"He is going to eat you, Mommy. Run!"

This morning, Clownfish knocked on the front door and enjoyed a full conversation with an invisible T-Rex there (Clownfish playing both parts with alternating voices).

He cordially invited it in . . . and of course attempted to have it eat me. I reminded him that if T-Rex ate me, noone could make his lunch. Apparently, T-Rex will eat me later.

After a morning of running errands, making sure I strapped him into his "dino seat" and that I didn’t slam the door on its invisible tail when we departed from the car, he "brought" T-Rex to pre-school.

We had arrived at preschool when he told me that T-Rex was gone -- he had gone to Dinosaur School, and we could pick him up later.

I just love this age (3) so much. I love that his verbal skills are advanced enough to allow for more nuanced glimpses into his imagination.

MILS #17

MILS is up at PT Lawmom's

The Weekly MILS (Moms In Law School) Roundup** is the brainchild of Saramel at Reasonable Expectations.

It is hosted on a rotating basis at among three bloggers, and will be back here at A Little Fish in Law School next week.

Rejection...

... yes, again.

You know... I don't think I want to write about this anymore.

38 Question meme

CM(at Magic Cookie) tagged me to do this meme. I think I'm honored, as I almost never get tagged and just end up "borrowing" memes. She and I share similar answers, so I'll credit the responses of hers that I keep with italics*

1. Name one person who made you laugh last night? Clownfish
2. What were you doing at 0800? Making lunch for Clownfish and listening to the radio so I didn't have to hear the Thomas the Tank Engine theme coming from the next room.
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Networking.
4. What happened to you in 2006? Bullshark went to Iraq, Clownfish started daycare, and I started law school.
5. What was the last thing you said out loud? Thank you so much for telling me you ridiculously boring life story using as many words as possible. Oh wait, that was the last thing I said in my head. Out loud? "Thank you for your time."
6. How many beverages did you have today? A lot of water. Small cup of tea.
7. What color is your hairbrush? Black like my soul.
8. What was the last thing you paid for? Present for my sister's only child (so far) -- she turns 1 this week. The neice, not my sister.
9. Where were you last night? Sleeping. Clearly this meme is aimed at people with more exciting lives than me*.
10. What color is your front door? Blue. (for CM: my living room and dining room... all yellow. Color called "joyous." How awesome is that?)
11. Where do you keep your change? In my car's ash tray until I move it (HA!) to the change jars we have.
12. What’s the weather like today? Cool and gray. Perfect for a walk*.
13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor? Mint chocolate chip. Or [local ice cream place] bittersweet chocolate
14. What excites you? Clownfish's antics, law school, good chocolate, and reading for fun*.
15. Do you want to cut your hair? Just got it trimmed today actually
16. Are you over the age of 25? Mmmm... yeah.
17. Do you talk a lot? No qualification on this one: yes
18. Do you watch the O.C.? The what now? I think this question was answered with #16.
19. Do you know anyone named Steven? Probably... but no one is coming to mind.
20. Do you make up your own words? What? Me? Never.
21. Are you a jealous person? Jealous... no. Do I sometimes envy people whom I perceive to have it "easier?" Sadly, yes, sometimes.
22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’. [random law school classmate.]
23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’. [best law school buddy.]
24. Who’s the first person on your received call list? A doctor
25. What does the last text message you received say? "Thanksgiving... your place or mine?" from my sister. Haven't answered yet.
26. Do you chew on your straw? Sometimes. When was the last time I had a straw though?hmmm.
27. Do you have curly hair? Wavy/curly usually. Sometimes I go straight.
28. Where’s the next place you’re going to? Tax class
29. Who’s the rudest person in your life? I had a good "friend" who was routinely snarky and rude... I think we last spoke 2 years ago.
30. What was the last thing you ate? A cracker.
31. Will you get married in the future? No, but I did 9 years ago.
32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks? Two weeks? Please. The last movie I saw was Harry Potter, and I thought it was just okay.*
33. Is there anyone you like right now? There are two special someones in my life. Luckily they're not making me choose between them*
34. When was the last time you did the dishes? Oh, I actually emptied the dishwasher last night. Bullshark tends to do dishes either because he is awesome or less tolerant of clutter.
35. Are you currently depressed? Yes... sometimes I feel its unjustifiable, but then I remember its a medical condition and not a choice.
36. Did you cry today? Yes.
37. Why did you answer and post this? See intro.
38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey. I generally don't tag and say take if you want... but I was also happy to have been tagged, so I'll "suggest" it to: Any Lawbitch and Dicta, cuz they're bound to be snarky, Quirky ... because she is, [Useless Dicta] to get her to post, and... shoot I think most of the MILS and lawyer moms have done this or been tagged ... oh, I don't think Angry Pregnant Lawyer has been tagged, so there is 5.

