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Saturday, February 13, 2010
40 Years
Today, February 13th, 2010 marks the 40th year anniversary of the release of Black Sabbath's self-titled debut and it is THIS album that officially gave birth to Metal. Since 1970, there have been many bands that have contributed to this great genre and they owe it all to Black Sabbath!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Thoughts on the Last 3 Years
I'm sitting at work at a small, boutique law firm in downtown Chicago, near the intersection of Madison and LaSalle (about half block from where the Dark Knight semi-truck scene was shot). I have been prepping for trial for a few days now - drafting pretrial motions in limine, preparing jury instructions, prepping our witnesses and gathering our client's medical records and bills. You see, our client crossed a busy street in an effort to catch a northbound CTA bus when a lady, the defendant, hit him head-on causing over $100,000 worth of injuries. In our view, the defendant was distracted and violently hit our client, and thus breached her duty to watch out for other drivers and pedestrians. But this morning, my boss and I walked two blocks to the Daley Center on Washington/Clark to begin jury selection. To our surprise, opposing counsel asked for a continuance because their firm's trial lawyers were all booked. Trial is set for two weeks from now.
We came back to the office and talked some strategy while drinking coffee. Another associate brought donuts today so we shared one. After our brief talk, I went into my office to the load of other work that awaits me - discovery requests, complaints to draft, demand letters to send, etc. Suddenly, I realized that this lawyer gig is for real. I have one semester left of law school. I'll take the Illinois Bar Exam in July and hopefully I'll be sworn into the Illinois Supreme Court in November. How the hell did I get here so quickly? It seems like only yesterday I was bullshitting on here and my now-defunct blog, the Metal Pundit, with BND and the other boys. Such a realization made me think back to the past three years, which have been the most difficult, painful, agonizing, yet enlightening, exciting and rewarding years of my life.
On March 2, 2007, I received an acceptance letter from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago - a 4th tier law school that produces excellent trial attorneys and legal writers (the school is currently ranked 4th in the nation for its legal writing program and its trial advocacy program is also ranked 4th).
In mid-August 2007, I attended 3 days of orientation at the school where I met the people who would become my law school comrades. Most of them are still with me while some didn't make it this far.
Late August, 2007 - On a Monday morning I walked into room 1200 - a large room where only 3 other people were sitting. I was half hour early to class. Within 10 minutes, the room swelled to about 70 students. Professor Lewis walked in at 9:00 am sharp and said:
The other first semester classes were Contracts, Torts and Legal Writing. I did well in all except for Contracts. I will not write about final exams because doing so would be like asking a prisoner to talk about the first time he got fucked in the ass by bubba.
The 2nd semester was better, although I had 1 more class than the previous one. I had Contracts II (where I redeemed myself with contract law), Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Civil Procedure I and Legal Writing II. I did well in all but Constitutional Law I, but the Professor sucked - I swear! In Legal Writing II, my writing finally clicked and I began making a name for myself at the school. 2nd semester finals weren't as anally intrusive as the 1st semester, but I'm still licking my wounds. It should be mentioned that I began drinking far more often in my first year of law school.
Summer- I took Counseling and Negotiating and Entertainment Law - aced that shit! Better yet, I got myself a JOB!
2nd year - Far easier than the first year. I had Evidence, Moot Court, Constitutional Law II, Civil Procedure II and Professional Responsibility (ethics). It all went smoothly and I actually got a hang of law school
2nd semester of 2nd year. I did a national moot court competition in Miami, Florida. Aside from that experience, I took Criminal Procedure, Workers' Compensation, Products Liability and Payment Systems. I did rather well.
2nd summer, continued working at the same firm (where I'm still at) and took Sports Law and Fair Housing. Did well.
3rd year - this year- just finished the first semester. I took Family Law, Corporations, Estates & Trusts, Accelerated Trial Advocacy and Alternative Dispute Resolution - killed it!
My upcoming final semester - I'm doing another national moot court competition. I'm taking Commercial Law online, Remedies (the law of equity), Legal Drafting and Writing for the Practice of Law. On May 23, I will graduate. In the last week of July, I will take the bar.
My journey is almost done. It has been one hell of a ride. I cannot wait until I get my license and can say I'm a lawyer. The dream is coming true...
