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greetings from mumbai!

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a couple of movies that i enjoyed (some small SPOILERS)

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:10:44 GMT

I tend to watch more movies this time of year and so far I feel like I’m 2 for 2 this holiday season.

The first movie I saw was James Cameron’s Avatar which I knew almost nothing about when I went to see the movie. I didn’t see on IMAX, only 3D. I thought the movie was pretty good. I would give it a B or a B+. There were some scenes that the movie could have done without. It definitely didn’t need to be 2 hours and 40 minutes. I thought that the video diaries were the biggest waste of time. Other than that, the cgi was pretty much everything you’d expect it to be. The movie was anti big corporation and pro-environment. even though i agree with the political message of the movie, i know that there are others who don’t see the world that way. i thought it was an interesting risk that the movie took.

my favorite part of this movie was the action scene at the end when everything comes together. I think that finale was worth sitting though some of the cheesier plot developments throughout.

another cool thing that is tangentially related to this movie were the previews of the other 3D movies that will be released. I guess hollywood has embraced making 3d movies (i apologize if i am late on this, i’ve been living under a rock for the past few months) so i was pleasantly surprised that the 3d glasses that i spend $3 on can be reused in the future.

The other movie that I saw recently is Up in the Air starring George Clooney. This is another movie i knew absolutely nothing about when i sat down to watch it in the theater (once again, i’ve been living under a rock the past few months). i now know that this is a remake.

Let me first say that I am the antithesis of a clooney fan: i find the smugness he brings to the characters i’ve seen him play unbearable and i avoid watching his movies as much as possible. however, i saw this movie with my friends because i owed them one and i heard it got good reviews.

i have to admit that i kind of love this movie. it’s not a romantic comedy, more like a drama. clooney was brillant in it and the rest of the cast was excellent. I would give this movie somewhere between a B+ and an A-. I don’t know if this movie is for everyone (b/c people like movies for different reasons) but i really liked it.

besides the stellar acting and directing, the writing was also superb. this was not the main point of the movie, but the part i like the best was how this movie wove generational differences between and within the sexes. i don’t know if this makes me a nerd but i really appreciated seeing modern women from different age groups interact with each other. it was done in a very intelligent, insightful way that both sexes would find entertaining and thought-provoking. since i recently turned 30, i was able to identify with both natalie (anna kendrick) and alex (vera farmiga).

natalie was a great representation of women who are recent college grads: she is hardworking, confident, smart, and idealistic about the world and love. at the same time, she is still so inexperienced and has a lot to learn. i like that you get to see some of her growing pains into full womanhood. it’s a process that every girl goes through but is not always talked about.

for her part, alex exhibits much of the grace, confidence, and wisdom found in many modern successful women. while she too is flawed (i won’t give it away), she portrays the modern woman not only in her career and work ethic, but also in her unabashed expression of her sexuality. for better or worse, she depicts the modern woman is not nearly as different from the modern man as we would like. probably the most telling thing she said about herself was when she said, “I’m just like you, except with a vagina.”

both these women challenge clooney’s character, ryan, who end up questioning the way he has lived his life and his previous life goals.

a final thing i like about this movie is the timeliness of the story. we live in a time when the economy sucks and this movie doesn’t shy away from the difficulties it has on people’s lives. it doesn’t take place in super wealthy neighborhoods or stars super wealthy characters. instead, most of the main characters are from nebraska and they fly to places like witchita, detroit, etc. these are places that are hit hardest when the chips fall. i appreciated the dance between realism and art in the storytelling.

okay, i lied. there is another final thing i like about this movie. i travel a lot and i like how so much of this movie takes place in airports. somehow, this makes airports and flying seem more bearable to me.

now i’m done.

