Ridiculous Baked Potato Recall Last week was sort of strange. That is, even without driving two hours north to view a jump-rope show put on by a bunch of kids in bright orange shirts, last week was strange. This had a lot to do with my friend Corey
Law World Record Speeds Last week I had an appointment to go back to the hand surgeon to find out whether I'll ever be a hand model again. This appointment was to begin at 7:30AM. Naturally, I slept through the violent vibrations and honking of
Grandma 2009 It's that time of year again when I really start thinking about what's happened in the last 12 months. How have I changed? What has made this year different? Was this year my best yet, as it always should be?
Law One Final Done: Tax Shmax I can't believe how quickly it sprung up on me. Finals started on Monday and I finished my first on Thursday afternoon. I was supposed to take it
Life Just Another Surgery By way of update . . . Just when you thought things couldn't get any better, a few days after my last post I went to a hand specialist (they actually exist) so he could assess the injury. I had already come to find during
Life Friday the 13th So I got Swine Flu last Wednesday. On Friday, in the middle of the night, I got up while violently shaking, and passed out cold on the floor. This woke up my roommate who woke up our other roommate for help. Roommate number three
Law Catching Up Miss me? I apologize for the hiatus. Life has been jetting like a runaway train lately and something had to give. Of course I chose blogging and health. I'll tell you I've been busy despite the declaration from a friend
Law Four Weeks In Wrapping up my fourth week of school today . . . It's strange to think that I've only been back in school for four weeks. The double-scheduled meetings, the 30-pound case books, the journal editing, the classes, the paper writing, the relentless and
Ukraine Summer Thoughts Seven days ago I was sitting at the Mexico-United States border, waiting for about three hot stinky hours to be let back into our country to embark on another great adventure: 2L. It's strange to think the summer has ended. A few
Life Moved . . . for the Thousandth Time I finally moved today. Life has been a bit hectic since getting back from Moscow. Amid all the stresses of getting back to normal life, starting a new (and utterly confusing) job and moving, I’m also in recovery from some kind of sickness
Law And So It Goes Still alive and kickin'. By way of update, after a very dramatic several weeks and hundreds of desperate emails, it seems my housing in Moscow is worked out. More on that later . . . As finals approach and deadlines for big decisions arrive, I'
Russia Homeless I was told originally that I could work through the legal counsel I'll be with in Moscow to find housing for the month and a half I'll be there; so naturally I didn't worry much about it . . . until
Ridiculous 7 Days and 5 Hours of Sleep Later It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Last week was the craziest week of my life! And this is coming from someone who had an
Life Pretty Odd Diana [http://goldtorefine.blogspot.com/] tagged me (I always enjoy these things) so here I go . . . Rules: 1. Link to the person who tagged you and post the rules. 2. Share seven random or weird facts about myself. 3. Tag 7 random people at
Russia Slip Slidin' Away It's been a big year so far and with just over two months remaining I fully anticipate it to go out with a bang. It hasn't
Ridiculous The Gathering of Israel: True Stories of Southtown Mall I can explain. No, actually I don't think I can. I didn't intend to come away with anything other than a white shirt for church and
Church Curve Balls Lately I've been thinking a lot about some of the decisions I've made that have brought me to this point. This time of life is an especially interesting time in terms of making big choices that will direct you and
Tellin' It Like It Is Award The Scandal Well I've completed day 2 of a 3-day-long BYU law school orientation (emphasis on the "long"). It's been pretty interesting so far and by
Work 6 Facts I'm not going to waste several paragraphs trying to validate my reasons for participating in this. I'm a sucker for tagging. Although I have already decided to be too lazy to go through and individually tag people. I therefore, by
Life An Ugly Mess Graduation went well and I hope to blog a little more about it later when I get some pictures. My camera conveniently stopped working as soon as I got there (batteries I think) so I had a friend take pictures with his camera and
Life The Little House on University Avenue Today is going to be an interesting day. Just another step in all the dramatic changes that will be taking place for me over the next few weeks. It will
Life An Anticlimatic Conclusion Yesterday at approximately 3:07 I did something that I thought would never happen: I walked out of my last undergraduate class . . . ever.WhooHOO!!!! I must say, however, that it was quite anticlimactic. I suppose I've always pictured walking out of my
Life Cluttered Life Please tell me this picture makes you smile. A lot has happened in the last week and I thought I would update everyone as orderly as possible. No, that'
Life Letter of Intent Just when you thought I couldn't possibly get any more ambitious (ha ha), I got up at 6:00AM today and did a killer abs workout with Jason
Life FHE Once a month my family gets together for a special family home evening. All three of my siblings live in the Salt Lake area so I drive the farthest (about
