The Bar Exam has become alarmingly real all of a sudden. The deadline for registration for the New Jersey Bar Examination is April 1st, so I printed out the TWENTY SEVEN page application today and prepared myself for the worst.
They hit me with it.
Not only do these people want to know where I've lived, worked, and attended school for the past ten years, but they want my fingerprints and my entire driver's history and five references and a confession of all my sins. It's daunting. I've been slogging away at it for about two hours now, and I'm nowhere near done.
A funny fact, though, is just how useful I find this xanga page in filling out all that information. When did I move out of that apartment I shared with Lisa? Well dammit, I can't remember. Oh, here's a xanga entry from that night. Amazing. Even if I find no time to update this xanga anymore, I will continue to mark important dates on it. Just for that purpose alone.
Today, I filled out my bar application for the NJ bar. (I have no idea when that'll come in handy. Can't hurt.)
I went to a meeting about the Bar exam and they put the fear of God (
read: State Bar Association gods) in me. Oh hell yes, I am scared straight. The fact that the lady even put married couples on notice, saying they'd better wish their hubbies and wives goodbye for a few months, made the image of a hermit-me, cowering in the shadows, clutching my books and notes, pens and pencils sticking out of the nest of unwashed hair piled on my head... a bit more vivid. Before this meeting, I was mildly bummed that it meant I
probably wouldn't be able to go to Mets games for the summer. Now, I'm beginning to fear that I won't even be able to watch them on tv. Har. Har. Okay, so yes, I'm exaggerating. I've always known the Gearing Up for the Bar would be an atrocious period of my life...
I hope I can take the structure of that lifestyle and turn it into a blessing. Daily gymming to counter the stress-eating that I'm certain will ensue.
Anyway, let it be known to the future me: Today I filled out my NJ Bar application.
That is all.
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