Nursery Design “Board”

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Disclaimer: Not for me!

The Inspiration

My friend has requested some help putting together a nursery and we’re thinking we want to go with a yellow and grey color scheme. The above picture with this painted mountain mural is going to serve as our inspiration centerpiece and we’ll build the design out around that.

This is just an easy place to keep the inspiration portfolio together (Don’t judge me, I never liked Pinterest, sorry)

WALL MURAL INSPO

https://iqdesigngrp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/diy-tutorial-how-to-paint-a-mountain-murial-inyour-kids-room-nursery-9.png

https://www.todaysparent.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Decor_660x660.jpg

THE CRIB – BABYLETTO HUDSON 3-IN-1 IN GREY/WHITE (OR SIMILAR)

Babyletto Hudson Convertible, Grey/White, Standard UPS Delivery
https://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/babyletto-hudson-3-in-1-crib-mb/?cm_src=AutoCatRel

THE DRESSER/CHANGING TABLE

Babyletto Hudson 3 Drawer Dresser & Topper Set, Gray/White
https://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/babyletto-hudson-3-drawer-dresser-topper-set-mb/?group=1&sku=6304101&pkey=cbabyletto
Babyletto Sprout 3-Drawer Changer Dresser. View a larger version of this product image.
https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/babyletto-sprout-3-drawer-changer-dresser/3324874?keyword=dresser%20with%20changing%20table%20topper
Delta Children Saint 4-Drawer Dresser with Changing Topper in Bianca White. View a larger version of this product image.
https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/delta-children-saint-4-drawer-dresser-with-changing-topper/5555199?keyword=dresser+with+changing+table+topper&skuId=69647051

THE CURTAINS

Intelligent Design Alex 84-Inch Grommet Top Window Curtain Panels in Yellow (Set of 2). View a larger version of this product image.
Just search “Yellow Grey Chevron Curtains” on Amazon or Google
Drops Kids & Nursery Blackout Curtains - Cloud Drops
https://teepeejoy.com/products/drops-kids-nursery-blackout-curtains-cloud-drops?dfw_tracker=75871-39795600097441&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzNeD1enl8AIVDwaICR1FkAmAEAQYASABEgKatvD_BwE

THE RUG

Can’t find one I like, but look at this post for inspo

https://www.laybabylay.com/bright-airy-nursery-baby-relax-luna-collection

Final Exams Schedule

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FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE ~

  • Federal Courts: May 6 @ 12PM
    • [Review session May 3 @ 10AM)
  • Social Media and the Law: May 11 @ 6:30PM
  • Legislation and Statutory Interpretation: May 12 @ 12PM

FINAL PAPER SCHEDULE ~

  • Internet Law: Paper due April 25, 20 minute presentation due April 25
  • Matrimonial Law Practice: Final assignment due ????

 

 

3L Year – What They Don’t Tell You

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I will graduate from law school in just a few short months. Classes end on April 26th, I have 2 papers and 3 finals, and then the commencement ceremony will take place on June 5th. But between now (March 30) and then (June 5), I have a ton of things to get done. Things that my school hasn’t conveyed to us very well. Here’s what I am experiencing now, as a graduating 3L, so that I can graduate and take the July bar exam(s) on time. I’ll keep updating this as my own personal reminder/checklist – and as a wakeup call to everybody else applying who might not know some of this information. It’s kinda long – sorry. Too many things to get done!

Can You Even Graduate?

  • It is on YOU to check your transcript and make sure you completed all of your graduation requirements.
  • For my school, there is a convenient checklist here: https://stjlawstudent.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/graduation-checklist-fall-2012-through-spring-2014-matriculants-revised-pages.pdf

