Well hard to belive it has been 10 days since I blogged, but then I think about last week and it is easy to see. We went home the weekend of the 9th and went to Kelley's mom's place to watch Texas get whooped on the big screen. That was a sweet game, if a little boring. Nice payback for them ending our long streak of home victories the year before. I was tempted (with the trip to Texas being officially cancelled and airfare to use within the next year) to go ahead and book airfare for Phoenix Arizona for the national title game...but we will wait. Like rational fans who know there are 9 games left on the schedule. Anyways, the only other thing of note last weekend was Shep coming over to help me move the behemoth of a TV into the Tracker we were borrowing from Zach while he's in Texas and Kelley's car was in the shop. The thing must weigh over 300 pounds and has no handholds at all (a slippery box basically). But we got the TV up to Columbus and Kelley and I very slowly got i where it needed to be downstairs. Thanks thanks thanks to the grandparents moving, as we could not afford a big TV but God do football games and Xbox games and TV in general looks great on that big thing. Now the guys have something to watch on poker night too.
Speaking of TV's, been working with a local paralegal (why do all the people I deal with on Craigslist end up being attorneys, lawstudents, or paralegals?) to get her big TV for $35 before she moves to San Diego in 3-4 weeks. Well she finally got in touch with me after 2 weeks of phone tag and said she would sell it to us but not until the week she leaves in about a month, but she will off it for $10. Hey, I have no problem waiting :-)
School was busy as could be last week. I barely kept up with things and let a couple readings go which I will not go back and do since the professors basically went over the reading in class. But my first draft of App Ad is done and I think I've done pretty well. I go meet with my adjunct (the guy who grades it) on next Monday and then I will throw together the second draft for the following week. I might even work on it a little this week, but don't count on it since App Ad is at the bottom of my list until a draft is due. So that kept me busy.
Somehow wrote an article by deadline Wednesday, but did it during patent class. Of course I think it's my best article of the year and I have pretty good patent notes...maybe I should multitask all the time. OK maybe just in Shipman's class, where I am now of course. I do not need 2 days to go over a problem I did in a little under an hour...but whatever. I did not get everything 100% right, but I'm doing pretty well. Speaking of SCS, have no idea what to write about this week...but I've got more important things before deadline on Wednesday.
Last Wednesday I had my App Ad paper turned in the night before the night it was due, but that was just because I was so busy. Interviews in the morning and early afternoon, classes 2-5:30, dinner at Dean Rogers' house at 6-8:15, and rush to first week of bowling. Dean Rogers has a very nice house, but really who is surprised there? I realize now that IPLS has the most insignificant meetings and agenda of pretty much all the Moritz student organizations, but can you fault us? Get the people info about patent law and copyight law, the patent bar, and encourage them to go to the Patent interview fair (which got 2 of the 4 IPLS board members jobs by the looks of it assuming one of my 4 callbacks works out), and call it a year. Not too hard.
Bowling was fantastic. Brodie was late because Vorys was busy buying him dinner and sucking his proverbial nuts (class rank means a lot to them), so Kelley got to bowl the first game for him. She rolled a 116, Brodie shows up and rolls a 117 in the second game...who's going to know it was not him the first game lol? I got a 128 and then a 149, so right around my average for last year which was 140. Our averages for next year are cute, they take 20 pin steps (Me 138, Brodie 117, Abbie 97, Daniel 78). Isn't that cute? Well we lost 2 out of 3 because out two games were within 6 pins or so, while our opponents improved by about 160 pins between games (one guy rolled a 66 game one and a 167 game two, WTF). We are definitely taking the cake for strangest team to bowl against, and that suits us perfectly. Mens Fucking Rea, if you know what I mean.
Thursday I had my final OCI interview, and thank God. 35 first interviews from August 3 to September 14 was enough to make you sick of the little make conversation game. I got two more callbacks, so no more striking out in OCI! And they said I would be more prepared after learning the ropes in Chicago...hell I did so much better in Chicago. Anyways, Chicago Patent program is like this (4 YES, 4 NO, 5 DO NOT KNOW YET) with 2 callbacks done (Fish in Dallas and Maginot in Indianapolis) and 2 not done (Leydig in Chicago and Brinks in Chicago). The OCI stats are (1 YES from Louisville, 10 NO, 11 DO NOT KNOW YET). Woot.
Feels good to get the App Ad monkey and the interview monkey off my back. Of course I still have callbacks and getting offers to worry about, but the hard part is done in my opinion.
Friday was my birthday. Yay 23. Spent it at Mongolian BBQ getting free stir fry AND free dessert and then at Lodge Bar getting tons of free stuff and drink specials. Kind of lame because nobody came, but oh well. Good times.
Weekend was not all that interesting, but since Shipman ended class early I have to finish this up. Kelley and I started working out today by playing tennis and walking, hopefully we get in at least 30 minutes of walking/running or more than an hour of tennis every morning until we lose a little weight. Eating healthier too, but that's gradual. Yay Law School 1L 60 punds...gotta go away. So day 1 of the workout...just blogging to make sure I keep it up :-)
Oh and I got tickets to the Michigan State road game and we are going to the Iowa game as well in 2 weeks, so I have tickets to 6 straight Saturdays counting the 4 home games around those. I need to get rid of two of those games probably, so anyboyd need tickets? Should be fun roadtrips though.
Back to the grind, I'm next up to be called on in tax class so I better go get ready. Have a good week everyone (oh I forgot, JDR had a mixer on Thursday night that was decent and now we have ACC-Checks again this week due Thursday...hooray to fixing authors).
Monday, September 18, 2006
Friday, September 08, 2006
Delaying App Ad a while longer
This has been an interesting week at school. Labor Day was pretty laid back for me which was kind of unexpected, but I finally bought insurance for myself from Progressive. Boo on paying for insurance while in school :-) I also painted all the new poker room chairs black, but it was late at night when I ran out of spray paint so I had no idea how well I had done them. Kelley reapolstered the cushions from ugly orange to a nice red pattern. The chairs are so comfy too. Anyways, forgot Miami and FSU were playing but found out the next day the game was not worth watching really.
Tuesday I left early to go to the BMV to get my new title since I now own my truck officially, a new registration with new plates, and a new driver's license since I intend to stay in this apartment till my license expires in 2008 (at which point I better be settled somewhere with a law firm job). Well I couldn't find a bank on the way there, so I figured I would suck it up and pay the ATM fees again at the BMV like we did when we got Kelley's new license after the wedding. Well this branch of the ol' BMV does not have an ATM, and the nearest one is half a mile down the road. When you only take cash, you should have an ATM. Anyways, I look at the fee schedule and get a ticket for the title office which I did not have to wait for at all...they tell me I need 6 dollars. It is 60 for a year registration and 20 for a new license, so I figure 100 would cover it. I run to the Shell station, get my money with stupid fee...and back to the BMV. I get a new ticket for the title office, and apparently they got rushed since I was 11th in line now instead of walking right up 20 minutes before. Ugh! So I wait patiently and finally get called up and get my new title. Now at least they transfer you over to the BMV people so you don't have to wait for 50 more people to go, so I go right up to the other desk. We get all the registration and license forms filled out and she says, "is there any way you could wait 10 days until your birthday to get the registration?" Ummm, since the registration on the truck runs out today (Sept. 5), I guess not. "Well I hate for you to pay a prorate for only 10 days." I asked her what the prorate was, and it was 30 dollars. What? 30 damn dollars because my birthday falls 10 days after my mom's. Nice. So now I do not have enough money and she holds the info while I go back out into the driving rainstorm (Ohio is lovely) and back to the Shell station to get charged another ATM fee. So counting ATM fees and the whole shebang, it cost me 130 dollars for a new license, title, and registration for 375 days. But now I have new plates and a new license plate cover I just had to have. I ended up skipping Shippy's class because the whole mess took over 2 hours, much longer than I had thought.
Wednesday I had to skip class again because of hectic interviews. The first of my regular OCI interviews was with a great Chicago firm (Fish and Richardson's top IP litigation competitor) and then I had to leave immediately to drive to Indianapolis for a callback. This firm (Maginot, Moore, and Beck) is a small 8 person firm much like the WV office I had a callback with last school year, so I knew how to play it. They like FR have a beautiful office in the tallest building in their city, and I spent my whole callback in their conference room with a view. I met all the partners and none of the associates, but the interviews went very well. I am a little suspicious that all I saw of the office was the lobby and the conference room, but maybe they did not want to clean off the desks or maybe they thought it more convenient for me to just stay in one place. Regardless I enjoyed the experience and will seriously consider an offer there if I get one around the end of September. Speaking of, we are 5-6 days away from when I am supposed to hear from F&R...I am on pins and needles since I think I will just cancel everything but the Brinks callback if I get an offer (which will simplify my schedule). Of course other than 3 OCI interviews next week, I have no other callbacks yet so no big deal.
I hate missing Shipman all week, that stinks. Labor Day, Stupid BMV, and Callback. I fell behind a bit in classes this week, but I'll stay on top of things I think. App Ad is getting largely ignored despite my macro draft being due in 5 days and JDR will have another acc-check next week to keep me busy. At least it sounds like we will not be going to Texas, so I will not have to BB and TMS while on vacation at least.
Speaking of Texas, my article previewing the big game went up this morning on southerncollegesports.com. I think my article is better than my co-workers who also wrote about the game, but if you want full coverage beyond ESPN check us out.
Held our first social event at the new apartment, and with the exception of a TV or two we are done decorating and bringing things in finally. We had my first of hopefully many poker nights this year last night. 11 people showed up, and it was like a couples atmosphere really since 4 couples were there (Chris and Connie from Cinci, Tom and Heather, Mike and Leah, and of course Kelley and myself). A couple law students did show up (Aaron and AK) and throw in Olwen and there's 11. It sucks Carl, Shep, and Villa had to cancel out but hopefully I run enough of these get togethers that missing one here and there will not feel so bad. The event went really well as we ordered in pizza and snacked on chips and alcohol all evening while watching the Steelers kick off the NFL season. Poker play was good, but I got canned in 10th place out of 11. Details of hands later on my poker blog. Aaron (the poor, poor law student) won the whole thing and Connie got second, with Kelley just missing the cash in third. I'm happy it was successful as hopefully we can do poker night and maybe even have people over for games of other kinds (Palabra, Settlers, Risk, the like) as well down the road. Fun times.
I just realized I am 7 days away from being 23. I'm getting old...just kidding. But I did get a coupon for a free meal at Mongolian BBQ for my birthday, so that's awesome.
GO BUCKS! BEAT TEXAS (for real this time please).
Tuesday I left early to go to the BMV to get my new title since I now own my truck officially, a new registration with new plates, and a new driver's license since I intend to stay in this apartment till my license expires in 2008 (at which point I better be settled somewhere with a law firm job). Well I couldn't find a bank on the way there, so I figured I would suck it up and pay the ATM fees again at the BMV like we did when we got Kelley's new license after the wedding. Well this branch of the ol' BMV does not have an ATM, and the nearest one is half a mile down the road. When you only take cash, you should have an ATM. Anyways, I look at the fee schedule and get a ticket for the title office which I did not have to wait for at all...they tell me I need 6 dollars. It is 60 for a year registration and 20 for a new license, so I figure 100 would cover it. I run to the Shell station, get my money with stupid fee...and back to the BMV. I get a new ticket for the title office, and apparently they got rushed since I was 11th in line now instead of walking right up 20 minutes before. Ugh! So I wait patiently and finally get called up and get my new title. Now at least they transfer you over to the BMV people so you don't have to wait for 50 more people to go, so I go right up to the other desk. We get all the registration and license forms filled out and she says, "is there any way you could wait 10 days until your birthday to get the registration?" Ummm, since the registration on the truck runs out today (Sept. 5), I guess not. "Well I hate for you to pay a prorate for only 10 days." I asked her what the prorate was, and it was 30 dollars. What? 30 damn dollars because my birthday falls 10 days after my mom's. Nice. So now I do not have enough money and she holds the info while I go back out into the driving rainstorm (Ohio is lovely) and back to the Shell station to get charged another ATM fee. So counting ATM fees and the whole shebang, it cost me 130 dollars for a new license, title, and registration for 375 days. But now I have new plates and a new license plate cover I just had to have. I ended up skipping Shippy's class because the whole mess took over 2 hours, much longer than I had thought.
Wednesday I had to skip class again because of hectic interviews. The first of my regular OCI interviews was with a great Chicago firm (Fish and Richardson's top IP litigation competitor) and then I had to leave immediately to drive to Indianapolis for a callback. This firm (Maginot, Moore, and Beck) is a small 8 person firm much like the WV office I had a callback with last school year, so I knew how to play it. They like FR have a beautiful office in the tallest building in their city, and I spent my whole callback in their conference room with a view. I met all the partners and none of the associates, but the interviews went very well. I am a little suspicious that all I saw of the office was the lobby and the conference room, but maybe they did not want to clean off the desks or maybe they thought it more convenient for me to just stay in one place. Regardless I enjoyed the experience and will seriously consider an offer there if I get one around the end of September. Speaking of, we are 5-6 days away from when I am supposed to hear from F&R...I am on pins and needles since I think I will just cancel everything but the Brinks callback if I get an offer (which will simplify my schedule). Of course other than 3 OCI interviews next week, I have no other callbacks yet so no big deal.
I hate missing Shipman all week, that stinks. Labor Day, Stupid BMV, and Callback. I fell behind a bit in classes this week, but I'll stay on top of things I think. App Ad is getting largely ignored despite my macro draft being due in 5 days and JDR will have another acc-check next week to keep me busy. At least it sounds like we will not be going to Texas, so I will not have to BB and TMS while on vacation at least.
Speaking of Texas, my article previewing the big game went up this morning on southerncollegesports.com. I think my article is better than my co-workers who also wrote about the game, but if you want full coverage beyond ESPN check us out.
Held our first social event at the new apartment, and with the exception of a TV or two we are done decorating and bringing things in finally. We had my first of hopefully many poker nights this year last night. 11 people showed up, and it was like a couples atmosphere really since 4 couples were there (Chris and Connie from Cinci, Tom and Heather, Mike and Leah, and of course Kelley and myself). A couple law students did show up (Aaron and AK) and throw in Olwen and there's 11. It sucks Carl, Shep, and Villa had to cancel out but hopefully I run enough of these get togethers that missing one here and there will not feel so bad. The event went really well as we ordered in pizza and snacked on chips and alcohol all evening while watching the Steelers kick off the NFL season. Poker play was good, but I got canned in 10th place out of 11. Details of hands later on my poker blog. Aaron (the poor, poor law student) won the whole thing and Connie got second, with Kelley just missing the cash in third. I'm happy it was successful as hopefully we can do poker night and maybe even have people over for games of other kinds (Palabra, Settlers, Risk, the like) as well down the road. Fun times.
I just realized I am 7 days away from being 23. I'm getting old...just kidding. But I did get a coupon for a free meal at Mongolian BBQ for my birthday, so that's awesome.
GO BUCKS! BEAT TEXAS (for real this time please).
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Texas Trip 1
Figured it was time for an update while I take a break and ignore my law school work till labor day. the Texas trip was FANTASTIC. I love the firm and think the city is pretty cool too. Fish and Richardson is not only the top IP firm in the country as far as cases go, but they are growing very fast and don't have hard walls between patent prosecution and patent litigation. The people I met with were all very nice and answered a lot of my tough questions. I just hope I showed them how seriously I want the job, since I know I can fit in and I know with my work ethic I can get the job done. I talked with their recruiting coordinator after the interviews (PS if you are ever in downtown Dallas and want some good Tex-Mex, go to Iron Cactus), and she said I should know one way or another about an offer or rejection by late the week of September 11. I'm going to be anxiously anticipating word. After visiting this firm, I still care about my other callback interviews but I would be STUNNED if I did not take an offer from FR. They are just too perfect of a fit for me.
