Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by LessinSF
Boarding House
90 minute Paradise Hotel
Big Brother 4
Cupid

are all on tonight. What's a lame-ass to do?

Go out and get yourself a dual tuner Tivo. Don't know about Boarding house, but I'm recording the other 3 tonight.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Is it as exciting the second time around? (I'm watching my tape of the coverage).

BTW, I watched the running of the bulls coverage the other night. One host was Brett Haber, a noted third-rate sportscaster.

Yes, it is better. No commercials and you can back the tape up and rewatch the crashes.

Brett Haber is so unbelievably awful, it is hard for me to watch summer sportszone.

Here's a sign you watch too much OLN: you fail to turn off a beagling contest and find yourself strangely captivated.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I'm not into plagiarism witch hunts.

I should hope not. Plagiarism is "IN."

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Somewhat apropos, but I have NO desire to bring back the steroid discussion: People may accuse McGwire, Bonds and Sosa of 'roids, but Bret Boone is the guy who I will bet the farm is juicing. His HR numbers and size increased impossibly a few years back. He made the skinny Sosa/Bonds to huge Sosa/Bonds transition seem mild.

Really? Hmm. He says it was his new personal trainer.
But yeah, he came back from the winter break 25-45 lbs heavier and rock solid 3 years ago and then proceeded to have his best year ever. Barry says if it was only roids, then everyone would be doing roids and hitting 80 homers a year.

Not as drastic as Sosa though - if you see his "before" pictures, it's quite a significant change.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
If we only warn about the difficulties of law school and the bar, we encourage people to waste three years for what's behind Door No. 2.

I answered a similar question by a college student on my local FL board. If you agree with any of that post, feel free to use it as your own. I'm not into plagiarism witch hunts.

That was good reading. It lends a different perspective to the question - "what's being a lawyer like?" I like the viewpoint of being a lawyer is like a business, but not really. As long as I have your permission, I'll raise those points in the phone call I have not yet received from said person wanting to go to lawschool.

Perhaps I should raise the issue that time is important and deadlines are a way of life, and if you're going to expect someone to wait around for your damn phone call all day, well.......then...... I guess someday you'll make partner.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
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I like this show better and better each week, and last night was no exception. I liked the fact that they're giving props to one another, and that they seemed genuinely upset to see someone go.

I can also understand why everyone was so pissed off that Dat won the exemption. I don't think I've seen him say or do anything that was particularly funny. Everyone else is generally pretty funny in situ, but Dat was right to pray for an exemption. I can't believe he waited for nearly an hour during the hide-and-go-seek.

I was as amazed as Rich Vos about Ralphie's girlfriend.

Given that everyone pretty much likes everyone else, I think the seniority challenge is a good way to go. I liked Rob Cantrell's bit, but Ralphie was clearly funnier. Everyone was very impressed with the way he went out, and I think that once Rob polishes his act a bit, he'll do very well. You could tell that he was fairly nervous, but he did Ok. The godfather thing with Rich at the end was funny.

My guess is that Dat will be the next to go, and if he's smart, he'll go head to head with Geoff, who is also on thin ice.

The biggest problem with this analysis is that Geoff is too big a pussy to be in the majority who challenges Dat. He'll probably challenge Dave or Tess. Death to Geoff Brown.

I thought Jay Mohr did a great job in the focus group. It sounded exactly like every focus group I've ever done. All one of them.

So, my prediction didn't come true, except in the sense that Dat didn't go down. I thought Rob's comedy was hit and miss, and was not at all surprised to see him go down with class and integrity. As I said before, I saw Ralphie live opening for Jay Mohr, and he was pee-your-pants funny. The bit about Mexicans last night made me spit my drink up.

Very intrigued by the scenes from next week, which indicated that a) next week is the last immunity, and b) next week is the last one-on-one battle. How are they going to eliminate people from here on out? Audience voting?

str8

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Barry says if it was only roids, then everyone would be doing roids and hitting 80 homers a year.

Well, Brady Anderson hit 50 in his roids year.

Come on -- not everyone's doing 'roids, but watch a game on ESPN classic from the 80s, and you're first reaction is always "who are these scrawny guys?"

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by donkey
Just for some perspective, my parents (both shrinks) told me that if I ever become a shrink they will break my arms and legs. So I went to law school.

As it turns out, we can't all be game show hosts.

