Friday, July 27, 2012

Dinner Party Conversations (and a reason to celebrate!)

Did you hear it last night?
 It was the big, fat sigh of relief coming from Mr. Branflake as he finished the third and final day of the California State Bar Exam, aka the most difficult bar in the United States. 
After 18 grueling hours of testing and little sleep, he's done.
This is the last and final step that takes him from a doctor to a lawyer.

BUT...

He won't know the results until the end of November. 
Cruel, don't you think? 

photo by Bethany Nauert via Apartment Therapy


Because of that, he's not read anything but note cards and practice exams this week so links are all on me today. I hope you like them!


Four choreographers to be featured on U.S. postal stamps. Hooray!!!

22 rules of storytelling from Pixar (so interesting what they say about characters.)

Newsweek is undergoing a total shift to online. Is this a last ditch effort or preemptive move?

Alvin Ailey dancers show Men's Health Magazine how to get in shape. Adults who want a dancer's body, listen up!

Zombie nouns are attacking the world!



Cheers to celebrating all weekend long!

22 comments:

Hollie said...

That's pure torture! I would be a nervous wreck.

I'm just going to wave my nerd flag for a minute and say that I was sad when I first read about Newsweek.

(and now I suddenly feel all of my 30 years. ha!)

Krysten @ Why Girls Are Weird said...

Man that is VERY cruel! Sending him lots of good luck vibes... although maybe he doesn't need luck. He's a smart guy, I'm sure he did amazing!

Val said...

Best of luck to him. Not knowing until November would be extremely hard. I hope you have a great weekend.

Dancing Branflake said...

Thanks, you guys. Yes... November feels like forever away.

Cafe Fashionista said...

Blergh! I cannot believe that he has to wait until November for his results; but we all know that they are going to be fabulous ones, so you can expect a VERY celebratory holiday season! :)

Vanisha @ Vanishas Life In...Australia said...

Well now that's done, you can all enjoy some of the more exciting things! November is a long time to wait, I really hate the waiting process! Off to check out your links :)The last two look particularly interesting!

Cara said...

have a GREAT weekend!

Chic 'n Cheap Living said...

Yay, it's over! It must be such a huge relief. My husband took the last level of the CFA recently and I am happy that he doesn't have to spend all his free time studying any more!

xoxo,
Chic 'n Cheap Living

Stephanie said...

SO CRUEL! But best of luck, I'm sure he did amazing!

Hope you guys celebrate this weekend! Have a great one!

SabinePsynopsis said...

So tough, but I'm convinced he's done well - with so much support and hard work!
Loving the 'zombie nouns'... I'll be very careful with nominalisations from now on.

Happy celebrations!

Poet Whale said...

Congratualtions to Mr. Branflake!
I think his results will be very good.

Punctuation Mark said...

Congrats to him... Hope he can relax a d have a fantastic weekend!!!

OneCraftyFox said...

Congratulations to hubby... a relaxing dinner sounds well deserved. Would love to join you at that table :)

Have a wonderful weekend, sweeties!!

Diana

VintageDanielle said...

Poor guy, glad he's stuck through. I hope November comes fast for him.

Audrey Allure said...

Great links! And congrats to him for finishing the exam! :)

Ariel Tyler said...

Oh my! Congrats to him for being done! Loved the links- especially the pixar rules!

Blicious said...

Aww congrats to the Mr!!!
and the stamps!!! YAY!!

xx
b

Alexa said...

Oh my goodness such a long time to wait. Congrats to him all the same though, what an accomplishment.

Lisa Lisa Lisa said...

That is WONDERFUL!!! I am so happy for you two. Because I am sure that it was a group effort! Something that difficult is never accomplished alone :)

Debby Steele said...

Wow, so glad he's done but November... seriously? That's torture!!! Hope your weekend was good. xo

drollgirl said...

no results until NOVEMBER??!?!? HELLO?!? talk about a slow and inefficient process!

fingers crossed! good news should be coming in november! WHEE!!!!

jillian :: cornflake dreams. said...

congrats to the mister for finishing the bar! my good friend just finished too and i am PRAYING that she passed! xoxo jillian:: cornflake dreams