Relationships: Do we improve for the next one?
You end one relationship and hopefully take some wisdom into the next one. What can we do avoid the same pitfalls that torpedoed the last relationship?
My friend Ben thinks his last relationship ended mainly because of his hectic new job that involved a lot of traveling. He believes that his new relationship will benefit from the lessons he learned about balancing work and home life.
Do you think you get to correct the wrong moves you made in past
relationships?
How have your dating and relationship experiences contributed to your personal growth?
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta
If your current significant other met you years ago do you think you would have been a good match for them?
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Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
2:41 pm
Hi PoppaG! Have you passed the bar yet?
The exam is the last tuesday in July (July 26 & 27). So, I have another month of this to go.
Willie Dynamite
June 24th, 2011
2:42 pm
Slim- We are going to have to rename Freaky Friday Afterglow/cuddle up Friday. I’m protesting, at least give me some breakfast and 1 for the road.
Pops – Stay on the grind my man. Good to read you again and looking forward to the Bar announcement.
Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
2:44 pm
Purple Rain,
I do know that the NFL lockout is still in effect. My benefits are still on hold.
So, I am ready for this thing to end. I feel that it will be over mid July around the 17th or so.
Purple Rain
June 24th, 2011
2:45 pm
I hope so or I am going to have to get into NCAA Football
PrincessNik
June 24th, 2011
2:47 pm
Hey C-lo. How is it going?
Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
2:48 pm
Willie Dynamite
How are you? I trust that you were well taken care of for Father’s Day. You probably got the biggest brightest ties in Bloomingdales & the big piece of chicken.
BTW, I agree with you on the grilling. If it cooked right, there is no need for any sauce. I have some rubs that I’ve made to put on various pieces of meat depending on the type of cut.
Purple Rain
June 24th, 2011
2:49 pm
It is going well, I have to go on a blog hiatus for two weeks Sooo I am just acting up today.
Leggs
June 24th, 2011
2:50 pm
Nevamind, I see the bar is working on your nerves. Hang tuff!
Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
2:50 pm
NCAA football is the joint!!! Well, at least it is down here in the south. Minnesota Gophers football isn’t really popping. I will say that Minnesota has a great basketball coach. He is a great guy. Wisconsin football is pretty good, though.
BlackMagicWoman-NYC
June 24th, 2011
2:50 pm
PURPLE..I love Italian sausage! Got on on my menu right now! Straight outta Brooklyn!
LEGGS…girl I did not hear the funeral story. I guess they did not embalm her. I have have cold hands and feet…I will request not to be embalmed just incase I am still alive!
LIMMIE..I will need a chocolate layer cake in the mail. Thanks!
Sassy Me...Pretty Young Thing :-)
June 24th, 2011
2:50 pm
Thanks Leggs
Yep Willie you sound like an old school bbq “purist”…nothin wrong with that!
Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
2:52 pm
Leggs
Yeah, it is tough. I needed a break this afternoon. Yesterday we did a practice test of the multiple choice portion of the bar exam. So, after 6 hours of multiple choice (200 questions), I am a little tired mentally today. At least the multiple choice is on the last day of the real exam.
SexyCool
June 24th, 2011
2:53 pm
O/T – I am proud to announce that I have made it out of the 70,000s into the 40,000s in the Peachtree Road Race.
Leggs
June 24th, 2011
2:56 pm
I’m trying to post the story about the funeral, but I think the Russian name can’t get past the filter. I’ve broken it up in various pleaces but can’t. I’m going to leave the name off. Just remember it was a woman.
A Russian woman died from a heart attack brought on by the shock of waking up at her own funeral.
Age 49, she was mistakenly declared deceased by doctors, the Daily Mail reported Friday. But she later woke up – in a coffin surrounded by sobbing relatives. She started screaming after realizing she was about to be buried alive.
She was rushed back to the hospital where she was declared dead — this time for real. Her husband was distraught.
“Her eyes fluttered and we immediately rushed her back to the hospital but she only lived for another 12 minutes,” he said. He told The Sun that he would sue the hospital.
“I am very angry and want answers. She wasn’t dead when they said she was and they could have saved her.” A spokesman at the hospital, also said officials were investigating.
