damn the muse

I've succesfully evaded the TX Bar Exam twice, and each time it felt wonderful. After the guilt subsided, the relief just flowed. Everyone else suffered, and I just tried to ignore the fact that I would be stuck in limbo for 3, 4, 5, 6 more months. See, SEE! Denial is a beautiful mistress.

That bitch!

Being the dutiful person that I am, the papers were notarized, check signed, and the 25 lb application was sent off today. I am now officially taking the exam in February. Apparently no amount of questions will prepare me for the hell that awaits me?

Oh well, let the angst begin.

Actually, I'm downright ready for this to be over.

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Alright, I have two things to say/request. If you're familiar with me, this could change. Hehe.

I have vox invites. If you want one, then leave me a comment that looks legitimate. If you have no clue what vox is then don't worry about it.

The second thing is a request. Suggest a blog for me to visit. A bunch of the weblogs/lawblawgs I used to read have died. They apparently decided to close down permanently, which is a shame because they were pretty damn good. I have a few to add to the list on the side, but I'm up for anything. Inspire me people.

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The UN has just agreed on the text for the treaty that would protect the rights of people with disABILITIES. Final passage of the treaty is expected to occur next month, and all the countries who agree will sign. The US won't because the ADA already provides sufficient protections.

Then why is it that after 16 years there are business that still do not provide accessible entrances?
Public transportation with no ramps?
No sidewalks, or sidewalks with lightpoles sticking right through the middle?

It's slightly frustrating to be standing outside in a rainstorm, hair dripping, clothes soaked, can't open a door obviously because the push button isn't there, isn't working, or was placed too high and people just aren't around to lend a hand. Wet.

This is my USA under the ADA with all the protections it affords. Do I feel oppressed? Nah. I'm too stubborn, and I'm glad that this treaty has finally been realized. Now others will get a chance. Maybe, they won't have to feel trapped.

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How Appealing is reporting that the NCBE has just won its copyright infringment case against PMBR awarding it $12 million in damages. Furthermore, the federal court is prohibiting said bar review company from sending any representatives to sit in on the exam unless he/she intends to become a licensed attorney of the state.

I'm sure PMBR is reeling from the slap.

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There are now eight planets in the solar system. Well, at least until the leading astronomers change their minds again, or unless a new planet is discovered that fits the definition of, "a celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a ... nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit.”

Until then our beloved Pluto has been relegated to the status of a dwarf planet. Too small to hang out with the big boys I guess.

I'm just intrigued to be living in a time when these changes occur even if it is a little sad. Seriously, what's next?

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And so it begins again, or perhaps it never ended. With the recent plane conspiracy that now makes liquids oh so threatening, the Brits are absolutely paranoid, and thanks to Bush I think we tie them in the melodrama department. This return to hysterics has led to the banning of all Middle Easterners and their look-alikes.

British holidaymakers staged an unprecedented mutiny - refusing to allow their flight to take off until two men they feared were terrorists were forcibly removed...

The trouble in Malaga flared last Wednesday as two British citizens in their 20s waited in the departure lounge to board the pre-dawn flight and were heard talking what passengers took to be Arabic...

Passengers noticed that, despite the heat, the pair were wearing leather jackets and thick jumpers and were regularly checking their watches...

The Monarch pilot - a highly experienced captain - accompanied by armed Civil Guard police and airport security staff, approached the two men and took their passports.

Half an hour later, police returned and escorted the two Asian passengers off the jet.

In Great Britain.

Here the official word would be something like, "It's all a matter of national security."

Then a few days later on the last page of the city's local newspaper there would be an apology for the blatant racial profiling. But who can blame Americans? Arabs tried to kill us. The next innocent looking one might be "it." Which is why they have all these security measures in place to prevent it, and if they fail, "oops".

No liquids. After all, water can kill, especially if you drink too much of it.

Via Boing Boing

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Bwah! I'm here! And that was just dumb, but it sounded amusing when I was thinking it.

I will never abandon this blog. I've been experimenting with the free ones out there, but as long as I own my own my domain there really is no point. I've had blackglass.org since July 1999 and I plan on keeping that ownership till domains no longer exist. So, why the absence?

- Cousin came to visit in July, and I turned into a bona fide tourguide of San Antonio. I think I might have come down with heat stroke on one or two occasions too. It's currently still incredibly hot here. What is it, 18 days of 100 degree weather? For some reason the anchor on GMA loves to focus in on Dallas instead of us. Yes, apparently the Alamo city can handle the extreme humidity and 100 degree weather better than poor Dallas. In the meantime my old hometown of El Paso is flooding, and we're as dry as a desert.

- Also in July I took off a week for Irapuato, Mexico to celebrate my parents 30th wedding anniversary, which I helped plan with my aunt and grandmother. It turned out really nice, and damn it they made me sing Schubert's Ave Maria. Now I've been requested for a cousin's wedding in November, but I don't know if I'm going, and that song needs to die!

- The bar has been postponed yet again for February. Mental note: file those dreaded papers by the end of this month. I felt bad about waiting, but then I started reading people's reactions to the MBE, and given how busy I was in July it was just a good call. Can't someone just give me a license? Ugh.

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The Irish are #3 in the Coaches Poll. I think I see a National Championship in the near future. Oh yeah, it's very, very close.

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