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Merry Christmas

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:41:06 GMT

I’ve been meaning to blog more lately since i have more free time and i’m on vacation.

well, today is christmas day. i am listening to christmas music and baking cupcakes to bring to my family gathering later tonight. i’ve always loved christmas. it’s not my favorite holiday because to me, christmas is bigger than a holiday: it’s a season. it’s music, food, family, and celebrating life. it’s like everyone’s birthday, thanksgiving, and valentine’s day wrapped up in one. now that i am an adult, i realize how lucky i was as a kid to have such happy christmas’s.

the reason why i am blogging is because i got a bunch of mass text messages wishing me merry christmas like i have for all of the big holidays. in the past, i have always more or less just thought, “that’s nice” and forgot about them. i’ve never sent them because i always have friends who are resentful of those mass texts. this year, while i was waiting for the cupcakes to bake, i decided i have nothing better to do and i sent a mass text. i sent it to 23 lucky recipients and felt really slimely the whole time. i guess it’s because it’s so effortless and impersonal. it was a nice surprise when people wrote back. on the whole, i don’t think i’ll send another mass text again. i feel like, if you’re gonna put forth that little effort, don’t even bother. haha.

so my cupcakes turned out very medicore. i suck at baking. baking is like creating art with food and i am not good at manipulating food in a way to make it delicious and beautiful. i am too impatient, uncoordinated, and lazy. they were okay until i had to decorate them. that was supposed to be the fun part, but it just ended up being the disappointing part for me. they turned out fine, i was just hoping they’d look better.

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more complaints

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:11:54 GMT

i feel like i don’t understand the internet anymore. when i first started my website, there was no such thing as a “blog”, only home pages and they were all made by people who knew html as well as they knew english. slowly that changed and more and more people had blogs. this is all fine and good. i mean, i always wanted to live in a world where everyone had a blog.

or so i thought.

the reason why i am talking about all this is because i tried reading another law student’s blog. i found it not only immediately unsatisfying but unbearable. i finally figured out why i hate reading other law students’ blogs: i find their smug and self-congratulatory attitude unbearable. objectively, she is good writer and more interesting blogger than i am, but i can’t deal with her ‘tude.

so went on facebook after that. everyone was updating their statuses about how they are done with finals, etc… this is something i don’t get. what i mean is, when i am done with finals, my first thought is not to log on to facebook and update my status about being done. i just want to be far away from computers, actually. well, whatever. facebook has been less and less appealing.

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Goodbye Coco

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:46:14 GMT

I don’t know how to say goodbye to my old pet, my old friend. it’s hard to believe that just 24 hours ago she was alive. now i feel like an eternity separates today and yesterday. i thought i prepared myself for her passing, but now i realize that nothing can prepare me for this. how do you do it? how do you grieve losing someone who meant the world to you? lose them forever in an instant? now, i’m in my apartment and everywhere i look, i see her. i see the memories we’ve made. she was there when i moved into this apartment, and now i’m going to have to move out without her. she was there when i moved to baltimore. she was there through everything. when i lost boyfriends, jobs, changed careers, everything. when i felt like the world turned its back on me, her faithfulness and love was steadfast and sustaining. she was always there. a reliable friend whose beauty was captivating and love was comforting. i remember the day i adopted her from the pound. i remember the first time i saw her, and the first time i picked her up. and i remember how she looked last night, when i had to say goodbye. it was our last moment that we would ever share. now i’m left with memories that break my heart because they make me long for someone who has moved on. even still, i hold on to them tighter than ever because that’s all i have left of her and i cherish them with all my heart. coco was not just a cat. coco was one of the greatest treasures in my life. it has been a privilege to be her owner. my heart will always belong to her. coco, i love you and i miss you.

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quick civ 4 review

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:45:55 GMT

i’ve been playing sid meier’s games since 1998 and civilization is consistently one of the best strategy turn-by-turn games on the market. even though civ 4 came out several years ago, its incompatibility with my intel mac has made it inaccessible for me to play. however, now that i am pc, i now have access to civ 4. here are some of my quick thoughts on the game.

