Mission Accomplished

Dear everyone, I did it. I reached my goal of billing 1000 in six months. And, you know what, after everything is said and done, I will probably have about 10 hours over, which means that I'm going to get my bonus and more $ on top of that for going over 1000 hours, and then I'm going to ask for 50% of the fees from a case that I was appointed on by a judge and which my firm would never even have without me. I think 50% is fair. I may actually get a pretty significant bonus:)

Good now I can pay for all of my vacations and save some money for my future career plans. I actually feel kind of grown up all of a sudden. And tired. From working so much and it's only Thursday. I guess it's good for me that I'm going to an ALL DAY deposition tomorrow and then out of town on Tuesday for business, to Atlanta, there and back in one day. And then, I FINALLY leave for vacation on Thursday.

Another Shotgun Wedding for Hollywood

But the best part of this one is that Joe Simpson had to #1 pretend to be happy he was paying for it and #2 pretend to be happy his daughter is marrying a gay man.
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Newlyweds Ashlee Simpson, Pete Wentz expecting baby
Posted on Thu, May. 29, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- Newlyweds Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz say they are expecting a baby.
"While many have speculated about this, we wanted to wait until after the first trimester to officially confirm that we are expecting our first child," read a statement Wednesday on Wentz's blog. "This is truly the most joyous time in our lives and we are excited to share the happy news and start our family."
Simpson-Wentz, 23, and Fall Out Boy bassist Wentz, 28, exchanged vows earlier this month at Simpson's parents' Los Angeles-area home. Sister Jessica was the maid of honor.
The newlywed pop singer will go by Ashlee Wentz in private and professionally as Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, according to a report posted Wednesday on People.com.
The couple began dating in fall 2006 and announced their engagement April 9.
Simpson-Wentz's latest album, "Bittersweet World," was released last month. It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 in its first week, and tracks have logged more than 19 million plays on her MySpace page.
A representative for Simpson-Wentz did not immediately return a call Wednesday seeking comment.

Current mood

Very happy. Good weekend, lots of sleep, lots of working out, lots of socializing. I think all weekends should be three days. And, you know what? When I have my own office they very well might be.

Also, I am only 31 billable hours away from billing 1000 hours in six months which is incredibly stressful, but at least I'll get my bonus, and then a bigger one at year's end.

And, I'm going to Atlanta for work next week and I think Philly two weeks after that, which means lots of billable hours and me not worried about billing time.

Last, our trip to the DR is in a week and a half! I tried on all the cute outfits I'm bringing (yes, I'm a girl, we do that sort of thing) and I'm so excited!

My job sucks again

Remember a few weeks ago when I was kind of worried because I had so much work and not enough time to do it? And I was billing 55 hours a week? And I was so busy that I didn't have time to think about how much my job sucked? Those were good times.



Because now I am 2 weeks away from my deadline to bill 1000 hours in six months and I just need to bill 40 hours a week. But the problem is that this office is dead. There's no work left to do except work on the loser cases my female boss handed down to me because she's too stupid to figure them out herself. And those cases also suck because they are losers, meaning I can't win them no matter how hard I try. And there's nothing I hate more than filing bullshit pleadings with the court just to look like I'm doing something for my client.



So even if I make my bonus, I am going to take this summer to think long and hard about realistically how much longer I can stand it here. I don't think I can make it until January.

Monday morning recap

Hi. I think mosquito season has started up again. I watered my plants last night and was bitten 13 times. I thought to myself, you should really put some bug spray on, but I didn't have any bug spray and I had just gotten back from an exhaustive shopping run at CVS. Note to self--get bug spray.

After watering the plants I went inside, but someone followed me. Guess who the Curlatini-loving mosquito? Then I was eating dinner and got attacked. Then I went to sleep and hid under the covers. I got up this morning and guess who was waiting for me? She was. Another attack. I hope she dies while I'm at work. I feel faint from all this blood loss.

Old sayings

You know the old sayings "everything happens for a reason," and other stupid phrases like that? I would like to meet that person who made those up and punch them in the face.

I've tried to live my life always doing the "right" thing, only to never feel rewarded. Why should I continue to do the "right" thing when I never feel like it works out for me? Ok, I'm going to say it: it's not fair. And you will probably say: life's not fair. But I feel like life is super unfair to me. It is really true that going through so much crap makes you stronger? If so I should be very strong, but I feel so weak and unable to cope.

I don't think I've stopped crying all day. I break out into a cold sweat once an hour. I feel so weak I can hardly hold my arms up and I threw up twice even though I haven't eaten since last night. To say that I'm upset is an understatement.

Unexpected drought causes attorney to worry

But not that much. I know I can make work for myself if I try. But I don't really want to try until tomorrow or Thursday. So for now I'm just going to tie up the loose ends on my desk and start fresh another day.