I'm having my first poker party of the year this Thursday, and we got 2/3 of the furniture today from Kelley's grandparents we've been promised. We will have our new washer/dryer on thursday during the day probably, and we brought up her Dad's old poker table and chairs. So now counting the fold up table we can hold 12 people easily on two tables. That's good since all the 888 collective including Shep is coming and that fills it up without law school people who will surely show up. Should be a good time, and cannot wait to use my poker room for poker :-)
So Zach is in the medical ward of basic training all weekend thanks to a small kidney stone. Hooray. Unless he gets out early tomorrow he will miss a test and that will knock him off course to graduate on time, which means all those travel plans the whole family made for my birthday weekend to go see him graduate are probably bunk. So we'll get screwed by the airlines on every ticket to change them and if he graduates the next week I will have to miss it since I'll be in Chicago on a callback. Sigh.
Well catching up on 24 so we can start on 2 seasons of Lost I'd like to get through before Season 3 starts next month. App Ad is going to kill me with all this other stuff going on, but I will get it all done like always. I cannot wait for thursday.
I'm having my first poker party of the year this Thursday, and we got 2/3 of the furniture today from Kelley's grandparents we've been promised. We will have our new washer/dryer on thursday during the day probably, and we brought up her Dad's old poker table and chairs. So now counting the fold up table we can hold 12 people easily on two tables. That's good since all the 888 collective including Shep is coming and that fills it up without law school people who will surely show up. Should be a good time, and cannot wait to use my poker room for poker :-)
So Zach is in the medical ward of basic training all weekend thanks to a small kidney stone. Hooray. Unless he gets out early tomorrow he will miss a test and that will knock him off course to graduate on time, which means all those travel plans the whole family made for my birthday weekend to go see him graduate are probably bunk. So we'll get screwed by the airlines on every ticket to change them and if he graduates the next week I will have to miss it since I'll be in Chicago on a callback. Sigh.
Well catching up on 24 so we can start on 2 seasons of Lost I'd like to get through before Season 3 starts next month. App Ad is going to kill me with all this other stuff going on, but I will get it all done like always. I cannot wait for thursday.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Two more notes
Two things forgotten.
Bowling probably begins next week...thank God. I need breaks from law school and hanging out with Mens F'ing Rea will do the trick. We hung out last Saturday and saw our new mascot, the uber-creepy Bowling lawn gnome. He will scare our opponents away. I feel bad for the 1L teams who have to face us this year, as they will be crushed by all our awesomeness. Oh and we won the title against enlightening strikes at Eastland Lanes Saturday, but we needed a one frame bowl-funny style bowl-off to do it.
Anybody who says they have no time or are too busy, I'm calling bullshit. Or at the very least I am saying if they are not a 2L in law school right now, they probably do not have nearly as many time committments as I have set up right now. Unless you are a law student like me (and the vast majority of you friends are), I don't want to hear you whine about your lack of time. You have enough time to sleep don't you? Well then you have more time than me.
That was a very Anonymous Laywer type of rant, and if you do not religiously read that blog you need to. Well since I probably ought to pay attention in tax class, I'm going to leave you now at the turn of the tide.
Bowling probably begins next week...thank God. I need breaks from law school and hanging out with Mens F'ing Rea will do the trick. We hung out last Saturday and saw our new mascot, the uber-creepy Bowling lawn gnome. He will scare our opponents away. I feel bad for the 1L teams who have to face us this year, as they will be crushed by all our awesomeness. Oh and we won the title against enlightening strikes at Eastland Lanes Saturday, but we needed a one frame bowl-funny style bowl-off to do it.
Anybody who says they have no time or are too busy, I'm calling bullshit. Or at the very least I am saying if they are not a 2L in law school right now, they probably do not have nearly as many time committments as I have set up right now. Unless you are a law student like me (and the vast majority of you friends are), I don't want to hear you whine about your lack of time. You have enough time to sleep don't you? Well then you have more time than me.
That was a very Anonymous Laywer type of rant, and if you do not religiously read that blog you need to. Well since I probably ought to pay attention in tax class, I'm going to leave you now at the turn of the tide.
Sitting in Morgan's Class
I decided to take a break from poker today in Shipman's class and celebrate having OSU wireless internet again by making a blog entry. I hate having to go to the wireless help people and asking for help...especially since I did not figure it out by watching her today (she turned the screen away from me). Oh well at least I have internet, and I'll try to not eff up the computer again.
This weekend was interesting. You know how I said I hope Patrice my old landlord doesn't give us a bill because I cannot afford it...well it got worse. Kelley got into a car accident on Friday afternoon, busting up her precious Cavalier (the Cavie...) by rear-ending another very old Cavalier. Nobody was hurt. The guy had no insurance, suspended driver's license, and open beer containe rin the car, so they wrote Kelley up for following too closely because they could not let him go scot free with all that. That's $85 dollars. Her car damage appears to be all cosmetic, but the hood is bent at a 70-90 degree angle and her bumper is messed up and her headlights work but one is knocked out of its casing. no engine or side panel damage at all, so the repairs will be expensive but all cosmetic. Thank God she has full insurance, but she found out she has a $500 deductible. Just another showing of why insurance is one of the biggest ripoffs ever, but we all have to have it and it comes in handy sometimes. Add in a new set of tires her car needs badly and we are looking at $800 easy before it is fully drivable again. Patrice better not charge me, stupid b%&#@ of a landlord.
I put 52 cover letters, resumes, and transcripts in the mail Monday morning after spending a significant portion of my weekend putting those together. All to Texas and Chicago IP firms, all the ones I have not interviewed with already. Kind of a back up plan since I've already got 3 callbacks, but I started putting them together a couple weeks ago before moving and getting busy and forgetting all about these letters. I figure I have a better chance of landing a job with Fish and Richardson Dallas or Brinks Hofer Chicago (my first callbacks) than get a second interview with any of these 52, but it's the game we play. I still have no callbacks from OCI, which makes the patent program such a good deal. Got my $100 check from career services paying me back for that Chicago trip, so that's good. With firms paying all expenses for callback interviews and the suits freshly dry-cleaned, I think I have incurred the majority of expenses I will have to for interviewing season.
Kelley's chain has been yanked again by St. Luke's where she plays organ on the weekends. Her contract runs out 9/1/06, so they had not found anybody to replace her and were going to sign a new contract on Sunday. I go with her since she doesn't want to drive after her wreck and we have to go get a replacement car for her for now (Zach's tracker lol). We get to church on Sunday and are told the people who want Kelley fired had a huge stink because they found out one of the candidates that was turned away was not interviewed after finding out about his rough reputation wth other churches in the area. So now they have to interview him this week to calm this egotistical church-running family who spreads dissent to other church members tog et their way. Churches are scary my friends, not religion. I trust in Jesus and all and I love my pastor, but I refuse to attend that church unless I have to because of what this family has done to turn the congregation against my wife. Funny how when they need her she becomes great but when they think they've found someone else they find all her shortcomings (AKA not being an organ performance major). So there is Worship and Music committee meeting tonight Kelley is attending and she plans on forcing the issue since they have put her around the ringer. I'm pulling my hair out wanting to set up a budget for us so we know what we can spend and we know just how bad the car wreck hurts us financially, but I cannot because I have no idea what her income is. Frustrating!
The cincinnati reds, you write about how well they are doing and then since that entry, the Cardinals swept the Cubs and Cincy loses 4 in a row (3 to San Fran and last night to LA). It's so frustrating watching them play awful defense and give up tons of runs with 2 outs while never scoring with 2 outs themselves. The last 3 games against SF were a joke, as they got outscored 16-2 over 3 games and never made it close. This roadtrip has turned into a nightmare, but somehow they still have the wild card lead since the teams behind them are just bunching up close behind the Reds. 3.5 game deficit to the Caridnals now, and if they do not turn around this roadtrip soon we can forget about the division title...and probably the Wild Card too since I think the Cardinals will be easier to catch than whoever gets hot in the 6 teams behind us in the wild card race. So I keep watching, praying they will finally win again.
So I was planning on staying in Marietta till Monday this weekend to meet with Mom and get the truck in my name and get a new registration. Well Monday is Labor Day, so I called Mom and she told me to send her the title to the truck so she could go get a new title in my name this week so I can have it this weekend and get a new registration early next week. Well I couldn't find the title. Not in the glove compartment (but I did find everything else in there such as the odometer statement which is a part of the title, all my registrations and insurance cards since we've had the truck, and the sale order and receipt for the truck). Not in the tax paperwork box. Not in my lockbox where I keep important things. Not in my file cabinet. Hmmm. Where did the title go? Well I call her and she is all angry about something I can tell and she is upset she has to go on Wednesday and get a replacement title (at a big cost of 5 dollars, lol). She was pissed at her computer for messing up she said, and then she finally broke the real irritation. I told her and Steve I might sell them OSU tickets this season to help pay for my tickets. I sold my Cincinnati tickets for $105 apiece, so I offered her BGSU or Indiana tickets for $100 apiece. She accused me of gouging her and was asking how much they cost me ($30 apiece, but non-student tickets are $65) and why I was not giving her a better deal. Well I'm not going out of town and quite frankly I want to go to those games, so she is not buying my extra tickets...she is buying my tickets. I bet she feels like I'm screwing her since Kelley has a ticket with me now, but honestly the 2 tickets together are worth way more than when I had one ticket and got her into games on the cheap since one ticket is exponentially easier to get than 2. I pulled so many strings last year to get her into the Iowa game (crappy end zone seats top of the stadium) for $50-60 and her and Steve into the Northwestern game with my tickets while Kelley and I found tickets in the top row of the stadium (for about $100). So I do not think it is unreasonable to ask for $200 for the two tickets...and she disagrees. Well if she wants me to pull some strings and get them terrible law student tickets from my friends I could do it probably a little cheaper but she's going to have to ask. Sorry the free ride is over and my football tickets are paying for themselves. Is that unfair? I don't think so.
Well I've now blown off Morgan's class almost completely, so I better get off here so that my blogging buddy in here gets an update "before 250." Probably will not be on here again till the weekend, so look for 3 things.
1. OSU hosts Northern Illinois Saturday, GO BUCKS!
2. My first southerncollegesports.com article will go up Thursday.
3. My first callback interview Friday in Dallas. Wish me luck!
This weekend was interesting. You know how I said I hope Patrice my old landlord doesn't give us a bill because I cannot afford it...well it got worse. Kelley got into a car accident on Friday afternoon, busting up her precious Cavalier (the Cavie...) by rear-ending another very old Cavalier. Nobody was hurt. The guy had no insurance, suspended driver's license, and open beer containe rin the car, so they wrote Kelley up for following too closely because they could not let him go scot free with all that. That's $85 dollars. Her car damage appears to be all cosmetic, but the hood is bent at a 70-90 degree angle and her bumper is messed up and her headlights work but one is knocked out of its casing. no engine or side panel damage at all, so the repairs will be expensive but all cosmetic. Thank God she has full insurance, but she found out she has a $500 deductible. Just another showing of why insurance is one of the biggest ripoffs ever, but we all have to have it and it comes in handy sometimes. Add in a new set of tires her car needs badly and we are looking at $800 easy before it is fully drivable again. Patrice better not charge me, stupid b%&#@ of a landlord.
I put 52 cover letters, resumes, and transcripts in the mail Monday morning after spending a significant portion of my weekend putting those together. All to Texas and Chicago IP firms, all the ones I have not interviewed with already. Kind of a back up plan since I've already got 3 callbacks, but I started putting them together a couple weeks ago before moving and getting busy and forgetting all about these letters. I figure I have a better chance of landing a job with Fish and Richardson Dallas or Brinks Hofer Chicago (my first callbacks) than get a second interview with any of these 52, but it's the game we play. I still have no callbacks from OCI, which makes the patent program such a good deal. Got my $100 check from career services paying me back for that Chicago trip, so that's good. With firms paying all expenses for callback interviews and the suits freshly dry-cleaned, I think I have incurred the majority of expenses I will have to for interviewing season.
Kelley's chain has been yanked again by St. Luke's where she plays organ on the weekends. Her contract runs out 9/1/06, so they had not found anybody to replace her and were going to sign a new contract on Sunday. I go with her since she doesn't want to drive after her wreck and we have to go get a replacement car for her for now (Zach's tracker lol). We get to church on Sunday and are told the people who want Kelley fired had a huge stink because they found out one of the candidates that was turned away was not interviewed after finding out about his rough reputation wth other churches in the area. So now they have to interview him this week to calm this egotistical church-running family who spreads dissent to other church members tog et their way. Churches are scary my friends, not religion. I trust in Jesus and all and I love my pastor, but I refuse to attend that church unless I have to because of what this family has done to turn the congregation against my wife. Funny how when they need her she becomes great but when they think they've found someone else they find all her shortcomings (AKA not being an organ performance major). So there is Worship and Music committee meeting tonight Kelley is attending and she plans on forcing the issue since they have put her around the ringer. I'm pulling my hair out wanting to set up a budget for us so we know what we can spend and we know just how bad the car wreck hurts us financially, but I cannot because I have no idea what her income is. Frustrating!
The cincinnati reds, you write about how well they are doing and then since that entry, the Cardinals swept the Cubs and Cincy loses 4 in a row (3 to San Fran and last night to LA). It's so frustrating watching them play awful defense and give up tons of runs with 2 outs while never scoring with 2 outs themselves. The last 3 games against SF were a joke, as they got outscored 16-2 over 3 games and never made it close. This roadtrip has turned into a nightmare, but somehow they still have the wild card lead since the teams behind them are just bunching up close behind the Reds. 3.5 game deficit to the Caridnals now, and if they do not turn around this roadtrip soon we can forget about the division title...and probably the Wild Card too since I think the Cardinals will be easier to catch than whoever gets hot in the 6 teams behind us in the wild card race. So I keep watching, praying they will finally win again.
So I was planning on staying in Marietta till Monday this weekend to meet with Mom and get the truck in my name and get a new registration. Well Monday is Labor Day, so I called Mom and she told me to send her the title to the truck so she could go get a new title in my name this week so I can have it this weekend and get a new registration early next week. Well I couldn't find the title. Not in the glove compartment (but I did find everything else in there such as the odometer statement which is a part of the title, all my registrations and insurance cards since we've had the truck, and the sale order and receipt for the truck). Not in the tax paperwork box. Not in my lockbox where I keep important things. Not in my file cabinet. Hmmm. Where did the title go? Well I call her and she is all angry about something I can tell and she is upset she has to go on Wednesday and get a replacement title (at a big cost of 5 dollars, lol). She was pissed at her computer for messing up she said, and then she finally broke the real irritation. I told her and Steve I might sell them OSU tickets this season to help pay for my tickets. I sold my Cincinnati tickets for $105 apiece, so I offered her BGSU or Indiana tickets for $100 apiece. She accused me of gouging her and was asking how much they cost me ($30 apiece, but non-student tickets are $65) and why I was not giving her a better deal. Well I'm not going out of town and quite frankly I want to go to those games, so she is not buying my extra tickets...she is buying my tickets. I bet she feels like I'm screwing her since Kelley has a ticket with me now, but honestly the 2 tickets together are worth way more than when I had one ticket and got her into games on the cheap since one ticket is exponentially easier to get than 2. I pulled so many strings last year to get her into the Iowa game (crappy end zone seats top of the stadium) for $50-60 and her and Steve into the Northwestern game with my tickets while Kelley and I found tickets in the top row of the stadium (for about $100). So I do not think it is unreasonable to ask for $200 for the two tickets...and she disagrees. Well if she wants me to pull some strings and get them terrible law student tickets from my friends I could do it probably a little cheaper but she's going to have to ask. Sorry the free ride is over and my football tickets are paying for themselves. Is that unfair? I don't think so.
Well I've now blown off Morgan's class almost completely, so I better get off here so that my blogging buddy in here gets an update "before 250." Probably will not be on here again till the weekend, so look for 3 things.
1. OSU hosts Northern Illinois Saturday, GO BUCKS!
2. My first southerncollegesports.com article will go up Thursday.
3. My first callback interview Friday in Dallas. Wish me luck!
Sitting in Morgan's Class
I decided to take a break from poker today in Shipman's class and celebrate having OSU wireless internet again by making a blog entry. I hate having to go to the wireless help people and asking for help...especially since I did not figure it out by watching her today (she turned the screen away from me). Oh well at least I have internet, and I'll try to not eff up the computer again.