no throne room – i miss the throne room from civ 2 and civ 3. this is my biggest complaint. i never though i’d miss it as much as i do.
wonder movies suck. they suck as bad as the ones from civ 3. the civ 2 wonder movies were my favorite. also, i feel like the wonders aren’t as useful as they were in civ 3 and especially in civ 2, except that they allow for great people (see below).
no foreign adviser window when you are negotiating with other nations. it makes negotiating much harder. i don’t really do it much at all anymore.
cultural victories are much harder. also, it is harder to capture bordering cities with high culture ratings. ALSO, other civilizations will start a war with you even if you capture one of their border cities with your culture.
addition of great people. this is very cool. it is harder to start a golden age, and i feel like golden ages aren’t as lucrative in this game. plus, it doesn’t notify you when the golden age ends.
addition of religion. this is cool b/c it is another way to keep your people happy and gives you more buildings you can build in your city to increase your culture rating.
no more city snapshots – this is when you can “view city” when you are in a city’s screen.
shorter games. i think i like this. it allows the player to feel like she can experiment with different strategy types without committing seven plus hours of gameplay, even when the strategy fails.
units will actually respond to your commands in their language (i.e., if you are Spain, your units will respond in Spanish). very cool.
after you build the united nations, you are usually elected the united nations secretary general unless you civ really sucks. this is a fucken waste of time. diplomatic victories are nearly impossible. you have to give up a lot more than you did before.
OVERALL: Bad: i feel like the look and feel of the game from a graphical standpoint is very disappointing. they took out some of the best elements of the game graphically. also, i don’t have any of the many expansion packs which may include the throne room or city views. i haven’t looked into that yet. I believe there are more expansion packs for this version of civ than any of the others. this is kind of annoying, because like in the sims 3, the gamer has to pay more money to get the complete game. buying the original game itself gives you the bare bones for game-play experience. Good: however, it is cool that they added elements like religion and great people. this game is more challenging to win in every way, except the space race, which i feel is easier to win.

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carrie: “wahhh wahh wahh! people aren’t nice to me because i hate gays. WAHHHHH!”

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:38:49 GMT

this video is long and you do need need to watch it in order to understand my post. however, watching this video will certainly prove my point faster.

carrie prejean complains about her “palin-ization”, which is the alleged undue media critism that conservative christian woman suffer while liberal women like sotomayer and clinton are immune to. the fact that she expected to be treated with as much respect as sotomayer and clinton is more outrageous to me than her claim that they do not suffer media criticism. but i digress. carrie, maybe america hates you because you’re a hypocrite who makes masturbation videos and still has the nerve to sit on her high horse and proudly declare that gays should not have the right to be married, and not because you are a good ol’ christian girl with old-fashioned values.

i was once christian and have spent almost ten years studying the bible. the bible is silent on the issue of the rights society grants to people with various lifestyles. my point is that the bible does not prohibit granting gays the right to marriage. prejean is wrong to assume that just because the bible condemns homosexuality, it also condemns giving gays equal rights under the law. also, the last i checked, it wasn’t considered godly to make masterbation videos (or even masterbate for that matter). i am embarrassed for christianity that this airhead is going around parading her “victimization” under the banner of christianity.

carrie, people don’t hate you because of your beliefs; they hate you because you are a stupid bitch and it deeply offends society that someone so full of contradictions, yet so smug, is part of the human race and somehow connected to all of us. thanks to prejean and her hero palin, christianity has become synomous with ignorance, bigotry, racism, intolerance, and a disgusting level of self-righteous and hypocrisy rivaled only by the Pharisees.

if she sought my advice as legal counsel, i would have suggested that instead of suing the pageant, she should have sued the dentist who put in her giant fake veneers.

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Mary Green Sleep Mask

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:15:39 GMT

I usually sleep with a sleep mask and I am really good at losing them. I’ve lost all of them since I’ve moved to Baltimore so tonight I decided it is time to buy a new one. Now that Daylight Savings is over the sun comes up earlier and earlier, which is cramping my style. I usually don’t notice it on the weekdays, but this makes it impossible for me to sleep in on the weekends. I decided that getting a good night’s sleep is important enough for me to make this purchase even though I am pretty broke right now.