-Lefty
We came back to the office and talked some strategy while drinking coffee. Another associate brought donuts today so we shared one. After our brief talk, I went into my office to the load of other work that awaits me - discovery requests, complaints to draft, demand letters to send, etc. Suddenly, I realized that this lawyer gig is for real. I have one semester left of law school. I'll take the Illinois Bar Exam in July and hopefully I'll be sworn into the Illinois Supreme Court in November. How the hell did I get here so quickly? It seems like only yesterday I was bullshitting on here and my now-defunct blog, the Metal Pundit, with BND and the other boys. Such a realization made me think back to the past three years, which have been the most difficult, painful, agonizing, yet enlightening, exciting and rewarding years of my life.
On March 2, 2007, I received an acceptance letter from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago - a 4th tier law school that produces excellent trial attorneys and legal writers (the school is currently ranked 4th in the nation for its legal writing program and its trial advocacy program is also ranked 4th).
In mid-August 2007, I attended 3 days of orientation at the school where I met the people who would become my law school comrades. Most of them are still with me while some didn't make it this far.
Late August, 2007 - On a Monday morning I walked into room 1200 - a large room where only 3 other people were sitting. I was half hour early to class. Within 10 minutes, the room swelled to about 70 students. Professor Lewis walked in at 9:00 am sharp and said:
A trembling voice proceeded to give him the facts of the case. She did a remarkable job until the legal analysis of the case came up. Then the Socratic questioning began. What did the judge say the applicable law is? What if instead of X, the defendant did Y? Would the law apply similarly? Why was it important that the defendant did Z? Etc, etc, etc. Two weeks later, my turn came to answer Professor Lewis' questions.
"Welcome to your first day of law school. This is Property Law. Open your case books to the first case assigned for today. Where is Ms. Cunningham? [she raised her hand]. Hello Ms. Cunningham, please tell me the facts, issue, and rule of the case, then I'll ask you about the judges' reasoning."
The other first semester classes were Contracts, Torts and Legal Writing. I did well in all except for Contracts. I will not write about final exams because doing so would be like asking a prisoner to talk about the first time he got fucked in the ass by bubba.
The 2nd semester was better, although I had 1 more class than the previous one. I had Contracts II (where I redeemed myself with contract law), Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Civil Procedure I and Legal Writing II. I did well in all but Constitutional Law I, but the Professor sucked - I swear! In Legal Writing II, my writing finally clicked and I began making a name for myself at the school. 2nd semester finals weren't as anally intrusive as the 1st semester, but I'm still licking my wounds. It should be mentioned that I began drinking far more often in my first year of law school.
Summer- I took Counseling and Negotiating and Entertainment Law - aced that shit! Better yet, I got myself a JOB!
2nd year - Far easier than the first year. I had Evidence, Moot Court, Constitutional Law II, Civil Procedure II and Professional Responsibility (ethics). It all went smoothly and I actually got a hang of law school
2nd semester of 2nd year. I did a national moot court competition in Miami, Florida. Aside from that experience, I took Criminal Procedure, Workers' Compensation, Products Liability and Payment Systems. I did rather well.
2nd summer, continued working at the same firm (where I'm still at) and took Sports Law and Fair Housing. Did well.
3rd year - this year- just finished the first semester. I took Family Law, Corporations, Estates & Trusts, Accelerated Trial Advocacy and Alternative Dispute Resolution - killed it!
My upcoming final semester - I'm doing another national moot court competition. I'm taking Commercial Law online, Remedies (the law of equity), Legal Drafting and Writing for the Practice of Law. On May 23, I will graduate. In the last week of July, I will take the bar.
My journey is almost done. It has been one hell of a ride. I cannot wait until I get my license and can say I'm a lawyer. The dream is coming true...
-Lefty
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
STFU you irrelevant slut
Is anyone else sick of listening to that BITCH Sarah Palin exploit her family just to keep her name in the headlines?
If you don't want to be the butt of people's jokes, stop being such a media whore, and stop dressing like a SLUTTY FLIGHT ATTENDANT. Also, teach your children about protected sex, and they won't get knocked up.
