the way real quick. Pigeons? I know they're not the smartest birds, but what did they think they were going to find in the middle of a football field? There's got to be better places in a football stadium to find food.Update, 4:45: Goooooooo EAGLES!!!!Update, 4:55:

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1158116701242100982006-09-12T23:02:00.000-04:002006-09-12T23:05:01.256-04:00

How come my fucking quiche filling never fits inside my fucking deep-dish pie crusts? The people who write the recipes need to get together with the people who make the pie shells and figure it the fuck out. Maybe Fresh Pepper can explain it.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1157926085993844252006-09-10T18:05:00.000-04:002006-09-10T18:08:06.006-04:00

... with their stupid bells that play stupid hymns across the street at top volume while I'm trying to watch TV.

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I've decided to keep up the grueling TV-watching schedule that I established this summer. I figure it doesn't really matter if I'm unprepared in class at the beginning of the semester - the professors will forget by the end of the semester. And I'm very responsible about doing some reading during every commercial break.So I'm still catching up on my pop culture. How come I keep seeing ads for

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1156560228180490632006-08-25T22:35:00.000-04:002006-08-25T22:43:48.200-04:00

There are hundreds of players in the NFL. Mention any name to a man, and he will know the player's position and team. And probably where he went to college. A man has an astonishing amount of NFL data stored in his head. It's especially astonishing compared to the limited amount of information he is able to retain about a WOMAN HE IS HAVING SEX WITH.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1155687061744052622006-08-15T20:08:00.000-04:002006-08-15T20:11:01.760-04:00

The only people in Miami who have jobs are bartenders, cops, and paramedics. Everyone else spends all their time going to clubs and partying next to a pool in their bathing suits.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1152035285873105532006-07-04T13:41:00.000-04:002006-07-04T13:48:05.943-04:00

I'm going to take advantage of my class-free summer and finally lose all the lawschool weight I gained over the past 3 years. The problem is that I haven't found a diet that includes a sufficient amount of chocolate. I bet that if I ate nothing but chocolate, in limited quantities, I would lose weight. Chocolate and Flintstone vitamins. Would that cause scurvy? Okay, here's the plan:

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Things I like:(1) hiccups - they're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy, fun fun fun fun fun!(2) deja vu - I don't know why, it just entertains me.Things I don't like:(1) People who use the word "ascertain" instead of any of the many other less-pretentious alternatives.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1151551403800488502006-06-28T23:17:00.000-04:002006-06-28T23:23:23.800-04:00

[Now that I am class-free and jobless, I am watching TV shows when they are actually on TV, instead of 3 years later when they come out on DVD.]I've heard a lot about CSI - how juries expect every case to have the full "CSI" treatment with fancy scientific tests and all that. But I don't remember ever hearing about how graphic the gross, bug-eaten dead bodies are. I don't need to see that. If

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1151542226171327042006-06-28T20:36:00.000-04:002006-06-28T23:11:40.323-04:00

Britney Spears has posed naked for Harper's Bazaar, the pictures have been leaked, and I want to see them. Here's why -We all know that in real life, Britney looks like this:But on the cover of Harper's Bazaar, she looks like this:So, to be honest - on Sundays, when I wake up hung over and go to Dunkin Donuts in my pajamas, I look like picture #1. And okay, I probably look like picture #1 on

Crazynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1151448289364793542006-06-27T18:35:00.000-04:002006-06-27T18:44:49.383-04:00

I believe that movies and TV shows about space travel have an obligation to come up with an explanation for why aliens from other planets speak English. For example, I think Star Trek had some sort of "universal translator" that everyone put in their ears, or something like that. It doesn't matter how preposterous it was, the point is that they tried. Stargate doesn't even try. Everyone on

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1151272735136307032006-06-25T17:57:00.000-04:002006-06-25T17:58:55.156-04:00

100 Yale L.J. 1679:"Remember those horror movies in which somebody wearing a hockey mask terrorizes people at a summer camp and slowly and carefully slashes them all into bloody little pieces? That's what the first year of law school is like. Except it's worse, because the professors don't wear hockey masks, and you have to look directly at their faces."

