Was that even possible?

I’ve graduated to a new level of nerdiness.  To be honest, I considered myself a nerd already, but we brought it to a new level yesterday.

I bought my first tournament pack of Magic (The Gathering) cards.  And won 4 out of the 6 games we played.

The boyfriend was not too pleased about this, but he couldn’t be too upset – I mean, I was playing Magic, afterall.

But in other news, things are getting a little better.  The world stop blowing up in my face for now.  I’m picking up my car today and will no longer be stuck in the house all day while people are at work.

Anywho, that’s about all that’s going on, so I’m off to watch the Twilight Zone and continue to lounge in my pajamas.

 

Quick Update

Yes, I’m still alive.  We still don’t have all our grades back from last quarter yet.  I’m still running around like a chicken with my head cut off (but this time it’s mainly because I’m doing more extracurricular events and social things around Waco and still going to Austin on most weekends to visit the boyfriend). This quarter is going by much faster than last, and I’m actually more worried about these finals than ones from last quarter.  We’ll see how it goes.  I’ll try and update more often.  Hope everyone’s summer is going well.

 

A Quick Break

Yesterday, I went to the Cameron Park Zoo with my friend K.  It was possibly the happiest day I’ve had in Waco so far. For starters, I LOVE giraffes. So much so, that K was really glad that there wasn’t a baby giraffe because he was quite certain he wouldn’t have been able to prevent me from jumping over the fence to go hug it. The zoo was really nice, though.  It was a lot bigger than I thought it would be.  It’s actually right across the river from my apartment, and I never knew it.  The really strange thing is that it’s literally right in the middle of a bunch of houses.  Waco is an odd place. But regardless, it was a lot of fun.

Before I get back to work, I wanted to share two of the most ridiculous/funny articles I’ve found in a long time.  The first: Woody Harrelson apparently thought a photog was a zombie and attacked him.  You just can’t make up that stuff.  http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/10/woody.harrelson.zombie/index.html

And this was actually published a few months ago, but it’s still hilarious.  It’s a complaint letter that was written to Sir Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin. http://timesnews.typepad.com/news/2009/01/apparently-sir-richard-branson-thevirgin-bossthought-this-was-the-funniestletter-of-complaint-hed-ever-received——dear.html

Well that’s enough break for me, I’m going back to work.  Happy Easter.

 

Guinness Cupcakes?

I made Guinness Cupcakes. It sounded like a great idea. Not so great, actually. Imagine chewing on a tootsie roll and then chugging a Guinness… with green sprinkles.
At any rate, I’m writing the last bit of my memo that is due tomorrow, so those cupcakes and my green shirt are about as festive as I’m going to get today. It’s sad, really. St. Patrick’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. I’m going to attempt to recelebrate this weekend in Austin, maybe. Anyway, back to writing. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

 

Arg.

Why am I the only person who always answers my phone?

 

We’re not in Kansas Anymore, Gatsby.

Today, I was checking the weather on weather.com because I can’t stand it when it’s cold outside. I was hoping this cold front would go away, and it looks like it will soon. However, there was a fire warning blinking. I’ve seen these before in Austin where they basically say that weather is favorable to wild fires and just be careful generally. However, I was just curious so I clicked on it. This is what it said:

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS… blahblahblah…  AVOID ALL OUTSIDE BURNING AND WELDING TODAY. …”

Wow.  Really?  I can’t weld outside today? Golly that just ruined my whole afternoon.

 

Who needs law school… I’ll just be a plumber.

