Yup. It’s time. You can do this. Or you can’t, but you won’t know until November. And by then you won’t care. Well, you’ll care, but there won’t be anything you can do about then. Turns out there’s nothing you can do about it now either. Let’s face it - you haven’t looked at Workers’ Comp since the first day of BarBri and we’re going to have two essays about it tomorrow. Okay, one essay about that and one about a credit card company’s contract coming out of Delaware with a former NY resident now living in Connecticut. Whose usury laws do we follow? And when you go to your lawyer’s office, you leave the car in a garage. Is it a bailment? FUCK!
Now that you have six more subjects that you just remembered you need to study, I just want to relate a tale of my youth and wish you a good night. I have studied fairly adequately for the last few weeks. It reminds me of when I studied for my AP Bio exam in high school. I took the day before off. Our casebook had fifty chapters. A classmate and I reviewed forty-five of them. One was the introduction. Four others each comprised the basis of one of the questions on the AP Test. That’s my luck. And I’m taking the test with you tomorrow, at least if you’re in NY, or Thursday if you’re in MA, and that makes it your luck too. So get ready for the subjects I never studied (see earlier paragraph).
We’re not done posting, we’re just done posting until after the bar (or maybe until after the NY Essay day). Keep following us, and good luck. To at least however many of you will fail anyway. What’s the NY pass rate these days? I need some help – some of you have to fail.
And, if you’re a single guy reading this in a hotel, I bet there’s a single girl out there, just looking for a distraction from trusts. Go take advantage – without force, threat of force, or unconsciousness; that way it’s not a problem. Unless she’s younger than seventeen. What’s the mens rea requirement again?
Good night.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
This is it, the last day before the bar. At least for those of us taking three days of exams. The rest of you can go to hell. Today is going to be great. You will be stressed out, still trying to study, getting everything ready for tomorrow (what can I put in my stupid plastic bag?), and many will be traveling. Good stuff.
At least you can look forward to tonight. You know, lying in a shitty hotel room, staring at the ceiling and trying to get to sleep. Looking at the clock every ten minutes and becoming even more stressed because you know you will be overtired. Crying. Thank you [insert state here] bar, you really are great. Good work protecting your guild.
If you are reading this, I wish you luck. You should really be working on Wills. Unless of course you totally understand how power of appointment fits with the RAP, the suspension rule, and whatever stupid reform statute your state has.
If you are not reading this, you will not read this.
At least you can look forward to tonight. You know, lying in a shitty hotel room, staring at the ceiling and trying to get to sleep. Looking at the clock every ten minutes and becoming even more stressed because you know you will be overtired. Crying. Thank you [insert state here] bar, you really are great. Good work protecting your guild.
If you are reading this, I wish you luck. You should really be working on Wills. Unless of course you totally understand how power of appointment fits with the RAP, the suspension rule, and whatever stupid reform statute your state has.
If you are not reading this, you will not read this.
Friday, July 23, 2010
One More Good Deed
A good deed is usually recorded, right? Well, we're going to do a different kind of good deed - and this is in a race jurisdiction:
Thanks to our earlier efforts (and those of others) Jen Taylor is one of the five riders nominated to be on Boloco's virtual team. Boloco is currently donating 25 cents from every Cape Codder smoothie sold to a PMC fund. One of the five finalists will be chosen to receive, as a PMC donation, that money Boloco is raising. Details are here (if you live near a Boloco, go pick up a smoothie!): http://boloco.com/feedback/vote-for-your-favorite-pmc-rider/
Jen needs your help to win that sponsorship! Not only is this a great promotion that will raise more money for the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber, winning this sponsorship will help Team Sara G reach its $12,600 goal that much more quickly. Voting is easy! Just click on this link, then click on "LIKE" to vote for me! http://boloco.com/feedback/bragging/pan-mass-challenge-rider-jen-taylor/
(You have to be signed into a Facebook account to like the page. If you are not on Facebook, please send this to anyone you know who is!)
The contest ends on July 28. Please pass this along to anyone you know on Facebook - it's free, it takes 10 seconds, and it's the easiest way to support the PMC!
