Today's lecture was on Criminal Procedure. Yesterday's was on Criminal Law. Although the lectures are separate, they are otherwise lumped together as "Crimes."

While reading a practice question, I was reminded of this snippet of movie dialog:
[blockquote]Boy: Let's go do some crimes.
Girl: Yeah, let's have sushi and not pay.[/blockquote]

10 points if you know the movie.
20 points if I got it wrong and you can provide the correct quote.

Current Mood: tired

Apparently, today's trend in spam is to use bits of Jane Austen's Emma. For example:

Harriet did think him all perfection, and maintained the non-existence "Oh! yes, gloves and every thing. I do admire your patriotism. You wil With such sensations, Mr. Elton's civilities were dreadfully ill-timed Emma only nodded, and smiled.--After a little thinking, and a very ten
"One should be sorry to see greater pride or refinement in the teacher The mention of the Coles was sure to be followed by that of Mr. Elton. "I am afraid we must be running away," said Emma, glancing at Harriet, "But you should tell them of the letter, my dear," said her father. "H

Current Mood: blah

I finally got tired of just ripping my CDs without actually listening to anything, so I decided to copy a sample of my classical and celtic music to the iPod and start listening to it. After about 10 minutes of wearing the earbuds, my ears started to hurt a lot.

I usually don't like to use headphones or earphones in general because I don't like to be tethered, but there are times when it's necessary. Anyone know of any comfortable replacements for the standard earbuds?

Current Mood: blah

Over the last few years, I have "ripped" nearly all of my CDs, storing the files on an external hard drive. A few months ago, something apparently happened to the root directory of the hard drive because one day. Although it reported that plenty of space was being taken up, the root directory appeared empty. The manufacturer advised me to purchase some software to restore the contents. I managed to find an inexpensive program, which did basically work, but many of the directories were messed up--by which I mean that while most, if not all, of the original files were restored, some new ones were created with the same name but different content or content of bits of other files. Most of these were renamed to the old file name plus "[1]" or something like that, but some weren't. It clearly would not be an easy task to clean up the directories and figure out which CDs if any would need to be re-ripped. And so, I decided to put off doing anything about it until the summer.

( Way too much detail, leading to some cute lyrics )

Current Mood: hot

I feel like this fits me today:

Current Mood: blah

One of my professors told me yesterday that a lawyer is someone who graduated from law school, while an attorney is someone who passed the bar.

So I guess I'm a lawyer!

Current Mood: accomplished

It's been a very long time since I last posted and a lot has happened since then. The idea of filling in the events of the last year or so since I last posted is too overwhelming, so I'm not going to try at this point. I'll just describe the present instead.

Graduation is approaching (May 26th). I've been doing an IP internship at Xerox and today is my second-to-last day. It's been a very light semester. Aside from my internship seminar (which includes 12 hours of work and a 2-hour class session each week), the only regular exam classes I have are Labor Law and Remedies. Classes end in a few weeks and then I have two weeks in which to take the two unscheduled exams (I can take them at any of time slots each day during the exam period). Then bar review starts, followed by graduation, and then more bar review, every weekday until I take the California Bar in July. (This is assuming that California Bar/Bri changes its mind and decides to offer a video class at Lewis & Clark, which it so far is saying it won't do because there aren't enough people who have expressed a desire to take it there--they need 10 and only 9 have signed up so far. If not, I'll probably pay a $50 deposit for an iPOD containing podcasts of all the classes and try to attend the videos of the common subjects in the Oregon bar review class.)

After I take the bar, my future is unclear. I want to move back to the Bay Area, but since my grades have been mediocre, applying for a legal job without knowing my bar exam results is pointless. I do have that Paralegal Certificate, but I don't have paralegal job experience. I could also do tech writing, but it's been four years since I last worked as a tech writer. And then there's the "which comes first, the job or the apartment" problem. Not to mention the problem of paying for moving expenses. At this point, I'm thinking of staying in my apartment here and trying to get a legal temp job in Portland until I know my bar exam results. If I don't pass, I'll try applying remotely for tech writing jobs in the Bay Area.