I am a typical girl so i like pretty things. Even practical every day things like sleep masks should be pretty if possible. Mary Green makes a bunch of really pretty sleep masks so i decided to buy one of hers. I’ve had literally every single type of sleep mask that is on the market and I like variety so I prefer to try new things all the time. I got the Cloud Nine sleep mask that you see pictured above which i think is the prettiest! I can’t wait to get it and use it!

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i love potbelly’s

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:12:59 GMT

in an effort to balance the doom and gloom that has been the common theme in all my recent posts and in another effort to blog more often, today’s post is about something that brings me great happiness: potbelly’s!

me: how did you get a free potbelly lunch?
friend: that healthcare policy debate that was held during the noon lunch period
me: [expletive]
i missed it
friend: ya unlike most free lunch events, there plenty to go around
me: [more expletives]
i’m addicted to potbelly’s
you don’t understand
friend: lol
why’s that?
me: it tastes good
friend: haha

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fancy that

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:18:43 GMT

i was feeling down tonight and had some con law reading to do. the funniest thing ever is that something i read in justice holmes’ dissent actually comforted me. lol. yeah, it’s super weird and i probably should’ve just kept this to myself but oh well.obviously, this is out of context since i am not upset about free speech and the first amendment but here it is anyway: “…all life is an experiment. Every year if not every day we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.” i think this resonated with me because i have been somewhat emotionally battered after the last couple of weeks. i feel like i’ve been clinging to the safe side of the road more than ever. this quote just reminds me that we’re all in the same boat. no one really knows what they’re doing, not even the justices of the highest court in america. everyone just tries the best that they can with what they have and hope it all works out okay. it’s good for me to remember that. i have to get back to reading.

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cat and computer update

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:02:51 GMT

sorry i couldn’t come up with a more creative (or interesting) title. these last couple weeks have been really intense in every single way.

first my cat got really sick. like, emergency room, humongous vet bill, life and death sick. in addition to her hyperthyroidism, she also has heart disease. i don’t think i handled it very well. and i was also thing about how there are some things that you can’t really prepare for no matter how much you try. i know she’s 13 and her body’s breaking down, and death is inevitable but it’s just never easy. trying to mentally prepare myself for losing my cat was completely futile because when i came face to face with losing her, i almost lost it in general. luckily, coco survived the crisis albeit not the same cat. i’ve had time to really digest the reality of the situation and i talked to my mom about it tonight and she really helped me feel better. like it or not, death is a part of life and for once, i feel like i know what it means to live with that understanding. i will cherish these last few days with my cat and when her time comes, i will (hopefully) be able to celebrate the beauty of her life instead of mourn the tragedy of her death.

so i’ve had a little more time to spend with my computer since my last post and i have a more thorough review.

hardware:
Pros:
1. beautiful screen. i don’t know how else to describe it but the colors just jump off the screen and i actually like how it doesn’t automatically dim like my mac did. it doesn’t feel like a 13″ computer because the screen doesn’t leave anything to be desired. i find that i can look at this screen a lot longer than my macbook pro without my eyes feelings strained.
2. i like the chiclets keyboard.
3. i can turn the trackpad on and off. there is a little light indicator to let me know if the trackpad is on or off which is actually really cool because i am one of those people who always forget.
4. there are light indicators for mute and caps lock which is seriously one of my favorite functions just because it takes the guess work out of whether you have those options on.
5. sturdy metal casing which is a really nice surprise considering the price
6. the trackpad is more usable than i thought. i’m using the trackpad almost 25% of the time now.

