90s TV...Revisited

First of all, I'd like to give a shout out to one of my very best and oldest friends, Jamie Linenberg.

Today is her birthday! We have been best friends for almost ten years, and she is a very important part of my life. I'm so excited to be able to be in the same city with her this summer- we haven't been in the same city for an extended period of time since high school!

Now, onto my thoughts that you have been waiting days for. So last night I was laying in bed, unable to fall asleep (probably due to the fact that I slept til 12 and was in bed by 11..therefore being awake for less than 12 hours,) and I started thinking about the shows of our youth. But let's revisit them...because if I were to see these on TV now, I think I'd view them a little differently For example:

1) Full House

I don't know anyone that didn't love this show. But lets be serious for a second. It is about a family, headed by three, single men...in SAN FRANCISCO. Gay, gay, gay. You know if this family were real, every single person that met them thought Danny and Joey and Uncle Jesse were on the down low. At the very least, Danny and Joey. Uncle Jesse had Becky after the first season or two. But Danny and Joey? Joey NEVER dated anyone. And Danny used Vicki as his beard for a bit. One episode they even dressed in DRAG for their college reunion (allegedly to spy on their rival sorority.) Nice try boys. You live in San Francisco. Feel free to show who you truly are.

2.)Saved By The Bell

I don't know about you, but I grew up assuming this was what high school was like. You were BFF with your principal, and you could segregate and label students into their cliques pretty easily. (Jocks always wore their wrestling jerseys to class, nerds ALWAYS had glasses and suspenders, and the pretty girls were cheerleaders.) And you always had a token black girl in your group. (Yay me!) But lets think about this for a second. Zack Morris, aka Preppy, the stud, the trouble maker. Always in and out of the principal's office. Somehow, I feel like in real life, Zack would never be in the principals office as much as he was. He did things like run money schemes and look up girls skirts. He went to a PUBLIC high school in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Im gonna assume the kids in the principals office in a public school in SoCal are doing a little more than profiting off Screech's Grandma's Spaghetti Sauce. (The sauce you can have, but the secret? She's a mine!) They're probably smoking all kinds of illegal drugs, and being part of the Crips and Bloods. Zack would have never made it through the door.

PS- Best line of that whole show- Jessie when she's popping speed to study- "I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so....SCARED!"

3.)Doug

Now Doug was one of Kristof and I's all time favorite shows. We always got hype because it was set in Bluffington, which we equated with Bloomington (Whats up IU!) Thinking about it now, Skeeter was totally the token black friend. And he used to honk his nose and go "Skeet Skeet!" Which was all too innocent then. But rap music has now made that a tad inappropriate. Doug was wagon because he always made it through his ethical and moral dilemmas by writing in his journal, and with the help of his altar ego Quail man. But how about Roger Klotz? Sorry to say it, but he was totally white trash. He actually lived in a trailer park. He rolled around in his leather jacket and bullied everyone. Not to mention he used a cat as his sidekick. A CAT. Sick. Roger was so beat.

Mr. Dink was totally the next door neighbor who was stoned all the time. He never made any sense. And Doug's sister, Judy. Also a future pothead who thought she was so smart and artistic. And Beebee. She was rich and spoiled and the Paris Hilton of Bluffington. I actually have this show on DVD I got it for Christmas a few years ago. So great.

4.)Rugrats

I loved this show. I actually don't have much to say about Rugrats except for Angelica was SUCH a bitch. Like she sucked. And Phil and Lil's mom might actually have been a lesbian. Did you notice she always repped the womens symbol on every article of clothing? And her hair was always cut super short. And she was always in a hurry to go to a racquetball game. And she totally emasculated her husband every chance she got. Just saying.

5.) Home Improvement

First thing I think of when I think of Home Improvement is JTT. The second thing I think of is how every single episode, Tim the Tool Man Taylor was causing major damage blowing something up. Now I have been in law school long enough to know that there's no way this man could make a profit off of that show because he would be up to his ears in legal damages and liability. And he was so mean to Al. That always annoyed me.