Current Mood: anxious

One of the reasons that I haven't posted in a long time has been my involvement with Angel Island (see below). Since someone just created a promotion post for people to post on other forums, I figured I might as well include it here. I guess it will give you an idea of what I've been doing for the last year. (Just be clear, I haven't been playing much for the last few months, but I'm volunteer staff for Angel Island, which includes various duties including some actual programming.)
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Current Mood: sleepy

I know it's been ages since I've posted, and I do intend to write about what's been going on with me in the last month or so, but meanwhile I just had post this: Oregon Intellectual Property Newsletter

Current Mood: proud

My last exam of the semester is at 6:30 tonight. Actually I could have taken it any time during the exam period, but I chose the last possible time. I only just finished creating my outline a few minutes ago. This is the only exam where I can't bring anything in, so there's no point actually printing out the outline--I just have to read over it.

The class, by the way, is Family Law, which I enjoyed as a class, but I really don't want to take the exam. I just want to stop now.

My sister, whose birthday is tomorrow, has been getting on my case today because I haven't bought presents for her kids yet. I intended to do it on Monday afternoon after my morning exam, but due to the weather, my exam was postponed until the afternoon, and I was exhausted afterwards. So tomorrow is my only opportunity to do any shopping. Before I got to law school, I was pretty good about doing my gift shopping early. And of course I have to get her a birthday present, which after her emails today, I'm really inclined to do. Maybe I'll just get her a card, though even that would be insincere at this point.

I just have to keep reminding myself that she is only one person I'm going to be seeing in the next week (I'm leaving on Saturday). Others will include, my parents, my brother-in-law, and my nephews, and my brother-in-law's family, all of whom I look forward to seeing. I'll also be meeting some UO guildmates in Baltimore on Christmas night. And on the 29th, I'm flying to Oakland for a few days and will get to see lots of people I like and miss.

If I can just get past this evening...

Current Mood: stressed

It didn't snow here at all last winter, but it's snowing today!

The last time I saw snow on the ground was last winter when I was in NJ, but I can't remember the last time I saw snow falling. It's so pretty and quiet out there. And it's not very cold at all. In fact, it's hot in my apartment (I have no control over the temperature) and the air outside is nice and cool and clean, so I've actually opened my front door and opened the screen on the screen door so I can hear the snow and feel the cool clean air.

Meanwhile, I'm studying for my Evidence exam tomorrow morning. At least, it's supposed to be tomorrow morning. The snow may change that. Also, my apartment is a mess and my landlady is nagging me to get it cleaned. I was supposed to have someone come around Thanksgiving, but she kept not showing up when she said she would, so I gave up on her. I've emailed a few people today who were suggested by my landlady but haven't heard back yet. Hopefully, someone can come some time this week. I'm leaving for NJ on Saturday.

Current Mood: calm

I can't believe it's been a quarter century since John Lennon died. I remember it like it was...well, not exactly yesterday, but recently.

I was a senior in high school. I had been a Beatles fan for about three years, and I liked John, but Paul was my favorite. I was also a fan of M*A*S*H, which was shown in syndication about three times a day. My father liked it too, and watching it together was a sort of father-daughter thing for us. Well, we were watching the 11:00 showing, I believe, and my sister came in and told me John Lennon had been shot. I was concerned, of course, but it didn't occur to me that that meant he had been killed. And besides, the news was not going to change in the next 15 minutes that M*A*S*H was on. So I didn't really pay attention to the news until the show was over.

A few days later was the vigil in NYC. I took the bus up from my home in NJ with my friend Jamie and his friend Ben. We got off at Port Authority Bus Terminal and took the subway to 72nd Street. It was packed. We followed the crowd out of the station and into Central Park where the vigil was held. It was a cold December day and every one was standing very close. I don't remember how long it lasted. All I remember about the vigil itself is singing "All we are saying, is give peace a chance" over and over.

