urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive Bob Bob 2006-09-01T14:21:10Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:108099 2006-09-01T14:21:10Z 2006-09-01T14:21:10Z So, school is going along. i am glad that i am getting closer to being done. i interviewed for a job two days ago. i think i might get it.<br /><br />also, adam and brandon and adamb, i posted the pictures taken from a while ago...here is the link<br /><br /><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/82964020@N00/sets/72157594263390311/">http://flickr.com/photos/82964020@N00/sets/72157594263390311/</a><br /><br />check it out. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:107920 2006-08-21T12:09:04Z 2006-08-21T12:09:04Z first day of school.<br /><br />so this is what it feels like to have a routine. i had almost forgot.<br /><br />i explained to clarissa yesterday that it wasn't until later in life that i realized there is a distinction between being anxious and being eager. anxious has the negative connotation. i told her i was anxious about going back to school.<br /><br />i need to think of lunch ideas that can travel with me, that need no refrigeration, that are well sealed, and that are nutritious...<br /><br />ideas? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:107657 2006-08-17T12:53:45Z 2006-08-17T12:53:45Z You gotta love the city.<br /><br />I am rockin' it up here, and loving it.<br /><br />Let's see. Oh, a couple of days ago was Ryan Kostal's big brother, Ricky Kostal's bachelor party. They rented a room on bourbon, and lots of fun was had. I am not sure how much I am supposed to divulge so i will leave it at that.<br /><br />well, one side note: i have to say that my musical tastes treated me to a free dance from a stripper. Her second song was Gnarles Barkley "Crazy" and we started talking about Gnarles (thanks adamt)<br /><br />i am mentoring some 1L freshman in law school. Mentoring, from my best estimate, is going to be getting some kids (ha they are prolly older than me) drunk and showing them a good time. <br /><br />My closet is color coded....weird?<br /><br />My weird/odd/twin neighbors have moved out. it's swell.<br /><br />Ocean springs sure is growing back. They have my house being built on these huge stilts.<br /><br />netflix is sweet. i just watched some korean war movie, and it was the best war movie i have ever seen.<br /><br />is love hard? <br /><br />oh, a sublime cover band, "badfish" is coming to house of blues in october. i went last year they were here, and it was well well worth the money. open invitation to stay at my place.<br /><br />have you checked out the video podcast ze the show? google it. addictive.<br /><br />i watch a lot of video podcasts<br /><br />cnn in case you missed it<br />abc news extreme<br />comedy central motherload<br />comedy central standup<br />diggnation<br />dl.tv<br />filter<br />geekbrief.tv<br />make magazine<br />national geographic<br />bbc<br />Rocketboom<br />Simply Ming<br />The Ricky Gervais show<br />The daily nut<br />tiki bar<br /><br /><br /><br />good stuff.. check em out. they's free.<br /><br />what have i been listening to lately? glad you asked<br /><br />Thom Yorke - Eraser<br />Death Cab for Cutie - Plans<br />Postal Service - Give up<br />Gnarles Barkley - St. Elsewhere<br />Three 6 Mafia - Most Known Unknown<br /><br /><br />woo. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:107413 2006-08-07T19:50:32Z 2006-08-07T19:50:32Z went to destin. that was a blast. <br /><br />just got back. have a bit of a sunburn, oh well.<br /><br />i am in ocean springs. i tried to call kostal, but his number was busy. brandon should be back from hattiesburg sometime. not sure when.<br /><br />where is adam brune? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:107261 2006-08-03T18:17:35Z 2006-08-03T18:17:35Z Today is my last day in Shreveport. Tomorrow I am going to a work sponsored lunch, and then i am outtie.<br /><br />i should be in new orleans by 8, then ocean springs saturday morning.<br /><br />2282383784. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:106764 2006-07-11T16:39:22Z 2006-07-11T16:39:22Z Ok,<br /><br />new phone number: 228 238 3784. <br /><br />251 656 8107 is no longer.<br /><br /><br />im hungry. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:106506 2006-07-01T16:12:33Z 2006-07-01T16:12:33Z three six when it comes to bread, i got keys to the bakery. <br /><br />what a great line. i am at a coffee shop now, enjoying a lazy saturday. it is the start of a four day weekend.<br /><br />one thing i dislike about circuit city. i walk in there today and i am wearing headphones and listening to my ipod. i was stopped and asked by six individuals if i was finding everything i was looking for. while i appreciate the customer care, i really do, the last one pushed it over the edge.