These are my confessions

Hello all,

This is one of my favorite Leo pictures.

Also, I realize I suck at updating. I promise it will pick up once school starts in a month and I have to sit in class again everyday struggling to stay awake. I am so busy at work, in court all the time and loving it, that by the time I get home I'm too tired to update! But alas, I am back.

Now, I have had an overwhelming amount of requests (read: 2) to continue my post dealing with my confessions. Apparently my life secrets are so entertaining/embarrassing that you just couldn't get enough. What my readers want, my readers get.

21.)Every single "First Day of School" of my life I have cried, up until sophomore year at college. Every. Single. Time. In elementary school it was because I was shy and afraid of my new classmates. In junior high it was because I was a teenager. In high school it was because I wanted to go back to Westside. Freshmen year I was scared I couldn't hack it at ND. After that, I grew up. It only took 19 years.

22.)I plan on hiring a cook and a house keeper one day. I fail terribly at being domestic and I'm not even going to pretend to try to want to get better at it.

23.)I average between 10-12 hours of sleep a night. Sleep is my religion. I look forward to it during the day. Ask any of my friends- sometimes I will cancel plans to nap or refuse to make plans so that I can sleep in. All of them know better than to ask me to lunch/brunch anything on the weekend before 2pm. In the summers when I work, I am usually in bed by 930. I wake up at 715. You do the math. And it's still not enough sleep.

24.)I was a cuter kid than you.

25.)I used to be obsessed with Chipper Jones, and I was 2 feet away from him once.

Senior year of high school spring break (the best spring break EVER) I went with Laura, Francie and Shea on a cruise and to Orlando/Disney World. Us girls and Laura's dad went to get ice cream at a Dairy Queen, and since it was spring training season, we walked in and THERE WAS CHIPPER. Laura's dad was waiting in the car. Since I was with a bunch of non-sports loving girls, I kept staring and freaking out and they did not understand why. I immediately ran to the car to get Laura's dad, and he freaked out with me. Chipper was with his family, so I didn't ask for an autograph. Some people hang me for this, but I remember how pissed I would/still get when people would stop Chief on the street and try to probe. Especially when I was his little and just wanted his attention. So, I let him go. But being able to stare at him in person was good enough for me.

NOTE: I also went to a spring training game that same break with Laura's dad and brother while the girls layed out, and Tiger Woods and Elin were there...not married yet though. I remember thinking she wasn't pretty in real life.

26.)The first concert I ever went to was BOYS II MEN. I was 8, and so excited. Then I fell asleep in the opening act. FAIL. I had posters of them in my room, and every single CD they ever made. They still are my favorite band of all time. And I'll Make Love to You is one of my ringtones.

27.)I used to be so in love with Eminem. I also had every single one of his CDs, and I would blast them in my room. And in the car with my parents. You'd think this would be a little awkward- especially the songs about him killing his wife, drowning her in a lake and what not, but apparently my parents had no worries I would end up disturbed. Jokes on them, right?

28.)This isn't really a confession, but how wagon are these pictures of Chief from his NBA days? Make me laugh everytime.

29.)I'm obsessed with pregnancy. Not now, or anytime soon, but when I am married and ready etc, I AM GOING TO BE SO HYPE TO HAVE A BABY. I love all that stuff. And I love babies. And my baby is going to be so cute.

30.)My best friend Jamie has a new blog- http://www.wouldyoueatitagain.blogspot.com. It is everything my blog will never be- she is recently married and this blog is about the new recipes she tries. If you like cooking, check it out!!

Alright loves, until next time,

Peace, Love and Leo

XOXO, MIMS

I suck at updating

HELLLLLLLLLO all,

My what a long time it has been! I realize this. Blogging is no easy feat. Actually I just do almost all things on the internet from my phone except blog. So that is why it has been so long. I shall try to do better. Lucky for you all I have a lonnggggg layover-I am currently in Germany right now stuck in the airport on my way back from Belgium. Lovely time over there by the way.

WARNING: This keyboard in Germany is f%&%ked up! The Z is where the Y is supposed to be. So I am going to to have a lot of typos and words and sentences where it seems like I am talking in Russian. I will trz to curtail it as much as possible, but beware.


