Jim Should Start His Own Blog....

....and Karl Rove should just pound his head against the wall a million times.



Watch to about 1:20...then tell me that's not ultimate hypocrisy.

In Honor of the Start of Football Season....

.....and the millions of Peyton Manning commercials we'll see, here's a clip I poached from withleather who poached it from Hulu. It's kind of funny....kind of. Considering SNL is in the toilet. Toilet? hmm, I could really use one of those in my car.....

I Told a Fib Today

The school set up a mentoring program where 2nd and 3rd year students talk to the 1st year class. Me being me, I volunteered and met up with my mentee (read: manatee). I also got a chance to talk with a few other 1Ls (1st year law students) about my experiences as a 1L. I was very adamant in telling them "it's not a sprint, it's a marathon," meaning that the semester will absolutely kill you if you try and burn the midnight oil every night. Bottom line: pace yourself.

So why does it feel like I'm sprinting through a marathon right now? Probably not a bright idea. Laying on a hotel room bed in Dallas....prepping for five interviews tomorrow. Skipping 4 classes....and then I have two rounds of mock trial this weekend....oh did I mention I only have 1/3 of the problem prepped and it's all due saturday morning at 10AM? Let's not forget I had to skip property class tonight because my printer conveniently ran out of ink at 11:30 PM last night when I was trying to print updated resumes, and I had to work all day today.

As Jadakiss so eloquently put it "...And I'm asthmatic, so I'm lookin' for somewhere to hide at..." - Run

It's Official: Ocho Cinco

Chad Javon Johnson is now legally, "Chad Javon Ocho Cinco." Yes, the stunt-happy, wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals legally changed his last name to Ocho Cinco.

If that's not awesome, fun, and entertaining, I don't know what is.

A Freudian Slip?

Hilariousness

Nice attempt at a pathetic revision.

In all fairness, I'm sure the writer of the headline didn't mean anything racist by it. Unfortunately he (or she) probably lost the job and will soon be living in a cardboard box.....

Uhmmmm, What?!

I awoke this morning to a g-chat message from Zach, talking about McCain's VP choice. I was confused. Low and behold, McCain had in fact picked his running mate.....

The Pros for McCain - it's hard for Obama to attack Palin too much without hurting his chances with female voters on the fence. Appeals to Hillary supporters who are on the fence (and are bitter Hillary didn't get the nomination....)

The Cons for McCain - this women is hardly qualified to be VP, she is already being investigated for ethics, and she pretty much embodies everything McCain claims Obama is: a politician with minimal experience.....

I'd write more, but I don't feel like reading up to get all of the facts, and then re-typing them on here. It's an interesting election. I'm sure (MC) Karl Rove has something up his dirty sleeve. Let's hope it doesn't work. This is just bad news bears all day.

Life as a Cookie Monster

There are all kinds of monsters around me.

Snack Monsters: those who constantly snack. I have photos on my phone of the trail left behind a snack monster. This includes: (a) an open pantry door, (b) a closet full of snackery goodness, and (c) wrappers (not the singing kind) strewn about.

Sleep Monsters: those who sleep excessively. Although the older I've gotten, the more I value sleep.

Cookie Monsters: those who consume gross amounts of cookies in a short period of time. Yesterday, I became a cookie monster (no, not the cookie monster....just A cookie monster)

The court coordinator was busy scarfing down some cookies and walked by the bullpen (where all the clerks sit at). I was alone, as no one was coming into work that day, and so she quickly did an about-face and ran and got a bag of homemade cookies. She dropped them on the desk and instructed me to have some. Chewy, buttery, and ohhhhhh sooooooooo good chocolate chip cookies. She commented that she had eaten about 4 or 5 in just a span of minutes.

"geez," I thought, "get a grip...." Then I had one....then I had two. In the span of a minute and a half, I consumed 4 cookies.....and then I understood the problem....these were some AWESOME cookies. I kept eating them. Another minute passed and I figured out that I needed to stop. I zipped up the bag and walked in her office. "You're trying to make me fat, aren't you!? It's not going to work. You take these cookies back, right now." I sat them on top of a book shelf and turned around.

