blogthings 07.

You Are A Cypress Tree

You are strong, adaptable, and striving to be content. You're good at taking what life has to give - even if you don't like it. A passionate lover who can't be satisfied, you are quick tempered at times. You hate loneliness, want love and affection, and need to be needed. A bit of a live wire, you love to gain knowledge any cost... and you can be careless at times.

What's Your Celtic Horoscope?

Can't be satisfied? What the fcuk!

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wright minus rong

Our final exam in Civil Procedure consists of 100 questions, answerable by TRUE or FALSE. Graded using right minus wrong.

HAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahaha..... Nuts!

I had dinner with Che and Dar last thursday night. We've been planning on that for quite some time now, the last time i saw them was a couple of years ago (Hey! We had dinner at the same resto! Haha). Anyway, it was nice catching up with them. I wasn't able to visit Che when she gave birth to their second child.

I love going out and catching up with old friends, but dang! Every time i see them i'm reminded that i'm still a student and dependent on my family since my parents decided to fund my studies. I guess that it doesn't help that a lot of them seem like they're already going places and are on their way to becoming successful in their careers. I'm extremely happy for them because they deserve it, they've been working their butts off. It's just that sometimes i feel that i'm being left behind.

I have mentioned this to people and their usual response when i tell them that is after my studies, i'd be a LAWYER (emphasis provided by them). But i would like to point out, i still have to pass the bar. It's not like after i graduate i'd become a lawyer. There's always the possibility of flunking.

HORROR OF HORRORS! Imagine studying for at least 4 years then not enjoying the fruits of your labor? I break out in hives/vomit/have heartburn/acid reflux/ulcer every time i think of taking the bar AND flunking.

I'm hoping to take it on my first time, not because of bragging rights, but because i wouldn't want to go through another year of intensive review. STRESS! But i wouldn't hesitate to take it again, as much as allowed by law, until i pass. At least i can say i tried my best. Before i used to think, it's nakakahiya when you have to re-take. But after all my years in staying in law school, i realize it was arrogance on my part. There are many factors which can influence your passing or failing, and most of them not based on your answers. There's one where your penmanship should not only be readable but nice. Heck, if i'd known that, i would have taken my penmanship class in St. Scho more seriously. Now, i know people who painstakingly practice their penmanship just so the Bar Examiner wouldn't skip reading their exams.

It's a good thing i still love what i'm doing, in spite of all the stress and the trials and insanities of being a law student. I feel for friends who enroll just because it is expected of them.

Dungeons and Dragons co-creator dies at 69

By EMILY FREDRIX
Associated Press Writer
Tue Mar 4, 3:39PM ET

MILWAUKEE - Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69.

He had been suffering from health problems for several years, including an abdominal aneurysm, said his wife, Gail Gygax.

Gygax and Dave Arneson developed Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 using medieval characters and mythical creatures. The game known for its oddly shaped dice became a hit, particularly among teenage boys, and eventually was turned into video games, books and movies.

Gygax always enjoyed hearing from the game's legion of devoted fans, many of whom would stop by the family's home in Lake Geneva, about 55 miles southwest of Milwaukee, his wife said. Despite his declining health, he hosted weekly games of Dungeons & Dragons as recently as January, she said.

"It really meant a lot to him to hear from people from over the years about how he helped them become a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, what he gave them," Gail Gygax said. "He really enjoyed that."

Dungeons & Dragons players create fictional characters and carry out their adventures with the help of complicated rules. The quintessential geek pastime, it spawned a wealth of copycat games and later inspired a whole genre of computer games that's still growing in popularity.

Born Ernest Gary Gygax, he grew up in Chicago and moved to Lake Geneva at the age of 8. Gygax's father, a Swiss immigrant who played violin in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, read fantasy books to his only son and hooked him on the genre, Gail Gygax said.

Gygax dropped out of high school but took anthropology classes at the University of Chicago for a while, she said. He was working as an insurance underwriter in the 1960s, when he began playing war-themed board games.

But Gygax wanted to create a game that involved more fantasy. To free up time to work on that, he left the insurance business and became a shoe repairman, she said.

Gygax also was a prolific writer and wrote dozens of fantasy books, including the Greyhawk series of adventure novels.

Gary Sandelin, 32, a Manhattan attorney, said his weekly Dungeons & Dragons game will be a bit sadder on Wednesday night because of Gygax's passing. The beauty of the game is that it's never quite the same, he said.

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Thanks to people like him for influencing the fantasy genre, creating the foundation for role playing games all over the world.

Just a quick note before studying. So i went to Ivy's child's baptism, the one i mentioned in a previous post. Good thing i did, saw lots of MaSci friends there. Dang, i missed those guys... Anyhow, we got to talking about having a get together this summer, hopefully i could go. One word guys: swimming!! Tara!

Lent

I don't think i'm observing it right.

So it's been a while since i've posted. Been very busy with school work. Finals start next Saturday and i still have tons of stuff to read. Come to think of it, i always have plenty of things to read. It seems like i can never catch up; i've never felt ready enough for recitations nor take an exam . As early as now, i'm getting nervous thinking about taking the bar.

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Another friend is having their child's baptism tomorrow. Dang, everybody's having children left and right. And here i am still stuck in school. Sigh... Sometimes i feel like i've been left behind by my friends and cousins. Most of them are working and having families of their own. But when i'm in the company of my law school friends, i feel a bit more normal. I've never regretted attending law school, but it's scary to think that in spite of studying for years, it may not be enough for me to pass the bar. I think to think more positive!

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Have i ever mentioned that my parents are generously funding my studies? Although i thank them for that, i can't help but resent it sometimes because it means i'm not fully emancipated haha. I could take advantage and go out but i think of my expenses, which, given the fact that i don't work, they pay for, like the cost it takes to send me to law school, my allowance, gas money, expenses for my mobile, clothes, food -- and that's just me! I still have a younger brother who's in school. And he's asking for a car.

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I'm torn between wanting to graduate now and take my turn at the bar. At least then i could start working. But then i think that i shouldn't rush studying law or else i might not pass the bar. I'm just praying to God that i pass all my subjects and then eventually pass the bar. I know i will get there. But that goal seems so long and difficult.

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I just noticed that i always feel this way whenever exams are near.

Don't you find it ironic...

...that Gloria is saying we should follow the "rule of law" and that People Power isn't needed anymore?

Or that DOJ is making its own investigations about ZTE when the accused is the alter-ego of the DOJ Secretary?

Do they really think we're that stupid?