my blank blog

goodbye?

2008-01-31T22:32:00.000-08:00

i wrote this post a while ago, but just haven't been quite ready to pull the trigger... or perhaps i didn't want to do it before getting bar results, since i knew if it went the other way i'd take this back... but, here goes.

~~~~~~~~~~~
I think it's time for me to lay this lil blog to rest.

Partly because nothing interesting happens anymore. Partly because i don't have time to write about the stuff that does happen. And mostly because I think it's time for me to become... a real grown up.

as much as I may not want to, so...
(we'll see how that goes. :)

signed off,
v

p.s. the other reason is that when i first started really posting it was cause i could use this little place as an outlet for all the random things i found funny/interesting/odd and didn't want to email people about all of them so as not to spam... but these days, my emailing volume/capacity no longer exceeds that of my friends (in fact, i fear (sadly) that i may be on the lower end now), so now i don't have to "restrain" myself from emailing anything i want.
p.p.s. we'll see how long i stick to this. :)

lazy blogging

2007-12-15T00:47:00.000-08:00

ummmm (contented, not perplexed)

2007-11-29T15:22:00.000-08:00

massages are such cure-alls. i feel so much better after. i really have to remember to get them more often (only prob is trying to get back to work after!)

these were perfect for the post-massage slow moving mood:

http://www.gbtimelapse.com/ (balloons)

Cat Nap

Torres del Paine, Patagonia

Golden Gate Moonrise

Snail Race

2007-11-15T00:09:00.001-08:00

the slowest hours....

"new fiscal year" never meant so much to me...

2007-11-01T20:23:00.000-08:00

today was the first day that "counted"

i.e. i wanted to see how efficient / productive i could be when i actually really tried... and...

i am so exhausted.

fall foliage... in CA.

2007-10-26T00:30:00.000-07:00

i've seen more fall foliage in the last 3 weeks in MV than in 3 yrs in NH.

purple and gold and red and orange and yellow and green... colors are everywhere. all along my drive to work/home and around, there are three rows of gorgeous trees (on both sides & middle). i took some photos on my Treo, but haven't figured out how to upload those yet.

and the best part is you can enjoy all this in 70* weather. or while frolicking in a park on a lovely Sunday afternoon with your puppy... wearing a tank top. yep.

this is what LS does to you

2007-10-26T00:26:00.000-07:00

after 3 years, blogthings.com thinks that:

You Have Your PhD in Men

You understand men almost better than anyone.
You accept that guys are very different, and you read signals well.
Work what you know about men, and your relationships will be blissful.

How Well Do You Understand Men?

~~~~~

hahaha. yeah right.

a dog in hiding

2007-10-25T11:31:00.000-07:00

apparently, Rocky is " a lovely dog." But there's a contract out on his life. Here's why.

~~~~~~~~~~~
Gangsters have put out a contract on Rocky the sniffer dog's life because of his success in stamping out drug smuggling inside a prison.

The black and white spaniel has scored a remarkable record of 10 busts a day in his first fortnight on the job at Limerick Prison.

Prisoners inside the top Irish jail have been suffering cold turkey since Rocky's sniffing abilities cut off their drugs supply.

Some of Limerick city's most notorious criminals in the jail's D wing staged a riot and smashed all their TVs in protest at the new recruit.

Rocky has proved such a success as prison detective that criminals inside the jail have ordered their associates in Limerick's crime gangs to have the dog killed.

They have tried to take pictures of Rocky on their mobile phones and send it to gangs outside the jail so that contracted hitmen will recognise the drug buster dog.

Because of this Rocky's whereabouts when off duty are kept a closely guarded secret.

He is a lovely dog and is rewarded for each hit or bust he makes. He's the best-ever recruit the prison has had in fighting drugs.

swapping war stories

2007-10-25T11:30:00.000-07:00

Two little kids are in a hospital, lying on stretchers next to each other, outside the operating room. The first kid leans over and asks, "What are you in here for?" The second kid says, "I'm in here to get my tonsils out, and I'm a little scared."

The first kid says, "You've got nothing to worry about. I had that done when I was four. They put you to sleep, and whenyou wake up they give you lots of Jell-O and ice cream. It's a breeze."

The second kid then asks, "What are you here for?" The first kid says, "A circumcision."

The second kid replies, "Whoa, good luck buddy. I had that done when I wasborn. Couldn't walk for a year."

poor Philly

2007-10-22T18:47:00.000-07:00

reasons not to go to Philly...

Philadelphia is home to the least attractive people in the United States, a survey of visitors and residents showed on Friday.
The city of more than 1.5 million people was also found to be among the least stylish, least active, least friendly and least worldly, according to the "America's Favorite Cities" survey by Travel & Leisure magazine and CNN Headline News.

~~~
p.s. ok, this post is just for *you*, so you better comment! :-P

2007-10-19T09:39:00.000-07:00

i'm a little afraid that i'll never again have time to really do this.... and that makes me sad....

it's here!

2007-10-07T22:52:00.001-07:00

tomorrow!!!

going thru my gmail contacts list is scary

2007-10-03T12:28:00.000-07:00

95% of the email addresses are gmails. the very few who aren't are secondary work addresses.

3 years ago almost no one had gmail email... how did they take over the whole market of personal email???

sleepless nights

2007-10-03T11:43:00.000-07:00

Men sleep better beside mate; women worse

"A new study shows women sleep better alone than with a partner."

I like this clarification (lower down in the article): "Women sleep less soundly when they share a bed with a romantic partner." It's like, non-romantic, no problem. Romantic, hello, sleeplessness.

"Surprisingly, men actually sleep better when they sleep next to a woman."