Also, Wilson. Wilson was so sketch. Why do you never show your face? And why are you always up in the Taylor's business? You just happen to be outside overhearing every single thing thats going on in their household. I mean if I were the Taylors I'd tell Wilson to get up out my face. And show yours. For once. He also was always giving wise words of advice to every member of the Taylor family. He was like their next door neighbor version of a Buddha.

6. The Baby Sitters Club

Last but not least, the Baby Sitters Club. This wasn't so much a TV show as it was a couple random VHS's and a movie released based on the books, but they were such a big part of my life they deserve a shout out. I actually was part of the BSC book club and got three books in the mail a month. I loved it. But lets take a look at how the characters would turn out in real life in my opinion.

Kristy- She was a tomboy. She loved softball and she may have batted for both teams. I mean both Alan Gray AND Bart from Barts Bashers liked her but she never really did anything about it. Just continued wearing her jeans and a sweatshirt and having "great" ideas. I think Kristy would have moved on from her BSC friends in high school, played varsity softball, and maybe ended up playing in college for like a DII or DIII school. She probably coaches at a high school now.

Mary Ann- Mary Ann always annoyed me because she was SO shy. I didn't really have room to talk back then because believe it or not I used to be SUPER shy. But Mary Ann took it to the extremes. I mean everytime Cokie Mason even looked at her funny she would cry. Like reel it in Mary Ann. I also like how she dated Logan Bruno, who was considered a "southern hottie." He was from KENTUCKY. And his accent wasn't southern it was redneck.

Stacey- She was so annoying. She mentioned in every single breath she took that she was from New York City. We get it Stacey. You're a "city girl". The only thing that made her tolerable was I felt bad for her because she could never eat chocolate or anything good because of her diabetes. Stacey definitely ditched her BSC friends in high school, was super popular, became a total sorang at college and joined a sorority. Then probably got Lavalier'd by some frat boy. And lived a life in the suburbs always complaining about how much she misses NYC. She also is definitely the type who will also get plastic surgery in her future.

Claudia- Claudia was actually really dumb. Like she couldn't spell if her life depended on it. She probably just ended up mooching off her smart sister for the rest of her life and eating her stashed candy. In real life I guarantee you she would have ended up living in Soho, portraying the life of a struggling artist, with her sister Janine who probably would be a professor at Columbia.

Dawn- Dawn was really annoying sometimes because she was so Save the Earth before it was cool to do so. She definitely drives a hybrid now. She probably moved back to California for college, went to Berkeley, smoked all day everyday, and participated in numerous protests against bad treatment of animals and things of that sort. She's definitely a vegetarian if not even a vegan.

Mallory- I feel bad for Mallory. Her famliy was actually the Duggars. They had like 19 kids. And she was so unfortunate looking. Red hair, freckles, glasses, braces. Life did not treat her right. However she did wheel that Australian boyfriend when he moved in across the street from her. She always wanted to be a writer- I could see her more as a journalist. Maybe writing for the Wall Street Journal or something.

Jesse- Jesse was one of my favorites and not just because she was the only black one. She was like actually normal. She was really good at ballet and had that pen pal boyfriend Quint. She probably ended up going to Juliard or some school for the performing arts.

ALRIGHT ALL..hope you enjoyed my take on the 90s. Oh, last week I forgot to do Mimi's recommendations so here they are:

1.)Justin Bieber's album My World 2.0. Probably the only time I've been obsessed with a guy in a non sexual way since Michael Jackson. I love his music. If you like pop, buy it. For reals.

2.)GLEE. If you don't watch this show, you should. It's super funny and makes you feel happy.

3.)Sammys Hill and Sammys House by Kristin Gore, Al Gore's daughter. They're kind of a chick flick type, but they're hilarious and real at the same time. Two of my favorite books made.

I probably wont be posting for 2 weeks becuase finals are upon us, and in law school your only grade for the entire semester is the exam. And I have 5. So, my life will not be so fun for the next two weeks. I hope this will last you until I return.

Peace, Love and Leo

xoxo MIMI

Confessions of a 24 Year Old Drama Queen

I've decided to write some little known facts about Mimi. Some may make you laugh, some may make you cry, most will probably make you never want to be friends with me again. A risk I'm willing to take.

