So, if this would have happened last week I probably would have posted a mopey woe-is-I (I am woe?) post, however it happened on Saturday night after I judged a middle school robotics competition (so fun!) so instead it just amused me.

I had plans to have dinner with a friend on Saturday night after I finished judging the robotics competition. She canceled (by text!) saying she had woken up late and had gotten a late start to the day and just needed to work. I, realizing that it's almost finals time, completely understood and said we'd just have to reschedule.

I made myself dinner (a somewhat disappointing mexican casserole utilizing a whole bunch of leftovers and odds and ends I had) and then logged on to check my email/twitter/facebook. There I found that my friend that had canceled because of work? Canceled to go shoe shopping with some other people.

I laugh because people need to manage their online identities better (or, if you are going to lie to me do it well!). And it doesn't matter so much for me, but for that time in the future when they call in sick and then report doing something fun on facebook...people get fired over things like that.

But, c'est la vie. I got to watch middle schoolers build robots and battle yesterday and I turned in my article (304 footnotes!) late late friday night after having made wine my 2L wine with friends. Today I'm working on patent law questions and then heading over for a Thanksgiving celebration plus I get to study tax (yay!)--in short, today is jut another amazingly awesome day (and lest you think I'm kidding/being sarcastic i'm really not--from wine making, to footnoting, to watching robots do battle to wrapping presents to tax everything this weekend has been great!)

Would like it if my school did not have to go through a name change like Prince. No resume should have to say "formerly known as..."

But other than that I'm enjoying pizza (free!) and soda (free!) at the governor's forum to talk about 2L issues. It's horribly bad food--but that doesn't make it not good.

I've almost finished my claim set and the ibuprofen is kicking in so life is good!

First off, thank you to all those who endured my last angsty post. It was an angst filled night, but I watched Up! and sobbed through out it (seriously, it was so sad!) and then graded my papers for contracts (it was calming) and I got back right back up and back on track (because I have far too much work to be sad).

Second, I know pride is a sin and all, but I'm ridiculously happy with how tonight went. I had a conversation with the New Hampshire Chief Justice and a Superior Court Judge and then they gave a moving speech on alcohol awareness (it's the kick off event of Phi Alpha Delta's continuing conversation about alcohol awareness this year). Next semester we have an alcohol awareness roundtable, people on the character and fitness committee coming in to speak and a co-hosted alcohol etiquette event. And, because I'm feeling wicked today, only one of those events is being hosted by SBA.

I'm beginning to understand the quotation "The best revenge is a life well lived" because SBA didn't fund us (and chose to fund yet another party) and yet I (with a lot of help) secured the Chief Justice. And after their amazing speech? Well, then we went to the reception were we just chatted with the Justice and Judge and they told us stories from back when they were young lawyers and back when they were in front of the court. Yeah, it was pretty much awesome.

So tonight it finishing up my aaa brief and then working on my law review article (I should also write a set of patent claims). Tomorrow, more fun, moot court final arguments (which i must go to and watch) and then more work on the aaa brief and law review article.

Right now I'm flying high on a successful event and am about to buckle on down with my bluebook.

Going home to work on homework is always a mistake because then I get home and my bed is comfy and I want to just nap. (Or go to bed, but it's only 8pm so not quite yet).

I was supposed to post more about the party I think?

( I really need to write when the party is fresh in my mind and i'm not tired/in bed )

so, yesterday twitter rolled out their list functionality to 5% of the user base. I was in the 5%! 

first off, i love twitter lists!  it incorporates filtering right into twitter so I can see my people in a easy way (and for those I follow for general information I can weed them out when I'm away from twitter for a long time).  Plus!  they have both public lists and private lists!  

second, it probably was random selection but I prefer to think that I got to be a beta tester because I'm awesome!  or, more precisely put the fact that I've been on twitter over 2.5 years and because I use it a lot I got to be special!  

(*shush* let me have my delusion for a while...getting on the beta tester release for twitter lists totally made my day yesterday and today!)

I have yet to figure out why but the law school is always freezing. In the summer it can be nice (especially for my un-air conditioned self...but once school sets in it's chilly and continues to be chilly throughout the winter...I don't think the heat ever comes on).

That being said I'll be here all weekend as my last midterm is on Tuesday and my next oral argument is on Wednesday.

The Phi Alpha Delta initiation went well last night! (Or at least I think it did) we initiated 25 new people! And they enjoyed the cake.

( Speaking of cake... )

Today I've been working on reviewing for my Business Associations midterm and I have an invitation to knit with some 1Ls tonight (I'm not sure if I'll go---I probably should but I also need to be a studying fool. Also, I kind of enjoyed last night and want to repeat it (while doing laundry).

Hope that all of your days go well!

Comment with the word "ICONS" and I'll select six of yours for you to talk about in your journal.

I always love hearing about people's icons so when regann posted this I had to respond. Here are the ones she picked.
( ICONS! )

So, last week was kind of sad (except for the awesome-ness of Friday night that I posted about) and this weekend was kind of insane (and stressful) and then today was even worse--I was so emotional that I almost broke down crying when I realized that I had forgotten to drop off the attendance sheets for the morning section of contracts...it was really silly but in my (sad and cranky) mind it was one more thing I had failed at. I posted that on twitter and I was blown away.

One of my friends back from Montana gave me exactly what I needed the Gaither's version of "Keep on the Sunny Side of Life" a little mandolin makes everything better. They've disabled embedding so I can only link it, but listen whether you are Christian or not; whether you like gospel or not; whether you want to or not and see if it doesn't cheer you up at least a little bit.

(Then again, gospel might just make me happy because when I was little my mother always sang bluegrass, gospel and blues to sing me to sleep--favorite lullaby ever? Summertime from Porgy and Bess.)

