7 posts tagged “amazing amazing”
I've started an online round robin tournament...
of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Join the fun at ssbbrrtt.ning.com, and follow ssbbrrtt on twitter to get updates and results.
What have I gotten myself into?
A couple minutes ago I got my MPRE test scores. For those of you who don't know, the MPRE is the Multistate Professional Responsibilities Exam. It's a test for aspiring lawyers to demonstrate their knowledge of basic ethical rules of conduct. Texas requires a minimum scaled score of 85 to practice in this state.
I got a 111. I didn't realize until I got the results back how much I was worrying about it. But it's nice to have a victory for once. Thank goodness!
And right now there's a band in my head playing The Happy Happy Joy Joy Song. Let's all join in, shall we?
Happy Happy Joy Joy
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Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Joy Joy Joy!
Has everyone seen the new Transformers Trailer? It's causing me to giggle with maniacal glee.
Book: What book would you like to see made into a movie?
Submitted by Felipe Anuel.
Hit #7 on Amazon when it was released, too. And #1 in Horror. And #1 in SciFi. Totally sold out the first printing, and they're rushing to catch up. Heck, I still haven't gotten my copy.
Just got back from Half-Price Books, where we spent WAY too much money on books for Claire and the rest of the family. I found a compilation of the original Dragonriders of Pern books. But that's not the best.
The best was the audio cd versions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlotte's Web. Less than $20.00 for the both of them, both unabridged. The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is, of course, read by Eric Idle, who was nominated for a Grammy for this performance. And the Charlotte's Web is read by none other than E.B. White himself.
I immediately ripped the C&tCF, and Claire is listening to Eric Idle read her to sleep right now. Of course, I got to lie there and listen while she was brushing her teeth, and he darn near put me to sleep.
With the Bar past, I can move on to other projects. I'm looking forward to doing some original writing, we'll see what happens with that. I'm also looking forward to some great reading. Gotta finish Stephen Pressman's "Gates of Fire".
Seriously, I was reading this on the plane on the way back from Chicago last week, and I started tearing up. Crying. Like a baby. You've seen that woman with the romance novel and the box of Kleenex? That was me on a plane last week reading about Dienekes riding off to war, leaving his wife and children behind. Sad, sad, tragic, tragic stuff.
Embarassing, really.
And with the Bar past, I don't want to give up the study practices I've built up over the last few months. Maybe tone things DOWN a little bit, but I want to keep reading and studying things that will make me think, and make me a better person, so yesterday after work, I went to the local bookstore and picked up a copy of the Penguin edition of Aristotle's ethics. I came to the realization a few months ago that while I have read a lot of things, lately I haven't had the time to do that. More to the point, I was playing a lot of video games (!), and reading blogs and listening to podcasts. So while I was doing a lot of reading, and have always been someone who reads a lot, I didn't really consider myself well-read. In the same way, I have a B.Sc. and a J.D., but for some reason, I don't really consider myself well-educated. I think I'm going to do something about that, and it starts with this book. Can't defend Western Civilization from the rampaging hordes without knowing what it is you're defending.
Darn C.S. Lewis and my adopting that line of his as a personal motto: "Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered".
Good thing she's cute.