One explanation: "Women may have a tougher time sharing a bed because men are much more likely to be snorers." Another: "Women tend to be lighter sleepers because they historically have been the ones caring for infants."
~~~~~~~
my first thoughts:

1. yay! it's not just me.

2. oh crap. this sucks!!

a new favorite

2007-10-03T01:03:00.000-07:00

Dulce de Leche ice cream is simply heavenly.

yes, it's so good i had to share.

it's October!!

2007-10-01T00:53:00.001-07:00

I start work in a week!

omg.

how you know you've gotten old

2007-09-19T19:31:00.000-07:00

when things like the Economist start quoting people you know, and they're not your professors, but your friends!!

anyway, big big BIG props to Jacob. proud of ya. :)
http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/businessview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9825182

more photos - Greece

2007-09-14T14:23:00.000-07:00

i've started looking at apartments...

2007-09-13T00:34:00.000-07:00

and when i have to write "no" emails after "checking the place out", it really feels like a break-up!

the "i really had fun, but..."
the "it's not you, it's me."

yikes! i never knew how this gets!

some photos for now - Spain

2007-09-08T11:06:00.000-07:00

my favorite company :)

in Spain, this was enough of a rarity that it could be advertised.

this is the post officve. yeah. (Officially, Palacio Communicaciones, or something.)

interesting combo of modern construction:

an ancient castle? just another layer of construction around here...

a little bit of praadise in Portugal (Cascais)

my favorite pic. I felt very artistic taking it. (This is when we were stranded by a surprise rainstorm in Park Guell (designed by Gaudi)).

The Alhambra, of course.
some more.

I think this was the Royal Palace in Seville (aka Real Alcazar). What's cool about this is this is just a bath!

vegas weekend

2007-08-02T11:58:00.000-07:00

a wonderful weekend with some of your favorite people does miracles!

2007-07-26T19:19:00.000-07:00

well, it's over. i guess i'm technically free now. problem is, i don't really remember how this whole normal life thing works...

how to know your life is really pathetic:

2007-07-23T11:38:00.000-07:00

when your dog brings you treats to try to cheer you up.

Seriously.

Saturday when my mom came home from SF & gave Mishka a baked treat, he got all excited and started running upstairs to go eat it or hide it for later. Then he stopped, looked back at me - sitting on the couch with an outline, as I had been all day, turned around, ran towards me, jumped up on the couch, lay down, dropped the treat, and with his nose, pushed it toward me, like an offering.

I love my dog.

~~~~~
p.s. what's also funny is that he's gotten so used to the fact that i never leave the house, that he doesn't even blink an eye anymore when i go towards the door. (before, whenever someone would head for the door or anywhere near there, he'd come darting over, to make sure he didn't get left alone). Now, it's like he's not even worried - it's like "oh please, I know you're not going anywhere. don't even try to pretend."

so then Saturday afternoon, when i went utside for all of maybe 3 minutes to say hi to a neighbor who was coming home after having had surgery, he got so mad at me, like how dare *i* leave, w/out him? even thought it was only a few minutes, and he could see me outside the window the whole time. He was barking at me like crazy. And then when I walked back in, he got so happy & was jumping up & down, you'd think I'd been gone a whole week. :)

beyond dumb thieves

2007-07-21T00:32:00.000-07:00

Dogs nab thieves

It’s a bad idea to burglarize a place marked “K-9 training facility.”

When the officers arrived, the three [thief wanna-bes] dropped their tools and ran. That was their second mistake.

