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Wordless Wednesday: A pirate’s life for me

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:20:54 +0000

Pirate attack by ~pbario on deviantART

Wordless Wednesday: When we was

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:29:28 +0000

Law students v. bills, bills, bills

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:49:02 +0000

In addition to the California Barzam in July, one of the things facing us 3Ls after graduation is that small slip of paper that stuck us with a ginormous amount of debt that we will probably be paying off for the next, oh, bajillion years or so.

True, we have more options now with income-based repayment, and loan forgiveness for those of us entering public service jobs, but that doesn’t make the debt monster any less scary, especially when the countdown clock to when the debt monster needs to feed starts the minute we flip our tassels.

Right now, I’m watching the Boyfriend – who took the July 2011 California Barzam – watch the calendar as he scours job postings for any available district attorney job in California. With each day that passes, that date when loan payments must start comes closer and closer, even though an actual, paying job is literally and figuratively miles and miles away.

Scary.

There is some comfort, however, knowing that law students are not alone in their struggle with student debt. Apparently, a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Miami International University of Art and Design is almost as costly as a law school edumucation. Grad Franchesca Leigh Ramsey owed more than $100,000 in student loan debt by the time she finished her studies there.

But rather than blog about her fears and frustrations, she channeled Beyonce.

I would generally agree that dancing and singing to Ms. B does have cathartic value.

But where girls may run the world in The Fierce Ms. B’s version of it, debt will probably run mine and many other graduates’ post-grad world for the foreseeable future.

Yup. That means bills, bills, bills.

Video via Good, based on “Countdown” by Beyonce

Wordless Wednesday: Waiting

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:57:39 +0000

Photo The Last Tree by *angelreich on deviantART

Wordless Wednesday: Wish I was the moon tonight

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:10:18 +0000

Artwork via i.imgur.com

Wordless Wednesday: There’s something good coming, there has to be

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:33:24 +0000

Painting “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” by Friedrich Casper via artchive.com

Happiness is: A dog in a swing

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:45:28 +0000

How do I stay happy in law school? Coffee, the Boyfriend, Turbo Kickboxing, Zumba, Chuck, Grey’s Anatomy, Bones, Castle, and videos like this one.

This song always reminds me of summer

Tue, 18 May 2010 23:54:58 +0000

1L done, and I’m feeling good!

Fri, 14 May 2010 22:14:40 +0000

After a three-hour Contracts final, I am officially done with my first year of law school! Wooohooo! Feeling good does not even begin to describe it!

Four chords are all you’ll ever need!

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:48:56 +0000

I come across awesome stuff like this little vid all the time in class during breaks from my arduous, Red Bull-infused study marathons, so I figure I should at least share some of the awesomeness with you.

Also, I haven’t been posting here as often as I would like, but look for posts sometime soon about the Blawgirl’s experience in her law school’s 1L Oral Advocacy (Moot Court) Competition, her plans for summer, and her thoughts on the close of her 1L year!