Yearbook Photo/Senior Portraits: Cost: $189-$499+

  • Prestige Portraits has a monopoly on these at many law schools, and they take full advantage of it. The packages are ridiculous and the pose limitation really forces you into buying one of the more expensive $300+ packages. The lowest package cost only gives you 1 pose – and if you want a senior portrait, a cap & gown pose, and a gown-only pose….you have to upgrade to the 3rd most expensive package at least. And not only will you get your 3 poses, you’ll get 234399384  extra things and more wallet-sized photos of your face than you ever needed.
  • For my law school, there was no sitting fee, but at other schools, they charge you to take the photos regardless of if you want to buy a package. It’s non-refundable.
  • You have to create an account online in order to select the photo you want your school to use in the Yearbook. Otherwise, they’ll just randomly select one for you.
  • Within the week you receive your proofs, Prestige holds a special one-time only sale offering 20-40% off their packages, and rushes you into ordering NOW or else you’ll miss out and never get that price again.
  • THEY WILL TAX YOU ON YOUR PACKAGE. AND YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY SHIPPING. The shipping part really irritates me. Most stores are generous enough to give you free shipping on $50+ (some at $100+) But no, here, you get the luxury of spending $500 on a photo package, get taxed on it, AND pay $7.50 in shipping.
  • Needless to say, I almost bought their ultimate package during their St. Patrick’s Day sale but got so pissed off about TAX and SHIPPING that I promptly closed the window with a big “no, fuck you”.

Doing Pro-Bono Hours IS NOT ENOUGH

  • In New York, all prospective lawyers are required to complete at least 50 hours of pro-bono service before they can become attorneys.22 NYCRR § 520.16
  • Once you complete those hours, you need to fill out an Affidavit of Compliance. Just doing the hours isn’t enough.
  • Maybe your school told youa bout this form, but mine didn’t. I overheard somebody else graduating mention that they hadn’t filled out their pro bono form yet – and asked them wtf they were talking about in order to figure out that there is an affidavit and I have to get mine filled out

Sign Up For A Good Bar Exam Prep Course

  • And then make sure you actually put your address on file so you get your bar exam prep books on time. Get started browsing those outlines from your 1L core subjects because you will need all the time you can get.
  • I went with Themis. I repped for them at my school, making my course free. I think their business practices are a lot more ethical and moral than Barbri, which I have SEEN is the slimiest of corporate sleazebag operations. Barbri will do anything to lock you into a contract. You will win $1000 vouchers and be obligated to take the course for $3500 (so $2000 to you), because they tell you that the price WILL ONLY GO UP, NOT DOWN. Then, one year later, the price will go down and you will be screwed.
  • Kaplan is aiight. It’s not as cheap as Themis, and it’s not as expensive as Barbri. However, Themis gives everybody the most one-on-one support from the Themis supervisors. Kaplan is bigger and doesn’t have time for that much individual attention. Kaplan, however, offers lectures in-person and online. Themis is online-only.
  • Go with the bar course that best fits how you study. Ask the representatives of all the courses to demo the course for you so you have an idea of what interface and study style you work with best.

Keep Track of Bar Application Deadlines

  • New York: The bar applications open on April 1
  • New Jersey: The bar application is already open. After April 22, the registration fee will jump from $575 to $1100.
    • You need to create an account before you can begin your application. Do that early since it requires finding a lot of things and may take some time.
    • New Jersey’s application will ask you to list what state you’re taking the MBE Exam. Make sure that if you’re taking a 2nd state’s bar exam, that they will accept the MBE taken in NJ. Otherwise, you’ll have to take the MBE in the other state and then travel to NJ for the NJ only portion of the exam.
  • You will need your NCBE number again. Login to your NCBE account if you, like me, do not have it memorized. I luckily remembered my NCBE login information because I took the MPRE over the summer – but otherwise, that’s an extra step.

Taking Two Bar Exams

  • I am taking two – New York and New Jersey – and it’s a pretty common combination. If you wanted to be rebellious, here’s how to figure out what state bar exam combos are even possible.
  • Most states give the bar exam on Tuesday/Wednesday.
  • Only three states administer essays on the Thursday after the MBE – Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Wyoming. So if you want to take two bar exams at the same time, you have to combine a Tuesday/Wednesday exam (any of the other 47 states) with the exam in one of these three states.
  • Figure out what state to take the MBE portion of your exam. For me, both NY and NJ accept an MBE taken in another state, so I can take it wherever it’s more convenient for me. Since I live in NY, I’m going to take the MBE in New York.
  • Here’s a list of states that accept MBE’s taken in another state
    • Arizona
    • Connecticut
    • Indiana
    • Kansas
    • Maryland
    • Massachusetts
    • New Hampshire
    • New Jersey
    • New Mexico
    • New York
    • Oklahoma
    • Rhode Island
    • South Carolina
    • Utah
  • New Jersey MAY switch to UBE, but hasn’t yet. Sucks. Still have to follow their current fees and deadlines so you can sit for the July bar.
  • New Jersey’s initial bar application asks you if you want to join the Laptop Program. I looked it up, and it basically asks whether you want to write your essays on a laptop or by hand. Pretty sure 99% of students use a laptop at this point.
  • New Jersey is also unique in that your character and fitness application is due before you can sit for the NJ Bar Exam – so have it prepared before the April 22 deadline if you want to submit your application for $575, not $1100.
  • NY’s site – https://www.nybarexam.org – is where you register to take the bar exam in NY. The registration is less annoying than NJ. NCBE # is required in Step 2 of registration.
  • NYBOLE (New York state Board of Law Examiners) gives you a “BOLE” ID (B########). I don’t know what it’s for, but I saved it in case.
  • More updates to come later. I haven’t started either application yet, just set up my initial accounts. NY’s doesn’t even open for another day.