This weekend was interesting. You know how I said I hope Patrice my old landlord doesn't give us a bill because I cannot afford it...well it got worse. Kelley got into a car accident on Friday afternoon, busting up her precious Cavalier (the Cavie...) by rear-ending another very old Cavalier. Nobody was hurt. The guy had no insurance, suspended driver's license, and open beer containe rin the car, so they wrote Kelley up for following too closely because they could not let him go scot free with all that. That's $85 dollars. Her car damage appears to be all cosmetic, but the hood is bent at a 70-90 degree angle and her bumper is messed up and her headlights work but one is knocked out of its casing. no engine or side panel damage at all, so the repairs will be expensive but all cosmetic. Thank God she has full insurance, but she found out she has a $500 deductible. Just another showing of why insurance is one of the biggest ripoffs ever, but we all have to have it and it comes in handy sometimes. Add in a new set of tires her car needs badly and we are looking at $800 easy before it is fully drivable again. Patrice better not charge me, stupid b%&#@ of a landlord.
I put 52 cover letters, resumes, and transcripts in the mail Monday morning after spending a significant portion of my weekend putting those together. All to Texas and Chicago IP firms, all the ones I have not interviewed with already. Kind of a back up plan since I've already got 3 callbacks, but I started putting them together a couple weeks ago before moving and getting busy and forgetting all about these letters. I figure I have a better chance of landing a job with Fish and Richardson Dallas or Brinks Hofer Chicago (my first callbacks) than get a second interview with any of these 52, but it's the game we play. I still have no callbacks from OCI, which makes the patent program such a good deal. Got my $100 check from career services paying me back for that Chicago trip, so that's good. With firms paying all expenses for callback interviews and the suits freshly dry-cleaned, I think I have incurred the majority of expenses I will have to for interviewing season.
Kelley's chain has been yanked again by St. Luke's where she plays organ on the weekends. Her contract runs out 9/1/06, so they had not found anybody to replace her and were going to sign a new contract on Sunday. I go with her since she doesn't want to drive after her wreck and we have to go get a replacement car for her for now (Zach's tracker lol). We get to church on Sunday and are told the people who want Kelley fired had a huge stink because they found out one of the candidates that was turned away was not interviewed after finding out about his rough reputation wth other churches in the area. So now they have to interview him this week to calm this egotistical church-running family who spreads dissent to other church members tog et their way. Churches are scary my friends, not religion. I trust in Jesus and all and I love my pastor, but I refuse to attend that church unless I have to because of what this family has done to turn the congregation against my wife. Funny how when they need her she becomes great but when they think they've found someone else they find all her shortcomings (AKA not being an organ performance major). So there is Worship and Music committee meeting tonight Kelley is attending and she plans on forcing the issue since they have put her around the ringer. I'm pulling my hair out wanting to set up a budget for us so we know what we can spend and we know just how bad the car wreck hurts us financially, but I cannot because I have no idea what her income is. Frustrating!
The cincinnati reds, you write about how well they are doing and then since that entry, the Cardinals swept the Cubs and Cincy loses 4 in a row (3 to San Fran and last night to LA). It's so frustrating watching them play awful defense and give up tons of runs with 2 outs while never scoring with 2 outs themselves. The last 3 games against SF were a joke, as they got outscored 16-2 over 3 games and never made it close. This roadtrip has turned into a nightmare, but somehow they still have the wild card lead since the teams behind them are just bunching up close behind the Reds. 3.5 game deficit to the Caridnals now, and if they do not turn around this roadtrip soon we can forget about the division title...and probably the Wild Card too since I think the Cardinals will be easier to catch than whoever gets hot in the 6 teams behind us in the wild card race. So I keep watching, praying they will finally win again.
So I was planning on staying in Marietta till Monday this weekend to meet with Mom and get the truck in my name and get a new registration. Well Monday is Labor Day, so I called Mom and she told me to send her the title to the truck so she could go get a new title in my name this week so I can have it this weekend and get a new registration early next week. Well I couldn't find the title. Not in the glove compartment (but I did find everything else in there such as the odometer statement which is a part of the title, all my registrations and insurance cards since we've had the truck, and the sale order and receipt for the truck). Not in the tax paperwork box. Not in my lockbox where I keep important things. Not in my file cabinet. Hmmm. Where did the title go? Well I call her and she is all angry about something I can tell and she is upset she has to go on Wednesday and get a replacement title (at a big cost of 5 dollars, lol). She was pissed at her computer for messing up she said, and then she finally broke the real irritation. I told her and Steve I might sell them OSU tickets this season to help pay for my tickets. I sold my Cincinnati tickets for $105 apiece, so I offered her BGSU or Indiana tickets for $100 apiece. She accused me of gouging her and was asking how much they cost me ($30 apiece, but non-student tickets are $65) and why I was not giving her a better deal. Well I'm not going out of town and quite frankly I want to go to those games, so she is not buying my extra tickets...she is buying my tickets. I bet she feels like I'm screwing her since Kelley has a ticket with me now, but honestly the 2 tickets together are worth way more than when I had one ticket and got her into games on the cheap since one ticket is exponentially easier to get than 2. I pulled so many strings last year to get her into the Iowa game (crappy end zone seats top of the stadium) for $50-60 and her and Steve into the Northwestern game with my tickets while Kelley and I found tickets in the top row of the stadium (for about $100). So I do not think it is unreasonable to ask for $200 for the two tickets...and she disagrees. Well if she wants me to pull some strings and get them terrible law student tickets from my friends I could do it probably a little cheaper but she's going to have to ask. Sorry the free ride is over and my football tickets are paying for themselves. Is that unfair? I don't think so.
Well I've now blown off Morgan's class almost completely, so I better get off here so that my blogging buddy in here gets an update "before 250." Probably will not be on here again till the weekend, so look for 3 things.
1. OSU hosts Northern Illinois Saturday, GO BUCKS!
2. My first southerncollegesports.com article will go up Thursday.
3. My first callback interview Friday in Dallas. Wish me luck!
This weekend was interesting. You know how I said I hope Patrice my old landlord doesn't give us a bill because I cannot afford it...well it got worse. Kelley got into a car accident on Friday afternoon, busting up her precious Cavalier (the Cavie...) by rear-ending another very old Cavalier. Nobody was hurt. The guy had no insurance, suspended driver's license, and open beer containe rin the car, so they wrote Kelley up for following too closely because they could not let him go scot free with all that. That's $85 dollars. Her car damage appears to be all cosmetic, but the hood is bent at a 70-90 degree angle and her bumper is messed up and her headlights work but one is knocked out of its casing. no engine or side panel damage at all, so the repairs will be expensive but all cosmetic. Thank God she has full insurance, but she found out she has a $500 deductible. Just another showing of why insurance is one of the biggest ripoffs ever, but we all have to have it and it comes in handy sometimes. Add in a new set of tires her car needs badly and we are looking at $800 easy before it is fully drivable again. Patrice better not charge me, stupid b%&#@ of a landlord.
I put 52 cover letters, resumes, and transcripts in the mail Monday morning after spending a significant portion of my weekend putting those together. All to Texas and Chicago IP firms, all the ones I have not interviewed with already. Kind of a back up plan since I've already got 3 callbacks, but I started putting them together a couple weeks ago before moving and getting busy and forgetting all about these letters. I figure I have a better chance of landing a job with Fish and Richardson Dallas or Brinks Hofer Chicago (my first callbacks) than get a second interview with any of these 52, but it's the game we play. I still have no callbacks from OCI, which makes the patent program such a good deal. Got my $100 check from career services paying me back for that Chicago trip, so that's good. With firms paying all expenses for callback interviews and the suits freshly dry-cleaned, I think I have incurred the majority of expenses I will have to for interviewing season.
Kelley's chain has been yanked again by St. Luke's where she plays organ on the weekends. Her contract runs out 9/1/06, so they had not found anybody to replace her and were going to sign a new contract on Sunday. I go with her since she doesn't want to drive after her wreck and we have to go get a replacement car for her for now (Zach's tracker lol). We get to church on Sunday and are told the people who want Kelley fired had a huge stink because they found out one of the candidates that was turned away was not interviewed after finding out about his rough reputation wth other churches in the area. So now they have to interview him this week to calm this egotistical church-running family who spreads dissent to other church members tog et their way. Churches are scary my friends, not religion. I trust in Jesus and all and I love my pastor, but I refuse to attend that church unless I have to because of what this family has done to turn the congregation against my wife. Funny how when they need her she becomes great but when they think they've found someone else they find all her shortcomings (AKA not being an organ performance major). So there is Worship and Music committee meeting tonight Kelley is attending and she plans on forcing the issue since they have put her around the ringer. I'm pulling my hair out wanting to set up a budget for us so we know what we can spend and we know just how bad the car wreck hurts us financially, but I cannot because I have no idea what her income is. Frustrating!
The cincinnati reds, you write about how well they are doing and then since that entry, the Cardinals swept the Cubs and Cincy loses 4 in a row (3 to San Fran and last night to LA). It's so frustrating watching them play awful defense and give up tons of runs with 2 outs while never scoring with 2 outs themselves. The last 3 games against SF were a joke, as they got outscored 16-2 over 3 games and never made it close. This roadtrip has turned into a nightmare, but somehow they still have the wild card lead since the teams behind them are just bunching up close behind the Reds. 3.5 game deficit to the Caridnals now, and if they do not turn around this roadtrip soon we can forget about the division title...and probably the Wild Card too since I think the Cardinals will be easier to catch than whoever gets hot in the 6 teams behind us in the wild card race. So I keep watching, praying they will finally win again.
So I was planning on staying in Marietta till Monday this weekend to meet with Mom and get the truck in my name and get a new registration. Well Monday is Labor Day, so I called Mom and she told me to send her the title to the truck so she could go get a new title in my name this week so I can have it this weekend and get a new registration early next week. Well I couldn't find the title. Not in the glove compartment (but I did find everything else in there such as the odometer statement which is a part of the title, all my registrations and insurance cards since we've had the truck, and the sale order and receipt for the truck). Not in the tax paperwork box. Not in my lockbox where I keep important things. Not in my file cabinet. Hmmm. Where did the title go? Well I call her and she is all angry about something I can tell and she is upset she has to go on Wednesday and get a replacement title (at a big cost of 5 dollars, lol). She was pissed at her computer for messing up she said, and then she finally broke the real irritation. I told her and Steve I might sell them OSU tickets this season to help pay for my tickets. I sold my Cincinnati tickets for $105 apiece, so I offered her BGSU or Indiana tickets for $100 apiece. She accused me of gouging her and was asking how much they cost me ($30 apiece, but non-student tickets are $65) and why I was not giving her a better deal. Well I'm not going out of town and quite frankly I want to go to those games, so she is not buying my extra tickets...she is buying my tickets. I bet she feels like I'm screwing her since Kelley has a ticket with me now, but honestly the 2 tickets together are worth way more than when I had one ticket and got her into games on the cheap since one ticket is exponentially easier to get than 2. I pulled so many strings last year to get her into the Iowa game (crappy end zone seats top of the stadium) for $50-60 and her and Steve into the Northwestern game with my tickets while Kelley and I found tickets in the top row of the stadium (for about $100). So I do not think it is unreasonable to ask for $200 for the two tickets...and she disagrees. Well if she wants me to pull some strings and get them terrible law student tickets from my friends I could do it probably a little cheaper but she's going to have to ask. Sorry the free ride is over and my football tickets are paying for themselves. Is that unfair? I don't think so.
Well I've now blown off Morgan's class almost completely, so I better get off here so that my blogging buddy in here gets an update "before 250." Probably will not be on here again till the weekend, so look for 3 things.
1. OSU hosts Northern Illinois Saturday, GO BUCKS!
2. My first southerncollegesports.com article will go up Thursday.
3. My first callback interview Friday in Dallas. Wish me luck!
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Weekends Rock...When they are 3 days long
Yes indeed, no Friday class means I'm out for the weekend on Thursday afternoons. Pretty sweet deal, even though App Ad will give me more than enough to do over the weekends. Oh and interviewing lol. Beazley appears to be the same after skimming her textbook as she was last year in legal writing...so h opefully I can get on the right foot again with her.
I'm really writing to say wow about my friends. I'm helping my best friend and best man on Monday set up for proposing to his girlfriend. This right on the heels of the only other non-married person in our small friend group proposing last week to his girl. My wedding is contagious! I'm happy for him though, so hopefully the dream evening goes as planned and I can help out as he wishes. Least I can do after all he did for me this year.
Got 7 interviews out of 17 signups in regular OCI. All of them from September 8 to September 14, and a couple I figur eI have a good chance with since I got a good repertoire with both firms as a 1L. Not that it matters all that much, as I really want the two firms I already have callbacks from.
The best news of the night was watching the Reds knock off the Giants in the first game of a 10 game west coast trip. Usually if we go on this long of a road trip out west while the Cardinals stay home for 9 games...I would say no brainer they gain ground. But the way the Cardinals have been playing the last two weeks (2-7 against teams other than Cincinnati), I do not know if that is the case. The win tonight tied up the Central division, and it gives us a chance to lead the division late in the year for the first time in ages. I so wish they make the playoffs so I can finally go see a playoff game (I refuse to go unless the Reds play). If we win the divison instead of the Wild Card which we have somehow held onto for 2 months, so much the better as we will not have to play the Mets in the first round. I'd much rather take my chances in the NLCS against them than right off the bat, and if the Cardinals were the wild card they might stand a good chance. Still a long time until the end of the season, but the last 1.5 months have not knocked us out so I finally have realistic hopes for the playoffs for the first time since 1995 (1999 technically, but that was a one-game playoff for the wild card against the Mets and we lost).
This weekend is the final one before college football. I cannot wait, and this means I can start writing again. My articles are the anchor of 6 writers (4 article writers) on southerncollegesports.com and my articles will go up on Thursdays if you want to read them.
I'm really writing to say wow about my friends. I'm helping my best friend and best man on Monday set up for proposing to his girlfriend. This right on the heels of the only other non-married person in our small friend group proposing last week to his girl. My wedding is contagious! I'm happy for him though, so hopefully the dream evening goes as planned and I can help out as he wishes. Least I can do after all he did for me this year.
Got 7 interviews out of 17 signups in regular OCI. All of them from September 8 to September 14, and a couple I figur eI have a good chance with since I got a good repertoire with both firms as a 1L. Not that it matters all that much, as I really want the two firms I already have callbacks from.
The best news of the night was watching the Reds knock off the Giants in the first game of a 10 game west coast trip. Usually if we go on this long of a road trip out west while the Cardinals stay home for 9 games...I would say no brainer they gain ground. But the way the Cardinals have been playing the last two weeks (2-7 against teams other than Cincinnati), I do not know if that is the case. The win tonight tied up the Central division, and it gives us a chance to lead the division late in the year for the first time in ages. I so wish they make the playoffs so I can finally go see a playoff game (I refuse to go unless the Reds play). If we win the divison instead of the Wild Card which we have somehow held onto for 2 months, so much the better as we will not have to play the Mets in the first round. I'd much rather take my chances in the NLCS against them than right off the bat, and if the Cardinals were the wild card they might stand a good chance. Still a long time until the end of the season, but the last 1.5 months have not knocked us out so I finally have realistic hopes for the playoffs for the first time since 1995 (1999 technically, but that was a one-game playoff for the wild card against the Mets and we lost).
This weekend is the final one before college football. I cannot wait, and this means I can start writing again. My articles are the anchor of 6 writers (4 article writers) on southerncollegesports.com and my articles will go up on Thursdays if you want to read them.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Landlords
So yesterday was the first day of classes, but before that I had a noon appointment with Tom and Heather to drop off keys and get the damage inspection from Patrice, our old landlord. For those who do not klnow, Patrice Vrsansky and her husband Tony run quite few apartments in the campus area and she manages them. She is a legalistic nagging irritating b$#@$ sometimes. Especially when it comes to moving out and moving in. Anyways, lived there two years and the first one was with Jon and Berens but this is the 2 year inspection so everything they messed up, Tom and Heather and I have to pay for too. Anyways I get there at 12:03 since I have not figured out the optimal time to leave Bexley yet. Apparently I wasn't worth waiting for as Patrice is already through the kitchen and most of the dining area. I'll save most of the details, but here are the highlights.
