i realized that i've had this blog for 4 months and i have only posted 12 times. thats pathetic.

civil procedure and malibu seafood

i had my third exam today...civil procedure. this is basically the nuts and bolts of being a lawyer and how to bring a case to trial. i felt the exam was pretty easy (which generally isnt a good sign - either i overestimated it or everyone else did just as well which means the curve gets very tight). professor ogden isnt my favorite test writer because his tests tend to be easier which means that one wrong answer on the multiple choice is really detrimental versus contracts where the average number of wrong answers is 15 out of 30. oh well...its nice to have a good exam under my belt after the horrificness that was contracts last thursday.

after the exam amy, john, ben, aaron and i went to malibu seafood for the lunch. it was yummy. then amy, john and i went to the beach and met up with my roommate erika. it was such a gorgeous day! so warm and clear. the beach was fabulous (but the water is still a little too cold). we "studied" and then decided to go get something to drink at the coffee bean. we were there for awhile and then came home.

erika, jen and i went to la salsa for dinner and then watched some sienfeld. now we are all studying hard for our property exam on wednesday. three down two to go! i have only a few days left but it seems like forever. i am absolutely exhausted and am having to reach into the depths of my self-control and self-discipline to pull these last few days of studying out.

two down, three to go

i had my second exam today...contracts.

i neglected everything but crim pro up until tuesday at noon. then i had 1 1/2 days to learn and memorize contracts for today. i have to say this wasnt the wisest move on my part. last semester i rocked contracts, this semester it rocked me.

i am definitely the type that needs to sit with something for awhile and i didnt have that this semester (because of my own doing). yesterday i was in panic mode and almost got to the point where i couldn't think, breath or make decisions. i didnt know what to do because i had so much to learn and i kept it till the last moment. so today, i took teh test and can honestly say the multiple choice section was the hardest i've ever taken. nonetheless, it was an extremely fair test and its because of my own non-studying that i had such a hard time with it.

when i got back to my apartment after taking the test, i encountered two of my three roommates weeping about the contracts test they had just taken (they are all in section c and i am in section b...we have different professors but take the same subjects). apparently, my three roommates are not the only ones crying about section c's test. so i guess it could be worse. we could have had a completely unfair test like my roommates had (turns out their professor didnt write their test...section a's professor did. this is a big deal because each class covers different material, from different case books, in a different order, and will often use different terms to describe something. so the fact that another professor writes your test is horrible.)

now i must regroup and get back to the books for the next one...monday, civil procedure.

here's to hoping.