the beginning of the end.

in less than 12 hours, i will be starting my first question. 3 days. then it's over until October!

...at least i'll know that i tried my best and that's all i could ask of myself...

bad habits with language and random lists

now that i'm in bar exam mode i can't formulate complete sentences. i *really* hope this condition doesn't show up on the bar exam.

"Battery is like, you know, that action that's like offensive or whatever."

other bad things i've started saying (b/c i have no time to say anything else...)

'tev
obv (or ovi)
WTF
OMG

then there is the obv(ious) "Ew" that is a(n unfortunate) staple to my vocabulary & that you're certain to pick up & start using if you hang out with me for too long.

despite countless attempts to strip myself of all of the negative stereotypes, i guess my default is to talk like an east coast valley girl, i.e. someone from the the Main Line.

The Main Line is a collection of affluent towns in suburban Philadelphia named after the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad (currently Amtrak's Keystone Corridor and SEPTA's R5 line). The Main Line suburbs, some of the wealthiest in the United States, are situated west of the city.

a list of irrational things that i am worried about for the bar exam:
- getting too tired after lunch
- breaking my "seal" & having to pee like 15 times during the afternoon portion of the exam
- whether or not to study tomorrow (the day before)
- Laughing ("LOL'ing") at the ridiculous fact patterns of some of these questions (i can't help but laugh when i'm studying alone!)
- saying god bless you if the person next to me sneezes.
- that i'm not allowed to bring my keys in (why don't they explicitly write keys on the sheet if they write everything else? - i was going to make a parol evidence joke here, but i'm not going down that path)

and as a confidence builder (because this post screams "whew, at least she's taking the bar exam, there's one person i'm gonna beat")
- i'm not going to worry about sleep. while i know it's good to get a good night's sleep the night before, if i worry it will make it less likely for me to actually get to sleep...so i've been telling myself that running on adrenaline is enough (okay, maybe that's not such a good confidence builder).

cliche away messages.

i've succumbed to the pressure & put up a cliche away msg on AIM. (but then again, really, when are my away messages *not* cheesy?)

might as well post it here too to verify my cheesiness (& get a double dose of procrastination).

you know it's the bar exam when you're happy to take a break by doing laundry, taking your dog out, etc. you also know it's the bar exam when you ask your laundry machine why the hell it takes so long & you don't understand why your dog wants to stay outside in the beautiful sun for more time than necessary to do her business.

a tasty way to pass the bar exam

so you hate red bull, right? i mean, i don't hate it. it doesn't taste "good" per se but I can stand it when I need some "energy" and I don't have time to stop and get coffee (i'm sans coffee maker at home). I usually keep a few in the fridge during finals time.

and diet red bull - that tastes like some solution that came out of a dentist office, except it's probably bad for your teeth.

but i swear - finally, an energy drink that is so yummy! don't even start forming the words "rock star" on your lips because you are sorely mistaken. i can stand red bull (fine, i even sorta like it). I can tolerate diet red bull (don't really like it) but Rock Star, now let's just agree that's totally gross.

No, I'm not talking Rock Star. I'm talking about Arizona's new Green Tea Energy Drink. (i got mine in diet so maybe it's not the same for regular - although i like regular arizona green tea better so the probability is that my review stands).

I am *huge* fan of tea. (i guess, if you're one of those weirdos who hate tea then obviously this drink's not for you). I love tea hot, cold, with milk, sometimes i can stand lemon (but in general i'm not a fan of lemons). Yes, as far as energy drinks go (& probably other drinks as well), this drink is freaking awesome. to me it tasted just like carbonated green tea (maybe that's because i've been downing red bulls like it's my job since may per the bar exam so i'm used to that kinda-off taste that comes with energy drinks). But, i think it's more. I think we've found a not-only-tolerable, not-only-kinda-good, but very good (like, i'd drink it even when i wasn't under pressure) energy drink.

it hasn't made this chart yet.


disclaimer: i'm not talking about any of those arizona drinks that have like BEWARE (CAUTION!) or like skull bones (EXTREME!) on the front. I'm talking about this.

cheers!