Starting to feel like Poca

…….LMFAO. Yes, literally DYING as I typed that title, but in all honesty…I’m starting to feel like Poca. Everyone here at the law school talks about age in the weirdest ways. We are all pretty good looking people. No one but the truly old looks old.

Yet, it bothers me when I hear a little 22 year old say “OMG my life is over at 25!” Perhaps I said the same thing at one time, but now I know why you have to know your audience before you go pulling your hair out and making a scene.

Thursday in class, we had to do the Spelunking dilemma. You know the one where a group of cave divers are trapped in a cave and they have to figure out who they’re going to kill for sustenance. Well two of the girls in my group are over the age of 30 and one is way into her mid 30s. One of the 22 year olds in my group said that we should sacrifice her because she’s so OOOOOLDDDDD and she doesn’t have a lot of life left to live. OUCH! I was hurt for her. She’s an awesome person and doesn’t look as old as she is, IMO. For what it’s worth, she was good sport and actually offered his suggestion when we put our conclusions on the board. Professor Crim didn’t like it much, though lol. Good for him we do blind grading for exams.

Anyway, at 27 years old and a birthday next month, I’m starting to feel my age creep up on me. Heck, my boyfriend will be 30 next month too. We’re an old couple. lol. I kid, but hmmm not really?! I look damn good period (forget that “for your age” ish!) and could pass for 22 any day of the week, which is probably why people feel comfortable making those “Gasp! OMG 25!” comments in front of me.

So by feeling like Poca, I specifically mean that she looks like she’s in her mid 20s and has to hear comments about how OLD 30 is! BK and I provide much of that fodder. lol. But now, I know what that feels like. So from here on out (aside from heavy moisturizing at night), I’m going to brush up on my quips about youth (like, at least I don’t have acne!) and vow to stop talking about the doom that 30 brings.

MWAZ! Poca!

My Mother the Coke Addict

…….lol yes. She’s addicted and it’s a problem. The addiction is so bad that when I was about 15, she’d drink so much Coke that when she switched to Diet Coke, she lost like 20 lbs. That’s a lot for my mother’s tiny frame. I wish it were that easy for me… geez!

This all started when I checked up on her in email today.

Esq: Hey mom! What’s new?!
Mom: Well I’m okay, but the blood test that the doctor called about said that my sodium is low again. But this time is a little scary but not much. The good sodium level is 135 to 140, mine is 130. He told me to stop drinking so much. Only two Cokes a day and maybe two bottles of water. I have to figure out when to drink this because these four things are for the whole day.
Esq: Is it that hard to stop drinking so much so that you don’t dilute your sodium? Dang, why not just eat a bag of chips?
Mom: Maybe is time to stop drinking too many cokes, which he said I can have up to 4. Because you know I can drink about 2 liters of Coke.
Esq:Ohhh I see. Goodness you do drink a lot.

So then I had to run (I was in Torts during this convo) and called her on the way home:

Esq: So you drink four 16.9 bottles of Diet Coke a day and then 2 of the green water bottle (32 ounces) on top of that? Goodness!
Mom: Your dad came home with two 2 litres. WTF is that?! I drank one in one take because it was so cold and so good. The next day be brings me three.
Esq: You really are a Coke fiend!
Mom: Yes! It’s the feeling of it on the back of your throat when it’s cold and strong. I need that!
Esq: *DYING LAUGHING* Wow, it’s like an addict saying “when it hits you it’s like uhhhhhh uhhhh” *shaking*
Mom: *DYING LAUGHING* Yes! And I can’t just sip it. When you’re a true Coke connoisseur you don’t just sip Coke! You drink it!

She gets a call on her other line and I let her go. She calls me back 10 minutes later and the first thing she says is:

Mom: See even now I’m feening for a Coke. It’s worse than cigarettes. I need one!

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Personal Fun with Professor Torts

This is a little old, but I felt that sharing is important to the understanding of the life of a law student and the various ways in which one can avoid the Socratic Method.

