I wanted to try and post something terribly insightful today, but to tell you the truth, it has been a long week and I am tired. I have a great deal to work on, and I thought I would be "green" and recycle in an effort to save time.
About a year or so ago, people were posting these "25 things about you" lists. I took a moment to read mine this morning and was pretty jazzed by what I thought about a year ago. Therefor, I thought I should post it again as a blog entry to tell you a bit more about the man in the mirror so enjoy my "25 things:"
1. I made an art of procrastination, like doing this list when I have more than enough to do on my desk.
2. I voted for Barak Obama proudly and even donated enough money to be reported so I could be counted amongst his supporters. This is the first time in my 38 years that I have heard someone I respect speak and truly inspire me mentally and emotionally to be a better person, demonstrate pride in being an American, and boldly ask "What do you need me to do?"
3. I love my wife as she is my best friend in the entire world and my partner on our journey and worry that I do not do enough to show her how much she really means to me each day.
4. I really like to win in court. I really like to be in court during the heat of battle and LOVE when I have a wicked cross examination.
5. I can be grumpy and snappy even when I don't intend to be and that bothers me.
6. I can't stand talking on the phone after having it glued to my head all day at work.
7. I love my girls and lay awake at night wondering if I will be the kind of Daddy they deserve. I don't want them to ever grow up.
8. I feel guilty whenever I don't win a case for a client and beat myself up for letting them down.
9. I think that Dad's deserve a great deal more than they are given in our legal system. In the modern era sexism is still very much a part of any custody case whether we will admit it or not.
10. Some days I think that it is a good thing I love the law, because those days I hate my job.
11. You will rarely hear me admit when I am wrong -- it is just not in my nature to concede any point on any subject and sometimes I think this gets in the way of my relationships with others.
12. I am proud that I am a geek and love science fiction shows and movies.
13. Playing games on a console or a computer are my best ways to relax and get lost after a bad day.
14. Exercise -- just do not do enough of this at all and that bothers me because I need to take much better care of myself than I do to ensure that I am around for my wife and daughters.
15. I am absolutely happy having two daughters and did not want to have a boy.
16. Auburn Football -- know it, love it, worship it -- if you know me now in my mid-life years, you know that I bleed orange and blue and that I have EARNED the right not to have to take crap about it.
17. I could be a better man, father, husband, and Christian every day.
18. I did not have a great deal of fond memories of high school -- life began for me in college and I really miss my group of friends in law school after all those hours, days, weeks, months, and years we spent together.
19. Sometimes I wonder what life could have been like if I had taken the opportunity presented to me to play college football in New York. Where would I be now?
20. I HATE TEXT MESSAGING AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BY OUR YOUTH AND THIS DAMNED TECHNOLOGY. I treasure the art of the word and the ability to convey thought by prose. I envy a time when writing letters was the only real means of communication -- they could employ the language so eloquently back then.
21. I loved working at the student newspaper in college and secretly harbored a desire to change majors to abandon a pursuit of law.
22. I still like toys.
23. I get nervous every morning when I have a case on the calendar and usually will not eat to keep from throwing up. Somebody once said that the "butterflies" were important because they prevented you from getting cocky.
24. I am pro-choice because, while I personally think that abortion is morally wrong, it is for the individual to exercise their morality in making the decision and not the government. Also, if God made this miracle and man should not interfere, then I believe that means of artificially creating life outside the womb are also as wrong because man is so vain as to contradict God's will.
25. I dread the fact that someday I will have to bury my parents.
About a year or so ago, people were posting these "25 things about you" lists. I took a moment to read mine this morning and was pretty jazzed by what I thought about a year ago. Therefor, I thought I should post it again as a blog entry to tell you a bit more about the man in the mirror so enjoy my "25 things:"
1. I made an art of procrastination, like doing this list when I have more than enough to do on my desk.
2. I voted for Barak Obama proudly and even donated enough money to be reported so I could be counted amongst his supporters. This is the first time in my 38 years that I have heard someone I respect speak and truly inspire me mentally and emotionally to be a better person, demonstrate pride in being an American, and boldly ask "What do you need me to do?"
3. I love my wife as she is my best friend in the entire world and my partner on our journey and worry that I do not do enough to show her how much she really means to me each day.
4. I really like to win in court. I really like to be in court during the heat of battle and LOVE when I have a wicked cross examination.
5. I can be grumpy and snappy even when I don't intend to be and that bothers me.
6. I can't stand talking on the phone after having it glued to my head all day at work.
7. I love my girls and lay awake at night wondering if I will be the kind of Daddy they deserve. I don't want them to ever grow up.
8. I feel guilty whenever I don't win a case for a client and beat myself up for letting them down.
9. I think that Dad's deserve a great deal more than they are given in our legal system. In the modern era sexism is still very much a part of any custody case whether we will admit it or not.
10. Some days I think that it is a good thing I love the law, because those days I hate my job.
11. You will rarely hear me admit when I am wrong -- it is just not in my nature to concede any point on any subject and sometimes I think this gets in the way of my relationships with others.
12. I am proud that I am a geek and love science fiction shows and movies.
13. Playing games on a console or a computer are my best ways to relax and get lost after a bad day.
14. Exercise -- just do not do enough of this at all and that bothers me because I need to take much better care of myself than I do to ensure that I am around for my wife and daughters.
15. I am absolutely happy having two daughters and did not want to have a boy.
16. Auburn Football -- know it, love it, worship it -- if you know me now in my mid-life years, you know that I bleed orange and blue and that I have EARNED the right not to have to take crap about it.
17. I could be a better man, father, husband, and Christian every day.
18. I did not have a great deal of fond memories of high school -- life began for me in college and I really miss my group of friends in law school after all those hours, days, weeks, months, and years we spent together.
19. Sometimes I wonder what life could have been like if I had taken the opportunity presented to me to play college football in New York. Where would I be now?
20. I HATE TEXT MESSAGING AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BY OUR YOUTH AND THIS DAMNED TECHNOLOGY. I treasure the art of the word and the ability to convey thought by prose. I envy a time when writing letters was the only real means of communication -- they could employ the language so eloquently back then.
21. I loved working at the student newspaper in college and secretly harbored a desire to change majors to abandon a pursuit of law.
22. I still like toys.
23. I get nervous every morning when I have a case on the calendar and usually will not eat to keep from throwing up. Somebody once said that the "butterflies" were important because they prevented you from getting cocky.
24. I am pro-choice because, while I personally think that abortion is morally wrong, it is for the individual to exercise their morality in making the decision and not the government. Also, if God made this miracle and man should not interfere, then I believe that means of artificially creating life outside the womb are also as wrong because man is so vain as to contradict God's will.
25. I dread the fact that someday I will have to bury my parents.
Well said, throughout. I disagree on texting but that's because I use complete sentences and no abbreviations.
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