about me

7 Things You May or May Not Want to Know About Me

1. I am getting married

In June of 2006 my awesome fiancee, then boyfriend proposed after I returned from a two week trip from England.    In April of 2008 he re-prosed at the Jamaica Pond, our favorite spot. 

We will be getting married in 2010.  Why the 4 year engagement? When we first got engaged I was not in law school.  I had intended to start law school in the fall of 2008.  Things change, and I ended up attending fall of 2007.  Although many people are capable of planning a  wedding during law school, I am not.  My family is huge.  This will be a 200 person budget wedding.  Oxymoron much? I know.  

After 4 long years, my wedding feels just moments away.

2. I am a law student

I started law school in 2007.  I started as a night student and intended to work full time through the whole ordeal.  However, my wonderful job and annoying law school did not work out as it was supposed to and I left it my job.  I had trouble finding a full time job to work out, so I decided to go to school full time to finish faster. 

I may have mentioned this, but I hate law school.  I am not type A.  I do not want to be the best, and I certainly do not want to be the best at everyone else's expense.  Although I desperately want to do well in school, I want to do my best, I do not strive to do better than everyone else.  Which to do well in law school, to thrive in law school you must.

That's just not who I am.  I believe in empowerment through one's own actions, not the disempowerment of others. 

3. I live with my fiancée and two monsters dogs black labs.

In June of 2006, just after getting engaged my fiancee and myself set out to find two dogs.  We definitely wanted to adopt.  Our only caveat to this search was we did not want a pit bull.  (We both love pit bulls, but we knew that being 21, and adopting out first dogs as adults would mean they would have training difficulties and people have such fear of pit bulls. A giant goofy lab escaping you yard and tackling a neighbor is funny, but when its a pit bull its a different story.)

We found a black lab in Arkansas that was a year old and scheduled to be put down the next day.  Through Tammy Hood the Arkansas Rescue dog underground railroad we saved Dana.  We asked that any young male dog she got along with be sent for the ride.  Tammy said "well, there is one but he's a fireball."  We did not take this seriously.   We said send him on up.  'He is a fireball' is an understatement.

Although they are better. My dogs are sweet monsters.  They are loving, and kind, and gentle and sweet.  However they have no manners.  Not a single one. They bark, lick, jump, wrestle, and steal food.  Basically my dogs are brats. 

4. I used to love to shop

By 2005 I had 20K in credit card debt due to shopping.  Its gone. So I don't shop anymore, but I pretend to shop. I search and window shop and I online window shop... but I rarely buy.  Its really unfulfilling.

5. I am a member of an amazing online community which has culminated in Thundersquee.

I met a group of women on the now defunct Mollygood.  You can read all about who we are and how we met at the history of the hags. After Mollygood closed we decided to maintain the community and started a blog called thundersqee, the sound we would all make simultaneously if we ever met Christian Bale. 

6. I am a Geek

Buffy, Angel, Reaper, Supernatural, Heroes, Chuck, Dollhouse, Tru Blood, Harry Potter, Twilight, Wicked, Eragon.  You name the geeky fantasy, I probably like it.  Its embarrassing, yes.  

7. I hate chocolate

I do.  I only eat it if its with something else I like, such as mint chocolate chip.  Everyone I ever tell that looks at me like I have 3 heads.  They have my whole life.  The sad part? I think chocolate looks delicious.  I want to eat it.  Every time I do, I regret it.  I hate it.