tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112006702011-12-14T21:35:42.559-05:00I fought the law, and the law won.Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comBlogger2171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-68341348917202377402008-01-04T18:14:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:08:33.951-05:00

First, I'd like to announce the launch of the shiny, new ADVENTURES IN SELF-LOATHING site.Second, the following post is my traditional Year In Review, one of the few times I stray from self-deprecation and allow myself to wallow unapologetically in self-pity. It's one of those posts that some people will read and think "Jesus, I didn't need to know that about this person, good lord what is wrong

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-21143986863756725772007-12-31T15:18:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:08:34.133-05:00

"Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." -Mark TwainNotice how I've paired this nice quote with a cheesy picture. -Ms. LaawyuhrWhen I go running, or rather, my combination of walking and jogging that I call "my run", there are a few minutes towards the end of my time that I run flat out. I stretch my legs out as far as they will reach, my feet strike with

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-51531974405102039302007-12-13T20:54:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:08:34.375-05:00

I've been on hiatus quite a bit recently. Truth be told, I just haven't felt the funny. The glass is half empty as of late. Even watching "Kitchen Nightmares" stresses me out. But I've decided to write in the hopes of cheering myself up at the very least. So without further ado, I bring you the crap I've been up to lately.Two weeks ago we had to go to our professionalism course required by

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-8133267507951375302007-12-04T23:35:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:08:35.433-05:00

1. Friends Don't Let Friends Stencil As we are people of disparate tastes in our household, we look to programming where our tastes converge, and therefore we end up watching a lot of design TV. However, even among the design shows our tastes diverge: I like the shows where things look better at the end (e.g. Clean House, Color Splash, and sometimes Design on A Dime) and Tiny prefers for the

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-51955776789038034472007-12-04T10:35:00.000-05:002007-12-04T23:31:21.582-05:00

I bring you the fresh crazy. You're welcome.Now tell me about your very own Purity Siege.__________________________________________

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-78127913769230539582007-12-03T17:40:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:08:35.623-05:00

OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD!!!!!!I've just been nominated for a 2007 Drysdale Award from the Illustrious Grant Miller Media (who I was formerly at war with).I've been nominated for the category of "Least Updated Blog".Please, go and vote for me...often. Me and Mr. Splashy Pants.Of course, now that I've updated my blog twice in the past 5 minutes I may no longer be eligible for the category.___________

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-74931980344737111402007-12-02T22:15:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:08:35.839-05:00

Hey there, AMC.From what I understand, your acronym means "American Movie Classics". That's a noble calling. There are a lot of classic American movies that should be shown to kids today. You know, like Imitation of Life, and Sunset Boulevard.But Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life? Really? Come on, AMC. That hardly meets the criteria for a classic.Unless by classic you mean the fact

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-60098531844762137952007-11-30T15:17:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:08:36.096-05:00

Good lord, I love pumpkin. If given a choice between chocolate and pumpkin, I would be hard pressed to decide. That's why the chocolate covered pumpkin truffles created by Godiva are to die for. But I digress.Today is a sad day. Today the Mayorga coffee house near me has informed me that they will no longer be serving the Pumpkin Pie Chai Latte. I come not to praise the Pumpkin Pie chai latte

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-83005043910798075162007-11-27T21:02:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:08:36.388-05:00

I think it would be so much cooler if the show "Bones" used The Killers song "Bones" in the opening credits instead of the current theme song by The Crystal Method.I also think the cheesy animation in The Killers video could benefit the show.Bones v. The Crystal Method: you be the judge.I don't even like the show; it just comes on before House.

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-89298970133850669722007-11-26T21:55:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:08:36.880-05:00

I apologize to my five loyal readers for my unexpected hiatus. Shortly before heading out for the Thanksgiving holiday my Dell experienced its 17th meltdown in the form of the death of the screen and motherboard. Keep in mind that I am now on my second hard drive, second keyboard, and third screen for this little bastard. When the Dell guy came to install all the new hardware, he said "

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-45813691090116943002007-11-07T22:40:00.000-05:002007-11-12T13:30:19.673-05:00

The day I got my bar results in addition to the well wishes from all of you, I receive the following comment on an ancient post:"You have got to be kidding me. I just ran across this Blog and this woman needs to get over it. It is a tool, why wouldn't you have looked in the "Tool World"? Isn't it amazing, you can give people an education and a title, but for all their money, they couldn't find

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-3996736795476620752007-11-06T17:05:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:08:38.198-05:00

Because everyone else is at war, I too have decided to declare a blog war. _____________________________________________________________Grant Miller of Grant Miller Media has stepped over the line and must be stopped. What has Grant Miller done to initiate such hostilities? Grant Miller has dared to insult The Great State of Texas. As a native of The Great State of Texas, I feel it is my duty

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-10918359280740162522007-11-02T22:53:00.000-04:002007-11-02T23:02:30.855-04:00

I am happy/proud/ecstatic to announce that EZ, Tiny and I all passed the Maryland Bar. We are now bona fide, certified, authentic* lawyers. Booyah!*OK, not quite yet as we have to take an ethics class and be sworn in, but you get the idea.

