Is it sad that...
One of my favourite things to do is to go to Real Food Daily (or another restaurant I love/feel comfortable in) and eat dinner by myself while I read/write. Is it sadder that that's how I spent my...
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I really like how 12g says that you can bring all your Rule 12 motions at the same time. It's kind of like the Thanksgiving table of pretrial motions. You object to personal jurisdiction and right...
View ArticleTortious Quotational Misconduct
Maybe this is one of those things that was only funny at 5:45am, but I thought I'd post it anyway."just as Justice Potter Stewart knew hardcore pornography when he saw it, we know a blatantly unfair,...
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One I've been thinking about a lot lately as I'm revising for finals."Know what I read the other day? That Denver, Colorado, is moving closer to San Francisco, California, by an inch every ten years....
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I pulled an all nighter last night to get my head around the first half of LLE. I spend the night in Leavey library with Mark, Victoria and Jon, which, retrospectively, was probably why I didn't work...
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On Friday. I am. Free. Joint and several liability, you will have no jurisdiction (personal, diversity, federal question or otherwise) over me!
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So if I can spend the hours between 4:30am and midnight tomorrow taking torts multiple choice questions, then I will finally feel okay about Tuesday, no matter what happens. Then all I have to do is...
View Articlei haven't done that in a while
i actually started crying during the torts exam today aka my 4.5 hour final from hell.i left the room, cried, threw up, came back and nearly told the student service office i would not be coming back....
View ArticleA fitting start to the new semester, something to keep in mind
nobody but younobody can save you butyourself.you will be put again and againinto nearly impossiblesituations.they will attempt again and againthrough subterfuge, guise andforceto make you submit, quit...
View ArticleReminds me of walking through the wet, wet Reed Canyon
[Jan. 1st, 2008|09:15 pm]When I am Among the Trees by Mary OliverWhen I am among the trees,especially the willows and the honey locust,equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,they give off such hints...
View Articleso yes
i didn't fail civ pro and torts. still waiting for word on contracts and lle. but yeah. it'll be ok.
View ArticleCon law is amazing
“Those of you who want to know more about Bong Hits for Jesus, you can meet me on campus behind the gym.”—Prof Garet
View Articleit's rather nice to be done and a californian at once
So I finish my last final of the year, Crim Law, and walk out to the beautiful sunshine and I find out that gay marriage is not only legalized in California, but that the CA Supreme Court also said...
View ArticleI've been thinking about this poem and Mary Oliver a lot recently
It is one of those poems, like Mark Strand's "Lines for Winter," that truly calms me. Calms my bones and heart in a way I can't particularly describe in any great clarity. There are another few great...
View ArticleMy Motto
I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but this has been my motto for quite some time. And I would like to think I'm sticking with it.Maxine: You know what I read the other day? That Denver,...
View Articlesuck it up.
i'm pretty sure i'm a hardass. yeah, i feel like reed has been less than helpful in that department. it didn't create my perfectionism or even exacerbate it. it just presented it with an opportunity to...
View ArticleYay for Wendy Cope
This kind of expresses and explains my view on things--how I loath parties, love to be at home alone, etc.Being Boring by Wendy CopeIf you ask me 'What's new?', I have nothing to sayExcept that the...
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I took a bit of time for myself this morning. I went to Le Pain Quotidien and read the most recent New Yorker with two excellent articles. One was a medical article about Superbugs--anti-biotic...
View ArticleHappy Birthday!
Happy Birthday to one of my personal idols--STEPHEN FRY!! He's 51 today...and still extremely hot! In that Teddy Bear-esque way.
View ArticleThis weekend
Is something I need to write about. In detail. But not tonight. Because I've realized I can't sleep in, physically, so I had best not stay up.
View ArticleSo I was doing research for my note and...
I came across the speech that Matthew Shepard's father gave to the court to explain why they accepted a plea bargain preventing the jury from deliberating on whether to give Matthew's murderers the...
View ArticleAn Article that Makes me Feel a Little Better
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/11/stripped-of-the.html
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One thing I remember learning early--whether it was from a book or religion classes or simply experience--is that you cannot ask for forgiveness from others unless you forgive yourself. You can't ask...
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