XPANDOS Revisited

I wish I could pen something of value this evening, but there really isn't much to say. I have noticed as the weeks have become seemingly shorter and shorter thatI am being drawn ever closer to the end of my first year of law school. It is Friday night, and although this past week was Spring Break, I don't really have much to report in the name of "fun" or "adventures".

A week ago today on last Friday, when school let out for Spring Break, our section had a Cigar Smoking Party. It was great fun - watching our profs smoke cigars with their kids. I didnt smoke a cigar though. Rather, I had a Sees Candies Chocolate Cigar which was provided for those of us with asthma or any other tendency that spurns us to avoid inhaling carcinogens.

Later that evening, I headed over to Kate's in Santa Monica where a bunch of us played Play Station Karoke and most everyone else had shots. Then, we all got into three cars and headed out to Club Cabana in Hollywood. This little troop of adventurers included Kate, Deborah, Lisa, Pam, Chevon, Jamie, Diana, Scott, Elina, Baggio, and myself. Once there, we met up with Dave, Dbor, Andy, S, Christy, and Osborne. It was pretty much a Section C take-over. It was so much fun. We stayed out at Cabana until almost 2, and then went to Mel's Dinner for some food. After that, we all went home and crashed.

Since then I haven't really done much but work on this dumb Appellate Brief. They assign each first year either Appellant or Appellee in teams of two as per an appeal to the 9th Circuit. This assignment is basically our final in LRW II. The catch? They give it to you OVER SPRING BREAK so you can't go home or do anything fun. Sucks. I mean, I suppose it's better than having it during school, but still. Sigh. My Jonathan is my partner and we will in fact be TROUNCING everyone. That's all that NEEDS to be said about that, although it will not stop me from saying more. I must say, our brief is slammin'. What's more, a small portion of the grade is based on our performance in the 1st year Mock Appellate Advocacy on the brief on Saturday. It has come to my attention that there are those in my LRW Section who purposefully sought out another team to oppose so they would not have to risk opposing Jonathan and I in a luck-of-the-draw match. Jonathan and I had hoped to go up against Jay and his partner, Chris, but Chris wouldn't have it as he is scared of me. I am bemused. :-)

Jonathan and I have worked really hard on this brief and I think it's really good. But, we managed to have some fun during the week. We've had Marmalade's like 5 times, and yesterday had lunch at my favorite Mexcian Restaurant & Cantina. I just finished working up the MOI for oral args and would like everyone to know that I have indeed made XPANDOS for the occassion. So, for those of you who thought I would outgrow XPANDOS when I left my debate career behind in undergrad - THINK AGAIN. I AM THE DEBATE QUEEN AND IT IS ALL ABOUT COLOR-CODED XPANDOS.

Clearly, I need a nap.


[but maybe not since Saxer says that people who use "clearly" have not done their research..."