So, many of you have requested a "Confessions Part II", so like my friend Usher, I will oblige.

1) I have become one of "those" animal people I always made fun of. I missed Domer so much over these past ten dazs in Belgium. I will never leave him for this long again. Like I'm dzing without him. (See what I mean about the z's? I'm too lazy to change it.)

2)When I can't fall asleep at night I plaz the Alphabet Game with mzself. Like, zou know when zou go from A to Z and pick a category- for example, countries- Algeria, Belgium, Canada...etc. I am a nerd like that. I am running out of categories though, I keep doing the same ones over and over and it's getting old. Feel free to throw some suggestions my way.

3)I absolutelz hate traveling. With a passion. This is nothing new. But I can't stand it. I can't stand flzing, I cant stand airports, I can't stand it when everything is not the waz I am used to it.

4)I also hate tourist things, but everzone knows that. Thez combine two of my most hated things-walking and traveling. Blech. I don't see the point. Shit looks exactlz the same on a postcard as it does 5 feet in front of me.

5)I am so desperate for real food. In my previous confessions zou read the food I eat falls into five verz narrow categories. I have been starving in Belgium. I literallz go to bed at night and dream of Burger King and Panera and Bonefish Grill. The second I get stateside I am getting the grilled chicken ceasar salad from Burger King. I've been dreaming of it for ten dazs now. It's like an oasis.



6)Going off of that, I realiyed I am a verz cheap date. (With the FOOD fellas, relax). I hate everzthing fancz. Chain restaurants make me so happy. Anything fancz grosses me out, and I always have to end up ordering steak. And I don't like steak. Not at all. But it's the onlz halfwaz edible things on fancz menus- like raw duck and oyster shells. Really?

This post is becoming mildy incoherent with all the kezboard typos and mz ranting. I am going to end it now and continue more later. I promise.

Love zou all,

Peace Love and Leo

Mimi

What's in a name?

So, one of my friends told me about this trick on google. Well it's not really a trick. But, in the search box you just type your name and then "needs" and then see the first 10 things that pop up. It's pretty funny. Here are mine.

1.)Mimi needs to lose the attitude. (ha!)

2.)Mimi needs a tummy tuck. (I'll take it)

3.)Mimi needs help, women! (I'd prefer men)

4.)Mimi needs to find clothes that fit her (this was about Mariah Carey)

5.)Mimi needs a sweet home (I'm a dog now?)

6.)Mimi needs to strike back at Slim Shady! (Another Mariah)

7.)Mimi needs funding. (Ain't that the truth!)

8.)Mimi is too sexy for her jacket. (Yup)

9.)Mimi needs lots of sex (.... no comment...)

10.)Mimi needs a beam wagon (what the hell is that?)

Then, I looked up what a "Mimi" is defined as on Urban Dictionary. (Note- my personal favorite is number 5- it explains so much).

I found out that a Mimi is:

*1- A word to define a wonderful friend. Sweet, funny, sarcastic, but GREAT and beautiful. (I swear that's on there! I didn't make it up! however true it may be :)

*2- A small asian that likes to tell stories with no point.

*3- A cute and sexy babe that exhibits extreme gooorgeousness.

*4- Also known as a mini me

*5-Derived from the spanish word, dormir, it is Mexican slang for Sleep

So all together I'd like to say pretty accurate. Especially the small asian part.

So I thought that was funny. I encourage you all to try it when you're bored. Till next time,

Peace, Love and Leo

Mimi

The Mimi Awards > Academy Awards

Herro Mongorrians,

How are you all doing today? Everything I want to write about- all my good stories- I can't, because of attorney/client privilege. So instead of getting myself fired and disbarred before I'm even allowed to join the bar, I decided today I'd share with you guys my favorite movies.

People tend to put a lot of weight into what the Oscars deem Academy Award winning worthy, but in reality my opinion is much more spot on on what is real film making. So, the following are a few of my favorite films and why. FYI- I am measuring this by not only quality of movie, but how many times I watch it without getting sick of it.

*Note- I am limiting this to live action real people films, otherwise we all know Disney movies would likely take over.

