I headed back to San Jose last Friday night for a friend's birthday. Each time I'm at the airport I always ponder whether someone's visiting the place of their destination or whether it's their home. The midwesterners are easy to spot and so are the Southern Californians ... everyone else kind of blends, as do I. The only time I don't blend at the ( Read more... )

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE ( Read more... )

PHOENIX ( Read more... )

Well, nearly. I know of two here. But being back in Iowa is oddly calming. I hear the usual gossip about former classmates, many of whom (and I smirk wickedly to myself) seem to be doing quite poorly. It's funny how many people move away but come crawling back to this craphole of a town ( Read more... )

It's weird to be back. Beginning something once again is always hard ( Read more... )

(whisper) eight days.... and then you see *The Bar* ....

It's towards the end. I spend my time these days coming up with offensive acronyms to remember the various inane rules arising out of the 14 tested subjects:

For example: Every Real Chinese Immigrant Seeks Pleasure Boats = Execution, Revocation, Components, Interpretation, Succession, P ( Read more... )

I am:
-12%
Republican."The Marxists are too reactionary for you. With people like you around, America collectively thanks God for John Ashcroft."

Are You A Republican?

I HAVE FINALLY TAKEN THE WEEDWACKER TO THE LAWN ( Read more... )

I. I'm up later than I've been in over a week, probably bc I drank 12 oz of iced tea, a shock to my (comparatively) caffeine-free bod. Bar prep, which hasn't "really" started because the first week never counts, is driving me mad. I hate it. I'm not cut out for this bs ... and I now want to be a law professor or a yoga teacher. Neither requires ( Read more... )

From dreams that sheriffs are proctoring my exams to the one I had last night about Tian, family and others out of sight - I decided I need a change of pace. This is ironic since I just had a pace change - back to work, with full schedules during finals. Although the facts of the case are exciting - an international warrant was just issued for one ( Read more... )