This is the coolest thing ever! M&Ms are coming out with dark chocolate M&Ms just in time for the new Star Wars movie! This is quite possibly the best thing to occur next month! 1. I am the hugest Star Wars fan (yes I plan in standing in line for midnight show tickets the day before it opens) and 2. I love dark chocolate! The only thing that would make this better is if you all helped me collect the 72 different collectible wrappers. I promise you can eat the M&Ms if you just preserve the wrappers for me!
 

Why Wednesday Night is the Best Ever....

... because I now have an excuse for being a slacker. There is some really good TV on tonight. (Lost & Alias, I've given up on the West Wing, this season is really boring) Plus I knew the answer to Final Jeopardy.

[On a side note, I don't think the Tournament of Champions is really challenging. How the heck did these people become champions in the first place? And I would put money on the fact that none of them will beat Ken Jennings.]

Other fun things about Wednesday: The week is half over, I only have to go to 5 more classes this week. Tomorrow is Thursday (which normally involves drinking) . Since we have a 4 hour break between classes I have managed to get ahead in reading, so I can slack off, as mentioned above.

So what do I have to look forward to for the rest of the week? An interview for a job that advertised "salary negotiable" which apparently means "work for free." I have a feeling I should blow this interview on purpose.

Other than that... I've just decided that after two martinis, Wednesdays are really nice...

If The Glove Doesn't Fit....

In a sad note from the legal world today, Johnnie Cochran has passed away. The legal world has been deprived of one of it's most extraordinary characters, and OJ Simpson has been deprived of legal counsel for his future crimes. Who else could possibly convince a jury that "The Juice" didn't kill Nicole Brown?

C'mon... we all remember the high speed chase and listening to Judge Ito on the radio during high school, it was quite obvious to the public that OJ did it, but Cochran... he had magic. And an incompetent D.A. And a racist detective. And tainted DNA evidence....

Of course this is not an occasion to ruminate about the defects in the jury system, this is a day to remember a legal legend. Let us all raise our glasses in honor of a great man who has passed.

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Ok, now let's try to steal some of his brilliance for mock trial... if the tie rod was cut... you must acquit. Doesn't have quite the same ring to it, but I'll work on it a bit and get back to you.

Craigslist, good, bad, other?

So, I've decided that as a poor law student I need another source of income beside what I get paid at my crappy job on the weekends, so I thought I should list some stuff I don't need/like/want on Craigslist.

Of course, being a Craigslist virgin I am looking for suggestions, horror stories and the like. Or the answers to a few questions like: Should I only accept cash? Should I really meet these people in person to deliver what I am selling? (And why does this sound like a drug deal?)

I know someone out there has an answer...

*&#@! Tourists!

On top of all the schools being on vacation for Easter it is now Cherry Blossom Festival time in DC, which has led to an influx of tourists, and an increase in annoying people on the Metro every morning.

Tourists never understand that standing in the middle of the doorway prevents people from getting on and off of the train. They also find it amusing when their children either take up two seats or run back and forth on the train. What is particularly annoying is when parents play along while their children repeat every announcement on the Metro, like "Doors closing" or ask repetitively "When are we getting off, daddy?" I also do not understand why large groups of tourists insist on standing at the bottom of the escalators, instead of walking down the platform, or why they insist on standing on both sides of the escalator, when clearly people are trying to walk up the left side.

I know this sounds rather mean of me and not very tolerant, especially since I've only lived here since August, but people, please.... get a clue!!!

MGM v. Grokster

So, as we know MGM v. Grokster is going to be heard by the Supreme Court this term. Quite obviously I hope Grokster wins, and I think this guy is going to help. Mark Cuban is going to help fund Grokster's case. Check out his blog for a very articulate explanation of the issue.

