sethbc’s (infrequent) blog…

Well that’s out of the way. Now I just have to hope I passed. Anyway, find out in November I guess

Day 1 was not that bad I didn’t think. The first half of the day I felt like I did alright. I did the multiple choice first, and then the essays. Timed it exactly right too. 1 hour for the multiple choice, 2 hours for the essays. That gave me 15 minutes to go back and check some stuff in my essays. New York multiple choice was pretty hard, but I felt like I did alright on it. I mean, a lot of the New York distinctions were tested (obviously), and things just got a little confusing some times. The New York essays for the first part of the exam were pretty straight forward too. I definitely know that I missed some stuff I needed to get, but I hope it doesn’t hurt me that bad.

The New York essays in the second session weren’t that bad either. My timing was close to perfect though, I spent exactly 40 minutes on the essays, and started on the MPT. The MPT is sort of a just turn-your-brain-off memo, but I think I was running into fatigue at that point. My eyes were absolutely killing me after having spent so much time staring so intently at the case file and the computer. They just wouldn’t stop watering. I definitely felt myself start to space out a couple of times while I was sitting there digesting the file. I definitely didn’t do as well as I would have liked. My formatting was definitely a little screwed up at the end, and I barely got my conclusion section written.

Day 2 was definitely brutal. The MBE is just ridiculous. Every question has at least two correct answers. Seriously, it’s ridiculous. I honestly don’t have anything else to say about it. It was just impossible. The fatigue at the end of 200 multiple choice questions that complicated is pretty amazing. I feel absolutely brain-dead right now.

Hell Yes. I’m _so_ glad to be done with the first day of the bar. 60% of my work is finished here. Now I just need to bang out 200 multiple choice questions in 6 hours, then I’m going back to the city, and then to Atlanta!

Two and a half hours away … I’ve done about nine-million essays, read tons of questions, read and reread outlines. If I’m not ready now … Anyway …

Ready or not, here I come.

It’s called a changeover. The movie goes on, and nobody in the audience has any idea.

Early to bed, early to rise. I’ve got to be there at 7:30 with bells on. Maybe not bells, but a laptop anyway.

I arrived in Albany successfully. This is the first time I’ve ever been here for any appreciable amount of time. The first thing that strikes me is “What the hell is the deal with the Egg?” If you haven’t seen it, its absolutely ridiculous. I’m attaching these pictures here so you can check it out.

The Empire State Plaza from the air.

The Egg in all its glory.

A shot of the egg and the road running underneath the plaza.

I’m going to start studying. Enjoy.

I feel like I really should be quitting and going to sleep, but I just can’t bring myself to. I’m outlining essays like a mad-person. I know I’ve still got some time to study tomorrow (today now), but it’s just that I’ve got to drive up to Albany and all that Jazz.

I think I’m finally having the bar exam nervous breakdown. Seriously. I’ve been answering essays all day, and I just don’t feel all that confident about things.

All work and no play make Seth something something.

Go Crazy?

Don’t Mind if I do!

Well I’m leaving for Albany tomorrow. This has been, without a doubt, one of the most stressful weeks of my entire life. I’m sure everyone else taking the bar feels the same. I am feeling a little more confident though, which is good. Anyway, good luck to everyone taking it, I’m sure I’ll be posting from Albany either tomorrow or after Day 1.

If you are one of the 6.2 people that read this blog a day (by accidentally getting linked here from google, might I add), you might have noticed I changed my author image.

Here it is.