When the vigil broke up, we walked across the park to the Citibank building for lunch because it had nice food court. All along the way, apartment windows were open and people had their speakers in them, playing Beatles songs. Ben and I held hands. It was magical. The last thing I remember was riding home on the bus and feeling very close to both Jamie and Ben. I hardly saw Ben at all after that, but Jamie and I remained friends. The last time I saw him was on a visit back home when I was in college. (I wonder whatever happened to him. He's not on Classmates.com and Googling him doesn't find anything.)

Current Mood: melancholy

The law school library has a minor structural problem: the roof is sagging slightly. It will be fixed in a more permanent way in the summer, but for now, a pole has been erected to support the roof through the winter, in case it snows.

A few days ago, a tree was installed and decorated, and there are some other minor holiday decorations up as well. One of the decorations is a red tinselly [wow, "tinselly" is a word; who'da thunk it?] bunting (I'm sure there's a better word for this but I don't know what it is) coiled around the support pole.

Also attached to the support pole is a hand-made sign that says "The Festivus Pole."

Current Mood: chipper

I went tonight with mariotta to see Cowboy Celtic at the Glenn and Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center in Hillsboro tonight. I've been wanting to see them live for several years now.

I first learned of them when I turned on KPFA on a Sunday afternoon and happened to hear their song, "The Drover Road to Amulree." It was the most beautiful song I'd ever heard and as soon as I got home, I called KPFA to find out what it was and who did it. When I found out, I immediately ordered the CD (The Drover Road). Since then, I bought their other CDs, Cowboy Celtic and Cowboy Ceilidh and I've been checking their website periodically to find out where they were playing. Until tonight, they just never seemed to be where I was (the only place they've played near the Bay Area, was a cowboy festival in Monterey, though they told me they almost played F&S a few times.

Anyway, I'm really happy I got to go and hear them play live, and I'm glad I got a chance to talk to them after the show and tell them how excited I was to see them. I also ended up with four more CDs (one new Cowboy Celtic CD, Saloon Sessions, and one by Keri, the harpist, one by Scott, the whistler, and one by The Stoned Masons (David Wilkie, the group's leader and mandolin player; Joe, the violinist; and Scott).

A special thanks to mariotta who accompanied me even though she didn't know me or the group.

Current Mood: satisfied

http://www.hearusnow.org/

Current Mood: okay

Got this from cartman94501:

You Are A: Duckling!

The cutest of the cute, these baby ducks are often spotted in the spring following closely behind their mother. As a duckling you will grow up quickly, becoming one of the adult ducks seen commonly in ponds and streams. Playful and timid, charming and vulnerable, ducklings are nature's very definition of innocence.

You were almost a: Bear Cub or a Duck
You are least like a: Groundhog or a MouseWhat Cute Animal Are You?

Current Mood: amused

I should have posted this earlier in the semester, but here it is just for the record:

All of my classes are on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Family Law: 10:30-12:00
Intellectual Property Survey: 2:00-3:30
Evidence: 3:30-5:00
Regulations/Ethics: 6:00-8:00 (Tuesday)
Telecommunications Law Seminar: 8:00-10:00 (Thursday)

Family Law was a last-minute addition when I was waitlisted for Alternative Dispute Resolution and realized I wouldn't get in. I almost didn't get in to the Evidence class I wanted for the same reason, but they decided to move the class to a bigger room and let in everyone on the waiting list.

Current Mood: calm

Something I've observed for a long time now is that, in general, single straight guys treat me differently than do gay guys and married straight guys. Straight guys are, for the most part, cold to me, whereas gay and married straight guys are friendly. This is not a reaction to my behavior to them, since their reaction starts before I know whether they are straight or gay or single or married.

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Current Mood: contemplative

I just got one of the strangest spam messages I've ever seen.

( No explicit language, per se, but there is an implication of an incestuous relationship )

Current Mood: weird