1)Titanic.

Did you even have to ask? Now, aside from the fact that this was amazing acting by a then 23 year old Leo in 1997, he failed to win an Academy Award. Shameless. I know I wasn't the only one crying when he watched Rose get in that lifeboat only to hear Cal tell him there was no boat for him, while the music played on in the background. However, my Leo love aside, this actually was just a great movie. It brought the Titanic to life for our generation. And I remember, being 12, I thought that was the worst tragedy the world had seen. At the time I could not imagine anything worse than drowning. They put so much money into the movie, and the accuracy of the ship and the sinking- applause applause. And yes, the movie will would have made my list if Leo wasn't in it. It just may not have been number 1 :)

2.)Remember the Titans

"You make sure that they remember...FOREVER...the night they played the Titans!"

Oh Titans. Yet another one that hit me right in the heart. As someone that is obessed with Civil Rights and History, this movie was awesome to me. Heartbreaking, and awesome. Makes you feel good at the end. And just so greatly done. In high school, Beardmore and I could literally do the ENTIRE scene between Gerry and Julius at camp- "Hey man, lets just get some particulars and get this thing over with, alright?" "Particulars? No matter what I say you ain't gon never know nothing about me.." Okay, I'll stop. But if you don't like this movie, you have no soul. And you're a Klansmen.

3.)Dumb and Dumber.

Oh Harry and Lloyd. This was a movie you had to know and quote in middle school in order to be cool. Too bad it ended at middle school because I still say "Big Gulps huh? Alright...welp see ya later!" About once a day. This movie was great because the humor was so immature, but still funny. Not much else to say about Dumb and Dumber. Just a classic.

4.)Mean Girls.

I saw Cady Herron wearing Army pants and flip flops, so I bought Army pants and flip flops. This movie shows Tina Feys true genius, and how awesome Lindsey Lohan was before the coke. I mean every little thing about the movie was just so great. From the principal who hated his life, to the Plastics who were always looking for a Queen Bee to serve, to Shane Ownman in the projection room above the auditorium- just hilarious. This is a movie that is frequently quoted by my friends and I all the time as well.

5.)Blood Diamond.

Another Leo flick, yes, but SO good. I love movies that make people aware of social issues. I immediately decided I didn't want a diamond ring ever in my life...that lasted about 3 seconds, but I do check out every ring and dealership now to make sure they are conflict free. I mean, to put it bluntly, that shit was fucked up. People are cruel. Blood Diamond also fueled my desire to go to Africa even more. It's so sad to me that the continent of Africa is arguably the richest continent on the planet in natural resources and abilities- and yet people have raped and robbed it for centuries, eschewing its true beauty and using it for their gain. (Yes, there's some racial undertones here. Bad, white people, bad.) I just love movies that have a good story and get you thinking at the same time. The only reason I don't watch this as much as other movies is because it makes me sad- I don't want to watch those violent awful scenes over and over again. And what they do to Dia breaks my heart.

6.)Heavyweights

COME ON YOU DEVIL LOG! This is by far the best Ben Stiller movie I've ever seen, and it was before he was really famous. He clearly based his Dodgeball character on Tony Perkis. "I'm feeling skinny, Tony!" Again, one of the most quoted movies in the history of my existence. I could go on forever. "Dear Grandma- they say, war is hell. But they've never been to fat camp. I knew the food would be bad..but even worse..today he killed the blob. As for the go-karts...well, may the rest in pieces." *And in the background his dad yelling 'I DID NOT SEND YOU TO GO-KART CAMP.' HAHAHA. so classic.


Alright folks, I'm gonna stop there today, partly because my lunch breaks almost over and partly because I just don't want to write anymore. I will do some more all time greatest's another day...until then,


Peace, Love and Leo,


Mimi

I remember one time, she wasn't even ON MY BUDDY LIST

Herrro! (This is Domer right after I left for Vermont this weekend...sad of course)

How is everybody? First off, my apologies. I know I don't update as much as I should, but work has kept me busy and so has this past weekend in Vermont. I went with my girl Byrn to Matt Koehler's wedding, and it was SO MUCH FUN. Him and Maria are PERFECT for each other. For all you Westsiders wondering who was in attendance, it was me, Byrn, Shea, Cassidy, Hickman, Nate Hainje, Jimmy, Sammy, Tony and Gerry. And of course Matt's sisters. And Mr. and Mrs. Wollenburg who Byrn and I cut some major rug with!