Leggs
June 24th, 2011
3:00 pm
I see I didn’t have to remind you it’s a woman…the 3rd word says it (lol).
Purple Rain
June 24th, 2011
3:02 pm
So I guess you die over there and they just box you up
BMW, LOL
Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
3:04 pm
Purple Rain
As for the lockout….from the notices that I’ve recieved, there is a basic agreement on the split of the money that is agreed.
The holdup seems to be amongst owners. Owners like Jerry Jones want to make provisions that owners like Paul Brown (owner of the Bengals) actually spend money and not just be cheap to pocket the money that they are all supposed to share.
So, since it seems that there is less fighting between the players and owners, it looks like things are going to work out provided that there are no unforeseen problems. The only other issue that the players worry about is the unchecked power of Roger Goddell. So, that may be the only other holdup between the players and owners, but more issue exists amongs that owners themselves.
However, the NBA lockout seems imminent and I’ve heard from a few friends that we may not have a NBA season at all next year. Owners want a cap, and they want to weaken the NBA union.
Willie Dynamite
June 24th, 2011
3:04 pm
Pops – Thanks for asking, I’m real good. Fathers Day was great I got exactly what I wanted. Breakfast in bed and 1/2 day of nobody saying Daddy can I or Daddy I want. Funny thing is babygirl set her alarm for 3pm and as soon as it went off DADDY DADDY DADDY. hahahaha
Leggs
June 24th, 2011
3:05 pm
Those 200 multiple choice questions can steal the small fragment of your brain left after the analytical reasoning section. Stand up slowly from the test…any rushed movements may leave you faint. Nontheless, you will do well!!!
Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
3:07 pm
I did pretty well on the multiple choice, yesterday. I got 123 right. 115 is passing.
Purple Rain
June 24th, 2011
3:07 pm
Poppa, how long does the NFL Commush hold the position? I to think we won’t have an NBA season.
Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
3:08 pm
Willie Dynamite
That is great and funny!
Leggs
June 24th, 2011
3:08 pm
Awwwwww, Columbo passed away..R.I.P Peter Falk!
Leggs
June 24th, 2011
3:09 pm
Like I said, I
knowbelieve you will do very well…Willie Dynamite
June 24th, 2011
3:09 pm
I got 123 right. 115 is passing.
Come on man, who are you George W? Thats not gonna cut it. Get off the blog and hit the books. See you in 5 weeks.
Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
3:09 pm
Purple Rain..
Goddell can be commish as long as the owners want him and as long as he wants the job. Remember how long Pete Rozell had the job. Tagliabue had it around 18 years.
Purple Rain
June 24th, 2011
3:10 pm
Dang
Leggs
June 24th, 2011
3:13 pm
Sometimes you just want to pass…you can perfect your skills and enhance your knowledge in the real world.
Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
3:14 pm
Willie Dyanmite….
I will get back at it later today. I know the law, it is just about practicing. I know that I missed some in that afternoon just due to mental fatigue. I got the grade analysis and I missed more after 3 pm than I did the rest of the test. The test is more about tricks than law.
The questions remind me of the trick I used to do as a kid:
I would hold out my right hand and say “see this hand”, then I would say “I got another one just like it” as I hit them with the left hand. The questions are similar in that they give a bunch a facts that would apply to one law or issue, but the question actually asks you another question.
BTW, the national average on the midterm was 85. I did 123.
Leggs
June 24th, 2011
3:16 pm
ooohhh, brainiac…were you called that as a kid?
Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
3:17 pm
Leggs
Sometimes you just want to pass…you can perfect your skills and enhance your knowledge in the real world.
This is the goal. It is a test on minimal proficiency.
I know that you work in a law office. I am sure that you have run into attorney that made you wonder how did they pass that thing. As a paralegal, I ran into plenty of attorneys that made me think that if they passed, I can too.
Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
3:19 pm
It is a test on at least 18 different areas of law. The multiple choice test 6 different areas of law. Then we have to know GA’s distinctions. I can honestly say that I will know more law by the end of July than I will probably ever know in my life. Once I get in my area, I will forget about most of the other areas of law.