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-2266773563479846042007-10-31T13:55:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:38.553-05:00

I'm sorry to disappoint everyone, but there will be no Halloween for me this year. I'm making a semi-emergency trip to New York this evening so there will be no slutty-candy happiness. And, OK, actually, there wasn't going to be any Major Tease or Texas Hold 'Em anyway. I generally struggle with showing an appropriate amount of cleavage, so Halloween isn't much of a novelty for me. By way

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-33338924526677974032007-10-25T22:49:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:39.123-05:00

Ah Halloween. The time that every girl rifles through her underwear to create a "costume". But really, I'm tired of being a "sexy" witch, or a "sexy" devil. It's time to go as something new and startling, and also possibly slightly less related to Halloween. Won't you please help me decide?Behold this little number known as Major Tease. When I support our troops, I like to do it with an

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-61658517532271734722007-10-23T23:10:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:39.946-05:00

The other day I was staring blankly at my blog thinking to myself perhaps I should hang up my spurs. Or my keyboard. Or whatever bloggers hang up. I was feeling things were getting stale, mainly because I have so little going on right now in my life I have few stories to relate - I mean, it's been at least four weeks since I've been pooped on. This has left me only the ability to comment on

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-49130364237620725862007-10-22T15:12:00.000-04:002007-10-22T15:16:31.335-04:00

Bored? Sad? At work? Then you need to run over to The Idea of Progress and watch Don't Make A War which I swear to you is the greatest thing since Color me Badd or Milli Vanilli.

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-49711752486786088712007-10-18T00:20:00.001-04:002008-12-11T07:08:40.128-05:00

At my Giant (grocery store) there is a large red $1 movie kiosk. It's where I indulge my love of bad bad films. Unless, of course, I see them first on cable. This kiosk has given me so many gems -like Catch and Release, The Number 23, and Because I Said so - stinkers everyone. But I don't think any of these quite rose to the level of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (FFROTSS).I knew this

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God, I love being tagged! It makes me feel like the non-fat kid in P.E. Like I've been picked first to be on the all star badminton team. In this case, The Lady Who Doesn't Lunch (who was first tagged by Chris) has in turn tagged me to share 5 things about myself do, did or like that some may consider “totally lame,” but that I am totally proud of.1.) I smacked down a guy at oral argument in

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-48467441353437129832007-10-16T21:51:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:40.338-05:00

For those of you interested in what's up in Dubai, two friends of mine from law school (a couple) are working/living the dream. You can catch up with them here. I really love reading about the food. Oh, and the whitey tax. I can't wait to hear about the club scene.

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-78429092513844814262007-10-15T10:36:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:40.859-05:00

Ah, Mom.I love how every email you send is in 24 point colored type. But for once you have sent me an email warning that turns out to be true. Behold:WARNING ABOUT Pancake Mix (and other boxed mixes) (may be you already know this, I DID NOT !!) Talk about frightening... Throw away ALL OUTDATED! pancake mix you have in your home, PLEASE! If you don't believe me, read

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-10547147741433377392007-10-13T09:33:00.000-04:002007-10-13T10:09:00.170-04:00

My mom, as previously noted, is generous in sharing her email wisdom. Behold today's gem:During these troubled times people of all faiths shouldremember these four fundamental religious truths:1. Muslims do not recognize Jews as God's chosen people.2. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.3. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-58559251038366847722007-10-12T12:28:00.001-04:002008-12-11T07:08:41.695-05:00

We here at AISL have been engaged in a lot of feelings as of late. As a general rule, we do not engage in feelings. So with that said, we felt it was time to get back to our roots, get our hate on, and put the "loathing" back into Adventures in Self-Loathing.Therefore, without further ado, I present to you my hate list or things I could do without:E-Harmony CommercialsEvery time that smug

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-1780342381724363782007-10-11T17:11:00.001-04:002008-12-11T07:08:41.892-05:00

I had a poetry professor who once, when talking about Wuthering Heights, said "For those who like it, nothing else will quite do."The same can be said of Once.It's a movie that defies description. For those who insist on categorization, you could call it a musical, but that brings to mind all sorts of mis-characterizations that don't do justice to Once.It's a film where the music tells an

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-68040911249617763212007-10-09T14:15:00.000-04:002007-10-09T16:06:52.639-04:00

My beloved sister, who has recently completed a masters in art and a technical degree in shoe design, has just learned that she has received an internship with Marc Jacobs in New York! For non-fashiony types like myself, Marc Jacobs is one of the premier American fashion design companies.I am bursting with sibling pride.

