Bar Review

I graduated from law school. Who woulda thought. By next Friday I should find out if I actually passed all my classes last semester. If I did, I'll be Dr. Fluffythought. Or, as I prefer, alaputman juris doctor. Lawyers don't go by doctor, but I guess I could if I wanted to. Anyway.

I'm taking a six week long review course for the Texas bar exam. I go to class everyday and then come home and study until bed time. It's actually more studying than law school. The exam is at the end of July. I feel a lot like a worker ant who can't think for himself. He just keeps working until he dies. I thought I'd illustrate this thought with a picture of some ants I took yesterday when I was taking a study break.

Of course, the ants were getting under the roof, so we poisoned them. They suffered and died in a matter of minutes. I'd prefer not to be poisoned. I would appreciate all the prayers I can get beseeching God to give me supernatural smarts so I can pass the bar exam.

At Least I Have My Health

I have one class left in law school. Just one. Only an hour and 15 minutes of lecture separate me from happiness. Well, not really, but it is exciting to be so close to the end.

I realize that everyone who reads this blog (I'm assuming there are two or more of you) may not have the same reason to celebrate as I do. In fact, my celebration will be short lived. I have four finals and an entire summer of studying for the bar exam. Still, there are those little things in life we can all take notice of that make our days seem just a little bit brighter.

In particular, our health. "At least you have your health" is a sort of last ditch cliche. but I found an article that made me think twice about it. I think I'll start saying, "At least a witchdoctor isn't after you." Anyway, enjoy:

Witchdoctor

Almost Done

I'm almost done with law school. Graduation is May 17. Who's excited? I'm excited. Seriously. Maybe after graduation I'll have free thoughts to share.

Obligation

I hate obligation. My life is one freakin obligation after another. Almost every minute of every day is mandatory.

Here's a typical Tuesday
7:00am - Wake up
7:30am - Read (for school)
9:00am - Go to class
12:45pm - go home, change clothes, each lunch
1:30pm - go to work
5:00pm - go home, wash dishes, cook dinner, read more
8:00pm - eat dinner when my wife gets home
10:30pm - go to bed

So I realize that in the grand scheme of things I've got it pretty good. I don't have to hunt down my food with a spear. I don't have to spend much time worrying about whether a neighboring lord will get bored and use his army to invade my land and rape and pillage. I don't even really have to worry about being blown up by some radical religous nut.

Still though, I feel like my life is one big grind. After I take the bar exam in July, I'm hoping to do what I want to do.

In case my whining isn't what you were hoping to read, check this out: Wizard Review

By the way, I'm thinking about substitute teaching in the fall while I wait for my bar results. Any comments or suggestions?

Toxic

I was reminiscing about good times. It gave me the urge to search the web for a video of one of my favorite covers. The video isn't the best, but it's the best audio I could find on youtube.

Juno

So, I've been obsessing about this movie since I saw it last week. I love it, and I want to go see it again in theatres. If you haven't seen it, you should. Not exactly a kid friendly flim, but definetly worth seeing. Its got a fantastic cast full of actors that I already liked from other films.

I think the primary reason I like it is because the main character, Juno, reminds me of me...well, at least it reminds me of the person I'd like to be (minus being pregnant). She's smart and sarcastice but still a generally "good" person. Anyway, I won't go in to an in depth analysis of her character, but she's very likeable. Go see it.

Just One More

So I've got just one more semester of law school left. It won't be any easier, but it feels good knowing there's an end. It's hard to explain how truly hellish law school is, and I won't bother to try now. Sorry to the few of you who read this for not posting anything for a while.

Right now I'm trying to process my New Year's Eve experience. My wife and I got together with some friends to play games. Alcohol was present, which I think is a wonderful thing. One of the attendees (not me) ended up very intoxicated. I found out later that the person probably should have gone to the hospital. I think his/her alcohol level was in the toxic range.

I'm not really sure how I feel about this. This person is a friend. The next day the friend made comments like, "I just couldn't stop drinking." This concerns me. I think alcohol is good, but drinking in excess is bad. I've got a lot of alcoholics in my family, so I'm sensitive when I hear people say they can't stop drinking.

I'd love to hear anyone's thoughts on what a Christians approach to drinking should be. Anyway, hope you all enjoyed the Feast of the Holy Prepuce.