Mass Email Fail

My daily email from the National Law Journal arrived in the inbox this morning with the fabulous subject heading: Is a J.D. worth it? Nothing motivates me better on a Monday morning than fear and a general feeling of futility! Where are the mass emails entitled You can do it! and Debt is but Physical Proof that you Have Eaten from the Tree of Knowledge! Apparently I have signed up on the wrong email lists.

Here's the link to the article, which warns folks thinking about law school to "proceed with caution." More thoughts on the substance of the warnings later (which I actually think are pretty warranted). Now, back to focusing on getting that JD...

The final Finals Mix?

Finals Mix III: A Cry for Help

Help! (The Beatles)

Hard to Concentrate (Red hot chili peppers)

Misery (Soul Asylum)

Why does my heart feel so bad? (Moby)

At my window, sad and lonely (Billy bragg & Wilco)

Heaven knows I'm miserable now (The Smiths)

I'm so tired (The Beatles)

Awake is the new sleep (Ben Lee)

Sad sad situation (Bowling for soup)

Oh so sad (Andrew Bird)

I just don't know what to do with myself (My Best Friend's Wedding)

Save Me (Aimee Mann)

Save Me (Remy Zero)

Save Me (Jude)

Save Me (Dave Matthews)

Save Me (Sister Hazel)

Save Me (Aretha Franklin)

Save Me (Hanson)

Save Me (Jem)

Save Me (Queen)

I'd stop making these, but they're just way more amusing than habeas corpus. Shockingly.

Finals Mix, Part II

The Lonesomeness Sessions

Courtesy of Maura, another sad, sad 3L

These days (Royal Tennebaums)

The ice is getting thinner (Death Cab)

All by myself (Celine Dion)

All is loneliness (Janis joplin)

I'm so lonesome i could cry (Cowboy Junkies)

Nobody wants to be lonely (Ricky Martin)

Crying (Vonda Shepard)

Your heart is an empty room (Death Cab)

Somewhere a clock is ticking (Snow Patrol)

There's never enough time (The Postal Service)

Die alone (Ingrid Michaelson)

Here is the arc, as explained by Maura (That's right: It's a concept album. We obviously both have a LOT of time on our hands... that is not being used to study):

The person is getting up day after day doing the same thing, but the ice keeps getting thinner and they can't stop thinking about how they're by themselves all the time… which makes them angry… and sad… so they start crying. BUT they're so alone in an empty room it doesn't matter. Then they realize they've been spending so much time crying they haven't been working. Then they have a nervous breakdown and die alone

On that note, Happy Hannukah.

Finals Playlist

Titles of songs that get stuck in my head while I am trying to teach myself the abstention doctrine...

Disc 1: The Black Hole

Side A:

Totally Fucked (Spring Awakening)

Tears and Rain (James Blunt)

Death and all his friends (Coldplay)

Several ways to die trying (dashboard confessional)

You might die trying (DMB)

I hate everyone (Get set go)

Killing me Softly (Lauryn Hill)

Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)

Everything Sucks (reel big fish)

All you need is hate (the delgados)

Let's get Fucked up and Die (Motion City soundtrack)

Deathly (Aimee Mann)

Side B: Jackie's Remix

Black Hole (She & Him)

Fiery Crash (Andrew Bird)
Fool on a Hill (The Beatles)
She's Losing It (Belle & Sebastian)
Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying (Belle & Sebastian)
I'm Back (Eminem)
Hard Knocks (Jay-Z)
Fuck You (Lily Allen)
Toxic (Britney Spears)
Work It (Missy Elliot)
This Is Not a Love Song (Nouvelle Vague)
Take Pills (Panda Bear)
I Fall To Pieces (Patsy Cline)
I Can't Take It (Teagan & Sarah)
Shut Up & Let me Go (The Ting Tings)

Disc 2: Supermassive Black Hole

Side A:

Supermassive Black Hole (Muse)

Evil is Alive and Well (Jakob Dylan)

Darkest Things (The Submarines)

I've seen better days (Citizen Cope)

In our Darkest Hour (Phantom Planet)

Fool to Think (DMB)

Losing Hope (Jack Johnson)

Evil (Interpol)

Better off Dead (The Faders)

Live Like You're Dying (Lenka)

Fallin' to Pieces (Rob Thomas)

In the Name of all that's Evil on Earth (Get set go)

Let Me Go (Cake)

Obviously I've been very productive tonight. Curse you, itunes search bar.

Anyone else have suggestions?