1. Why is there dirt in this refrigerator? Have you guys cleaned it? (Heather spent an hour and a half making it look like the best refrigerator I've ever seen)
2. A plastic piece broke off a glass light fixture in the kitchen and she wanted to replace the whole fixture, but apparently Tom told her to just replace the plastic piece and hopefully she will listen since the glass light cover is in perfect condition.
3. Have you guys cleaned the windowsills (after finding the only 2 we did not wipe down)?
4. Light bulbs...she's replacing about 10 of them that Tom and Heather did not replace or we did not replace in the common areas at 2 dollars apiece...better be damn good light bulbs.
5. Batteries...I replaced the batteries in the main floor and basement smoke detectors because I knew she would check and she did and found a dead battery in the upstairs one...sigh.
6. A window screen Jon took out of his bedroom window two years ago I tried to put back in but it was a pain in the ass and there was a wasp nest I did not want to disturb in the top of the screen setting. So I set the screen next to the window. Patrice comes in and says what's going on here...and pushes down on the screen which causes one side to bend violetly. "Oh this screen is bent, have to be replaced." Nice work b^%#$.
7. Who cleaned this bathroom (the upstairs one of Tom and Heather's)? Oh this plunger and toliet brush and outside floor mat are yours, I'll have to throw them away if you don't take them (since apparently the new tenants must provide their own plunger...so much for being nice). Oh the top of the bathroom faucet falls off, going to have to charge you for that. To which I reply I don't think so and pull out the lengthy list of broken stuff from 2 years agow hen we moved in and what do you know...that's on there.
8. This ceiling fan and light were brand new when you moved in and now the chain to turn the fan on and off is missing (probably cheaply pulled out by Jon or Berens in the first couple weeks we lived there and forgotten). Might have to replace the whole fixture. To which I respond, you better not even think about replacing the fixture for that chain.
9. She tries the outside light and finds it is burnt out, which of course like a few other fixtures in this apartment burns out light bulbs amazingly quickly. I tell her to have fun putting a fresh one in that since it will burn out in two days. She says well if the fixture is broken...I say oh no it's not, you cannot charge us for it since it will work when you put the bulb in, but the wiring will burn the bulb out and that is your problem.
10. And the king of them all, since the unclean oven (about 50 dollars) and all that other stuff including the last water bill might come out to $250...this carpet on the main floor is a mess. It will have to be totally replaced. It was new when you moved in, and this is not normal wear and tear. I completely disagree and think a steam cleaner would get out everything except for the oil stain in the dining room area which happened when Kelley and Tom and Heather and I had a fondue disaster this summer. Since this all was decided befor eI got there, Iw as asking questions to clarify what she was replacing and asked if she would replace the dining room only since the living room was fine. She says there are stains in the living room and it will have to be replaced too. I did not see the stains and think she is full of shit. Tom asks for an estimate on cost and she says something vague like "it cost thousands of dollars to carpet all these apartments 2 years ago..." I tell her what a piece of garbage the carpet has been in 2 years and recommend she tries a different brand, and she gets all defensive and says why would I attack her since the carpet is lower quality than residential and replacing it will be to our benefit since it is not really expensive high grade stuff. That has nothing to do with the fact that your carpet is crap...and she told us because we did not vacuum it every day that we were responsible for the crappiness. Whoever told her they vacuum the carpets every day is either OCD (obsessive compulsive) or lieing.
We had to go out for Applebee's lunch and a drink after that. So much for the deposit...now I just hope we don't have a bill for her precious new carpet. What a b%#$, but there's nothing I can do about it now. Patrice Vrsansky is not a good person to rent from, so BEWARE.
First day of classes was alright. Shipman is the usual, Samansky looks like he could be a real dick, and Lee seems awesome. Today I get to see Mesher for Patent law. Woot.
1. Why is there dirt in this refrigerator? Have you guys cleaned it? (Heather spent an hour and a half making it look like the best refrigerator I've ever seen)
2. A plastic piece broke off a glass light fixture in the kitchen and she wanted to replace the whole fixture, but apparently Tom told her to just replace the plastic piece and hopefully she will listen since the glass light cover is in perfect condition.
3. Have you guys cleaned the windowsills (after finding the only 2 we did not wipe down)?
4. Light bulbs...she's replacing about 10 of them that Tom and Heather did not replace or we did not replace in the common areas at 2 dollars apiece...better be damn good light bulbs.
5. Batteries...I replaced the batteries in the main floor and basement smoke detectors because I knew she would check and she did and found a dead battery in the upstairs one...sigh.
6. A window screen Jon took out of his bedroom window two years ago I tried to put back in but it was a pain in the ass and there was a wasp nest I did not want to disturb in the top of the screen setting. So I set the screen next to the window. Patrice comes in and says what's going on here...and pushes down on the screen which causes one side to bend violetly. "Oh this screen is bent, have to be replaced." Nice work b^%#$.
7. Who cleaned this bathroom (the upstairs one of Tom and Heather's)? Oh this plunger and toliet brush and outside floor mat are yours, I'll have to throw them away if you don't take them (since apparently the new tenants must provide their own plunger...so much for being nice). Oh the top of the bathroom faucet falls off, going to have to charge you for that. To which I reply I don't think so and pull out the lengthy list of broken stuff from 2 years agow hen we moved in and what do you know...that's on there.
8. This ceiling fan and light were brand new when you moved in and now the chain to turn the fan on and off is missing (probably cheaply pulled out by Jon or Berens in the first couple weeks we lived there and forgotten). Might have to replace the whole fixture. To which I respond, you better not even think about replacing the fixture for that chain.
9. She tries the outside light and finds it is burnt out, which of course like a few other fixtures in this apartment burns out light bulbs amazingly quickly. I tell her to have fun putting a fresh one in that since it will burn out in two days. She says well if the fixture is broken...I say oh no it's not, you cannot charge us for it since it will work when you put the bulb in, but the wiring will burn the bulb out and that is your problem.
10. And the king of them all, since the unclean oven (about 50 dollars) and all that other stuff including the last water bill might come out to $250...this carpet on the main floor is a mess. It will have to be totally replaced. It was new when you moved in, and this is not normal wear and tear. I completely disagree and think a steam cleaner would get out everything except for the oil stain in the dining room area which happened when Kelley and Tom and Heather and I had a fondue disaster this summer. Since this all was decided befor eI got there, Iw as asking questions to clarify what she was replacing and asked if she would replace the dining room only since the living room was fine. She says there are stains in the living room and it will have to be replaced too. I did not see the stains and think she is full of shit. Tom asks for an estimate on cost and she says something vague like "it cost thousands of dollars to carpet all these apartments 2 years ago..." I tell her what a piece of garbage the carpet has been in 2 years and recommend she tries a different brand, and she gets all defensive and says why would I attack her since the carpet is lower quality than residential and replacing it will be to our benefit since it is not really expensive high grade stuff. That has nothing to do with the fact that your carpet is crap...and she told us because we did not vacuum it every day that we were responsible for the crappiness. Whoever told her they vacuum the carpets every day is either OCD (obsessive compulsive) or lieing.
We had to go out for Applebee's lunch and a drink after that. So much for the deposit...now I just hope we don't have a bill for her precious new carpet. What a b%#$, but there's nothing I can do about it now. Patrice Vrsansky is not a good person to rent from, so BEWARE.
First day of classes was alright. Shipman is the usual, Samansky looks like he could be a real dick, and Lee seems awesome. Today I get to see Mesher for Patent law. Woot.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Classes Starting Means Summer Ending
For some reason while packing my backpack for tomorrow's first day of classes, I got that little tingle I have gotten every year for 18 years (I'm in the 18th grade...wow). The little excitement that tomorrow brings a new school year with fresh opportunities and a whole new set of classes and professors. So anyways...between the new apartment and being a newlywed and having a new school year, nothing is quite the same as it was a mere 3 months ago.
so I did my first day readings, and there are some constants. Shipman assigns readings like we've got nothing better to do all day than his class, but that is to be expected after Property was exactly the same. He reads a lot, so I guess he expects us to as well. I guess in the long run we learn more. Copyright was a terribly basic introduction about the justifications for why we protect written and other works. Yawn. The tip of the top was opening up the Federal Income Taxation books. You see there's the textbook which is probably 800 pages, and the SELECTED federal income tax code sections and regulations book which is 1900 pages long (out of about 12000 pages of the stuff in total on the books)...and as a bonus, a tax map which is a big wall sized complicated line chart showing how this all works. So the intorductory reading was 16 pages long. The first 2 pages are intorduction, page 3 is a basic tax problem where a married couple has a certain number of income and expenditures and etc...and they are jointly filing and we are supposed to use the tax code to find out what their gross income is, adjusted gross income, taxable income, tax owed, etc. They even tell you exactly what code sections to go to, and it still takes 11 pages to explain the answers. Then the last 2 pages is a 1040 form which summarizes the tax code and makes it useable for real people. So anyways before I even get into class I have concluded...it is obvious why America hates taxes and the IRS. NOBODY CAN UNDERSTAND IT ALL. This class should be crazy.
So I have Accounting for Lawyers and Federal Income Taxation. I pulled out the TI-92 tonight and put it in the backpack, because if there was ever a time in law school to use a super awesome calculator (OK really any calculator at all)...this would be it. So I'm busting out the 92 to enjoy a little math in law school. Let's look at my schedule again.
Tax - 4 days a week of math word problems
Accounting - 4 days a week of math problems
Copyright - 2 days a week of IP!
Patent - 2 days a week of good IP!
App Ad - Oh well, guess they cannot all be awesome.
At least if second year first semester is going to kill me, I should be happy with the subject material. So we begin tomorrow.
so I did my first day readings, and there are some constants. Shipman assigns readings like we've got nothing better to do all day than his class, but that is to be expected after Property was exactly the same. He reads a lot, so I guess he expects us to as well. I guess in the long run we learn more. Copyright was a terribly basic introduction about the justifications for why we protect written and other works. Yawn. The tip of the top was opening up the Federal Income Taxation books. You see there's the textbook which is probably 800 pages, and the SELECTED federal income tax code sections and regulations book which is 1900 pages long (out of about 12000 pages of the stuff in total on the books)...and as a bonus, a tax map which is a big wall sized complicated line chart showing how this all works. So the intorductory reading was 16 pages long. The first 2 pages are intorduction, page 3 is a basic tax problem where a married couple has a certain number of income and expenditures and etc...and they are jointly filing and we are supposed to use the tax code to find out what their gross income is, adjusted gross income, taxable income, tax owed, etc. They even tell you exactly what code sections to go to, and it still takes 11 pages to explain the answers. Then the last 2 pages is a 1040 form which summarizes the tax code and makes it useable for real people. So anyways before I even get into class I have concluded...it is obvious why America hates taxes and the IRS. NOBODY CAN UNDERSTAND IT ALL. This class should be crazy.
So I have Accounting for Lawyers and Federal Income Taxation. I pulled out the TI-92 tonight and put it in the backpack, because if there was ever a time in law school to use a super awesome calculator (OK really any calculator at all)...this would be it. So I'm busting out the 92 to enjoy a little math in law school. Let's look at my schedule again.
Tax - 4 days a week of math word problems
Accounting - 4 days a week of math problems
Copyright - 2 days a week of IP!
Patent - 2 days a week of good IP!
App Ad - Oh well, guess they cannot all be awesome.
At least if second year first semester is going to kill me, I should be happy with the subject material. So we begin tomorrow.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Well here we are at the end of the summer, and what do we have to show for it? Definitely some shiny new bling on my finger :-)
And for those waiting for pictures...sorry. But here's the only one I have and I'm using it as my computer background. If you want to see more then please let me know and I'll track down the disk and we can have a picture party! UPDATE: Go to facebook and see it...sorry guys blogger is not letting me upload pictures! I found a big file of photographer pictures on my computer and uploaded 42 decent ones there.
The interviewing process is long and tedious (as opposed to the interviews themselves which are short and sweet). After my last 2 interviews today, I will have had 27 in 16 days. Most of them on the Thursdays and Fridays in this 2 week span. So when I'm talking to other students and I say I do not know who else I am interviewing with today, they giggle because that sounds so absurd to them. But honestly, first interviews are all the same. Leave an impression, ask some general questions about the firm, and try to have a good conversation. Who cares what firm is on the other side of the table...just connect with the person. I am apparently sought after probably because of my IP background, so hopefully with most of these interviews going well I can get some callbacks and go to the firms. And yes, when there is one firm I am seeing all day I will know who it is and be able to talk about it. After 27 interviews, all I am going to remember about my first interview with Fish and Richardson (for example) is the people. Not what we talked about. Thankfully after these 2 more today I will be done with first interviews until OCI kicks up again September 6. Of course I have the callback to dallas on September 1, but this just means I can have more time to research that firm and prepare for that interview.
Stats on that job by the way: $2400 a week summer, $135000 starting associate salary. Location is perfect (Dallas). they are an IP firm. Hmmm...going to have to say if I get offered a job, probably going to take it unless another firm REALLY REALLY wows me off my feet. Now, just have to get the offer :-)
The honeymoon was great, as I'm sure you read my last entry (which I believe was all about that). Moving sucks as everyone knows, but man it is taking forever to get everything in the proper place when two people come together for the first time. At least I did not have anything for furniture, so we did not have to trash a lot of good furniture. We moved my stuff Thursday, got it where it was supposed to be Friday, moved Kelley Saturday, and have not completely caught up at all on her all week. But we do have a living room, kitchen, and study basically completed. Once the clothes get put away in our bedroom basically everything will be done except for downstairs (Kelley is making me a poker room for my birthday, so I'm not allowed to touch it till she is done). Then we can settle in since school starts next week and I'll be busier than usual again.
Journal Acc-Check was not all that bad, but it is time-consuming and boring. Lots of busy work, but it looks fantastic on the resume and since we all know law school is just a scam to get us all jobs, I'm loving journal :-) In all seriousness, we do have a great group of people and I think I fit in a lot better with this group than the people I saw on "main" journal. I call them "main" journal because that's what we do at JDR...we are very established and the official journal of the ABA in the dispute resolution field (Harvard has a journal too, but we are better). So we brag that we are the real main journal. Whatever...doesn't really matter what journal you do, they are all the same in the end I think. Just more prestige BS lol.
So Italy won the world cup, and all I have to say to that is the US was the only team to beat them (I know it was 1-1 and I know Italy scored on themselves, but if you cannot beat an obviously subpar team while a man up for the whole second half...it's a victory for the US). Woot. Germany took home third and since I was cheering for them, that was nice too.
OSU is preseason number 1 again, just like 2003 after they unexpectedly won the title in 2002. That year we had way more experience and went 11-2. Hopefully we only lose one at most this year, and it better not be to Michigan at home since I'd like Tressel to keep his job. the pressure is on as every week we will be target numero uno, especially after we knock off the defending national champs Texas in their own stadium (sound familiar Longhorn fans...). Anyways, we shall see how it goes but it is an exciting season to be a Buckeye I think. Add that to Acc-Checks, Classes, and Interviews and I just cannot wait for winter break already. Oh wait most people write their journal notes (35+ page paper) over winter break? Maybe I should look forward to the summer instead.
Man I cannot wait for August 31. What a great weekend...job interview with a dream firm in Dallas and fly back up in time to see the Buckeyes play their opener against Northern Illinois.
Time for lunch and get ready for another interview. Man I gotta get some work done...or not. Last weekend to relax before it gets crazy again, so I think Everson and I are going to chill tonight and then who knows what tomorrow. Have a good weekend everyone, and I'll see most of you readers at school on Tuesday.
And for those waiting for pictures...sorry. But here's the only one I have and I'm using it as my computer background. If you want to see more then please let me know and I'll track down the disk and we can have a picture party! UPDATE: Go to facebook and see it...sorry guys blogger is not letting me upload pictures! I found a big file of photographer pictures on my computer and uploaded 42 decent ones there.
