There's No Competition in Law School: Absolutely Nothing to Do With Law School

Imagine my shock this morning when I logged on to Yahoo! to check my email and the headline read: "Actor Neil Patrick Harris says he is gay."

NPH, gay?

I had a crush on Doogie in junior high. I was going to grow up and marry him one day. (Well, at least that was the plan until I saw Christian Bale in Newsies, but I digress...) I don't remember him and Vinnie ever acting inappropriately on the show, but when I pulled up Doogie on Wikipedia this morning, this picture did kind of make me wonder. Maybe they were a little too good of friends... I mean, sharing the same stethoscope and all. But still.

NPH, gay?

The guy that was horny, high on X, and did coke off a hooker's ass in Harold and Kumar's car?

He's gay?

What next? Am I going to find that every schoolgirl crush I ever had was a farce? That I was simply falling in love with unattainable men? (Well, I mean really unattainable men...)

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, if there is any way that you are gay, all I ask is that for my sake and for the sake of girls (that were in their teens in the early nineties) nationwide, please, please, please stay in the closet. At least until the shock of NPH wears off.

We Came. We Were Snarky. We Disbanned.

The short story: we blogged pretty voraciously while in law school until halfway through our 3L year when law school drama interceded. We abruptly shut down, fearing exposure that would impact our full-time employment options.

Sometimes, there is, unfortunately, no humor in law school or the legal profession.

That was years ago. Since then, we're all gainfully employed. Of the LawBitches, one is a partner and two others are associates in small firms, two are solo practitioners, one works for the government, one is an in-house counsel, one work in non-traditional job in corporate America, and two are also adjunct professors at a law school.

The point is: we all survived. But if you ask us if we're happy? Or if we'd do it over again? Well, you'd get differing responses.

The bottom line: Before you decide to go to law school, be aware -- be very aware -- of what you are getting yourself into.

7 comments:

LawStudentGuyPerson said...: What the heck does 'nph' mean?

And good job fixing your padding!; 11/04/2006 10:34 AM
Calculating Bitch said...: Larceny -- Damn. I didn't remember hearing about Brandis death. Wikipedia confirmed it though. Thanks for the second shock of the day...

Lawstudentguy -- I'm so disappointed; apparently you've never seen Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. I'll forgive you though due to the suggestion about padding -- the code didn't have it where it needed to be, so I had to add it. I'm still trying to figure out the coding around the "About" paragraph, but that one just doesn't seem to work like the other areas did.; 11/04/2006 11:17 AM
LawStudentGuyPerson said...: Ah yes, one of the many, many movies I need to see. I thank you for your forgiveness.; 11/04/2006 1:35 PM
Anonymous said...: I hope aren't gay:
Rick Shroeder (post silver spoons, he was pretty hot in NYPD Blue, as was Zack Morris now that I think of it...)

Mario Lopez (AC Slater), who probably is though.

Scott Baio (sheepishly, yeah, I know... lame); 11/04/2006 6:24 PM
Grace said...: Butterflyfish- Rick Scroeder isn't gay. He and my other love Kirk Cameron are both big time Jesus freaks. Like gay-hater jesus freaks. quite disappointing.; 11/05/2006 11:22 AM
Anonymous said...: Totally Law and Order SVU geeking out on you here, but he did NOT play a gay prostitute -- he played a straight guy who did gay porn to pay for his sick child's treatment.

I. am. such. a. loser.; 11/05/2006 7:16 PM
LawStudentGuyPerson said...: Big moral question (maybe for the dudes only): would you do a gay porn to pay for your sick child's treatment?; 11/05/2006 11:49 PM