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1150167284753095662006-06-12T22:38:00.000-04:002006-06-12T22:54:44.766-04:00

I managed to not see the movie or the musical, and to be completely ignorant of the plot, until last month. Here's my plot summary:There's a bunch of "bohemians". They refuse to get jobs, because that would interfere with their art. The fact that they are artists means that they shouldn't have to pay for rent or heat or electricity like the rest of us - their landlord and the rest of us

Crazynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1150152228282608012006-06-12T17:35:00.000-04:002006-06-12T18:43:48.310-04:00

Just because I blew off getting a job or taking any classes in favor of sleeping till noon every day, it doesn't mean I'm wasting my summer. I just spent an afternoon conducting some very productive internet research.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfcybanFKjUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QAlt4Sfl7Qhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBmZN2LnDbAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlccwGCBM48http://

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1149702172339890442006-06-07T13:32:00.000-04:002006-06-08T13:06:33.573-04:00

It's a TV show about math! Starring Mr. Universe as a math nerd! I love it!Maybe I should try watching some TV shows when they're actually on TV. I could get one of those Tivo things.UPDATE: OMG! I can get the whole 2nd season from iTunes! I'm going to wait a few days though, since I watched the entire first season yesterday and it might be good to take a little break.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1149305264142287182006-06-02T23:23:00.000-04:002006-06-02T23:27:44.156-04:00

Now you can finish law school in 2 years!I think that the crazy people who do this deserve their inevitable heart attacks. 18 credits a semester? Jesus H. Christ in a chicken basket, what the hell for? You're going to live like 70 years, what's the problem with spending 3 of those years in law school? If finishing fast is so important, why not do some sort of Clockwork Orange thing where

Crazynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1148269553482256402006-05-21T23:39:00.000-04:002006-05-21T23:45:53.483-04:00

(1) How to make my cat the happiest cat on the planet, in 2 easy steps:Step 1 - go on vacation for a week.Step 2 - come home.Apparently, her life was empty and meaningless without me. She is giddy with joy that I have returned. I am once again the center of her universe!(2) At one point during final exams, I stayed up until 4:30 a.m. working on a take-home exam. The cat, who usually sleeps

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1148269073923847452006-05-21T23:36:00.000-04:002006-05-21T23:37:53.936-04:00

If there was a course called "Watching TV While You Study", I would have gotten an A this semester. No - an A+! But in all the courses that I really did take, I got Bs. :-(

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I have an interview tomorrow, and I'm almost too fat to fit into my I-want-to-be-a-lawyer suit. As long as I keep the jacket on, no one will be able to tell that the skirt doesn't zip all the way up. I wish I hadn't had 2 chocolate donuts for breakfast this morning. Those Indian ladies at Dunkin Donuts are trying to make me fat. Tomorrow, I am having salad for breakfast.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1147102370855189822006-05-08T11:12:00.000-04:002006-05-08T11:32:50.870-04:00

[Note: I'm still watching Season 1 over and over]When I saw the character of Aaron Echoll's (Harry Hamlin) wife, I assumed that the show had gone out and gotten the actress with the biggest grossest puffed-up lips and fakest plastic-surgery look that they could find. Then I found out that Lisa Rinna is an actual famous person, is married to Harry Hamlin in real life, and those may be her

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1147069858493232252006-05-08T02:26:00.000-04:002006-05-08T02:33:19.190-04:00

It's 2:30 a.m. I'm working on a take-home exam. My downstairs neighbors are listening to the radio. They're not law students -- what's their excuse for being awake? They're old and boring -- don't they have to get up in a few hours to go to work? I sure as hell wouldn't be awake right now if I wasn't in law school. (Or college - see below.) Maybe on a weekend. But it's Sunday night!