The interviewing process is long and tedious (as opposed to the interviews themselves which are short and sweet). After my last 2 interviews today, I will have had 27 in 16 days. Most of them on the Thursdays and Fridays in this 2 week span. So when I'm talking to other students and I say I do not know who else I am interviewing with today, they giggle because that sounds so absurd to them. But honestly, first interviews are all the same. Leave an impression, ask some general questions about the firm, and try to have a good conversation. Who cares what firm is on the other side of the table...just connect with the person. I am apparently sought after probably because of my IP background, so hopefully with most of these interviews going well I can get some callbacks and go to the firms. And yes, when there is one firm I am seeing all day I will know who it is and be able to talk about it. After 27 interviews, all I am going to remember about my first interview with Fish and Richardson (for example) is the people. Not what we talked about. Thankfully after these 2 more today I will be done with first interviews until OCI kicks up again September 6. Of course I have the callback to dallas on September 1, but this just means I can have more time to research that firm and prepare for that interview.
Stats on that job by the way: $2400 a week summer, $135000 starting associate salary. Location is perfect (Dallas). they are an IP firm. Hmmm...going to have to say if I get offered a job, probably going to take it unless another firm REALLY REALLY wows me off my feet. Now, just have to get the offer :-)
The honeymoon was great, as I'm sure you read my last entry (which I believe was all about that). Moving sucks as everyone knows, but man it is taking forever to get everything in the proper place when two people come together for the first time. At least I did not have anything for furniture, so we did not have to trash a lot of good furniture. We moved my stuff Thursday, got it where it was supposed to be Friday, moved Kelley Saturday, and have not completely caught up at all on her all week. But we do have a living room, kitchen, and study basically completed. Once the clothes get put away in our bedroom basically everything will be done except for downstairs (Kelley is making me a poker room for my birthday, so I'm not allowed to touch it till she is done). Then we can settle in since school starts next week and I'll be busier than usual again.
Journal Acc-Check was not all that bad, but it is time-consuming and boring. Lots of busy work, but it looks fantastic on the resume and since we all know law school is just a scam to get us all jobs, I'm loving journal :-) In all seriousness, we do have a great group of people and I think I fit in a lot better with this group than the people I saw on "main" journal. I call them "main" journal because that's what we do at JDR...we are very established and the official journal of the ABA in the dispute resolution field (Harvard has a journal too, but we are better). So we brag that we are the real main journal. Whatever...doesn't really matter what journal you do, they are all the same in the end I think. Just more prestige BS lol.
So Italy won the world cup, and all I have to say to that is the US was the only team to beat them (I know it was 1-1 and I know Italy scored on themselves, but if you cannot beat an obviously subpar team while a man up for the whole second half...it's a victory for the US). Woot. Germany took home third and since I was cheering for them, that was nice too.
OSU is preseason number 1 again, just like 2003 after they unexpectedly won the title in 2002. That year we had way more experience and went 11-2. Hopefully we only lose one at most this year, and it better not be to Michigan at home since I'd like Tressel to keep his job. the pressure is on as every week we will be target numero uno, especially after we knock off the defending national champs Texas in their own stadium (sound familiar Longhorn fans...). Anyways, we shall see how it goes but it is an exciting season to be a Buckeye I think. Add that to Acc-Checks, Classes, and Interviews and I just cannot wait for winter break already. Oh wait most people write their journal notes (35+ page paper) over winter break? Maybe I should look forward to the summer instead.
Man I cannot wait for August 31. What a great weekend...job interview with a dream firm in Dallas and fly back up in time to see the Buckeyes play their opener against Northern Illinois.
Time for lunch and get ready for another interview. Man I gotta get some work done...or not. Last weekend to relax before it gets crazy again, so I think Everson and I are going to chill tonight and then who knows what tomorrow. Have a good weekend everyone, and I'll see most of you readers at school on Tuesday.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Short Update
For the readers like Megan :-)
I am so busy moving into the new apartment and Acc-Checking, but I promise once internet comes to my new apartment I will update on the whole end of summer. It was crazy and now interviews are crazy (after tomorrow I will have had 27 first interviews in 16 days). Got my first callback today for a TEXAS IP FIRM! WOO-HOO!
Now I just have to not eff it up since it's like my dream job. No pressure lol.
In the words of Shipman the great...I will "stay cool"
The firm is blowing $900 to fly me down and put me up for a night...counting lunch and incidentals they might blow $1000 to interview me. Guess this is serious.
I'm so happy I could scream, but Panera is closing and I don't want to scare people on my way out. No internet sucks...talk to you all next week when classes come back to haunt us all.
I am so busy moving into the new apartment and Acc-Checking, but I promise once internet comes to my new apartment I will update on the whole end of summer. It was crazy and now interviews are crazy (after tomorrow I will have had 27 first interviews in 16 days). Got my first callback today for a TEXAS IP FIRM! WOO-HOO!
Now I just have to not eff it up since it's like my dream job. No pressure lol.
In the words of Shipman the great...I will "stay cool"
The firm is blowing $900 to fly me down and put me up for a night...counting lunch and incidentals they might blow $1000 to interview me. Guess this is serious.
I'm so happy I could scream, but Panera is closing and I don't want to scare people on my way out. No internet sucks...talk to you all next week when classes come back to haunt us all.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Weekend Drama
But not us! Zach (my brother in law) announced his engagement Saturday at his going away to the Air Force party thrown by the family. It did not go over all that well, but seriously. She cheated on him 3-5 weeks ago and they JUST got back together 2 weeks before getting engaged. They say they will wait 3 years which will put sarah out of school, but that sounds familiar to us and we only lasted 2 years. Anyways, best of luck with the long distance and the family will not make it easy. Thankfully this even more takes the focus off us and while the limelight had its nice moments I am ready to be in the background again.
My whole bowling team got on the two very good and long-established journals at OSU. Abbie and I will be holding down JDR while The Sleeping Giant and Ye Olde Sniper will be on Main Journal. Makes me happy we did so well, because we are a close knit bowling team. Funny considering we came together kind of randomly!
Got back from Marietta and found the roommates gone and tennis rackets missing...so we decided we wanted to go to the park and play them. Since we got back, we lost to them Wednesday in doubles 0-6 2-6 and then Kelley had a bad singles game against me Friday 2-6 0-6. Anyways, we were looking to redeem ourselves and we really have not beaten them in a set at all since May (kind of embarrassing because we are not much worse than them). Anyways, tonight we played and beat them 6-4 7-6 (7-3 tiebreak). Man it felt good to play competitively against them, especially since we would like to play each other at least once a week when we move out of this apartment next month.
Well dinner is done, byes!
My whole bowling team got on the two very good and long-established journals at OSU. Abbie and I will be holding down JDR while The Sleeping Giant and Ye Olde Sniper will be on Main Journal. Makes me happy we did so well, because we are a close knit bowling team. Funny considering we came together kind of randomly!
Got back from Marietta and found the roommates gone and tennis rackets missing...so we decided we wanted to go to the park and play them. Since we got back, we lost to them Wednesday in doubles 0-6 2-6 and then Kelley had a bad singles game against me Friday 2-6 0-6. Anyways, we were looking to redeem ourselves and we really have not beaten them in a set at all since May (kind of embarrassing because we are not much worse than them). Anyways, tonight we played and beat them 6-4 7-6 (7-3 tiebreak). Man it felt good to play competitively against them, especially since we would like to play each other at least once a week when we move out of this apartment next month.
Well dinner is done, byes!
Monday, July 17, 2006
The Married Man
That's what I am...married. Wow.
The wedding weekend went off without too many hitches. The rehearsal was not too bad, but a little long. Our ceremony was kind of long so it makes sense. At least everyone was on time! I made one little mistake when doing the vows, but I was hoping I'd make it through them on Saturday. The dinner afterwards was nice, despite it being a little uncomfortable with Kelley avoiding my family since my Mom was with them. We had a lot of food and once it got dark all the older kids (us) and the young ones blew through our sparklers. That's the best 9 dollars I have ever spent....ever :-)
I think everyone liked their gifts. We got the bridesmaids necklaces and the maids of honor each got a nice engraved bracelet. The groomsmen got engraved keychains and Tom also got an engraved flask. I'm guessing Kelley's grandparents spent more than my parents gave them to run the party, but that was pretty much expected. The wedding morning we boys got up and met at the golf course after I got Zach and Ahmad up. I had watched the weather and it looked stellar all day (which it turned out to be, so that was good). We get started and my first ball goes right into the lake beside the fairway...so we decide each person gets one mulligan off the tee. We all had not really played much before if at all, so it was a great few hours in the morning. I won if that's what you could call it, Shep and Tom came in about 9-10 back and Zach was a few more back while AK was comic relief all day. I'm not too bad at golf and could get pretty good if I keep playing I think. Good lawyer skill.
We left to get food and get ready at Shep's. AK took forever, and we ended up a little late to the church. No big deal though as we got dressed and were ready for the photographer pretty much when she was ready for the guys to take pictures with Kelley. Then I took pictures with the bridesmaids and groomsmen. Finally after waiting for what seemed like the longest 2 hours of my life...it was time to go. The ceremony went well and Kelley was absolutely gorgeous (as a bride should be). Then after another round of pictures and waiting for the girls to pack up their stuff at the church, we were finally off to the reception. It was fun and they even played songs Kelley hates such as the Hokey Pokey and the Chicken dance! The food was very tasty (meatballs and chicken wings) and the cake was also amazing. We apparently had a bunch left, which means people missed out on some good cake. It was weird to have everyone's eyes on you EVERY SECOND of the day, but nice at the same time. Tom and Sarah gave good toasts and lots of people danced (well some of us "danced.") I was definitely happy to have all my family and new family and many of my friends there (law school table ppl, you rock for coming). The two most eligible bachelors according to what I saw and heard...AK and Pastor Steve. What an interesting two guys, but they could certainly find dates at our wedding if they wanted to. Well enough matchmaking.
The week after the wedding was busy busy busy as I tried to catch up everything on my list and got some stuff done. Thursday came quicker than expected and it was time to pack for the honeymoon and leave. We spent Thursday night at Thomas and Lisa's, our friends who used to go to OU with Kelley. Besides Tom and Heather, probably my favorite couple friend we have. We were up late talking and showing them pictures from the reception disposable cameras. Hopefully we can make it up to Cleveland or they can make it down to Cbus often in the next 2 years. After a very short night on their futon, we woke up bright and early before sunrise to go to Akron-Canton airport. A short hop to NYC LaGuardia and a shuttle ride to the pier and then some waiting...finally we made it on the boat, the Carnival Legend. Yay honeymoon!
The honeymoon was great. Kelley has all the pictures on her camera or else I would post some here. The trip down was very overcast and stormy, but once we got to San Juan the weather got better. The Bacardi factory in San Juan was a good tour and I recommend it to anyone going to Puerto Rico. It was also fun to learn all about the future 51st state and see the government buildings. We also tracked down the Hard Rock Cafe and got another bear for the collection. Lots of souvenirs later, we went back to the boat and watched as we left port under a starry sky and bright moon. St. Thomas was our second port and we went to Magan's Bay beach, one of the top 10 beaches in the world. It took a taxi ride over the mountain (great views) to get there, but it definitely lived up to the reputation. It was the only beach we went to in the three ports and I do not know if I will find a better beach anywhere. We went back to town after swimming for 3 hours and rode the skyride to Paradise Point up on the mountain. A good ride even though it kind of creeped Kelley out. The views were amazing and we stayed up at the Point shopping and getting good drinks in souvenir cups. Back to the ship and more good food and good shows and good gambling. Our third port Tortola was very unexciting and expensive to shop at, so we went back to the ship early and hit the pools. The food on the cruise was very good, except for the chicken which they couldn;t seem to get right. Other than waiting too long for our bags to be delivered on the first night, there was no complaints about the housekeeping and waiters. Much better than royal Caribbean in my opinion. The casino was bigger, the pools and hot tubs seemed about the same, and this boat had a waterslide! Did not fare too badly at gambling despite losing money. Kelley was up $15-20 at slots, down $30 in blackjack, and down $25 at roulette. I ended up down $30 at slots, up $25 at blackjack, and down $45 at roulette. I could not catch a break from the slot machines or the roulette wheel, so I spent most of my time at blackjack or watching Kelley play cheap slots. Overall it was a good length of cruise for a honeymoon and I think Kelley finally relaxed a little bit! Nice to see that after 6 months of nothing but stress over school, the church job, and mostly the wedding. The last day sucked as we got off the boat early, had to pay $80 for a taxi across town (the shuttle ride on the way to the port was $30), then got to the airport where they said we could not check our bags until 3 PM. It was 11 AM ad our flight would not leave until 7 PM. So instead of going on the subway and seeing NYC, we got to stay in little crappy LaGuardia playing cards with each other all day. 8 hours of Palabra, Euchre, Texas Hold Em, and Blackjack. Then the flight as delayed an hour. Then we finally get on the plane and get to Akron and finally get on the road for Marietta.
Got back and had another short night of sleep before church on Sunday. The sermon was replaced at both services by a 20 minute video presentation from the high schoolers who just spent the last week in San Antonio at the big Lutheran youth gathering that happens only once every 3 years. Looked like fun. Took an afternoon nap while Kelley showed the grandparents honeymoon pictures and then we packed up stuff again. Filled the car with the remainder of the wedding gifts and bridal shower gifts, and on our way. It felt all kinds of good to get home to the apartment. But not for long, as my roommates ran both bathrooms out of TP! So I had to make an emergency run lol. They bought some this morning since I found a new 4 pack in the downstairs bathroom, but we took care of it anyways.
So now we are back. I am back to working for Shipman slowly, and law school matters are impending as well as our move in a few weeks. Trying to get boxes organized this week to make room for more of Kelley's stuff from home and the room is a disaster zone after throwing stuff around packing for the honeymoon. Got onto 3 of 5 journals as well, missing Business Journal and Main Journal. I/S is too new for my tastes and Criminal Law is not really my field (but I would LOVE to work with our great professors in that field), so I chose our second most prestigous journal, Journal of Dispute Resolution. Got the resume updated for OCI right before the deadline so that companies will give me interviews hopefully. Now it's back to trying to get Sallie Mae to give me money and getting ready for school and job interviews which begin the year. Back to the grind.
PS - It's good to be married. It's not much different with me and Kelley, but living together now is better than her living in Marietta or Athens.
The wedding weekend went off without too many hitches. The rehearsal was not too bad, but a little long. Our ceremony was kind of long so it makes sense. At least everyone was on time! I made one little mistake when doing the vows, but I was hoping I'd make it through them on Saturday. The dinner afterwards was nice, despite it being a little uncomfortable with Kelley avoiding my family since my Mom was with them. We had a lot of food and once it got dark all the older kids (us) and the young ones blew through our sparklers. That's the best 9 dollars I have ever spent....ever :-)
I think everyone liked their gifts. We got the bridesmaids necklaces and the maids of honor each got a nice engraved bracelet. The groomsmen got engraved keychains and Tom also got an engraved flask. I'm guessing Kelley's grandparents spent more than my parents gave them to run the party, but that was pretty much expected. The wedding morning we boys got up and met at the golf course after I got Zach and Ahmad up. I had watched the weather and it looked stellar all day (which it turned out to be, so that was good). We get started and my first ball goes right into the lake beside the fairway...so we decide each person gets one mulligan off the tee. We all had not really played much before if at all, so it was a great few hours in the morning. I won if that's what you could call it, Shep and Tom came in about 9-10 back and Zach was a few more back while AK was comic relief all day. I'm not too bad at golf and could get pretty good if I keep playing I think. Good lawyer skill.
We left to get food and get ready at Shep's. AK took forever, and we ended up a little late to the church. No big deal though as we got dressed and were ready for the photographer pretty much when she was ready for the guys to take pictures with Kelley. Then I took pictures with the bridesmaids and groomsmen. Finally after waiting for what seemed like the longest 2 hours of my life...it was time to go. The ceremony went well and Kelley was absolutely gorgeous (as a bride should be). Then after another round of pictures and waiting for the girls to pack up their stuff at the church, we were finally off to the reception. It was fun and they even played songs Kelley hates such as the Hokey Pokey and the Chicken dance! The food was very tasty (meatballs and chicken wings) and the cake was also amazing. We apparently had a bunch left, which means people missed out on some good cake. It was weird to have everyone's eyes on you EVERY SECOND of the day, but nice at the same time. Tom and Sarah gave good toasts and lots of people danced (well some of us "danced.") I was definitely happy to have all my family and new family and many of my friends there (law school table ppl, you rock for coming). The two most eligible bachelors according to what I saw and heard...AK and Pastor Steve. What an interesting two guys, but they could certainly find dates at our wedding if they wanted to. Well enough matchmaking.