Mark Cuban

Signs You've Had A "Productive" Weekend

1. It's Sunday, you have no idea why you aren't at work, what time it is, or why your phone has been ringing for an hour.
2. Your coat is sitting on a kitchen chair because it smells like smoke too much to put it in the closet.
3. When trying to get to your desk, you trip over 3 purses, an umbrella, a backpack, some shopping bags, and the planner you couldn't find all week.
4. Your kitchen table is covered in paper: computer paper, the newspaper, magazines, and books.
5. You realized this morning (afternoon) when you got up that you really needed to do laundry otherwise you are wearing a prom dress to school tomorrow.
6. While doing laundry you spent 5 minutes staring at the washer because you couldn't remember if you put detergent in and then you realized there wouldn't be any soap suds if you hadn't, so you must have, right??
7. You re-read the same paragraph 3 times in the Con Law reading and you still have no idea what it means, so you give up and start posting on your blog.

Hours of Endless Fun

So I've been sitting in the law school lounge for hours now, working on my oral arguments for tomorrow. I feel like I've wasted my day. But while sitting here I've had time to observe the law school culture. It's pretty limited on a Friday night, but so far I've heard a white chick say "whaddup" and "she's my girl, we're tight". This same person then insisted on playing Mariah Carey loud enough for the whole lounge to hearwhile she danced around a table.

Now I am not usually one to judge, seeing as I obviously have no social life either since I am still at school at 8:30 on a Friday night, but Mariah Carey??? Please take mercy on all the poor souls that you are sharing the lounge with. It's bad enough we all got bumped from classes and had to re-do our schedules.

So how boring do you think Adminstrative Law will be?? And do you think that taking Constitutional Law II at 8:50 is a bad idea? Well I thought all these things before and now I am stuck in these classes because I got bumped from the Con Law class at 10:00. Don't these people know that I am not functional in the morning???

While you're busy feeling sympathetic towards me I am finally going to head home to drink a martini and watch TV. I don't care about plea bargains and cross-examination anymore.

Oh, I should probably find a map, since I have no idea where I'm going tomorrow either.... this should be fun!!

This is where I'm from, home of chicken wings, beef on weck, sponge candy, and all types of other weird food and words, like "pop." 

This is where I go to school (kinda, it's a few blocks away, but you get the idea) 

An Intro...

So, for those of you who know me, this is repetitive, if you happened upon this blog by mistake (how the heck did you do that?) here's a little bit about me!

I am a law student, therefore I have no free time because I spend hours and hours a day reading, highlighting and having highly intellectual conversations. Sometimes I wonder what I'm doing here, and then I remember it's because I have all the answers and what better profession to be a know-it-all in than a lawyer? I attend George Washington University Law School, which is a nice school, despite the fact that it's way too expensive and we don't get free transcripts.

This lack of free time has led to many bad things, such as not seeing friends that live 20 minutes away from me for months and not replying to e-mails promptly. Of course, this blog will only take up more time, but I promise I will only post during class. Posting during class will be a much more productive use of my time than actually paying attention since I think at least one of our professors is making up the stuff he's trying to teach us.

In light of everything above, I'm sure I will be complaining about law school, tourists in DC and anything that comes to mind on this blog. Feel free to reciprocate and comment on my ramblings! I love a good intellectual blog duel!

The Twinkie Defense

So I decided that I needed my own blog, yes I jumped on the bandwagon, despite all the times my mother told me it would never get me anywhere. I'm sure she's right. This blog is going to end any hopes I had of being productive. On the other hand, now I can say all the stuff that is floating about in my head that is normally too rude to say aloud.

Originally it was going to be called "The Twinkie Defense" after I found out that such a thing really did exist.

Twinkie defense:
n. a claim by a criminal defendant that at the time of the crime he/she was of diminished mental capacity due to intake of too much sugar, as from eating "Twinkies," sugar-rich snacks. The defense was argued successfully by a defense psychiatrist in the notorious case of former San Francisco County Supervisor Dan White, who shot and killed San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and County Supervisor Harvey Milk, resulting in White's conviction for only manslaughter instead of murder.

Then I remembered that I don't like Twinkies, so I thought about making it The Starbucks Defense, which would probably get me sued for unauthorized use of the Starbucks name. So on the suggestion of a brillant friend I settled on Turpis Causa.

You don't know what that means you say? Well, dig out your Black's Law Dictionary and look it up, I'm not doing all the work for you!