pieper people pass

two months of Pieper bar prep lectures . . . $2595

ny bar exam registration + computer use . . . $350

round trip peak train fare to nyc to take the stupid exam . . . $19.50

craft supplies from michaels . . . $6.39

having an "i <3 troy" t-shirt to wear to the ny bar exam . . . priceless

I am so lame on so many different levels.

Three days of bar exams start in less than 24 hours . . . wish me luck!

i think i was just due for a pre-bar exam breakdown . . .

but this video made me cry like a baby.



The spelling is horrible, but the video is so worth it . . . I want a pet lion!

Back to mnemonics . . .

one week closer to argentina . . .

um . . . and the bar exam. But I still found it necessary to take this quiz, out of morbid curiosity. Too bad I'd have to die to cash in on that $4290 . . . I could definitely use it just about now . . .


$4290.00The Cadaver Calculator - Find out how much your body is worth.

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i'm losing it . . .

Pretty much everyone who reads this won't get this, but I got way too excited yesterday when Briton was giving me directions and told me to "turn left on Carman Avenue."

I know "Your Name Here" is actually referencing Carmans Road ("there's no such road as Carmans Avenue, but 'Road' doesn't rhyme with 'you'" . . . thanks, John Nolan), but whatever.

in honor of the dark knight

and since I was appalled that Briton had never even heard of this movie, let alone seen it, I present to you the finest moment of Christian Bale's career.



God I love this movie, even though I guess there's a reason why Christian Bale doesn't talk about it . . . and it starts at 2:11 . . . hahaha

quote of the day!

two things that made me laugh out loud today:

Me (9:59:53 PM): do people not drink in eastern PA? haha

My Totally Joking Friend (10:00:16 PM): haha they do! i went to college here!

My Totally Joking Friend (10:00:27 PM): omg, maybe i drank all of it!!!

and from Colleen on my MySpace page (even though this story actually made me really sad, her comment about it had me in hysterics). . .

Did you know Steven Page was arrested on cocaine charges?! Guess that's what he did with his million dollars...

for briton!

So . . . I didn't actually watch this whole video, but I did skip to the end and it has Paul's phone number.



So I suppose we could just call him and ask him if he's the mole.

Wikipedia is amazing . . .

And I'm back to work now. And by "back to work" I mean back to attempting to read the notes that I've been sitting here trying to read for the past three hours and that I'm still not done with. Two more weeks!

happy things that becky needs

because let's face it, nobody wants a bullet in the head!

• Becky needs Derek Jeter.
• Becky needs a boy named Tim.
• Becky needs to pass the NJ and PA bar exams.
• Becky needs to start a new Scrabulous game.
• Becky needs some ice cream.
• Becky needs to relax and watch a movie.
• Becky needs to have some fun.
• Becky needs August 1.
• Becky needs to watch the Yankees.
• Becky needs to listen to "Kareem Abdul Jabbar" by Kevin Devine and to laugh about it.
• Becky needs some cheese fries from Houlihans.
• Becky needs a Law Review reunion.
• Becky needs to force a win against Irina (or maybe she doesn't, but doesn't everybody?)
• Becky needs to go back in time and get a piece of cake from Renato's graduation party.
• Becky needs a drink.
• Becky needs a Friends movie to be made.
• Becky needs to give Catch-22 another chance because it's really a great book!
• Becky needs to go driving through Levittown (and maybe other LI towns?) looking for people's houses.
• Becky needs to finally meet the real Dan.
• Becky needs a copy of the table of consanguinity.
• Becky needs a Mustang.
• Becky needs to make some more witty comments about Troy for me to put in my away messages.
  
• Becky needs a half-priced milkshake from Coldstone.
• Becky needs to come back to NY because life is more fun when she is around!
  

no really, i'm fine

The Spill Canvas won Yahoo's "Who's Next" contest for the last month. Check them out, they're pretty awesome.



I always expect their lead singer to be hot and then get really disappointed when he's not. Buuut he did write one of my top five favorite songs of all time (I think it makes the cut . . . maybe not, but it's definitely top 10) and two others that probably would fit in my top 20. And they have a song that starts out with the line "fate is an elegant cold-hearted whore." And their latest album and E.P. were titled "No Really, I'm Fine" and "Honestly, I'm Doing Okay", which I think are awesome titles. So I suppose all of that makes him sufficiently attractive to me. Anyway. Check them out, watch the video, and if you like what you hear, you can check out my muxtape page, which includes my other "top 20 worthy" song of theirs (Boo for not being able to find an mp3 of "All Hail the Heartbreaker" to link to).

this is officially the coolest site ever

Because we're officially halfway done with 2008 and because I'm officially keeping track of my 2008 soundtrack as the year goes by this time instead of trying to compile it in December and because I will officially be done with all three days of the bar exams three weeks from today and that thought makes me happy (and also terrifies me), and because I am obsessed with the idea of this site (even though hardly any of the music files on my computer are .mp3 files and I had to spend about 15 minutes downloading mp3s of these songs just for the site and I still couldn't find a couple of them that will definitely make the mix) . . . I present to you my official 2008 soundtrack . . . or the first half of it, at least! (Check back in December for the explanations of why these made the mix . . . I've wasted enough time already!)

Click here to listen to it!