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-66782350674207211322007-10-08T09:54:00.000-04:002007-10-08T16:55:53.135-04:00

Today's internet fun is brought to you courtesy of Gifts From A Broad. Please to enjoy this free internet personality test, which describes one as a finger on the hand. Based on this logic, there are only five personalities in the world, which seems to me to be a bit of a conservative estimate. Nevertheless, my finger personality seems more or less accurate, in the way that these are always "

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-3580611976158547512007-10-04T18:34:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:42.160-05:00

The title to this entry sounds like a country song, don't it?So you know how some people are afraid of oh, I don't know, turning into their mothers? Well I have a fear of becoming a hypochondriac. Not sure why I have this particular affliction, but I do. Therefore, I'm a fan of walking things off, toughing it out, and just generally waiting until things are ten times worse than they should be.

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-4223995837269069042007-10-02T21:11:00.000-04:002007-10-03T08:18:14.215-04:00

Somehow I seem to have gotten on some sort of "Skanks of MySpace" list.I guess I should back up a minute and admit that I have both a MySpace and a Facebook account. I hate them, and use them only because I was forced to create a page on each account by my west coast/Dallas friends and my sister respectively. People keep "writing on my wall" and "making me a zombie" and sending me stuff and I

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-23649167061271843902007-09-29T16:18:00.001-04:002007-09-30T09:06:37.548-04:00

Dating, for me, has always been a spectator sport and one I don't understand well at that. It's kind of like watching Cricket on TV: I can kind of tell what's going on- you know someone's doing well because the crowd gets excited- but the rules and the strategy and really the essence of what's going on is lost on me.And so when on one of those rare occasions that I enter the field, it's like

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-59409196867617446342007-09-24T12:08:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:42.456-05:00

I have been inspired by both Pistols at Dawn and The Idea of Progress to write about actors that I've been told I resemble. The only problem with this amazingly great idea is that, I've never been told I resemble an actor or actress. People tell me all the time that I remind them of someone they know, but that's not quite the same thing now is it?After racking my brain, the only celebrity I even

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-44317037981311529502007-09-19T13:39:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:42.968-05:00

Recently a friend of mine posed the following hypothetical questions:1) If you could have a magical tree in your backyard that would grow some favorite item of yours, what would it grow? (So this item has to be small enough to hang from the limbs of a tree, it can't grow brand new Mercedes)2) If you could travel 20 years into the future to see how the world had changed, what possible change

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-27371217873587633482007-09-12T14:08:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:43.426-05:00

Sorry I haven't had the chance to post much recently, I had to go to a wedding last weekend, I actually got a short term job this week and then our internet crapped out, so in short, I've been busy. However, I did see some amazing things while I was at my friend's wedding.First, I saw a guy actually wearing these 4 colored pants. In case it's not clear from the picture, each leg is actually two

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-3884217108681946942007-09-03T16:18:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:43.903-05:00

CSI MiamiThis CSI is clearly the most useless branch of the CSI arsenal and seems to exist only to give David Caruso new ground for his read-headed useless glowering. At least if he were doing CSI New York it would be a nod to his former success on NYPD Blue - as in The Caruso can only exist in a fake New York Universe. Putting him in Miami is hilarious since only an albino would stay as far

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-35808613991453075182007-08-30T22:39:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:44.108-05:00

My mom is amazing. Anything electronically more complicated than a light switch is automatically delegated to my father, the engineer. However, somehow she has discovered email. She checks it religiously, and much to everyone's chagrin, she has become that master of "the forward".Many a time she has forwarded me -and all her friends- an email about not parking next to vans because someone

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-69765637379110970612007-08-29T14:04:00.001-04:002008-12-11T07:08:44.117-05:00

So I thought I'd present you a little food for thought in terms of things I've stolen from other people's blogs. First, Sad Face:Read this great article on contractor corruption in Iraq. I guarantee you'll be pissed off once you finish reading it. I especially love the last paragraph which I've excerpted below:According to the most reliable ­estimates, we have doled out more than $500 billion

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-645675162335354932007-08-28T13:19:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:44.278-05:00

Yesterday I had a job interview. And I looked hot if I do say so myself. I was wearing a red, ruched shirt, a black knee length flared skirt and a black blazer. The outfit was accented with pointy black pumps and a skinny, black patent belt. Invert the color scheme of this photo, add some pounds, and you'll have the general idea.As I was walking to the metro stop, I felt something fall on my

