Evidence

Today was the first day of the Evidence lecture. It was painful--by far the most painful yet. It lasted 4 hours and 20 minutes, and apparently I had forgotten how difficult Evidence is. Its just so complicated and there are so many rules to remember. The lecturer (Rossi) was about in the middle as far as lecturers go. The positive was that he was kinda likeable and reminded me of Alan Alda (as someone pointed out in the restroom during the break). The negative was that he had a tendency to repeat himself, thereby dragging out a lecture that was alreay long and complicated enough.

No pool time today--although it was nice out B was just a little too cooked to sit in the sun again so he played GTA IV while I did Crim Law PMBR questions and a little online shopping.

More evidence fun tomorrow--but at least it will be Friday! :)

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This Sucks

This just sucks. I know I signed up for this and there's no choice if I want to practice--but I just don't want to study this stuff. I can't seem to grasp any of it well enough to get most of the practice questions right. I can't even imagine what it is going to be like when we start the essays.

On the bright side, today was an absolutely gorgeous day in which I both ran some errands this morning and got in some pool time in the afternoon. I did review my Crim Law notes at the pool...but I don't feel like doing any more tonight.

Top Chef season finale--I definately will not be studying from 9-10!

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Rejuvination

This weekend at home was just what I needed to recharge the batteries for some more Barbri fun. We'll see how Crim Law goes--that was just a mighty strange lecture. Particuraly where he told us about how he likes to stay up at night thinking about beastiality multiple choice questions for the MBE.

B is coming down tomorrow--that means good nights of sleep, home cooked meals, and plenty of snuggles! Less than 2 months left--52 days!!

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Last Day of Contracts

I really feel like I have a much better foundation upon which to rely for Contracts. However, there is ALOT to remember. I feel like the subjects just keep passing by and the info just keeps piling up and I have no clue how I am going to remember it all. And I'm still not doing well enough on the practice questions. Am I supposed to be doing well at this point? When we complete a subject and I have to move on to study the next subject, should I be getting good scores on the questions for the subject we completed? Seems like the answer is obviously yes--and I'm not. I'm seriously afraid I might fail the bar.

In happier news, I'm home. and it really just makes me so much happier to be here--even if I do have to study. Its supposed to be in the 90's tomorrow--I'll be spending the day in a lounge chair with my Contracts notes!

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Penguins

I really enjoyed watching the Penguins-Redwings series. I was for the Penguins--but I had to admit that the Redwings were a really tough team. They were dominating on both offense and defense. But speaking of tough--how about Malone who TOOK A PUCK TO THE FACE, had his face reconstructed, and then PLAYED THE NEXT DAY! After suffering a broken nose myself--I am utterly amazed at such a display of toughness and heart. I also had to respect the Redwings player that took a skate to the face and kept playing.

One more day of BarBri class and then its home for the weekend!!!

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Contracts continued

Today Epstein told us that "Contracts are not like masturbation." I don't even know what to say about that. Yesterday he gave us the image of him and Sharon Stone in the shower. At least it keeps it interesting, I guess.

I can't believe we have 2 more months of this--and at the same time I feel like there is not enough time to learn all of this. I am not sure how many hours per day I should be studying--and it makes me feel guilty all the time.

Just 2 more months--actually a little less. Then I can move into my new house and get a month off and start the rest of my life!!

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Week 2

This week we are on contracts. This is not such a bad week for several reasons. First, we only have a 3 day week since we get monday and friday off. Second, contracts was one of my favorite subjects in law school--whereas con law was one of my least favorites. In fact, while studying con law for the bar I have realized that I probably did not deserve to pass my 1L con law exam. I owe a thank you to my con law prof for saving my butt.


Today didn't really seem so bad--I actually am liking Epstein's style of lecturing much better than Chemerinsky's style. His use of examples is much clearer to me.

I also realized that I need to be looking at the CMR instead of focusing on the lecture outlines. When I was doing the questions last week I hasn't even looked at the CMR, so when I finally read the CMR on con law I realized that most of the answers to the questions I missed were in there!

Finally, I get to go home this weekend! Nothing like the family and the fiance to raise my spirits! Despite the fact that I feel like I shouldn't be seen out because I should be studying, I hope someone feels like taking me to dinner!

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