two for two

today is the multistate professional responsibility exam. it's part of the bar, and i have to get an 87 or higher to be able to practice in any jurisdiction. i had to pay fifty-five dollars to take it, and twelve ninety-five for my picture to be taken by the kinko's people--excuse me, "fedex kinko's," now--so i could paste it onto my "admission ticket." i'm going to show up to the exam with the ticket, my wallet, and two number twos and spend two hours (trend-spotters, go to) and five minutes answering questions about legal ethics.

it's funny that this is the first major conduit of law school--everything about law school is a conduit, but they're just tiny pipes and connectors up until now, this is a rather large circuit--and i've studied for it, of course, but the pressure to pass it the first time comes from nowhere but myself and the ethics professors (who look bad if we don't pass, let's face it. i'm sure they're committed to our success beyond that, but still). the rest of the school, including the remaining faculty, don't seem to think this is a very big deal. why is that? isn't this the whole point?

i have not been reading my bible since the last post, except a few days ago i read some more chapters of joshua. i have been praying every morning, quickly, in the shower, and praying every night not so quickly, on my knees before climbing into bed. sometimes i pray in the car. and that, as they say, is that.

i would appreciate your thoughts and prayers of encouragement, even the the retroactive ones. i think you know my policy on that.