Mr. Cup o' Joe

Your typical coffee shop lounging artist/ student athlete/aspiring lawyer. Oh! And I like Manga Anime and Comics too!

[juliaxyn]

Whatever is learned with satisfaction and enjoyment stays with you forever.

[theheirofpeace]

Law School Diaries Entry 003

Division of Goals

When you enter law, you think the goal is to become a lawyer... but down the line, you find that the goal is also to pass the bar, to graduate, to pass the subject, to pass the exam, quiz, or recitation or even just attend everyday.

Social Environment

There’s a bit of a paradox of the law school social circle: (1) You need to be less sociable to focus and study more but (2) you need to be more sociable to accumulate information and resources. You need to be good at both. The commonality of these two things is that they require responsibility. In the relationships and connections you make, you have to be careful and learn to give as you receive. There is a mutual benefit in the law school social environment. 

An Open Mind

Although law schools train future judges and masters of reasoning, that does not mean one must grow an unchanging mind that solidifies preconceived notions. Simply put, do not be judgmental. In this sense you will find yourself also forgiving towards yourself (but to a healthy and responsible degree of course). Not all who delay their education are due to failure or lax lifestyles. We all have responsibilities and experience undesirable events. Like they say in law, “there is a presumption of innocence.”

[theheirofpeace]

Juris... Dare I say that its glorification is both a motivation and a subtle deception for these ambitious young minds?

[theheirofpeace]

[theheirofpeace]

Full-Time students vs. Working Students

I took to this video by Cajun Koi Academy on the comparison of why working students are able to perform in class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifZWcPXDyFc&ab_channel=CajunKoiAcademy. The finding was that it was not necessarily about time but focus. Despite having so much time on their hands, full-time students are not always capable of maximizing that time. Responsibilities make time more precious and the level of focus that you need to exert becomes clearer. Hence, effectiveness and quality use of time. The best case scenario I can think of is that you have the work ethic and rhythm of a working-student but the time available for a full-time student.

[Photo by Green Chameleon on Unsplash]   

[theheirofpeace]

Uncertainty.

I don’t know anymore. It seems. Wherever I place myself my heart bleeds. I have so many pursuits in life that I want to chase after. There are so many versions of myself that I want to see in the future. My experiences have brought me into a place of constant introspection. 

I want to be cultured, a reader, writer, linguist, critique, artist, photographer, designer, but also I want to be fit, athletic, outgoing, sociable, involved, charismatic, fashionable, and attractive. I want to be simple but popular, a genius but visibly effortless, but all the swarming thoughts and expectations mix in and it brings me sadness with each day that I waste with my overly emotional self. 

You can’t have it all. Even if you had it all, they would be in vain. You can’t please everybody, but we try to at least please ourselves which sometimes requires that we please those “somebodies”.

What do I want? How do I do it? What have I been doing wrong? How do I change it? So many questions that have me overthinking, overworking, over-relaxing, and constantly running in mind. I want assurance. I want peace. I need a guiding frame of thought that will get me there. I need to forge myself anew.

[theheirofpeace]

Consistency is no joke but you'll be glad that it isn't.

[wiirocku]

2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV) - For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

[theheirofpeace]

Law School Diaries Entry 002

Entry number two! Guess I haven’t been able to add anything for a while. More thoughts as to recent experience. I’ve recently transferred schools as I was unable to meet my old school’s standards. Pandemic also hit so it was a huge factor.

Now, the theme is “the purpose of grind.” This includes the usual spiritual basis and is followed by other practical notes on treading the law school journey. 

1. Sow seeds to expect a harvest. Galatians 6:9 (Let us not become weary in doing good for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up). The good we do in our studies is a form of worship. We reflect His character as the worker who made the world. And as we know that reading the Bible gives us wisdom for daily circumstances, our daily reading in our work and studies prepare us for professional practice and examinations.

2. Identity is reflected in one’s surroundings. As such, we should surround ourselves with good examples. The time we spend and who we spend them with can show us the direction of where we’re going. A law student knows there’s bound to be stress but having people that work hard with you or even just around you can influence you to also be a smart and hard worker. Note that they are not people to compare yourself to but reminders of the purposeful work you have. After all, it’s us who has to take the bar and practice in this noble profession so we have to work towards that goal.

