I told y'all last week about my impending interview. It actually went quite well (not to jinx myself) but the best part about it was that I learned that lawyers are funny! I thought my fellow bloggers and I were alone in this aspect, but apparently they're pretty funny and quite easy to interview with - granted, this was two lawyers and they may be an exception to the rule.
I went to my hometown this weekend to visit my parents. Don't you wish sometimes that you could just move back home where you get home-cooked food every day (not the McDonalds and frozen meals that have been my dinners of late) and where your parents buy you things (like food and necessities) because they have noticed that since you started law school you have become quite incapable of taking care of yourself. That, and my father thinks that the state I live in for school has absolutely no ethnic or spicy foods and is determined to keep his daughter well fed.
Also, our fellow blogger Class Bitch is stuck in NY in the snow. Which is quite funny to the rest of us, and will surely create some good fodder for her to blog about. (And if her ranting email says anything, it's that this should be interesting when she does.) Drink another Cosmo for me Classy!
The Big Interview
Well, today is the day that Lance Ito and I have our big interviews. We have been putting all our eggs in one basket so to speak, so if we don't get these jobs, we will be spending the next month or so in a panic looking for work (and any work at that.) So here is my big question:
Why do we have to be so fake at these things?
It's funny, I usually tend to be quite good at meeting new people, but interviews are different. They are there for the sole purpose of seeing if you can cut it, and don't care about much else. That's a bit intimidating, and they're always so serious! I like to make things more personable in an interview, but that's quite a goal with these lawyers sometimes. I guess that's what good about becoming one, soon I'll be able to strike fear in the hearts of law students everywhere. Soon I will have the power to make or break their day.
That being said, Larceny is wearing her power suit today, so if nothing else - I will look DAMNED good.
Why do we have to be so fake at these things?
It's funny, I usually tend to be quite good at meeting new people, but interviews are different. They are there for the sole purpose of seeing if you can cut it, and don't care about much else. That's a bit intimidating, and they're always so serious! I like to make things more personable in an interview, but that's quite a goal with these lawyers sometimes. I guess that's what good about becoming one, soon I'll be able to strike fear in the hearts of law students everywhere. Soon I will have the power to make or break their day.
That being said, Larceny is wearing her power suit today, so if nothing else - I will look DAMNED good.
Didn't see that in the paper box...
I don't know what's worse: when you go into a porn shop and the cashier asks the guy in front of you whether he'd like to rent or buy the 6 videos placed on the counter, or the fact that he throws a copy of the local metro newspaper on top of the stack. Like he came into to buy a newpaper and not the porn.
Another note to the prospective law students:
Don't get excited about Criminal law. We all get excited, we were all gung ho in the beginning of the semester, "yeah, Crim Law! Rape, murder, robbery, what can be boring about that?!"
Just wait.
It's not what you think. You know it's bad when you start wishing desperately that you were back in Contracts just for something to keep you awake. It's also not good if you haven't take one note all class, and heck haven't even bothered to open your note-taking program (OneNote people!) And when you spend the entire class IMing people things like, "I dare you two to get up and leave class together," (Yes, lame I know) and "Double dog dare you to raise your hand and ask him what sodomy means." See? Sigh, this is wretched. But for all of you wondering out there:
It is Larceny Bitch's Birthday! Happy Birthday to ME!
So come on people out there, send Larceny some love for her birthday.
Just wait.
It's not what you think. You know it's bad when you start wishing desperately that you were back in Contracts just for something to keep you awake. It's also not good if you haven't take one note all class, and heck haven't even bothered to open your note-taking program (OneNote people!) And when you spend the entire class IMing people things like, "I dare you two to get up and leave class together," (Yes, lame I know) and "Double dog dare you to raise your hand and ask him what sodomy means." See? Sigh, this is wretched. But for all of you wondering out there:
It is Larceny Bitch's Birthday! Happy Birthday to ME!
So come on people out there, send Larceny some love for her birthday.
Friday Diversion (Norris Style)
- Chuck Norris does not teabag the ladies. He potato-sacks them.
- Every time Chuck Norris smiles it saves the life of a dying man. Ironically, Chuck Norris only smiles after he kills someone.
- The quickest way to a man's heart is with Chuck Norris's fist.
- According to Einstein's theory of relativity, Chuck Norris can actually roundhouse kick you yesterday.
- Chuck Norris likes to knit sweaters in his free time. And by "knit", I mean "kick", and by "sweaters", I mean "babies".
- There's no such thing as a tornado. Chuck Norris just hates trailer parks.
And My Personal Favorite of the Day:
The grass is always greener on the other side, unless Chuck Norris has been there. In that case the grass is most likely soaked in blood and tears.
Workin for the man
So, I had a meeting today with a big shot attorney. We went to a big fancy restaurant where all the waitors already knew him and where he has "a table." And then he said something to me, "well, when you're starting at a firm you make $110,000 a year, so that's good money."
Uh-yeah. Can I just quit law school now and work for the man? I mean I'm going to be a litigator, so I'm just going to yell and be difficult for my entire career. Might as well just start paying me now since I pretty much already do that. $110,000 a year starting. F-ing sweet.
Then again, I'm just a 1L with dollar signs in her eyes and only mere dreams of getting in on that action.
Uh-yeah. Can I just quit law school now and work for the man? I mean I'm going to be a litigator, so I'm just going to yell and be difficult for my entire career. Might as well just start paying me now since I pretty much already do that. $110,000 a year starting. F-ing sweet.
Then again, I'm just a 1L with dollar signs in her eyes and only mere dreams of getting in on that action.
Land of Milk & Honey
I. Outline
- Since becoming a law student - I dream, think and live in and endless world of outlines. If you don’t care for posts in outline form – move on.
II. Overheard Today
- Student A: Did she think he was hot?
- Student B: Yeah. Hell yeah.
- Student A: Really? She thought he was hot but she’s also seeing someone?
- Student B: Yeah, but it’s not like she’s faithful. We could totally get her to do him
- Scalito: Are you guys freshmen?
- Student A: No but you’re a sophomoric (really - that's what he said. A sophmoric what? Never did tell me).
- Scalito (thought): Great comeback.
- Student B (in front of many other students): Hey, were just trying to get student C laid, settle down.
- Scalito (thought): Is this high school or a frat house? WTF.