I'm gonna go with Tolkein...

...and call today the coming-of-age day. 33.

It doesn't feel like that big a day to me ... ten days from today will be much more important, the day I sit for the bar. Or rather, the first of two days I sit for the bar.

Reviewing my notes, getting my mind straight for it ... note to self, get the car serviced before driving it up to Albany ... trying to make sure the little things are taken care of. Like the bar ticket, pens, pencils, pencil sharpener, that sort of thing. Hotel room reserved, all that taken care of ...

...okay, so I'm a little nervous. I'll celebrate when it's over. No, I'll celebrate if when I get the letter saying I passed.

In the meantime, I'll say thanks ... to the LJ Fairy, to everyone wishing me well today ... I may be flaky, but I got a good bunch of buddies. :)

Close entry.

Why I'm not joining the ribbon meme

Would do the thing with the rainbow marriage ribbon meme, except for a coupla things:

1: I want nothing to do with the four-letter L-word on this day.

2: If this country is going to hell, then I guarantee it won't be because of who is or is not allowed to get married.

I can just see trying to explain it to my kids ... "...but Daddy, why did it matter so much? Timmy can't bring lunch to school because he says his parents need to save money for Emily's medicine; Heather's grampa has to go to a sick home but he can't afford to; Neela got sent to the principal's office yesterday because she wouldn't say the Lord's Prayer before first period, and the teacher said she was going to hell, and she said that she was a Hindu, and the teacher called her an idolator; and Mahmoud's daddy got taken away by men in dark suits last week, and nobody will tell him or his mommy why..."

*sigh* You think I'm kidding?