Hey, if that's what you're into...

Tax class, discussing the deductiblity of meals consumed while "away from home" on business:

Prof: So, according to this case and [something in the tax code], you're only away from your tax home when there is a period of rest. That is, you have to stay over night.

Classmate quietly to me: What if you're a necrophiliac?

Me: [stifling laughter]

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What she meant: narcoleptic.

EDITED TO ADD: I had a good laugh last night when I saw the same misunderstanding on Pushing Daisies. The episode may have been older. I was catching up on some TiVo.

**I'll let you do the wiki searches if need be. I'm already afraid of the G**gle searches this will bring here.

MILS #16

It's up... it's good... it's at Saramel's place.

The Weekly MILS (Moms In Law School) Roundup** is the brainchild of Saramel. It is hosted on a rotating basis at the Reasonable Expectations, PT-LawMom, and A Little Fish in Law School blogs.

Next week, it'll be at PT-Lawmom's and then back here.

The appropriate response is “That’s what she said”

Overheard in evidence class:

“She was trying to get herself off.”
“It was against his penal interest.”
“This still lets it in through the back door.”



Every now and then, having the sense of humor of a 12 year old boy can be fun.

Overheard on a Sunday

Bullshark: Clownfish, tell me about your truck. Is it a crane?

Clownfish: Its a crane.

BS: But what does a crane do?

CF: It hooks up using a hook and picks stuff up high in the air. But you knew that already Papa.


I love it when your three year old calls you out.

Back to Frivolity

Lag Liv's baby is home.

I heart marketing

I've mentioned on the blog before that I'm... well lets say heavy. Cuz morbidly obese has a kind of stigma associated with it, so lets not say that. I have recently lost 10 pounds, but that's a drop in the bucket . . . not even noticeable, really. Still working on it...

Anyway, I shop at L*ne Bry*nt because I can find my size there consistently and I generally like the clothes.

They have this new jeans-size thing, where you're measured, color-coded based on your waist to hip ratio (i.e. how much junk you got in the trunk), and numbered.

But get this -- the numbers start at 1. That's right -- you can be like 300 pounds on a 5 foot frame and be like a size 7 in the new LB.

Psychologically . . . awesome.

Because I am a size 3.

If I didn't already shop there, I'd totally shop there! Pure marketing genius.

Dicta, I'm sure, will have something snarky to say about this.

Buoy

Just got an offer . . . for a round of interviews from a firm that didn't do OCI but invited us to resume drop. So that's something. Keep your fingers crossed. I'll keep you posted.

Edited: eh, what I get for being cute. I got another interview, folks. A "callback" ... I guess, though its a first interview. Its not an offer.

To the person who found my blog searching for "six callbacks no offers," I am sorry you didn't find answers here. I suggest starting a blog. No, it won't net you any offers. But you'll feel better when people find your blog searching for "eight callbacks no offers." Cuz that person would be a loser. *ahem*

To the person who found my blog searching for "business associations law school sucks," I am also sorry you didn't find answers here. I suggest taking up drinking. In class. A shot whenever the word "derivitive" is used would be a good start.