“For anyone to try to run from a whole unit of canines, it’s just a no-win situation.”

~~~

Umm.... how dumb do you have to be?

Needless to say, all three were caught.

2007-07-19T16:22:00.000-07:00

last monday, i went to a store and watched a movie. last monday. that's only 10 days ago. how is it possible that a mere 10 days ago i still had some semblance of a normal life? seems like a lifetime ago...

such a bleeding heart

2007-07-18T20:39:00.000-07:00

so, there was a fly buzzing around in the room where i study. needless to say, this isn't something i can deal w/in my current state. it was right in the window and when it was on the part w/the screen, i quickly closed the glass window shut, so the fly was trapped b/w the window screen & glass, and could no longer annoy me by buzzing. but then i realized that it's trapped. and how scary/unpleasant that must be. and then i felt bad for the poor fly & guilty for doing that. and then i realized how ridiculous that was of me, since i have no objections to flies being killed, so surely this was hypocritical. i told my mom about it, asking what to do, and she was quite puzzled what my problem was.

p.s. then i thought about how different people are. here i am worrying about a fly. and then there's that football (?) player who had tortured dozens of dogs in that stupid dog fighting business. and then i remembered that other one who defended him & couldn't even understand how someone could be guilty of dog fighting, like how could that be a crime. and then i thought about how i guess maybe it could not be a crime - maybe in some really backward state... not like there' s a nat'l crim code or anything. but then decided this could also be a fed crime since there's interstate commerce. and then wondered about whether he could get sued by both if they did both have that crime, and then was trying to remeber if state & fed govts are separate sovereigns? or same sovereigns? and states & localities are same? yes, must be separate. so they could both sue him. and then... and then i wanted to cry cause i realized every area of my life has been infected now. :(

bar nightmares

2007-07-17T01:04:00.000-07:00

at least i'm not the only one going crazy. my favorite email of the day from my favorite Firefly:

- i had one where i forgot to use any headings at all in my essays!!
- i had one where the bar was open book but [scary LS prof] was the proctor & she accused me of cheating off the person next to me & had to keep moving to a different seat with all my stuff & that wasted like half the testing time
- another one where TSA confiscated some of my study materials while i was flying to CA including my CMR
- and just last night, one where non-bar people were also allowed to use the test center to just hang out & chat (why they would, i have no idea) and it was really loud but anyone who complained got kicked out.

> > > p.s. dear, if you mind me posting this, just let me know (by tomorrow, at most 2 other people will have seen it, who were also on the email :) just loved it too much not to post, and since it's 4am now emailing to ask seems silly (I hope!!!), and by tomorrow I will be too stressed again to post - I guess this is part of my "wind-down" time? :)

2007-07-17T00:58:00.000-07:00

I'm honestly wondering how in the world one is supposed to retain such massive amounts of trivial & detailed information simultaneously.

just when i feel like i'm almost getting there, i move one to a new section of subjects, and as i start trying to drill those in, i realize i'm losing my grasp on the ones I'd learned in the previous few days.

*how* does this work????????

gun craziness

2007-07-14T17:36:00.000-07:00

hunting Zebras in TX
"An 18-year-old man was arrested and accused of killing a zebra named Zambi in a drive-by shooting.
Zambi was shot dead July 5 as he grazed in a pasture at HiView Farms outside of Waxahachie, about 30 miles from Dallas.
Joshua Romano and four friends were swimming in a creek but had to leave because of rain. They spotted the zebra as they were driving down a road near the farm. That's when Romano pulled out a deer rifle and shot Zambi dead. The animal was worth about $10,000. Romano's friends tried to prevent him from shooting the zebra, and the driver sped up to make the shooting more difficult."

What is wrong with these people? Poor Zebra was just grazing, not bothering anybody.... why do people just have guns with them all the time? you go for a swim, so, of course you need your rifle with you. wtf???

and this is just sad...
A soldier pays a man $500 to shoot him in the leg, to avoid another tour.

scary thought

2007-07-12T15:40:00.000-07:00

it occured to me yesterday that now that class is over, there's not going to be any reason for me to leave the house... (since that was pretty much the only thing i ever went outside for, and whenever we didn't have class for 1-2 days, i didn't leave the house b/w coming home from the last & going to the next one...)

and so i may be house-bound for the next two weeks... which is really quite depressing.

2007-07-11T13:18:00.001-07:00

less than 2 weeks..... surreal.

pretty accurate

2007-07-08T15:42:00.000-07:00

these are some of the "status" messages that appear for my friends on facebook's newsfeed.

~~is unable to grasp the tenancy by its entirety. 11:29pm

~~ is having trouble studying bar stuff for more than an hour at a time. 9:31pm

~~ is an insomniac :(. 8:09pm

~~ is annoyed that barbri didn't teach the 10/20/30 rule of thumb for filing deadlines. 3:28pm

~~ is wills and trusts and... much more of this and I am going to be writing a will. 12:49pm

~~ is exhausted. 11:27pm

~~ is rewarding herself with ice cream. 11:49am
[we have to look to the really little things in life to make us happy now. :( ]

they all feel pretty accurate to me. :(

clueless bus drivers

2007-07-06T14:54:00.000-07:00

we were on a july 4th fireworks shuttle, and the driver announces "does anyone know how to get to Tamien Station? if so, can you please come to the front of the bus?"
umm... not what you wanna hear from the driver...

the usual route street was closed, but still!! he's the driver - shouldn't he be familiar with all the roads in the area?

besides, this is a city bus serving for a special event, and the city is closing streets for a special event - couldn't they have coordinated??

btw, this is *after* being late to the show on the way up. most unorganized thing ever!

turns out...

2007-07-02T14:55:00.000-07:00

i'm kind of an electrician! (maybe i should do this instead of studying for the bar... probably make more money & have better hours too!)

last wednesday, the kitchen stove burner stopped working, & i knew that this meant that it blew a fuse, & I fixed it! (meaning i found the fuse box, figured out which switch was for the stove, and flipped it - but still!)

i was quite proud of myself!

yay for the valuable life experiences gathered living in Madison-ghetto-ness.

i'm jealous of my dog

2007-06-27T16:32:00.000-07:00

i've decided today i'm jealous of my dog. dogs are lucky - they just sleep all day. i want to do that.

how did they do this to me?

2007-06-27T16:16:00.000-07:00

I was more stressed taking the practice performance test than i was when i was taking actual timed YLS finals from home.

small towns

2007-06-23T14:21:00.000-07:00