3. Vision Exercises. A lawyer will have lots of reading and research in preparing for a case. It’s a constant search for the truth and justice. One day you’ll be in that office and all the studies will have made sense and you’ll be thankful for it. Setting our eyes on something helps us to follow through the path to it. Note, however, that a vision exercise is not a singular activity. It is continuous confirmation of progress and alignment to the end in mind.

[theheirofpeace]

I mean-

Is it okay to say I’m good with comedic timing but bad with awkward moments? 

‘Cuz it seems a lil contradictory but is definitely the case.

[theheirofpeace]

Competence

If I were given the chance to represent myself right now, I would respectfully and objectively decline based on past performance. This guy is incomplete and still learning. Do better. Please. You can use your sundays if you want and treat the cases as things you want to read rather than be overtaken by laziness or fear.

Here is a hard truth for you which would also empower you: “For the Spirit of God does not make us timid but gives power, love, and self-discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:7)

[theheirofpeace]

Law School Diaries Entry 001

Just a little disclaimer, I’m already on my second year with an irregular status (I failed some subjects). I’m putting this here as a way of organizing my thoughts on the matter as I have felt a bit lost in the seams.

This is a new series that follows the Post graduate journals. My objective? To graduate on my J.D. and pass the Bar under God’s blessing.

1. Always surrender your plans to God. Proverbs 16:3 (Commit to the Lord whatever you do and He will establish your plans). Even if you feel a sense of shame or responsibility to reconcile the mistakes and shortcomings of the past, remember that the BEST outcome can only come from surrendering everything to God.

2. The more time you spend doing what you should do, the less time you have to do what you shouldn’t do. (Reiteration) Time well spent will add up to a diligent life and nothing is better than a most diligent life.

3. Take everything step by step. Personal assessment and public consultation is good but excessive assessment may hinder the effective implementation of your plans. The most important part is that you take the step and that you don’t let the deception of worry overwhelm you from trying.

4. Practice isn’t a one time deal. Don’t let voices of the world distract you, not even the smallest of noise should throw you off the flow of proper education. Now that you know that you personal voice shouldn’t stop you from pursuing your dreams (by taking it step by step), now you should learn the discipline to keep learning by stockpiling experience.

[raidesart]

So many of you asked for a tutorial on how I paint faces/ add a light source, so here you go! 😍 Let me know if you guys have any feedback or if you want to try it yourself! 💜

[theheirofpeace]

There’s always that part of myself that yearns to create art and content. I miss being creative. Now I feel like a large portion of myself is being forced to fit the piece where I think I belong.

[damienhaaas]

FAMOUS AUTHORS

Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.

The Online Books Page: The University of Pennsylvania hosts this book search and database.

Project Gutenberg: This famous site has over 27,000 free books online.

Page by Page Books: Find books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells, as well as speeches from George W. Bush on this site.

Classic Book Library: Genres here include historical fiction, history, science fiction, mystery, romance and children’s literature, but they’re all classics.

Classic Reader: Here you can read Shakespeare, young adult fiction and more.

Read Print: From George Orwell to Alexandre Dumas to George Eliot to Charles Darwin, this online library is stocked with the best classics.

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The Spectator Project: Montclair State University’s project features full-text, online versions of The Spectator and The Tatler.

Bibliomania: This site has more than 2,000 classic texts, plus study guides and reference books.

Online Library of Literature: Find full and unabridged texts of classic literature, including the Bronte sisters, Mark Twain and more.

Bartleby: Bartleby has much more than just the classics, but its collection of anthologies and other important novels made it famous.

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Online Medical Textbooks: Find books about plastic surgery, anatomy and more here.

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Free Business Textbooks: Find free books to go along with accounting, economics and other business classes.

Light and Matter: Here you can access open source physics textbooks.

eMedicine: This project from WebMD is continuously updated and has articles and references on surgery, pediatrics and more.