Thanks to our earlier efforts (and those of others) Jen Taylor is one of the five riders nominated to be on Boloco's virtual team. Boloco is currently donating 25 cents from every Cape Codder smoothie sold to a PMC fund. One of the five finalists will be chosen to receive, as a PMC donation, that money Boloco is raising. Details are here (if you live near a Boloco, go pick up a smoothie!): http://boloco.com/feedback/vote-for-your-favorite-pmc-rider/
Jen needs your help to win that sponsorship! Not only is this a great promotion that will raise more money for the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber, winning this sponsorship will help Team Sara G reach its $12,600 goal that much more quickly. Voting is easy! Just click on this link, then click on "LIKE" to vote for me! http://boloco.com/feedback/bragging/pan-mass-challenge-rider-jen-taylor/
(You have to be signed into a Facebook account to like the page. If you are not on Facebook, please send this to anyone you know who is!)
The contest ends on July 28. Please pass this along to anyone you know on Facebook - it's free, it takes 10 seconds, and it's the easiest way to support the PMC!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Guest Submission: Play A Prank on Fellow Bartakers
This is a guest submission from "WP4":
Here is a suggestion for a post. My friend and I took some time from studying to entertain ourselves. We are students studying for the Maryland exam. This is what we came up with.
I know, it's getting close to when we have to finally take this horrible exam. The hours go by slow and the days have become even longer. The monotonous studying has taken its toll on all of us. One thing that you can do to help pass the time or at least put that long forgotten smile back on your face (even if for just a moment) is to play a harmless yet funny prank on others who are studying for the bar.
Now this will require some characteristics that most law students do not possess. 1) A sense of humor, or at least what may appear to be a sense of humor, and 2) The mindset that 15 minutes wasted will not be the reason why you fail. Let's be honest, we are all going to fail for many other reasons. When you plot out your prank, it is best to plot against a friend or at least someone who does not hate you. This way they are less likely to jump up and strangle you. Also, you want to do the prank in the library, where there are a lot of people studying. Sure, the other people around will probably be annoyed. That just adds to the fun. There are few things better than seeing a crowd of law students get upset because someone or something has distracted them while studying.
The first prank that we pulled was a good ole surprise trust fall. If you don't know what they are, and you probably don't, because you have been too busy studying to keep up with the show Tosh.o, but nonetheless, the concept is in the name. Our buddy was in the library's computer lab watching a lecture on corporations given by Mr. Belding in preparation to take his NY bar.
The second took a little more planning and effort in order to execute. It was played out in a crowded area of the law library. The plotting is all laid out in the video itself. Law students can relate, because it is probably the most annoying thing that can happen in the library.
We have already caught some flack from other bar takers, but the response has been mostly positive. I think that people will ultimately enjoy the effort that you have put in to try and make others laugh, or just make yourself laugh. Either way, when the exam is over and you are living in your parents basement, jobless, twenty pounds heavier and swimming in school loan bills, at least you will be able to look back and know that you had some fun while preparing to the fail the bar.
Here is a suggestion for a post. My friend and I took some time from studying to entertain ourselves. We are students studying for the Maryland exam. This is what we came up with.
I know, it's getting close to when we have to finally take this horrible exam. The hours go by slow and the days have become even longer. The monotonous studying has taken its toll on all of us. One thing that you can do to help pass the time or at least put that long forgotten smile back on your face (even if for just a moment) is to play a harmless yet funny prank on others who are studying for the bar.
Now this will require some characteristics that most law students do not possess. 1) A sense of humor, or at least what may appear to be a sense of humor, and 2) The mindset that 15 minutes wasted will not be the reason why you fail. Let's be honest, we are all going to fail for many other reasons. When you plot out your prank, it is best to plot against a friend or at least someone who does not hate you. This way they are less likely to jump up and strangle you. Also, you want to do the prank in the library, where there are a lot of people studying. Sure, the other people around will probably be annoyed. That just adds to the fun. There are few things better than seeing a crowd of law students get upset because someone or something has distracted them while studying.
The first prank that we pulled was a good ole surprise trust fall. If you don't know what they are, and you probably don't, because you have been too busy studying to keep up with the show Tosh.o, but nonetheless, the concept is in the name. Our buddy was in the library's computer lab watching a lecture on corporations given by Mr. Belding in preparation to take his NY bar.
The second took a little more planning and effort in order to execute. It was played out in a crowded area of the law library. The plotting is all laid out in the video itself. Law students can relate, because it is probably the most annoying thing that can happen in the library.
We have already caught some flack from other bar takers, but the response has been mostly positive. I think that people will ultimately enjoy the effort that you have put in to try and make others laugh, or just make yourself laugh. Either way, when the exam is over and you are living in your parents basement, jobless, twenty pounds heavier and swimming in school loan bills, at least you will be able to look back and know that you had some fun while preparing to the fail the bar.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Plan Your Post-Bar Celebration
If this is what life would be like until the end of your days, you'd have some serious decisions to make. Fortunately, it's not. Creeping ever closer is that mythical time known as "post-bar", in all its jobless glory.
