by JP Esq | May 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
It. Is. Official. . . .well almost. I have completed my JD, graduated and officially have crossed over into the “I don’t know what to do with this new found freedom” part of my life. We have classes starting tomorrow to kick off the Bar Review season and then the Bar Exam in late July.
My graduation party was fabulous. I was so excited to see it all come together. I have the most amazing parents and am so happy that they are so generous to me. The catering was awesome – MBP Catering – is the best! The food was fantastic. The photographer was awesome and was my own little Paparazzi for the night. When I have her information I will post it. Hot Pink was the color of choice, of course. Hot pink dress, hot pink roses, hot pink carnations, hot pink jelly beans. The George Middleton Trio provided live music and it was also very awesome. I just had a fabulous time.
Graduation Day is a blur. It came, and then it was gone in the blink of an eye. I maintained my “No Cry” mandate until I looked over at my dear friend Maria who was teary…and then it was over. I just love her. And all of my other girls – you know who you are.
Anyway, I’m in a good place today. Happy and free!
by JP Esq | Apr 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
Ok, so it’s 9:53 a.m. on Friday morning and I have an exam in less than 23 hours and 7 minutes. Federal Income Tax. 400 Questions. Multiple Choice. Do you sense my excitement? I’m so over it I can’t even begin to tell you. I’ve spent the past 3 days doing some studying, but mostly reading PINK Magazine. It’s one of my favorites. Of course, I love anything pink. So, anyway, back to Federal Income Tax. When you do your taxes, if you do your taxes, how many of you use the 1040 instruction booklet that the IRS gives you? Let me see a show of hands – I assume everyone…because even the IRS knows that their rules are ridiculous and that there is way too much for any one person to logically remember. So, then I ask you – why must I be responsible for knowing every allowable deduction, every inclusion and exclusion from gross income for the purposes of this exam?? I have a sure fire short cut technique:
Assume that everything you get in life is taxable by the IRS. Don’t forget that dime you found yesterday. Claim it as income. If you don’t you might end up like our dear friend Wesley Snipes. Poor guy.
So, I should probably do some work and then go spend the rest of my life in the library getting ready for this exam tomorrow.
Me. My Code. My Double Shot. Thank you Starbucks.
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