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Pummeler

Jansen — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:58:24 +0000

I think she’s being dramatic.

Harley’s unimpressed.

Snow Romp

Jansen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:22:11 +0000

Winter walks are always entertaining:

Heightened Expectations

Jansen — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:50:52 +0000

Someone left a note on my car a few days ago:

Now I expect a note every time I go to my car!

And yes, I was blocking the curb cut, but the curb cut was not shoveled, so I could not see it when I parked.

I don’t know why anyone would care about an unshoveled curb cut, but I am just glad all the snow on the car was white.

Harley’s frolic

Jansen — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:22:27 +0000

These are the rest of the pictures from Harley’s pre-finals frolic in the snow.

The images below link to larger files. Facebook/RSS readers: click here if you cannot see the images properly.

Well, crap.

Jansen — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:56:54 +0000

I checked weather.com this morning and let’s just say the “winter storm warning” is in all caps and the word blizzard was mentioned. Maybe we are getting another Snowmageddon?

Good news is that the ~~bullshit~~ storm starts TOMORROW, so I have one day of non-weather-chaos.

Winter Storm Watch for Hennepin, MN
from 12 pm CST, Tue., Dec. 8, 2009 until 12 am CST, Thu., Dec. 10, 2009

Issued by The National Weather Service
Minneapolis, MN
5:20 am CST, Mon., Dec. 7, 2009

… WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING…

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THE WINTER STORM WATCH EXTENDS FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MORA ON EASTWARD… INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AS WELL AS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

SNOW AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW TOTALS REACHING OR EXCEEDING SIX INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW… SLEET… OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
More Information

… MAJOR WINTER STORM HEADING TOWARDS THE AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON…

… ONSET OF SNOW MAY BEGIN EARLIER THAN EXPECTED…

.A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA… .OR FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A ST JAMES TO OWATONNA LINE.

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST… EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA… AS WELL AS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA.

LATEST WEATHER MODEL INFORMATION INDICATED THAT THE ONSET OF SNOW MAY BEGIN EARLIER THAN EXPECTED… AND MAY BEGIN TO IMPACT AREAS ALONG THE IOWA BORDER BY NOON… AND IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

ALTHOUGH TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS REMAIN NEARLY THE SAME WITH THE HEAVIEST SOUTH OF A FAIRMONT TO RED WING MINNESOTA… TO AN EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN LINE… WHERE EIGHT INCHES OR MORE IS LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. MODEL TRENDS OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS HAVE THIS STORM SYSTEM STRONGER AND MAY PRODUCE HIGHER WIND SPEEDS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT… AND INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BLIZZARD… OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS… ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES IS LIKELY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO THE FAR WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES… TO ST. CROIX FALLS WISCONSIN.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM.

1up!

Jansen — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:14:35 +0000

If I wrote about how I really feel right now, my law school career counselor would probably let out a primal scream and assault me in the hallway.

So, no profanity editorializing – I am just going to state the facts:

It is October 12th around 7am.
The dog needs a-walking.
And this is the scene outside of my window:

Methinks it’s winter now.

Update (post dog walk): so, I officially scrapped tonight’s plans of outlining tax law. Tonight’s new project is teaching Harley how to use a litter box.

The weight of the snow causes mini avalanches from the trees. It feels like the trees are chucking snow down on the sidewalk out of bitterness like “WHY IS THERE SNOW ON ME? I STILL HAVE LEAVES DAMMIT!”

So, I felt like the star of my own video game! I am Super Mario with a golf umbrella and sack of dog poop. The object of the game was to hop around the neighborhood without getting dumped on by the trees. 1up my people!

It was a lot of fun. I take back all my bitching about the snow….which is only getting worse by the way:

First taste of winter

Jansen — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:32:21 +0000

It is 5:30am. I have been asleep for exactly 3 hours.¹

I wake up because I feel hot ~~dragon~~ dog breath on my cheek. I open my eyes and glare at Harley.

Harley (nudging me): “I need to go pooooooop.”
Me: “It’s snowing outside. I need sleep.”
Harley: “And I need to release! I need a walk. Now.”
Me: “Nono, you don’t understand. It is cold and SNOWING outside! Hold it! BACK TO BED!”
Harley: “Pooopy time. 5:30 a.m. is POOOPY time!”
Me: “Seriously it is SNOWING!”
Harley: “Listen. You have two options: let your balls drop, get off your ass, and take me outside, or kennel me and mop up my brown river of stink tomorrow.”
Me: “I will kill you.”

So when we get outside…

…Harley stops and looks at me like,

Harley: “Wait! It’s gross and cold…”
Me: “SEE! I told you so! God dammit! I told you so!”
Harley: “I’m a dog. I can’t actually understand a word you say to me.”
Me: “Understand this: you dragged me out of bed and I’m murderous. YOU BETTA SHIT.”

He certainly understood that.

¹Joel and I saw “Paranormal Activity” yesterday. Midnight show.

