Woo-Hoo, again

So I finished clinics this week, actually Monday at 8 am (I was on-call Sunday). That probably doesn't mean much to most of you, but to me it means I get my life back! I get to decide what to do, where to go and when. Mainly I'm going to classes but if I don't feel well or want to play hooky, I can not go. I can even leave Ithaca on weekends now that I won't be on-call anymore.

As for classes, I forgot I had a floating 2 cr for an Animal Law course I took that had not been applied to either school so I only need 23 credits but with the way my schedule is shaping up it looks like I'll be taking 25 to 26 credits. Still not too bad compared to the last year. Yep, gonna be a good semester. I'm loving my law classes so far, I even understand what is going on! I'm taking Evidence, Patent Law and a clinic - working at the US Attorney's Office in Syracuse. The first week has been really nice, though it's weird, I don't know a single person in my classes. Well, one actually, a very nice 2L that my Firm (aka they might not want to be listed here) heavily recruited but she ended up choosing the competition because they have a better record of placing people at the court she wants to clerk at.

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Mr. Sheffield: Ah, Miss Fine, you seem to have listed the Queen Mother as a reference.
Fran: Lemme see ... oh, no, that's not the Queen Mother. That's my mother from Queens!
- The Nanny

Grrrr!!!

In exactly one week I return to classes and leave clinics behind! I've got about 25 credits to finish the three degrees left and I can't wait to get started ... so I can get done! As a result of finally finishing up, I'm starting to check up on things that need to get done for taking the bar exam, moving, etc. One thing I though I had gotten out of the way was the MPRE (Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam). I took in 3/05 and got a score that was good enough for NY and Mass (the two states I'm planning on taking the bar for). Well, it looks like it's fine for Mass still but NY changed their policy in the last few years so now the MPRE score must be taken within 3 years of taking the bar. Ugh, I hate paying for pointless tests, even more, I hate paying for, studying for and taking them twice! Well, enough ranting for the day. I'm on pathology, so I work with dead animals all day; I think it's affecting my brain and rational thought process. Only one more week, only one more week, ....

Quote of the Post:
Brennan: An autopsy on an animal is called necropsy.
Booth: Yeah, it's pretty crucial we get that straight right off the bat. Meanwhile, about the dead human being?
-Bones, The Man in the Bear

Happy New Year!

I can't believe another year is gone. The older I get, the faster they come. This is the year I finally graduate; that I'm really looking forward to. Taking the bar exam, not so much. Well, Nissa and I wish you all the best in 2009.

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Here's something off the request line from Liberty Island. We're gonna squeeze some New Year's juice from ya, Big Apple!
- Ghostbusters

Recipes

It's that time of year when we all start thinking of resolutions for the new year. One I'm hoping to keep is to do a lot more cooking now that clinics are winding down so I'm looking for recipes! I know you all have some favorites and if you could email me a few I'd love it becuase I want to try new things. Jenan, I know you are a magic wonder in the kitchen; see if you can't write a recipe for one of your masterpieces for me. ;-) Anyway, I hope you are all still enjoying some time off and I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

Quote of the Post:
I enjoy cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food I'm cooking.
- Julia Child

Happy Holidays

Nissa and I want to wish everyone the best this season and a great New Year!



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Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.
- Dave Barry

Good Food, Good Movie, Good Friends

With Ithaca closing up for the holidays, three of us were still left in the winter wonderland. So we headed down to Wegman's for pasta, got the ingredients for an amazing guacamole and settled in to watch Mamma Mia! while we dined. Laura and Kaitlin made some of the best guacamole I've had (see for recipe). Yum.



Well, I think I've caught up. Nothing like a last minute push to pull it all together for the holidays. I wish you all the best during this season.

Quote of the Post:
Donna: [about the possible dads] I have brought this all on myself because I was a stupid, reckless little slut!
Tanya: Don't you sound like your mother!
- Mamma Mia!

Ice Storm

So in the last week and half the northeast has been repeatedly slammed with storms. Leading it off was a snow and ice storm that lasted about 24 hours. I got to drive in it and a 3 hour drive turned into an almost 6 hour drive. However, the results were beautiful. The next morning, while I walked Nissa & Rip, I heard more then a dozen trees come crashing down in a thunderous roar. Mother nature is on a rampage, hopefully we'll learn to listen.




















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You know what the good thing is about this weather? You can see your breath; that way you know your still breathing.
- Alex Debogorski, Ice Road Truckers