<br /><br />as i was leaving, this guy is intercepting me, i can see. i pull my headphones off and he says in a smirk "We didn't have anything you wanted?"<br /><br />i responded i was killing time. am i being an ass, or is it not really any of his business?<br /><br />secondly, last night evan and i go to the brookshires, the grocery store here. i went and bought a 12 pack of beeer and some shredded mozzerella cheese for the pizza i was contemplating. the lady at the counter told me i shouldn't drink and that i was going to kill myself. now, had she conveyed that she was joking, i doubt i would have paid her any mind. but she held my beer as if she was not goign to sell it to me.<br /><br />i told evan afterwards : "I have friends that would have been like "look bitch, stick to what you're good at, bagging groceries, and leave the advice for Dr. Phil."<br /><br />gotta love my friends. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:106360 2006-07-01T01:29:24Z 2006-07-01T01:29:24Z three six i didn't know that i liked three 6 so much. there comes a time when you just want to drink a couple of beers and listen to some bad ass rap. tonight is one of those nights.<br /><br />i have a story. i had a client. we'll call her mary. mary had a husband. she told me that he has been in jail for a couple of times for meth use. she told me that everytime he comes home she has to go get her self checked for diseases, because she says he has sex with guards in order to make his stay in jail 'as pleasant as possible'. this time she got hepatitis C. <br /><br />i get to represent her. crazy world.<br /><br />i had another client who told me about how big of a porn collection her husband had and how he wanted to 'swing'.<br /><br />great stuff.<br /><br />set up my schedule:<br /><br />Trusts and estates(think of this as wills, trusts, and things that happen when you die.)<br /><br />Evidence (evidence has to be submitted in a certain way, otherwise it can be thrown out.)<br /><br />Constitutional law - self explanitory.<br /><br />Agency and Partnerships (these are organizations where one person represents another. say for instance your boss asks you to deliver a document, and you get in an accident as you are driving to do this part of your job, your boss could be resopnsbile.)<br /><br />Income taxation - self explanitory. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:106000 2006-06-28T12:50:07Z 2006-06-28T12:50:07Z i woke up last night because i was sorry for something i said to someone a relatively long period of time ago. i hate it when you honestly mean something i jest and it just comes out all wrong. further, people in my life - my firends, and family, tend to have a more dry sense of humor. They are a little more thick skinned. i was not used to the sensitivity that this individual had. i am not using this as an excuse, but i believe i am going to apologize to this party.<br /><br />i had two reconciliations yesterday. it is a bit of a pain in the ass. i spend all this time walking them through their divorce. i draft the 103 divorce petition and assess all of the community property and debts. i make preliminary discussions with opposing counsel. finally, the people just forgive and forget. it stumps me. these are the same individuals telling me about their significant other's methamphetamine problems, and have photographs of the bruises, cuts, and welts that they have suffered. some people don't know what is good for them. oh well...best of luck.<br /><br />shreveport is not a bad place. i think next summer i might talk to the indigent criminal defense group up here and see about doing some criminal defense. i think i would have a lot of stories if i did that.<br /><br />i thought of a girl i hadn't thought about in a while. brains sure are funny things. it was nothing sexual and there was no longing, just recounting how much i believe i have changed since relatively recently.<br /><br />got all my grades in, they were good. <br /><br />watched a movie last night, "the big easy". it made me long for new orleans. they are correct when they say that things are just slightly different down there. i miss the bars, and the people. furhter i miss having something to do at all times. <br /><br />here, mostly, i just cook, clean, work, run, dick around with my new macbook.<br /><br />so what's up with you? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:105802 2006-06-27T13:46:10Z 2006-06-27T13:46:10Z So, i got the new macbook.<br /><br />13" widescreen<br />1.83 ghz intel duo core processor<br />512mb of ram (my 2gb of ram are on the way)<br />60 gb hard drive (140 is on the way)<br />isight<br />motion sensing hard drive<br /><br />good stuff.