Oh and how could I forget...HUNGARY STEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Such a great surprise! He was the life of the party of course. He is an Investment Banker in London now. Pics to come on facebook.

*Sidenote*- You know how when you go to a wedding, there are name cards you pick up, that say, for example- Matt Hickman and Nate Hainje- Table 13. Well ours said- Byrn and Melanie Kendrick, Table 12. HAHAHA. Just Byrn. Not Sarah Byrn. But Byrn.

Naturally, this weekend made me sad because I'm always sad about growing up. So of course, there was lots of high school reminiscing going on between me and Byrn. For example we talked about:

*-AIM and Buddy Lists. Like how annoyed you'd get when you tried to Add a buddy and you were at your limit. And consequently how hyped you'd get when AIM upped the maximum buddy list. And how important font and your profile was. Jamie and I used to spend forever picking the perfect color combination for our font. HA.

*-FOP. All you WL'ers know that there is not a damn thing on this earth greater than FOP. Walking down there and hanging out, going back and forth from the softball to baseball fields. And of course, the concession stand. And you were even cooler if you got to work at the concession stand. All the elementary school and junior high love connections happened at Fop. If you weren't there, you were nobody.

*-Spirit Days at CC. For a high school with uniforms, spirit days were your opportunity to show how stylish you were. But generally you were limited to something CC oriented. So kind of an oxymoron.

*-Being friends with kids from other schools. Before Facebook, if you knew kids from other schools you were so legit. Like, "I'm hanging out with some McCutcheon kids tonight...or we're going to the Harrison basketball game." The high school socialites, we were.

Also, we all know I have personal vendettas toward a lot of states in the Union, particularly those south of the Mason Dixon line. However, I never thought I'd add Vermont to the list. Well, let me change that tune- Vermont I don't have a problem with per se, but I don't know how anyone could live there. Matt and Maria seem to love it though.

So what's the basis of my beef with Vermont? Well...let's see. There's more people in just a little over half of the city of Indianapolis then there is in the ENTIRE STATE OF VERMONT. For a social butterfly like me, such an unpopulated state does not fly. Like, there was nobody there. And the exits were like 10 miles apart and Byrn and I couldnt find a fast food restaurant if our life depended on it. Plus they have moose.

However, if you like nature and ski'ing that's probably the place to be. I like neither. In fact, I hate nature. (Well I don't HATE nature, I'm all about saving it- but the only time I want to be outside is if I'm by a pool or at the beach. Literally that's it.) So in sum- go to Vermont if you like nature and hate being around people. Oh and you like Moose.

Alright folks, that's all for now...I promise I'll post more frequently. Click here to follow me on Twitter for numerous daily/hourly 140 character witty remarks.

Peace, Love and Leo,

Mims

Week 1- DONE

Herro Mongorrians!

What a week! A great one, not gonna lie. I love my job. I love the excitement of what we do, and I love the enviornment. We did lots of training this week- cross examinations, suppressions, all that. And we sat in on a murder trial. Unfortunately they found our client guilty. You can read about the original drama and what happened here, but the jury found him guilty of murder, in spite of his self defense defense. It was really fun (well for us, because our freedom wasn't hanging on the line) to see everything you learn in school play out in real life.

This week we are doing more training and I think have to do actual client interaction and representation on our own soon...eeek nerv! But very excited. As you guys know, I want to be representing juveniles because that's my career goal. I think I will be able to do that for a little bit, but also rotate through misdemeanors and D Felony's. I'll keep you posted!

In other news, do you guys think its possible to be addicted to sleep?