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-52567826176501903642007-08-22T00:06:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:44.502-05:00

Growing up there was no woman or teen girl more devoted to The English Patient than my sister. Many a time I remember walking through our den to see her weeping while watching the movie for the god knows how manyeth time. I would often stop pause to express my disgust and she would shout after me "But it's so sad!"The only thing that I found sad about it is that Kristen Scott Thomas left Colin

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-53522315439213926882007-08-16T14:26:00.000-04:002007-08-17T01:42:28.499-04:00

This morning I read an article in Time called "Who Killed the Love Story?" . The author, who I'll note is a woman, reaches the conclusion that it's reality that killed the love story in film. While I agree with the final analysis, I think the reasoning is flawed. I take particular issue with the following paragraph:And it's not just happily-ever-after that has changed. The global nature of

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-77919920697940616902007-08-12T10:18:00.001-04:002008-12-11T07:08:44.805-05:00

Apologies for the hiatus.There are a number of reasons I have not posted.Firstly, I had what we law students (or at least my friends) call The Postpartum. It's just like real postpartum depression, except it and occurs after every finals period and you've birthed nothing but your finals. Or in this case, The Bar.You see, my non-law friends, you spend every day doing law shit - and then about

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-971796902639030562007-07-23T17:11:00.001-04:002008-12-11T07:08:44.976-05:00

The strange calm of the condemned has settled over me. It's like the acceptance stage of death.Thanks to all of you - my family, my non-law school friends, and those of you I only know electronically- for all of your support. Also, I apologize to all of you for acting like a crazy nut job for the past several weeks.A shout out to all my peeps in every state taking the bar tomorrow -- GOOD LUCK!

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-8111817212063956072007-07-22T17:07:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:45.177-05:00

The Maryland Bar exam is almost upon us. July 24th and 25th promise to be awful.I have no will left.I merely wish for the horror to be over.

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-2961498059739827322007-07-16T22:20:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:45.589-05:00

Yesterday was not a good day on a lot of levels.Sometimes I'm stressed but more or less ok: I tell myself that if I fail the bar, I'll just take it again in February and that I will pass and that I'll get a job and I'll be able to pay off my loans and it will all be ok and the world will not end. That's what I tell myself.But somedays I don't quite buy it, and I get jittery and stressed and so

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-73496598884929388572007-07-14T08:00:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:45.804-05:00

Something strange has come over me.This exam has taken over more than just my life, but my body as well. I'm beginning to feel like Jeff Goldblum in The Fly where his teeth start falling out and then he enters that weird pupa phase and emerges all gross and flyey.Let me begin by saying I am a clean person. If time is permitting, I like to bathe twice a day and brush my teeth 2-3 times per day.

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-76190212285813922222007-07-09T23:24:00.001-04:002008-12-11T07:08:45.971-05:00

As Samuel Johnson said: "When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."Well friends, we are a fortnight from the bar exam. I am hoping that my impending sense of doom serves to concentrate my mind wonderfully. So far so bad.If my mind fails to concentrate, I may have to be a street lawyer in the same vein as a street preacher. That is, a crazy

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-85980766514733734442007-07-05T16:55:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:46.458-05:00

About this time last year my friend KN had her soul broken by studying for the bar exam.She told me "I'm in bad shape, cause I've got out the cloth headband like it's seventh grade."At the time, I didn't understand what she was talking about. Cloth headband? What the hell?Now I fully understand.As the study stress sets in, small things begin to make you crazy. Like WHY IN GOD'S NAME IS MY HAIR

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I realize it's the 4th of July.I realize that fireworks are exciting. They're shiny and sparkly, and oh, noisey! What fun! But honestly, is that set of 50 black cats as exciting the nine hundredth fucking time you set it of as it was the first time?! Is it the fact that you can annoy your neighbors that excites you so? Or is it that you are merely a cretinous mass that is shouting "OH BOY

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-84636253642237619752007-06-30T21:04:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:47.083-05:00

You haven't heard from me because I'm studying for the bar and I'm presently scared shitless. We took a simulated bar the other day and I did not do so good.More precisely, I am kinda fucked.Hence I am trying to study and not blog. Because if I were blogging we might have to change my blog name to the "blog of infinite sadness".To make matters worse I will be thirty on July 24. 30! 30!!! And

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At our Bar review location the janitorial staff seems to be reacting negatively to the students.I have come to this conclusion because they have left what must be urinal cakes on the floor, under the sinks in the ladies room. Not only do these items have the unholy pink complexion of a urinal cake, but they emanate that pungent smell of chemicals meant to cover the smell of pee but actually