Cons
1. crappy speakers. i thought my macbook pro speakers were weak but these speakers are about half as good. they are tinny and are place underneath the keypad, on a slope which i feel directly hurts the sound volume and quality.
2. no optical drive – this turned out to be a much bigger pain in the ass than i anticipated. as progressive as i’d like to consider myself, a lot of information is still be transferred on cds. i tried to use my brother’s external optical drive to play civ 4 but it didn’t work. that sucked.
3. battery life – the advertised 6 hours is a complete joke. even after the first full charge i barely got 3. to date, it’s more between 2-3, closer to 3. the only good is the relatively quick charge up times.

software
pros –
1. applications – i am not hurting for my mac applications as much as i thought i would. first of all, i rediscovered pandora. dare i say it, i like it more than itunes! first of all, it’s free and more interactive. i love it and it’s kinda my favorite thing right now. also, with all of google’s progams (calendar, documents, igoogle, gmail, gchat, chrome), i am not really missing any of mac’s applications at all.
2. startup – startup and shutdown times are good and i have no complaints!

cons
1. sometimes my computer freezes when i wake it back up from hybernation/sleep (i still don’t know the difference). another time, my screen kept jumping around and the fonts got smaller and smaller every time. it was weird but it’s only happened once so far. usually, it’s pretty stable and reliable.

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i’m a pc?!

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:49:37 GMT

i have been a mac user since 2003 and it had always been a more or less symbiotic relationship. however, after my two thousand dollar macbook pro died on me after only two and half years of use, and after talking with other mac users who say that the life of macs aren’t as long as they used to be, i didn’t buy a mac again for the first time in six years. my main reason for buying a pc is because i am a student and have limited funds and i can’t afford to drop a grand on another laptop. in all honestly, my macbook pro started feeling obsolete after i had it for a year to a year and a half. anyway, i plan on buying apple computers again one day when i have a job but in the meantime, i can’t afford to spend that much on computers that i’m not sure will last me the next 3 years. if they’re all gonna break down anyway, i might as well get a pc.

i got an hp pavillion entertainment pc from best buy. i did a fair amount of research and i decided i wanted something small, but has more processing power and memory than a netbook. my computer is 4.3 pounds and have great specs and comes with windows 7. it has a 13.3″ screen and 6 hour battery life. however, that claim is probably only true if the computer’s not being used and on the dimmest setting or something because i don’t think it will come very close to six real hours based on what i’ve seen so far. the only things i don’t like about it so far are all the dumb stickers they put on the computer that i had to peel off and had varying success. i could have also done without all the stupid software that it came with. i seriously have like, 50 dumb games on my computer when i first turned it on. finally, the trackpad is a joke. it’s hard to use because i don’t like how it feels and it is just really small. i bought a pink wireless Microsoft mouse because i cannot survive with that trackpad.

i’ve had windows 7 for only a day now but i love it so far. it’s (facially) similar to os x. they even have a doc now! however the dock is optional and since i’ve never been a huge fan of the dock, i got rid of it. the taskbar can be moved to the right, left, or top of the screen now. i put it on top because i am used to apple’s menubar. however, it’s very dock-like because you can “pin” application icons to the taskbar (like a dock)! it’s awesome. the only thing that’s not great is that while my computer is fast, i expected it to be faster.

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i am now using google chrome as my web browser since i’ve always been a fan i don’t have safari anymore. i like firefox, but i don’t like the clunky interface. i loved all of apple’s software. i miss them all but i am doing okay.

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10 things i love about online shopping

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:10:19 GMT

i hate to be the stereotypical girl with a shopping compulsion but i have to admit i have been much too reliant on retail therapy to make me happy these days. today i was going to shop some more but then i thought better of it and talked to my boyfriend about it who told me what i already knew: i have too many sweaters and i shouldn’t buy anymore. to distract me from shopping he suggested i write a blog post about what we did this weekend. i thought it was a good idea with except i’d rather blog about why i like to shop online:

1. zappos has free overnight shipping and returns – any girl who loves shoes knows how this totally makes or breaks the online shopping experience. it’s as close to instant gratification as you can get.
2. i don’t have a car but with online shopping, all i need is plastic or paypal!
3. you can read reviews about almost everything before you buy it. before, it was only electronics that i could do this for but now i can review everything from moisturizers to leggings. i have to admit, if i’m reading the reviews, there’s a 75% chance that they already have my money. i tend to focus on the positive reviews and read the negative ones with a skeptical eye which i know defeats the whole purpose of reading the reviews.
4.i love the huge selection of everything in the world!!!! (i think that basically says it all)
5. i especially love picking out colors. it is just so fun. i can get creative and ponder the possibilities of each of the color choices!
6. sometimes there is no sales tax! it’s practically like getting the stuff for free (especially when there’s free shipping in it too). okay, maybe not, but this is just one of the many lies i tell myself to ease the guilt of shopping. geez, i sound like a freak.
7. seeing how things look on models is so much better than seeing how they look on me in dressing room mirrors and ugly dressing room lighting.
8. packages, boxes, or slips on my door telling me that ups has a package for me is a great thing to come home to.
9. shopping online allows me to shop from anywhere! great for class or study breaks, or any time i have time and want to completely consume my mind with something else.
10. sephora deluxe samples. just when i thought i was done shopping… i get to shop some more!

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Bright Eyes – “The First Day of My Life”

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:43:59 GMT

this music video is full of ugly people that i don’t care about but i like this song:

my favorite line: “yours is the first face that i saw / think i was blind before i met you”

honorable mention: “this is the first day of life / i’m glad i didn’t die before i met you.”

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a report on my first month being 30

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:01:17 GMT

while my life is not perfect, i am happy to say that i am happier than i’ve ever been. my first month of being 30 has been one of the best months of my life.

today i celebrated a semiversary with my boyfriend. it’s our six month “anniversary” and to celebrate we went to the restaurant that we went to on our first date. i had such a good, happy, and relaxing time. i also ate red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting – my favorite!

on a different note, lately i’ve been thinking about how to make more out of the time that i spend in class. i’ve been trying to avoid caffeine this semester since my load has lightened but i am not as energetic as i need to be to get the most out of class. i don’t NEED caffeine, but i’m wondering if drinking it will make me a better student. i don’t know, maybe i’ll try it with the caffeine this week.

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awesome stuff

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:36:41 GMT

so i was surfing the interwebs researching to see if jennifer anniston has an eating disorder since kathy griffin made a joke about it on the view when i got sidetracked by an ad from the onion store. long story short, i was really amused by some of their stuff and HAD to buy the following junk:

i probably shouldn’t be spending money right now since i am half asleep, in a bad mood, and kind of depressed but oh well. the damage as been done. it started out with me buying suits out of necessity since i have to for school. that is ironic because i was just thinking today how much i hate wearing suits and how dumb i am for entering this profession where i’m going to have to wear suits all the time. then i thought about how even dumber i was to think that i would like to wear suits. basically, i feel like a huge tool walking around ghetto-ass baltimore in a suit… but i digress.

anyway, i bought two suits out of necessity. then i thought about how i need some back to school shoes so i bought two pairs of shoes.

anyway, the overall damage for tonight: 2 suits, 2 pairs of shoes, 2 mugs, and a tote bag.

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happy fulfilled anuses!

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:48:16 GMT

this is what i wrote on my old spanish teacher’s facebook wall on his birthday: “feliz cumpleanos! (i probably spelled that wrong)” i said that b/c i was too lazy to find the “ñ” character and he replied with: No that’s right, except without the ñ in años, you’re saying “happy fulfilled anuses” It’s the thought that counts! Thanks. :)”

HAHHAAH!!!

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3 things

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:59:00 GMT

1) am i the only person who thinks the clinic file room smells like frosting?
2) i ate the most disgusting soup ever today (chicken noodle WITH squash that taste like pickles). disgusting but i was so hungry i didn’t care. also, i’ve never eaten soup i didn’t like until today.
3) i got an email at the beginning of class for an offer to buy girl scout cookies. after i emailed my order half an hour ago, i still can’t stop thinking about the girl scout cookies!

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how come

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:42:32 GMT

the only people who update their status on facebook are the people i don’t give a shit about?

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extreme case of the sunday blues

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:58:49 GMT

ahh, what a great weekend i had. it was everything i had hoped it would be and more. however, my weekend ends here and i did not prepare of the case of the sunday blues that i am currently experiencing. i’m not looking forward to tomorrow’s class because it’s 50% class participation and it’s just kind of an extreme swing from the mindless fun i’ve been having all weekend. however, i have to suck it up and prepare for it somehow. hopefully, i will finish the reading tonight with enough time to catch some tv shows before going to bed.

