Bragging and American Idol

Disclaimer: I am really self-conscious about this post. I wouldn't put it up here if I actually kept a non-web journal on what's that stuff called...oh yeah...paper. I very much wish my blog had the option of private postings (although blogger, i'm still happy with my choice to have my home here (see: my old xanga blog). So please, if you're a judgmental person STOP READING!











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i hate for this post to solely be about bragging so before I brag, I want to say that there will be a future post about American Idol. (no, I don't watch the show...but I have a theory/observation that I want to blog about...AND I will say that I turned my tv on last night & put it on silent & went into the other room just to be one of the millions of people who had it turned on...)


Fine. You're here. But so is:


Disclaimer #2: I hate grades. i hate how unfair law school grades are...how the time (or effort) slash return ratio doesn't really work (see: my grade in international business transactions ("IBT")...how even the "how much you 'care' about a class" or how much you've researched the issue in the "real world" slash academic return ratio doesn't work always either (see: my grade in employment discrim)

so! only for this extra special occasion will I give "props" to myself. How old am I? How many years have I been in school? This was the last semester of my whole entire life & I am proud to say I went out with a bang. What does "a bang" mean? For the first time in my life, I got all A(-)s!!!!

and...i *sorta* got a job! in philadelphia!! (if you care & want to ask me, i can explain that *sorta* in person or over the phone...it's actually a funny story). And I love this firm!!


Okay, bragging time is over. Back to reality. I'm scared shitless of the bar. I haven't really eaten in 2 days (other than the snacks I bring to BarBri - red bull, cheez-its, etc. and a half of a sandwich (today) and a soup (yesterday)) and I'm completely overwhelmed with the fact that I have *no idea* how to study (i.e. i know what I'm supposed to do...but I don't know what works for me as to how to do what I'm supposed to do...e.g. do i read the long outline first? do i read the short outline first? how many problems should i do in one night?...etc.)

any advice would be helpful!

license plates

information.

This is a sample version of the plate issued in 2000...Bill Clinton (a supporter of D.C. statehood) put these on all presidential vehicles just before he left office.

I always wondered where that came from...Now I know...interesting.

Ms. Shapiro, angry that Congress and the Supreme Court had blocked efforts to provide Washington with a full vote in the House of Representatives, suggested that a version of the colonial rebel cry by displayed on the district's new license plates.

The proposal won broad support and was approved by the City Council with backing from Mayor Anthony A. Williams. In the first 10 days that the license plates were available, the city distributed 738 sets, the mayor's office said. The Department of Motor Vehicles, usually closed on weekends, was open two consecutive Saturdays to meet the demand.

Frustrated residents protest that the city's residents pay $2 billion in federal taxes annually but have failed to gain a voting representative in Congress.

When the District was created in the 1790's, it had only 14,000 residents, fewer than half the 30,000 required as the smallest permissible Congresional district. Supporters of representation note that the district now has more than half a million residents - more than Wyoming - and still no voting representative.

"I think it is finally sinking in that we don't have a say and we are totally beholden to them," said Carolinn Kuebler, a resident since 1995, referring to Congress.

Under current law, the district is not represented in the Senate; since 1971, it has had a single "delegate" in the House who does not vote except on committee action.

For more on the DC license plates.