Pics from this weekend

I had a great time this weekend at my cousin Elle's bat mitzvah in Dallas. It's not often that my dad's family gets together so I was glad I was able to attend. It was great to get away from law school for a while. The service was wonderful and Elle did a great job with the whole thing. Everyone was very proud of her.



The party was a lot of fun, it was held at the Dallas Museum of Art. There were 100 13-year-old girls dancing around to disco and rap music. The best part, though, were the "party facilitators" who walked around in flat-billed hats with microphones encouraging the dance party. (again, the irony of all that rap at a bat mitzvah). The food was wonderful (steak and swordfish, yum). Besides the dancing there was, of course, drinking for the older folk and caricatures for the younger kids on t-shirts with Elle's name on them. Really smart.



My iPhone is great. We used it all weekend to navigate, check the LSU game score (No. 1 again!), etc. This thing really is the greatest invention since sliced bread.

All that stuff I said about liking law school

Goes out the window starting this week.

Exams are in less than a month and I can't shake the feeling that I'm behind. Way behind. I know I'm probably just freaking out and everyone does this but exams' rapid approach is enough to mess with your mind.

I finally bought an iPhone last week and it should be arriving in the old BR by Tuesday, just in time for me to program it and head to Dallas for my cousin Elle's bat mitzvah. Looking forward to seeing some family there and spending time with Breland.

Wish me luck.

Washington Post's quote of the week

"I really appreciate the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce for giving me an opportunity to explain why I have made some of the decisions I have made. My job is a decision-making job. And as a result, I make a lot of decisions. And it's important for me to have an opportunity to speak to you and others who would be listening about the basis on which I have made decisions, to explain the philosophy behind some of the decisions I have made."

-- President Bush, a.k.a. "The Decider."

I think that says it all.

The best $50

Last night was the best $50 I've ever spent. At the last second I came across a student football ticket and paid up. LSU's 28-24 victory over Florida was the single greatest sporting event I have ever witnessed.

Never have I been so angry for so long of a game (it was almost 4 hours). Finally my anger paid off and we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. The student section was a madhouse, with students jumping up and down, literally crying while riding the emotional roller coaster that was the Tigers' win.

The next day, sitting in the law library procrastinating my inevitable civil procedure homework, I am still angry about Matt Flynn's recently developed inability to read the defense. If you watched the game you may have seen Flynn make a few great plays, mainly because of the athleticism of his receivers. Something has gone wrong with his game, and he needs to figure out how to fix it. Throwing the ball to your first option receiver every time is not what one would call a good passing game plan.

Things I am looking forward to

It has been a while since I've updated this thing -- sorry about that.

Law school is going well, I'm busy with homework though. Not a lot of time to play around. Fortunately next week is fall break and I get a few days off to focus on my Legal Writing assignment. I'll spend some time updating the blog then.

Big football game this weekend (vs. Florida) and I'm looking for a ticket, hope I can get in.

On this day, six years ago...

On my Dashboard (for you non-Mac users, that's like a second desktop that comes up at the push of a button) my "This day in history" World Book Encyclopedia Widget says the following happened on Sept. 11:
"The Battle of Brandywine" in the American Revolution, 1777.

It has three other facts, the last one being the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

This morning I was listening to Public Radio and I listened as jim bob Republican and rich-but-liberal Democrat battled about whether we should be in Iraq. About 5 minutes in to this less-than-riveting session I heard one of them say the most profound thing I've heard about the war, scary as that is.

It went something like "We can't leave Iraq now, because now there we have a thousand terrorists with years of on-the-job training."

Crazy.

To buy or not to buy...

Today I dropped my cell phone and it's been acting up ever since, which brings up the question I've been wrestling with since June -- am I going to buy an iPhone.

As an Apple believer (and stockholder) I'm leaning toward buying one. It seems like it would be an excellent tool to help me stay organized in law school as well as check my stocks and stay connected.

The price tag recently dropped to $399, and you can get some of the refurbished models for $349. It's funny because I'm usually one to wait for the second version of a certain piece of technology, but then again, if you wait for the next version you'll be waiting forever.

I'll be sure to post pictures if I do buy one.

Winner

How ironic the day of qualifying for the Louisiana gubernatorial race was the last day of elections for the Student Bar Association. Well maybe not that ironic, but still, I was excited for two reasons:

1.) No Ray Nagin for Governor.

2.) I won the office I was running for, President of the 1L Class.

I'm glad I won -- I've always found myself more apt to focus on school when I have other things on my plate such as a leadership position. Also I feel like I can do some good because of my experience with how things work at LSU.

I ran against four other opponents and was concerned right until the results were announced that I might lose my first real election. I think I'm just used to being a journalist and making fun of politicians.

Thanks to everyone who supported me, I will try my hardest to do you proud.