1.)I saw Titanic in the theater 8 times. Yes. Thats a 3 hour movie. 8 times. So technically I spent an entire day in the theater. All for Leo. And, word is they are bringing Titanic back to the theaters in 2012 in 3D. I will be first in line, duh obvi.

2)I still sleep with a blankie. Anyone who has seen it can attest to the fact that its more like a rag that even Domer wouldn't touch now, but I refuse to sleep without it. I used to physically not be able to sleep without it, but once I hit college I decided I should probably stop taking it with me on trips. Kristof gave it to me when I was born (my cousin had given it to him), and I have slept with it every since. My parents tried to throw it away numerous times, and my mom even bought me a new one to replace it when I was like 10. I just gave that one away and kept this one. It used to be an actual blanket...but like I said, now its just like a rag. One day I will get rid of it- when I get married, probably. Until then, sweet dreams with my blankie friend.

3)I hold personal vendettas against a lot of states. Basically any state below the Mason Dixon line. Particularly Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, or any other redneck state. (Read: half of America). I also hate the Dakotas. And Montana. And Wyoming. And Utah. They serve no purpose.

4)Matthew McConaughey aka Wooderson and Slater San in Dazed and Confused are two of my favorite movie characters ever. Speaking of, every SINGLE time I watch Dazed and Confused it makes me want to go back to high school, where all you did was hang out and drive around (and in me and my friends case- find the Ghost Dog.)

5)My favorite decade is the 60s, and I would kill to have been a hippie back then. I'm obsessed with all things hippie-particularly sit ins, 'Nam Protests, million man marches, stoners, and most importantly, dudes with long/SHAGGY HAIR.

6.)I big league phone calls. Like I rarely answer my phone. Ever. I hate talking on the phone.

7.)I actually feel physical pain in my chest when I think about Notre Dame and how awesome those four years were. Like I can't think about it too long because its honestly physically and emotionally painful to remember and realize that your life peaked between the ages of 18-22. Fail.

8.)I used to keep a diary in high school. No joke. Half the entries were about how much I hated Kristof (yes, we're pretty close now, but most of my high school friends can attest to the ever occurring fights we would always have. That were a big deal to me of course, and never to him.) The other half were about whoever my crush of the week was. And a few poems from the budding Emily Dickinson I was. Heinously embarrassing.

9.)One of my favorite parts of high school was wearing my guy friends jerseys to home football games. Loved it.

10.)I am getting married at Disney World. Dead Serious, have been planning it for years.

11.)I also am going to have two identical twin boys named Theodore and Leonardo. (Theo and Leo) Theo will be smart, Leo will be athletic, and they will be the BEST of friends. They'll go to ND together and room together. Theo will go on an academic scholarship and Leo will go on a football one, obviously. And they'll protect their little sister, Mieke, and never make fun of her or ruin her barbie dolls like their Uncle Kristof used to do to their mom...

12.)I cry a lot. Like at what's on tv. It can be something legit sad, like Schindlers List, or the episode of Full House where Michelle can't remember anything 'cuz she fell off the horse. I'm just sensitive like that.

13.)I'm very picky about food. I only like "American" food. I can sum up the things I eat into five food groups- chicken, chocolate, peanut butter, queso, and bread. Oh, and bang bang shrimp from Bonefish.

14.)I am scared to death of thunderstorms. Always have been, probably always will be. Thats because I'm from Tornado alley, and thunderstorms generally lead to Tornado Warnings and Sirens going off and all around terribleness. My kindergarten teacher was convinced I was afraid of clouds, because as soon as they got dark I would start to cry.

15.)I was also really cool in elementary school, and now I'm starting to wonder if thats because I used to beat boys up. There were two in particular that used to annoy me, and I remember multiple occasions where I would drag them across gym floors or push them around. And I never got in trouble because my teachers thought I was a sweet little angel, and I guess they assumed the boys must have deserved it. However, look at that picture above...would you want to mess with me when I'm mad?

16.)I talk to my family excessive amounts a day. Like Emiel and I probably text at least 10 times a day. And I talk to my parents on the phone at least 3 times a day. And Kristof gets his probe in too. I didn't realize this wasn't that normal until recently.