<br /><br />i like it.<br /><br />new toys are fun. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:105564 2006-06-23T21:53:00Z 2006-06-23T21:53:00Z new macbook 13" on monday, here it comes.<br /><br />sweet. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:105252 2006-06-14T13:57:37Z 2006-06-14T13:57:37Z yesterday was swell. I looked at Rebecca's livejournal, and noticed i haven't really elaborated what it is i do all day..<br /><br />well: <br /><br />I get here at 8:30. I get some coffee from the break room, I check my email, check livejournal, and update my video podcasts. I write legal memorandums on intricate areas of law, ranging from consumer issues, to notice pleadings, to my most recent one, a construction fraud for a Katrina evacuee.<br /><br />We have an intake department that screens potential clients. I look over their intake sheets and call them. I just ask "what's the problem" mostly, and takes notes as to their legal issues. I then take the batch of those and present them at the board meeting where we decide if we are going to take the case, or whether we will reject due to lack of merit.<br /><br />I went to court yesterday. I spoke with our client, she was disputing custody and child support, as well as some community property debts/issues. We negotiated with the opposing counsel and did some pretrial dealings. It came to a point where we couldn't agree to one point dealing with a break in the child support for the summer months. We had to go upstairs to speak with the District judge. He was an older, bearded, glassed gentleman. I really liked his style. he sat in his office smoking a cigar, with his hands propped on his belly. This was a non smoking building, but who was going to argue with him? he was sooo southern. "When momma wants this, and daddy wants this, we have to split the difference."<br /><br />we went back to his court, and he was trying another case. I swear, if i ever get bored, i can just go to his courtroom. You are allowed to request the opposing party take a drug test if there are children involved. I walk into here this "Son, you need to shut the hell up, because I am liable to hold you in contempt..you have already refused to take the drug test, and the only reason i am letting you have custody of the children is she is worse off, and your parents are taking care of the child."<br /><br />we quickly finished up our case, and we went to lunch.<br /><br />So, yeah, I go to lunch with various attorneys and judges, then i come back round 1:30 or so, and interview face to face a couple of clients, and maybe draft some letters. We have a support staff that does the typing and mailing, so i can just dictate them. I meet with the attorneys, and we talk about cases.<br /><br />And then i get off at 5.<br /><br />its a very entertaining position. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:105128 2006-06-08T13:55:05Z 2006-06-08T13:55:05Z Last night was an experience. We were invited to dinner at this great restaurant, and there sit ten lawyers from one of the largest firms here in Shreveport. We eat, and drink, and talk, and I meet some intellectually engaging and interesting people. The conversations range from law to travel to wine. <br /><br />The owner of the restaurant, i find out, is a client of the managing partner, who is there. The owner is taking our order, making sure our accommodations are fitting. <br /><br />After a couple of hours, we move the 'party' to this swank piano bar. I am ordering dry martinis, and talking with some guys, and we are really meshing. I come to find out that the three gentlemen that I am talking to are the managing partners. They are the bosses. We hit it off really well, and I switched from martinis to SoCo. <br /><br />One of the memorable parts of the conversation was when we were talking about life lessons. I stated that my father did very well with a very small, yet powerful statement: life is all about cause and effect. You take certain actions, and there will be certain consequences. I stated that i remember when i was 14 or 15, and I wanted to get piercings, and my father told me: "sure, you can do that, but no one is going to want to hire you." Sure enough, after saying this, the managing partners started laughing and telling me that they would never hire someone with piercings, and that i made a good choice.<br /><br />What amazed me was when the bill came. There were only 7 of us, and i glanced and saw the $300 bill. This is not San Diego or L.A.; this is Shreveport, Louisiana. I can just imagine what my martinis were costing. Thank God the money wasn't coming from me.