Sometimes I wonder if the reason I wanna be a defense attorney and defend drug users or whatever it is is because I understand addiction. Because of sleep. Because I need it. I crave it. I have to have it. Like my friends, and family, get SO mad at me because I always make "GTD"'s- Game Time Decisions, when it comes to making plans. Because I don't want to commit to anything in case I want to sleep or take a nap. And by nap I don't mean a 30 minute nap. I mean a minimum 2 hour nap. If I am only going to get less than 2 hours then I don't even bother. Like I usually average 12 hours of sleep a night. Any less than that and I am cranky. I need help.

I know I promised you a Tech story, but there wasn't as much drama as when I went to Pike. However it was just as entertaining. The story isn't told that well online, much better in person when I can imitate voices. I got asked out quite a few times by various teenagers and students of my brother...so that was interesting. Also one of Kristof's students asked me how old I was, and I said guess. He said 34!

THIRTY FOUR?! Really? I said try again. He goes 33!

Jesus.

Normally people tell me I have a baby face and look like I'm still in high school..but apparently not to him! Hilar.

Also, I've been told I need to give you all a quick vocabulary lesson with regards to all the slang I use.

Here ya go.

"Wagon"-Can be a noun, verb, adjective, or whatever you want. Shortened version of "bandwagon" if you will. It means to like something. However, bandwagon generally has a negative connotation and wagon is positive. Like, if you wagon something, it's a good thing. For example:

"That episode of Lost last night was so wagon!"

"I wagon the Tigers this year ever since they got Johnny Damon."

"You got a new car? Wagon!"

"Probe"- This is generally a verb. It means to check out, look into, talk, hang out. For example:

"What are you doin tonight? Wanna probe the new Ironman?"

"Andy's at your house? Yeah he's gettin a probe in about last nights Yankee game."

"What's your probe tonight? Wanna hit Broad Ripple?"

"Desp"- Just an abbreviated version of desperate. Like Domer when he is begging for food. So desp.

"Awk"- An abbreviated version of awkward. Yes, I abbreviate things. It's annoying to everyone but me. And Grant.

And so on and so on. I don't know what I'm leaving out but those are the main ones I use everyday and the ones that will pop up in my blog.

Alright peeps...I gotta gear up for the LOST finale tonight. Here are some music recommendations I currently wagon:

1.)K'Nann- Waving Flag- Celebration Remix. It's the 2010 Fifa World Cup Anthem. It makes me happy.

2.)Shakira- Gypsy

3.)Miley Cyrus- Can't be Tamed. I secretly love her.

4.)BOB Ft. Haley Williams and Eminem- Airplanes Part 2, not part I.

5.)Eminem- Not Afraid

Until next time...peace, love and Leo

Mims

Don't call my name, Alejandro

That cartoon is actually going to be me.

First things first, my friend Jared pointed out to me after my last post that one of my boyfriends, Anderson, resembles Sideshow Bob. I don't watch the Simpsons, so I didn't know who Sideshow Bob was. So, he kindly sent me a picture to show me...sadly when I put him next to A.V. I see the similarities.

(Note- I cannot for the life of me figure out how to put those pics side by side. Anyone?)

Also, Leo is on the cover of Esquire. Check it out.

Okay so there is this HILARIOUS video that I found before finals. I mean absolutely spot on on how girls act. I can't tell you how many times I've said to my friends- "If we're going out tonight then I'm not eating dinner." Watch the video here or below..if you are girl you will inevitably find it funnier than if you're a boy. There's a boy counterpart here...but it's not as funny to me.

I am updating on my lunch break right now. I love the job so far. The environment is very chill and laid back which suits me perfectly. This week they are training us on everything we need to know before they throw us to the wolves to fend for ourselves. This morning we learned Defenses to argue for misdemeanors, like Public Intox, DUI, Public Nudity, Public Indecency, possession of Marijuana, and all that jazz. The exciting thing is that the Indy 500 is coming up so all of those misdemeanors are going to skyrocket surrounding the Race. Apparently our office has attorneys just go chill at the Intake Center because sometimes 100 people are arrested a night. Unreal.

I realized that a lot of the good stories I am going to have, I won't be able to post on here without violating any Attorney/Client privilege rules. However, I'll still tell you funny stuff that happens that doesn't involve my clients or anything that would get me in trouble. I have a feeling there will be plenty.

Till next time- Peace, Love and Leo

Mims