There's a show known lovingly around here as the oh-chay. In the past few weeks I have watched every episode of the season. I loved it - wonder why the ratings suffered? Taylor Townsend is the best.

But damn - do I seriously have to wait until November to know whether Marissa lives or dies? My take? It's actually Ryan in the coma and eventually, the last scene will be determined to have been a hallucination. Now why aren't I working in Hollywood when I have ideas as brilliant as that one?

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Ever wonder what they do when your apartment has a flood? Not the visible, on the floor kind, but the kinda that comes through walls and seeps down into the ceiling from an errant toilet tank up above?

They hook up all kinds of dehumidifying machines and try to replicate a desert in your place so that it dries up.

What does this mean when you're in the worst heat wave the province has seen in several years?

It means you spend a lot of time at the beach.

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No one comments anymore because of the registration thing. It's really not that bad people! I know you're lurking. One day I'll try and change it so instead of registering it's one of those weird messed up letter things that you have to type in. But I've got to do something to stop the spammers; otherwise I spend hours deleting messages advertising penile growth hormones from my archives. Why does it take hours? They only let you delete 50 messages at a time.

Anyway, a little quiz to inspire you to write. This is not a showerhead - it's a light fixture. So what's wrong with this picture? And have any of you taken Insurance Law?

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Two and a half years ago, I forced Julian to see The Notebook with me in the theatres. While some might argue that was something done in the first bloom of love, I can only say - the honeymoon continues. Recently, we went to see The Lakehouse.

Anyway, even I can admit that the Notebook was, well, overly sentimental. But now, two years later I know there was a reason behind that fateful date. It was so that when they walked into the restaurant we were eating at, and sat down at a nearby table, he knew who they were.

Yeah - it was them. My brain pretty much exploded. As others at my table will no doubt attest, my thought pattern was something like this: OMG!!!! LOL! They r so cute!!! :-) ;-) craZ kc :-0 they r 4-evah >;-0 ajsdfh!! xoxo i heart ryan and rachel @-->-- so c%l!!! sjkdfkaljsdhflabkjlkajbsdfkjasbdfaksjbdfjkasdf

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Turns out they couldn't take out the stones - there were no stones; just inexplicable gallbladder inflammation. From what I've read on Dr. Google, that's not such a good thing, but then the gallbladder is one of those unvital organs, so it's not a terrible thing.

So now I have to wait for an MRI, and/or a HIDA scan; the HIDA scan I'm familiar with from my adventures with abdominal pain in 2004. Results at that point were normal. But the MRI will be a new test for me. Unless they're the same thing - I'm not really sure. I was a little sedated when I was receiving my instructions and have been playing unsuccessful phone tag, i.e. phone wait, with the doctor.

Would you believe I actually carried my cell phone to the photocopier so as not to miss his call, but when he eventually did call I had flipped open the phone to check the time, and then mistakenly hung up on him? How's that for dumb luck? Naturally, no one picked up when I called back. But maybe that's a good thing since I just had a brilliant idea - I should ask him to try and get my records from 2004.

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I was sidelined earlier this week with a bout of intense stomach pain - the hurts to breathe kind. After a day in the ER at UBC Hospital (and being told my an ultrasound tech AND the radiologist that I had pretty innards) I was sent home with a copy of my chart and some painkillers to bring to Vancouver General on Monday so they can do a procedure which will hopefully resolve things, or might leave me in excruciating pain. Since the alternative was waiting 2 months for tests while being in excruciating pain, I opted for the former and hope to be back on my feet faster; especially since they only gave me a day's worth of painkillers.

So I used to think it would be good if we were routinely given copies of our charts, but now that I've been Googling all my test results and have diagnosed myself with at least 4 different diseases, I'm not so sure. I've become my own personal episode of House.

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In the tradition of my friend Lawyerlike, I thought I'd do a brief rundown of the courses that I will be taking this fall. Now I made a resolution awhile ago that I would not take any course with the word 'transaction' in it. It's not that transactions aren't perfectly worthwhile things, it's just that I get wary when I'm tell me that something is a really USEFUL course. Useful generally = boring. (Although I will say Tax with Brooks was reasonably entertaining).

Here at UBC, the way it works is that you get to register for a certain amount of credits at 9:01 today (really 9:00 but the server invariably freezes for a minute leaving you stressed and anxious as you watch Conflicts fill up.) So here's my list of first round picks:

Advanced Legal Research - I came late to this game, and only decided a couple of days ago that I needed to take this course. I signed up for both sections, planning to drop the one I didn't need - a little insurance because this course is very competitive. Three sections and 45 spots all full as of 9:05, but I managed to get into my section of choice (Term 1). Hmm, I only just now read that there is a difference between the two sections and that in the fall you are supervised by lawyers in private practice, and in the spring by public interest lawyers. I must admit, I chose based on timetable - I was planning to register for another seminar in the spring and thought two heavy duty research classes might be too much.

Trusts - This is one that I registered for because I said I would in my interview for a clerkship. Frankly, I have not much of a clue what trusts are all about (trust funds??), but I assume it will be USEFUL.

Advanced Criminal Procedure - Once again, another clerkship-related course.

Conflicts - This is a surprisingly popular course about interjurisdictional issues; given my interest in international law, I thought it would be ... um, fun?

Topics in Corporate Law - How could I pass up a chance to take a course on corporations from the guy who conceived the movie, 'The Corporation'? I just watched it, and seeing Professor Bakan be interviewed by Janeane Garofalo cinched it. Discussion could be challenging - I once answered a question in Federalism and he said my answer had a "grain" of logic to it.

Other courses I'm interested in:
Corporations I - Figure I might need the background, and I really like the Prof teaching it in second term; only reason I didn't register in it now is that it's a larger class and I think it will take a while to fill up.
Aboriginal Right and Treaty Rights - Sadly, it conflicts with the Corporations seminar, which is a bummer because you get to make something as your final project, and I had some great ideas re iMovie
Something about land use - there's supposedly a great seminar, but I haven't checked how it fits in with my schedule; anything except "Real Estate Transactions" (see first paragraph above.)
International Environmental Law - I'm considering it, but must be careful not to overburden myself with seminars.
Professional Responsibility - I was determined to take this but sadly it is offered only once a year, and conflicts with the Corps and Aboriginal seminars.

Any other suggestions?

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