when i was heading to the freeway to go to class this morning, there was car in front of me with "Campbell Crush" painted in bright color on it's rear window. i was confused - kind of tacky painted cars are not a common sight around here... plus, what did taht mean??

then I saw another one - a minivan with "Go Saratoga Falcons" and "8 year old all stars" and all sorts of stuff painted over it's back window.

and then it dawned on me - it's Saturday morning! (i lose track of days when i have to get up early & work on every on eof them.) it's parents & kids going to their saturday morning soccer (or something) games.

so funny. that people are so into it. but cute. :)

2 cool facts

2007-06-23T14:20:00.000-07:00

thurs was the 2nd time a lil L told me I'm their favorite 3L. I love my lil friends/mentees. :)

last night, my dog "helped" a neighbor get help: he started barking like crazy & wouldn't stop, so we & other neighbors ran out to see what happened. apparently, this neighbor had slipped on some piping or something & fallen hard, and Mishka & another neighbor's cat saw her fall & scream and both freaked out - but clearly the cat was useless. :-P Yet another reason why dogs are better than cats - they can actually make noise & get help!

a retraction

2007-06-22T13:30:00.000-07:00

after a sleepless night & utter incomprehension & pain sitting through the civ pro lecture this morning, i'm going back on my "resolution." no more fun. sigh. :(

a little bit of fun

2007-06-22T00:25:00.000-07:00

i kind of took the night off tonight, & it feels so good.

i was very efficient about it too. i've had to become so in all aspects of life lately. I did 3 social things, & in b/w I actually sat at a Starbucks & worked (productively!) for a couple hours, so I didn't even feel that bad when I was out again later in the evening.

and when i came home I actually was in a good mood, and felt... re-energized?

anyway, i've decided that real breaks are necessary. not the quasi-breaks where you take a teeny bit of time off to get ready to work again, or the time that's wasted just being unproductive because you just can't be productive anymore, but actual plans for actual fun stuff.

so from now on i'm going to have occasional frolics, not just mere detours. (yes, I know, very lame... but hey, i just learned all about agency today. :)

now, just don't waste time on any HW...

2007-06-19T20:42:00.000-07:00

USC recruits an 8th grader
"For the second straight year, USC basketball coach Tim Floyd has received a verbal commitment from an eighth-grader."

"The campus is gorgeous," he (the kid's dad) added. "It's a private school and both myself and his mom were impressed with the academic standards at USC. That's really what got us."

Umm, yeah, I'm sure the academic standards are just incredible - they're accepting a kid that hasn't even started high school. Could you possibly send a stronger message that his academic performance in high school doesn't even matter at all as long as he plays good ball??

this doesn't feel like summer vacation...

2007-06-19T20:41:00.000-07:00

I log in to facebook, & i have 3 upcoming event invitations... and all of them are right here... and all sound like they could be fun... but i'm not going to go to any of them. :(

i'm so unoriginal!

2007-06-17T22:05:00.000-07:00

i plopped down exhausted on the couch after a day of trying to learn contracts, when i glanced up at the end table & saw two photos, and thought "oh, that's from my last trip to Europe", "and that's from my last-last trip to Europe", getting all the more exciting for the upcoming post-bar trip, and then it hit me:

for my big high school graduation trip I went to Europe.

for my post-college travels I went on a big trip to Europe.

and now for post LS I'm planing the "big trip" - again, to Europe!

(granted, they were all to different countries/regions (NW, Central/Eastern, and now Southern), but still!)

hmm, I really need to expand my horizons soon!

how to feel normal

2007-06-17T12:21:00.000-07:00

I've discovered how to feel normal: Just go to the source.

When it comes to dining out, usually I'm the picky one. Well, I went out to a family bday dinner, and after everyone ordered & all the dietary accommodations and preferences were recited, I had the amusing realization that for once, I was the simplest order. So here, "I'm the normal one??"

BarBri word spelling / rabbit hole

2007-06-13T22:39:00.000-07:00

A friend writes:

"BTW, today’s lecturer paused over and commented on the difficulty of spellings of certain not hugely uncommon words (e.g., judgment, conscientious), whereas yesterday’s lecturer made some joke which relied on the idea that everyone obviously knew what “res judicata” was (I’m still not sure we covered this in procedure). I feel like I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole…. "

Me:
At 12:23 AM 6/1/2007: "I feel like I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole…." yes - that's totally it!

At 09:36 AM 6/1/2007: the crim guy just spelled "inchoate" for the note takers!!!!!!

At 11:53 PM 6/1/ 2007 :
I'm listening to the torts CD....

the guy spelled "libel"

and defined "empirical" after calling it the "$50 word." he was not even joking. he really actually explained what empirical means.

but he uses terms like "case in chief" as if it were the most natural thing...

(oddly enough, even i knew this, but that's only because i remember looking it up a couple years ago...)

i've decided that's become my biggest real fear: that I'll not even understand an Essay Question on the exam cause it'll use some term that i don't know and never learned in bar bri because it's not even "substantive" law, but just "obvious" stuff...

p.s. i've now been doing Bar Bri stuff for over 13 hours. this hurts. and i'm still nowhere near where i should be.

At 9:00 PM 6/2/2007:
today crim guy spelled evanescent. very very slowly.
and now the Torts CD guy is spelling "mingled."
Are they serious??

bar study sucks

2007-06-13T22:34:00.000-07:00

i am back (day 3 now), but have been doing nothing but BarBri (bar review class) stuff all day every day . haven't even unpacked yet, haven't even gone up to see my family, etc. all i do all day is go to lecture, come home, watch make-up lectures on CD (we missed 1.5 weeks cause of yale's later schedule) and then try to do practice questions & fail miserably. the only daylight i see is the walk from the barbri class to my car in the garage.
it's really been brutal. i haven't done anything this intense since i don't remember when. and this is just the start. we're all very over whelmed, freaked out, stressed.... it's really really bad right now.
i don't even have the energy for personal emails (and this is me!!)

hopefully i will feel like my head is above water again soon, & then maybe i will be ready for non bar-related human interaction.... this reminds me of M. saying something about how it feels like you're "re-entering the world" after taking boards last summer.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

words of wisdom/experience: apparently, bar studier = ghost.
The sooner you accept that "Bar Studier" is your only role for the next two months, the easier it will be (psychologically)... you should be looking at your office work as a pleasant distraction...By mid-July I was looking at people having coffee and doing the crossword puzzle with the most envious eyes. I felt like a ghost in the world - going to places but not able to have a good time or relax because of the bar.

