Monday, September 29, 2008

New addition

I have a new little cousin! Here's her cute little picture:
Awwwwwww.........

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

NYC weekend recap

Oh hi. I have almost recovered from our big trip to NYC. We had a great time and I loved spending so much time with the bf. By the time the trip was over I think we did almost everything in NYC there is to do.

We walked miles and miles and miles ALL over here:
We took rides on here when we weren't walking miles and miles:

We went to the top of here: We went here:And here:And here:


And here:



He really liked seeing this:
I liked this:



We stayed right around here:





I'm excited to see what else we'll do together.



Now we're back here:

Monday, September 15, 2008

Just a few things

Hi. I am not sure how interesting this post will be, but I have just a few things to share:

#1. My skinny jeans fit. All three pairs of them. Now I'm afraid to eat.

#2. I am not going to be very productive this week because we leave for NYC on Friday and I am WAY too excited to do anything but think about the trip, and workout so the skinny jeans will fit on said trip. And, it is a good thing I have NO work to do at my office. Now I don't have to worry about being productive since there is nothing to produce.

#3. Due to the aforementioned trip I only have to work 4 days this week. Nice.

#4. Due to the aforementioned trip and a continuing education seminar I only have to work 3 days next week. Sweet!

#5. I still have 5.5 days off left until the end of the year.

#6. I am going to try to see how little time I can spend in the office until the end of the year. That way I can keep on track with my office set up, that I am so worried about.

#7. I am starting to worry about setting up my office. There's just so much to worry about. Computers, paper, phone lines, faxes. And the whole, where will my office be located issue. Holy crap.

#8. My boss was pissed off this morning over some small, insignificant thing that I didn't do on one of my cases. I gave him the "do you think I fucking care?" face. That was fun. I make myself laugh sometimes.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Repercussions of Katrina

I guess since New Orleans residents didn't heed the warning to evacuate in advance of Katrina, and then the government totally screwed up the recovery effort, and all those people died, this is what local governments have now resorted to: telling their residents they "may face certain death" if they stick around for the storm. Maybe the only way to get people to evacuate is to scare the hell out of them.

Although, when I was in school in New Orleans, and they told us to evacuate for a hurricane I got out of town, and quickly. Why is it I had no problem leaving? And other people are dumb enough to ride out the storm? Do they really think it will be enjoyable when their roof peels away from their house and they are hiding in a bathtub with a mattress over their head?

Fortunately, neither of these things has happened to me, but I imagine that it would not be enjoyable.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR2008091101825.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

Monday, September 8, 2008

MTV VMA Fashion Review

Ok, first I'd like to say I have no idea why MTV still has an awards show called the "Video Music Awards," because I've noticed that, um, MTV no longer airs videos. MTV's programming consists wholly of their own original TV shows. So, if they play videos, it must be laste at night when I'm sleeping. Nevertheless, this awards show provides yet another opportunity to make fun of "celebrities," and how could I miss that type of opportunity?????


Dear Pink, Ursula wants her dress back.


























Katy Perry, we weren't aware that the circus was in town last night too. When does your trapeze act start?









This pose is called "the Flamingo."











I'm not kidding. This is a man. His name is Bill.

















Here he is with the rest of the girls in his band:












Insert your own comment, it's not that hard to do, especially when she's wearing this:

The Almond Sisters

What do you get when you mix endless rum and cokes, a wild pair of screaming sisters, and drunk men in a football frenzy? A new last name.

Yes everyone, football season is now in full swing and the Almond sisters took advantage of it this weekend. Down here in South Florida the big game of the weekend was the University of Miami v. Florida. The Almond sisters made plans to watch the game with a bunch of rowdy men who like to consume alcohol and get loud. This was a good plan for the sisters because they could scream and jump around as much as they wanted and they didn't look so out of character for the company they were keeping on Saturday night. And as the night wore on and more alcohol was consumed, the rowdy boys actually forgot our last name and began calling us the Almond sisters. Good effort on the part of the guys considering our actual last name begins with the letter "A," but really sounds nothing like almond.

And, now I have a full blog name to use here: Curlatini Esq. Almond. Ok, great.

So, in the end a good time was had by all and I was totally out of commission on Sunday because of my loud, screaming, jumping, and rum-drinking behavior on Saturday night. I swear, being around my sister makes me act like that. In the past few years I've thought of myself as a retired party girl, and I was totally fine with it, but this weekend I came out of retirement one last time. Like Brett Farve. I guess I'm like the Brett Farve of retired party girls. Except, I'm not trying to make a full time comeback, it takes too long to recover.

Friday, September 5, 2008

e-mail message from my moron boss

Her: Our secretary is going to calendar the Motion to Dismiss filed by the defendant. I would like to see a draft of our response by Thursday next week. The response needs to be very well written with citations to case law which defeats each allegation against the complaint. We will probably have a couple re-writes so I want to see the first one next week. Thanks

Me: That’s fine. But I don’t see what you are calendaring. There are no time deadlines with respect to motions to dismiss in state court. Once we file the reply, which will be sometime next week, we will just set it down for hearing.

Here's what I didn't tell her: thanks for telling me that the response needs to be very well written with citations to case law which defeat every element in the complaint. #1 because I graduated law school yesterday and I don't know what a citation is, #2 because I don't know how to respond to a motion to dismiss, and #3 because I usually try to compose pleadings that are not well written. Did you forget that I'm a published author and you're not??? And who is the person that routinely sends correspondence and pleadings out of this office with typos, grammatical errors and misstatements of law? Um, that's you, Ms. dumb boss.

Oh, yes, and who singlehandedly screwed up a case that this firm could potentially make a million dollars off of? That's you too. So, you know what? It might do you some good to follow your own advice and stop being a nasty, lazy moron who doesn't know anything.

And you know what else? We are insurance lawyers and I had to explain to HER the difference between contribution, subrogation, and indemnification. [If you aren't a lawyer you probably have no idea what these terms mean. But, if you are a lawyer, especially an insurance lawyer, these terms are basic. She should have learned that in year one.] I cannot believe I have to take crap from someone this stupid.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Very nice


If my Mom were walking around like this I would not be happy.
PS--You should probably ask the plastic surgeon for your money back. Your boobs look horrible.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

This is really happening

Holy crap. It's official. I'm incorporated! I am now a Professional Association. This is really happening. I guess I'll start opening the business bank accounts, and start spending to get ready to open. I can't believe this is happening!