Crystal Ball Prediction

Rudy Giuliani will win the 2008 Presidential election!

Democratic primaries: As much as Hillary has critics and as much as people like Obama, Hillary will win the democratic primary. Obama may have some good buzz about him & that's all hunky-dory. However, whether or not we want to admit it, America is not ready for a black president. It has nothing to do with his inexperience in the political scene. I think that a person of hispanic heritage will be president long before a black candidate. When people are standing in that voting booth making their selection, reality will set in & they'll vote for Hillary.

Republican primaries: I thought McCain had this one in the bag since Giuliani was pro-choice and pro-gay rights & there was no way he was going to get the evangelical christian vote. That was until I saw Giuliani on Larry King explaining away where he stands on these issues. "Larry, I am pro-choice but I am against abortion..." He supports a woman's right to choose but he is personally opposed to abortion. Brilliant. He can have his cake & eat it too. He won't be accused of being a flip-flopper since he's still pro-choice & he'll now appeal to the christians since he's personally opposed to abortion. He also said, "...I will only elect Judges who will interpret the Constitution without legislating from the bench..." That will calm the GOP who were worried that he would be electing liberal judges. McCain's experience as a war vet is not going to be a big factor either since Giuliani saw NY through the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. That's why Giuliani will win the Republican primary.

National election: Rudy Giuliani (R) v. Hillary Clinton (D). It'll be fairly close but Giuliani wins.

Vice President: My crystal ball is hazy on this one. Dems: I don't think Hillary will make Obama her VP since he's a rockstar in his own right & she wouldn't want anyone stealing her thunder. Also, Hillary will already have most of the black vote so I don't see Obama helping her in any way. John Edwards wouldn't work since he made an unsuccessful run as VP with John Kerry in 2004 & if he couldn't help Kerry, how is he going to help her? How about Gov. Bill Richardson? New Mexico Governor, he's hispanic & he was a former American Ambassador to the U.N. He'd appeal to some hispanic voters & his experience in international matters would help her. It won't make a difference in the big scheme of things though. GOP: If Giuliani could get McCain to sign on as the VP then the election won't even be close. No recalls will be necessary.

Animal Affinity

Lately, I've been hearing something scurrying around in my roof (no apartment above me). It's been going on for months but didn't think nothing of it until the pitter patter of feet increased. I'm now thinking that there's got to be a mouse & it must be keeping some company! What's the potential of it/them falling in through one of my air vents? It seems like animals have an affinity for me.

Take last year for example before moving here. I got up to take a shower one morning & just as I stepped into the tub & got the shower going, I noticed a gecko (in the shower stall) tracking my every move. After the customary quick bolt out of the shower, I decided that since it was on the wall, I needed to finish showering so I could make it to work. So I'm showering gingerly, taking great precautions not to startle the gecko & guess what happened? The damn thing fell into the tub w/ yours truly in it. That was it....I was done.....so much for my 20 seconds of bravery. G had to come all the way to my house to terminate it & when he got there, you guessed it, it was nowhere to be found. Fast forward to that evening when I got home. I entered the shower & as soon as I turned on the faucet, what came flying out of the drain? The darn gecko!

Comforting Embrace

Air Force Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt, of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group at Balad, Iraq, cradles a young girl as they both sleep in the hospital. The girl's entire family was executed by insurgents; the killers shot her in the head as well. The girl received treatment at the U.S. military hospital in Balad, but cries and moans often. According to nurses at the facility, Gebhardt is the only one who can calm down the girl, so he has spent the last several nights holding her while they both sleep in a chair.

Photo courtesy of David W. Gilmore Jr./U.S. Air Force

What is "Chicken"?

This is my contracts class & that at the very front is the prof dressed in a 'chicken suit'! It was hilarious. He did it because we were talking about contract interpretations & the case on the docket was Frigaliment Importing Co. v. B.N.S. International Sales Corp. which deals with the issue of what the word 'chicken' means.

10 Things That Drive Me Nuts

1. People who don't update their blogs regularly. There needs to be a "blog will be taken down after 7 days of inactivity" clause that all blog engines should impose.
2. Women with uneven nails. Clip them....they'll grow back you know.
3. Cars that won't move over when I'm trying to merge onto the freeway.
4. Typos
5. Grocery carts with one bad wheel which you only discover after you've made it all the way to the back of the store.
6. The big animated pop up ads that crop up every time you go to a web site. They fill up half your web page & the kicker is that they hide the "x close" button so that you have to actually look at the ad for about 5 seconds.
7. People who talk when class is in session. If you have something to say, share it will all of us that way I don't have to miss out on 15 seconds of what the prof has to say.
8. Women with chipped nail polish. There's a wonderful little liquid called acetone that works wonders for this problem.
9. When I'm at the grocery line & the person behind me is stepping on my heels. Coming closer to me won't make the grocery bagger go any faster.
10. People who drive while tapping on their brakes sporadically.