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My Dad is, without a doubt, the greatest Dad ever. He is patient and kind, and very few people could say a bad word against him. He's even won a number of teaching awards from his university.Because my dad is so excellent I had a panic attack last weekend thinking Father's day was last Sunday rather than this weekend and I had no gift for my father.I was paying out at Best Buy when this thought

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-7753906813892076642007-06-10T17:48:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:48.775-05:00

aka I went to Capital Pride. It was Gay Pride this weekend in D.C., and to show my love and support for gays in general and EZ in particular, we shipped out to the festival today near the Capitol.At one point we were just chilling, drinking a strawberry-banana smoothie (which is both cool and gay!) when some card carrying lesbians sat down beside us. I know they were card carrying lesbians

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-3648035982475451362007-06-10T11:34:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:49.156-05:00

So EZ and I have both been laughed at recently, but I admit he took it far better than I did.EZ got laughed at on day three of our new life in D.C. at the Target. My toilet had already backed up so I thought we should buy toilet plungers for all the bathrooms. I also thought it might be a good idea to get the plungers with a basin or container so that the gross plunger is not just sitting on

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Bad things that have happened since moving here from New Orleans:1) We cannot flush toilet paper down our toilets. We didn't know that when our landlord said "You can't flush anything down the toilets" that he actually meant anything. We thought he was refering to lady products. Good times.2) Our air conditioner doesn't work very well upstairs, actually its pretty much non-existant, causing me

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A number of people have asked, how was I able to get the health insurance company to cover my surgery. A surgery which they had previously deemed to be non-essential - that if I wanted them to even think about covering necessitated an additional 15 day approval process. I'd like to say that the insurance company stepped up and did the right thing, except that of course they didn't. So here's

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America is the World's 96th most peaceful nation on the global index released last Wednesday by researchers at The Economist magazine (I read about it in The Washington Post though).Sure, 96 sounds great - that is until you realize that it's only out of 121 nations. And we come in after Yemen (at 95!). Some more surprising nations that are more peaceful than the U.S.:Cambodia at 85Syria at

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A number of people have inquired how the surgery went, and I must say in the end it went smashingly. I feel like a brand spankin' new person - one who can smell, taste, and go for a walk without getting winded. Who knew what a difference one nostril would make? Sadly though, now that I have my tastebuds back in full working order I can no longer eat my food "thai hot" and I sometimes seemed

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-75538116521030214762007-05-09T08:08:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:50.270-05:00

Yesterday I completed my last acts as a law student, and while that is a momentous occasion -and the culmination of three years of hard work- it's nothing to the fact that the one and only Grant Miller has deemed me worthy of an interview. Behold! Grant Miller: You, along with vikkitikkitavi and Coaster Punchman, were among the first people to link to Grant Miller Media. What are your

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Remember when religion was a great source of inspiration, and that inspiration became great art? For example, Michelangelo's "Creation of Man" from the Sistine Chapel.Or how about John Donne's Meditation XVII, known for the following passage:No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-77637464011878244052007-05-03T09:58:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:51.117-05:00

Happy Birthday sis!She's 25 today which, as she pointed out, is halfway to 50. And it's certainly been a big year, what with being jailed in Lithuania and what not.

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-22236306748877922492007-05-02T23:18:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:51.835-05:00

Somedays you laugh at the clown, and then somedays you are the clown. Last Friday I was the clown.Last Friday Tiny, myself, and our supervising attorney had a meeting in Baton Rouge. As good environmentalist, we were carpooling. Tiny had offered to pick me up at quarter 'till 8, and then pick up our supervising attorney at 8. We had done this once before, so we were all set to go. And then

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I'm sure everyone has heard of Fred Phelps at this point, right? No? Well, he's the guy who's so crazy conservative that even Fox News thinks he's totally insane. He's the one who pickets the funerals of service men because America is a country of "fag-enablers".As head lady fag-enabler, I present to you this little clip where some Aussie's have a good time with Phelps and his followers. Enjoy

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-37508811209574760732007-04-25T23:50:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:52.034-05:00

This post was supposed to be about the fact that today was my last day of class as a law student. But then I popped Jesus Camp into the DVD player and now I am so scared I'm not sure if I'll be able to sleep. This is the most disturbing thing I've ever seen. Period.If you've not heard of Jesus Camp, it's a documentary about a bible camp run by a particularly evangelical church. Check out

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I have two classes back to back in the same room. The first class is crowded, and the power outlets in one of the rows don't work, so I always run on the battery during the first class and then plug in when it dies in the second class.So my battery died on Monday, while I was taking a little bathroom break. Came back, plugged in, and then my desktop icons were ENORMOUS. (much bigger than the

