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Midwest Attorney trying to navigate the waters of life
Each person feels pain in his own way, each has his own scars.
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Admission in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Here is the interesting thing. Why does my situation do such a good job of making me feel foolish? Why does every job in the law that I take feel worse and worse? I think, if I am going to be b...
Repeat After Me in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
To combat the constant miscommunication between Chinese Boss and myself; to combat my brutally mean to self nature; to combat the tragedy of my daily experiences.... I need to keep repeating: I a...
Untitled in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
I think at this point, I’d rather be fired. Chinese Boss asked me to write a personal statement for someone. I responded back (1) the law states that it must be a first person account from the p...
Of All The Days in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Christ. Of all the days for shit to become even more fucked up. God dammit. Crazy client this morning. Chinese Boss wants me to finish 4 major products TODAY BY 2 PM. White Boss has assigned ...
Monday. Monnnnnnnnnnnday. in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
It is a gray drizzly day out here in Downtown Des Moines. Though, I will admit… I checked the weather to make sure that wasn’t just my perception. The Solheim Cup is this week and it is being pl...
Twitter: Dark in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
I know the world is burning. I can smell it in the air. But my Orange Lantern tendencies are coming to the surface. What I want? Four things. (1) I want a therapist to help me with my compuls...
The. WEEKEND in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Due to the fact that no matter what I do, my wife is put off by my snoring… when I came home from work last night, I set up the guest room. And slept there. Yes, I do miss sleeping next to my w...
Rough in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Last night before leaving Work to do The Event; I e-mailed my Wife. We see each other so briefly these days and whenever we do, I’m tired and she’s surly. So I e-mailed her. I don’t know if/whe...
Feeling Grumpy in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Today I am feeling grumpy. Last night, apparently, I snored too loudly. So I started my day with my wife expressing how extremely upset and tired she was because I was snoring. I then drive an h...
Mixed Bag in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Work is a mixed bag today. Busy, not busy, winning, not winning. Just.... a day. Started the day with oversleeping. Because I didn’t oversleep at first. You see, last night I woke up at 3 am. ...
Just Venting in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Gr. My wife’s negative feelings come out sometimes at the wrong moments. Last night? I told my wife of the Bachelor Party through the photographs. She did say I had a better face than many of t...
Seven Thousand Feet Up in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
So much to write, so little time. Thursday early morning, I flew out of Des Moines to Phoenix, then Phoenix to Jackson, Wyoming. I live in Iowa. I have lived between 500 feet and 1100 feet elev...
Juxtaposed Symmetry in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Pay no mind to the title. Just… playing with words. Random thoughts I am never happier nor more in love than waking up beside my wife, seeing her sleeping, and being happy in that moment. And l...
Unsuccessful in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
I have three days to rack up 20.9 billable hours. That means I should average about 7 billable hours per day. The good news is… one of the other attorneys around here needed me to cover two of h...
Inappropriate Confession in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
I don’t know why, but something that comes into my head periodically… (I mention it because it popped into my head today)… I wish I had someone who would participate in dirty story play with me. ...
Not A Real Entry: Financial in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
The stereotype about lawyers is that “Lawyers are wealthy” The unfortunate truth is that such a claim is “hit or miss” at best. While there are lawyers who “don’t get out of bed for less than $10...
A Gloomy Wednesday in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
I don’t know how the weather is where everyone else is; but it has been gray and wet most of the day. Hopefully, that wet got to where it needed to go because after some scorchingly inappropriat...
Head: Explode in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
IN AN ATTEMPT TO TRY TO BE MORE POSITIVE I SHALL START THIS ENTRY WITH GOOD NEWS: I am slaying it with Billable Hours this week so far. 13.1 hours of billable work so far this week. That is aft...
Interesting in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Today proves to be… somewhat interesting. I have to re-form an Academic Speech for Law Students into a Narrative Speech for Undergrads. Additional trick: The undergrads don’t speak English. Add...
TWITTER: Silver Lining in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
(1) Last night my Wife and I were watching Daredevil on Netflix. Matt Murdock is leaving the courtroom, looking nice in a suit, standing in front of the big steps outside that lead up to the bui...
Not A New Sentiment in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
First: The good news. I’ve boiled my billable hour workload to 8.7 Hours. The joy of researching Felony Cases, I suppose. So… in the next 14 hours, I need to accrue 8.7 billable hours. As I t...
Bullet Point For No Raisin in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
I wish I had the emotional energy to just read a whole bunch of Prosebox and get a full picture on how y’all are doing. I’m in that weird place at work. I have one client with 10 cases… but h...
Learn in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Interesting thing to learn: Defense work is primarily a waiting game. Wait… then act. IF NO Clients: Wait for someone to break the law. Wait to get appointed or hired. Wait for the County to fil...
Court Days in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
This morning, I had a court appearance. So I got in at 8, court at 9 and was back in the office by 10:30. I had a bit to do today. I suppose there was enough to stretch it to maybe 4 hours. B...
Those Thoughts in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Mondays suck. Not that such a profound and sweeping generalization is really something to break down but… they suck. For some weeks, Monday is when everything hits the fucking fan. That was l...
