Wear Red

Today at approximately 4:30 I received an email from a coworker, "Don't forget tomorrow is Wear Red Day." After bursting out in hysterical laughter from receiving a very random inconsequential email after a very long day, I couldn't stop but think now what fool came up with this. Who had time to come us with this random ridiculousness? None other than the American Heart Association. Here are details:

The American Heart Association is celebrating its Go Red for Women “Wear Red Day” on Feb. 1. The nationwide event is to recognize woman fighting against and to prevent heart disease, and women are encouraged to go online and assess their personal heart risk with the Go Red Heart CheckUp.

I guess I just don't get it. Can't they do better ? Clearly, they can. I guess tomorrow wear some read. Oh, wear some for me because you know royals really on do purple. That is all.

Where Should I Put My Mink?

The Rankings

Over the past couple of days we have received a number of requests from individuals asking what schools are ranked. Until recently,  I have been more than willing to appease such requests. Now its getting old and it appears it might just do people more good if I just provided them with the "List." As you all know there is one set or rankings that matter and that is US News & World Reports Annual Ranking of Top Law Schools. So here you go:

1. Yale
2. Harvard
2. Stanford
4. NYU
5. Columbia
6. Chicago
6. Penn
8. Michigan
8. UC Berkeley
10. Duke
10. UVA
12. Northwestern
13. Cornell
14. Georgetown 
15. UCLA
16. USC
16. Vandy
18. Texas
19. WUSL
20. BU
20. Minn

In Case You Were Wondering?

For those of you out there that wake up and ask I wonder where the King is in his law school application process the lord has answered your prayers. Below is a link to a site that provides ample detail about where I am in the process. Enjoy!

http://www.lawschoolnumbers.com/display.php?user=RexRegnat

NYTimes.com

Has anyone been reading the NY Times Online lately? Have you noticed the ridiculous amount of grammatical mistakes? You might saying to yourself is this fool for real. Has he read his own poorly edited musings? I know this blog has its fair share of misspellings and proper pronoun usage issues but damn. I definitely don't tout my work as a reliable resource for anything other than to share the perspective of what its like to be of royal stock. In any case NYTimes.com get your life together and cut out all the miscues.

I'M Sick

Booo! I think my mother gave me whatever she had the past week. I hate being sick and I literally take every precaution necessary not to contract any diseases. But alas you really can't hide from the people you live with and their nasty little germs. Hopefully, this is like a 24 hour thing and I don't have to suffer all week. It might provide the first opportunity to use those Savings & Loans sick days I have been storing up. Anyway, other than my illness its pretty quiet on the home-front. I am still waiting on responses from a few more schools and dreaming of life in school. Now that I have been accepted I get to start thinking about new apartments and reading assignments. Rather exciting, I know. I am relishing the opportunity to be away from the boredom that is
Savings & Loans. In case anyone is interested the countdown has begun.

It is 186 days until I am free or 6 months, 4 days. More specifically, 16,070,400 seconds, 267,840 minutes, 4464 hours, or 26 weeks (rounded down).

You Skanky Prestige Whore

That's right I am talking to you. Do you find yourself reading US News & World Reports the day the rankings come out to see if your undergrad made a move up the rankings? Do you take jobs based on your future employer's rankings in the Fortune 500? Do you "mistakenly" use Latin phrases to indicate your Jesuit High School beginnings? Are all your friends graduates of elite universities that people would kill their first born to get a degree from? Do you search for housing in cities known for their exclusivity and minimal sightings of "those people?" If you answered yes to any of these questions its quite likely your a prestige whore. You seek validation and security in knowing you are member of celebrated institutions that separate you from the plebs. Don't worry its nothing to be ashamed of. You should be more than proud that you don't have to stand in line because you "know people." The fact is you're getting very close to knowing what its like to be King.

In at Georgetown

Yup, after recruiting there a little over a week ago, the Hoyas loved me so much they asked me to come back for an extended stay. At this point I am extremely excited that I got in but sad that it is unlikely that I will be attending. Everyone wants me to go there but I love NYC and NYU far too much. Today, I went on a little stroll around the NYU campus and lets just say its two blocks from Soho. Enough said. Seriously, it was a good look. Most of the buildings surround Washington Square Park and there is so much to do. As much I like Gtown and want to move to a new city I think I have all I need right here.

