You are funny. You many people. You speak and don't listen. You listen and don't hear. You funny people. You look and don't see. You see and don't comprehend. You funny people. A race a buzz. I am people. I should listen. I should hear. I should see. I should comprehend. I will try to be less funny, though it is difficult b/c I love the grins. The silly and meaningless looks of laughter upon the faces. Oh funny people, we are clowns. Happy to wear our faces and dance on stage. Not a bad life the circus gives.

6 in the morning, dew glistens
7 in the morning, birds chirp
8 in the morning, people stir
9 in the morning, workers buzz
10 in the morning, pillows beckon
11 in the morning, lunch awaits

Morning over, life seems shorter.
Evening comes, life seems happier.

Silly rantings of a law student gone loopy.

Oh how the days do past when one not only watches but engages the world. The spinning of the big blue ball has thrown me slightly off my posting duties. Two and a half quarters of law school and I finally understand a two great truths. I feel it is my duty to share these golden nuggets of enlightment. 1) Do not get your legal advise from Law and Order or the Practice, but especially not Law and Order. 2) Despite what they tell you, the library never really closes, it just gets really really dark around 12:30am.

One Leg at a Time
So, the first day of December, packed full of holiday cheer and warmth (I wish). I got a call of one of my less mentally stable tenets this morning who wanted me to make some of her neighboors move out because they were torturing her. I asked her if they were trying to talk to her or making rude gestures to her, but it was nothing of the sort. In fact her neighboors had done absolutely nothing to her, except have the adacity to be outside within her line of view. She called the police on them and in order to get her off the line, im guessing, they told her to call us. She was quite upset, and certain that I was trying to ruin her life because I told her that her neighboors had every right to stand outside as long as they weren't being unruly or disruptive. She called and argued and then hung up several times...and after about five consecutive calls, she gave up on me. So, apparently because of my "unwillingness to help her" I am now a bad egg. Well, only coal for me!

One Leg at a Time
So, since I am stuck in Waco for Thanksgiving, and all of my friends and loved ones will be leaving me for their own festivities, I had my feast early. Last night, I invited everyone over for a little pre-celebration. I literally cooked for 2 days straight, and made 4 pies, 2 types of meat, and enough side dishes to feed a small army. I made everything from scratch this year...starting from the flour and working my way up. I have to say, it was a really fun experience and I have definitely fulfilled my yearly thanksgiving craving. Also, in typical Thanksgiving style, I have enough leftovers to feed me for the next week. Yummy!

One Leg at a Time
So, maybe it wasn't a great idea for me to start reading other law students blogs. I am getting very nervous about the start of my own law school career. I fear that I am going to leave reality and jump into nightmare land...can anyone tell me I am exaggerating? If not, i really should know so that I can put together my last will and testament...Brandon, you can have my teddy bear, and I will leave my clothes and other girly things to deb. I think thats about it. Oh yeah, henry, you can have my scooter :)

One Leg at a Time
The internet is a very important medium for free speech, and American's need to realize the importance of protecting that medium. Free speech on the internet is in jeapordy. Bloggers in some countries, such as China, face serious jail time for excercising their right to blog on the internet. There have been several arrests of citizens for posting criticisms of their government and politics. Amnesty International wants bloggers to publicize this gross injustice and it is important that we answer this challenge. Freedom is the most important value; without it, nothing else matters. Large internet search engines such as yahoo and google have been aiding countries in the infringement of free speech. This is very wrong and I condemn it and I hope that other people will do the same thing.

One Leg at a Time
I hosted my very first murder mystery party, and it was a huge success! I would recommend it to anyone and everyone who happens to possess a penchant for fun and excitement. My particular event was structured around halloween theme, so, I made my house into a veritable crypt. I had spooky music, rolling fog, bubbling and glowing alcoholic beverages and grossly themed food. I had eyeball and ear stew, witches toes and moldy bread, i had wormy cupcakes and slimy dip as well as bloodied people skin. It was all very pleasant. And suprisingly enough...almost all of my dishes came out how I wanted them two, the ears and eyeballs really looked like their namesake, the toes were hideous and the people skin was disturbingly fleshy. I had a monstrously large buffet, with three tables and an entire wall of food, and I am glad to say that the ghouls ate it all! I think I had one toe and some crusty bread left over. Strangely enough, the food went much quicker than the alcohol, and I ended up having a terrible waste there. I felt that my guests were of sturdier hearts and livers...so, I made about three handles worth of dracula's blood (trash can punch) and then I made use of 3 bottles of bubbling champagn, mixed with glow sticks (swamp water)....and at least half of it went to waste. If only I could have rebottled it :( Oh well, as far as the actual game went, everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves. My employer, gave me an actual murder mystery kit, which I was able to use as a structural base for a halloween themed murder. I wrote the scripts for my twelve guests and developed ways to incorporate smaller games into the evening. We had bobbing for worms, wrap the mummy, monster charades and slime chugging as our four challenges. If you won your challenge, you recieved information to help you locate a hidden clue. Also, I gave each one of my characters special abilities (such as hypnosis) and had special times throughout the evening when their powers were activated. There was a crime scene with material clues and there was a constant story read out by the narrator (me) throughout the evening. Also, the murderer was allowed to kill one character during the evening and I had two investigators who people were not allowed to lie to. Despite these advantages for the murderer, she was eventually discovered and brought to justice (not really). The prize for the winner of my monstrous murder mystery, was the film Monsters Inc. I can't wait to have another one of these...next time, I think I might just use my employers kit. His is a mystery based around 16th century imperial China. I do like chinese food!