If you don't want to be the butt of people's jokes, stop being such a media whore, and stop dressing like a SLUTTY FLIGHT ATTENDANT. Also, teach your children about protected sex, and they won't get knocked up.
Monday, June 08, 2009
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Tea Baggin' for hypocracy
Last week, hundreds of dip shits gathered together to show the world just how petty and bitter Americans can be. The Tax Day Tea Party was held on April 15th in several cities where mainly conservative asshats held racist signs and complained about how Barack Obama is destroying this country.
First off, the main reason for the tea baggin' dim wits was to protest wasteful government spending. They mailed tea bags to many congressional offices in D.C., which then prompted HAZMAT units to respond. At the several protests held on tax day, cities had to pay more money to provide security for these morons. So let me gets this straight, You are going to protest wasteful government spending by causeing wasteful government spending? you are all jeeenyusses.
I heard several of this rocket scientists compare this event to the Boston Tea Party, because after all, they are also trying to protest taxation without representation. Wait, WHAT????
OK Einsteins, just because the person who you wanted to become president lost in a fair election does not mean that you have no representation in our government. I'm going to refuse to pay state taxes becuase I don't feel fairly represnted by our asshole tea baggin' Governor who wants to seceed from the union. I'm really looking forward to the Perry/Hutchison dual for the Republican primary next year. That ought to be very interesting.
Please share your thoughts on these total f**king idiots.
First off, the main reason for the tea baggin' dim wits was to protest wasteful government spending. They mailed tea bags to many congressional offices in D.C., which then prompted HAZMAT units to respond. At the several protests held on tax day, cities had to pay more money to provide security for these morons. So let me gets this straight, You are going to protest wasteful government spending by causeing wasteful government spending? you are all jeeenyusses.
I heard several of this rocket scientists compare this event to the Boston Tea Party, because after all, they are also trying to protest taxation without representation. Wait, WHAT????
OK Einsteins, just because the person who you wanted to become president lost in a fair election does not mean that you have no representation in our government. I'm going to refuse to pay state taxes becuase I don't feel fairly represnted by our asshole tea baggin' Governor who wants to seceed from the union. I'm really looking forward to the Perry/Hutchison dual for the Republican primary next year. That ought to be very interesting.
Please share your thoughts on these total f**king idiots.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
dzogchen zen metal
In the past two winters I have been focusing on this atmospheric "zen metal" project dzogchen. As of this morning the official site is now up and live and holding all dzogchen music and art that I have done.
New 2009 music is up and the tracks The Strong and Mind Of Fire have been early favorites with fans (all 3 of them); if you're interested, feel free to click around and give yourself time for an honest listen with the music.
I really appreciate the support from the members of this site; it's been a real treat discussing and joking with you guys, and I understand as buddies if this metal style I am working with isn't your thing. Otherwise, it's there if you guys are interested in what I've been writing, so please take a long listen when you have some time.
Looking forward to hearing from you all.Chris
dzogchen
aka Ken hwAk
http://www.dzogchenzenmetal.com/
Friday, February 13, 2009
Joke of the Day - Drunk Driving Test
A policeman pulls a driver over for swerving in and out of lanes on the highway. He tells the guy to blow into a breathalyzer.
"I can't do that, officer, I'm an asthmatic. I could get an asthma attack if I blow into that tube."
"OK, we'll just get a urine sample down at the station."
"Can't do that either, officer. I'm a diabetic. I could get low blood sugar if I pee in a cup."
"Alright, we could get a blood sample."
"Can't do that either, officer. I'm a hemophiliac. If I give blood, I could die."
"Fine then, just walk this white line."
"Can't do that either, officer."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm drunk."
"I can't do that, officer, I'm an asthmatic. I could get an asthma attack if I blow into that tube."
"OK, we'll just get a urine sample down at the station."
"Can't do that either, officer. I'm a diabetic. I could get low blood sugar if I pee in a cup."
"Alright, we could get a blood sample."
"Can't do that either, officer. I'm a hemophiliac. If I give blood, I could die."
"Fine then, just walk this white line."
"Can't do that either, officer."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm drunk."
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
One last time...
This will be the last time this is considered relevant...
He'll be out in a few days, GOOD RIDDANCE!
Friday, November 21, 2008
Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy (extended)
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