| Thursday, February 22, 2007 |
| I'd like to thank the Academy...and ask if the Bar is ready for Another Bitch Slap? |
The time is almost here for us to us retakers to go and do what we retakers do best: re-take....I want to thank every person from the bottom of my heart who ever logged onto my site and said...hey bar bitch...you aren't alone....I failed the bar too.....I have found so much comfort in not being miserable alone...but more so in just not being miserable any more....
I especially want to thank all those people who have stopped by to say...hey bar bitch, I failed the bar, but eventually I passed, and so can you and everybody else ....it is due in large part to those awe inspiring people that I haven't lost heart during this seemingly endless and on some days gut wrcnching endeavor (yeah I know....spare you the drama)
I'm so inspired these days...I'm feeling up to a little friendly trash talking....as in is the bar ready for another bitch slap?!!!!!!! Yes....you'll all recall...I did try to put down a hellatious bitch slap last round....apparently, only in the MBE's, this time, though....they just don't know 'bout me.....I'm so coming for their ass....
And because I love the contemporary (you go Beyonce) and the classic....I want to leave you with some of my favorites on courage and perserverence....both of which everybody who takes the bar (again) are in no short supply of....you all go kick serious ass.....
Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.
---John Wayne (1907 - 1979)
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
---John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848)
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
---Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
---- You always pass failure on the way to success. ------- |
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| Monday, February 19, 2007 |
| Since it's President's day.... |
| Did ya know that DC will take your MBE's even you haven't passed in your jurisdiction? It's pretty commonly known that you can waive in when you pass the bar...but you can waive in with merely passing MBE's too....all you have to do is sit for their essays, if you didn't pass the entire bar in your home state...I was highly pleased to discover that I could have hitched my wagon and gone to DC even after the first time I sat for the Bar so many, many moons ago....ah....well...hind sight and all that..... :) |
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| Friday, February 16, 2007 |
| Blast off or Blow up? |
T-minus 10 days and counting baby!!!!! Per usual...yes, I am excited to just get in there and get it done.....I'm not really nervous because every time I've done this walk....I've walked in knowing I have prepared to the best of my ability.....the real beauty so far is that I have managed to not completely lose all confidence in myself (or respect for my grey matter) despite the negative results...you never really know what you're made of until you've had to sit for the bar exam more than once.... (or twice....or....well, you know...) and if you haven't...well, thank goodness you were born under a lucky star sweet cheeks....
This time, I think I'm going to try and remember not to make it bigger than need be....it's a test, nothing more, nothing less....if you've had the fortitude to make it through these many months as a retaker/bar-flunkee / god love us every-one, the test itself should really be a relief....think of it that way.....I look at is as a bridge....(no, not over troubled waters)...my yellow brick road...a means to an end....a way of getting somewhere I'd like to be.....I'm not looking at it so much as the rope I'm clinging to for dear life, the one thing that will save my soul from damnation, (clearly too late for that) chase all the clouds aways and ensure that I live happily ever after....
It's a bitch...but nothing more....nothing less.... |
| posted by Bar Bitch @ 5:29 PM |
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| Thursday, February 15, 2007 |
| Share the love baby..... |
Oh my goodness......feeling so much better since the grand romantics of yesterday....and I won't bore / disgust you with the tawdry details but I will say I'm feeling renewed and able to face down my flashcards with amazing new vigor....it's true what they say about men, they are good for something....
Ladies...if you have a man...I say, use him shamelessly.....my guess is, that like mine....he won't protest, he'll be happy to aid in the study effort, "any way I can honey".....and guys, well, we all know if I was a guy I could never get away with saying anything remotely like this...what can I tell you? If you're lucky enough to have a gal who will be at your beck and call while you're feeling the bar strain....clearly you're a lucky man, so enjoy!!!!....
I have friends who say absolutely not...no lovin whatsoever before the test, too much distraction....you know like boxers before the big fight? Whatever works for you....myself....I am finding it clears the mind....and makes room for more legal trivia and such other such nonsent....mnenomics are carrying a whole new meaning lately....like....WET PAL......I know, verging on pure insanity (temporary).... |
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| Tuesday, February 13, 2007 |
| Order me a straight jacket....and a push up bra |
So here we are.....it's just under two weeks to go campers and I hate to say it but I think I could be teetering on the edge of burn out....
I've been studying 10 hours a day and doing 60 MBE's per sitting for more days than I can remember....simply put...its all running together lovies....and frankly....since yesterday, every time I sit down to study I find I'm horribly, madly and crazily distracted....my blog is majorly screwed....and all I really want to do is eat chocolate by the fistful and have tons and tons of steamy hot sex....