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1147048987535483482006-05-07T20:36:00.000-04:002006-05-07T20:43:07.546-04:00

One thing that sucks about living in the 'burbs is that when I get hungry for a study-break snack, about 4 hours from now, it will be 12:30 a.m. and there won't be anyplace good nearby that I can go for a wide variety of satisfying snacks. There's a 24-hour Walgreens, but they don't have slurpies at Walgreens. Somehow, it just isn't a study break without a slurpy. There is a 24-hour diner

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1146794803995647022006-05-04T22:02:00.000-04:002006-05-04T22:06:44.006-04:00

1st year: Briefed every case; started outlining halfway through the semester; stayed up until 2:00 a.m. on Saturday nights to study.2nd year: Read every case; started outlining 2 weeks before finals; stayed up until 2:00 a.m. while studying for final exams.3rd year: Only read about 2/3 of the material; started outlining 2 days before the exam; considering going to bed around 11:00 to be fresh

Crazynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1146771318801610222006-05-04T15:25:00.000-04:002006-05-04T15:35:18.813-04:00

I'm Arvin Sloane.I've been playing Oblivion instead of studying for the past couple weeks. Two of the attributes that a character gets in the game are "infamy" and "fame". Infamy comes from doing bad things (stealing, killing, etc.) and fame comes from doing good things, basically. If your infamy is higher than your fame, there are certain things you can't do. There was a discussion about

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1146325847241733172006-04-29T11:46:00.000-04:002006-04-29T11:50:47.280-04:00

A Stich in Haste take a look at the NJ self-serve gas ban from an economic perspective. As a resident of New Jersey, I have a different perspective: I don't want to pump my own gas. I don't want to get out of the car when it's cold and rainy. I don't want to risk splashing gas on my clothes. I don't want to have to walk inside the convenience store to pay if I want to pay in cash. I think

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1146325413385744332006-04-29T11:33:00.000-04:002006-04-29T11:43:33.396-04:00

I enjoy hugging trees just as much as the next hippie (ok, maybe not quite) but I don't think there's anything wrong with oil companies making huge profits. As they sometimes attempt to point out, if we don't like it, we can directly reduce their profits by buying less oil.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1145499136849333722006-04-19T21:52:00.000-04:002006-04-19T22:12:16.913-04:00

I have no insightful comments about the issue of laptop use in class. But I do have an observation/anecdote: I am in a "seminar" class with 14 students. On Monday we were having student presentations; one student standing in front of the class talking, the other 13 sitting in a semi-circle listening. There was no need to take notes, we were just listening and discussing. One guy in the

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1145496479531773022006-04-19T21:23:00.000-04:002006-04-19T21:27:59.540-04:00

One of my professors has a policy that lets people "make up" classes that they've missed by writing 500-word discussions of the reading assignment for that class. So, naturally, I skipped lots of classes and planned to do all the make-up assignments at the end of the semester. This morning I thought to myself "hmm, I wonder when all those make-up assignments are due?" So I checked, and of

Crazynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1144553176905600512006-04-08T23:21:00.000-04:002006-04-08T23:26:16.920-04:00

Remember the last time Saturday Night Live was funny? I bet you do, and I bet it was when you were in the 11th grade. It was funny when I was in the 11th grade, and then it started to suck. I bet there are kids in the 11th grade right now who think that SNL is actually funny, right now, and in a few years they'll be saying "hey, remember when Seth Myers was on SNL? Those were the best years.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1144366059992714212006-04-06T19:24:00.000-04:002006-04-06T23:42:49.456-04:00

Today at a meeting of the Law Journal editorial board, we were discussing having some journal outings - parties at bars, baseball games, that sort of thing - so that we could all bond and get to know the other members of the journal. My first and only thought (which I didn't say out loud) was: "But I don't like getting to know other people."