Desktop Wallpapers

Jansen — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:25:03 +0000

Here are some the wallpapers that I have in rotation at the moment. With the exception of the first wallpaper, the wallpapers consist of photos taken by me in Minneapolis and are sized at 1440×900.

The thumbnails link to the image files. Facebook/RSS readers: click here if you cannot see the images.

Lumps from the sky

Jansen — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:23:57 +0000

Best Week Ever 6: One big, snowy hot mess.

Jansen — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:51:43 +0000

This past week was hilarious for all the wrong reasons.

The week started with me randomly getting a car. I have never bought a car by myself before, so I didn’t know how long the financing process would take. I thought it would take a few weeks. It took about 10 minutes.

The gist:

Me: “Hi. I’m a law student who just got a job in the suburbs. Busing won’t cut it anymore, and I haven’t learned how to fly…”
Banker: “Got any cars in mind?”
Me: “Yep! I am eying a car at BigChain car dealership. It’s an Altima.”
Banker: “Do you have a number for the dealership?”
Me: “Yep. I filled out a form and Rick Salesman sent me an email, the number is 612-000-0000.”
Banker: “Please hold.”

Banker: “Okay. I’ve cleared everything with the car dealership. You’re approved for the loan. Just login to your online account and check “yes.” There is an e-check you can print out to get your car tonight.”
Me: “Wait, what? Tonight? Really?”
Banker: “Yep. Let me know if you have any problems.”

Click. I didn’t even have time to call mom before the car dealership called:

Salesman: “Hey, this is Rick Salesman from BigChain. We’ve emailed. I just talked to your bank.”
Me: “Uh…yeah…hi. Sorry about that. I didn’t think they were going to call you immediately…or even approve the loan that quickly.”
Salesman: “Yep. BigBank works quick.”
Me: “They sure do.”
Salesman: “So when are you coming to test drive?”
Me: “Well the problem is that I don’t have a car. So I have to find a ride…maybe tomorrow...”
Salesman: “Oh don’t worry about that. I’ll pick you up. You can test drive it back to the dealership. I’ll be there in 25 minutes.”

Yikes! I guess there isn’t a recession going on! Or, maybe so few people are buying that they are eager to sell to any non-sketchy person they can find. Hm. I really wanted the car, but I didn’t expect it to happen so quickly…

So I enjoyed the wonders of winter-car-ownership this week. Miami didn’t prepare me for any of this:

The gas tank freezing shut. I was running low on gas and I couldn’t open the tank! Images of past tow-truck adventures started flashing before my eyes. The car has inside pull-level, so I didn’t know if it was really frozen shut or if the pull-level broke. I had to get my car steamed in a car wash before it opened. But it DID open…
Getting stuck in my driveway. The neighbors found this hilarious. I pretended I was an Olympic hurdler when I lunged over the snow wall blocking my driveway…
My febreeze freeze. The car completely stunk of nicotine when I bought it, so I bought some febreeze. It froze in my trunk, and is currently thawing on my desk.
Snowmageddon: the first day I took my car to school we got 10 inches of snow. I hadn’t bought a snow shovel yet. It was tragic. My whiny vlog about it made CNN though!

The beginning of the week was fairly unproductive. I didn’t do enough work during the weekend so I came into this week “behind.”¹

Lack of sleep is a vicious cycle. If I don’t get enough sleep the night before, I’m likely to be too tired to do any work the next evening. (And it doesn’t occur to me to just go to bed…)

So I stayed up, doing a lot of nothing. Every time I glanced at the clock another hour had passed, until gasp, it’s suddenly late! I better go to bed. But wait, I have work to do… I’ll just get up early… & Repeat.

This trend started Monday night with the surprise car purchase (I got home around 11pm) and cycled until Wednesday. I managed to nix it before it became a multi-week affair.

As for classes…

Civil Procedure is still amazing. The topic is personal jurisdiction, which is pretty straightforward.
Property was a surprise. I was expecting the worst, but Future Interests/Vesting is not god-awful, especially when I realized there is not substantive difference between many of the categories. It really IS about magic words…
Corporations is still all about scandal. Everyone was grateful that we had less reading in the Delaware Code this week.
Criminal Law has not improved. In fact, class has become so unspeakably dull that my section has begun aggressively playing “word of the day.” Everyday the section leader declares a random “word of the day” which we have to incorporate into an answer. Two of this week’s words were: hambone, and spirit-murder.
Class discussion has become unruly. It is dominated by the same handful of students. So, instead of waiting to be called on, my classmates have started raising their hand to interject a random “word of the day” comment. Half of the section starts laughing when this happens. The professor thinks we’ve lost it. (he’s right.)

This upcoming week is busy but exciting: on Monday and Thursday I’m attending public hearings for the fees committee. On Tuesday I’m attending my first CLE class. Oh, and that memo is due for legal writing… hm!

¹ “Behind” as in reading the case shortly before class.