17.)Im the most undomestic person you'll ever meet. I use my oven for storage. Except when it comes to making puppy chow or baking certain things like cookies or brownies. And by baking I mean taking the ones from the store where all you have to do is spread them on a cookie sheet.

18.)I used to be the biggest tom boy. I only wanted to wear things Kristof wore, which meant Jerseys and Gym shorts and sweet Air Jordans. I also used to trade baseball and basketball cards, and I always had the good ones. (Whats up Karl Air Man Malone?!)

19.)For show and tell, (when my dad used to coach for Purdue) everyone else would bring in their pet turtle or favorite stuffed animal, and I would bring in Purdue basketball players. Like once Glenn Robinson came. Who did I think I was?

20.)I sing to Domer before we go to bed every night. The same song- always You Are My Sunshine. But I change it to you are my Domepiece. He loves it. His tail always wags when I get to "Please dont take my Domepiece away". Bahahahaha.

Thats all for now loves...you know you love me. xoxo,

Mims

Money and Memories

Every post is going to start with a picture or two of the love of my life. So get used to it. And, I wanted to show you a pic of my pool. As much as I rag on Wake, one nice thing about being down in North Carolina is instead of studying in a blizzard in April I can study by the pool. This, my friends, makes me happy. However, don't ever forget, Notre Dame is still the best, always has been, always will be. And I miss it terribly. But that's another post.

So, lately this lack of money thing has started to annoy me. I can't wait 'til I can live off an attorneys salary and not as a student who is in $120,000 worth of debt thanks to law school. Except by the time my debt is paid off I'll be married with little kids(hopefully) and will not be able to spend it on myself....so. Maybe I should start playing the lottery?

Random side note- Charlie Murphy has a stand up. I want to see it and buy it. Have any of you? He was my favorite on the Chapelle Show.

Random site note #2- I Cannot WAIT to see Death at a Funeral when it comes out this week. Chris Rock + Tracy Morgan + Martin Lawrence= GENIUS.

The other night I went to Target, to postpone studying, and that store never ceases to amaze me. I can go in for one thing ( looking for a sundress, for example ) and spend a minimum of an hour there deciding I want everything. At one point in time, I had in my cart:
-Pocahontas Special 2-Disc Edition
-Alice in Wonderland special 2 Disc Edition
-new swimsuit
-new Jodi Picoult book
-A black skirt
-a sweet pair of gold flats
- $2.50 black flip flops
-2 toys for Domer

What I left with? black flip flops and a 2 toys for Domer. Amount spent? $6.35. Now I know what my mom mean when she would say that her paycheck goes straight to bills and us- my money goes straight to bills and Domer. FAIL.

Lately I have been waxing nostalgic about how much easier life was when we were little. And the little things we took for granted. Like, I was thinking about how flipping cool it was when we would go to Indy, to Circle Center Mall, and get to go to FAO SCHWARZ! That was like the Rich Man's Toys R Us. And they just had a world full of dolls. Beautiful dolls. And it was such a treat when I got one. Just walking into FAO Schwarz could make my day/week/life. So simple.

Also, we got naps and snacks for free in kindergarten. That was awesome. Like. It was part of your day, you were required to take a nap. Not like now when people look down on me for planning a nap into my day...

Also, remember Jr High? SO awkward. I was remembering how Jared, Francie and I used to rush home from school everyday in 7th grade just to call each other on the phone and watch TRL together. And then we'd have to get off if someone wanted to get online because we all had DIAL UP MODEMS. When I was relaying this story to Jared today, he asked me if I remembered that one time a teacher stole my note I was writing and read it out loud to the class, and I cried the rest of the day. HAHAHA. I do NOT remember this, but I have no doubt it happened. I was a note writing machine. I wonder what the note was about? Probably Leo. Nothings changed- I write the same notes about Leo now, they're just in gchat form...forever a 13 year old.


I decided I'm going to end all my posts with "Mimi's Recommendations" of the week. This week's are:
1) Price of Beauty, Jessica Simpson's show on VH1. Airs Monday at 10. Great show, goes through what women will do to feel beautiful. And I love Jessica Simpson- she's not fake and what you see is what you get. She goes to all these different countries and sees what makes a person beautiful in that country. My favorites are the Africa ones, obviously.
2) Havent Met You Yet- by Michael Buble. SUCH a good song!
3)Anything by Justin Bieber, particularly Eenie Meanie, Baby, and U Smile. I love that little muffin.

