On guns and the state of continuing legal education...

I emailed the next paragraph to myself from my blackberry on Friday while sitting in a crowded, far too stuffy room while obtaining credits for continuing legal education that i had ill-advisedly put off until the last minute, requiring a 2 day 16 hour blitz...

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So I'm sitting in a stuffy, crowded room near city hall all day friday and saturday to meet my continuing education reqs for the year. Early on Friday, just before break, I look across the aisle from me and this guy is carrying a gun on his belt. Seriously? What the hell is that about? A cop, sure. Military, I guess, but preferably they should be in uniform or on a plane. I can't figure why someone that has a job that requires them to pack heat would also require them to attend a lecture on ethics, civility, and the newly admitted attorney.

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Also, the hall that the classes were in is intended to be a replica of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The walls are covered in paintings of people presumably important in the history of the New York County Lawyers' Association. Might actually look impressive, I suppose, were it not for the fact that at least a half dozen of the paintings (good sized paintings, i might add) were noticeably and unmistakably crooked. I mean by a huge amount. Why take the time to have a nice big hall like that and not bother to adjust the paintings every now and then... very distracting to say the least...

Long time, no blog

I really dislike the work I'm currently doing. I mean, I usually dislike the work I do, as it is pretty boring and tedious. But most of the time, I can handle it just fine. At the moment, I'm being forced to look through lots of documents fairly meticulously searching for evidence of conduct that I'm not entirely sure I understand. There. I've just bored myself silly complaining about how boring it is... sheesh.





But, thankfully, there are a few things that make me happy right now... in no particular order:



- The new Explosions in the Sky Album, "All of A Sudden, I Miss Everyone". I've read reviews and heard people say it's not as good as their older albums, and at first, I was inclined to agree. Then I listened to it again last night and it's really fucking good. It's not as wild and dynamic as the last two (especially Those Who Tell the Truth...), but it's so fluid and beautiful. They were great live too. To all of my mythical, non-existent readers, go see them in a town near you. It's going to be a 75 minute symphony of beautiful cacophony.

- Our new couch (though we've taken the freakishly large pillows off) ... it's great. It has been quite a long time since i could sit on a couch in a reposed position and not had to adjust myself every 5 or 10 minutes because it was uncomfortable. Last night i read on the couch for about an hour and loved every comfortable minute of it.

- This person. Though she totally rained on my parade the other night - I mean seriously, daydreams about winning the lottery aren't really about the work you'll do when you get bored spending the money. I'm all about the gratuitous planning of my frivolity in spending. She's giving me grief cause I haven't started any foundations and donated the money... eventually I'd do that, but let me revel in the baths i will take in gold coins, a la Scrooge McDuck... sheesh. But really, i do love her a bit...

- On second thought, I think I'd rather throw the money up in the air while I'm surrounded by strippers, a la Pacman Jones