After a night of studying for 12 hours stright and waking up at 5:00am reciting the elements to negligence (duty! breach! causation! damages!), I realized as I hastily dumped large amounts of espresso grind into the machine just how much I want a wife. Why do I want a wife?

*"I want a wife who will work and send me to school. And while I am going to school I want a wife to... take care of my physical needs. I want a wife who will keep my house clean. A wife who will pick up after me. I want a wife who will keep my clothes clean, ironed, mended, replaced when need be, and who will see to it that my personal things are kept in their proper place so that I can find what I need the minute I need it. I want a wife who cooks the meals, a wife who is a good cook. I want a wife who will plan the menus, do the necessary grocery shopping, prepare the meals, serve them pleasantly, and then do the cleaning up while I do my studying. I want a wife who will care for me when I am sick and sympathize with my pain and loss of time from school. I want a wife to go along when our family takes a vacation so that someone can continue care for me when I need a rest and change of scene. I want a wife who will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wife's duties. But I want a wife who will listen to me when I feel the need to explain a rather difficult point I have come across in my course of studies. And I want a wife who will type my papers for me when I have written them."

"I want a wife who will take care of the details of my social life... When I meet people at school that I like and want to entertain, I want a wife who will have the house clean, will prepare a special meal, serve it to me and my friends, and not interrupt when I talk about things that interest me and my friends... I want a wife who takes care of the needs of my quests so that they feel comfortable, who makes sure that they have an ashtray, that they are passed the hors d'oeuvres, that they are offered a second helping of the food, that their wine glasses are replenished when necessary, that their coffee is served to them as they like it. And I want a wife who knows that sometimes I need a night out by myself."

"I want a wife who is sensitive to my sexual needs, a wife who makes love passionately and eagerly when I feel like it, a wife who makes sure that I am satisfied. And, of course, I want a wife who will not demand sexual attention when I am not in the mood for it. I want a wife who assumes the complete responsibility for birth control, because I do not want more children. I want a wife who will remain sexually faithful to me so that I do not have to clutter up my intellectual life with jealousies. And I want a wife who understands that my sexual needs may entail more than strict adherence to monogamy. I must, after all, be able to relate to people as fully as possible."

"If, by chance, I find another person more suitable as a wife than the wife I already have, I want the liberty to replace my present wife with another one. Naturally, I will expect a fresh, new life; my wife will take the children and be solely responsible for them so that I am left free. When I am through with school and have a job, I want my wife to quit working and remain at home so that my wife can more fully and completely take care of a wife's duties."

"My God, who wouldn't want a wife?"

*"Why I Want a Wife" by Judy Syfers (1971). This classic piece of feminist humor appeared in the premier issue of Ms. Magazine and was widely circulated in the women's movement. The above is not the complete essay. The complete essay can be found at: http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/rainbow/wife.html

dude...studying for the bar s-u-c-k-s

goodbye world, see you in a couple of months

ok, now back to the endless drills and outline reviews and 12 hour days of pure mental torture

this sucks

At 26

I turned 26 yesterday and today I realized something... I now like it when people ask for my ID. Does that mean I'm officially old?

More On Chepik

Here is more of my new found favorite artist, Sergei Chepik's work. The following is the full painting of "The Public Ministry of Our Lord," with details of the painting. This was my favorite painting in St. Paul's cathedral, and this painting actually shows the hidden God in the light, check out the details also:







The painting, "The Public Ministry of Our Lord." On the left panel is Jesus healing the sick, the middle Jesus baptised by John, with God hidden in the light. The right side is, I think, Jesus preaching.