~~~

as an aside, i am quite sad that I have nothing to say anymore that is not related to the Bar. I guess that's what happens when you spend all your waking days studying for it or complaining with friends about it.

~6/3/07

the hug drug :)

2007-06-07T15:59:00.000-07:00

turns out, Friends are just as effective as Prozac

"It just may be that no drug is more effective than a good, meaningful chat. "

So true! I am so happy & lucky to have all the wonderful people that are in my life. Love you guys.

new places

2007-06-06T23:44:00.000-07:00

I was walking Mishka in our little "downtown", when I saw a new place that had opened - a "Wine, Cheese, Tasting Bar"

There were actually all sorts of other new cute little places that opened in the last year (including a little crepe bistro) that I'm excited to try - if I ever have the time again... So it struck me how nice it is to come back to a place and be met by pleasant surprises, unlike NH where every time we left & came back something else was under construction or another place (of the already so few!) had closed (Oolong's, Rainbow Cafe, now Roomba!)

BarBri: funny quotes

2007-06-06T23:38:00.000-07:00

because finding humor in pain is important.
Add more if you have them!
~~~

On the Bar Exam:
Evidence guy:
"If you can eliminate 2 answers, you have a fighting chance."

Contracts workshop:
"There's nothing you can do to prepare for question 16. you just have to hope for the best."
"I'm generally pretty optimistic about the MBE, but that doesn't extend to contracts"

Performance test lecture, hour 1:
"You can be wrong! Lawyers are always wrong. One of two lawyers is always wrong."

Property workshop guy:
"Now, you're not going to do great on real property... that's not going to happen. But if you study really hard every night and devote a lot of time to it, you can do ok."

"90% of the time, they don't ask the difficult stuff because people miss the basic Qs just as heavily as the advanced, so they don't have to ask the hard stuff."

Property lady:
"We have to dispense with any inclinations toward intellectual elitism - this is the Bar."

Torts guy:
"This is how the bar exam people write questions. They drop acid, and then they go sit around a room and they think them up."

Performance Workshop Guy:
“now’s not the time to change your habits. whatever you’re drinking keep it up, whatever you’re smoking keep it up. you’ll have time for 12 step programs after the Bar.”

and the one good thing about the BarBri monopoly:
“if it’s on the Bar exam & you don’t know it, no body knows it. every one takes Barbri. if they didn’t teach it in BarBri, no one knows. there’s no competition! so just make it up.”

Actual Funnies from Torts Guy (thanks to Aditi!! :)
on Sex:
"That's not normal: we don't just pet each other in this society."

"Here's an example: It's 3 AM, you're curled up under your favorite fluffy comforter & you're just having the best erotic dream you've ever had: There's multiple people, there's animals... Oh, did I just say that aloud??"

" 'I consent to this act of sexual intimacy.' As horny as this person is, this is how they talk now that they've taken the bar review course."

on Drugs:
"It's a pain in the ass to get behind these stoners who are driving 20 mph b/c they're mesmerized by the lane reflectors."

"If you're on drugs, don't give them up b/n now & the bar exam -- this is not the time to go into rehab."

on Judaism:
"If you're wearing a skull cap in the Jewish religious tradition..."

"He'll sue you for converting the dog. That sounds funny -- what'd you do, put a little yarmalka on its head?"

California:
"This is a law professor hypo house -- I put the locks where I need them. Yo, tank top boy, get a clue... you've been spending a little too much time on the beach at La Jolla."

"You're not looking to get the best score in the state -- what do you think, they're going to give you a parade in Sacramento? And even if they did, you'd have to go to Sacramento... and what the hell kind of prize is that?"

Random:
"Battery is like cooties -- it travels thru anyone or anything."

"The RPP is the kind of person you never want to go drinking with b/c the RPP is a colossal pain in your rear end."

"Take any bankrupt company you can think of -- it's a common carrier."

"If married people couldn't talk about their neighbors, what else would they talk about? Really, after two years there's nothing left to talk about."

"My people don't hunt -- we go to the deli."

Evidence guy:
"If all Witness can do is sit there & drool, he can't be a witness. He can be an exhibit, but not a witness."

"A good defense strategy is to marry the witness. It's maybe a good dating strategy to hang around at crime scenes."

Bar Exam tip from Conviser himself:
"The night before the exam, share a bottle of wine with a spouse, a partner, a casual friend... whatever it takes."

doubt

2007-06-06T00:21:00.000-07:00

Today was the first day i actually seriously questioned my choice of law school...

more BarBri: this is how I feel

2007-06-02T13:11:00.000-07:00

This sucks more than anything ever has before.

Starting a week behind is NOT "no big deal, just make it up." I hate my LS's schedule & BarBri's totally unhelpful "accomodation."

13 hours of BarBri lectures IS cruel & unusual punishment.

crazy world

2007-05-31T17:43:00.000-07:00

this is beyond frightening...

BarBri

2007-05-31T17:42:00.000-07:00

O.M.G.

I don't know how I'm going to take a whole summer of this.

I'm hoping today just feels worse because after a 21 hour day yesterday, I only got 5 hours of sleep, plus the jet lag, but somehow I doubt that...

goodbye, NH

2007-05-28T19:52:00.000-07:00

things (I've realized) I'll miss about NH:

- there always being people out on the streets
- there's always something going on
- always running into people you know
- East Rock, West Rock, Lighthouse Point Park, Sleeping Giant Hill
- the condensed city feel
- living in a hi-rise
- being able to walk everywhere (though not the having to walk everywhere)
- all the bars/restaurants/clubs we have

- sitting around a room in a circle of 10 people and talking about anything & everything for 3 hours....

I love you guys.

~~ 5/26/07 ~~

after 3 years...

2007-05-24T15:53:00.000-07:00

I've finally learned the diffrence between the two coasts:

On the East Coast, you can never be overdressed.
On the West Coast, you can never be underdressed.

:)

2007-05-23T21:09:00.000-07:00

i just finished my last law school exam. my last class, last school exam, ever. wow.

2007-05-21T10:01:00.001-07:00

i am so happy this summer is actually happening. a bit in disbelief still, but definitely excited... :)

the most ridiculous thing i've ever seen

2007-05-17T21:14:00.000-07:00

This is how a FedEx package travelled, from one SF suburb to another (a mere 12 miles away), via Tennessee:

May 17, 2007
10:43 AM Delivered
7:50 AM On FedEx vehicle for delivery SANTA CLARA, CA
7:18 AM At local FedEx facility SANTA CLARA, CA
6:15 AM Departed FedEx location OAKLAND, CA

May 16, 2007
5:55 PM Arrived at FedEx location OAKLAND, CA
3:48 PM Departed FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN
1:17 PM Arrived at FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN

May 15, 2007
8:36 PM Left origin SUNNYVALE, CA
5:40 PM Picked up SUNNYVALE, CA

This makes sense? Well, anyway, I'm impressed that they still got it there in about 36 hours... it could have been done in 36 minutes, but hey, that would have been no fun for the package, I guess...

Evolution ~ Devolution

2007-05-17T09:54:00.000-07:00

From Dove's Campaing for Real Beauty: Evolution of Beauty

From the Campaign Against Real Life: Slob Evolution

[I would comment more, but I am still in finals.... I just finished one last night though, so am wasting a bit of time. :) ]

~~~

speaking of parodies, I'm really a fan of this one: Get a First Life
It's a parody of the game/virtual world Second Life.

some cool slogans: "Go outside. membership is free." "First Life is a 3D analog world where server lag does not exist." plus some spicier ones. :)

Photo Obsession

2007-05-17T09:52:00.000-07:00

us to a t...

Evening's Events Immediately Recapped With Digital-Camera Slide Show

"Family and friends attending a two-hour birthday dinner for 26-year-old Josh Kebbekus at The Cheesecake Factory yesterday concluded their meal by watching a slide show of themselves ordering drinks, talking, eating, and taking photos of one another.
"Look, here we are waiting for our table," said Kebbekus' older sister Rebecca, one of the six attendees who had brought digital cameras to the event. "Oh, here's Josh with that yummy cheesecake we had. And here's another one of the cheesecake."
As of press time, no decision had been made on whether to write serious or silly captions for the night's 150 best photos."

excellent

2007-05-16T17:16:00.000-07:00

Judge to prosecutor: 'So what's a Web site?'
During Internet terrorism trial, judge asks attorneys to keep it simple

A British judge admitted on Wednesday he was struggling to cope with basic terms like "Web site" in the trial of three men accused of inciting terrorism via the Internet.

Judge Peter Openshaw broke into the questioning of a witness about a Web forum used by alleged Islamist radicals.

"The trouble is I don't understand the language. I don't really understand what a Web site is," he told a London court during the trial of three men charged under anti-terrorism laws.

Concluding Wednesday's session and looking ahead to testimony on Thursday by a computer expert, the judge told Ellison: "Will you ask him to keep it simple, we've got to start from basics."

happy?

2007-05-12T00:37:00.000-07:00

i just came back from one of my favorite nights of law school ever. i can't believe that it's also the night that it's pretty much over.

is law school really over?

2007-05-11T10:45:00.000-07:00

yesterday was my last day of class. ever. that's really very odd. i'm not sure it's quite sunk in it... especially with all the festivities last night.
of course, this also mens it's now officially finals. but then there's the 3L banquet tonight to distract me from that.

and then it'll be actual finals, and then graduation will come and go, and then we'll all run off to BarBri classes, and then before you know we'll all be working.

i wonder whether always rushing from one thing to another sort of prevents us from realizing what's actually happening, since there's always the next thing to run to, you can't really stop and think too much about what's actually going on now....

well, here's hoping that i do notice the moment when i finally become a total actual adult. no more excuses.

pretty outfits :)

2007-05-06T13:37:00.000-07:00

at Amarante's Sea Cliff for the Journal Spring Banquet:

pretty nature

2007-05-06T13:22:00.000-07:00

Cherry Blossoms:
Lighthouse Point Park:

Beautiful Sunsets

2007-05-06T10:38:00.000-07:00

at Lighthouse Point Park:

at Amarante's Sea Cliff (YLJ Banquet)

as if i'm not feeling enough trepidation about graduating...