Another five minutes passed, and she walked out, exclaiming, :"I feel nauseous...I ate too many cookies." Then she told the balif that it was me who ate all the cookies.

Moral of the story? Being a cookie monster will: a) cause you to lie to others about who consumed the cookies, and b) give you a tummy ache.

This was quite possibly the dumbest post in a while...my apologies. And thanks Brooke, for the photo. COOOOOOOOOOOKIES.

Cuban + Taekwando = AWESOME [Lifetime Ban]

did that just happen? Yes.

Okay, so my friends came over on Saturday and I think it was Julio who was trying to explain a referee getting kicked in the face during an Olympic Taekwondo match. Unfortunately (and according to my memory) he did it no justice. Sorry Julio, but Angel Matos WENT INSANE. According to the Australian commentator, he had a "brain explosion" causing him to kick the ref in the face. Oh and he punched some other blue-jacketed Olympic officials. NOTHING SHORT OF AWESOMENESS.

Not to mention the lifetime ban that dude got for doing this. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO BEFORE IT GETS TAKEN DOWN

GOOOOOOOOOOOLD

I am absolutely thrilled that the US went undefeated and killed it in the gold medal game. We hosted a small get together last night, and it ended up being about 7-10 of us who stayed up to watch the game at 1:30 am. It was exciting. I lost my voice chanting, USA, USA, USA, USA, and then abruptly stopping.

D-Wade KILLED IT. Kobe finally showed up and did his thang BIG TIME. Hitting some majorly clutch shots. The intensity was so thick in the house that Mani and I even argued about Lebron vs. Kobe. I have no idea why. I think my point was that Lebron and Wade have been absolutely solid all throughout the games, whereas Kobe has been jacking and not really being the offensive force he normally is. If you know me, you know that rarely will I ever lobby for Lebron. But he has been an absolute beast throughout the games. (14pts, 7 rebs in the gold medal game).

Highlight though? Rudy Fernandez crowning Dwight Howard. This never should have happened. Due to copyright laws, you guys get the jpeg version of it. NASTINESS. Portland is gonna be a monster with him, Bayless, Roy, Blake.....nuts.


Also, Juan Carlos Navarro was killing it for Spain. Dude came over for a year, but jetted back to Spain or wherever because he likes it there more. Couldn't argue with that. Plus his buddy Pau left for "greener" pastures, stranding Navarro in Memphis. And on another note, Marc Gasol (a Grizzlie because of the Pau to LA trade) looks like a lunatic.

It's Been a Week....

And what a week it's been. I feel like I'm still struggling to catch my breath (insert dumb smoker joke here).

Slight recap

1st place in the mock trial tournament
5th place for best speaker

Although it sound exciting, I was pretty exhausted and didn't really care much afterward. I largely kept competing because the team really wanted to win. Although winning is fun, so is maintaining my sanity, which I think I lost touch with by the end of the week. 6 trials in six days, switching from defense to prosecution....it drove me to the edge for sure. Thanks to all those who were there to support me and offer me advice.

Andrew, my old college roommate (it's funny writing that since it wasn't that long ago that we were living together). Unfortunately, I didn't get to spend too much time with him because of the trial stuff, so I felt entirely bad.

Then when we did hang out, we golfed and it absolutely poured. Being that we became "serious" golfers in Massachusetts, we understood bad weather, so we waited it out for a little over an hour after which time I decided it'd be awesome if I accidentally broke my driver (notice, no quotation marks). So now I'm back to swinging the 1 iron off the tee.

Class started up. I'm exhausted.

Work started Tuesday, still exhausted.

It's been an interesting week. Exciting, all the while tiring.

USA made it to the gold medal round.

I've lost touch with reality and all things going on in the news. Drop me a comment ye faithful readers.