I never write in here these days...but here's one thing I want to say, or rather, quote ( Read more... )

Stole this from Katie's Myspace...thought it was adorable. Just to lighten the mood a bit ( Read more... )

Just a little follow up on exactly WHY I found the response I posted so ridiculous ( Read more... )

The following was an online comment to an opinion piece appearing today in The Badger Herald (The UW student newspaper). The opinion piece, ironically enough, had nothing to do with film nor Brokeback Mountain. It was actually celebrating effective steps taken by Students for a Fair Wisconsin in attempting to defeat the gay marriage ban referendum ( Read more... )

What I'm about to write is not easy to put into words. It is, like everything else, an event that evoked feelings in me, compelling me to write something. But when the event seems more real and the feelings hold stronger roots in me than other things I choose to write about, it gives me pause to choose my words carefully ( Read more... )

I've got class. That is both descriptive of me and my agenda for the day. Legal writing teaches me to be clear, succinct, and provocative. I find nearly nothing in life could ever be reduced to that, nevermind the emotionally invested clients I continue to reassure myself that I'll be helping in less than three years ( Read more... )

Life can do a 180 pretty quickly when one minute you're at a bar taking tequila shots and shoveling down gyros wasted and then what seems like the next minute you're studying the United States Code, learning what in a few months will probably seem like a pretty basic difference in what courts have jurisdiction over what types of cases. Ah, a ( Read more... )

This is an excerpt I heard today from This American Life…the episode was about breakups, and this particular segment was by sally Kline, in which she wrote her first breakup song and played it for Phil Collins in order to get over her ex-boyfriend. The following is Sally speaking to Phil Collins. I like it because she says everything I’ve ever felt ( Read more... )

I first started blogging during my freshman year of college. I'm a bit surprised and a little impressed that I've kept it up for so long. But, I think I enjoyed it more then than I have lately. I think that's just because when I was a freshmen my life had changed in such a dramatic way that it was quite easy and noticeably more interesting to ( Read more... )

Right now I'm outside, on the shore of Lake Mendota, using this sweet city-wide wireless internet. I love technology. It pretty much rained from Saturday morning until a few hours ago. The flooding here hasn't been like it has been in Minnesota and parts of Illinois, but it's been enough rain to keep me inside most of the last few days. Today was ( Read more... )