Hot Town . . .

I have this whole love/hate thing with Alabama summers. I mean, I love getting to exhibit my gaudy Hawaiian shirt collection (always a good time!). But, I hate sweating like a Baghdadi car salesman every time I walk out the front door. This summer continues to be a unique one. For the first time in our married lives, wife and I have moved to a city we plan to live in long enough to merit changing the address on our drivers licenses, if you know what I mean. So, even though I have 9 months of law school livin’ left to go as of this fall, I’m letting myself get used to living the life of a Montgomerian. Montgomerite. Montgomerican. Citizen of Montgomery. Biscuit fan. Fine. You get the idea. It’s been a while since I cranked out a Top 10 list. It’s time.

Top Ten Things I Love About Summer in the City (of Montgomery)
10. Thursday night home games for the Montgomery Biscuits at Riverwalk Stadium = Cheap beer.
9. Watching the tiny minority of goth kids who stick it out in their all black attire during the summer sweat themselves into a coma waiting for the bus to go to the mall to be seen by the other goth kids and septuagenarian mall walkers.
8. Three words: “Meat and three”
7. Three more words: “Fried Green Tomatoes”
6. Yet three more words: “Extra Strength Rolaids”
5. Getting to be part of the almost exactly 66.6% of Alabama Republican voters who on 6/6/06 told Roy Moore they’d rather keep the governor we’ve got than entrust the state to a publicity monger who can’t tell the difference between a judge’s robe and choir robe. Here’s a hint, Roy: They probably won’t take your choir robe for giving the finger to a U.S. Supreme Court order. The middle finger, Roy. Oh, forget it. I’m sorry, Roy. I was just kidding. Hey, Roy, you gotta hear this one: Do you know what the difference is between a Political Action Committee and a Baptist Church? No? Hmm. That’s what I figured.
4. I can comfort myself with the thought that as expensive as gas is, a double tall non-fat extra dry cappuccino at Starbucks is still roughly 10 times as expensive per ounce than 93 octane gasoline. Wait. Why is that comforting?
3. Alabama Shakespeare Festival is currently showing Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird.”
2. The only thing stupider than a convertible top down in the winter is a convertible top up in the summer.
1. Only 53 more days until Alabama Football returns!

Quarter Summer Flash

So, I love clerking. I mean, seriously, I know why they put a time limit on this job, because if they didn’t, we’d all quit law school and clerk the rest of our lives. We sit in at trials and take notes, get off work, go for beers. OR we research issues of law, write a memo, proof read it, have a friend proof read it, hand it in, get two words of feedback, then go out for beers. OR we get a four day weekend for Memorial Day, go watch our minor league baseball team play (GO MONTGOMERY BISCUITS!!!!), and have a few beers. Then again, I may just be happy because, once again, I’ve found a job that gives me free coffee all day. I’m easy like that. Easy. Like Sunday morning.

OK, still, I will be pathetic for a minute and say that I miss my school friends. We’re all kind of busy, so none of us are really blog-intensive, much less zapping emails back and forth across the ether. That wouldn’t be so bad, but this is my last year coming up, so, I already know, the number of late night sushi outings, parties at the Barking Kudu, occasions for trying to make undergrads feel uncomfortable on Samford’s straight-laced campus, four-day work weeks, and days sitting in class sending IMs instead of listening to the lectures are running rather short. Alas, time is not static. Then again, I’m tired of being broke, so screw it. Nine more weeks of clerking, 9 months of schoolin’, let’s take the bar and get to work! I got me some litigating what needs doin’!

The love of my life finishes her final residency duties the day after Father’s Day. Me and Nana are already trying to drum up business for her in Montgomery! Hey, half the population of that town is a potential client, er, I mean, patient, right? The “Bizarro World” Huckstables are ready for duty!