i'd heard some rumblings about how law firms are paying incoming associates to just sort of... be elsewhere for next year, at a 2/3 pay cut. "elsewhere" includes public interest work. now already i was kind of irritated at this, both because i know enough associates-to-be to anticipate that a lot of them would be bitching and moaning about doing ( Read more... )

i just registered to do a half marathon on april 4.
i will probably have to walk at least half of it.
but it is martian themed and the shirts are AWESOME.
plus i really need to kick my own ass a little.

crazy. scary. insane ( Read more... )

http://thisisindexed.com/2009/02/even-if-shes-got-a-screw-loose/

my brother said something very wise tonight. i was telling him a little bit about the job stuff that has been eating my brain, but i'm sick of hearing my own terror so i cut it short and said "it will all work out in the end" (which i do actually believe; i just don't want to have to deal with between here and the end). and he said "it always ( Read more... )

dear simpsons,

thanks for the pirate nuns. that made my night.

<3,
anya

i am confused, but also entertained: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/03/12/university_of_chicago_frat_boy

it would be nice if the constant background of terror would just... cease to exist.

also, thanks for the pity party law school. it would have been nice if you had invested that money in ... oh... someone who could have been useful in finding me a REAL job, but i'll take it under advisement.

http://xkcd.com/547/

sometimes i talk about the law like this. or other things whose jargon makes me batty. then sometimes i wonder whether people mistake this for actual simplicity on my part.

the minute i click on a page i'm like OMG WANT
like
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=cat1_gallery_8&listing_id=20821158