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Everyone who knows me for any length of time has seen my 30 minute laugh. Every once in a while something will strike me as so funny that I'll just laugh and laugh at the very thought of it. Whatever it is will often get funnier over time. Usually I'll laugh so hard that I may fall on the floor or out of a chair and I'll be lacking in air that no sound will come out of my mouth. So there's a

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-56819742972220175372007-04-16T23:38:00.001-04:002008-12-11T07:08:52.448-05:00

Last week I and mi amigos flew to D.C. to find some housing. We found a sweet place in a transitional ghetto. Our little trip required airplane travel, and I find that when I fly, I am compelled to see whatever movie is playing. Hence the reason I have seen the horrible horrible film Zeus and Roxanne about a dog, a dolphin, and Steve Guttenburg as a motorcycle dude. It is also for this reason

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-59428697077730760122007-04-10T11:53:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:52.810-05:00

I passed the MPRE for my state. Ole!Since I cannot smell, I drank bad milk today. Hooray!Also, since I am so out of the loop, I didn't know that artists Sol Lewitt died two days ago at age 78. (no jubiliant exclamation here)!His life was nothing if not diverse: he served in the Korean War, worked for Seventeen magazine and then as a graphic designer for none other than uber-architect I.M. Pei.

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-28841038834617445462007-04-05T00:18:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:53.054-05:00

So at 3:00 p.m. my health insurance company informed my surgery center that they don't cover nasal surgery. For any sort of nasal surgery to be covered, I will have to pursue an additional 15 day procedure which will allow the insurance company to determine if my surgery is "medically necessary".To my Student Health Insurance: This is all shit that could have been brought to my attention more

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-39456590265561318732007-04-04T11:57:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:53.186-05:00

As I've mentioned before, I've developed nasal polyps in my nose and sinus. But before I quite knew what was going on, I called the blockage in my nose my "nose fetus." Well, it turns out that I didn't respond very well to the steroids/antibiotics treatment to shrink the polyps, so I'm having endoscopic surgery on Thursday. In short, I am aborting my nose fetus. But since life is only fun if

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-28411644056211576412007-04-02T14:55:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:53.474-05:00

(the title of this post should be sung to the tune of Speed Racer)Great googly moogly! The Supreme Court has ruled today against The Prez in not one but TWO major environmental cases. I realize I usually don't write about The Law, but today I am jubilant, so therefore you must learn.Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corp.This case has to do with a Clean Air Act program known as New Source

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-36033125240518137342007-03-27T11:34:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:53.768-05:00

On Sunday I realized that AISL is two years old. Yay me! What started as the blog that no one reads (because it was private) has become the blog 15 people read. Yay me and 15 people. Thanks to you all.It is also significant that Sunday was Big N's birthday. And it completely slipped my mind. So for Big N and my other friends who's birthday I forgot this year: Happy Birthday. For he's/

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-61379707610943181082007-03-12T23:57:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:54.018-05:00

It is said that if a persons wonders "Am I crazy?" that thought is proof of sanity. However, I don't think asking oneself "Am I an idiot" is proof that one is not an idiot.Case in point, I often wonder if I am an idiot, yet this thought process has never stopped me from doing anything stupid. I'll usually just say to myself "Oh well" and go ahead with whatever stupid enterprise I was thinking

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-66129417205336055132007-03-12T15:06:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:08:54.193-05:00

The word of the week is Dumbfuckistan. Thank you to The Unofficial Site of [Redacted] for bringing this word to my attention.I just love using it. As in "You are the Czar of Dumbfuckistan". I guess if Dumbfuckistan had a Talliban they would be the Dumbfuckiban. See, I love it so much I have already mutated it.The Unnofficial was using the word to describe the lunacy of suspending three girls

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-20013369427798753742007-03-03T12:32:00.001-05:002008-12-11T07:08:55.084-05:00

THE MAGIC BULLETBy now, surely everyone has seen the ad for the Magic Bullet. Complete with the 30 year old woman who is trying to play a 60 year old, hard smoking auntie with lipstick smeared across her face? Of course you have. It's incessant, inexorable, as it beats on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past...But the Magic Bullet not only has the most pervasive

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I'm sorry blog readers, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take away the comments section. Actually, I have no idea what the f happened, but for some reason they disappeared from my last 2 posts. And here I was thinking you all didn't love me anymore because NOBODY had posted a comment. And then I got an email informing me that the comments section was gone.And then I got a comment on an old post

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Shrek the Third Preview: ....blah blah blah RUMPLESTILTSKIN blah blah.... EZ: Did he say "Flabbydickskin"? Me: Um, no._____________________________________________It's really not EZ's fault though, it's Craigslists fault. See I was talking to my friend Giacomo a while back and he said "Honey, when I'm having a bad day and want to feel normal I read the Craigslists personals." And like