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... but let's not dwell on that. I'd rather think about some of the reasons that Alias is one of my favorite TV shows:No one has ever given birth while trapped in an elevator on Alias.No plot has ever revolved around someone's buddy from 'Nam.A multi-racial group of kids from the inner city has never learned an imporant lesson about respecting each others' differences.There has never been a "

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1143482694414136292006-03-27T13:01:00.000-05:002006-03-31T18:20:41.073-05:00

1:01 p.m.I think the legal system should start sentencing people to "transporation" again. Maybe the criminals could be sent to Canada or something.10:27 p.m., ThursdayIf my grade for a class can be based entirely on a 4-hour exam, then isn't 4 hours the appropriate amount of time to dedicate to a paper that determines my entire grade for the class? Hmm.6:16 p.m., FridayCell phones cause brain

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1143167823799228162006-03-23T21:33:00.000-05:002006-03-23T21:37:03.810-05:00

It's time for another installment of "People I Don't Like." But I am afraid that I am becoming too negative and bitter, so I am going to start a new series, "People I Like", and take turns.Who: Male Figure SkatersWhy: They wear lots of sequins, they cry on TV, and yet somehow, some of them are pretty hot.I am watching ESPN right now, some sort of world championship or something. Wow, those

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1142641823464905532006-03-17T19:23:00.000-05:002006-03-17T19:30:23.473-05:00

Why can't I walk into a store and buy an Xbox 360? A Christmas shortage is one thing - there's nothing suprising about that - but it's 3 months later, and clerks in stores just laugh at me when I say "do you have any Xboxes?" It doesn't make any sense. The same stores are full of games and accessories, but no one is going to buy those things if they can't get an Xbox to use them on. So

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1141670274610108772006-03-06T13:34:00.000-05:002006-03-06T13:37:54.623-05:00

I just bought a serger! I'm so excited! I've always wanted one, but they're pretty expensive and it was hard to justify the cost when I really don't sew that often. But today I was in the fabric store buying thread and they had a decent serger for half price! So I bought it! This week I have to finish making some curtains for a friend, but I don't think I want that to be my

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1139968361937600652006-02-14T20:51:00.000-05:002006-02-14T21:11:58.503-05:00

Whenever I read an Olympics news article about some athlete crashing on their skis at 50 mph or falling headfirst on the ice, my first thought is "oooh - where can I see a video of that?"UPDATE: Those speedskaters sure have some freakishly large thighs.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1139852049970756252006-02-13T12:33:00.000-05:002006-02-13T12:34:09.983-05:00

Goddamn this is cute.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1139713695482761092006-02-11T21:58:00.000-05:002006-02-11T22:08:15.546-05:00

New favorite show! I finished all the Alias DVDs. I bought Veronica Mars on a whim at Target. It's super cool. Veronica is smart like Sidney Bristow. :-)

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2 hours after I wrote the last post, my roommate told me he was moving out. So now I need to think of a really good ad to put on Craigslist. What I'm looking for is a straight guy who owns hardly any stuff, works at night, doesn't talk much, and spends very little time at home. Just like my current roommate.

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1139671727202398072006-02-11T10:04:00.000-05:002006-02-11T20:02:50.576-05:00

Who: Wall Street Journal Editorial WritersWhy I don't like them: They are idiots. On Friday, Elizabeth Crowley wrote an article about the current lawsuit against Craigslist for housing discrimination. (Sorry, I couldn't find a link to it.) The writer is shocked to discover that people looking for roommates are expressing a preference about who they would like to live with. Ms. Elizabeth

Crazynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313092.post-1139544560232228682006-02-09T23:08:00.000-05:002006-02-09T23:09:20.246-05:00

It was amusing. Not laugh-out-loud funny, except for one part: the mime. And this is probably the ONLY time I have ever been amused by a mime.

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Even though I am a part-time student with a full-time job, I am taking day classes this semester. (I have been a night student for the past 5 semesters.) As a 1L, I had a Legal Research & Writing TA who would, for example, send me emails at 2 a.m. that said, for example, "sorry I missed our appointment at 6 p.m. tonight - I had to go to a party in Boston. Can we meet tomorrow at 3 p.m.?" And

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