You're Hired!!

I got the summer job!

Not-So-Home-Work!

My last class yesterday was Property which the prof decided would last 2.5 hrs to make up for the snow days last week. It was about 4:45pm so I read up for Contracts & Legislation & decided to take my Constitutional law & Property books to read at home. Got home about 7pm, ate dinner while watching t.v. (was supposed to be only 30 minutes). Next thing I knew, it was 10pm & I hadn't cracked open a book. Started reading for Con Law which was a massive assignment & soon it was 11pm. Decided to watch the news & after 40 minutes, was back to reading Con Law. Got done at 1am & it was nighty night. Had Property homework been done? Nope. That was ok, I'd skim over it at lunch (which is now today).

Lunch time comes & by the time I'm done eating & chatting, it's time to go for an interesting meeting (the school always invites people to come & speak so I always attend whenever I think a speaker is going to be interesting) which takes up the rest of my lunch break. I toted around my Property case book & didn't even open it. Classes resume & when Property rolls around, I am completely lost. We're talking about Covenants which are horrendous & the fact that I didn't do my reading makes this horrendousness go up exponentially. So I take a few notes every time something sounds logical hoping it'll all come together after I go back & re-read what I was supposed to have read yesterday, right after I read what is assigned for today. Realistically, not gonna happen.

An aside: During lunch, my friend had brought some sopapillas & put them on the table for us to partake. They looked delish & everyone was wolfing them down except moi. Why? Because they had been sprinkled liberally with sugar on top & I don't like very sweet things. It didn't go unnoticed for very long that I wasn't feasting on the delicacy. I should've stuck to my guns but silly me found myself reaching for one. The darn thing was so big...I had to really focus with every bite not to have a gag reflex. Can't remember the last time I had to eat something so unpalatable.

I See Dead People!

That would be Meridith on Grey's Anatomy this past week. The last 2 episodes about the ferry disaster have been a perfect example of a cliff hanger gone wrong. The little girl that stared & didn't talk was weird, Izzie & her 'I believe' speech made me want to gag - why would she say that she thinks George & Callie are wrong for each other? She came off sounding like a petty bitch & frankly I'm starting to think she must have the hots for O'Malley since she keeps bringing it up.

We all know that Meredith won't die (show is called Grey's anatomy) & the flat line at the end of last week didn't fool anyone since the preview of the next episode showed them still working on her. Sloppy. If she dies though, I hope she doesn't incarnate as the narrator like they have it on Desperate Housewives. Maybe the show will be called O'Malley's Anatomy. The person that needs to get killed off is Izzy...have you noticed that her character on the show is sounding more & more like her real self when she talks about Isaiah Washington? Wouldn't miss her one bit if they got rid of her.

The problem for Grey's is that people are watching shows like '24' where the drama is non-stop & un-predictable. So when you watch Grey's attempt at suspense, you can't help but notice the amateurish result. The writers need to stick to the personal story lines of the doctors & focus on trying develop their characters in the most interesting way possible.

Interviewed

today for a summer associate position at a firm & thought it went well. The highlight of the morning was trying to walk in snow & ice in 3" heels! I looked very nice though in a skirt suit & pearls so it was well worth it. Should know by the end of next week if it was a yea or nay so will keep you updated. Wish me luck!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Half-a-Snow-Day

No classes this afternoon due to a snow storm!

Update: Campus is closed Wed 2/14. Woot!

School Going-Ons

I didn't realize until last week that the Legislation prof calls on people by alphabetical order going backwards (from Z-A). I thought he randomly called on people so I was always prepared. Only after getting called on last week did I realize this pattern (5 weeks into the semester)! There's a reason they say students lose whatever common sense they had prior to law school. Whenever when we appear stumped in my Contracts class, the prof always asks, "What would you have said before you got to law school?" And sure enough, everything crystallizes. Anyway, now knowing he doesn't randomly call on folks makes my reading faster because when you're not on call, you read to get the gist versus reading in order to be able to regurgitate back to the prof. All of a sudden, I like this class much better!

