harbl encouragement thread

chin up!

you can do it.

yeah i'm doing it but i don't like it most of the time. every day is a deluge of problems and unfinishable work, and someone is always unhappy with you. i hate the feeling of people being unhappy with me. i guess this is what it's like to be a grown-up. jobs lol

the past 2 weeks especially i just felt so bad and hated

what kind of 'emotional training' - if any - do get during law school? for like, dealing with the clients (esp. the kind of clients you have).

i couldn't really answer this when you asked it bc i was too tired, but the answer is: none. the clients are pretty challenging for people-persons and non-people-persons (hi) alike. many of them have multiple very serious problems such as drug or alcohol addiction, severe learning disabilities, extreme rage at everything, weird attachment issues where they want you to talk to them and not other people, inability to remember what you just said to them, general rudeness and other inexplicable behaviors, smelliness, etc.
i had just typed out one of my special unique experiences from today but i thought it might violate the attorney-client privilege maybe

basically there are so many dudes who have done so many drugs and are ruined and oscillate between anger/rudeness and docile stupidity, and i have to talk to them all the time. also drug moms, and girls who get in fights and ruin people's stuff

remember you have the <3 and power of the sandbox behind you, harbl dear.

girls who get in fights and ruin people's stuff

my sister went to juvie. she went over to a girl's house, got scissors, pinned the girl down, and cut her hair. that's assault i guess. i think there were other charges, maybe breaking and entering

i had a girl who jumped up and down on someone's car and scratched it up with a crowbar, or not. we'll never know if it was really her i guess.

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harbless

i'm feeling a lot better about my job lately, like i can handle it and i'm starting to know what i'm doing. this week i had 4 trials and won 3 of them, the last one completely unexpectedly because i didn't want to have it. clients complimented me and said i was trying to do my job and asked if i wanted to be a real lawyer someday :)

well done, harbl!

dear harbl,

when are you coming here?

love, lxy

oh geez i don't know! i'm trying to save money lately. maybe i could come for a long weekend in the fall?

oh! please do, we would love it!!

i think you should come to australia, harbly.

i encourage it.

i could show you some sights, and some sights.

someday, perhaps

yay, maybe

sometimes i get these words stuck in my head:

peepoop patel

haha lxy!
hi everyone. i am trying to take some time off from the internet and do more reading and exercise and cleaning my house. it's not working great but at least i'm trying. like sometimes i get distracted and read max's posts on gawker! i have a procrastination problem. just saying hi! i guess i can check in on the sandbox more often and it wouldn't hurt. i miss all of u.

aw harbl! i miss you tooooo. but i wish you good luck with your irl. just promise don't forget the sandbox!

hey lxy i got some flor de cana today when i went on a fancy liquor store shopping spree. i like the magicfla blog. i wish i could make a blog.

flor de cana is the only rum i ever buy now!

i get the 4 yr bc it is cheap but pretty good. some day i'll go for a fancier one.

aw, i'm so glad you like mf, harbl. i like it too. you could/should totally make a blog!

i rarely drink anything besides bulleit/bulleitt these days. therefore you'd think i'd know how to spell it/itt.

i miss you harbly<3

histela

harbl, i've been thinking a lot lately about your fruit fly catching contraption, because it's fruit fly season. i've seen people on the big board talking about similar configurations, and i say in my head, 'oh, they're talking about jarbls!'

i've also been thinking lately about IS IT FALL YET, IS IT TIME FOR HARBL COMING HERE YET??

for some reason it costs a lot more to fly from BWI to SEA than dulles or reagan, i don't know why
i emailed my boss but he is on vacation
also one of my co-workers is quitting to become a writer? i hope it does not become too difficult to get a couple days off.

i am confident you will overcome these obstacles

weird! when i was looking at tix for work trip i found good deals from bwi to sea!

haha my last post was so negative. what price range is a good deal? i haven't flown in a while. i am finding under $300 for non-bwi and over $300 for bwi.

i don't know i kinda figure anything under 350 is a good deal.
i remember, back in the day, i flew from nyc to seattle for $99. i had a rt once for $220! sigh.

harbl did you have any involvement in the events of the link you posted on facebook this evening???

haha no. that's in a different county than where i work. but the whole case fascinated me! this guy has posted his flyers near my house and he has placed his toilet-sculptures in baltimore, so i knew about him before this happened. his myspace page is amazing. he is very paranoid and his understanding of the government is very interesting. i was just following the case out of amusement. although it was so stupid and obvious he never should have been charged with anything and he had to spend time in jail AND a state mental institution and his pit beef business closed because of it. even i could have won that case! he would have been a nightmare client though.

anyway for the uninitiated this is the guy i'm talking about http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-co-toilet-bomber-acquitted-20110915,0,6180757.story

i had jury duty today and i came kind of close to getting on the jury for a 1st deg. murder trial with a lot of witnesses. i was scared because it would be so bad for my coworkers and me if i was out for so long. i need encouragement because i am in court 8 of the next 10 work days and i think i'm going to die. i have to see 7 people in jail tomorrow! my usual tired-limit is 3 people. then we are hiring 2 new people, and i'm going on my small vacation. phew.

if you die because of court 8 and 7 jailbirds, you will not be able to have 1 small vacation. so please don't die.

(i am not exactly clear if the 2 new hires are part of the problem or part of the solution so i didn't include them in the equation.)

oh, i misarranged some sentences. the 2 new hires are part of the solution that will give me less time in court and fewer clients!

i am encouraged because i made red curry and drank 2 pumpkin beers

i would like to encourage you to think about that house.

i'm thinking about it!!

yay!! you should make an appointment to look inside!

i should but i don't know if it would be a serious inquiry. i am working harder now on not spending money so i can save! i didn't go grocery shopping yet because i am using up things i have. except i went to the chinese store yesterday, but i only spent $15 and got things i will use. i was going to go on a walk to see it again but

it's raining

dear harbl,

i just ate the strawberry-banana yogurt you left behind, and at lunchtime i will eat the last of the leftover pasta you made.

<3<3<3
lxy

the listing for the tiny house has been removed
:(

oh crap.