Monday, January 26, 2009

In the beginning...

A long long time ago (o.k. really more like 5 years) a naive sorority girl was about to graduate a state university with  dual major in International Affairs and  French.  After an enlightening trip to the career services department where I learned I could use my degree to be a airline ticket reservationist, librarian, or foreign service officer, I realized I needed to join the masses in grad school. I fell for the old line, "you're so good at arguing you ought to be a lawyer"! 

So in my habit of shunning prep classes for standardize testing, I borrowed a 3 yr old LSAT prep book, studied and got a 154.  Three to four rejection letters later I got a package from a little fourth-tier school in Boston ( I didn't even know what a tier was) offering me a scholarship. I had never been to Boston and since I didn't get in anywhere else, off I went! 

Through a housing meeting at the law school I found a roommate who soon earned the named "Vile Karin". When I said I was a non-smoker I assumed that meant all things that could be smoked - I guess the devil's in the details. It was an okay year, my first taste of the Lonely Law (to be defined later) and a pretty wicked cool city. But once I learned what a tier was and that I could never imagine myself shoveling snow or scraping ice off windows, back South I went. I transferred to a small Baptist law school, to the land of turnip greens and plaid bow-ties. I fought with the Lonely Law for two more years and managed to graduate with honors. 

What do you call a med student that graduates at the bottom of their class? Doctor. 

What do you call a law student that graduates in the top 25% of their class with no legal connections? Unemployed! 


Sunday, January 25, 2009

Why Pink?

Why the Pink Book of Law? Really, most law books are boring shades of brown, red, blue and green. It begins with what I call "pink books".  A good friend of mine has an affection for fluffy romance novels, think Shopaholic series. The new ones are aimed at women my age - 20's-30's, and although the girls always have envy inspiring careers and wardrobes they always end up with Mr. oh-so-perfect. The covers always are either all pink, or at least 50% are pink. I admit, I enjoy these books to. They make you feel good, inspire you to be a bit more quirky, a bit more spontaneous, and always a bit skinnier. 
During law school I always thought one of these pink books about the law would be great! I could learn about boring things like promissory estoppel, all while enjoying a tale of  new whirlwind romance and a great cashmere pashmina. I hope this blog will tell it like it is, with a little soft fluffy pink-ness. Hopefully some people other than my close friends will read it, maybe I can entertain some folks aimlessly searching the internet on their lunch break...and maybe if I'm really really luck, and God smiles on me...I'll get a job offer to be a bit chubbier, more sane, and more qualified Anne Coulter (oh she really is bonkers!).