Is it Narciscissism if I actually AM really great?

I don't watch a whole lot of TV, but I always try to catch the Colbert Report if I'm looking for something to occupy my time with at 10:30 at night... and tonight he did not disappoint me.

He had a guest on who is an expert on narcissistic personality disorder... I think I might suffer from a mild form of this. Because really... I think I'm pretty freaking great.

Well, not really... but really. Know what I mean?
I'm certainly the funniest person I know, that's for sure.

Cover Letter Finished!

I finished my cover letter for the summer position with the state's attorney's office... I'm going to turn it and my resume in tomorrow!

Say a prayer or cross your fingers or send a smoke signal or whatever it is that you do for me! I really really really really REALLY want this job!

Thanks loves!

I am NOT a happy Dog momma!

My dog is being held hostage!!!!!!

Well... sort of.
Elle Woods the Great Dane is staying at a new doggie daycare while I went home for spring break Wed. - Sunday. I was a little nervous about trying out this new place, but I went by and visited and everyone there was really nice and I've heard great things about it, and I didn't really have any other choice, since we had a semi-falling out with our old doggie daycare.
I didn't write about it, and it's a dreadfully long story, but the Cliffs Notes version of the story is that there is a new owner at the old doggie daycare, which is located three blocks from my building and right by the el stop. The new owner and the old owner sent out e-mails with their version of the stories of how the switch in ownership happened, each calling the other a liar, and there were stories of dogs being ignored while at daycare and a dog they forgot to pick up for boarding for the weekend who was left home alone in her crate for three days with no food or water.
SOoooo basically I decided that I no longer trusted them to take care of my baby, so I started the search for a new daycare and boarding facility. I found this new place, which was highly recommended. Elle was dropped of WEdnesday morning. Their "pick-up" hours are from 8-10 AM and 4-6 PM. If you don't pick them up from 8-10 AM, you have to pay for an extra day of daycare. Whatever, that's fine. My flight was supposed to get in at 10:15, so they went ahead and charged me for the extra day of daycare. That's fine, I knew that was happening.

They also only offer boarding at their second location which is not convenient to me at all. So I decided to go by and pick her up on my way home from the airport. I show up there, door is locked, no one answers, and no answer on the phone. No answer from a place that is supposed to be staffed 24/7 is not okay. How am I supposed to know if anyone is even in there with my dog?
Then they have another door next to their storefront. A girl comes out and I get out of the car and say I'm trying to pick up my dog. She looks at me like a deer in headlights and is like "we're closed." I was like yeah, I know, but I'm here to get her. No one is answering the phone, is anyone even in there? She mumbled something about "come back 4-6" and turned and walked away. I don't know who that moron was,

Seriously?! I'm standing out front. My dog is inside. I've already paid you for her to stay there until 6:00. Let me get her! I am so annoyed!!!
I am going to let whoever is working know how unhappy I am when I go get her at 4:00. I understand the picky up by 10 or we charge you for daycare rule, that's fine. Just let me pick her up!

Like I said, I am one unhappy dog momma!

Weather

Well... here I am in Dallas, on my last day of spring break, and it's 38 degrees. Of course, it's supposed to be snowing back in Chicago, so I suppose this is better, but seriously?! Sweet f'ing spring break.
And of course, the only shoes I brought home are running shoes, black heels, and flip flops... so today I'm walking around in flip flops, and I look like an ass hole.

The good news is, I went to my dad's office on Thursday and printed out some articles and such for my paper that is due on Monday, so I have accomplished SOMETHING while I've been home, hooray! Also done some decent shopping... hit up the J.Crew and Nike Outlets and Nordstrom Rack, so I got some new workout pants which I was in desperate need of and some basic sweaters and such... nothing tooo exciting, but it's always nice to get new stuff!

Now I just hope my flight can get back on time tomorrow, so I can get the paper written and get the cover letter finished. Then... law school prom one week from today! Whooohoo!!

Sorry this post was totally very diarrhea... I'm at home on my mom's computer and watching a Law and Order: SVU marathon. Ha.

Spring Break Accomplishments:

So I do plan on at least accomplishing a few things over break. Today I was not hungover (yay!), so I took the dog to the dog beach. It was a little chillier than I thought it was going to be, but we had a good time. I also did some laundry and some cleaning up around the condo, because it's seriously a disaster. I'm going to do some more tomorrow, so I can at least come home from break to a clean place.

Also on my agenda - applying for some jobs for this summer! My school sent out an opportunity that sounds pretty awesome that I am tooootalllyyyy interested in, and it comes with a $5,000 scholarship! I would totally kill to get it, but there are only 2 positions available, so I'm trying not to get my hopes up. I was talking to one of my good friends from school about what I should say in the cover letter to make myself stand out and sound like the perfect candidate (which I clearly am, I just have to get that point across). Here are some of the gems we came up with:

me: wtf do i say?
i mean i know how to write a generic cover letter

but how do i say i really really really want to be a prosecutor

Law School Dude: i would just talk about how you want to be a prosecutor and this would be a fantastic experience
me: yeah

and how do i address financial need?

"I'm broke."

haha

i mean everyone could use 5k

Law School Dude: right

me: maybe just say like i really want to get experience in the states attorneys office but since it's unpaid the 5g's would allow me to eat and live for the summer while gaining valuable experience?

