Vacation Photos

So I was gently reprimanded today that I had not followed through with my earlier promise to upload some vacation photos. Such a slacker!

If you must know, I haven't uploaded the photos heretofore because I'm not entirely sure how to do so. I guess I'll make an attempt here. No one will be more surprised than this guy if I succeed.

Well... Maybe. Sunny, warm and wonderful, no?

Technological irony

Currently struggling to make it through the Utah state bar convention
- struggling after my wild night in sun valley - and now we're
listening to a presentation from the co founder of Apple computers. It
is actually pretty interesting but I'm only half paying attention
because I'm too busy playing on my Iphone. I'm using his own
technology against him. Muhaha!

Sent from my Iphone.

Mediation training continues.

For our "working lunch" we watched the movie Turning Loose, which I
was surprised to learn was not about Danielle. I submit that we should
have more parables about horses. I'd be much more engaged.

Mediation Training:Day 2

Inspired by recent events I have decided to resume the tedious work of
blogging as a way to avoid the tedium of the mediation training. Not
that its all bad, I'm just having a hard time paying attention to
anything today. I hate this early morning crap. I really should try to
get some more sleep. Especially since tonight I have my joint training
session with danielle. I am so sore from yesterday but no matter how
much I hurt I will not give her the satisfaction of beating me.
Internal trauma be damned- I will out perform her!

Sent from my phone.

Back

Just now I have hopefully configured my high tech toy to allow me to
blog on the go, so to speak. As this seems to be a period of doubt and
uncertainty for me, maybe I'll respond by blogging?

We'll see...

Sent from my phone

Sent from my phone.

your two dum

I’d be much more likely to believe the results of a Myspace quiz if the author of said quiz could 1) demonstrate a functional grasp of the “your vs. you’re” distinction, and 2) spell any other words properly.  For example, I just found out I am a good friend because I “keep other’s people’s secretes.”  It’s a good thing I have lots of mason jars around the house… (And yes I realize that those words are all technically spelled properly but since ‘secrete’ serendipitously conveys a meaning that was (hopefully) different than the one the author intended to convey, I’m counting it as a misspelling.)

it's not every day the Devil makes my life better

Jacob's bad luck: Is it . . . Satan?
Bedeviled: His business deals have been delayed, keeping him from fully funding his campaign

This was one of the above the fold stories in today’s Salt Lake Tribune. Rep. Chris Cannon from Utah’s deeply Republican congressional Third District is facing a difficult primary challenge this year from local businessman John Jacobs. This election has essentially become a referendum on President Bush’s election policy with Rep. Cannon supporting the guest worker program and Jacobs essentially advocating mass deportation of all illegal aliens. Jacobs has raised a strong challenge by capitalizing on the jingoistic (dare I say racist?) tendencies of rural Utahns.

Additionally, one of my friends is employed by the Jacobs campaign. Now despite the fact that we’re friends, there are few things I enjoy more than watching this guy twist in the wind… and today his boss delivered a great little gift to me in the form of this article in which he rants that the Devil is actively opposing his bid for Congress. Apparently Jacobs presence in Congress would so confound Satan’s work that the Prince of Darkness is causing the businesses owned by Jacobs to suffer. It couldn’t be that this guy is simply out of his league and is reaping the consequences of his overreaching.

I love it. Now to work out exactly the right vehicle to torment my campaign working friend… hee hee hee.

Terror comes with a 39 cent stamp

Yikes! Talk about your frightening surprises. I just retrieved my mail and included with my Netflix selections for today was a little envelope from the Utah State Bar. It contained the month-to-go-before-the-exam instructions. It lists where to go and what to do for the test and gave a brief overview of the testing procedures. Admittedly it didn’t contain much I didn’t already know, but it was still a frightening reality check. The worst test of my life is just a month away! Is it too late to call the whole thing off and become a doctor?

There was one bright spot to the whole letter though that made it worth reading:

"Although the building is air conditioned, 100-degree weather, the large numbers of applicants, and the heat generated by laptop computers results in the test rooms becoming unavoidably warm as the day progresses... You will find the test room cool in the morning, but increasingly warm as the day progresses. Please dress accordingly."

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this test only administered to people who have finished at least four years of college and three years of law school? Shouldn't you expect that such people would be intelligent enough to reason out that it's hot in Salt Lake City at the end of July? Maybe I should take comfort in the fact that the bar examiners think we're dumb enough not to understand basic concepts like weather and so will test us with similarly low expectations on our comprehension of legal concepts? I can always hope...

Home and dry

Another fabulous day at the taco factory is behind me.  It was a pretty good day today, and people were in a good mood in general, leading to pretty decent tips today.  Woo-hoo!  Of course my joy at a productive and profitable day is tempered by the fact that when I came home from work I discovered that the water in my condo had been turned off as part of some routine maintenance.  So now I’m sitting in my underwear, smelling of tacos, and hoping that the maintenance workers finish up soon so that I can degrease myself.  Exciting, no?