2007-05-02T11:31:00.000-07:00

just read an article about female lawyers dropping out of firms & the law that's rather worrying. it's nothing new, sadly, but certainly doesn't make me feel any better about being about to join this profession that seems so hopeless in a way.

here are a few of the stats:

Of the 1,000 lawyers surveyed, 31 percent of female associates had left private practice entirely, compared with 18 percent of male associates. The gap widens among associates with children, to 35 percent and 15 percent.

Of women who jump off partnership track, 46 percent leave the law altogether, compared with less than a third of men who leave the partnership track.

The dropout rate among women lawyers is overwhelmingly the result of the combination of demanding hours, inflexible schedules, lack of viable part-time options, emphasis on billable hours, and failure by law firms to recognize that female lawyers' career trajectories may alternate between work and family.

One female lawyer remarked that "I would not encourage my daughters to enter the legal profession."

Women make up only 17 percent of law firm partners.

Nearly 40 percent of women lawyers with children have worked part time, compared with almost no men, even though men in the profession have more children than women, on average.

Many firms have flextime policies but discourage their uses.

Practicing law also seems to force women to choose between working and having a family: senior male lawyers are more likely than their female peers to be married or living with partners (99 percent vs. 84 percent) or to have children (80 percent vs. 68 percent).

even more reason to love SF

2007-05-02T11:25:00.000-07:00

San Francisco the top dog for family pet

"An abundance of pet-friendly hotels, off-leash dog parks and vegetarian restaurants helped this city place first Monday on an animals rights group’s list of America’s most humane cities.

Seattle; Portland, Ore.; Washington, D.C.; and San Diego followed San Francisco in the Humane Society of the United States’ inaugural index, which the organization compiled using state-level and national data."

Clearly, the West Coast is just an all around better place for everyone. (and DC is a cultural oddball.)

"In San Francisco there is a consistent humane ethic that cuts across all kinds of issues. Puppy mill puppies aren’t being demanded from pet stores, people don’t want to buy fur and people are opposed to the seal hunt so are boycotting Canadian seafood."

"San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom called the award an honor, noting that pets are often given “equal status as a beloved member of the family” in the city."

Yay!! :)

May is here

2007-04-30T22:47:00.001-07:00

and I am so not ready.

Best. Roommate. Ever.

2007-04-29T00:35:00.000-07:00

seriously.

love you!!

Spot the Dog

2007-04-23T19:23:00.000-07:00

How many dogs do you see?

Our little model :)

Assorted Randomness

2007-04-21T13:18:00.000-07:00

Just a bunch of things I've found interesting/amusing/quirky & meant to post, but was apparently too busy uploading photos of stuff we've been up to to actually blog. :)

(yes, I am majorly procrastinating.)
~~~~~

On the futility of LS, as symbolized by the bluebook. Hey, at least we can make fun of ourselves...
~~~~~

Store clerk’s mistake results in $200,000 lottery win
"A store clerk inadvertently won a $200,000 Powerball prize after she rang up duplicate lottery tickets for a customer. When she was unable to sell the second ticket, she paid for the ticket herself. The next day, she discovered the ticket matched all five numbers - earning her a $200,000 jackpot."

Man, I wish my mistakes could be that lucky...
~~~~~

On only children
A study found that people with children are, in fact, happier than those without children. In comparing identical twins, ... mothers with one child are about 20 percent happier than their childless counterparts.

Interestingly, second and third children don't add to parents' happiness at all. In fact, these additional children seem to make mothers less happy than mothers with only one child - though still happier than women with no children.

"If you want to maximize your subjective well-being, you should stop at one child," concludes [study author].
~~~~~

