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I just love, LOVE this song. It's so smooth and sexay! and I love both Robin and Ashanti.  Check it out:

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Ashanti, Robin Thicke

It's my birthday! And, I went to court for the first time (this is a good thing, for me) and I got to see some eviction defense cases.  Relatively simple ones, but it was great to see some law in action! and my boss is AWESOME :D

I haven't really done anything to celebrate though...I don't know why, but this year is more...ehhh.  Maybe this weekend.

this was my first week of work, it is very tiring.  Sometimes I get scared about how much I don't know.  But that's why I'm here, to learn.  I just got my grades back though, and they're not great (except for 1 class).  I really really hope fall of 2L is better.  I will need to work harder!

updated the theme, hope y'all like :D

Aaliyah - Giving Up

Aaliyah

and I got a couple grades back...not doing so well :(  Trying not to give up...

Just a quick note to show that I am still alive!
(DeViL, are you going to post your pics soon? You should!)

Anyways...Here's a site I go to often, Daily Coyote:
http://dailycoyote.blogspot.com/

The blog author also traveled cross-country on a Vespa:
http://vespa-vagabond.blogspot.com/

The Daily Coyote pics & story are beautiful!

I am very happy that gay marriage has been legalized in CA.  (I'm socially liberal, economically practical/ moderate).  Here's an interesting article about the process the Chief Justice of CA, Ronald George, had to go thru in writing the historic ruling:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gay18-2008may18,0,4272300.story?page=1

Utter relaxation

'"I think," he concluded, "there are times when doing the right thing means not playing it safe."'

As for moi...trying out for stuff...then work in early June.

But...anyone up for another road trip? Thinking about it...

very excited...I'll be working for Legal Aid, doing housing (landlord-tenant law) & eviction defense and legislation.  Yay!!!

One big plus - I can stop stressing about getting a job.  I still have to do the financial aid/ grant applications, but I have the job itself, so I can stop sending out resumes, interviewing, STRESSING! so happy!

And the job sounds really interesting too, especially with the subprime meltdown right now :(

More blogging later...

Oh, my SPRING BREAK is next week!  But, sadistically, our paper is also due the Monday afterwards... :(

-- the Reader

Current Song Obsession:
Christina Milian, "So Deep So Fast" (love the "oohs"! and I'm a big fan of Christina's, so...)

Christina Milian - So Deep So Fast

It's been a while since I blogged.  As always, crazy busy.  I did get to go paintballing for the first time last weekend, which was fun! :D  (A pic to come later, perhaps...)  I am still bruised from it, although it was not as bad as I expected.  It was a good experience, although I'm not sure I'd go again for a while.  At least 70% of the people there were guys, many "hardcore" in that they had uniforms, equipment, etc.  Expensive hobby to have!  And the number of people who are apparently willing to be at a remote location at 8:30 am on a Saturday is astounding :D

This morning, I almost hit a rabbit driving to school, while a few blocks from my house.  (Cindy, aren't you proud that I didn't?)  I screeeeeched to a halt just in time.  It then leisurely hopped back to the side of the road, where it apparently had come from.  And an old man was there, watching it/me.  No clue if this guy was an owner (if so, negligent owner!) or merely an innocent bystander.  The rabbit was spotted, like this one:

Cute black and white bunny

On that note, I started my day.

I also skimmed a strangely fascinating book this past weekend, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. 

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary Roach

It's a very interesting read, one that I highly recommend.  The topic matter may seem not for the weak of stomach, but she doesn't have pictures, and you learn a lot about what can happen to your body when you die.  She talks about crash test bodies, the history of body-snatching, dissection bodies, and more.  As she says, cadavers are true superheroes - they can help the living, and don't feel any pain.  Ms. Roach is also a very amusing writer, not laugh-out-loud funny (which would be inappropriate
 to the subject matter) but with a distinct sense of humor, especially evident in her footnotes.

I was kinda ambiguous before, but now I think I will definitely donate my organs and/or my body for scientific research.  (Even if I end up being blown up for test bombs...)  If you can save people's lives thru organ donation, why not? Every year thousands die while waiting.  (My mom may need an organ transplant one of these days too...) 
READ the BOOK if you can, it's an easy read, and very very interesting.

Now let's get back to life...Here's a tres cute gallery of dogs at the Westminster Dog Show...as the Jezebelles say, nom nom nom!!!
Photo Gallery

Finally...I wanted to wish EVERYONE a very very happy (Chinese) New Year!!!  Gung Hsi Fa Chai!!! Happy Year of the Rat!!!
(and no, my resolutions from Jan 1 haven't been going too well yet...eh, I got time!)

happy 2008

To the Reader: I share some of yours. :)

My New Year's Resolutions:

- Spend time more productively and wisely
- Get into the habit of being a more active listener and effective communicator
- Overcome my insecurities
- Be a better daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt, niece, cousin, friend, etc.
- Read more books or do more readings in general
- Maintain a blog ;)
- Write more
- Study harder
- Sign up to take standardized tests and do well on them (have your fingers crossed for me)
- Throw away unneccessary things (I tended to accumulate stuffs in the past and now I have a clutter of stuffs)
- Learn meditation and regain my optimistic views
- Stop worrying over petty things
- Excercise more and eat healthier food
- Learn how to cook, decent food at least
- Tell others how wonderful they are before the chance is gone
- Stay committed to my resolutions.

A lot of these will take big time effort. Everything has to have a beginning. Let 2008 be the start. Cheers. :)

Yesterday I had a huge brain fart and left my purse next to my chair in the library.  For 1 1/2 hours.  While I was in class in a completely different building.  I didn't realize till after that class, when I was trying to buy something in the bookstore. Panicking, I ran to all the places I had been, and I was SOOO HAPPY when I found it! Right where I left it, waiting for me, in the library.  Thank goodness!!!

this has restored my faith in my fellow students...no one took it, no one rifled thru it, anything.  While people (including me) leave purses and laptops in the library all the time, I've never left it longer than than going to the restroom, and I assume most are the same way.  This was different, I was gone for a really long time.

This would never have happened in Berkeley.  I would have come back to a disturbed purse, if it was there at all.

(BTW, I've never forgotten my purse before...so no, this is not a common occurrence).

Wishing everyone a wonderful, spectacular, terrific 2008!!!

What are your New Year's Resolutions?  Do you have any?

Some of mine:

1. get organized!!!
      (the great calendar/planner project will help with this)
2. study more.  in a consistent fashion.
3.  be better at staying in touch with friends! and with acquaintances, and with contacts I meet at networking events.
4.  exercise, of course.  and eat healthier.
5. find a dance class I enjoy that fits into my schedule.
6. figure out a better system to note random information that I want to refer back to.
7. buy that perfect pair of black, comfortable yet stylish,  business heels.  this is more difficult than you think, I have really wide, hard-to-fit feet.  and why do most women's shoes hurt???
8. learn how to cook basic stuff at least.  I just learned how to make a great (and simple) appetizer, on New Year's Eve, so that's a good start! :D
9. play my Wii (I won it, so I have not been very good about using my lucky windfall)
10. Find a great summer job!!!
11.  (and most important)  MANAGE MY TIME BETTER!!!  I waste sooo much time now...and no, not talking about the time I spend reading novels, I mean just in general...

2007 was a good year, time to make 2008 even better!

Post your Resolutions in the Comments :D

-- the Reader

It's finals time.  So...I will be MIA till mid/late December.  Ehhh....my brain is exploding!

More posts to come...end of year/ top of 2008.  See y'all then!