The week after the wedding was busy busy busy as I tried to catch up everything on my list and got some stuff done. Thursday came quicker than expected and it was time to pack for the honeymoon and leave. We spent Thursday night at Thomas and Lisa's, our friends who used to go to OU with Kelley. Besides Tom and Heather, probably my favorite couple friend we have. We were up late talking and showing them pictures from the reception disposable cameras. Hopefully we can make it up to Cleveland or they can make it down to Cbus often in the next 2 years. After a very short night on their futon, we woke up bright and early before sunrise to go to Akron-Canton airport. A short hop to NYC LaGuardia and a shuttle ride to the pier and then some waiting...finally we made it on the boat, the Carnival Legend. Yay honeymoon!
The honeymoon was great. Kelley has all the pictures on her camera or else I would post some here. The trip down was very overcast and stormy, but once we got to San Juan the weather got better. The Bacardi factory in San Juan was a good tour and I recommend it to anyone going to Puerto Rico. It was also fun to learn all about the future 51st state and see the government buildings. We also tracked down the Hard Rock Cafe and got another bear for the collection. Lots of souvenirs later, we went back to the boat and watched as we left port under a starry sky and bright moon. St. Thomas was our second port and we went to Magan's Bay beach, one of the top 10 beaches in the world. It took a taxi ride over the mountain (great views) to get there, but it definitely lived up to the reputation. It was the only beach we went to in the three ports and I do not know if I will find a better beach anywhere. We went back to town after swimming for 3 hours and rode the skyride to Paradise Point up on the mountain. A good ride even though it kind of creeped Kelley out. The views were amazing and we stayed up at the Point shopping and getting good drinks in souvenir cups. Back to the ship and more good food and good shows and good gambling. Our third port Tortola was very unexciting and expensive to shop at, so we went back to the ship early and hit the pools. The food on the cruise was very good, except for the chicken which they couldn;t seem to get right. Other than waiting too long for our bags to be delivered on the first night, there was no complaints about the housekeeping and waiters. Much better than royal Caribbean in my opinion. The casino was bigger, the pools and hot tubs seemed about the same, and this boat had a waterslide! Did not fare too badly at gambling despite losing money. Kelley was up $15-20 at slots, down $30 in blackjack, and down $25 at roulette. I ended up down $30 at slots, up $25 at blackjack, and down $45 at roulette. I could not catch a break from the slot machines or the roulette wheel, so I spent most of my time at blackjack or watching Kelley play cheap slots. Overall it was a good length of cruise for a honeymoon and I think Kelley finally relaxed a little bit! Nice to see that after 6 months of nothing but stress over school, the church job, and mostly the wedding. The last day sucked as we got off the boat early, had to pay $80 for a taxi across town (the shuttle ride on the way to the port was $30), then got to the airport where they said we could not check our bags until 3 PM. It was 11 AM ad our flight would not leave until 7 PM. So instead of going on the subway and seeing NYC, we got to stay in little crappy LaGuardia playing cards with each other all day. 8 hours of Palabra, Euchre, Texas Hold Em, and Blackjack. Then the flight as delayed an hour. Then we finally get on the plane and get to Akron and finally get on the road for Marietta.
Got back and had another short night of sleep before church on Sunday. The sermon was replaced at both services by a 20 minute video presentation from the high schoolers who just spent the last week in San Antonio at the big Lutheran youth gathering that happens only once every 3 years. Looked like fun. Took an afternoon nap while Kelley showed the grandparents honeymoon pictures and then we packed up stuff again. Filled the car with the remainder of the wedding gifts and bridal shower gifts, and on our way. It felt all kinds of good to get home to the apartment. But not for long, as my roommates ran both bathrooms out of TP! So I had to make an emergency run lol. They bought some this morning since I found a new 4 pack in the downstairs bathroom, but we took care of it anyways.
So now we are back. I am back to working for Shipman slowly, and law school matters are impending as well as our move in a few weeks. Trying to get boxes organized this week to make room for more of Kelley's stuff from home and the room is a disaster zone after throwing stuff around packing for the honeymoon. Got onto 3 of 5 journals as well, missing Business Journal and Main Journal. I/S is too new for my tastes and Criminal Law is not really my field (but I would LOVE to work with our great professors in that field), so I chose our second most prestigous journal, Journal of Dispute Resolution. Got the resume updated for OCI right before the deadline so that companies will give me interviews hopefully. Now it's back to trying to get Sallie Mae to give me money and getting ready for school and job interviews which begin the year. Back to the grind.
PS - It's good to be married. It's not much different with me and Kelley, but living together now is better than her living in Marietta or Athens.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Update
Been a pretty easy week, as evidenced by yesterday. Started by working a little for Shipman and thinking up topics for the poor 1L's to write on. Then called Mom and had our necessary chat. Got the apology for hanging up on me, but lots of other stuff talked about. Not too much to bitch about, and she will back off the talking business pretty much forever since it is clear if it ever happens it will be on Kelley's terms. Then went to lunch with Everson and he asked if I minded going to a few stores...I had not been to Half Price Books and our other haunts in a while so we went. He definitely dropped quite a bit and ended up with a new PS2, 3 controllers, and 20 games. I bet I have 18-20 games for my Xbox and I've had that forever it seems. But most of the games he got are proven winners. Went back to his place and tried out some new games I had not played yet and chilled. Then went to Panini's to meet AK and figure out the weekend plans. Of course I ended up eating dinner there and hanging out with his friends most of the evening. Called Kelley...she cannot wait for me to come down. Hell next time I write we will be married.
Got news from Chicago Patent Law Interview Program in August. I got ten interviews out of the 35 firms I signed up for. Amazing! I'll be so busy those two days, but that's a good thing. Probably should have tried to pass the patent bar over this summer, but I doubt I'll regret it later if I get a job in patent law next summer as I suspect I will.
Going out again tonight in Marietta. What thrills!
Got news from Chicago Patent Law Interview Program in August. I got ten interviews out of the 35 firms I signed up for. Amazing! I'll be so busy those two days, but that's a good thing. Probably should have tried to pass the patent bar over this summer, but I doubt I'll regret it later if I get a job in patent law next summer as I suspect I will.
Going out again tonight in Marietta. What thrills!
Monday, June 26, 2006
Last Weekend: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Not to steal a title from my fellow blogger Villa, but it certainly fits my weekend.
THE GOOD
Shep came up Friday night as planned right after I got laundry done. We ended up eating some Taco Bell fourth meal and playing a World Cup. I had Iran and lost to England in the quarterfinals in overtime after beating USA in the Rd. of 16 in penalty kicks. Tom lost to Sweden in the round of 16, and Shep went on to avenge our losses and win the whole thing.
Saturday Tom and Shep went to pick up the ice, beer, and cigars for the nightcap and cleaned the place up while I relaxed and showered. Zach came up first at 3, followed by Daniel shortly thereafter. Of course Ahmad was late as usual, but Burton came in around the same time and we were off. Hooters was OK, good unhealthy food and good conversation to start the Bachelor Party. We also got to watch Argentina beat Mexico in the World Cup, which had a lot of trash talking in overtime (including continued bashing of America's team, EYEBROWS Reyna and BaLDEY Kasey Keller). Our night continued at Shadowbox Cabaret where we were one of 5 bachelor/bachelorette parties in attendance. The show was Best of 2006 and it was absolutely hellarious. I think everyone enjoyed the evening show and I am certain most of us will be back with girlfriends/wives/hookups in the future. Then it was back to the apartment for some poker, drinking and smoking. Everyone smoked one, and it was quite the atmosphere at the beginning. Poker was well played overall, and I think the first three people out lost on hands they definitely had the better percentage with when they pushed all in. Villa was the first out and he is the only player at the table I think is better than me, so his AA losing to KK of Daniel (who is the biggest lucksack still...go away beginner's luck) actually helped out. It took quite a while but eventually I knocked out Ahmad and fought with Daniel to get the chip lead. We got down to Tom, Shep, Daniel, and I and despite Shep and Tom being short stacks...they attacked Daniel and got him out. Then Shep was majorly short stacked and it took forever, but Tom and I eventually got him out and split the pot. I cannot say there were any amazing plays on my part, but I definitely had Daniel and Shep read on most hands. I'd like to thank Tom and the guys for an absolutely amazing night none of us will forget for a long time.
THE BAD
Well I guess it had to go sour right? The trip to Marietta was a quick one as I hit the road at 12:45 and had to get gas and lunch on the way. I got to Bonnie's at 2:58 and they were waiting to leave for the bridal shower. We got there a few minutes late and got going. Played a couple of games (21 things you might know about the bride and groom) and (make something related to the wedding out of a piece of toliet paper). We ate some food and were going to play one more short game but Granny Bonnie was making faces this whole time and bitched up a storm about people having to leave and we should do gifts. Whatever...so we did gifts. Kelley (and I) got a lot of nice stuff, mostly kitchen stuff such as bar equipment, towels, and a smoothie maker. It was not so bad I guess, but I was th eonly guy in a room full of women (appx 25) and Bonnie kind of ruined the mood by being bitchy the whole time since things did not go as she wanted them to. This is not her wedding.
THE UGLY
Well here we go. So after the bridal shower I go over to Mom's to get a haircut and we have a talk before we go over there. Mom is ABSOLUTELY INSISTING that I bring Kelley over and we talk out the stuff between the two of them that night, including the letter and everything leading up to it (this started in November and ended with the letter in March). I told her I would try my best and got the haircut and left. Dropped off Jon's last stuff at his Mom's as well and good riddance lol. Hopefully he pays me someday soon. I was still kind of ticked off that Mom wanted me to try and force Kelley to talk again...but I figured I would try. Kelley and Kelsey and Bonnie knew someting was up and I spilled before Kelley and I left to see a dog her mom and stepdad had over for the weekend. Kelley strongly refused and we got into a mini-fight over it on the way over to her Mom's. We get to her Mom's and it doesn;t take long for them to realize something is up, but we tell them what it is and move on. We watched King Kong with them and I had not seenit so I enjoyed it. The big dog they were sitting for the weekend was so cute, but too big for our apartment. About 10:30 and 2/3 of the way through the movie my Mom calls their house phone and Bruce hands it to me. This is how the convo goes:
Mom: Why do you not answer your phone when I call (second time she bitched me out for this today)?
Me: Ummm, let me pull out my phone, oh yeah just like I told you before I ge tno bars in half of Marietta!
Mom: Are you guys coming over?
Me after asking Kelley: No we are not coming over.
Mom: Why not?
Me: Because Kelley is not ready to talk.
Mom: That sounds like bullshit.
Me: Well what do you want me to do? You want to talk to her now?
Mom: No (hangs up)
Me: Well Fuck off then (using my better judgment and not throwing Bruce and Kathy's phone across the room).
I was pissy the rest of the movie, and mostly because I DESPISE people hanging up on me rudely. I just refuse to tolerate that bullshit.
So we leave after the movie and we get out to the end of their road and Mom is just pulling on the road. I was so angry I got out of the truck and stormed over to her car window and bitched her out in the middle of the street. I told her it was so rude and you should never hang up on me (with plenty of expletives deleted) and Mom yelled across the road to Kelley who stayed silent and looked ahead in the passenger isde of the truck. Mom accused her of not wanting to work things out and after about a minute I told Mom she could follow us if she wished but I was not talking out there anymore. I sped off and called my grandmother who couldn't console me at all and Kelley took the phone over and talked to her a little bit (which I think helped, but I was sobbing and speeding back to her grandparents). I got to the grandparents, Kelley said she did not want to go there yet, I left the keys in the truck and told her to go wherever she wants but I'm going wherever the hell I feel like and I ran inside right past her grandparents and Kelsey down to my room for the night where I cried and got angrier for 15 minutes alone. I do no know what made me more upset, the fact that my Mom does not understand that I have tried my best to get Kelley to talk for months (and caused many fights in the process), the fact that she stalked us to her grandparents (before we saw her on the road) and then to her mother's, or the fact that I was so consumed with rage I had a white treash screaming match in the middle of the road at night. Probably all of the above. Finally Kelley's grandparents and Kelley came down and tried to console me, which happened after another 15-20 minutes. I haven't cried so much all year I think. After I got back to good they left me and Kelley alone to talk about things and we got on the same page, since it was not us fighting (and we are sure of walking down the aisle and just want it to come...we are fine which is good because if we weren't and all this family stuff was happening...). I finally went upstairs and got some late dinner and watched a litle TV and read a little bit before hitting the sack. Just being with Kelley helped.
Apparently Kelley's grandparents, me in a rage fit in the middle of the road, and Kelley's Mom all told my Mom to back off and let us get married, since nothing good can come from forcing the conversation when both sides are not ready to talk. Kelley's Mom is the only person my mom seems to listen to now so hopefully all of us combined will shut her up. Nonetheless in the long term KElley and I need to have serious talks with her grandparents regarding their unacceptable behavior pertaining to the wedding and my mom on her relationship with Kelley (but we are not going to have these talks till we mov einto our new apartment in August at the earliest). Kelley's Mom told me that my Mom was afraid I wouldn't talk to her anymore since she hung up on me...and she probably deserves that. I intend to talk to her on the phone Wednesday telling her two things: the long term timeline of when we might get together to talk ON OUR TERMS and insisting she comes to the wedding and enjoys what should be a happy day for her.
It scares me that I saw an unpleasant conversation between Kelley's grandmother and my Mom at the end of the bridal shower and I got completely different stories of the conversation from both of them. I cannot trust either of them to give me the full story and that bothers me. It also bothers me that my mom would go so far as to stalk us at night trying to force the issues with Kelley. That is PSYCHOTIC and actually pulled Kelley farther away (as well as gave me something to be really upset at her about). I did a lot better today just chilling with Kelley, and our meeting with Pastor Steve to set up final wedding details turned into a talk about the family issues from Sunday. It helps to talk to him since he is impartial, and I intend to talk to Tom tonight about it and I know Sarah (maid of honor) was going over to talk to Kelley tonight. Back in Columbus now and good riddance to Marietta. I go home for a day and a half and my weekend goes from one of the best of my life to one of the worst.
There you have it...4 days and counting to the wedding and here we go.
THE GOOD
Shep came up Friday night as planned right after I got laundry done. We ended up eating some Taco Bell fourth meal and playing a World Cup. I had Iran and lost to England in the quarterfinals in overtime after beating USA in the Rd. of 16 in penalty kicks. Tom lost to Sweden in the round of 16, and Shep went on to avenge our losses and win the whole thing.
Saturday Tom and Shep went to pick up the ice, beer, and cigars for the nightcap and cleaned the place up while I relaxed and showered. Zach came up first at 3, followed by Daniel shortly thereafter. Of course Ahmad was late as usual, but Burton came in around the same time and we were off. Hooters was OK, good unhealthy food and good conversation to start the Bachelor Party. We also got to watch Argentina beat Mexico in the World Cup, which had a lot of trash talking in overtime (including continued bashing of America's team, EYEBROWS Reyna and BaLDEY Kasey Keller). Our night continued at Shadowbox Cabaret where we were one of 5 bachelor/bachelorette parties in attendance. The show was Best of 2006 and it was absolutely hellarious. I think everyone enjoyed the evening show and I am certain most of us will be back with girlfriends/wives/hookups in the future. Then it was back to the apartment for some poker, drinking and smoking. Everyone smoked one, and it was quite the atmosphere at the beginning. Poker was well played overall, and I think the first three people out lost on hands they definitely had the better percentage with when they pushed all in. Villa was the first out and he is the only player at the table I think is better than me, so his AA losing to KK of Daniel (who is the biggest lucksack still...go away beginner's luck) actually helped out. It took quite a while but eventually I knocked out Ahmad and fought with Daniel to get the chip lead. We got down to Tom, Shep, Daniel, and I and despite Shep and Tom being short stacks...they attacked Daniel and got him out. Then Shep was majorly short stacked and it took forever, but Tom and I eventually got him out and split the pot. I cannot say there were any amazing plays on my part, but I definitely had Daniel and Shep read on most hands. I'd like to thank Tom and the guys for an absolutely amazing night none of us will forget for a long time.
