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2L works you to death

Okay first off – several of my friends have caught me at school and said they read my blog and omg??? I love y’all. Having me like ME?? You read what I have to say??? Anywho anyway. I honestly didn’t even know what to call today’s post. I didn’t have a theme, just ramblings in…

natalie's avatar by natalie September 9, 2026September 9, 2026

congrats! you’ve been rejected

After receiving my financial aid package for the year in August I realized I had an urgent problem on my hand. I had based my budget off of last year’s financial aid (knowing that I was under the 50k cap and that the GradPLUS loans were being grandfathered out), but little did I know the…

natalie's avatar by natalie September 2, 2026

workin 9 to 5

1. Rest in peace Dolly Parton 2. I did not post last week, I took a break (I had nothing to write about honestly) 3. And 2L has begun! I am so thrilled to be back in the semester honestly. I know the entire point of my post two weeks ago was to say that…

natalie's avatar by natalie August 26, 2026

take a break

Late post today. I finished my full time internship last week, then went out of town for a few days. So, needless to say, I have been lazy. On the last day of my internship, many people asked me what was next, as the other interns (3Ls) are staying on throughout the fall semester. I…

natalie's avatar by natalie August 12, 2026

ariana what’re you doin here

Okay. Funny title. Heavy topic. And not necessarily law related. But it’s been eating (no pun intended) at me. And before anyone says anything. My qualifications on the topic are: in 2017 I almost died due to complications regarding anorexia nervosa. I was hospitalized, ripped out of everything (swim, school, social activities, everything), and began…

natalie's avatar by natalie August 5, 2026

my why

On my last post I mentioned my “why” for law school. I even mentioned I physically carry it with me everywhere. So, here it is. Early afternoon on May 24, 2024, tears were streaming down my face as I held my 4 year old dog in my arms for the last time. Every possible emotion…

natalie's avatar by natalie July 29, 2026

don’t cancel me but…

It is July 22. One full month until classes start up again. Honestly, this summer absolutely flew by. Between the world cup (with my city being one of the host cities, there was ALWAYS something going on), internships, moving, putting my dogs into training together, getting sick like three times, being concussed, the weekly cycle…

natalie's avatar by natalie July 22, 2026July 22, 2026

simlish and monarchs

It’s mid July. Seventy-five percent of the way through my summer internship. And I’m writing this while sitting in a meeting where the partners and paralegals are talking and us clerks are understanding each word individually…..but like not in the aggregate. They’re speaking sentences, in English, and I know what each word means, but as…

natalie's avatar by natalie July 15, 2026

timewarps, inconsistencies, and oci

HOW did I already manage to mess up my posting schedule??? Every Wednesday. That’s my goal. Yet I missed last week. Okay, so that is definitely hypothetical. Fun fact, I missed last week because I got a concussion while moving into a new apartment. Except the concussion wasn’t even moving related, it was when I…

natalie's avatar by natalie July 8, 2026

baby’s first trial?????

Just kidding. Kind of. I’m at a plaintiff’s litigation firm. However, in this case, we were defense. The client was a past client of ours, and the claim brought against him was frivolous. Absolutely had no grounds to it. Anyway, we were set for a bench trial. I had been working with a partner and…

natalie's avatar by natalie June 24, 2026

round spongebob

You know that SpongeBob meme where he’s all shiny and rounded and looks so uncomfy and polished? Yeah, that one. That’s how it feels being a summer clerk/associate/intern after 1L. Like my first day I walked in, three days after my last final, and was given a list of things to do, including some research…

natalie's avatar by natalie June 17, 2026June 24, 2026

the grade release

Okay. Real talk. The 1L curve SUCKS. And I have never felt more dumb in my entire life.  Everyone says it. But it’s true. It is so insanely difficult to go from doing so well, staying ahead of the curve, then boom, one grade ruins everything. And for me, that grade was Con Law. Unfortunately,…

natalie's avatar by natalie June 10, 2026June 24, 2026

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