This is not the time for melt down.....I keep telling myself....even though tomorrow is a day I have set aside for highly promiscuious activity (Nat'l Day of Slut) the fact that I have gotten absoutely not done yesterday and today really means that I should not be engaging in any whooppee....I should be catching up on flashcard memorization.....not flashing....
Reasons to not melt down:
- I spoke with the Bar today and believe it or not, they say they really and truly did mail my admission ticket sometime last week (thank you god!!!!!) .....they dunno know why its not here yet...
- Even though I haven't been able to do any more than about 12 MBE's since Sunday....I think my grand total is still hovering somewhere in the 3K's....
- Last time I was getting ready for the bar exam I didn't have anyone to have sex with....
- I am a well-seasoned flunkee....the worst has already happened....and if it happens again...well, it's not like the world will stop turning....
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| posted by Bar Bitch @ 4:50 PM |
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| Geek Squad? |
| Yeah ok...so this new format is kind of whacked as hell...I have no idea what happened to the old one, it just sort of disappered on me...and I'm not really blogger savvy enough to figure it all out in the middle of bar hell....so I have to make due.... |
| posted by Bar Bitch @ 1:04 PM |
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| Thursday, February 08, 2007 |
| Obsess much? |
Women, I read, are especially good at excess rumination....you know, that innate ability to turn something over and over to the point that if anyone actually knew what we were thinking, and how often we were thinking it, they'd probably think we were psycho (or maybe it's just me).....and as much as it pains me to say....usually this occurs in the context of boyfriends / husbands.....(why oh why didn't I just get rid of that guy before the test?!!!!!)
I find during bar study it is especially difficult to deal with all the rumination, but it's probably likely that the bar stress is what brings so much of it on....I don't know if it's as true of my male counterpart-repeaters out there....would be interesting to know if the guys are struck equally by all the over-thinking......
I find my mind constantly returning to things that don't really serve my best interests at the moment....I hate to say obsessing, but yeah if I tell the truth that's probably a fair description....molehills are mountains right now......hell it seems I'm actively searching for moles!!!!....
Is my mind seeking distraction so I don't have to focus on what's really worrying me? Classic avoidance? Or is it that I'm borrowing extra trouble right because that's what we all do when we are studying for the bar? (What if I fail again and just die?) Probably both......but as is true of any bad habit you are lucky enough to actually realize you have (yep, most of them you don't know about...they just drive everyone around you nuts), the good news is that maybe you can do something about it....
Whenever I find myself rethinking....ruminating endlessly.....or obsessing......I gently remind my mind that whatever it is, surely I can just wait and see.....and then I refocus on something not so worrisome.....if you meditate at all, you'll realize this a ripped off technique....but hey, it works.....and it's calming....something we all could use a little of right now.... |
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| Thursday, February 01, 2007 |
| Burst my Bubble Baby..... |
2 weeks ago I informed everyone important in my life that I was entering the "Sacred Six Weeks of Bar Review".....under no circumstances is anyone to relay any info that might create upset in any shape or form because I am not having it.....you can call it whatever you want, I call it "The Bubble".....and yes, is a ridiculous attempt to control things over which I have no control....but I try to maintain the bubble nonetheless....
In case you're wondering how the bubble has been working out for me.....
I've had to take my precious tyke to the pediatrician three times in two weeks....seems the little cherub is going to need minor surgery to rid her of these persisting ear infections ....this my perfect, healthy girl who up until just a few weeks ago, has never even needed to go the Dr....(forgot to tell the germs about the bubble).....the resident stud in my life let it slip that he is coming due for relocation in 6 months (yes I told him about the bubble, but like so many men, he f-d up this very simple concept)...this of course caused a major meltdown because I am particularly smitten with this particular stud and prefer him on this side of the country, thanks---and then he had the audacity to require major back surgery earlier this week (yes, I told him to tell the doctor about the bubble, and not to f up his back because I didn't have time to deal with that right now).....to add further insult, aforesaid surgery is highly likely to decrease stud's chances of um helping me through these last hazardous weeks of review in the way that studs are often most helpful......
Yeah ok.....so most of that is terrible.....and no I don't really mean it (kindof)......but wouldn't it be great if the world would stop long enough to get through these last trying weeks.....these weeks when the pressure is really, really on? Yeah, I'll dream on.....and get something stronger than a bubble obviously.....force field maybe? |
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