Now that Law School is back in session and rapidly approaching its end, the time has come to consider my next steps. In other words, think of something respectable, yet fun to do before I start my surely-glittering career at Big Law Firm. I have some ideas, most of which take place outside the confines of the United Kingdom, however I have encountered the age old problem - somehow I will need to fund my escapades.

I have some money. Not very much. Big Law Firm has paid me a nice little grant for law school and Mr. Bank Manager has been kind enough to provide some extra. However, I now wish I had asked for a little MORE extra. I feel it may be too late and in any case I doubt that "I need to extend my loan by £4000 to fund jet-setting around the world for a few months after Law School" is simply not going to fly with him.

Obviously some of the time between Law School and Law Firm will need to be spent working. However, having carried out some preliminary calculations, I would have to earn a rather unlikely hourly wage to have sufficient capital to go securely from June to my start date in early 2009. This hourly wage could of course be obtained through somewhat underhand methods, but despite my career choice as a lawyer, I still have some morals left. And I would hate to be struck off before I even qualify for soliciting of a completely different kind.

The biggest problem is rent. Namely paying it. If I didn't have to pay rent all would be well. I have to manage 13 months rent until my first paycheck. I have enough money to do that at present, but once I've done it, there will not be a great deal left unless I cut out luxuries such as food, electricity and travelling to Law School. So subletting looks like the most viable option, which unfortunately cuts out a lot of my flexibility on how to spend my time.

The crux of this post is this. I need to make some money. A part-time job is of course the most likely option, but I would need to find one that earned me significantly more than the minimum wage in order to be able to spend the very small available part of my time at work. So I turn to you, dear readers. Any other ideas? LEGITIMATE ones only, please.

My Sunday Gripe

Small children running amok in supermarkets.

Should not be allowed.

But it is a lovely sunny day so I will let it go for now.

Roll Call

Dear readers

You will be very pleased to hear this week I have been working very hard and am feeling much better about the lack of reading that took place during Reading Week.

Yesterday I spent five hours with Business Accounts and didn't even realise, because I was enjoying it so much! It is a special moment when your Assets minus Liabilities equals your Capital on a balance sheet.

Anyway, during a period of study I was contemplating my blawg. And I was wondering how many people actually read it.

So, here is your challenge dear reader. If you read this on a regular basis (yes, mum, that includes you!) please post a comment and say hi. As you know you can be anonymous. But I would like to know if I actually have any regular readers, or whether I'm just sitting here writing for the benefit of myself and various computer-generated adverts.

Oh and PS. there is a new blogger on my blogroll - the aptly named Law School Blogger.

Now it might just be me, but I think he looks oretty hot! Provided those are actual photos of him and not his better looking older brother.

A bit of fun waste of time...

thanks to fellow legally blonde...

1. Name one person who made you laugh last night. Lady I live with.

2. What were you doing at 0800? Getting ready to go to school.

3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Probably facebook...

4. What happened to you in 2006? I went to Law School. Got a Training Contract. Started my blawg. And many other things you need not concern yourselves with.

5. What was the last thing you said out loud? "Oh I don't like her either" to my housemate about the annoying lady in Spooks.

6. How many beverages did you have today? Bottle of water. Two cups of tea. Coke and glass of milk (not together).

7. What color is your hairbrush? Brown.

8. What was the last thing you paid for? Cup of tea this evening in the bar I went to. Yes tea in a bar. Get over it. It's very cosmopolitan.

9. Where were you last night? Dancing, then home.

10. What color is your front door? Brown?

11. Where do you keep your change? In my purse. Where else?

12. What’s the weather like today? Pretty crispy sunny autumn day! Although now it is dark, alas.

13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor? Just one? Phish Food. No Raspberry. No chocolate mint, no... yeah you get the picture....

14. What excites you? Many things. Exactly how lame would it be to say Law?

15. Do you want to cut your hair? No, I prefer someone else to do it... but I don't want it any shorter than it is.

16. Are you over the age of 25? Sadly, yes.

17. Do you talk a lot? Of course.

18. Do you watch the O.C.? Yes, but not anymore because they cancelled it... still haven't seen Season 4 though!

19. Do you know anyone named Steven? I know a Stephen. So technically I guess not.

20. Do you make up your own words? Probably. I tend to combine words a lot...

21. Are you a jealous person? Of men? No. Of people with Manolo Blahnik Mary Janes? Yes.

22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’. Abigail.

23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’. Katy.

24. Who’s the first person on your received call list? My Law School friend I went out with this evening.

25. What does the last text message you received say? "I don't really want to tell you that!!!

26. Do you chew on your straw? No.

27. Do you have curly hair? Not without copious amounts of styling.

28. Where’s the next place you’re going to? Probably to the kitchen to make a cup of tea. I realise this is making it sound like I drink a lot of tea, I don't actually, it's just been a tea day today.

29. Who’s the rudest person in your life? Um... nobody I'm friends with...

30. What was the last thing you ate? Garlic Bread.

31. Will you get married in the future? I hope so but it's not a mandatory experience.

32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks? I haven't seen many films recently. Particularly good ones. Probably Dirty Dancing the other weekend.

33. Is there anyone you like right now? I like lots of people, my friends, family... ok ok I realise I am being facetious and this means romantically... not really, there are some things in the pipeline but I'm too busy to care!

34. When was the last time you did the dishes? The dishwasher does the dishes.

35. Are you currently depressed? No. But asking "currently" sounds like it's a common everyday exper

36. Did you cry today? no.

37. Why did you answer and post this? I was bored waiting for CSI: New York to start.

38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey. Na.

My brush with the law

I'm a nice, law-abiding person. Clearly I have in the past crossed the road on a red light or driven slightly above the speed limit, but I would draw the line at saying that burglary or criminal damage are acceptable pastimes.

However, yesterday, I was stopped and searched by the BTP (British Transport Police for those who do not know). On my way to get the underground into town, I was stopped by a perfectly nice policeman who explained that they were doing "random" searches under the Terrorism Act, looking for suspicious materials such as newspaper cuttings, explosives etc. The reason why "random" is in quotemarks will become glaringly obvious shortly... the sharpest of you will have worked it out already, I'm sure.

So he looks in my bag - the most cursory of searches really, and we have a little chat about the Terrorism Act and he wrote down my details and suchlike. As a good little law student I obviously asked what the information was going to be used for and all the answers I received were satisfactory. I got to keep the little pink (yes, PINK!!!) piece of paper and everything, so this was all very exciting.

I can hear you ask - how likely is a little blonde twenty-something to be involved in terrorism? (If you've watched season 2 of 24 you may think it is actually pretty likely). You may think this incident inspires confidence in the police and is evidence that they are carrying out truly random searches where gender or ethnicity are irrelevant.

After the policeman had given me my little piece of paper, he asked me out on a date.

Random search or blatant abuse of power?

I'll let you decide.

Random thoughts...

... that I had on the way from the library to the PC.

1) It's 5.30 and it's still quasi-light. That means it's nearly summer. Hurrah!

2) My wisdom teeth are coming out a week tomorrow. I'm worried. And I'm going to miss lots of law school on account of it, as if I needed any more days of not doing work. And I'm going to miss the lecture on search dogs - which is monumentarily unfair since there will be an ACTUAL dog!! :(

3) You would think that a Law School would be on top of issues to do with Occupiers' Liability and would fix the dodgy piece of carpet sticking out in the library. I nearly tripped.