Order Your Cap and Gown – and other graduation things

  • We just got an email asking us to register for our cap and gown. Rental appears to be free. SCORE.
  • You can also purchase school rings, diploma frames (Freakin $190 for mine), and graduation announcements (which are similarly overpriced)
  • There IS a deadline for this, albeit a month later. If you don’t order by April 29, they assume you aren’t attending commencement.

Tickets

  • Make sure you know how many you get them, when you get them, and where they’re distributed. Find out how to get extra tickets (at my school, all students get 10 tickets, so I’m just telling my friends to give them their extras since they are freely transferable)

 

Shopping List!

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MAKEUP TO BUY 

[ ] 20 Lipsticks – 8/20 purchased
[X] 1 Fancier Lipstick (Maroon Shade)
[ ] 3 16HR Liquid Lipsticks (Maroon or Deep Red shade) – 1/3 purchased  – for Bua
[X] 2 Eyeshadow Palettes, up to $10
[ ] 5 Eyeshadow Palettes/Makeup Kits, up to $5-$7 each – 1/5 purchased
[X] 10 Nail Polishes
[X] 1 Face Compact for medium/dark skintone
[ ] 1 Face Moisturizer – (Aveeno)
[ ] 2 Deodarant/Body Spray Sets – up to $10 each – CHECK COSTCO/WALMART
[ ] 1 Face Moisturizer for Men – for Kishan
[ ] 1 Non-Greasy Body Lotion – for Kishan

You [Cheesiness Alert]

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I wrote this for the BF on our last “monthiversary” and I think I like it enough to share here. So like..enjoy and stuff. I warn you it’s cheesy as hell though.

I trip over an unseen crack in the sidewalk,
But I don’t worry, because you’re there.
You’re there, with your hand at my elbow
Steadying me, and I do not fall.

I take off my clothes and reveal myself to you
But I don’t worry, because you’re fair.
You’re fair and you think I’m beautiful,
Flattering me and I do not blush.

I walk into a room full of strangers,
But I don’t worry because you’re there.
You’re there and you tell me I’m strong,
Boosting me and suddenly, I am confident.

I have bad days or bad moods,
But I don’t worry because you’re still fair.
You’re fair, you talk to me until I feel better, cracking jokes that
Drain my anger away, and suddenly, I am okay again.

I fall sick, and I stay in bed,
But I don’t worry, because you care.
You care when you bring me my favorite soup – chicken pho
With the extra bean sprouts, and I feel healed in body and spirit.

You’re there, you’re fair, you care.
You make my world a better place,
And my life a happier one.
You are my adventure, and you are my companion.

Summer 2015 Reading Goals

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I know there’s no Raymond Feist in this list but it’s because I obsessed over his works last year and I’ve already read all of them. To this day, The Riftwar Saga and all the other series that took place in that world are among my favorite epic fantasy novels.

ROBIN HOBB – 

  • The Farseer Trilogy
    • Assassin’s Apprentice
    • Royal Assassin
    • Assassin’s Quest
  • The Liveship Traders
    • Ship of Magic
    • The Mad Ship
    • Ship of Destiny
  • The Tawny Man
    • Fool’s Errand
    • The Golden Fool
    • Fool’s Fate
  • The Rain Wild Chronicles – DONE (Yay for Oyster unlimited)
    • Dragon Keeper
    • Dragon Haven
    • City of Dragons
    • Blood of Dragons
  • Fitz and the Fool
    • Fool’s Assassin
    • Fool’s Quest