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John Cleese and Billy Connolly. Really, I'm just always thinking Billy Connolly is John Cleese, and then I'm disappointed that it's not John Cleese. But come on, they look similar.Jim Caviezel and Billy Crudup. I know one of these guys was Jesus and the other was in MI:3, but I'd be hard pressed to tell you which one. One of you is half Swiss, the other left his 7 month pregnant girlfriend,

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-41207415629900483502007-02-21T20:51:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:08:58.449-05:00

Check it out : visit this excellent website, B-Native and buy stuff to support New Orleans artists.My sis had just said she wanted me to go find her a water meter sun catcher, and lo and behold I stumbled upon B-native. Saves me a trip to the Quarter.You know, I should really get kick-backs for this sort of thing.

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-49604175964055839132007-02-17T13:06:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:08:59.011-05:00

As I was traveling last week, I picked up half a dozen magazines to keep me occupied during my 7 solid hours of travel between New Orleans and D.C. I was most disappointed to find that the cover of Newsweek featured a closeup of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears smeared with the title "The Girls Gone Wild Effect." A tagline inside the magazine reads "Paris, Britney, Lindsay & Nicole - They seem

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-90196348285630037262007-02-13T22:13:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:08:59.133-05:00

Since my sis makes me get on Facebook, I used it today to join the Hurricane Katrina Relief Network to keep abreast of volunteer opportunites. Surprisingly, lots of people log on to say things like "Get over it," which if you were here and could still see all the work that needs to be done, you would find it unbelievable.I didn't realize as I was happily surfing the net this morning getting

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My roomie D, who used to be in fashion, has sworn to me that every year somebody does a "Derelicte" show a la Zoolander. For those of you who haven't seen Zoolander or don't have cable, the movie revolves around a fashion show where the models wore trashbags and looked dirty (to spoof the heroine chic look). The Urban Dictionary succintly defines "derelicte" as: a fashion; a way of life

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-1170621552599021412007-02-04T15:09:00.000-05:002007-02-05T01:32:28.600-05:00

Since it is now the 4th day of February, it might seem a bit silly to write my year in review in the manner I did last year (see Jan. 4, 2006 entry). I credit to the delay to being both ill and busy - twin complaints which conspired to prevent me adequate time for life reflection. That and as we all know, I'm lazy.2006 was interesting to say the least. It entailed living in NOLA post hurricane

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So the embassy came through, sis got some temporary papers, and Lithuania decided that she wasn't a threat to national security. Which is good, becuase I was having terrible visions of having to go to Lithuania to bail sis out.And because my sis is lucky like a rock star, the art show was a huge success. It was a big story in all the papers and all the artists were to be interviewed on TV.

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-1170132535293960322007-01-29T23:27:00.000-05:002007-01-30T00:02:20.716-05:00

So my sister is an airport holding cell.In Lithuania.And I thought my day was bad. Leave to my sister to top it.So why Lithuania? Well, my sister is an artist and is now getting a degree in shoe design in London. A friend of hers from art grad school organized an art show in Lithuania and invited my sister to submit work and attend. Sis was traveling with another former student to the show.So

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I'm serious - If you read further, you do so at your own risk. I don't want to hear a single complaint, not one word, saying how gross this is. You don't have to read it. But seriously, KN called me the other day to discuss snot b/c her husband is sick, so I'm providing this as both entertainment and public service. Proceed at your own risk.So if you're a regular reader, you're well aware

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-1169584241561145462007-01-23T14:58:00.000-05:002007-01-24T00:55:43.723-05:00

First of all, let me say that I am not a hater. No, for real. I find some tattoos to bequite pretty, like the one in the ManRay photo at left.There was also a girl who used to work at the museum across the street from my museum who had the most amazing cyprus tree tattooed across her back and sholders. It was entirely in black and white, but it was really amazing. I've always wanted to make a

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-1169002380462155452007-01-16T21:43:00.000-05:002007-01-23T20:42:59.606-05:00

I can hardly believe that AISL has gotten 1,000 hits since I installed the counter in November. Especially since I know that 300 hits are by me alone (usually when I'm uploading to make sure I've got the pictures up and what not). Why did it take me so long to install a counter? Well, I'm a little slow at all this blog stuff. When my friends and I first created this (the idea being that it

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An Open Letter to Hollywood:I'm not a critic, but I'd like to take a moment to air a concern that I have. Please, please, stop making this movie.The movie I'm talking about in particular is Freedom Writers, starring horsey faced Hillary Swank. Haven't seen the preview? Unsure what it's about? Well's here's the short version courtesy of The Onion AV Club:"Swank stars as an idealist who takes

