A Breath and a Scream

[quote]pushmepullme wrote:

[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
You need to learn to negotiate more like William Wallace if you want more trial experience. [/quote]

Oh, I have a trial that won’t settle out later this month. It’s against a pro se defendant who is slightly crazy, so I’m comfortable.[/quote]

Fuck I hate dealing with pro se’s. Except for this one dude named Thomas Gill Stewart–best jail-house lawyer ever. Everything I learned about litigation I learned from him while I was clerking. He used to claim that he did not have have an eraser and that the Court was obligated to ignore anything he crossed out. He would cross through every other sentence and effectively write two completely different motions. Every motion he filed started out “Dear Monkey-Punk Front Man for the Pigs” crossed out, followed by “This Honorable Court.” One time he asked for a photo array of the entire Mesquite Police Department in discovery so that he could i.d. the cops who beat him. When the P.D. objected for security reasons, he responded that, unlike the pigs, he did not want to falsely accuse anyone, and, besides, “they should have thought about that when they beat me senseless but decided to let me live.” Good times.

[quote]jjackkrash wrote:

[quote]pushmepullme wrote:

[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
You need to learn to negotiate more like William Wallace if you want more trial experience. [/quote]

Oh, I have a trial that won’t settle out later this month. It’s against a pro se defendant who is slightly crazy, so I’m comfortable.[/quote]

Fuck I hate dealing with pro se’s. Except for this one dude named Thomas Gill Stewart–best jail-house lawyer ever. Everything I learned about litigation I learned from him while I was clerking. He used to claim that he did not have have an eraser and that the Court was obligated to ignore anything he crossed out. He would cross through every other sentence and effectively write two completely different motions. Every motion he filed started out “Dear Monkey-Punk Front Man for the Pigs” crossed out, followed by “This Honorable Court.” One time he asked for a photo array of the entire Mesquite Police Department in discovery so that he could i.d. the cops who beat him. When the P.D. objected for security reasons, he responded that, unlike the pigs, he did not want to falsely accuse anyone, and, besides, “they should have thought about that when they beat me senseless but decided to let me live.” Good times. [/quote]

Hahaha, that is awesome.

This pro se, I met him last week when he filed his answer. We talked about maybe settling, I told him that issue #1 was non-negotiable, but we could definitely move on issue #2. He got angry and asked if I was really a lawyer or if I was just the secretary the firm sent down to the courthouse. I told him he wasn’t allowed to talk to me that way.

Later, he cried a little.

Puerto Rico is in May?

I wish there was something locally before next December.

Puerto Rico is in July. There is an AAU meet in August, Ron said you don’t have to qualify for it.

We are pleased to announce that the AAU will once again have powerlifting showcased at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs , Colorado August 14 2010
AAU Equipped National Powerlifting (men and women)
AAU Military National PL, BP,DL and PP (Raw and Equipped ,mean and women)
AAU So Colorado PL, BP,DL and PP (Raw and Equipped ,mean and women)

These events are qualifiers for the
2010 AAU World BP.DL. PP and International Powerlifting Oct 8-10 at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas Nevada
AND THE
AAU Three Lift Worlds in Va in November.

Meet Director is Steve Gavin steve.gavin@me.com

Wow, go you! Congrats on the record!

[quote]pushmepullme wrote:

[quote]jjackkrash wrote:

[quote]pushmepullme wrote:

[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
You need to learn to negotiate more like William Wallace if you want more trial experience. [/quote]

Oh, I have a trial that won’t settle out later this month. It’s against a pro se defendant who is slightly crazy, so I’m comfortable.[/quote]

Fuck I hate dealing with pro se’s. Except for this one dude named Thomas Gill Stewart–best jail-house lawyer ever. Everything I learned about litigation I learned from him while I was clerking. He used to claim that he did not have have an eraser and that the Court was obligated to ignore anything he crossed out. He would cross through every other sentence and effectively write two completely different motions. Every motion he filed started out “Dear Monkey-Punk Front Man for the Pigs” crossed out, followed by “This Honorable Court.” One time he asked for a photo array of the entire Mesquite Police Department in discovery so that he could i.d. the cops who beat him. When the P.D. objected for security reasons, he responded that, unlike the pigs, he did not want to falsely accuse anyone, and, besides, “they should have thought about that when they beat me senseless but decided to let me live.” Good times. [/quote]

Hahaha, that is awesome.

This pro se, I met him last week when he filed his answer. We talked about maybe settling, I told him that issue #1 was non-negotiable, but we could definitely move on issue #2. He got angry and asked if I was really a lawyer or if I was just the secretary the firm sent down to the courthouse. I told him he wasn’t allowed to talk to me that way.

Later, he cried a little.[/quote]

I love hearing when you make men cry. You’re so cool.

Do you know anything about the AAU?

Oh, there’s also the State Games in early August, which I forgot about. But Robb is out of the country for all of July and I’d want to compete geared. Plus, there’s the shoulder issue.

http://www.coloradospringssports.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158&Itemid=44

I’d forgotten about the state games, the look to be in Aurora this year. I will probably ref, I guess.

Ron says AAU World’s is a whole lot of fun, and I think they are much more relaxed than USAPL. They are tested and single ply.

[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
http://www.coloradospringssports.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158&Itemid=44

I’d forgotten about the state games, the look to be in Aurora this year. I will probably ref, I guess.

Ron says AAU World’s is a whole lot of fun, and I think they are much more relaxed than USAPL. They are tested and single ply.[/quote]

They do test and are single ply. And yes they stay with the IFB rules but are mmmm flexable. Try it you will have fun.

Flexible in terms of ???

[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Flexible in terms of ??? [/quote]

Squat depth, bench chest pauses, hitching (if that even exists! :wink: ), etc.

[quote]pushmepullme wrote:

[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Flexible in terms of ??? [/quote]

Squat depth, bench chest pauses, hitching (if that even exists! :wink: ), etc.[/quote]

Now don’t get me wrong I lifted with both AAU and USAPL. State Meets the judges are not as hard on Depth with Squats in the AAU (remember this is always the judges call) But the Deadlift there both about the same

four60, hitching is a bit of a joke with Snap and me because her coach always tells us it doesn’t exist.

Ahhhh I see said the Blind man.

I like competing where the judges are strict on squat depth because going deeeepppp is one of the things I’m good at.

Hitching? Isn’t that what one does with a horse?

[quote]pushmepullme wrote:

[quote]trav123456 wrote:
You broke a record? Nice.[/quote]

I’ll break you, hoss.

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Not sure if I’m turned on or scared.

Going with mostly scared :open_mouth:

^smart man -

Prowler pushing this morning is a great way to wake up after a night of ribs and beer.

So jealous of the prowler! I need to get me one of those.

Creepy dude trial tomorrow. Should be fun. Hope I don’t bleed too much.

Prowler and GPP lately. Need to get back to Westside.