<br /><br />I am definitely applying for an internship next summer with this firm. Their pay is exemplary, and the people are very personable.<br /><br />We closed out that bar, and I feel like shit as I sit here and contemplate how to get very little work done today.<br /><br />Kidding, One of the attorneys just came to me and asked me to draft this gentleman's will. just think, one misspelled word, and i could ruin some guy's life.<br /><br />Crazy. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:104860 2006-06-05T17:28:56Z 2006-06-05T17:28:56Z I've got a cupboard with cans of food,<br />filtered water, and pictures of you<br />and I'm not coming out until this is all over.<br />And I'm looking through the glass<br />Where the light bends at the cracks<br />And I'm screaming at the top of my lungs<br />Pretending the echoes belong to someone<br />Someone I used to know urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:104497 2006-06-05T17:25:01Z 2006-06-05T17:25:01Z so, settled into the city. went to the public library, adn they are filming a movie outside of it. it is always funny to me, what they require for a library card. i have to go get my employer, the senior attorney, to write a letter saying i work here.<br /><br />crazy stuff.<br /><br />i don't know who is in the movie, but i overhood them saying demi moore...who knows.<br /><br />saturday night, went to a place called phoenix underground. it was a club, and it was nice. met some people. made it home late.<br /><br />how i wish i had boot camp installed. i really want to install civ 3. i am trying to download it from bittorrent, but it is taking forever. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:104249 2006-05-30T22:26:00Z 2006-05-30T22:26:00Z Today was my first day at work. It rocks. I definitely want to be an attorney. Today was just great, i got to wear one of my new suits to work, and met everyone there. There seems to be such an atmosphere of respect for me. I feel so mature. In fact, I am here now, at a bar, enjoying a happy hour, drinking a drink, and thinking this is the first happy hour that I have taken where i am actually doing the happy hour...meaning, i got off of work and now here I am.<br /><br />I stay at a very old house. it is only ten minutes from work, which is great. I live with a roommate, Evan, who is also from loyola law. We are getting along well.<br /><br />i got back my first grade. I made an A in community property. Sweet. I deserved it.<br /><br />i worked hard enough.<br /><br />the drive up from shreveport was easy enough.<br /><br />ha, i have a secretary. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:103960 2006-05-23T16:55:56Z 2006-05-23T16:55:56Z having a good time in ocean springs.<br /><br />had lunch yesterday, and it was fun. went fishing, chilled at the house, watched tv, all kinds of good stuff.<br /><br />the only thing that sucks is of course the fema trailer. it is a very small area for everyone to stay. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:103695 2006-05-18T12:36:40Z 2006-05-18T12:36:40Z having a great time in ocean springs.<br /><br />we had a party yesterday, and it was great.<br /><br />i am done with first year of law school. woo.<br /><br />im going to play croquet in the park today, and it is going to be glorious.<br /><br />i have no responsibilities. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:103623 2006-05-15T00:57:22Z 2006-05-15T00:57:22Z ok, everything is going good.<br /><br /><br />property exam went as planned.... it should have, considering the extent to which i studied.<br /><br />contracts was great. some people felt as if it wasn't somethign that was expected...i disagree.<br /><br />civil procedure was boring. it was difficult. i finished early. i don't know how i did. i am sure i did good enough.<br /><br />i have been studying torts all weekend, and i believe i have done overkill. you see the problem with torts is that we are being tested on torts, and then she got to products liability. products liability is a separate course, and for good measure. it is a blooming and difficult area of law that i really am interested in.<br /><br />unfortunately, the more i delved into prod liab, the more i wanted to read, so instead of studying for one course, i seemed to have studied for two.<br /><br />i have that test tomorrow, then professional responsibility on wednesday. i will be home round 5pm. <br /><br />i cannot wait. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:103368 2006-05-08T13:31:45Z 2006-05-08T13:31:45Z i'm super pumped. today is the first exam..common law property. we are dealing with conveyancing and deeds, landlord/tenant, covenants, servitudes, and easements. quite the conversation piece.