MATH AND SCIENCE

FullBooks.com: This site has “thousands of full-text free books,” including a large amount of scientific essays and books.

Free online textbooks, lecture notes, tutorials and videos on mathematics: NYU links to several free resources for math students.

Online Mathematics Texts: Here you can find online textbooks likeElementary Linear Algebra and Complex Variables.

Science and Engineering Books for free download: These books range in topics from nanotechnology to compressible flow.

FreeScience.info: Find over 1800 math, engineering and science books here.

Free Tech Books: Computer programmers and computer science enthusiasts can find helpful books here.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

byGosh: Find free illustrated children’s books and stories here.

Munseys: Munseys has nearly 2,000 children’s titles, plus books about religion, biographies and more.

International Children’s Digital Library: Find award-winning books and search by categories like age group, make believe books, true books or picture books.

Lookybook: Access children’s picture books here.

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

Bored.com: Bored.com has music ebooks, cooking ebooks, and over 150 philosophy titles and over 1,000 religion titles.

Ideology.us: Here you’ll find works by Rene Descartes, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, David Hume and others.

Free Books on Yoga, Religion and Philosophy: Recent uploads to this site include Practical Lessons in Yoga and Philosophy of Dreams.

The Sociology of Religion: Read this book by Max Weber, here.

Religion eBooks: Read books about the Bible, Christian books, and more.

PLAYS

ReadBookOnline.net: Here you can read plays by Chekhov, Thomas Hardy, Ben Jonson, Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and others.

Plays: Read Pygmalion, Uncle Vanya or The Playboy of the Western World here.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: MIT has made available all of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories.

Plays Online: This site catalogs “all the plays [they] know about that are available in full text versions online for free.”

ProPlay: This site has children’s plays, comedies, dramas and musicals.

MODERN FICTION, FANTASY AND ROMANCE

Public Bookshelf: Find romance novels, mysteries and more.

The Internet Book Database of Fiction: This forum features fantasy and graphic novels, anime, J.K. Rowling and more.

Free Online Novels: Here you can find Christian novels, fantasy and graphic novels, adventure books, horror books and more.

Foxglove: This British site has free novels, satire and short stories.

Baen Free Library: Find books by Scott Gier, Keith Laumer and others.

The Road to Romance: This website has books by Patricia Cornwell and other romance novelists.

Get Free Ebooks: This site’s largest collection includes fiction books.

John T. Cullen: Read short stories from John T. Cullen here.

SF and Fantasy Books Online: Books here include Arabian Nights,Aesop’s Fables and more.

Free Novels Online and Free Online Cyber-Books: This list contains mostly fantasy books.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Project Laurens Jz Coster: Find Dutch literature here.

ATHENA Textes Francais: Search by author’s name, French books, or books written by other authors but translated into French.

Liber Liber: Download Italian books here. Browse by author, title, or subject.

Biblioteca romaneasca: Find Romanian books on this site.

Bibliolteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes: Look up authors to find a catalog of their available works on this Spanish site.

KEIMENA: This page is entirely in Greek, but if you’re looking for modern Greek literature, this is the place to access books online.

Proyecto Cervantes: Texas A&M’s Proyecto Cervantes has cataloged Cervantes’ work online.

Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum: Access many Latin texts here.

Project Runeberg: Find Scandinavian literature online here.

Italian Women Writers: This site provides information about Italian women authors and features full-text titles too.

Biblioteca Valenciana: Register to use this database of Catalan and Valencian books.

Ketab Farsi: Access literature and publications in Farsi from this site.

Afghanistan Digital Library: Powered by NYU, the Afghanistan Digital Library has works published between 1870 and 1930.

CELT: CELT stands for “the Corpus of Electronic Texts” features important historical literature and documents.

Projekt Gutenberg-DE: This easy-to-use database of German language texts lets you search by genres and author.

HISTORY AND CULTURE

LibriVox: LibriVox has a good selection of historical fiction.

The Perseus Project: Tufts’ Perseus Digital Library features titles from Ancient Rome and Greece, published in English and original languages.

Access Genealogy: Find literature about Native American history, the Scotch-Irish immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries, and more.

