I have secured the Martinelli Apple Juice. A tradition of mine since as long as I can remember, dating back possibly as far as elementary school when my dad would stop by the convenience store if he took us to school and one of the prized beverages to be had was the little apple shaped glass bottle of Martinelli’s. It was and still is the best tasting apple juice I have ever had, including the times I have been to an apple mill and had fresh apple juice pressed (though that is good too in its own right).

However, the main significance is that the usual reason my dad was taking us to school was because something big was up. Maybe he needed to help transport a science fair project, or was chaperoning a trip, or we had to go somewhere at a special time because we were taking a test and thus were also entitled to a special treat to get ourselves in gear. Every major test I have ever taken for as far back as I can remember, I have made it a point to have a Martinelli’s the night before.

Moreover, it has to be the little glass bottle, for tradition’s sake, because it doesn’t taste as good in the larger containers it comes in now, and finally because having become edumakated (I think it’s funny I had to look up how to misspell that word), into symbolism, and also raised Catholic. I have developed this little mythology in my head about how the apple is like the fruit from the tree of knowledge (it doesn’t go any deeper really than apples being a symbol of knowledge, though I do find the whole battle between good and evil fascinating).

So anyway, I secured it (this is becoming harder and harder to do) and in my mind, that was the last major hurdle to getting through exam prep. Now I just need to get down to the test center three days in a row, find parking, get the computer up, have it not fail on me, answer essays galor in a correct and competent manner and get a passing score on a 200 question multiple choice test, and then have upload work correctly, get a grader who is happy to skim over my essays and write pass, have the test not get lost as the grader shuffles to and from work, and have a passing score posted in November.

I need to watch a movie tonight. Potter 5 was good if anyone needs a suggestion. I’ll probably see Chuck and Larry at the risk of imagining family law, con law, k law, and tort law problems arising all over the place.

Good luck to anyone taking the bar exam tomorrow and for the next two or three days. I’ll be thrilled to post again at the end of the week!

-jd