I'M In at NYU

Yes, that's right. I was admitted to NYU and it was a total surprise. I came home today expecting a letter from Georgetown when to my surprise I have a big letter from NYU. I wasn't expecting anything from them considering that I just went complete a little over a week ago. So I opened the letter and It said Mr. Henry you're really really hot. JK but it did inform me that I was admitted to the class of 2011. So kids, I have been admitted to one. The process is pretty much over since NYU was one of my top two choices. Now, all I have to do is wait for Harvard. I can still dream about HLS but I am overjoyed to be admitted to NYU. Now, I need to figure out what their mascot is.

STATUS CHECKER AT GEORGETOWN: DECISION

I HAVE GONE DECISION at GTOWN. Wish me luck.

Is it that Tough?

If you have been living under a rock today, Heath Ledger died most likely of a drug overdose. The news is covering this story like its a serious hard news story. I am not trying to knock the life of Heath Ledger I just don't think it warrants the type of coverage its receiving. There are men and women dying in Iraq daily and the Brokeback Mountain star dies and its the lead story on every news channel. I don't get it.

Yet, what I really don't get is it really that though being famous? You have Unfitney running around hurting herself and her children, Wino smoking crack on film, and not to mention all those sad washed up celeb-reality shows on VH1. Is having the world handed to you on a platter really that mentally draining? Is fending off idiots with cameras enough to lose it? I am a lowly counter so I have little experience with this stuff but I would leans towards the position that I could do it and remain sane. I think people would line up for the shot to spend millions and demand the world. Plus, I wouldn't have a probably mistakenly tripping a paparazzi into oncoming traffic. JK. But seriously it is time our celebrities realize how good they have it and grow up.

Complete at Harvard

That's right people I am complete at HLS. Its not really anything to brag about. Being complete means I have submitted all the necessary documents in a timely manner to be considered for admission. The likelihood of me being accepted is about a -10 but I am still dreaming. You never know what happens. Oh, Duke sent me their viewbook today and I am really feeling them right about now. However, I think that's my response everytime I get a new viewbook in the mail. Theses schools really know how to sell themselves to needy fools like me. My favorite school of the moment is almost always the school who most recently sent materials. Maybe, when I get into a school I will be more discriminating.

We Celebrate A King

Field Trip

Today, Savings & Loans sent me on a field trip to Washington DC. I got to see the Capitol and visit GULC. Nice school happy I applied. I also got the chance to meet up with a Domer currently at GULC. Then I had to convince some Hoyas that Savings & Loans was the place to be. How well do you think that went?

Beheading

Offender: My Desk at Work
Offense: Sartorial Assault

Over the past few weeks the strangest phenomenon has been taking place. Every two weeks I wash my dress shirts and bring them to the dry cleaners to be pressed. When I go to pick up the shirts they're returned with one or two shirts having tears along the right elbow. At first, I thought it was the Dry Cleaners, since they have the propensity to burn buttons on dress shirts and never accept blame for them. They only seem even more suspect when they make outlandish suggestions like "Oh, we cut shirt for you and make into short sleeve." Um, no. I don't see myself as the King of the Pocket Protector Society. Anyway, when it happened to four shirts I knew it couldn't possibly be the dry cleaners. They couldn't possibly be that bold as to destroy four of MY shirts. Then today as the Nigerian Princess and I are walking over to P&L, our fav café that serves crack in coffee form, Nigerian Princess goes: "You have something white on your elbow." I check my elbow and low and behold my favorite grey cashmere sweater is torn at the elbows. Cashmere------>expensive------->ruined -----------> One more reason I hate this job. Apparently, its this cheap cubicle desk and the way its connected, that is without provocation ruthlessly attacking my well cultivated wardrobe.

Punishment: I am spilling coffee and ink all over this desk. I am going to make sure its defaced so much that it cannot stand to look at itself. Meanwhile, Savings & Loans can definitely expect that some way or somehow I am going to recoup my hundreds of dollars in losses.

Dallas Disappointers

Cowboys you suck. Way to ruin a great season.