THE BAD
Well I guess it had to go sour right? The trip to Marietta was a quick one as I hit the road at 12:45 and had to get gas and lunch on the way. I got to Bonnie's at 2:58 and they were waiting to leave for the bridal shower. We got there a few minutes late and got going. Played a couple of games (21 things you might know about the bride and groom) and (make something related to the wedding out of a piece of toliet paper). We ate some food and were going to play one more short game but Granny Bonnie was making faces this whole time and bitched up a storm about people having to leave and we should do gifts. Whatever...so we did gifts. Kelley (and I) got a lot of nice stuff, mostly kitchen stuff such as bar equipment, towels, and a smoothie maker. It was not so bad I guess, but I was th eonly guy in a room full of women (appx 25) and Bonnie kind of ruined the mood by being bitchy the whole time since things did not go as she wanted them to. This is not her wedding.
THE UGLY
Well here we go. So after the bridal shower I go over to Mom's to get a haircut and we have a talk before we go over there. Mom is ABSOLUTELY INSISTING that I bring Kelley over and we talk out the stuff between the two of them that night, including the letter and everything leading up to it (this started in November and ended with the letter in March). I told her I would try my best and got the haircut and left. Dropped off Jon's last stuff at his Mom's as well and good riddance lol. Hopefully he pays me someday soon. I was still kind of ticked off that Mom wanted me to try and force Kelley to talk again...but I figured I would try. Kelley and Kelsey and Bonnie knew someting was up and I spilled before Kelley and I left to see a dog her mom and stepdad had over for the weekend. Kelley strongly refused and we got into a mini-fight over it on the way over to her Mom's. We get to her Mom's and it doesn;t take long for them to realize something is up, but we tell them what it is and move on. We watched King Kong with them and I had not seenit so I enjoyed it. The big dog they were sitting for the weekend was so cute, but too big for our apartment. About 10:30 and 2/3 of the way through the movie my Mom calls their house phone and Bruce hands it to me. This is how the convo goes:
Mom: Why do you not answer your phone when I call (second time she bitched me out for this today)?
Me: Ummm, let me pull out my phone, oh yeah just like I told you before I ge tno bars in half of Marietta!
Mom: Are you guys coming over?
Me after asking Kelley: No we are not coming over.
Mom: Why not?
Me: Because Kelley is not ready to talk.
Mom: That sounds like bullshit.
Me: Well what do you want me to do? You want to talk to her now?
Mom: No (hangs up)
Me: Well Fuck off then (using my better judgment and not throwing Bruce and Kathy's phone across the room).
I was pissy the rest of the movie, and mostly because I DESPISE people hanging up on me rudely. I just refuse to tolerate that bullshit.
So we leave after the movie and we get out to the end of their road and Mom is just pulling on the road. I was so angry I got out of the truck and stormed over to her car window and bitched her out in the middle of the street. I told her it was so rude and you should never hang up on me (with plenty of expletives deleted) and Mom yelled across the road to Kelley who stayed silent and looked ahead in the passenger isde of the truck. Mom accused her of not wanting to work things out and after about a minute I told Mom she could follow us if she wished but I was not talking out there anymore. I sped off and called my grandmother who couldn't console me at all and Kelley took the phone over and talked to her a little bit (which I think helped, but I was sobbing and speeding back to her grandparents). I got to the grandparents, Kelley said she did not want to go there yet, I left the keys in the truck and told her to go wherever she wants but I'm going wherever the hell I feel like and I ran inside right past her grandparents and Kelsey down to my room for the night where I cried and got angrier for 15 minutes alone. I do no know what made me more upset, the fact that my Mom does not understand that I have tried my best to get Kelley to talk for months (and caused many fights in the process), the fact that she stalked us to her grandparents (before we saw her on the road) and then to her mother's, or the fact that I was so consumed with rage I had a white treash screaming match in the middle of the road at night. Probably all of the above. Finally Kelley's grandparents and Kelley came down and tried to console me, which happened after another 15-20 minutes. I haven't cried so much all year I think. After I got back to good they left me and Kelley alone to talk about things and we got on the same page, since it was not us fighting (and we are sure of walking down the aisle and just want it to come...we are fine which is good because if we weren't and all this family stuff was happening...). I finally went upstairs and got some late dinner and watched a litle TV and read a little bit before hitting the sack. Just being with Kelley helped.
Apparently Kelley's grandparents, me in a rage fit in the middle of the road, and Kelley's Mom all told my Mom to back off and let us get married, since nothing good can come from forcing the conversation when both sides are not ready to talk. Kelley's Mom is the only person my mom seems to listen to now so hopefully all of us combined will shut her up. Nonetheless in the long term KElley and I need to have serious talks with her grandparents regarding their unacceptable behavior pertaining to the wedding and my mom on her relationship with Kelley (but we are not going to have these talks till we mov einto our new apartment in August at the earliest). Kelley's Mom told me that my Mom was afraid I wouldn't talk to her anymore since she hung up on me...and she probably deserves that. I intend to talk to her on the phone Wednesday telling her two things: the long term timeline of when we might get together to talk ON OUR TERMS and insisting she comes to the wedding and enjoys what should be a happy day for her.
It scares me that I saw an unpleasant conversation between Kelley's grandmother and my Mom at the end of the bridal shower and I got completely different stories of the conversation from both of them. I cannot trust either of them to give me the full story and that bothers me. It also bothers me that my mom would go so far as to stalk us at night trying to force the issues with Kelley. That is PSYCHOTIC and actually pulled Kelley farther away (as well as gave me something to be really upset at her about). I did a lot better today just chilling with Kelley, and our meeting with Pastor Steve to set up final wedding details turned into a talk about the family issues from Sunday. It helps to talk to him since he is impartial, and I intend to talk to Tom tonight about it and I know Sarah (maid of honor) was going over to talk to Kelley tonight. Back in Columbus now and good riddance to Marietta. I go home for a day and a half and my weekend goes from one of the best of my life to one of the worst.
There you have it...4 days and counting to the wedding and here we go.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
World Cup Craziness
I've been so into the World Cup, and I've been cheering for Germany and USA. Germany is 3-0, won their group, and gets a game against sweden in the round of 16 I have to think they will win pretty easily. The US, not so much. Admittedly I think there is NO DOUBT that America was in the group of death (Argentina, Holland, Ivory Coast, and Serbia was supposedly better than Italy, Ghana, Czech and USA: I do not buy it at all after the games are done). Still the effort overall is disappointing and must improve in 4 years if the US is to be respected worldwide.
I post mainly to show you how crazy I got today. I woke up early and instead of going to a bar or to Columbus Crew stadium which is right down the street from me and was apparently having a viewing party (they showed them multiple times during the game...and here's Washington DC in a bar, and here's Times Square, and here's Columbus Crew Stadium!), I decide to bring my TV upstairs and watch both games at the same time from the comfort of home! Yay! I have picture proof.
Beginning of the Game: Hopes are high!
24th Minute: Italy and Czech still playing strong and scoreless, US hopes dashed by mistake and injury to our captain Claudio Reyna (the guy on the ground on the big screen). Bonus picture 2 seconds later of Bruce Arena with his 2006 World Cup face (AKA pissy and disappointed)
27th Minute: Italy and USA get corner kicks almost simultaneously. The US chokes, but Italy converts and all of a sudden spirits are raised for me again. Given Italy's great defense, I assume now the US is in control of their own destiny.
44th Minute: THE US SCORES! GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Flags waving in Germany, and Columbus Crew Stadium fans a half mile from my seat at home going crazy on national TV. Now Spirits are VERY HIGH...could we actually make it out of the group?
Stoppage Time First Half: More good news as the Czech's get a red card and will be even more unliekly to come back against Italy for even a draw, so the US only needs another goal to win and move on. Then a terrible call against Oneywu since apparently big guys aren't allowed to try for the ball anywhere near the Ghana striker...what bullshit. Ghana drains the penalty kick in the back of the net and the US is in trouble.
Second Half: Here's my only photo, showing Ghana's 2-1 lead in the middle of the half.
This last photo above was right after the US had another great header off the goal post. Just like Reyna's miss off the bar to tie the game against Czech Republic and another miss off the crossbar agaisnt Italy to win the game (as well as Beazley's go-ahead goal against Italy getting called back due to bad positioning by McBride)...4 opportunities off the post in 3 games. Unacceptable. You have to squeak some of those in and each one was critical. Agaisnt the Czechs the game atmosphere would've changed at 1-1, against Italy it would have won the game, and against Ghana 2-2 with 30 minutes left who knows what happens?
So no more USA in the World Cup. Oh well, still lots of good soccer worth watching.
What's more crazy, me dragging my TV upstairs to watch both games at the same time or me taking pictures of it to show you all how crazy I am? I'll call it a push bet, but maybe you could get 6:5 odds.
I post mainly to show you how crazy I got today. I woke up early and instead of going to a bar or to Columbus Crew stadium which is right down the street from me and was apparently having a viewing party (they showed them multiple times during the game...and here's Washington DC in a bar, and here's Times Square, and here's Columbus Crew Stadium!), I decide to bring my TV upstairs and watch both games at the same time from the comfort of home! Yay! I have picture proof.
Beginning of the Game: Hopes are high!
24th Minute: Italy and Czech still playing strong and scoreless, US hopes dashed by mistake and injury to our captain Claudio Reyna (the guy on the ground on the big screen). Bonus picture 2 seconds later of Bruce Arena with his 2006 World Cup face (AKA pissy and disappointed)
27th Minute: Italy and USA get corner kicks almost simultaneously. The US chokes, but Italy converts and all of a sudden spirits are raised for me again. Given Italy's great defense, I assume now the US is in control of their own destiny.
44th Minute: THE US SCORES! GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Flags waving in Germany, and Columbus Crew Stadium fans a half mile from my seat at home going crazy on national TV. Now Spirits are VERY HIGH...could we actually make it out of the group?
Stoppage Time First Half: More good news as the Czech's get a red card and will be even more unliekly to come back against Italy for even a draw, so the US only needs another goal to win and move on. Then a terrible call against Oneywu since apparently big guys aren't allowed to try for the ball anywhere near the Ghana striker...what bullshit. Ghana drains the penalty kick in the back of the net and the US is in trouble.
Second Half: Here's my only photo, showing Ghana's 2-1 lead in the middle of the half.
This last photo above was right after the US had another great header off the goal post. Just like Reyna's miss off the bar to tie the game against Czech Republic and another miss off the crossbar agaisnt Italy to win the game (as well as Beazley's go-ahead goal against Italy getting called back due to bad positioning by McBride)...4 opportunities off the post in 3 games. Unacceptable. You have to squeak some of those in and each one was critical. Agaisnt the Czechs the game atmosphere would've changed at 1-1, against Italy it would have won the game, and against Ghana 2-2 with 30 minutes left who knows what happens?
So no more USA in the World Cup. Oh well, still lots of good soccer worth watching.
What's more crazy, me dragging my TV upstairs to watch both games at the same time or me taking pictures of it to show you all how crazy I am? I'll call it a push bet, but maybe you could get 6:5 odds.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Grades Are IN!
Had a nice lunch with Mom today, she was in town buying a lavender dress for the wedding. Decided to blow some more time and show her where my new apartment is, before coming back to Moritz. Funny coincidence as I pulled up since Shipman was walking by and my mom wanted to meet him. Now she knows the infamy. I am basicaly on independent study from him for the next week and a half as he wraps up his summer BA class. Yawn. Filling hours.
Oh and grades came out today as expected last week. Con Law was a high B and I tied for the highest grade in Legal Writing, so I MADE JOURNAL....woot. Well at least JDR, and if I get on main journal by the competition so be it (I'm grading around 20-25 percentile approxiamtely so I will not be grading on for sure). I'm actually really happy about my Con Law grade since it was above average and I blew off that class to high heaven. So much so that I went out and bought a supplement before the test to study with, and I think that was desperate. Of course with his exam I think he could've thrown them down the steps to determine grades since we were up all night finishing that beast of a one day take-home. Contracts was awful but since Crandall quit on us and screwed us over on the final I don't really care. A good semester, and now I'm officially a 2L.
My schedule for next year for reference:
FALL
Appellate Advocacy with Beazley - R 9-9:50
Accounting For Lawyers with Shipman - MTW at 2-2:50
Federal Income Taxation with Samansky - MTWR at 3-3:50
Patent Law with Mesher - MW at 4-5:15
Copyright Law with Lee - TR at 4-5:15
WINTER
Business Associations with Cole - MTWR at 10-10:50
Civil Procedure II with Greenbaum - MTW at 11-11:50 (waitlist, but he said I'd probably get in)
Evidence with Simmons - MTWR at 1-1:50
Trademark Law with Lee - TR at 4-5:15
Seminar on State Constitutional Law with Judge Sutton T 5:30-7:30
If I do not get into Civ Pro II, I will hopefully get into Greenbaum's Professional Responsibility course at 2-2:50 MTW. Either works fine and I'm on the waitlist for both, so we'll see which hole in my schedule gets plugged.
Up some more on poker, well above my $450 buy-in total and pretty stable now. So hopefully I keep going up...never hurts to make a little money. The Magic cards haven't been touched all week...better get on those or else I will not be able to Ebay the recent ones before the honeymoon.
Best news of the day: no anxiously awaiting at the mailbox to see if I made a journal. God bless legal writing (at least today).
Oh and grades came out today as expected last week. Con Law was a high B and I tied for the highest grade in Legal Writing, so I MADE JOURNAL....woot. Well at least JDR, and if I get on main journal by the competition so be it (I'm grading around 20-25 percentile approxiamtely so I will not be grading on for sure). I'm actually really happy about my Con Law grade since it was above average and I blew off that class to high heaven. So much so that I went out and bought a supplement before the test to study with, and I think that was desperate. Of course with his exam I think he could've thrown them down the steps to determine grades since we were up all night finishing that beast of a one day take-home. Contracts was awful but since Crandall quit on us and screwed us over on the final I don't really care. A good semester, and now I'm officially a 2L.
My schedule for next year for reference:
FALL
Appellate Advocacy with Beazley - R 9-9:50
Accounting For Lawyers with Shipman - MTW at 2-2:50
Federal Income Taxation with Samansky - MTWR at 3-3:50
Patent Law with Mesher - MW at 4-5:15
Copyright Law with Lee - TR at 4-5:15
WINTER
Business Associations with Cole - MTWR at 10-10:50
Civil Procedure II with Greenbaum - MTW at 11-11:50 (waitlist, but he said I'd probably get in)
Evidence with Simmons - MTWR at 1-1:50
Trademark Law with Lee - TR at 4-5:15
Seminar on State Constitutional Law with Judge Sutton T 5:30-7:30
If I do not get into Civ Pro II, I will hopefully get into Greenbaum's Professional Responsibility course at 2-2:50 MTW. Either works fine and I'm on the waitlist for both, so we'll see which hole in my schedule gets plugged.
Up some more on poker, well above my $450 buy-in total and pretty stable now. So hopefully I keep going up...never hurts to make a little money. The Magic cards haven't been touched all week...better get on those or else I will not be able to Ebay the recent ones before the honeymoon.
Best news of the day: no anxiously awaiting at the mailbox to see if I made a journal. God bless legal writing (at least today).
Monday, June 19, 2006
One More Thing
Oh I wrote another article for southerncollegesports.com this week, and I really crapped it out since it was 3 days behind schedule and I only had an hour to write really. So I crapped out a list of the top 10 stadiums and current college football coaches. I left out Bob Stoops of Oklahoma and Mack Brown of Texas...and I've never had a comment on my articles from readers (I was beginning to wonder if anyone read them). My lack of time and research made the list a little dicey I will admit, but I have gotten a lot of nasty email from readers about leaving those two out. Now I know what it feels like to have readers. I have to admit...it's nice to know I have a readership, and now maybe I'll win them back with a few more good articles lol. Just funny.
Dominos!
