Sometimes my computer becomes convinced I live in Canada. It doesn't happen every day, but today is a Canada day. Google and Yahoo both are the Canadian version. I play along because I figure there is some mystical power at work (probably a computer virus), but between you and me, it's annoying.

I wish some of you watched Lost so we could talk about the season finale that aired last night. I ended up looking for some online discussion last night, but the 2 sites that I like to visit that are Lost related crashed. Seems I wasn't the only one who needed to discuss their favorite show with strangers.

Harvey Korman died yesterday, and when I read the news on Yahoo!Canada this morning, I let out a passionate, "Oh, no". I had a bit of a crush on him. Reading the brief article, it sounds like he was the very definition of "a fighter". I wonder if he has an autobiography-or if there is a bio in the works?

And the last thing I want to share with you is the progress in Lily's aggressive behavior. I tried to find some techniques from Cesar Milan aka the Dog Whisperer. He doesn't give great advice---he says to be a gentle, calm leader. What the hell does that mean? (It means he has services for sale and if he gives away all of his insight, he will have no buyers.) So I tried the few things I did find in the way of instructions on his blog and in the short clips available online. I made a nearly fatal mistake yesterday by grabbing the food bowl away from Lily because she was growling--Lily bit me, and luckily for me it did not break the skin. There were two teeth marks left--the pointy (incisor?) teeth, and one of them was directly over a major vein on my hand. I could have died, people. It really hurt my hand--I can still feel it today-although there are no marks left. Veins are important.

I will keep trying to rehabilitate Lily.

Oh, and studying for the bar is slow work for me because I cannot get into the studying groove. And I think I will stay here until August even though my lease ends in June. So I am off to the leasing office to extend my lease for a few months. I hope all of my fellow students with jobs lined up are grateful. I have gotten several messages back from the federal positions (paralegal) that I applied for, and I didn't score high enough. What!?! They must rank experience higher than education which I understand but also find ridiculous. I was thinking yesterday how some of my past colleagues had tons of teaching experience but were truly awful teachers, yet they would get hired over someone with no experience--who could potentially be the next movie subject a la all of those movies about teachers who teach at shit holes and inspire their students to stop their wayward ways and become scholars. Whatever. I guess I will have to apply for firm jobs after all. I'm leaning towards family law--the pay is less, but the cases are more compelling (read: interesting). I did pretty well in my Securities Regulation class, but when I think about doing that type of work for 10 hours a day, my bones get angry. Family law--high drama. I'm used to high drama. I can get behind a crazy client bent on revenge against his/her cheating spouse. I feel them. A corporation that wants to issue new stocks and needs to advertise within the law? Boring!

Your neighbor from the great white north, eh!
rp