MILS #15

I can't do it. I can't post a moderately clever, cute, or amusing round up theme this week.

Some MILS are sufferring through contracts or sufferring through chemo.

But one is sufferring in one of the worst ways a Mommy can. What's happening to Lag Liv is just terrible. True, we only have her side of the story. But, holy hell, this just feels so wrong. So so so so wrong.

Pt-Lawmom has a good idea, if you want to help out with a medical and legal defense fund through PayPal.

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Happier thoughts from the week:

Baby update Magic Cookie.
Baseball update Diary of a Law School Mom.
Hippo update Knocked up and in law school.

Vote for this blogger

Not me. Lawmom at Merits of the case.

Click. Read. Vote. Please.

She's among the first bloggers I ever read, if not the first. Reading about her 1L experiences was helpful in the months before I began law school. And her blog pointed me to other terrific bloggers, whom I still read.

I was pleased to see her return to the 'sphere after a short absence, but saddened to discover that she was blogging not just about the travails of being a law school mommy, but a law school mommy battling cancer.

So click. Read. Vote. It could net her a much-needed $10 grand.


[Update: She Won!! Congrats Kim!!]

MILS #14

Weekly Moms in Law School Roundup is at Pt-Lawmom's.

Back here next week.

For the Mommies

Everything a Mommy says in a day.... sung to the William Tell overture in about 2 and a half minutes. Very good, stick with it to the end.

I was 28 for three years

I didn't plan to be... it wasn't a conscious thing. But for about three years, if you asked me my age, I'd say 28. And in my mind, my siblings remained their respective ages.

Last year, a few things happened that shook my out of my time-freeze. My younger sister turned 28, so it occurred to me I couldn't be 28 anymore. And I started law school, which was a cold shower of reality in so many ways. I was no longer in my twenties. I didn't fit in with those that were. Moreover, I became ok with it.

Angry Pregnant Lawyer beat me to the When Harry Met Sally... reference a couple of months ago.

So, instead, I present some of the results from Birthday Calculator.

Apparently, I am over sixteen billion minutes old.


You were born on a Saturday under the astrological sign Libra.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rabbit.
Your Native American Zodiac sign is Raven; your plant is Ivy.
You were born in the Egyptian month of Choiach, the fourth month of the season of Poret(Emergence - Fertile soil).

Celebrities who share your birthday: Rachael Leigh Cook (1979) Alicia Silverstone (1976) Susan Sarandon (1946) Anne Rice (1941) Alvin Toffler (1928) Charlton Heston (1924) Buster Keaton (1895) Damon Runyon (1884) Rutherford B. Hayes (1822)

Your lucky day is Friday. Your lucky number is 6. Your ruling planet(s) is Venus.

There are 0 days till your next birthday on which your cake will have 32 candles.
Those 32 candles produce 32 BTUs,or 8,064 calories of heat (that's only 8.0640 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.66 US ounces of water with that many candles.

Your birthstone is Tourmaline. Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone: Opal, Jasper.

Your birth tree is Rowan, the Sensitivity Full of charm, cheerful, gifted, without egoism, likes to draw attention, loves life, motion, unrest and even complications, is both dependent and independent, good taste, artistic, passionate, emotional, good company, does not forgive.

The moon's phase on the day you were born was waning crescent.

As of 10/4/2007 10:55:21 AM EDT
You are 32 years old
You are 384 months old.
You are 1,670 weeks old.
You are 11,688 days old.
You are 280,522 hours old.
You are 16,831,375 minutes old.
You are 1,009,882,521 seconds old.

Not a tax aesthete

I want to appreciate the elegance and beauty of the federal income tax code. I really do.

But I just can't.

Its gross income unless its excluded from gross income but also it may deductible but only if it says its deductible but then it might be deductible anyway and lets talk about Congressional intent, shall we?

MILS #13

Saramel at Reasonable Expectations had this up yesterday. I spent the day no where near a computer, so sorry for the late link up.

Check out what the MILS were doing this week.