If only stereotypes could be true... *sigh* I'd even settle for just 1 butler! (And who says only children don't share! :)
~~~~~

It’s Not You, It’s Your Apartment
People who take themselves too seriously.

this is just too cute

2007-04-20T14:47:00.001-07:00

A cat steals a dog's bed, & the dog wants it back!

Lil Cuties

2007-04-15T14:58:00.000-07:00

(this post is like the opposite of the previous one... :)

I just got back from a baby shower. So much cuteness. Little booties & matching outfits & books foorm way-back-when.... aww. Congratulations you two!!
Human babies & all their accoutrements sure are cute, but for now, I really just kind of want one of these. I mean, how could anyone resist this cute cuddly face??

Bond

2007-04-14T11:12:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Rich, who had the best themed party of the year. Making good use of 2007, it was a very wonderfully executed James Bond party. Champagne, caviar, and men in tuxes & uniform. What more can you ask for? ;)

Birthday Boy, & Hosts:

me & Aditi as bond girls. you can't see it in this pic, but I'm even wearing tall black boots. yeah. more pics to come, maybe.

Champagne Tower:

With Steph:

All in black:

the end of puppyhood

2007-04-12T11:23:00.000-07:00

Mishka turns 2 years old today. Which means he's now officially an "adult."

He's our little cosmonaut baby (April 12th is also the anniversary of Gagarin's first space flight.)

Happy Birthday!!

pics from today:

Doesn't he actually look all grown up, next to the little Yorkie?

the little hunter :)

Couch potato cutie :)

now that's talent. Can you roll your tongue like that?

me the world traveller

2007-04-10T21:11:00.000-07:00

Map of Countries I've visited
visited 23 countries (10%)

Map of U.S. States I've visited
visited 19 states (37%)

Hmm... anyone see a trend? :)

~~ create your own here ~~

Cutest Seder Ever

2007-04-04T09:39:00.000-07:00

we had our own little seder. it's just like we're real adults! but it was so much fun! way better than Slifka's. and we were actually even more observant at ours than the "official" one we went to on the 2nd night!

unrelated gripe: it is April. it's been gray for a week now. it's rainy. and there's a feels like 29* outside. this is really getting old. watch it snow or something for graduation!

weather update: it's April 7. and the forecast for tonight says "snow showers." umm.... yeah.

Fun Nights

2007-04-01T10:48:00.000-07:00

my last Prom... ever?!?

dinner at Roomba (thanks to Chris! :)

at the Peabody, w/my favorite cavemen:
w/the girls:
w/the roomey-wife :)

dancing... with a cavemen's dinner

the group:

Cure-alls

2007-03-29T12:33:00.000-08:00

Age-defying Yoga
"In an era when aging is treated as a disease and yoga is often touted as a cure-all, it is hardly surprising to see people combining the two. "

That's funny - just yesterday I was thinking I should really start doing yoga again cause I've been having carpal tunnel issues. Yay for cure-alls! :)

Amazing Animals

2007-03-27T19:23:00.001-08:00

This is the absolute cutest, most unbelievable thing I've seen in a while. (Watch it to the end, there's more.) I want a pet otter!!

Also on the incredible pets front, there's this awesome story: Toby, a 2-year-old golden retriever, saved his owner's life by performing a doggy version of the Heimlich maneuver, knocking her to the ground and jumping on her chest to dislodge a piece of apple stuck in her windpipe.

back in the Have

2007-03-27T18:30:00.000-08:00

hah - just realized that sounds kinda like "in the Hood" - which is so much more appropriate anyway!

So I'm back at school... and it's actually been quite weird to realize this is the last time I'm coming back to NH and my YLS life here. I've grown kind of atached to it actually. I think I'll miss it.

No more school breaks, no more shuttles, no more coming back to see everyone after time away. No more transient student lifestyle... I can't really imagine yet quite what that'll be like.

In other surprising news, I actually paid attention in class today (maybe part of the whole "omg school is almost over" thing) and learned about this interesting concept called the Boston Marriage. ;)

spring is here

2007-03-22T12:27:00.000-08:00

my last couple of posts have been "downers", which i never like :) , so I thought I'd post some pics - 1st, to show how pretty it is here now with the trees all blooming, and 2nd, to show that Mishka is back to being his cute fluffy self. :)

outside my house:

at Coit Tower:

playing with other white fluffballs:

mesmerized by sea lions:

confused by odd sourdough creatures:

minor annoyances

2007-03-21T21:36:00.000-08:00

the only thing worse than an incompetent driver is a stubborn incompetent driver.

met an unbelievable one today. might elaborate later.

Sadly, I can't lie to myself...

2007-03-14T16:00:00.000-08:00

Fake deadlines don't work on me anymore. Given that I go to a school with no real deadlines, this is a problem.
I set them, they come, and they go, and I do nothing. Or I do something, but don't finish. Which is important, if I want to graduate.

So work did not go so well the last few weeks... and I may have to do some over break. :(
On the upside, I get to see my favorite fluffball!!! :)

I've been told his fur is growing out quite nicely, and he looks very cute now, nothing like this.

Happy St Patrick's Day!

2007-03-11T10:46:00.000-08:00

just went to the parade... quite impressive. who knew NH could pull together such a big event? oh, & the irish setters & wolfhounds being part of the parade was too cute!! :)

awfulness

2007-03-10T22:37:00.000-08:00

some guy in new york punched, knocked over & mugged a 101 year old lady. that's a special kind of evil.

some absurdities

2007-03-07T14:18:00.000-08:00

A couple wonderfully absurd little gems from this week:
(I've been too tempted to forward too many things to too many people of late, so I will blog them instead. :)

From the Onion, a follow up to a hook up. or, as IPN so wonderfully put it, "the echoes of recruiting." So incredibly true! It really is a ridiculous process.

From Jason Reitman (the guy who did Thank you For Smoking), a wonderful take on the absurdity of over-legalizing, here are the legal ramifications of sexual consent. (Also reminds me of the legal holiday party invite.)

And here are some people who took the "worst name ever" contest to the extreme. Some examples: "Yourhighness," "Myfaith," "Hennessy," "Ecstasy," and "Sexy." Yourhighness, a football player who goes by "Y.H." or sometimes "hiney", also has a younger brother named Handsome, and cousins named Prince and Gorgeous. Apparently "creative" naming tends to run in families. Here are some more: Dom Perignon Champagne; his mother’s name is Perfect Engelberger. Immaculate Perfection Harris; brother's is named Supreme Justice. Chad (just Chad, no last name); father only has one name as well: Butterbean. Sir William and his brother Lord Robert (they are not aristocracy, those are just their names).
Are these parents just trying to see who could damage their kid the most??

life's just a catch-22

2007-03-07T11:48:00.000-08:00

re: The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan. I particularly like the last paragraph.

~~~
In her book, Friedan recalled a golden age in the 1920s and 1930s when, legendarily, women devoted themselves to the aggressive pursuit of career fulfillment just like men. After World War II, they accepted a serpent's bargain of enslavement to their husband-providers, being thenceforward imprisoned in their state-of-the-art kitchens.

"Some people think I'm saying, 'Women of the world unite - you have nothing to lose but your men,'" Friedan once quipped. "It's not true. You have nothing to lose but your vacuum cleaners."

Today, the beneficiaries of "The Feminine Mystique" are imprisoned in their offices just like men, enslaved to email and their Blackberry, so they can pay another woman to vacuum - or more likely so that they can come home at night, exhausted from their meaningful work as a corporate cog, and vacuum as if the women's movement had never happened.
~~~

It's March...

2007-03-05T13:26:00.001-08:00

and it's snowing outside.

This is not ok.

update: Wed. 3/7/07 - woke up to another blanket of snow. I find it odd to be surrounded by snow, in March, only a day before I left for spring break last year. It will break 80* at home this weekend. I wish I was going to be there.

some amusing graphs

2007-03-05T11:46:00.000-08:00

these have been posted on others' blogs before, but i really like them, so just wanted them here for ease of finding. :)

Courtesy of Brian

Courtesy of Tom, via Brian.

meaningless distinctions

2007-03-05T11:44:00.000-08:00

For some reason, this really resonated w/me. It just reminds me of that whole YLJ "senior editor" title debate & vote from a few months ago. and to be honest, the whole YLJ in general. (how appropos to the graph post! :)

"When people go to this much trouble to maintain a distinction rendered irrelevant by technological change, the search for an explanation usually leads to Thorstein Veblen's 1899 book, The Theory of the Leisure Class. Veblen argued that society sorts and discriminates among people and things long past the point where such actions have practical value, and that these "invidious distinctions" serve to uphold ancient status hierarchies. [He also argues] that the pursuit of status based on outmoded social codes takes precedence over, and frequently undermines, the rational pursuit of wealth and, more broadly, common sense. Hierarchical distinctions among people and things remain in force not because they retain practical value, but because they have become pleasurable in themselves. Wikipedia's stubborn enforcement of its notability standard suggests Veblen was right. We limit entry to the club not because we need to, but because we want to."
(from a Slate piece on Wikipedia "notability" requirements.)

So true... it's like we don't have real problems or concerns, so we create something utterly meaningless to care and fret about.

accidental invasions

2007-03-03T11:27:00.000-08:00

What if we gave an invasion and nobody cared?
Company of Swiss troops marches into tiny Liechtenstein by mistake

"What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss soldiers got lost at night and marched into neighboring Liechtenstein.

According to Swiss daily Blick, the 170 infantry soldiers from the neutral country wandered 2 kilometers across an unmarked border into the tiny principality early Thursday before realizing their mistake and turning back.

A spokesman for the Swiss army confirmed the story, but said that there were unlikely to be any serious repercussions for the mistaken invasion."

lol, if only all invasions could be so friendly...

pointing fingers

2007-02-28T14:24:00.000-08:00

A conservative group is accusing Gore of being a global warming hypocrite because of his large home energy consumption, and not doing enough to reduce his own electricity consumption, and hence emissions of carbon dioxide.

Gore's camp defended his lifestyle, saying he invests in enough renewable energy to make up for the home's power consumption. Gore has said he leads a "carbon-neutral lifestyle." His spokesperson said Gore purchases enough energy from renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and methane gas to balance 100 percent of his electricity costs. To balance out other carbon emissions, the Gores invest money in projects to reduce energy consumption.

Sounds like pure politician-style convenient justification.

But here's what I found shocking:
"Utility records show the Gore family paid an average monthly electric bill of about $1,200 last year for its 10,000-square-foot home."

Umm - that's more than my roommate & I pay for rent, combined! (and I imagine more than most people's rent/mortgage. ) 10K sq ft is just beyond ridiculous.

