So 1) sorry I haven't been updating and 2) it'll be a bit longer until regular updates resume. I've been consumed by studying for the bar and playing Final Fantasy X. (Hey, it's "mindless" fun for when my mind won't fit anymore law bits.)

So I took one of the multi-state practice tests this week (PMBR, for those who care) and got 116 questions right out of 200. The national average is to get 95 right. Now here's the thing--why would you make a test so difficult that getting over half of it wrong is *average*? It's really disheartening to get half the questions wrong and basically be doing as well as you're supposed to be doing. Sure, I'm doing okay (this is the multiple choice part, so if you can narrow the choices down to two...) but there is a bit of luck involved too, which doesn't make me feel good at all... When you're answering most questions by either process of elimination or "hey, never heard of that before, we'll give that answer a whirl" it doesn't inspire confidence in either my abilities or those of my contemporaries. And I want to do well on this part so it takes a little pressure off the written half. (day 1: the MPT, 2 questions where you are given set of facts and some law resources and you have to discuss what's relevent/irrelevent, etc., 3 hours, and in the afternoon is the MEE, 6 essay questions, no resources, 3 hours; day 2: the MBE, 200 multiple choice questions, no resources, 6 hours. Need to score 270 or better total, and the MBE is 50% of the points available, the MPT is 20%, and the MEE 30%. Oh, and the MBE gets "weighted" every year--so you usually wind up adding points to your raw MBE score (so if I had gotten 116 on the actual MBE last year, I would have scored a 130, I think). See, even the "grading" isn't simple! *laugh*)

End of July draws nigh, far too fast, and I still have studying to do. Wish me luck.