Turner Falls

So I was invited to a campout up in Oklahoma by some people from the local singles ward. My bro. Jeff and I decided to go and check it out - a little place called Turner Falls.

(Prior to going we had checked out the wikipedia page, and both of us wanted to throw up. The thought of camping 'round here generally makes me want to throw up... but we do what we can.)

So we take off for Oklahoma. Right when we got off the highway we see this... so of course we took pictures. It's some sort of dirt storage thing... I guess.
Turner Falls was nice enough. Here's a shot of the actual falls:
While the falls were nice, and it was fun to get to know some new people, I'm thinking perhaps the best part of the trip was seeing the Big People in Gainsville. I discovered the RoadsideAmerica.com website this week, and I'm officially a fan. Brilliant!









And then we saw the mighty Red River. As many of those reading this have probably never actually seen the Red River before, I decided to include a picture.

All in all, I'd say it was a pretty good little adventure!

Enough is Enough

First Earth, now Jupiter! What's next, the Sun!?! Global warming is a problem not just for humans, animals, and plants, but of every lifeform in the universe. If we don't stop Global Warming in the next 5 years, our Sun will burn out in 6 billion years! If we don't do something about the Hummers and the SUVs out there, the entire universe may collapse in only 10 billion years! What about our children then? Now is the time for change. YES WE CAN!!!

*picture taken from NASA website.

Done?

I'm finally done with my Law Review packet. It was really hard to feel like I did a good job when I'm working full time and I've been trying to cram it into the evenings. But hey, I'm done, and now to enjoy the summer while studying kinda sorta part time for the patent bar. It feels really good to be done with everything intense for the first time in over a month.

Hey, so there's some really sweet movies coming out this summer, including Indiana Jones this weekend. But there's two others I'd like to point out.

This movie: Baghead, looks absolutely terrifying. At first, I thought it look retarded. Nope - scary as all get out.
This movie: Henry Poole is Here, I think looks like a really good, under the radar movie.

Reply All

So... I feel bad for people who can't figure out the difference between the Reply and the Reply All options. Admittedly, I've made the mistake before, but I'm excusing myself and anyone else who might occasionally mess up.

No, I'm calling out the repeat offenders. To these people I say, go back to your Community Center Computer Class and ask them again how to use email. And don't include me in your life.

By the way, my job rocks. But I'm exhausted trying to do this Law Review/lemming thing and work full time. Definitely not my best performance.

Back in Big D

So I'm back in Dallas, went to the single's ward today. Studied a bunch yesterday. Good times.

I did take my road bike out yesterday for about an hour - first time riding my roadie since August. So there I am riding around, trying to get used to the road bike feeling (at first it feels like you're going to fall over the handlebars), and I decide to ride around a bunch of the places I used to ride to. Well, all the countryside and fields that I used to ride around are now neighborhoods with huge houses.

Goodbye country, hello urban sprawl.

1L no more

So I took the last test of my first year in Law School today. Phew. Only 2 more years to go. Luckily, I get to spend the summer relaxing at my parents, sorta.

You see, while I'm in Dallas I'll be working in Greenville, which is about 40 miles away, so a nice 45 min - 1 hour commute each way.

Plus, the next two weeks every spare minute should be spent on my 'Journal Packet'. This is the Law School crap that professors use as sounding boards for their theories - if I do well on this packet I'll have the privilege of editing some professor's hot air, or maybe have the chance to write some of my own. For some reason people care about this crap, so I guess I will too. Why? Because I want to be a lemming, that's why.

Plus, after the Journal packet is done, that leaves me with 10-11 weeks to study for the Patent Bar. This is so I can officially submit things before the U.S. Patent office. Anyone with a scientific background can take this, but I figure getting it done with now will probably help me get a job someday. They say I need to dedicate at least 150 hours to this. I plan on doing at least that since it has a 50% pass rate.

So life's going to be busy this summer, but at least I get Momma's cooking!

Hail Alert!

Fox just interrupted a commercial to warn me of "Nipple Size Hail"!?!?
Who says that?
Oh, while I'm writing, I have a new idea: A test of competency to be able to use the 'Express Lane' at the supermarket. In other words, I had a wretched experience following an overweight woman riding a motorized shopping cart who A) Didn't follow the 20 items or less and B) Didn't know how to use the Debit card machine. So I propose that we begin testing people. It's a 1 time test - if you fail, you're sent to a stupid person line forever.