~~~

Btw, if you haven't seen Inconvenient Truth yet, you really, really, really should!

i think i've finally regained my sanity...

2007-02-28T09:31:00.000-08:00

now hopefully i'll have the willpower to follow through.

:-/

parenting flops

2007-02-27T11:33:00.000-08:00

Study finds alarming rise in narcissism, self-centeredness in ‘Generation Me’

I love this paragraph:

"We need to stop endlessly repeating ‘You’re special’ and having children repeat that back,” said the study’s author. “Kids are self-centered enough already.”

~~~
Here's what the study found:

"Today’s college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to ... psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society.

The researchers ... say students’ NPI scores have risen: In 2006, 66% of the students had above-average scores, 30% more than in 1982. (I guess NPI is some measure of self-centeredness...)

We're all above average! Narcissism can have benefits, said study co-author..., suggesting it could be useful in meeting new people “or auditioning on ‘American Idol.”’

“Unfortunately, narcissism can also have very negative consequences for society, including the breakdown of close relationships with others.”

The study asserts that narcissists “are more likely to have romantic relationships that are short-lived, at risk for infidelity, lack emotional warmth, and to exhibit game-playing, dishonesty, and over-controlling and violent behaviors.” (LOL. Generation SATC, anyone? :)

Twenge, the author of “Generation Me: Why Today’s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled — and More Miserable Than Ever Before,” said narcissists tend to lack empathy, react aggressively to criticism and favor self-promotion over helping others.

The researchers traced the phenomenon back to what they called the “self-esteem movement” that emerged in the 1980s, asserting that the effort to build self-confidence had gone too far. (Lol, I wonder what they'll come up with now as the anti-dote??)

As an example, Twenge cited a song commonly sung to the tune of “Frere Jacques” in preschool: “I am special, I am special. Look at me.”

“Current technology fuels the increase in narcissism. By its very name, MySpace encourages attention-seeking, as does YouTube.” (That's definitely true...) (aside: feeling a bit ironic to be writing this on a blog...)

“Permissiveness seems to be a component. A potential antidote would be more authoritative parenting. Less indulgence might be called for.”

“We’re encouraged a lot to be individuals and go out there and do what you want, and nobody should stand in your way. I can see goals and ambitions getting in the way of other things like relationships.”

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on the other end of the parental failure spectrum, there's this:

Mom taught her 2 kids to fake retardation
"A woman admitted Monday that she coached her two children to fake retardation starting when they were 4 and 8 years old so she could collect Social Security benefits on their behalf.

Rosie Costello, 46, admitted in U.S. District Court that she collected more than $280,000 in benefits, beginning in the mid-1980s. Most was from Social Security, but the state social services agency paid $53,000."

Yikes!!

the wonderful post office

2007-02-26T18:58:00.000-08:00

I had to go to the post office to mail something today, and found out that no matter how low your expectations, they can always still find a way to disappoint you.

I went a little over half an hour before class, since I assumed there'd be a long wait. When I got there, the line was actually surprisingly not too bad. So I'm waiting in line. waiting. waiting. I'm good. I'm ready for this. I planned on waiting.

And then, I look up & realize that there's only one checker (what do you call them??) standing at the counter, and there's a sign in front of her: "Sorry, Window Closed."

Umm, WTF??

At first I assume maybe one of the others just left & she's about to open up. I mean, she can't really be closed. But no. She's closed. Or maybe one of the others is just in the back putting away a package or something & coming right back? No. No one else comes back. In fact, no one is working.

I'm kinda confused here... can they really just close it if it's the last open window? I mean, can they really just close the post office in the middle of the day with a line of people waiting?

Apparently.

A man comes out from the back and sort of approaches the middle window, as the woman starts heading out back. And then they proceed to chit chat. For about 10 minutes. Without calling any of the customers waiting in the growing line.

Man: Where you going?
Woman: I've got break at 2pm. Look at the time. [It is in fact 1:40pm.]
M: Oh, where's Jeannie?
W: Ladies' room, I think.
M: Oh, ok, I guess I'll come on then maybe...
W: Well I'm on break.
M: So I'm all alone? I've got 20 people here.
W: So, I had 20 people.
M: yeah...
W: Do you want me to help you?
M: *chuckle* Doesn't matter to me. Whatever.
W: I can help.
M: Eh, whatever.
W: Ok, I'll take one, but then I'm going right back on break!
M: Whatever.

Yep, all of this happened right in front of all the customers waiting in line. (I guess it didn't occur to them that maybe we'd like it if she helped! Or if he started working!!) It was beyond ridiculous - it was like they really just couldn't care less that we were there. In fact, it was just like we weren't.

This place is just all about customer service, isn't it?

Hugs

2007-02-24T12:08:00.000-08:00

I'm working and need a hug... so instead I will post some.

:-o

2007-02-20T21:48:00.000-08:00

Little Cheaters

2007-02-19T13:01:00.000-08:00

Even they can't keep it together...