San Diego Wedding Photos

Grad Present

Here is my new favorite graduation present! Made by a family friend. Not really my style, but exotic in a very cool way, so I'm trying a new style...

Bye Again

Now that I've had my weekend in Oregon, I'm moving on to a weekend in San Diego for my cousin's wedding to a New Zealand basketball player! Pictures will be posted next Tuesday or Wednesday after I return.

See you then!

Weekend in Oregon

I had the craziest weekend driving up to, through, and back from Oregon. First of all, Oregon is seriously far away--I had no idea just how long it would take up I-5 just to get out of California. Second, getting sick on a trip is no fun, but having dogs get sick on a trip is even less fun. BUT, despite the long drive and wave of illness, Oregon is beautiful!

Crater Lake

Pumice Desert

River and steam

Crater Lake panoramic

Jacksonville, OR (view from my cousin's house)

I Survived!

Dear Big Wide World,

I am a bar exam survivor!

Since I lasted posted in May, I have spent nearly every waking moment this summer studying/thinking about the bar and many sleepless nights worrying/panicking/freaking out about the bar.

The bar is undoubtedly one of the nine circles of Hell. In this particular circle, sinners are forced to wake up early each day to an overpowering feeling of painful dread, as if tiny ninja butterflies wielding miniature swords were carving up the inside of one's stomach.

This dread lessens later in the day, but is replaced by the discomfort caused by the evils proctors. Evil proctors force sinners to sit for hours at a time in uncomfortable chairs in cavernous rooms under florescent lights writing and writing as fast as they can without sustenance of any kind. These proctors like nothing better than to walk by your chair the moment you become interested in your writing, and distract you by examining your ID, admission card, earplugs wrapper, or an imaginary piece of lint on the table. Don't bother giving them the evil eye: the moment you look up, they walk past as if nothing had happened.

Although Hell generously provides a lunch break, this time is merely a tease, as the majority of the break is spent trying to squeeze the hungry and thirsty crowd out of the cavernous room through one small door.

This never-ending cycle repeats Tuesday morning, Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday morning, Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning, and Thursday afternoon. Although Thursday evening brings a welcome feeling of exhilaration to the sinners, the evil proctors get the last word, as they remind us with a gleeful smile, "Don't forget to check your results in November to see if you failed!"


P.S. I think I passed.