I amwatching TV right now, and ESPN just had an hour of the world championship of dominos. I have never seen so much judging and complaining and bitching over a game of dominoes than I saw in the semifinals. It was really funny to watch and I recommend it if you need a laugh. It came on after soccer if you are curious :-)
Had one last (hopefully) moment of doubt before the wedding brought on by Kelley wanting a different ring. We worked out our problems, so no big deal there and we are full speed ahead again one day later. But we are upgrading the ring, and my bank account screams. Thank God people give us money for getting married, since we need to replenish our safety money at least a little before the end of the year. But trading in the old ring set for the gorgeous new one helped a lot and it is affordable.
Law school grades should be done this week, and we got one mroe today. Now law school grades have been a roller coaster ride so far and I have no idea where it will go next. All of my first semester grades were between 93 and 90...above average and very consistent. I got my highest ever law school grade in Legislation (by a small bit), then dropped my Contracts 5 points to a low B (must have really bombed the final), then today got the second highest grade in Property. What makes it all the more sweet is that property is the closest first year field of study to my desired career (intellectual property) and this class was taught by the infamous Shipman, who I am working for this summer. I really wanted to blast this one out of the park and I did, and I'm probably now getting an amazing recommendation letter from my high-profile (in the world of law) boss. Makes my day. so Constitutional Law which I have no idea about and Legal Writing which I think I have a middle range A in...come on down and join the roller coaster ride.
And then we can stop talking about law school grades till at least August, when employers start demanding them.
Was up $50 in poker yesterday too, 20 on the cash tables and won 38 in a 1 dollar buy in tournament (4th place out of 388 players, best ever finish for me online). Of course details are over on my poker blog.
Had one last (hopefully) moment of doubt before the wedding brought on by Kelley wanting a different ring. We worked out our problems, so no big deal there and we are full speed ahead again one day later. But we are upgrading the ring, and my bank account screams. Thank God people give us money for getting married, since we need to replenish our safety money at least a little before the end of the year. But trading in the old ring set for the gorgeous new one helped a lot and it is affordable.
Law school grades should be done this week, and we got one mroe today. Now law school grades have been a roller coaster ride so far and I have no idea where it will go next. All of my first semester grades were between 93 and 90...above average and very consistent. I got my highest ever law school grade in Legislation (by a small bit), then dropped my Contracts 5 points to a low B (must have really bombed the final), then today got the second highest grade in Property. What makes it all the more sweet is that property is the closest first year field of study to my desired career (intellectual property) and this class was taught by the infamous Shipman, who I am working for this summer. I really wanted to blast this one out of the park and I did, and I'm probably now getting an amazing recommendation letter from my high-profile (in the world of law) boss. Makes my day. so Constitutional Law which I have no idea about and Legal Writing which I think I have a middle range A in...come on down and join the roller coaster ride.
And then we can stop talking about law school grades till at least August, when employers start demanding them.
Was up $50 in poker yesterday too, 20 on the cash tables and won 38 in a 1 dollar buy in tournament (4th place out of 388 players, best ever finish for me online). Of course details are over on my poker blog.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Thank God for Friday
Of course lots has happened since my post-Memorial Day post, but I'll just hit the highlights of thought since I cannot remember most of it.
Today is Ahmad Khan's 25th Birthday. He's an old fart, but should be some fun tonight. Excellent weekend to stay in town. Of course next weekend I'm in town too, I just have to go home for the bridal shower Sunday afternoon.
The World Cup has me enthralled. I watch lots of soccer every day and actually get excited about group play games not involving the US or Germany (although I am cheering for those teams with the roomie). Germany looks very good, but might be tested by England if they meet early in the playoff rounds. The US was easily the only bad team in their group of 4 after being dismissed 3-0 by Czech Republic. Italy did beat Ghana 2-0, but Ghana played TONS better than the US did. It will be quite a task tomorrow for the Americans to get the necessary win against Italy...but I'll hold out hope until they take the pitch. Even if they lose and get knocked out (after playing against Ghana in a then-meaningless game)...I'm still enthralled by the other teams of the World Cup. Gasp...I might just be a soccer fan too.
Speaking of sports, I'm loving the NBA finals too. I've watched the playoffs which have been very rewarding, but the team I'm cheering for (Miami) has made a series of it and who knows they might just run Dallas off the court again in Game 5. I hope so.
The Reds are still in it in June, and actually led the division before their 5 game losing streak this week. As a true Reds fan...we'll see where they are next week lol.
Ben Rothlisburger deserved worse than he got. I mean I wish the guy no ill will and I cheered for the Steelers after they beat Indy last year, but c'mon. You don't wear a helmet and go face-first into a windshield of a car? That guy better stay lucky...but at least he paid the lip service of saying he will wear a helmet now. The fact that PA revoked the law is just simply absurd. Considering how they drive on I-70 across Ohio (the only cars I cannot keep up with basically), I guess they just don't value laws or safety as much as the restof us. If you've ever driven across that behemoth of a boring state, I guess you would understand.
On June 6 (6/6/06 for those living under a rock), I was walking up the street and I hear from a house porch above me..."yeah we tied the knot today." Given that our original date was 7/7/07, I had thought about how many goths would be rushing to the downtown courts to get married on this "historic" day. My thoughts from many months before were rewarded when I looked up on that porch and it was two of the most gothic people I've ever seen talking to some normal looking sun-touched friends. IT MADE MY WEEK! But then it gets better. The bride says in response to the congratulations,"yeah it's really historic because it only happens like, once every millenium." Well call me too smart, but an 06 actually happens every century...and her friends and groom did not say anything other than.."wow it really is monumental." If the original comment made my day, this follow-up about had me rolling up the street to get away before I could bust out laughing. People are dumb and predictable.
So I was browsing the internet today while working, and I think it would be awesome to be a bartender. Not for life (although I bet it's not a bad career), but just as a side job. Too bad I did not have these thoughts 2 years ago...as I might have been more likely to take the 2 week (or 1 week) course and jump into the scene here in Columbus. I certainly see advertisments asking for bartenders often enough. Even if I did not actually decide to become a bartender, I think it would be a fun class to take since it is cheap and a good life skill. Remember, I intend to have a bar at home in my dream house, which may or may not happen. But it would be nice to be able to have people over for drinks and discussion later on. And bartending skills beyond looking in my drink book I have now would be cool to have.
I think everything for the wedding is set, but I like keeping my distance at this point since it seems like the only thing happening is bickering between families and wedding party members. We should have around 200 at the ceremony and 170-175 at the reception, so that should be enough to actually get people to loosen up and dance a little bit. I hate weddings where nobody mingles, and so does Kelley so we set up our reception as an hors-d'oeurve engagement with seating only for about 100 people (assuming people will want to sit while waiting on us to come over while we do pictures at the church). I haven't really had the butterflies yet, but I figure the longer I wait the harder they will come on. Doesn't much matter, as I doubt anything could scare me away from the altar at this point. We've been through thick and thin...and we're still here.
I saw three Mormons with their white button-down shirts, black pants, and black nametags riding down the sidewalk on bikes today. I have a copy of the book of Mormon since I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, but I haven't been in the mood yet to read it all the way through. They are the most irritating people who accost you as you walk on campus. I blew them off the last time I saw them...but I usually like to mess with them when I have time to talk. What bothered me was that they always travel in packs (and apparently don't believe in cars), they are always guys (why?), and they are riding on bikes down the sidewalk. I think bikers shouldn't get to hold up cars on the highway AND run over people on sidewalks...but this happens every day around here. One or the other. My opinion like the law...they should be on the road. I can deal with them easier there since in a head on collision I win. At least they were all wearing helmets...so perhaps they don't have the same level of faith as Ben Rothlisburger that God will save them if they run into a car or pedestrian.
It felt so good to play tennis last night. I should never let myself lapse, as I am a pretty decent player when in practice (and I'm not even close to where I was in high school). I got the roomie down 4-1 last night before forgetting how to keep my passing shots in the court...dropping two breaks back and losing the set 4-6.
This weekend is the Pro Tour for teams in Charleston SC. I am cheering for the three teams who beat us for qualifications this past season (well not really for the sucky team from Chicago who we would beat 8-9 times out of 10) to make a good showing, and our playtest partners started 4-0 while the other two teams are 3-1 and 2-2. None out of contention, and our playtest buddies are doing very well, seeing the second day of a Pro Tour for sure at this point. I cannot help but be a little bitter though, since they are our playtest friends and we wouldbe playing the same set of decks as them and probably would be 4-0 or 3-1 right now. Maybe next year :-)
In other Magic news, I've put together the cards and decks I am keeping finally and am now sorting through the collection for rares to put up on ebay. What a task, but it's three and a half more plastic storage boxes to use for something else later on lol. I hope this frees up more time for poker and other things I want to do. Ah speaking of, I need to put a new entry on my poker blog for the live game we played. Maybe I'll go do that and stop filling this blog with useless thoughts.
One more: what the hell takes law professors so long to get grades in? A lot of graduating 3L's are complaining because one seminar is holding up their final transcripts, but our class is apparently the unlucky one. All the other sections (2/3 of the 1L class) now have all their grades in. Section 1/2...oh no. We just got our Contracts grade in which the final was 3 months ago today (obviously the last of the 3 sections), we are the only section without Constitutional Law grades and Property grades, and half of our section (since we were split) still has no Legislation grades while the other half doesn't have Legal Writing (all other sections of Legislation and Legal Writing are in). So we all have 2 grades (half of us Legislation and Contracts, the other half hae Legal Writing and Contracts), while the rest of the class has had their grades for over a week now. The registrar said all three of the classes I am waiting on (Legal Writing, Con Law, and Property) have been submitted as raw scores and are either currently being converted to the scale they use to grade us or are awaiting professor and dean approval before they are released. If we don't have all three of those grades by Wednesday...I'm going to throw a fit. Get it together people.
Today is Ahmad Khan's 25th Birthday. He's an old fart, but should be some fun tonight. Excellent weekend to stay in town. Of course next weekend I'm in town too, I just have to go home for the bridal shower Sunday afternoon.
The World Cup has me enthralled. I watch lots of soccer every day and actually get excited about group play games not involving the US or Germany (although I am cheering for those teams with the roomie). Germany looks very good, but might be tested by England if they meet early in the playoff rounds. The US was easily the only bad team in their group of 4 after being dismissed 3-0 by Czech Republic. Italy did beat Ghana 2-0, but Ghana played TONS better than the US did. It will be quite a task tomorrow for the Americans to get the necessary win against Italy...but I'll hold out hope until they take the pitch. Even if they lose and get knocked out (after playing against Ghana in a then-meaningless game)...I'm still enthralled by the other teams of the World Cup. Gasp...I might just be a soccer fan too.
Speaking of sports, I'm loving the NBA finals too. I've watched the playoffs which have been very rewarding, but the team I'm cheering for (Miami) has made a series of it and who knows they might just run Dallas off the court again in Game 5. I hope so.
The Reds are still in it in June, and actually led the division before their 5 game losing streak this week. As a true Reds fan...we'll see where they are next week lol.
Ben Rothlisburger deserved worse than he got. I mean I wish the guy no ill will and I cheered for the Steelers after they beat Indy last year, but c'mon. You don't wear a helmet and go face-first into a windshield of a car? That guy better stay lucky...but at least he paid the lip service of saying he will wear a helmet now. The fact that PA revoked the law is just simply absurd. Considering how they drive on I-70 across Ohio (the only cars I cannot keep up with basically), I guess they just don't value laws or safety as much as the restof us. If you've ever driven across that behemoth of a boring state, I guess you would understand.
On June 6 (6/6/06 for those living under a rock), I was walking up the street and I hear from a house porch above me..."yeah we tied the knot today." Given that our original date was 7/7/07, I had thought about how many goths would be rushing to the downtown courts to get married on this "historic" day. My thoughts from many months before were rewarded when I looked up on that porch and it was two of the most gothic people I've ever seen talking to some normal looking sun-touched friends. IT MADE MY WEEK! But then it gets better. The bride says in response to the congratulations,"yeah it's really historic because it only happens like, once every millenium." Well call me too smart, but an 06 actually happens every century...and her friends and groom did not say anything other than.."wow it really is monumental." If the original comment made my day, this follow-up about had me rolling up the street to get away before I could bust out laughing. People are dumb and predictable.
So I was browsing the internet today while working, and I think it would be awesome to be a bartender. Not for life (although I bet it's not a bad career), but just as a side job. Too bad I did not have these thoughts 2 years ago...as I might have been more likely to take the 2 week (or 1 week) course and jump into the scene here in Columbus. I certainly see advertisments asking for bartenders often enough. Even if I did not actually decide to become a bartender, I think it would be a fun class to take since it is cheap and a good life skill. Remember, I intend to have a bar at home in my dream house, which may or may not happen. But it would be nice to be able to have people over for drinks and discussion later on. And bartending skills beyond looking in my drink book I have now would be cool to have.
I think everything for the wedding is set, but I like keeping my distance at this point since it seems like the only thing happening is bickering between families and wedding party members. We should have around 200 at the ceremony and 170-175 at the reception, so that should be enough to actually get people to loosen up and dance a little bit. I hate weddings where nobody mingles, and so does Kelley so we set up our reception as an hors-d'oeurve engagement with seating only for about 100 people (assuming people will want to sit while waiting on us to come over while we do pictures at the church). I haven't really had the butterflies yet, but I figure the longer I wait the harder they will come on. Doesn't much matter, as I doubt anything could scare me away from the altar at this point. We've been through thick and thin...and we're still here.
I saw three Mormons with their white button-down shirts, black pants, and black nametags riding down the sidewalk on bikes today. I have a copy of the book of Mormon since I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, but I haven't been in the mood yet to read it all the way through. They are the most irritating people who accost you as you walk on campus. I blew them off the last time I saw them...but I usually like to mess with them when I have time to talk. What bothered me was that they always travel in packs (and apparently don't believe in cars), they are always guys (why?), and they are riding on bikes down the sidewalk. I think bikers shouldn't get to hold up cars on the highway AND run over people on sidewalks...but this happens every day around here. One or the other. My opinion like the law...they should be on the road. I can deal with them easier there since in a head on collision I win. At least they were all wearing helmets...so perhaps they don't have the same level of faith as Ben Rothlisburger that God will save them if they run into a car or pedestrian.
It felt so good to play tennis last night. I should never let myself lapse, as I am a pretty decent player when in practice (and I'm not even close to where I was in high school). I got the roomie down 4-1 last night before forgetting how to keep my passing shots in the court...dropping two breaks back and losing the set 4-6.
This weekend is the Pro Tour for teams in Charleston SC. I am cheering for the three teams who beat us for qualifications this past season (well not really for the sucky team from Chicago who we would beat 8-9 times out of 10) to make a good showing, and our playtest partners started 4-0 while the other two teams are 3-1 and 2-2. None out of contention, and our playtest buddies are doing very well, seeing the second day of a Pro Tour for sure at this point. I cannot help but be a little bitter though, since they are our playtest friends and we wouldbe playing the same set of decks as them and probably would be 4-0 or 3-1 right now. Maybe next year :-)
In other Magic news, I've put together the cards and decks I am keeping finally and am now sorting through the collection for rares to put up on ebay. What a task, but it's three and a half more plastic storage boxes to use for something else later on lol. I hope this frees up more time for poker and other things I want to do. Ah speaking of, I need to put a new entry on my poker blog for the live game we played. Maybe I'll go do that and stop filling this blog with useless thoughts.
One more: what the hell takes law professors so long to get grades in? A lot of graduating 3L's are complaining because one seminar is holding up their final transcripts, but our class is apparently the unlucky one. All the other sections (2/3 of the 1L class) now have all their grades in. Section 1/2...oh no. We just got our Contracts grade in which the final was 3 months ago today (obviously the last of the 3 sections), we are the only section without Constitutional Law grades and Property grades, and half of our section (since we were split) still has no Legislation grades while the other half doesn't have Legal Writing (all other sections of Legislation and Legal Writing are in). So we all have 2 grades (half of us Legislation and Contracts, the other half hae Legal Writing and Contracts), while the rest of the class has had their grades for over a week now. The registrar said all three of the classes I am waiting on (Legal Writing, Con Law, and Property) have been submitted as raw scores and are either currently being converted to the scale they use to grade us or are awaiting professor and dean approval before they are released. If we don't have all three of those grades by Wednesday...I'm going to throw a fit. Get it together people.
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