December 2008
34 posts
Marley & Me
My family just went to go see Marley & Me. I cried more than I did when I first saw the Oprah about the little asian girl who sings and loves Celine Dion and sang “My Heart Will Go On.” For those of you who witnessed that particular embarrassing moment in my life, you KNOW that is a lot of crying.
It’s a cute movie, whether or not you are a dog person, but some parts...
Christmas with the Collinses
I’m in the midst of packing for Iowa and Denver, but I am currently waiting for a load of laundry to finish. So, as my Christmas present to you, I thought I would share how my Christmas morning got started.
There has been a long standing rule in our house regarding what time we wake up on Christmas morning. Some of us (ok, me) tend to sleep in, and it drives the younger sibling (John)...
WatchHilarious.
Fortunately, the doodles are too dumb to participate in petty crime.
To all 5 of our loyal readers who complain about...
For those of you who don’t know, I will be out of town for the next week and a half or so. I will first be freezing in Iowa, and if I survive the frigid tundra known as the Great Plains, I will be “snowboarding” in Denver with my BFFs for New Year’s.
I am beyond pumped about these trips. (Seriously, BEYOND pumped. Assuming I don’t die trying to snowboard for the...
Bloc Party - Signs
Emu on the run is a deadbeat dad. →
I’m mid-panic attack about my final tomorrow. However, I just received an email from my mom with this as the subject, and I became overwhelmed with happiness. I’m still laughing hysterically. I realize not everyone has the same feelings I do towards emus, but I felt it was wrong to not immediately share this with the blog world.
(For those of you who don’t know, the young...
Elizabeth: I updated my blog. I feel like I should have fewer friends for even saying that.
Rachel: I already saw. So don't feel like you're alone in your loserness.
Elizabeth: This text exchange is going on the blog right now.
Editor's Note: The blog update, these texts, and this subsequent post all occurred within 3.5 minutes of each other.
A message to our enthusiastic fans.
Our blog is almost 48 hours old. They grow up so fast.
There’s just no pleasing the readers. First, my co-blogger and another blogging colleague complained that I was outblogging them. Then many expressed concern that these blog posts are actually indicative of what I think about all day. (They are. It is.)
But I was getting a lot of reactions and many of them made me believe I was...
WatchErnie’s first snow. I couldn’t get my camera out in time to catch him on video attacking all the snowflakes, but he’s still acting slightly neurotic here.
(Stanley is an old pro after spending last Christmas in Iowa and thought the snow was old news. He was not impressed.)
Don't worry, concerned blog fans.
Many of our new avid readers have expressed concern today that I am going to flunk out of school because it appears I’ve done nothing but blog for 24 hours. I would just like to clear the air and explain that, believe it or not, I actually have not really spent any less time studying than I normally do (apart from the initial blog setup last night).
On a typical day, I spend a lot of time...
I would like to dedicate this post to Colin.
After reading my blog for the first time earlier today, my husband informed me that I am not nearly as hysterical as I think I am. My immediate response to his harsh words was to inform him that this sudden realization must really suck for him because he was the one who was trapped for life with an unfunny wife. (Rhyming was unintentional, just an added bonus to the conversation.)
But then I...
New Daily Feature: Insightful Facts O'The Day...
We (ok, mainly Elizabeth) have decided to add a new daily feature to the blog, in addition to the Question of the Day. We will share daily fun-filled and enlightening facts that give our loyal readers some insight into why we have become the people we are today.
To date, Elizabeth Harris has had 9 pet hermit crabs. 7 of them were named Emily. (And they had roman numerals, e.g. Emily IV.) ...
16 Things it Took me over 50 Years to Learn
by: Dave Barry, Nationally Syndicated Columnist (*Posted by L*) 1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2 If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.’
3. There is a very fine line between ‘hobby’ and ‘mental illness.’
4. People who...
“I’m drinking hot tea and I need to pee, but I don’t want to mess...”
Response to Question of the Day
[Let me preface this by saying, this does not count as my much anticipated inaugural blog.]
Like I said this morning when E texted me from her room (that is about 20 feet away) teach the labradoodles to use the toilet and wipe after. That way we don’t catch the flu again when we are stuck a mile away from home taking the dogs pee (because one dog will only poop in a certain...
Question of the Day
Until just now, I hadn’t left my room all day because I didn’t want to take the doodles out to pee in the freezing cold… Does that make me a bad dog mom?
Although I am pleased to announce that they both have bladders of steel and there were no accidents, despite the delayed trip outside.
-E
Highlights of an inspirational gchat conversation...
Dave: Don't let Jim turn it into a competition by pitting your blog against mine like he did with Rapping Rodentz and Moosie.
Elizabeth: Lyndsay and I both have the attention span of houseflies. My last blog lasted 2 entries. I wouldn't worry.
Elizabeth: And Dave, we are all equal in the law school blog community.
Dave: Exactly. We can't let the evil Jim turn us against one another. Law school BFFs don't do that to one another.
Dave: So... the blog. What's your perspective?
Elizabeth: (*At this point, LW is on the computer filling in as gchat secretary) Well, Elizabeth is trying to get that humpinator song off her other computer onto this one so it can go on the blog.
[Editor's note: This fact alone is probably foreshadowing how deep and enlightening our blog will be substantively.]
Dave: Dude, I'm excited.
Elizabeth: (*E again, having successfully transferred The Humpinator to the other laptop) I love that you are giving blog advice and asked what our "perspective" is.
Dave: I'm interested to see what you come up with because I think you're both funny.
Elizabeth: Dave. You just earned a special shout out on our blog. For believing in us... as bloggers.
Dave: ... Don't be like Avery and give up overnight.
I present to you…
The Humpinator,...
Lyndsay is a backseat blogger.
Since blogging is all the rage these days on the law school internet social circuit, I made the executive decision to revive my highly successful but short-lived college blogging career. My former blog (which from here on out will be referred to as my “earlier works”) contained a grand total of two entries, but those two entries received rave reviews… Primarily from my mom. But...