The Trial

"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company." - George Washington (1732 - 1799)

I was reading some tips about blogging and my favorite was to not write about your cat. It made me laugh. Then I learned a new word I wanted to share and decided to break that rule right off. The word is ailurophiles, meaning "lovers of cats." I can't pronounce the word nor do I consider myself one, but I think it is neat that a word exists for such people.



Sunday I had lunch with Ericka at a cool hippie coffee shop near St Eds. I don't remember the name though. The food was good and I had bottled coke which is my favorite. Danny and Oscar headed out for their 3rd day of ACL. Bloc Party is playing today and I am starting to really like them.





I had to show up to work on Sunday to meet with the clients and prepare for trial. [Wow I sound so important now, huh?] I came in an hour early to try and do some of my own reading and catch up on what is going on since I feel like I jumped on to a team that is in the 4th quater already and the game is tied up and I know none of the plays. Texas makes you think football.




Monday we started our ALJ trial. I'm going to talk about my experiences, but I wanted it noted that I won't give any details about the case or anything that would be inappropriate. This is all new for me, but the experience was thrilling. I showed up to work at 8am and we headed for the hearing. I performed a support role. It brought back memories of debate and let me know that being a lawyer is exactly what I want to be doing. The competitiveness is really intense.

I need to run