You need to plan how you will welcome this glorious new world. There are a few things to keep in mind. First, your initial embrace of this post-bar world will invariably end with drunkenness, balckouts, generally stupidity, and probably a "nap" in a ditch or on a curb. Dress appropriately. Don't wear anything you would really hate to get red wine/champagne/dirt/puke on. You also probably still have a character & fitness review of some sort in your future. Try not to carry ID. And maybe consider trying to burn off your fingerprints.
You should also plan on where you will go for your initial drink. The places right next to the test site will be packed, and you probably won't be able to get your desperately-needed shots of tequila for a couple hours. But you also don't want to walk too far, because, well, walking takes time, and you will need some of the gods' sweet nectar to help you forget the horror.
Bringing some alcohol seems like a good solution. Unfortunately, the test sites do not seem to have places to leave necessary stuff like bottles of whiskey or champagne. You could wear a coat, and stuff a few flasks in it, but it's the middle of summer. If you are driving, you can leave lots of alcohol in the car. You could even sell some of it to fellow test-takers and make some money. DON'T DRIVE. That will almost certainly end in disaster. If you have any friends meeting you who are not taking the test, have them bring some stuff. Alcohol, your cell phone, maybe a change of clothes (be prepared). If all else fails, you can always include a bottle of "water" in your little plastic bag.
Your final step is determining what bar you will go to for your first group of drinks. If you have some alcohol, you should choose a bar that is within walking distance, but far enough from the test site that it will not be impossible to get a drink. Said bar should also be within walking distance of other establishments. Go with a group, even if that means sharing some of your alcohol on the walk. You will want to share the beginning of this glorious time with others. Try luring someone cute with your alcohol; it probably won't work, but what the hell.
I know you are tempted to continue planning. You won't stay at one bar the entire night. Why not also plan on a club for later in the night? And get reservations at a restaurant? Fight this urge. Just have a bunch of drinks and shots, and let the night flow.
I know, you are an anal law student. You want to have everything planned. You find the thought of a spontaneous event terrifying, like most things that are fun. Do it anyway. For once in your life, don't be a boring, annoying, prick. An unplanned night is more likely to end up in prison, I know, but it is also more likely to result in a good story, good friends, and a good time.
You need to plan how you will welcome this glorious new world. There are a few things to keep in mind. First, your initial embrace of this post-bar world will invariably end with drunkenness, balckouts, generally stupidity, and probably a "nap" in a ditch or on a curb. Dress appropriately. Don't wear anything you would really hate to get red wine/champagne/dirt/puke on. You also probably still have a character & fitness review of some sort in your future. Try not to carry ID. And maybe consider trying to burn off your fingerprints.
You should also plan on where you will go for your initial drink. The places right next to the test site will be packed, and you probably won't be able to get your desperately-needed shots of tequila for a couple hours. But you also don't want to walk too far, because, well, walking takes time, and you will need some of the gods' sweet nectar to help you forget the horror.
Bringing some alcohol seems like a good solution. Unfortunately, the test sites do not seem to have places to leave necessary stuff like bottles of whiskey or champagne. You could wear a coat, and stuff a few flasks in it, but it's the middle of summer. If you are driving, you can leave lots of alcohol in the car. You could even sell some of it to fellow test-takers and make some money. DON'T DRIVE. That will almost certainly end in disaster. If you have any friends meeting you who are not taking the test, have them bring some stuff. Alcohol, your cell phone, maybe a change of clothes (be prepared). If all else fails, you can always include a bottle of "water" in your little plastic bag.
Your final step is determining what bar you will go to for your first group of drinks. If you have some alcohol, you should choose a bar that is within walking distance, but far enough from the test site that it will not be impossible to get a drink. Said bar should also be within walking distance of other establishments. Go with a group, even if that means sharing some of your alcohol on the walk. You will want to share the beginning of this glorious time with others. Try luring someone cute with your alcohol; it probably won't work, but what the hell.
I know you are tempted to continue planning. You won't stay at one bar the entire night. Why not also plan on a club for later in the night? And get reservations at a restaurant? Fight this urge. Just have a bunch of drinks and shots, and let the night flow.
I know, you are an anal law student. You want to have everything planned. You find the thought of a spontaneous event terrifying, like most things that are fun. Do it anyway. For once in your life, don't be a boring, annoying, prick. An unplanned night is more likely to end up in prison, I know, but it is also more likely to result in a good story, good friends, and a good time.
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