Typical Conversation in the Kingdom

Mother: Oh, I forgot you're perfect. You don't make any mistakes.

King: That's right. I'm always right. I'm perfect.

Mother: Yeah, a perfect ass mess!

LMAO. Oh, she is too funny. Always kicking my back in. Gotta love it.

Old Friends

Is it weird talking to college friends you haven't talked to in months? Yesterday, I had conversations with multiple friends who I spent a fair amount of time with during my college years. It really felt like attack of the Domers. In one case it was like the good old days. It was as if we were sitting at the dining hall table sharing a meal. We laughed, joked, talked politics, love, race, sex, and music. In the other case it was if I was being water-boarded. I really had to question how I could have ever thought this person was fun to be around. I mean it was a barrage of attacks and insults. They were quite funny but so immature. But of course I got the last laugh because the dick in me just couldn't allow this person to leave me with such a sour taste in my life. Its so sad that i know how to pull out the knife, stick it in someone's thigh, and then twist it so the wound doesn't heal. Remember that scene from face off. We all can't be killers but I love that I am when I need to be. Anyway, to make a long story short I miss college and most of my old friends. So if you're reading this shoot me an email or something.

Southern Gentleman

I applied to Duke yesterday. I know, it goes against everything I have espoused about the South and its stifling moral code. However, the school did provide a fee waiver and its great to have options. It wouldn't hut to be a Blue Devil. Plus, I think my perception of the South is outright wrong. So hopefully get in and its just one more options to choose from. Who knows maybe I will fall in love with NC. First, I have to get in. Oh, yeah and I am complete at Fordham now too. So for anyone keeping score thats two completes and 4 we don't know what the hell is going on with our applications.

Barbershop Blues

In the past week over 15 Barbershops have been closed down in my kingdom, which typically wouldn't be a big deal except my establishment of choice was shut down as well. As many of you may well know its definitely a job looking this good. Now, that my favorite shop is closed, it just got a little harder. I have to find someone new to handle with care my rapidly receding hairline and large forehead. This is serious situation because I definitely cannot be looking like one of the aliens from Independence Day. Anyway, so I tried this new spot out around the corner from my house and let's just say it was not a good look. I sat in there for over 2 hours before someone even touched my head. During this period I encountered more n-bombs and dick riding then one man can reasonably take. My delicate sensibilities like not calling someone a word that was used to assault a people for hundred of years and outright lying were definite in shock. The sad part is I'll be right back there next week because Blunt, that's the barber who cut my hair definitely hooked me up. Sad.

Katherine Heigel Please Sit Down

Is anyone else tired of this chick? You know the busty blond chick from Grey's Anatomy and Knocked up. She is usually smiling on the cover of some magazine or parading around like she is god's gift to man. I don't know who deemed her America's Sweetheart but she definitely isn't Julia Roberts or Halle Berry. Not to mention her smile isn't all that cute. I definitely would not place her in the banger category. She better go sit down.

Counting Really Sucks

We are wrapping all the change for the year at Savings & Loans. This process is arduous and inconsiderate. So inconsiderate that I had to work both Saturday and Sunday. I haven't had a real day off in over 7 days. Its getting ridiculous, all this damn counting. Counting only got worse when my vacation request was denied. My plans to visit Sin City during the MLK weekend were cruelly put to bed. They basically said you count when we tell you to count. We will let you know when you can take a break. Apparently, it is fine for me to take a break next week to recruit new counters. What a surprise?

Clinton Lays the Smack Down

Barack I like you. In fact, I think I like you a lot. You are an amazing politician and skilled rhetorician. Your speeches actually make me feel good about the future of this country. However, Mr. Obama you're just not tough enough. You are up against a killer and all that hope and optimism does nothing when she has her hands around your neck. You're up against a beast that doesn't know what it means to quit. She doesn't know what it means to lay down. She will kick, scream, and even cry her way to get things done. You are going to do what she wants. She wants to be President. She will be President.

I'M Complete

Yes, you read it correctly. I am complete, at least in the eyes of GULC, that's Georgetown University Law Center for those of you not keeping tabs of law school acronyms. Anyway, after weeks of waiting all my application materials have arrived at the law school and is now under the review of the admission committee. I will keep you plebs posted on the results.