<br /><br />on a lighter note, i went to jazz fest on saturday and finally got to complete a life goal of mine - seeing jimmy buffett. with my dad, to boot. it was awesome. <br /><br />took pictures, i'll get em up soon. may 17, at 4pm, you cannot come quicker. that is my last exam, i will have a beer in my hand, and i will be drunk and irresponsible from may 18 - june 1, when my baller job starts.<br /><br />i;ll be on the coast for most of that time. i am going canoeing, and to the island. i am going to eat at el saltillo, and the chinese buffet. <br /><br />im going to walk through walmart, and read bukowski.<br /><br />im going to lie by the beach, and play football with my friends.<br /><br />fuckin' a. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:103123 2006-05-02T12:31:33Z 2006-05-02T12:31:33Z on this day, 22 years ago, the world was made slightly a more corrupt place.<br /><br />"don't listen to this man's ideas on morals. His sole ambition at law school is to be the first one on the back of a phone book!" - random law friend. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:102659 2006-05-01T12:35:37Z 2006-05-01T12:35:37Z went out to my bar last night.<br /><br />talked with the bartender. she is having relationship problems due to an apparent role reversal. she says that she is not nurturing and emotional enough, and he is not tough enough. she made it sound like it wasn't the end of the world. i told her, hey, if that is the only problem yous guys face, ya'll will be alright.<br /><br />next, the old man next to me started to talk to me. he is a retired insurance adjuster. i asked him what is the one thing that, if he could, do over again. he told me that an education is the most important thing that one can have, and that he wouldn't have had to work so hard had he an education.<br /><br />something else memorable he said last night...."shit...money's easy to get....just go out and work, and there, you got money.... "<br /><br />i thought it was oversimplistic but concise.<br /><br />dayal came over and we started to tone up the drinking. Next person we met was this gay guy with two dogs. the female dog would come up to the male dogs face and hump it...or rather attempt to hump it. this occurred at least 17 times while we were there. apparently the guy dog just really doesn't care any longer...i don't know what's up with the girl dog. horny bitch.<br /><br />gay guy told his hurricane story, i told mine. he leaves. we stick around for a while, pay the tab, then go to moonlight cafe, the restaurant owned by the bar owner. <br /><br />it was cold there, but dayal got some chicken tenders, i got another beer.<br /><br />talked to the guy there for a while...he said he was born in mexico, and was a jew. he says apparently there is a form of yiddish that is mixed with mexican and that is what he primarily speaks. went to college out in new mexico, and now he tends bars.<br /><br />good stuff.<br /><br />i am happy i went out and got plastered. yet another sunday started with "sunday morning coming down." it made me depressed all day, and drinking acted like a reset button.<br /><br />with all these good things about drinking, where is the bad that everyone talks about?<br /><br />later skater. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:102425 2006-04-29T19:49:12Z 2006-04-29T19:49:12Z soft drone of the printers it is so depressingly boring that the only thing i have going on right now is law.<br /><br />i go to lunch, and it seems the only conversational piece that comes up.<br /><br />my parents call to check in on me and it seems like it is the only thing that comes up.<br /><br />in a very short period of time i am going to be done with it for a while. i will be glad.<br /><br />kung fu hustle was a weird movie.<br /><br />corndogs are excellent because they are quick/filling.<br /><br />77c pizzas from walmart are cheap.<br /><br />do you have a certain weight that you will automatically think "shit, i need to lose weight." if you are a girl, is it 140? 160? 120? if you are a guy is it 160? 180? 200? 230?<br /><br />im gonna get paid this summer. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:102264 2006-04-27T16:12:14Z 2006-04-27T16:12:14Z deep in the studying. i've got torts down. i am not so scared about property. contracts is getting there. Legal ethics will need some time devoted to it. Civil Procedure is the neglected stepchild.<br /><br />i have purchased a bottle of caffeine pills. i have taken the label off and written "go pills" <br /><br />i hope all of this is worth it some day. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:persuasive:101912 2006-04-22T22:26:00Z 2006-04-22T22:26:00Z happy birthday brandon.