1. The Fear You Won't Fall - Joshua Radin
2. Say - John Mayer (not on Muxtape)
   
3. Me vs. Maradona vs. Elvis - Brand New
4. A Bad Dream - Keane
5. All Over You - The Spill Canvas
6. Hey Beautiful - The Solids (How I Met Your Mother theme song)
7. Love Song - Sara Bareilles
8. Himerus and Eros - The Spill Canvas
   
9. Stop & Stare - OneRepublic
   
10. Violet Hill - Coldplay (not on Muxtape)
    
11. The Time of My Life - David Cook (not on Muxtape)
    

my life according to google

1: Type in "[your name] needs" in the Google search:
Kerri needs to know when, where, and to whom to deliver the raffle tickets to . . .

2: Type in "[your name] looks like" in the Google search:
Kerri looks like she doesn't want to touch Pete

3: Type in "[your name] does" in Google search:
Kerri does not have any contacts at this time.

4: Type in "[your name] hates" in Google search:
Kerri hates the Ohio State Buckeyes.
(I resent the fact that for this one, it asked me if I meant to type "Kerry hates". Buuut, maybe it's just Google's way of telling me that Kerris are too happy to hate anyone or anything :) )

5: Type in "[your name] goes" or "..has gone" in Google search:
Kerri goes from frumpy to yummy mummy.

6: Type in "[your name] loves" in Google search:
Kerri loves Michael.

7: Type in "[your name] eats" in Google search:
Kerri eats my food.

8: Type in "[your name] has" in Google search:
Kerri has recently launched her own line of Big Game Lures.

9: Type in "[your name] will" in Google search:
Kerri will speak out on the controversy surrounding Paris Hilton's new found faith and her insights on how to survive in Hollywood's secular climate . . .

10: Enter name in "Images" search:

love it!!

annnd maybe I should do some work now.

"i'd say get a monkey, and just torture the hell out of it"

So I was attempting to find the theme song from MTV's "The State" on mp3 so that I could do one last "bonus round" trivia contest, since clearly my last one was too easy, and I don't know that ANYONE who reads this would have gotten "The State." I did find it, but I got very sidetracked when I discovered the trailer for The Ten



which I promptly ordered from amazon.com. Adam Brody? Liev Schreiber? Paul Rudd? Directed by David Wain? WHY HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS MOVIE?

The State's official website also reported that they actually made a box set of the entire series




but MTV is dragging their asses with releasing it. There is pretty much no price that I wouldn't pay for that box set. It's that brilliant. Nerve & IFC agreed, with four of The State's skits appearing in their "50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time" list.

I could sing The State's praises all day, but I have this little test in 3 1/2 weeks that I should be studying for, so I'll just leave you with my two favorite sketches (God, it's like choosing between children):


Porcupine Racetrack

and


Louie & the Last Supper

tv theme song trivia: now with 100% more sound clips

Apparently my TV theme song trivia was too easy! They've all been correctly guessed now, so scroll on down and check it out if there were any that stumped you.

I thought I'd be all clever and post a bunch more TV theme songs with sound clips instead of lyrics to make it even more challenging (although I think that my last post was easy enough that nobody had to resort to googling until after the fact). Hopefully this works!

Annnnnd.... less than an hour later, they're all guessed. The names of the shows and the guessers (or the Gessers, haha) are listed below.

1. Number One - How I Met Your Mother - Briton



2. Number Two - Futurama - Pat



3. Number Three - Boston Legal - Briton



4. Number Four - 24 - Pat



5. Number Five - Alias - Michelle



6. Number Six - Baywatch - Michelle



7. Number Seven - Dawson's Creek - Pat



8. Number Eight - Beverly Hills, 90210 - Michelle



9. Number Nine (since Pat was upset it wasn't on the last one) - Charles in Charge - Pat
   



10. Number Ten - Doogie Howser, M.D. - Michelle
    
    
11. Number Eleven (I used to hear this song playing downstairs while my parents watched it as I tried to go to sleep) - Dallas - Eric
    



12. Number Twelve - The OC - Michelle



13. Number Thirteen - Everybody Loves Raymond - Michelle



14. Number Fourteen - Married, With Children - Michelle



15. Number Fifteen - Smallville - Michelle



16. Number Sixteen - Lost - Briton



17. Number Seventeen - Step by Step - Michelle



18. Number Eighteen - Tiny Toon Adventures - Michelle



19. Number Nineteen - House - Michelle



20. Number Twenty - Different Strokes - Michelle


Oh, and as a bonus, because I CANNOT BELIEVE I LEFT THIS ONE OUT (I blame the site I stole the mp3s from) - The Office - Briton :

maybe i'm just losing it from doing too many pmbr questions

But I laughed a lot at this question.

Ricky, a New York city policeman, was relaxing in his living room when his wife entered and asked what he'd like for dinner. Ricky replied, "Ethel, next door." Startled Lucy asked Ricky what he meant by that remark. Ricky then said, "Look, I've had the 'hots' for Ethel for a long time. I've got this burning desire to go next door and rape her." As Ricky was about to walk out the door, he turned to Lucy and said, "You want to come along and watch?" Lucy shook her head as if to say okay and followed him next door.

Moments later, Ricky rang the doorbell and Ethel came to the door. After entering her home, Ricky grabbed Ethel's arm and began to rip off her clothes. Terribly frightened, Ethel pleaded with Ricky to stop. As he continued to assault her, Ethel then turned to Lucy and said, "Please tell him to get off me." Lucy, who despised Ethel, simply stood by and told Ricky, "Do it, honey . . . do it." Ricky raped Ethel repeatedly and afterward threatened to kill her if she told anyone."

Because I'm sure you're all dying to know what happened . . . Lucy should be found guilty on a charge of raping Ethel because, with the intent to have Ethel raped, she shouted encouragement to Ricky.