Speaking of which, my episode of Pyramid apparently aired in June. I found this out because they sent me the check for the big $1,200. They did not, however, give me a heads-up that it was airing, hence I could not tell my friends, or y'all. Bad result for all concerned. But hey, if you saw Kathy Nijimy screw up by saying the verbotten word near the top of the Pyramid some Friday in June, that was me with the dismayed look on my face sitting across from her.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Speaking of which, my episode of Pyramid apparently aired in June. I found this out because they sent me the check for the big $1,200. They did not, however, give me a heads-up that it was airing, hence I could not tell my friends, or y'all. Bad result for all concerned. But hey, if you saw Kathy Nijimy screw up by saying the verbotten word near the top of the Pyramid some Friday in June, that was me with the dismayed look on my face sitting across from her.

How disappointing. I sort of know how you feel. My dog was on the news once, and I only caught the last 2 seconds of the story. I didn't know it was going to be on, so I couldn't tape it.

Come to think of it, I was also on the news once, and although it was taped, the tape has since been lost.

I was also on CNN once (in a nonspeaking role), and never even got a copy of the tape to lose.

Dammit, now I am depressed. All of these important moments in my life history, lost forever. Thank god I've saved all my favorite posts.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by leagleaze
I think it is appropriate to be honest, but at the same time it sounds like this girl hasn't given it too much thought and it is difficult to have a terribly serious conversation with someone who has just decided to go to law school.

You might mention some of the difficulties people are having, a little bit perhaps on the cycle of layoffs that seems to have started in the early 90s and is now repeating itself. Let her know that law school isn't easy and neither is the bar. I'd advise her to begin the process of applying, but also, ask her to think about what it is she expects once she has completed the education. What she sees herself doing. Get her to think a little more about the fact that this is a serious choice, and very different from college.

When asked, I tell people that if you can get into a top school, the economics of going make sense and you'll have a good time while you're there. If you can't, you're taking too big of a financial risk, and you'll be miserable with all the competition (unless that shit gets you off). That said, some people are desparate enough to take the sort of gamble that going to a mediocre school entails. Kind of like stepping up to the roulette wheel with your last $10 after a brutal night of getting hammered playing Paigow -- you know the kind of night, where you have a pair of kings in back with AQ in front, and the dealer gets two pair with AQ? Or you have three of a kind in back, and the dealer gets a flush, and outkicks you up front? God I miss gambling.

str8.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by evenodds
You should report to us on Paradise Hotel. I have never seen it, so what's the deal with the show.

Even(bike racing for me)Odds

In the past, Big Brother 4 was ALWAYS optional viewing, as there were numerous websites with minute-by-minute updates re the live feeds, as well as summaries of the shows themselves. It looks like Joker has retired from updating, as he threatened to do, but I'm sure many more will step up to carry on the tradition of "Hardy is working out (NT);" "Eddie and Curtis are hanging out by the pool (NT);" and "God I hate George so much" -- "This is not an update. Moderator please delete."

str8outof(the Big Brother House is very near)VanNuys

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
When asked, I tell people that if you can get into a top school, the economics of going make sense and you'll have a good time while you're there. str8.

That's exactly the kind of advice that leads to a lot of unhappy but highly credentialed lawyers. Someone who applies to law school "to see what happens" and gets into an impressive school will likely feel a lot less ambivalent about the law after getting that acceptance letter than she was before. The prestige of the school will just add momentum to the whole process and unless she really digs the lawyer gig, the prestige driven pressure will only get worse.

Not that I feel that way, I'm just saying.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
That was good reading. It lends a different perspective to the question - "what's being a lawyer like?"

Thanks. It was cathartic to write. I was having an especially bad week vis-a-vis my firm's management, but I stand by those observations as true even during the good times. Whether a GP writes you a big bonus check or nixes your expense request, approves a vacation or clucks disapprovingly when you take your desk at ten after nine, it's all a symptom of the same "that's my money you're spending" mentality of law firm life.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
That's exactly the kind of advice that leads to a lot of unhappy but highly credentialed lawyers.

But the contrary advice: go if you want, regardless of the caliber of school, leads to even more unhappy, and not highly credentialled lawyers.

For anyone who isn't sure about going to law school, and how can anyone be sure until working on the other side (well, maybe paralegals and children of lawyers), at least a degree from a top law school is relatively bankable, thereby allowing the person to pay off loans once it's clear em hates the law.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
But the contrary advice: go if you want, regardless of the caliber of school, leads to even more unhappy, and not highly credentialled lawyers.

Huh? The people I know who are happiest and most successful in their fields of law went directly from third-tier schools to government offices or public interest and have never set foot in a downtown BIGLAW office, even for a depo. Of course, they graduated in the days before universities saw law school tuition as a profit center.

The most miserable are the ones who went to first-tier schools and were dedicated to public interest/enviroplaintiff work, but had a fateful date with a calculator and their mail sometime before 3L.