Pure Michigan Week

Gotta love that view! This must just be a great week to be in Michigan.  After several days of thunderstorms and lots of rain, I was able to get outside for a bit and enjoy some of the sights I wrote about in my last brief update.  Today was another great day to be moving around to study because I was able to go to one of my favorite local lakes and sit with a lakeside view to study. I CANNOT WAIT to be out on that water kayaking again! #nofilter In the meantime, enjoy some #PureMichigan goodness. Created with flickr slideshow. I'm also feeling good I guess because I got the score back for my third graded essay for the Bar Review course, and I did pretty well.  Now I have an objective chart...

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Posted in: #nofilter,#puremichigan,Bar Exam,English,J-Mad,Kayak,Lake,Michigan,Pure Michigan,United States

Brief Update

Beautiful summer fields in Michigan Just like the past several weeks, this week is no different with more and more intense studying and catching up with more studying on the bar exam.  But just a brief update with that and other things happening in the world.  My goal with these bar exam updates is to start with something positive, acknowledge a bit of stress (because this is real life), and then end on a positive note.   First, the good stuff happening.  Although I am not able to enjoy as much of the summer right now as I would like, I have been able to take advantage of some nice things.  A walk yesterday evening revealed that beautiful shot above of the rolling summery fields and a bright blue sky.  It's...

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[I'm Definitely Not] Watching the World Cup [during the Bar Exam]

Celebration in Madrid when Spain won the 2010 South Africa World Cup Since last week Thursday, the whole world has basically been obsessed with one thing: soccer.  More specifically, the World Cup being held in Brazil right now.  Soccer can actually be pretty cool on multiple levels, despite what most Americans think. It's just a liiiiittle bit better In one of my favorite reads from undergrad, How Soccer Explains the World shows how soccer represents globalization in practice, as "an expression of the social, economic, political, and racial composition of the communities that host both the teams and their throngs of enthusiastic fans." Soccer, as explained by The Onion. But more importantly, I remember how...

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Posted in: Bar Exam,English,Fútbol,Ghana,Iran,J-Mad,John Oliver,Michigan,Nigeria,Soccer,Spain,Stephen Colbert,Summer,United States,World Cup

Work a Little, Bar a LOT

"I am Atlas at this, manage to balance massive masses uponmy back without tiltin' my glasses" ~ Lupe Fiasco Since graduation in May, I've taken a break from jetsetting, travels, and beautiful Geneva to take on the beast that is bar exam studying.   (no wonder Stephen Colbert says bears are the #1 threat to America) Basically, going through the bar review course means lots of reading, video lectures, and learning all the stuff that I learned and forgot since 1L year.  But, at this point, it's all about just pushing through the material with purpose and focus...  ...With some Chris Trager-like positivity... And a dash of that Tom Haverford sparkle and Leslie Knope excellence. We just might...

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