So I don’t really have time to post anything else today, but it’s just ridiculous. I just can’t have a normal day. Ever.
A little background for this story: my complex was working on the water lines for some odd reason. I didn’t ask, my water still worked, and I didn’t care. There was a lot of air in the lines, though.
I flushed the toilet right after this whole water line fixing situation, and I heard this loud BOOM. I just decided to ignore it and pretend nothing happened assuming it was just the air in the water lines. And everything was fine. This happened yesterday.
Two hours ago, I flush my toilet and water starts spewing over the tank. Not good.
So I pull the lid off the tank and start eyeballing it — as if I had any idea what I was doing. I always think I do because my dad is a plumber, but seriously, I have no idea. I decide the best way to figure out the problem is to flush the toilet again.
Very bad idea.
Water starts spraying all across the bathroom – the walls, the toothbrush, the mirror, me, the pug (who is just fascinated by this whole episode), rugs, etc. I figured out the problem, though. There’s a tiny hose that goes from the pump to this pvc pipe in the middle of the tank. This tiny hose is normally clipped to the pvc pipe. That BOOM was that clip breaking. And when you flush the toilet, water comes spewing out of this tiny hose at 30,000 mph like it’s trying to prove something.  So if this tiny hose isn’t clipped to the pvc pipe, it goes flying everywhere like the wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man thing.
I clearly have no idea what’s going on, and this is beyond me at this point, so I call Dad. He tells me to just put a paper clip inside the hose and that should be sufficient to weigh it down enough to keep it inside the pvc pipe. Okay.
I put the paper clip in. Try my little flushing experiment again. Had to get the mop out. Again. At that point I decided I was going to Target and get some sort of tiny fishing weights to tie to the paper clip, or I was going to duct tape or glue the thing to the pvc pipe.
Dad said that was a bad idea. He says to tie it all together. That makes no sense to me what so ever. And it doesn’t matter anyway, because Target doesn’t have string. (Why I didn’t go to Wal-Mart to begin with, I have no idea. I’m not the brightest sometimes.)
The next best thing would be twisty ties. They don’t sell those either… at least not by themselves…
So, two loaves of bread and some tortillas later, I leave Target in hopes of being able to fix my toilet with three twisty ties.
(And by the way, I think Target is holding out on me with the Cadbury eggs. I know they’re out there. They just won’t sell them yet. And I don’t know why. It’s not right. I went through four months of Christmas, I think I deserve a creamy filled chocolate egg… but I digress.)
I get home and surprisingly manage to fix my toilet. I was kind of proud of myself. I will be eating toast and sandwiches and tortillas for a really long time, but I feel like I’ve accomplished something.
This is all probably karma kicking me in the butt because I was making fun of the guy who lived here before me who tied the toilet pump together with a washrag.
What goes around comes around, I guess.

 

It just keeps going

I haven’t lost my mind yet, but the end is near I’m afraid.  It’s like I just can’t get ahead of things, and I feel like I’m doggy paddling in the middle of an Olympic race.

This week has been better so far. On Saturday, I decided on a whim to just get up and go to Austin.  I really think that helped keep my sanity (or what’s left of it anyway).  I like it here so far, though.  The people are nice, and most of my classmates are interesting and fun people.  The classes are great – though to be honest I really don’t know what’s going on in Contracts, and LARC assignments take me years to finish for some really strange reason.  Everything else seems to be working out okay, though.  As far as classes go, I’ve actually typed as part of an assignment the phrase “Top Ten Dumb Asses.”  That made my day.  As for notorious quotes thus far (since this is what 1Ls notoriously do, right? quote all their profs when they say something that’s actually funny?):

1. “French whore get back here!”

2.  Leather smells like the “scent of animal death” or “dead animal scent”.

3.  “Can anyone please tell me where my boom was sticking?”

4. “That cheap car. It doesn’t matter who presses its pedal, it still goes.   … I feel a little uncomfortable for saying that.”

5.  “Did you eat beans last night?” (the look on the prof’s face after he said this was priceless!)

And of course in CivPro, the first words out of the prof’s mouth were, “This class has no substance.” Then he chuckled. These are all a bit paraphrased, but pretty close to what was actually said if not exact. (We aren’t allowed to use laptops our first year so sometimes I can’t catch everything.  It’s awful.)  We’ve also had discussions regarding “spit wars” and “death taps.”  That same torts prof also started drawing on the floor/carpet with chalk today to help show us trespassing issues. Then I think he got a little carried away. It looked like hopscotch at the front of the classroom by the time class was over.

But honestly, it’s the beginning of week three, and it’s not too bad.  I’ve met some awesome people and maybe someone to do yoga with me.  I think I can handle everything.  Finals are another story, but I don’t want to worry about that yet.

 

Law School in a Box

My best friend B and I traded Christmas presents last night over dinner in San Antonio.  We’ve both been so busy during the holidays that we never found the time to meet up until last night.  She gave me Law School in a Box.

It’s awesome!  It definitely made me laugh.  It includes a “rolled college diploma with real Latin words” and “10 heroes of the courtroom trading cards.”

 

The boring post that’s really more for me.

This is my “I’m writing my moving checklist in my blog because I can’t find a notepad” post.  Sorry. But feel free to keep reading if you like.  I do have some updates about the carpet.

I called my complex on Monday, and immediately they started apologizing to me.  Apparently they were supposed to change the carpet before I moved in, and they just forgot.  So they’re giving me a week of free rent in February, and I’m getting new carpet!

As for my checklist, so far I have already:

Ordered my washer and dryer to be delivered on the 27th

Scheduled to have my internet turned on tomorrow

Still trying to get my vacation check from my previous employer

Scheduled a dentist appointment and a doctor appointment for next week before my insurance runs out

Reserved a Uhaul for Saturday

Paid off credit card

As for the things that I still need to do:

Change address with everybody and post office

Get parking pass

Set up health insurance with the university

Get a desk of some sort.

Hopefully I haven’t forgotten anything.