Best thing that has happened all week? The literally 10 minutes my appellate advocacy class spent laughing after watching a video where a man cuts a watermelon with an umbrella. It was before class and it was funny and you could tell we were all a little bit exhausted and all a little bit punchy but it was nice because it was just honest laughter.

In other news I've realized law school makes me a relatively boring person. Get up, go to school, stay there and then eventually go home. Even sadder part? I don't really care.

Never let it be said that I don't love the law. There are times when I'm exhausted and have no clue what's going on, but put some food in me and a little bit of laughter and I can see again why I love the law...the cases, the fun, the absolute immersion in a subject that is utterly fascinating.

Anyway, I just wanted to share my delight with you all. (And for those curious you can see the video here)

Back from West Virginia. The wedding went...well...but it was quite fun! As a result of not getting enough homework done while down in West Virginia I'm running at full speed this week to get it all done.

Drafted my first federal complaint (yay!) and am in the process of writing a brief about stalking (once I finish my reading for today). Up next: finishing my midterm review slides for my TA session on Thursday night (oh, and that whole "reading" thing).

But, today I have my coffee, I have my packed lunch (so I never have to leave) and I'm ready for a busy day.

On a fun note: anyone have any suggestions for good chili recipes? I'm participating in a chili cook-off this weekend and have no clue what to make! If I had time I'd also likely try to can my remaining apples into applesauce.

(title in reference to the adage that 2L year they work you to death).

In a side note: I'm a complete 12 year old girl some day...including those days where I meet with new people...with some people I get a tiny bit spazzy.

Also, annieeats had a lovely meme that she got from jesshelga that I thought would be fun to do:

My username is: kaitou_lili which is a name spirallingoasis gave me way back when I was signing up for lj and had no clue what to be...and no, I'm not sure exactly why I'm a thief...maybe he'll enlighten us. :-)

My journal name is: "Silk and Linen" because when it comes down to it I'm a pretty tactile person and the feel of silk and linen together just makes me all sorts of happy.

My title is: I don't think I have a title?

My friends page is called: "Friends." What can I say I'm a tiny bit boring.

So, this labor day weekend, with my patent bar fast approaching, I decided I'd head home and take advantage of a lack of distractions to study.

( I, of course, forgot that being home is sometimes a distraction )

Can I just say how much I love Maine? And not just Maine in the summer, but Maine in every season and especially when it's cold and raining out. To watch the ocean bleed into the sky and be pelted with rain while standing in the waves is amazing.

On friday, after my new course (bankruptcy!) I headed out to Ogunquit. I hold Ogunquit in a not-so-secret tender regard. The beach is sandy and broad. The town is charming and quaint. And the food (if you go to the right places) is always delicious.

On friday early evening my stepmother and I walked a bit on the beach (I love staying at the Norseman) and then hopped in her convertible and drove up the coast searching for the perfect little restaurant to have dinner at. We eventually stopped at On the Marsh right outside Kennebunkport. Dinner was a G& T, followed by some melt in your mouth sea scallops (on top of a rather uninspired lobster risotto) with baby bok choy and then a bay leave creme brulee (LOVED IT!). I got to drive back down the coast with the top down and the stars in the sky. My next car is definitely going to be a convertible (if you know, I get a job. :-D ).

On Saturday morning I awoke early (6ish) and headed out to the beach to swim in the waves while it was raining (or, more precisely I wanted to swim whether it was raining or not). After having the beach to myself for over an hour, Linda and I went to Huckleberry's for breakfast. The pancakes were good--but Linda's oatmeal was better. Because of the rainy day I ended up heading back pretty early, though I did finally stop at Stonewall Kitchen.

Saturday evening had me at school and having an abrupt shift from the lovely dinner of scallops the night before to slim jims and starburst last night. I left when they kicked me out of the library.

This morning it was breakfast club with L at the Bridge Street Cafe in Manchester (I had a French omelet with brie, ham, and spinach--which was delightful) and now I'm back at school about to read for dear life.

I made moot court!

We just got the decisions and I made it onto our corporate moot court team. Of course this means, sadly, that I'll have to drop my second favorite class (Debtor/Creditor) and pick up Business Associations, but I'll be able to take D/C next year.

Also, yay! I made it. (It was a lovely end to my yesterday)

Also lovely? I had dinner with my 1L roommate who (reminding me of myself) was very stressed out by the start of school. We had a wonderful conversation and I think both of us felt better after dinner.

From time to time I return to miggy's journal because the best icons live there.

Case in point, today I found a whole set of state icons!

See the states I've lived in!



See them all here!

(I also love her seasonal icons)

That smooth post-travel-my-wanderlust-has-been-sated happiness that has been slowly disappearing degree by degree.

( i'm still looking forward to going back to school...but now i'm nervous )

As I post this I'm back in Concord after a day of travel yesterday and am looking out the windows at all the lovely trees. In this morning not-dawn-but-not-quite-fully-light air they are peaceful.

( you say goodbye I say hello )

Well, yesterday was lovely. I went sightseeing in the morning, went interviewing in the afternoon and went to tapas last night. Today I'm up ridiculously early but may try to go back to sleep in a little bit. One more interview today, wandering around the hospitality suites (to turn in resumes) and then it's off to meet up with annieeats.

( 10 more lovely things )

Well, I didn't post yesterday mainly because I got up at 2:25am to go to the airport and was traveling, walking or at the job fair all of yesterday.

( so, back to the list! )

Well, ladyegreen is doing this lovely post a day of things that are nice in her life for a week. I thought it was a nice idea to focus on optimism and happiness, so I'll attempt to be doing this all week as well.

( 10 lovely things: day 1 )