Lunamania

After 3 nights in the East Bay, 18 hrs in the Oakland Convention Center, 4 different proctors policing me in the bathroom, a disconcerting number of made up laws and too many Luna bars (I'm a cannibal!)--I'm DONE with the CA bar exam. Joy! Or as my dear friend Al-b may say..."I'm happy." Thanks to my peoples for the good vibes and putting up with the excessive posts re: the bar. I truly appreciate it. The exam was a marathon endurance event. And, I could blah blah blah about happenings at the exam, but who the hell cares at this point. I discovered some rather exciting things about downtown Oakland. It is cheap and tasty. Yes, my kind of place.
Last night I had dinner at this place called "Yummy Guide." It's one of those Chinese snack restaurants where you can order piles of fried meat --mmm...fry...and enjoy desserts with names like "black jelly grass mixed fruit." I'd like to offer a witty blog right now, but my brain is mushy and I need to go find me some bubble tea.
One of my post-bar projects will be a re-vamping of Lunamania. Grand plans including installing Moveable Type, linking up with Tony's blog and posting more
pictures.

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I've been in the mental prep mode of bar review, i.e. try not to freakkkkked out too much and get some rest, eat well, brush, floss, remember to clean kitty litter, all that stuff. The basic necessities tend to fall by the wayside...for example, Joannie has begun making gentle inquiries about the size of my hair. I'm approaching Chia-status. But I digress. So mental prep involves thwarting the sinking feeling that my brain is a sieve. I do this by 1) tying my head in a bandana to ensure that there is minimal knowledge leakage, 2) doing some mindless multiple choice questions and apparently 3) blogging. I also watched an animation classic--Ghost in Shell. Despite having to watch it dubbed in English, it was really amazing. I suppose it's old news to the hardcore anime and sci-fi fans, but the Matrix totally bit off of this anime. From the opening scene where they have this Trinity-like character blasting away to the idea of viruses becoming sentient to the downloadable memories and knowledge...all from Ghost in Shell. We likes anime and the Matrix peoples should give credit where it's due. Much like Disney should give credit to Tezuka Osamu for Lion King. So it's 2 more days til the exam and then i will be done and you can all be spared the tedium of reading about schtooopid bar review. Wish me luck and I'll catch you on the other side.

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Law school was a time of deep self-reflection and revelations of profound insight. The most important one was understanding that my brain was in fact...an etch-a-sketch. We could also characterize it as one of those old school 3.5 inch floppies w/hyper limited capacity. Either way, the good news is my head can accurately retain a limited amount of knowledge. The bad news is that there is most definitely a finite storage capacity. And, to make room for new information, we must completely delete old data. It does give studying a quaint groundhogs-day the movie quality to it. Yes, I'm sure there's a more eloquent way to capture the phenomena, but you get the point. It's Sunday and there are 9 more days until the bar exam. Today I reviewed community property--the law of "we're married you bastard, don't try to give my stuff away", civil procedure--the laws of "you can't sue me here, there or anywhere" and corporations--the law of "don't be greedy you're already making tons of money." Tomorrow I will tackle Remedies--which govern "replevin"--it's mine, give it back; constructive trusts--you cheater, give it back; and of course compensatory damages--ouch that hurt, pay my medical bills. OK enough silliness, must pass the bar...

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Time for a quick blog before leaving Lunamania for a date with my civil procedure notes. The theme this week--some would say all weeks--is animals. Gay penguins, the Westminster Dog Show--a sick but irresistable exercise in the practice of eugenics, and wandering sea lions. On that last note--for the most part, the SF Chronicle is a joke of a newspaper, but I do appreciate 2 things. First, queer news usually buried in A8 of other papers makes the front page of the Chron. Second, they consider the story of the roaming sea lion who climbed on the trunk of a CHP patrol car front page news. Sea lion follow up stories = breaking news!
Less than 2 weeks until the bar exam. Today, I looked on as a fellow classmate walked out during the break and proceeded to hop in circles and make wiffing noises--not woofs, barks or yips. But wiffs. Questionable behavior? Yes, but at this point I don't really care. OK off to study.

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We hates bar review! But we loves...wireless home networking, miso ramen, friends dropping in for a Sunday evening visit and GAY PENGUINS. Big ups to the scientists who study queer animals! The esteemed NY Times ran a longer story last week, but the link will require you to set up an account (I'm so considerate...) Penguins rock, but note that over 450 species have been identified to have homos in their midst. That homosexual agenda is really doing a good job! I'm back online and wired to meet the world, so posting will be a little more regular. It's a nice study break. Of course, after learning that the pass rate for the '03 February CA Bar was...37% I should not be wasting my time blogging. I've managed to see some folks between the hours of tedious studying. I had a lovely brunch w/Mazdak and Chris H. dropped by for some cake and tarts last night. I forgot to ask Chris about her triathalon plans. She's
talking about swimming from Alcatraz. I meant to tell her that 1) that's crazy and 2) that's crazy. OK back to studying to minutae of the rules of evidence.

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Long time no post. This is what happens when my computer access is limited to the occassional 15 minutes I can score at the SF public library. Well...there's also this dial-up thing. But dial-up is so 1990.
I'm a huge fan and new devotee of the San Francisco public library. Generally, I love all libraries. But this library--chock full of crazy people and with all of it's POC, queer and enviro-groovy reading rooms wins big points. My current gear research project is to figure out how to get all of the songs on my iPod onto a new hard drive. I'm sure there's some way to make this happen. Any suggestions are welcome.

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