One of my friends dropped out! Didn't see him after grades came out & when I asked around, found out he was done! I think he was burned out (came straight from undergrad) and that's too bad since he was a really nice guy.

Affirmative Action

Let the truth be told!

Tragic!

Anna Nicole Smith dead at age 39. Unresolved multi-million dollar suit for her dead husband's estate. Her 20-year old son died 5 months ago (3 days after her daughter was born). Pending paternity suit with her ex-boyfriend who's claiming he's the father of the 5-month old child. Then Anna Nicole & Trimspa are sued jointly this week in a class action suit for false advertising. Life should've cut her some slack....or maybe it finally did.

Who knew

that astronauts wore diapers as:

1. they're waiting to launch into space & for re-entry
2. they're taking space walks
3. they're driving 900 miles to confront the 'other' woman

Love can truly be a bitch!

Spoiler

Now is about the time reporters unearth Ralph Nader from whatever hole he's been hiding in. Will he or won't he run in the 2008 Presidential elections? I think he'll run as an Independent like he did in 2004 & that's why I detest him. Nader has no realistic chance of winning, he knows this & yet he persists on running because says he's the lesser of the evils presented. That takes away votes from Dems, especially highlighted in the 2000 presidential elections where had he not run under the Green Party, Gore would've received most of the Green Party votes, carried Florida & Iraq would've never happened.

Those who say he's not a spoiler say there's no reason to believe that people who vote for Nader would really vote for Dems and that Dems need to do more to try & understand what these folks who vote for him are attracted to. BS. The only difference in stance between Nader & Dems is environmental policies & big business & even that is iffy. Everything else is identical so it's really not a stretch of the imagination to think absent Nader, this misled group would vote for the Democratic candidate. I'm sure now, all the idiotic people who voted for Nader & his Green Party in 2000, would've voted for Gore had they known what we Dems knew, that W. would be a disastrous president.

Bbbrrrrr!! It's So Darn Cold!

Temperatures for the past few days have been sub-zero & will continue to be till mid-week. So Friday evening I went to the newly opened Walmart to buy groceries. When I got into the store, it was just cold but about 40 minutes later when I got out, it was snowing like you wouldn't believe. Got home and made 2 trips back & forth from my car to my apartment hauling the groceries. The only thing left was a 12-pack of cokes which I figured I'd leave in the back seat & get the following day since I was too lazy to make one more snowy trip outside.

Fast forward to this morning. Got in my car to drive to school & what do I see in my back seat? 12 cans of exploded coke!! Don't forget that my seats have been upholstered in a tan color and the frozen soda was all over the seat & floor mats. Dilemma: Do I take a few minutes to clean up my car and get late to class or do I leave the mess & make it to class on time since the soda will probably still be frozen a few hours later?

Well, I chose the former. Cleaned out the frozen soda with my snow brush but as I was brushing it off, it was melting onto my super clean seats & staining them. Ugh! Then I had to dispose of the exploded cans. With my kind of luck, I sliced my right thumb open on one of the cans. Didn't think nothing of it since I was working at a frenzied pace trying to make it to class on time (Prof's detest students that come in late). So I clean up but as I'm driving I notice a red drop and realize that my thumb was bleeding profusely. No band-aid was at hand so a tissue was the next best thing. Get to class & couldn't even take notes because the minute I flexed my thumb to start writing, it would start bleeding.

If there was ever a day where I should've just stayed at home, this was it.

It's Groundhog Day

and Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow so Spring is just around the corner!

The mock interview was today and it went splendidly! The attorney that interviewed me was very easy going. He lost the resume I'd sent him so I'm glad I carried some extra ones. I interviewed for about 30 minutes and then he gave me some feedback.
Positives: I was dressed very professionally, arrived 5 minutes early (my mistake because I forgot my watch was 5 min fast), spoke well, answered questions as soon as they were posed, knew some info about him, etc.
Negatives: Didn't ask enough questions about the company, to always remember who my audience was (he asked me if I would like to work in a large or medium sized firm & I didn't emphatically say a large firm which is what this firm was).
Funny situation: He asked me what I liked to do outside of studying and I told him I like to read fiction books. Then he asks, "Oh good, so which author do you like?" So I say Daniel Silva knowing perfectly well no one has ever heard of this author (saying I like Danielle Steel's books doesn't quite have a ring of professionalism). Then he says, "I like him too!" So we went on to have a conversation about all his books. All the while I was thinking, thank goodness I'd really read Silva's books because there would've been no way to get out of that one without coming off as a total fraud.