I fired up my calendar for the first time in several weeks today. I didn't have to make any plans while studying for the bar. On the todo list for July 28, 2006 - die with elation ( Read more... )

that's it. I've hit the wall...I'm have absolutely no motivation remaining. Reading a subject outline or model answer at this point and learning something new would just be depressing. I'm over you bar exam--and I was never really under you ( Read more... )

First a theory to throw out there ( Read more... )

I haven't had time to write all summer but now in the heat of bar exam preparation, now I find the time to whack out some thoughts. Its necessary to get some ideas out there as I've perhaps foolishly shunned Austin and the best study partner in the world (see here: Read more... )

two hour season finale for "law and order: criminal intent"
two hour season finale for "conviction"

ONE hour SERIES finale for my favorite show of the past 7 years, "the west wing"; hollywood is a harsh town, they can't wait to get rid of these guys.

charles schumer is the most pretentious dick on the senate judiciary committee. Its almost as painful watching him ask loaded question after another as it is to watch nancy pelosi trip on every sentence while refusing to articulate and commit to any clear progressive policies ( Read more... )

today was mpre part ii. i had my final in professional responsibility. i could say its kind of sad to be in a classroom with UT law students for the last time, but really its not. i've got a bar exam to take in a few months and who really gets choked up about taking finals--i'm melodramatic and overly sentimental, but even i've got some limits ( Read more... )

inadvertant turn-on in an academic setting: girls utilizing the indian style position in their study carrel chairs.

maybe it has something to do with dexterity.

In the same way that the holidays have a unpleasant effect on my inbox's wattage, so too the exam period tends to depress the amount of messages I get per day. It seems that even Nigerian princes fleeing oppressive regimes have better things to do in the early part of May than to send their heartfelt solicitations for help in transferring large ( Read more... )

Stephen Colbert is catching a good deal of flack for his routine at the White House Corespondants Dinner. I saw the thing on Saturday night and it seemed like it wasn't going well as far as the joke to laugh quotient. Ultimately though I'm surprised at how offended the White House is at the routine (the comedic routines at these things are always ( Read more... )