Leggs
June 24th, 2011
3:20 pm
Exactly, PR, exactly. Some of these attorneys make you walk away scratching your head.
Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
3:20 pm
Keep in mind that I started studying for this test back in January even before I was done with law school. So, I’ve practiced questions for nearly 6 full months now.
SexyCool
June 24th, 2011
3:21 pm
Just this morning, I was thinking of getting at least an A.A. Paralegal degree.
My current job is guaranteed through contract until July 2015. I’m looking ahead to what my plan would be after that, as I would have to consider that we may not be awarded another contract extension.
Leggs
June 24th, 2011
3:21 pm
Sorry, meant exactly PoppaG!
Purple Rain
June 24th, 2011
3:24 pm
Sexy Cool, can you bale hay?
Willie Dynamite
June 24th, 2011
3:26 pm
Pops – sounds good. Just to be on the safe side we’ll treat it like Gameweek. Two days before the test we sequester you away in a hotel room, take ya cell phone, laptop and everything else. We’ll give you a 8pm curfew and 9pm lights out. Mental fatigue is for the see what had happened crowd.
I know you good you know you good. Make it happen. As a Stranger I’m Proud of you just because. BTW you plan on taking Pro Bono cases? just asking cause I see trouble on the horizon. j/k j/k
SexyCool
June 24th, 2011
3:27 pm
Um…yeah…no…700 – 1800 pounds?!?!? You out yo’ rabid ass mind.
Willie Dynamite
June 24th, 2011
3:29 pm
Purp – tell the truth you just wanna see her sweaty right?
Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
3:31 pm
SexyC,
As with anyjob, the people can make the job good or not. However, I can honestly say that there were not many boring days as a paralegal. People are funny and they can get into some really peculiar situations. I am not just talking criminal situations, either.
One more thing, if you go the paralegal route, be prepare that everything that goes wrong will be your fault (whether it is or not). I got used to attorneys messing up and I had to fix things. Secretaries got it worse than me. Most attorneys are horrible in dealing with staff. They have to keep their cool around clients, but sometimes blow off steam to secretaries and paralegals. Attorneys wait to the last minute to get things filed because clients don’t want to incur cost until the have to do so.
It has been cool popping in. I think that I am actually going to take a nap.
Here is a quote that has kept me going:
“There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When
you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when
circumstance permit. When you’re committed to something,
you accept no excuses, only results.” – Art Turock
Poppa Grande
June 24th, 2011
3:35 pm
Willie D…
I am ahead of you…
I have a hotel room across the parking lot from the testing site (Georgia International Convention Center on Camp Creek). So I don’t get caught in traffic or car battery dying. I will just leave the hotel and walk around the lot.
The dog will be boarded and the wife will be in NYC visiting her Mother in Harlem.
Purple Rain
June 24th, 2011
3:36 pm
Sexy Cool you can be on a three person team or you can drive one of the tractors. I mean if that whole paralegal thing does not work out. LOL
Willie D, yes lol
Willie Dynamite
June 24th, 2011
3:37 pm
attaboy, I just love the focus behind planning to focus.
SexyCool
June 24th, 2011
3:40 pm
Now the tractor driving sounds like BIG FUN….Can I wear a John Deere T-Shirt? (lol)
Leggs
June 24th, 2011
3:41 pm
Oh boy, that’s a loaded request, SC!
SexyCool
June 24th, 2011
3:44 pm
Everything on this blog is loaded. I’m actually over it. And…with that…I’m out. Headed to the salon and hopefully, I can sneak in a last minute spa appointment.
Purple Rain
June 24th, 2011
3:44 pm
Sexy Cool, I have Deere hat’s but no t-shirts. LOL but sure I can make that happen for you.
Willie Dynamite
June 24th, 2011
3:44 pm
Purp – welcome back bruh, thought you were still shopping. LOL!!!!
but heads up, she’s a Two-person team now. Unless you paying for grab-azz, googly eyes, sniggling and hide and go get in between the hay bales. You might want to wait a few yrs after the upcoming honeymoon. IJS
Purple Rain
June 24th, 2011
3:45 pm
Aww man I missed the loaded request.