Lawyers suck!
Last Sunday, I flew to NY to take my character interview in front of the NY Appellate Court’s Board of Character & Fitness. The following day, I was sworn in formally as a fully licensed attorney before the State of New York. I have now joined rank and file to what is in my opinion one of the most truly morally bankrupt and prickish professions out there. Sigh.
And no…that’s not my firm. That’s a pic I got off a random lawyer website. Look at them. What the f*ck do they have any business posing before a lake. Bet they threw refuse and toxic waste as soon as the picture was taken.
Sigh. Forgive my bitterness. I got dragged to NY in the middle of my show production. In addition, it was almost 100 degrees in NYC last week. And I had to wear a wool suit and look like a zombie prick much like my other 50 colleagues.
Colleagues. *SCOFF* These practitioners of law…these torch bearers of the fire of justice… these overpaid and sanctimonious asses couldn’t remember to bring a pen. I ended up sharing my pen with 40 people who remember to bring their iPods and digital cameras and palm pilots but forgot a pen.
At the end of the ceremony, we had to sign our names in a large law ledger. It took these 60 idiots an hour and half to sign in the book because they couldn’t figure out the simple dirction of "sign your name here…here…sign your name here…yes here…here…right next to your name…your name…sign right there…your name…YOUR NAME…SIGN YOUR NAME…YES… YES…RIGHT THERE…FOR F*CKS SAKE JUST SIGN IT!"
Thankfully the previous day’s character interview was quite pleasant. My interviewer was a solo practitioner on Long Island. Apparently she had my records from college and law school including my admission essays. When she said that I panicked because I couldn’t remember what I wrote. Apparently she was very moved by my immigrant story of how I came to America and our family struggled. Hmm. My memory must be faulty but I don’t remember killing a man in China and escaping to America and founding Jeet Kun Do. Go figure.
