1. "My wife"? When did this happen? I know you've been wearing the ring for a while, but I didn't know you made it official. I guess I should be offering a belated congratulations. Without giving any legal advice, I can say that there is no common law marraige in Oregon. Damn this bar studying..... can't anything be not bar related. I guess not.

2. Jenn, I am sorry things aren't going well. And sorry that I won't be coming to Starbucks anymore. Moving to P-town. Tell all your single friends to beware. ;) (I can't believe I just used a chat smile in the text of my blog.... I just hit a new low... but on a high, I did buy a web design book....)

C'mon. Don't you have better things to do than worry about nudists and who marries whom (okay, that link wasn't on point, as I really wanted to link a story about talks of a Constitutional Amendment banning gay marraiges, but when I viewed this one, I thought the inset ad with a male ass hanging out was oddly appropriate.)

Some may be offended, but I love it. I think it has some serious scientific value on a national standard.

Ok. So, that's one more job I won't be getting (did you pick up the Bust-a-move flavor to that?). Anyway, Mr. Left Geek, congrats. Anyway, I do wish I had remembered that you were going to be in that hell with me so that I could have tried to meet you. I am sure that there were others there who I would have liked to meet. Oh well. I went, I wrote, I got liquered.

Ok.... the bar is over. It was fairly heinous. By the time the first day was over, I felt pretty much beat down. I didn't sleep well the night before the first day. I fell asleep at like midnight and woke up at 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 (I was afraid that the alarm wouldn't wake me and that I was going to arrive late). The essay portion was fairly simple. We had the 6 MBE subjects and ethics, partnerships/agency, and Civil Procedure. Fairly straightforward. However the first day made me question what is "minimum competency" really is. We registered in May. They've known for months how many people would attend. Guess what? They didn't print/bring enough tests!!!! If you are listening Oregon State Bar, you'd better pull your head out of your ass, 'cause I don't think I want to be paying dues just so I can be associated with incompetents. I am incompetent enough without your help. Anyway, the MBE really sucked. That is where everyone either made it or lost it. Barbri and PMBR kept saying "Oh, they'll be 20 gimmees" and that we would recognize ten to twenty of the questions from doing practice questions. I found 3 gimmees, which happen to be the 3 that I recognized from doing the practice questions. I've talked around and I am not the only person who noted this. And the Con Law questions? Forgetaboutit! They sucked. I could have had Scalia with me and still not been able to get these. And this is what my bar passage is going to be based upon? Like M&M says "Fuck you debbie." I don't know who debbie is, but I am sure she is suing Mr. Mathers. Anyway, the test sucked. It's over. And I spent all day yesterday relaxing. Now, I am cleaning my house and packing my shit. So far, I've gotten one room completely done. The bathroom. Only 4 more to go. Blah. Did I mention I suck?

Alice mentioned this book on her summer reading list. I thought the title sounded interesting (An Anarchist in the Library about Peer to Peer networks), and spent a while looking for it yesterday at Borders. However, {cough cough} according to Siva, the author, it isn't coming out until Spring 2004.

I am wearing sandals today. I have been wearing sandals a lot the last week. Why is that "post worthy"? I used to never wear sandals. I have never had a comfortable pair, so I would wear tennis shoes all the time no matter how hot it was outside. This persistance made it inconvinient to go wade in rivers and the like and made my feet always hot and sweaty. But to some extent, for a while in my life, wearing only socks had the purpose of hiding my nails. I had the nasty looking toe-nails made famous by Lamisil's ad where a fungus create rips up a toe nail and hops in. After several bouts of reoccurance, I finally got it under control using Sporonox, which as you can see by that link is not cheap. Having to go through three rounds of fighting it (not just three series of doses, but three series of three series of doses) would have been impossible if not for insurance. So anyway, I am wearing sandals today. I have two pair that are comfortable now. The ones I am wearing now are leather and fairly dressy for sandals. The other are "river sandals", which I have already worn into the river. The other day, I took a break from studying and sat in the river. It was a good time. I don't think I can sit in the river in Portland, but will have to find some stream to play in.

Did I menion that the bar is in 2 days? Soon.... soon, sweet release.