Another day in the life of Domer and I

Hello all,

Like I said, I'm starting this blog because:
A)Its the cool thing to do
B)I want people to read it, think I'm funny, forward it to their friends, who forward it to their friends, who forward to someone who wants to give me a book deal, and then I'll be a New York Times Best Seller, Leo will read my book, fall in love with me, and we'll go to Africa and stop the blood diamond trade together and live happily ever after.
C)This is more fun than studying.

So, my plan is just to write whenever I have time (rarely) or during class when I'm bored (much more likely.) To those of you who for some reason don't check my facebook on a daily basis, here's what's new in my life. I found out Monday that I got the job with the Indianapolis Public Defenders Office, which I had been waiting for for quite some time. I had gotten a job offer to work for Legal Aid in North Carolina in October, but I had turned it down for a few reasons. I don't want to practice law in North Carolina when I graduate, and I miss my family and friends at home and wanted to be there this summer. I was starting to wonder if I was going to end up flipping burgers at McDonald's this summer, and finally my luck turned around. I really wanted to spend the summer as a public defender, because as most of you know I am a bleeding heart liberal who would love to be a champion of the poor. However, I wanted to make sure criminal defense was something I could hack- because I didn't want to sign up for it next year and get stuck in a contract for the next five years, defending scum bags, if I hated it. But in all honestly, the reason I want to be a public defender criminal defense lawyer is because I actually do believe everyone is innocent 'til proven guilty, and i DEFINITELY believe that the type of defense you receive should NOT hinge on how much money you have. I also want to focus solely on juvenile defense- which I will get to do some this summer, but I will also be moved around to misdemeanors and felonies.

I want to do juvenile defense because kids are kids- they mess up all the time. Think how many things we all did as kids that if we got caught, would have got in trouble for. And it's much easier for those of us who have good parents to teach us right from wrong. A lot of these kids don't have any real parents-let alone good parents - and a life of crime and violence is all they know. I want these kids to have a second chance. Or maybe even a third. And i want to do everything possible for them to be able to experience the awesome things in life i have experienced, instead of rotting away in a juvenile detention facility or jail, because they sold someone drugs for money, food, etc. I realize this is a tad bad idealistic- viewing the criminal world as mostly one of crimes of necessity, and I know that's far from the truth, but that's what this summer will be about...figuring out how I feel about defending those criminals who are just hardened and cold. However, i still in my heart believe that most kids in the juvenile system are good kids who do bad things. We'll see how my theory tests out/changes at the end of the summer. But I digress.

Since I will have finished my second year of law school by this summer, I will be able to try cases by myself in court. This is EXTREMELY intimidating and nerve wracking to me...but also very exciting. I will have to curb the use of my abbreviations and vocabulary (I don't think me saying "Objection judge- the prosecution is being an over probe- tell him to hang it up" will work out so well) . People ask me what I want to practice if I end up not liking defense, and the answer to that is family law. Even if I do like defense, i eventually will probably want to do family law. My goal in life is still to become an international adoption lawyer, and I wouldn't mind doing divorces and all that jazz for a while either.

Let's see what else. Domer. The love of my life. This dog is hilarious. He is excited to go home this summer I can tell- he is getting very tired of me just laying on the couch studying...(well, more like watching TV while holding a book up in front of my face. But whatever.) Today was one of the first cooler days we've had in a few weeks- only 70ish- so I took Domer to his version of Disney World- the dog park. He loves it. He can't go when it's hot out however because he is too fat and his lungs are too small and his throat is too small and he just can't breathe normally like other dogs- so the heat does him in much quicker. Needless to say he was happy to make his triumphant return to the dog park. Everyone there loves him because, how could you not love that face? And he loves the attention. Wonder where he gets that from...

Alright I admit this post was kind of boring. But it's finals time, and my brain is a little fried. But now everyone knows where I'm at in life, and I promise my next post will be better.

One LOVE