What a Saint

Studying for the Bar.............................Sucks

Forgetting Federal Rules of Evidence
Expert Testimony Test........................Sucks

Having an amazing sister who will draw pictures to help you remember.........................Wonderful

COURAGE...fear that has said its prayers. Dorothy Bernard

Good Luck

I'm wearing these undies the first day of the bar. And if I fail I'm going to burn them.

NOOOOOO!!!!

It's my fault. I have only myself to blame.
I mocked fanny packs and then this tragedy happened...

That's right. My own BROTHER sports one of these.

He said he found out how handy they were after coming back from a trip to Hawaii and he plans to sport this baby when he heads back to Yale.

However, he does have some pride. He wears the fanny pack under his shirt. So now his six- foot-one toned frame looks like he has a fat beer belly. I'm hoping it's a phase he'll grow out of. But for now I'm trying to be supportive of his decision.

Take Heed and Learn From My Mistake: Making fun of people with fanny packs is not funny.
If you do, someone you love will succumb to the dark side of waist purses.

Mini Soap Operas

So the other day we took a 200 question mock MBE test. For six hours. It was like a delirious bad dream. I think the MBE people give us questions like this just so we feel like our lives aren't too bad...that, or their other passion is bad tv.

"Matt and his friend Fred were watching a football game at Matt's home when they began to argue. Fred became abusive*, and Matt asked him to leave. Fred refused, walked into the kitchen, picked up a knife, and said he would cut Matt's heart out.** Matt pulled a gun from under the sofa,*** walked to his front door, opened it, and told Fred to leave.**** Fred refused. Instead, he walked slowly toward Matt, brandishing the knife in a threatening manner.*****
Matt, rather than running out the door himself,****** shot in Fred's direction, intending only to scare him.******* However, the bullet struck Fred, killing him instantly."********


My Thoughts While Reading This:
* Are they lovers?
** I tell my friends this every day
***Good place to leave a gun
****I think something bad is going to happen
*****How could brandishing a knife while walking slowly toward someone NOT be threatening, especially after you just told them you were going to cut out their heart?
******Matt=Rambo
*******Yes, very believable
********I thought I saw Fred on Jerry Springer

The Fanny Pack

While waiting in line, I saw a man in front of me saunter up to the cashier. He was wearing casual jeans and a t-shirt, looking very normal.

And THEN he reached into his black fanny pack for his wallet.

Mind you, this man was not on vacation in Europe and needed room for a camera and a passport.
This man was not at Disneyland.
This man was not a forty year old mother with two toddlers.

No. This was a man RENTING A MOVIE AT BLOCKBUSTER.

In my must study all the time, Bar only few weeks away state of mind, this was hilarious. My eyes started to water. I tried to hold in my laughter. I tried to divert my eyes and then I saw the lady behind me was laughing too. Oh, it was just too much. There is nothing more beautiful than a middle aged man with a fanny pack who opens the second zipper to get out a coupon in a self-confident, yes, I have a purse around my waist kind of way.

But that's not all. After he paid and zipped upon his leatherette fanny pack, he walked to what I thought would be a mini van. But it wasn't. Instead it was a new, nice looking truck.
Lesson: Never judge a man by his car (or me by my Kia).

* God, or fanny pack man, please don't hate me. I know I wear pajamas to the store and sometimes I forget to look in the mirror and black bean nachos from last night's dinner are somehow on the front of my shirt. But really. This is just too good.