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my 30th birthday (so far)

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:57:46 GMT

was great! i started celebrating last night and will continue tomorrow! haha! it’s a labor day weekend birthday fest for me! i had a wonderful time celebrating and ate and danced all night with some of my closest friends! they all made me feel really loved and took great care of me. i am an extremely lucky person and i feel like my life just keeps getting better and better every year.

the main reason for this post is because i got one of the best presents ever: Monopoly board game, the MEGA edition! when i was a kid, i was always CRAZY about monopoly. i loved board games and monopoly was my favorite! when i got this present, i felt like a kid again, which is something i haven’t experienced in years. :D what’s even better, this is game is like the regular monopoly, but there are a bunch of new dimensions to the game: more property, buildings, a new die, and new options that makes the game less of a game of chance and more of a game of strategy! it’s awesome. a must-have for all monopoly fans.

i got a surprising number of great presents (i said surprising because i wasn’t expecting anyone to get me anything) including makeup, money, gift certificates, dvds, and a trip to india with my boyfriend! wow! i still can’t believe i’m going! :D

i don’t “feel” thirty. however, i have come to the conclusion that i define what it is to be thirty and not the other way around. i make thirty feel as young or old as i want. right now, i feel great and if this is what it means to be thirty than i am a very lucky (and happy) person!

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i made the mistake

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:57:40 GMT

of reading blogs of other law school students. more specifically, of people who are blogging about their law school experiences. for some reason, they annoy me more than most bloggers. it’s funny how i blog and go to law school and i usually hate people who blog and i usually hate people who go to law school and i especially hate people who blog about going to law school.

let me tell how this happened.

this all started because i recently signed up for a wefollow account in my continuous journey to be on the cutting edge of the digital world and i had to list five of my current interests. i sat there and tried to come up with five of my interests. fantasy football and the nfl took up two spaces. food took up one (”foodie” came up as an option but i’d rather have a blog about my law school experiences than call myself a “foodie”). after blogger, i couldn’t think of another interest other than “lawstudent.” today, i looked at other “lawstudent” people on wefollow and found some okay sites, but a disturbingly high number of really annoying, self aggrandizing law school blogs and bloggers. they even have their own special name for their blogging subculture: blawgs or some embarrassing ass shit like that.

these people are pathetic because they think they’re special just because they go to law school and know how to use wordpress. no one cares that you’re afraid to talk in class. no one cares about your self absorbed “1L experience.” i can already tell you it’s gonna suck and it only took me three words to sum it up for you.

sorry if i’m being mean. i’m stressed out and i needed to vent and seeing this stuff only annoyed me.

okay. now that i got that off my chest, i will sleep like a baby. :)

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haha

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:01:40 GMT

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incoming 1Ls

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:31:20 GMT

i haven’t been in the mood to blog much lately. twittering is so much more efficient and thoughtless. i like how you can say a lot through a tweet without using a lot of words. prose is overrated.

i was at the law school today for a dumb errand when i ran into one of my friends in the hall and we were catching up with one another when we saw an incoming 1L wandering around with his parents. he was wearing an ASU T-shirt. he looked so young. in addition to making me feel old, it made me realize that i’m not sure about my place in the school anymore. i am so used to being a 1L, i don’t know what being a 2L will encompass. it’s weird, but a part of me even envies the 1Ls because law school is this uncharted journey for them. everything they experience this year will be so new. as a 2L, i feel kind of lame. yeah, we get to laugh at the 1Ls, but we’re not as special anymore. it’s hard to explain. i guess i haven’t decided how i feel about being a 2L and how i’m going to feel about in incoming first years. i guess the grass is just always greener. i think there’s something about being a first year though.

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this sucks!

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:55:47 GMT

i have no idea what i want to do for my 30th birthday!!!

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