Here at WM, the professors are super easy when it comes to calling on students. Generally, at least for my classes, there has been minimum cold calling. In Civ, he puts a letter on the board. If your last name falls under the letter, then you know to prepare yourself to be called on. In Crim, she started off being fairly random, but relied on volunteers. Now, Professor Crim prefers to call on students alphabetically. Cool beans.

…Professor Torts. He’d go down the rows one by one addressing each student individually. That was cool. You knew that being in the front of the class, if he passed you that you wouldn’t have to go again for a LONG time! That was awesome. You could focus your reading on other classes and then catch up on the weekends if necessary. Until recently, he decided that he was going to take volunteers. I skipped the class (GASP!) in which he informed everyone of the change because I was sick. I also didn’t read because I couldn’t focus with all of the snottiness and throaty pain going on either.

Okay… so, there I am. In class. Professor Tort’s teaching style is WAY off, so no one really pays attention. I’m doing the reading for that day while he lectures and all of a sudden I hear him say, “I’m tired of volunteers, I’m just going to do lightening strikes!” WTF?! ARE YOU KIDDING?! He decides to pick a random name….”ESQ!”

What am I supposed to do at this point? I am not up to where he is in his lecture and I have no clue what this case is even about. I think back to my dear college roommate, Meg, who’s motto for life is “If you don’t know what to do, do nothing.” And that’s exactly what I did. I did not look up from my screen, I did not look around, I just sat there tap, tap, tapping away on my laptop. Meanwhile, my roommate and everyone else was anxiously waiting for me to respond. “ESQ? There’s no ESQ’s in this class, that’s weird. Okay so how about Laura?”

Not only did I dodge the bullet of being embarassed in class, but my classmates were quite impressed by my wherewithal to get out of answering. I feel truly accomplished. Since that day almost two weeks ago, a couple of others have used my technique or at least a version of it. Apparently, I’m not the only one that doesn’t get Professor Tort’s teaching style. Hell most of the time, I’m not even sure of what he’s saying. lol.

On the Subject of Pineapple Cups

I know I know, we’ve killed this topic over and over again with regard to appropriate drinks that men can order. The anniversary of the Pineapple Cup just passed with another year of our dear BK’s life. We were first introduced to the Pineapple Cup during her birthday dinner and I snapped that photo under the guise of finding Chriscus’s tempura to be too pretty to not take a picture of. Hot damn!

Poca’s response to my comment made me ponder the question, “What would you do if a guy ordered a Pineapple Cup on a date?”

After much consideration, I concluded that while my first instinct would be to pack my food up and leave, I would probably wind up laughing, pointing, and commenting on how fruity he looks with the fruity drink until he finally packs up his food and leaves me there… alone, but humored at the table. lol.

Another year gone, but the memories linger on. I love you, Pineapple Cup!

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I love fall…

Sitting here doing my torts outline, I realized just how pleasantly cool it is outside. There are kids in hoodies and jeans and I’m all snuggled warm in my PJs. (Yes it’s 5:30 in the afternoon, but so what!)

I logged on to my comp and pulled up the net to this beautiful picture: I was immediately in awe! I LOVEEEE the fall. Everything about it makes me happy!

Also, I get a text from BK today who is in TX with her friend from her military hey days. The friend’s daughter is going to be a Viking and picked it because the hat was “awesome!” LOVEEEEE IT! She apparently also adores the furry boots that accompany the outfit. Something about seeing a sweet girl in something as aggressive looking as a Viking outfit sets my mind aglow with thoughts about my daughter and her pseudo sisters. Ahhhhh fall! I love it!

LSATS, Law School, and other things to avoid Civ Pro

So again, I’m on this blog instead of doing tomorrow’s reading for Civ Pro. I’d like to convince myself that I have mad time, unfortunately I don’t. Only one more hour before a BLSA meeting and then I’m on the phones harassing alumni until 6 p.m. as volunteer work for the school. Good times!

