i know it’s wrong of me to make this post when I made no reference when the King of Pop left us a couple days ago. But this is also huge news, people. TMZ is reporting that Billy Mays was found dead! Details here. I will be hosting a separate funeral service for those interested.
I just saw an ad on TV for Miami Social (Look, I watch Bravo because I’m hooked on all things Top Chef, ok??). I am definitely intrigued. I have no interest in Real Housewives or The Hills or all that crap. But this one’s definitely got me interested — I assume it’s because it’s my age group. I think my interest was also piqued because it’s talking about these young professionals who work high-stress, time-demanding jobs. And I think I might be a workaholic? Anywho, I can’t wait for it to come on. Yeah. That’s right. I said it. I stand by it.
A new Harry Potter poster was up in the subway today, I guess for the
upcoming movie. I’ve seen a couple of the movies and thought they were
just fine. Nothing terribly special (I wouldn’t buy the DVDs, much
less the box set). I’ve also never read any of the books. With all
this as a disclaimer before I get blasted, I just don’t get the hype.
Why do people obsess over this series? (Similarly, what’s up with
Twilight anyway?) As I walked by the new poster up, there were two
fully grown adults, who were not even together, just standing in front
of the poster staring at it. For those who don’t know, NOTHING stops a
New Yorker in the subway like that! What the dilly?
As you can see, I typed this on my blackberry. So there are probably
18.5 typos littered throughout. I should figure out a way to wiki this
page so that you eagle eyes can just go in and change it yourselves.
I appreciate how many of you people are landing on this site by Googling some version of the phrases “BarBri Blog” and “BarBri Sucks”. I concur that the latter is definitely true (albeit only to the extent that it is so painful to sit through it, because let me tell you — I don’t know what I would have done without it. But I digress.).
Anywho, i don’t have much to say about BarBri here that you haven’t heard from everyone else in the world. Take BarBri seriously. Go to your classes, put in your hours after class. Keep up with summarizing your notes and, if it helps you, making flashcards so that when the class is over, you can focus on memorizing rather than creating notes. Remember that right now, you are not studying to memorize. You’re (1) preparing your notes so that you can jump into memorization mode later, and (b) simply keeping fresh in your mind various terms and phrases, such that even if you don’t know the details to it, you can at least vaguely describe what it refers to.
The BarBri method works. But follow it as best you can. The last thing you want is for you to receive your score and be just short of passing, and all because you decided to skip that one day, or because you really wanted to nap the day away. It’s just not worth it.
But what do I know? Studying for the Bar is a very personal process, and you can get all the advice in the world you want — in the end, it’s something that you need to figure out for yourself. You’ll be shocked to hear that there is no formula for passing that bad boy.
Unfortunate, this is a sad update. We’re out. Dunzo. End of the season. We lost last night to Arkansas 4-3 in what was undoubtedly one of the most stressful games I have ever watched.
But we can’t be too upset. A scrappy young team came together this year and became the lowest seed ever to WIN THE ACC TITLE. They were shipped out to California as their reward, and SWEPT the TOUGHEST REGIONAL, which included the #1 ranked team, the #1 overall draft pick and best pitcher to ever come out of college ball, and the reigning national champion. They went on to play Ole Miss on the road, where they came from behind to advance to the Cavaliers’ first ever College World Series. At Omaha, they lost to a team who’s previously been there 15 times with 5 national titles. Then, earning our first CWS victory, they eliminated the team who folks predicted to be early favorites to win the entire tournament. And it took twelve innings and a few questionable-at-best calls for our Hoos to finally get eliminated last night. They ended the season with more Ws than any other Virginia Baseball team. So my question to you is, what is there to be disappointed about?
For those of you in Charlottesville, I highly recommend you head over to Davenport Field tonight at 6:00 pm to welcome these great athletes back to Charlottesville. Even if you didn’t bother following the CWS this year, you should still get out and show your support — it’s the least they deserve.
THANK YOU, VIRGINIA BASEBALL, for extending the college sports season an extra month, for making Cavaliers and ACC history, and for giving us all something to rally around!
Virginia just got our first CWS victory EVER by beating early favorite Cal State Fullerton in what is the first of hopefully four straight elimination games! I completely forgot to post this up here because I had been so busy twittering it! Laura, you should check out The UVA Fool’s Twitter for all your up-to-the-minute UVA sports updates!
Sorry again for the delay in updating, folks. I had been doing such a
good job about daily updates up until recently! Anywho, things have
been getting busy on my front, and it’s kind of glroious. I’ve decided
that I really really enjoy my job, and I definitelt picked the right
practice group. Now if only the market would bounce back and the legal
industry would keep up…
I got a full 9.5 hours of sleep last night, and now I feel even more exhausted!
Man, sorry about my recent delinquency — I know you guys are always on the edge of your seats waiting for more updates! Things have been kind of crazy lately, but here are two gems I wanted to point out.
Virginia is ON THE ROAD TO OMAHA! Our Baseball team for the first time ever will be one of eight teams competing for the NCAA championships this year! How exciting, no? I have video clips galore to include on that, and will do so when I get a little bit of time later.
I also wanted to note that today at work I was asked to go through a diligence request list and strip out all the “Please”s in it. I just found that funny. They will do it and they will like it. “Please” is for sissies.
i know it’s wrong of me to make this post when I made no reference when the King of Pop left us a couple days ago. But this is also huge news, people. TMZ is reporting that Billy Mays was found dead! 
Unfortunate, this is a sad update. We’re out. Dunzo. End of the season. We lost last night to Arkansas 4-3 in what was undoubtedly one of the most stressful games I have ever watched.