Law School Dude: yes

me: christ almighty i really do want this job

Law School Dude: i would also downplay the fact that your parents subsidize you and your horse's home

me: well i wasn't going to mention that, duh

"even though i'm a kept woman and my parents pay for everything, i totally need 5G's"
that's a guaranteed winner.
Law School Dude: hahaha

"my trust fund has taken a real beating in this market"

Law School Dude: maybe say something along the lines of "while i was working at [old firm] I gained valuable insight into the legal system through my involvement in various civil matters. However, I never felt the passion for these assignments that I would feel if I was working on criminal matters"

and obviously make it sound like you did more at [old firm] than watch grey's and gchat w/ me

me: right

haha

i did

sometimes i took trips to the daley center!

Law School Dude: for financial aid mention the rising costs of tanning and tanning supplies,

the dean will love it

me: oooh yeah good one

Law School Dude: well for financial aid mention how "because criminal prosecution is my dream job, i would want to put my full effort into any position. however, i would not be able to take such a position without spreading myself too thin, by either seeking night time employment or attending summer classes so that i can obtain loan money"

me: "doggie daycare costs are rising, i need this scholly"
Law School Dude: "5k isn't even going to cover my vodka costs for the summer, please help"

SO anyway, this is obviously not entirely true... I'm just as broke as every other law student and could totally use the money. If I don't get it it's just more loans to take out so I can live (my parents do not pay for EVERYTHING, thank you!), but I don't even really care about that so much as I really need the experience so I have something relevant to criminal law on my resume so maybe some day I can actually get a job making bad guys go to jail. Wouldn't that just be swell?!

So, anyone have any great suggestions for how I can emphasize my desire to gain experience in criminal prosecution in a cover letter?! Feel free to shoot 'em my way!

Spring Break.

So far I have spent my spring break being either drunk or violently hungover.

It is an absolutely beautiful day here in Chicago, and I can't get out of bed.... my dog is currently staring out the window. Poor thing. Sorry hun, dog beach ain't happening today. Mommy was overserved.

It's Tourney Time!

I love March Madness! I used to be a college basketball junkie (that's what happens when you date a college basketball player), but after the ex and I broke up, I took a little hiatus from it. I think that's fair, I needed a break. Besides, now I can cheer against his alma mater! :)



But, my alma mater the University of Illinois is a 5th seed this year, and a lot of people have picked them to get upset in the first round... well, BOOO to them! They will not be upset in the first round! This appellate brief is just about finished, then you can find me parked in front of CBS until my beloved Fighting Illini take on Western Kentucky at 8:45 tonight, screaming at the refs like a crazed person.

GO ILLINI!

It's a word because I'm a lawyer, and I say it's a word.

I think one of my biggest pet peeves about law school (among many, I admit) is the use of words that don't exist. For example - right now I'm writing about an "interspousal" exception for my appellate brief... Ummm, what?! Interspousal is not a word. I am getting really freaking sick of seeing the stupid red line under the word in my Word document....

Do lawyers and law professors think that they can make up words? Why? When can I start making up words? (Besides abbrevs... those don't count).

I can't think of any others right now, but I seem to remember my Contracts professor using words allll the time that weren't real words. WTF is up with that?!

(ooookay can you guys tell I'm avoiding writing this appellate brief?!)

Almost there!!

All that stands between me and spring break is the argument section of my appellate brief, whooohooooo! It's due tomorrow, and is supposed to be 5,000 words.

So far, I have 82.
Alright, only 4,918 words to go!

....
I told you guys I'm a procrastinator.

St. Patrick's Day...

Ew... apparently I've started only posting like once a week... what is that all about? I suck! I vow to start posting more frequently, I promise! Along with working out more frequently... reading for class more frequently... waking up early more frequently... etc. etc. etc.
But really! I'll try! I know my 1 reader will want more updates!

I have a big legal writing assignment due on Thursday, then I'm free for a week on spring break! Yahooo! I have a stupid miserable mediation paper due on the Monday we come back for spring break, which sucks, but it's pretty short so I don't think it'll be too big of a deal.

I'm going back to TX for 5 days over spring break, and I can't wait! My dad's business has been crappy lately, so no crazy shopping trips or anything, but we'll get to go out to eat and get pedicures and do that sort of fun thing! I'm hoping that the weather will be lovely... (fingers crossed).

Okay... this post was total schizophrenic. I promise I'll have something real to say sometime soon!
XOXO

Where has this semester gone?

Where in the world has this semester gone?

For as boring as it has been and continues to be, I'm surprised at how fast it's going by. I seriously hope that my classes in the future are more entertaining than these.

My constitutional law teacher is so incredibly boring. It's really been surprising too, because the things that we've been learning about are NOT boring. Abortion, sexual orientation, Rights of parents, reproductive rights, etc. I've talked about a lot of these topics in other classes and not been bored at all.... why is it so boring with this guy?!

But anyway... it's not panic time yet... I've got one more big legal writing assignment, then spring break, then a paper due in my mediation class... THEN it'll be time to panic about finals. I guess constitutional law is the only final I'll really be fretting about. Ugh.

Oh well, not worrying about it for now. Now, it's sleepytime.

New week...

Starting a new week again already?!
Yikes!
I've got a lot of things to do this week. My new roommate is coming by in the morning to sign her lease (which I have not yet made up) and to drop some stuff off.
I have a mediation assignment due tomorrow and a meeting with my legal writing professor on Thursday that I have absolutely nothing prepared for. Need to get busy and be productive!
Here we go...

AHHH!

Okay, there a lot of things I've been meaning to write about over this last couple days... mostly this huge douchebag from my section who made a snarky comment to me after class last week... but first:

Looking in the mirror this morning I realized that I have wrinkles around my eyes. AH! I am too young for this. Shit.
Now I'm sure I'm going to be spending the majority of the day researching eye creams.... anyone have any suggestions?