This Week’s Picks: Nov. 17, 2013: The simple life

By: Gabriela Yareliz

The temperature is heatin’ up! Okay. A 60 degree high isn’t so hot, but it’s better than 25 lows. But the weekend is over. We’ll see how the temperature fluctuates now. It has been a fabulous couple of weeks. We’ve been so busy, here in the law school world. I am inevitably thinking of Christmas shopping. I have this weird desire to read an enjoyable book, yet the thought of my eyes on more words and the pages turning, nauseates me. Strange? Law school damage.

Yesterday, I spent some time in Northern New Jersey, just across the bridge from Manhattan. Coming back at night was really lovely. Seeing the city from a car is so different than walking among the tall buildings. You see things differently. The city was lit up. Magical. New Jersey was lovely as well. The neighborhoods reminded me of the ones I grew up in, in MI. The houses close to each other, their cute fences. The colorful trees. It just makes you want to get married, have babies and stand in your front yard with a baby on your hip while wearing an apron. That is the feeling the overwhelms you while you are there.

Anyway, we are back to a busy, busy week filled with interviews, meetings, long hours of class and outlines begging to be written. 😉
Oh, law school…we love you, but you are bringing us down.

1] Congrats to Carlos Menchaca, first Mexican-American to be a NYC Council Member.

2] The Simple Life

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Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward. Rather, returning to a simpler way allows us to regain our dignity, puts us in touch with the land, and makes us value human contact again.
– Y. C.

3] John Oliver is leaving the Daily Show and is getting his own show on HBO! He deserves it. He is one of the best comedians.

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4] True Friendship

5] How you feel with law school folk sometimes, especially around this high stress time.

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“Keep Breathing…” from http://www.pinterest.com

7] HOPE

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9] Originality, compliments of TOPANGA!

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11] “It’s not how much we have, but how much we enjoy.” Charles Spurgeon

12] “Too often we tell ourselves we aren’t smart enough or attractive enough or talented enough to pursue our dreams. We buy into what others say about us, or we put restrictions on ourselves. What’s worse is that when we consider ourselves unworthy, we are putting limits on how God can work through us.” Nick Vujicic, Limitless, pg.6

13] Law school exams coming.

HAVE AN AMAZING & BLESSED WEEK.

Lego House

By: Gabriela Yareliz

Sometimes, we go through times in our life where we feel like we are running on Legos. I remember when I was young, we went to a church member’s house. He was a funny Sabbath School teacher. Me and another guest we were running out of a room (playing some sort of hide and seek), and we didn’t notice that he had pulled a prank on us.

He took the plastic carpet mat that had the spikes underneath to help it stay in place in the carpet, he flipped it so the hard tiny plastic spikes were facing up. When we ran through that doorway, all you saw was me hopping and laughing and crying at the same time. It was a funny moment. He got me.

Life surprises us sometimes with those moments where we walk onto surprises. Sometimes, they make us laugh. Sometimes, they make us cry. Sometimes, those moments make us do both.

What’s important is that in life, sometimes not even socks can shield you. Every moment as we encounter new things or continue in what has been there, it is a new opportunity. We can build something, and if we don’t like it, we can tear it down and start again. God is always with us to help us keep sanity, to pick us up and to put us back together.

Lego House; cover by: Fifth Harmony

I’m out of touch, I’m out of luck
I’ll pick you up when you’re getting down
And out of all these things I’ve done I think I love you better now
I’m out of sight, I’m out of mind
I’ll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I’ve done I think I love you better now

Don’t hold me down
I think my braces are breaking, and it’s more than I can take

And it’s dark in a cold December, but I’ve got you to keep me warm
If you’re broken I will mend you and I’ll keep you sheltered from the storm that’s raging on now

Songwriters
SHEERAN, ED / GOSLING, JAKE / LEONARD, CHRIS

Read more: Ed Sheeran – Lego House Lyrics | MetroLyrics

This Week’s Picks: November 10, 2013

By: Gabriela Yareliz

Frosty morning to you. That is what this morning was. It has been so incredibly cold. We’ll all be drinking Barley drink (Kaffree Roma-substitute for coffee) and our (eye) glasses will be fogged as we seek warmth.

We are now condemned to months in tights, boots, gloves, coats and wind. On the bright side: warm mornings under the covers, nice hair, cute hats and magical lit up evenings. Winter is here. It’s official. Fall decided to die.

What are we law students doing? We are researching, reading until our eyelashes fall out, writing briefs and being mind readers. This semester has got to end. Being one of the only people in class who does the reading and gets called on gets old. When times get tough, find the stuff that can make you smile. 🙂

The holidays are speeding toward us. You know what that means. Family. Food. Sleep.

1] The 90s
The shows that we remember.

2] I agree with this. Soon we’ll all be like Sylvia Plath.

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“Nothing haunts us like the things we don’t say.”
– Mitch Albom

6] Tengo Ganas De Ti

7] Much of what Michel says is so valid. I love when he says his job doesn’t pay him enough to deal with the people in a “non-violent manner”

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10] Song of the week: Some Enchanted Evening: Il Divo–I saw them in concert. It was beyond words. (That deserves its own post).

Stay warm!

Consecration

From Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, by Ellen G. White

Form a character for heaven. Sleep not at your post. Deal faithfully and truly with your own soul. – {1T 241.1}

The daily study of the Scriptures will have a sanctifying influence upon the mind. You will breathe a heavenly atmosphere. Bind this precious volume to your hearts. It will prove to you a friend and guide in perplexity. – {1T 241.2}

Your life must be marked with sobriety, watchfulness, and prayer. Angels are watching the development of character and weighing moral worth. All our words and acts are passing in review before God. — {1T 242.2}

God’s people are peculiar. Their spirit cannot mingle with the spirit and influence of the world. You do not wish to bear the Christian name and yet be unworthy of it. You do not desire to meet Jesus with a profession only. You do not wish to be deceived in so important a matter. – {1T 243.1}

Lady Abedin


By: Gabriela Yareliz

Remember Lady Abedin? Ahhh, yes. Anthony Weiner gave an interesting interview to GQ called Anthony Weiner v. The New York Times. Yeah, I read this one instead of the piece called Ted Cruz: The distinguished wacko bird from Texas; this was a piece with a lot of interesting perspective from the journalist who wrote a restoring, 8,000-word piece on Weiner and Abedin before the Sydney Leathers/press conference scandal (and his humiliation that followed the scandal). Weiner lives on with regret for damaging his wife’s reputation, yet remains working ambitiously. In my eyes they are still a fascinating power couple.

Anyway–

Abedin was reported to be dining with Anna Wintour (Vogue, top Democratic supporter–I believe) in Midtown about a week ago…Could this mean something?

While the rest of us speculate, the world keeps on spinning. Interesting things are always happening on the Weiner-Abedin end.