i reapplied for the patent bar, because i was horsing around when i took it the first time. i was under the impression that i was studying for it the first time, but until i took barbri and pmbr for the new york bar and spent hundreds of hours poring over thousands of pages of fine print and writhing in pain as normal people were enjoying the outdoors, i didn't really understand what "studying" really was.
"studying" does not mean "watch an hour of the patent bar barbri tape and then watch two episodes of 'the ali g show.'"
"studying" does not mean "hey, let's play a game! every time the guy says 'foreign application' take a swig of beer."
"studying" does not mean "IM your study partner as the tape is playing."
"studying" means "locking yourself up for hours on end, denying the existence of the outside world, and doing this for weeks."
i borrowed the patent bar barbri tapes from the study buddy (who passed the second time, yay!), but i don't feel like starting up again until the end of this week. i'm still recovering from the horror of last week.
so for the next two days, i will be doing nothing. well actually, i just located my pforzheimer house beer stein, and i expended some energy in filling it with corona light about ten minutes ago. my girlfriend's former roommate just moved out, leaving an entire refrigerator shelf of beer, so i will indulge. i have been a good girl for the better half of the summer. there is much catching up to do.
i will also be making a concerted effort not to post about politics, because my political compass is pointing squarely towards "disillusionment." frankly, i'm not sure what i believe anymore, and we'll just leave it at that. maybe my position that "every position is untenable" will stop if i simply decompress, ignore the news, and soak in the sun for a bit. but by then, i probably won't care anymore, and really, i don't think it is a bad thing. i suppose what is really important is finding out a way to pay back my $130,000 in educational loans without having to suffer through this. oh, the horrors.
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