Plus, I have some TV shows to catch up on. I just watched last week's episode of The Office. Um, can you say brilliant? I had to close the door to my office because I was laughing so hard. Next I'm going to watch the last episode of Lipstick Jungle, which I have no doubt will NOT be as funny as The Office, but entertaining nonetheless.

So, yeah, that's how my day's going.

And in a mere three hours I can escape from my cage and get out of here. I'm really looking forward to another super long cardio session in the park. And while I though it would suck to work out without my ipod (it died on my this weekend and has yet to be replaced), it's not that bad at all. After then the bf is coming over. And I am pretty sure he said "we're going to have fun." He never says that. I am wondering what that means, and looking forward to finding out.

Skimpy prom dress

This girl got arrested at her prom after causing a scene when school officials wouldn't let her in because of her skimpy dress. Here's one time when I'm going to support the decision of school officials. That dress looks like something a stripper would wear.

And how could her parent(s) allow her to leave the house like that?

I used to wear some skimpy clothing back in the day, but that was nothing compared to this future pole dancer.

PS--lose the sunglasses. That look is dumb even on celebrities.

Monday morning, my junk e-mail folder

Below please find the contents of my junk e-mail folder from this morning.

My personal favorite quotes are "get a bigger sausage today," that's just funny, and "ejaculate like a fountain," which is disgusting and not something that I would think women would want, at least I don't. Yuck.
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Sahnoune

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May 9
Delete ForeverNot Spam

Another Facebook request from a non-friend

I don't know why people that were never my friend to begin with want to be my friend on this Facebook site. The only reason I can think of is that they want to bring their friend count up. The chick that has recently asked me to be her friend already is "friends" with 268 other people. Like the last person, this person was in my section during my first year of law school, and I was told she talked about me behind my back. After I heard that, I made no effort to be her "friend" or "friendly" to her. Plus, I heard about all the guys she slept with in law school and I never said a word about it.

So, I don't think she wants to be my "friend" now because she has grown up and wants to move past all the immature things that happened in law school. I'm a realist. I know that slut hasn't matured one bit. And I have no desire to be her "friend." So, I am going to ignore her. And when she and I have a case against each other, I am going to be the meanest attorney ever. And when I drive home at the end of the day and think about how I acted, I'll smile.

I can be immature too, see?

MIA

Um, hi. I've been working a lot. Many, many hours. Which has forced me to be super focused and thoughtful, and when I leave work it's hard to get out of "serious" mode which causes me to be serious and thoughtful after work too.

This has led me down a not so great path, the kind of path where you start thinking about 1 thing that bothers you, and then you think of 2, and then 3 and then......I hope you know where I'm going with this. I am worried and stressed out about things, ok? So, right about now I feel like curling up in the fetal position and staying there for about 3 days. And I'm really tired too. And I was reading this article about people saying they don't need to be in therapy because they have a blog, but I am beginning to rethink that notion. Because the things I'd discuss with my therapist would be way more involved that anything I discuss on this site. You see, I edit my posts on this site, because that's the responsible thing to do. So what do I do with the topics I hold back? Oh that's right---fetal position. Cry.

Double take

Baby Lollipops defendant released from jail
Posted on Wed, May. 07, 2008

On the web Department of Corrections: Inmate release information
One of two women charged in the notorious Baby Lollipops case was released from prison earlier this year after serving 15 years of a 40-year sentence.
Olivia Gonzalez-Mendoza was released from prison on Jan. 1, state records show. She was the girlfriend of the baby's mother, Ana Maria Cardona, when police found the baby dead under a hedge in Miami Beach in 1990.
The 3-year-old child showed evidence of having been tortured. Police struggled to identify the child, who was called Baby Lollipops because of the T-shirt he was wearing when he was found.
Gonzalez-Mendoza pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated child abuse charges and testified against the little boy's mother, Ana Maria Cardona.
Cardona was convicted and sentenced to the death penalty, but the Florida Supreme Court overturned the sentence and ordered a new trial in 2002, ruling that defense attorneys should have been informed of three statements Gonzalez-Mendoza made early on in the investigation admitting that she also beat the child, who was named Lazaro Figueroa.
Gonzalez-Mendoza, 42, was sentenced under the laws that applied in 1992, before the Legislature changed prison gain-time rules to require that convicted criminals serve 85 percent of their sentences. Her release was first reported by WTVJ-NBC 6. She could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
Cardona, 46, is in Miami-Dade's Women's Detention Center awaiting a new trial.
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Besides this being a horrible crime, you thought that was a picture of a man, didn't you???? I did. I had to read the story twice to figure it out.

Swamped

After a almost 2 weeks of being chained to my desk and using my brain nonstop, I am going to attempt to take a break from everything this evening and recharge. That way I can wake up and do more work all weekend. I guess this total inundation of work came at a good time. I just realized in the past week that if I work my ass off for the next month, I will be able to meet my required hours and get my bonus. At this rate I will go over my required hours and get more than my bonus. Good, maybe that will pay for the trip to the DR. Night night.