JACQUELINE CAREY

  • Phèdre Trilogy
    • Kushiel’s Dart
    • Kushiel’s Chosen
    • Kushiel’s Avatar
  • Imriel Trilogy
    • Kushiel’s Scion
    • Kushiel’s Justice
    • Kushiel’s Mercy
  • Moirin Trilogy
    • Naamah’s Kiss
    • Naahmah’s Curse
    • Naamah’s Blessing

DAVID EDDINGS – The Belgariad (This is the series that CREATED the farmhand-turned-hero cliche)

  • The Belgariad
    • Pawn of Prophecy
    • Queen of Sorcery
    • Magician’s Gambit
    • Castle of Wizardry
    • Enchanter’s End Game
  • The Malloreon
    • Guardians of the West
    • King of the Murgos
    • Demon Lord of Karanda
    • Sorceress of Darshiva
    • Seeress of Kell
  • Belgarath the Sorcerer (Prequel)
  • Polgara the Sorceress (Contemporary tale; Polgara is Belgarath’s daughter)
  • The Rivan Codex (Non-novel companion book)

ROBERT JORDAN – The Wheel of Time

  • There are 13 books in this series and I know I’ve read some of them…but I cannot remember how many I’ve read so I have to revisit this world at some point and finish reading them. It’s a series that any true fan of epic fantasy would be ashamed not to have read

TERRY BROOKS – Shannara

  • There are something like 30 books that Terry Brooks has written that take place in Shannara
  • Just like with Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, this is a series that most people are familiar with.
  • I’ll begin with the The Sword of Shannara Trilogy and work my way from there
  • Suggested Reading Order: http://terrybrooks.net/novels/reading-orders/

URSULA K. LE GUIN – The Earthsea Cycle

  • I think I read this entire series in High School, but double check

OTHER NON EPIC FANTASY BOOKS

  • Luscious, Lexi Blake
  • Adored, Lexi Blake
  • The Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio (My inner scholar has been wanting to read this for years)

Okay so that’s close to 100 books probably. I think that’s enough for one summer! I GOT THIS.

Fun quotes.

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I like them. I am saving them somewhere.

I don’t know what type of love is this
Can you tell me where my dogs at?

Honest, so hot, mind on a comet
Fast life sometimes feel like I’m in a comic

I live the life I deserve, blessed
Fuck a vacay I feel better at work
I mean whatever it’s worth, I give whatever I’m worth

Blessings on blessings on blessings
Look at my life, man, that’s lessons on lessons on lessons

You gotta come to my side and see how we live, yeah
I cannot see Heaven being much better than this, yeah

I guess when your stars align
You do like the solar system and plan it out

No mistakes in life ever, it’s only lessons

I want to tell the world about you just so they can get jealous,
and if you see her ‘fore I do tell her I wish that I met her.
(Turn on the lights)

I love you like a fat kid loves cake. (50 Cent <3)

“Intelligent too, ooh, you my sweetheart/ I’ve always liked my women book and street smart/ Long as they got a little class like half days/ And the confidence to overlook my past ways.” (‘Fancy’)

“I love Nicki Minaj, I told her I’d admit it/ I hope one day we get married just to say we f—in’ did it/ And girl I’m f—ing serious, I’m with it if you with it/ ‘Cause your verses turn me on and your pants are mighty fitted.” (‘Miss Me’)

“Would’ve came back for you, I just needed time to do what I had to do/ Caught in the life, I can’t let it go/ Whether it’s right, I will never know/ But here goes nothing.”
(Song on Rick Ross “Teflon Don” album

“Baby you my everything, you all I ever wanted/ We can do it real big, bigger than you ever done it/ You be up on everything, other h–s ain’t never on it/ I want this forever, I swear I could spend whatever on it.” (‘Best I Ever Had’)

“Yeah, I want it all that’s why I strive for it/ Diss me and you’ll never hear a reply for it/ Any awards show or party I get fly for it/ I know that it’s comin,’ I just hope that I’m alive for it.” (‘Successful’) – But really, this entire song is amazing.

King meets queen, then the puppy love thing / Together dream about that crib with the Goodyear swing. (Real talk, I want a tire swing one day)

“You know I ain’t the type to walk around with matching shirts / If relationship is effort I will match your work.” Common “The Light”

“I wanna take your misery, replace it with happiness” 2Pac Do For Love”