So yea, I realized by the number of hits that I’m getting for LSATs and schools that it’s about that time again. The rush for October LSAT is on… (or did that pass this weekend?) I think I took it on the 5th last year. I digress, if you’ve taken it then this will be no help…though I doubt it would’ve been super helpful to begin with! …hmm, interesting. I was going to talk about pre-LSAT stuff, but maybe now…..

So you’ve taken the LSAT? What now?! …better.

If you’re anything like me, I checked my Blackberry (poor sucker’s lost, but that’s another subject) like 8,000 times an hour waiting for the LSAC.org email with my score lodged somewhere in all that font. For many of you, there’s a pleasant surprise. For others, well you may feel like slamming your head into a wall and laying on the floor wallowing in what smells like urine, but is actually just plain despair. There are options, however, if you end up in the latter category after finding out your score.

Obviously, you can take the LSAT again in December….. Sure you may not get as much in scholly money as the person who already had their docs submitted by Nov 1, but with that measley 148 would you have gotten the scholly money anyway?! My point! SO, while it sucks, seriously consider taking it again (especially if you fall in line with the less than 3 times rule).

For those who are pleasantly surprised at their scores, there’s no greater time than the present to sign up OFFICALLY for LSAC.org. Sure you have the free account, but paying for membership places a wealth of awesome law school application tools in your hand. I loved it particularly because it saved me from having to print out a million copies of my application and also because it fills out most forms for you. Be sure to proof read even if it does fill out sections according to the template you create. I noticed that sometimes there was information on the wrong lines because the actual applications for schools was a little different than the others before it. You’ll see what I mean. Then again, you really shouldn’t be going to law school if you’re not anal about such things.

This is also a good time to pick out your top five schools. You know, those places where if you don’t get in you’d absolutely die! Make sure that there are about two reach schools and three target (though good) schools. I’m more cautious than the average person, so I certainly thought about target and below target schools because I wanted to make sure that I could AFFORD law school. There’s nothing better than schollys, but that’s another blog post. Once you have those five awesome schools draw them out on a huge sheet of paper and put them on your wall. Look at them everyday…. I’m not joking! I’m serious. Once you’ve scoured their websites, you should make phone calls to the schools’ admissions offices and sign up for tours. There’s no way that you should be putting a lot of thought and effort into a school that you don’t know anything about. I learned the hard way that you don’t want to decide that you absolutely would never go to a school after you’ve spent $12 on LSAC.org fees applying to them (that’s if you get the app for free).

Oh that brings me to another point, Google search your schools to see if they give out free application waivers if you go on their tours or sign up for the mailing list. A lot of the times schools that you wouldn’t mind paying the $60 app fee for are free…. like coughcoughURcoughcough. lol. Check out law school websites for all of that information.

My final piece of “What to do after the LSAT” is to breathe! You’ve spent booku hours dealing with games and reading passages, it’s time for you to enjoy life a little. Take a staycation or go up to the mall without feeling like there’s something else you need to be doing. This is the easiest part of the whole process, that period of nothingness! Once you get your scores, it’s all down hill… applications, the waiting game, choosing a school, admitted students day, etc. Relax for now and enjoy!

More to come later, for now CIV PRO!

More Fun with Professor Torts!

Just when you thought this was bad enough…..

Today in Torts, the same kid enters a discussion about lawyers and their clients. Professor Torts offers a hypo about pro bono work and what standard of care an atty should be held to when they take on clients for free. (Paraphrased)

Victim: Pro Bono shouldn’t be all free, I mean can’t attorneys get a tax write off for charity work?

Professor Torts (who is the self professed master of all laws beginning with “T” including TAX LAW): …..wait I don’t understand what you’re saying?

Victim: You know how like you can write off charitable donations, pro bono’s the same thing. Tax write off.

Professor Torts: HELLLLLL NO!!!!!!!!! (….think almost two shades lighter than Mya Wilkes’s “OH HELL NAW!” from Girlfriends)

The entire class erupts into laughter. I walk out of class and get stopped by two seperate individuals who wanted to discuss how funny that interchange was….lol. It happens, but wow twice?! LOL! *dead*