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Good God almighty. Make the burning stop. So Big N passed along her Persian remedy for the sinus infection -which is to take warm (bordering on hot) salty water and pour it up your nose. Sound fun? Oh, it is, I assure you.Since I don't have a Persian mother to throw me in a headlock and dribble the stuff up my nose, I invested in a dropper for a seamless application. I boiled some water in

Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200670.post-1168491851389894542007-01-10T23:34:00.001-05:002007-01-11T01:13:11.533-05:00

1) I *love* Journey. Seriously. I just bought Journey's greatest hits yesterday at Best Buy. There's nothin like rocking out to Separate Ways as you're driving in your car. Which brings me to the next item. 2.) I'm a soon to be environmental lawyer who drives an SUV. In all fairness, the SUV isn't mine - it's my sister's. My own car is a plastic Saturn, but I'm driving sis' jeep (thanks

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So I have had a hellified sinus infection over X-mas break, so much so that I am on my third round of antibiotics. Good times. In fact one whole half of my head seems to be a solid block of goop, which has lead to the offer of many a home remedy from well meaning friends.KN, like an elder of a tribe, has passed along the remedy of her Puerto Rican brother in law:"Take whatever kind of peppers

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The Scene: a group of friends (3) in their late twenties/early thirties run into a couple that they know while shopping at the mall.Woman in Couple: Oh hey, what are you guys doing here?Lady in Group of Friends: Oh...we're just walking around judging people.

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I'm sad to say that my semester has ended not with a bang but a whimper. I will now slink away to take a much deserved holiday break. Consequently, I'm afraid this will be my last post for a while since I will be away from speedy internet connections. Although I doubt there will be much weeping, I figured it would be best to have full disclosure.Then again I may sneak off to some coffee shop

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EZ (reading the internets): We just legalized tatooing!Laaw-yuhr: [blank and clueless facial expression] EZ: Up 'til now it's been illegal to get tatoos in Oklahoma (where EZ is from).Laaw-yuhr: So where did the white trash go for their tatoos?EZ: Arkansas.

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I am talking about Middle English, not Middle Earth uber geeks. Middle English is similar in concept to Olde English, as in it's a form of English that pre-dates our modern English. Unless one is an expert, you pretty much can't read Old English. Middle English is more or less understandable, except that there's no standardized spelling.So in undergrad I did this summer-at-Oxford thing where I

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According to SOME of you yesterday's post was really sub par. And by some of you I mean the commenter "Anonymous" who is, more likely than not, my sister. Sis, I will punish you in due time with a little Dance Dance Revolution, or as the pros like to call it, DDR. But to my other loyal readers (all two of you) who may agree with Sis that yesterday was subpar, let me just say "I'm sorry" ok.

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Today is Musician Tom Wait's birthday. If you don't know who Tom Waits is, then you are dead to me. Today is also Jeffrey Wright's birthday. I will give you a pass if you don't know who Jeffrey Wright is because he is an excellent but not very well known character actor, but if you've seen Casino Royale, he's the CIA agent who agrees to stake Bond in the second half of the game.Anyway, here's

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(Click on the image first and read the article. Trust me on this one.)Well, since it's exam time, it's time to bring out the crazy. Fortunately, this was sent to me today courtesy of M.Babe. Reading this article reminded me of this book I read in high school where one of the characters would smoke pot while reading Reader's Digest to get in touch with middle America. I just love, love, love

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The past two weeks have been sort of like "A Thanksgiving Carol" in that I've been visited by the Ghosts of Relationships Past and Present. I'm just waiting for the Ghost of Relationship Future.To all of these ghosts I have but one message: I am sick of your feelings. From here forward, I would like to be the girl in the relationship.Big N claims that she attracts "mama's boys", well I seem to

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One of these Tom's is not like the other. See one Tom is Tom Chaplin of "Keane", the other Tom is the Tom who is my sister's boyfriend. We are all convinced that they are dopplegangers. Or twins separated at birth. Or whatever.Here's the evidence:1) They're both British.2) They're both snazzy dressers (at least some of the time).3) They're hair is nearly the same and they're both adverse to

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I couldn't take the dots anymore OK?!At first I loved the dots. But lately the dots and the blue background (even though blue is my favorite color) -I just couldn't take it anymore. I don't know if I'm hormonal, if it's because exams are approaching and I'm stressed, or what. At any rate, a change was due and I decided I needed a template that's a little less seizure-inducing.The original

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So I live on a very busy street. It's one of the few well paved streets in NOLA and therefore it's always brimming with traffic. Since the hurricane the traffic flow has only increased and quite often there are trucks of workmen.On Tuesdays and Thursday I head to class at 7:45 in the am. And invariably I get a honk as I'm getting in my car. Sometimes it's a few short rapid fire honks. It's

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