Free History Books: This collection features U.S. history books, including works by Paul Jennings, Sarah Morgan Dawson, Josiah Quincy and others.

Most Popular History Books: Free titles include Seven Days and Seven Nights by Alexander Szegedy and Autobiography of a Female Slave by Martha G. Browne.

RARE BOOKS

Questia: Questia has 5,000 books available for free, including rare books and classics.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Books-On-Line: This large collection includes movie scripts, newer works, cookbooks and more.

Chest of Books: This site has a wide range of free books, including gardening and cooking books, home improvement books, craft and hobby books, art books and more.

Free e-Books: Find titles related to beauty and fashion, games, health, drama and more.

2020ok: Categories here include art, graphic design, performing arts, ethnic and national, careers, business and a lot more.

Free Art Books: Find artist books and art books in PDF format here.

Free Web design books: OnlineComputerBooks.com directs you to free web design books.

Free Music Books: Find sheet music, lyrics and books about music here.

Free Fashion Books: Costume and fashion books are linked to the Google Books page.

MYSTERY

MysteryNet: Read free short mystery stories on this site.

TopMystery.com: Read books by Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, GK Chesterton and other mystery writers here.

Mystery Books: Read books by Sue Grafton and others.

POETRY

The Literature Network: This site features forums, a copy of The King James Bible, and over 3,000 short stories and poems.

Poetry: This list includes “The Raven,” “O Captain! My Captain!” and “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde.”

Poem Hunter: Find free poems, lyrics and quotations on this site.

Famous Poetry Online: Read limericks, love poetry, and poems by Robert Browning, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Lord Byron and others.

Google Poetry: Google Books has a large selection of poetry, fromThe Canterbury Tales to Beowulf to Walt Whitman.

QuotesandPoem.com: Read poems by Maya Angelou, William Blake, Sylvia Plath and more.

CompleteClassics.com: Rudyard Kipling, Allen Ginsberg and Alfred Lord Tennyson are all featured here.

PinkPoem.com: On this site, you can download free poetry ebooks.

MISC

Banned Books: Here you can follow links of banned books to their full text online.

World eBook Library: This monstrous collection includes classics, encyclopedias, children’s books and a lot more.

DailyLit: DailyLit has everything from Moby Dick to the recent phenomenon, Skinny Bitch.

A Celebration of Women Writers: The University of Pennsylvania’s page for women writers includes Newbery winners.

Free Online Novels: These novels are fully online and range from romance to religious fiction to historical fiction.

ManyBooks.net: Download mysteries and other books for your iPhone or eBook reader here.

Authorama: Books here are pulled from Google Books and more. You’ll find history books, novels and more.

Prize-winning books online: Use this directory to connect to full-text copies of Newbery winners, Nobel Prize winners and Pulitzer winners.

[science-junkie]

… and here is a gift for all of us.

[north-star-24]

Wonderful!

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My wife will love this so thank you ❤

[youhavebeenmarkled]

If you want to purchase inexpensive books, I highly recommend thriftbooks.com free shipping over $10!  I love them! Just an fyi. 

[theheirofpeace]

Like Flora. Crossing the Storm.

The day passed by where I went by with the usual, a mix of rest and the needed duty of the day. I usually come in with a peace that doesn’t come from my own. I spend the days refreshed as the bountiful light greets me everyday. This is where I get my energy. This is where I get my peace. Sometimes like that fire on the bush that never burns up, sometimes like thought that brings me shaking realization. There was nor promise of being free from the storm. But there was a promise that you could get through it. Someone’s been to tomorrow and you can feel safe knowing that Someone’s there the day after. We won’t know what will happen. But we can expect a share of familiarity.

I’m no stranger to rain as I know it makes me grow despite how I sometimes meet the dirt. Neither a stranger to toxicity but being perfected just the same. I won’t claim to always know but I’ll tell you I’ve got a stalk and not a seed. Some things I’ll know some I won’t. This radiant hope? I’m just part of the reflection. You should see the sun...well you meet him everyday. You should hear the truth. Yeah. He got me through today.

[Photo by Rodion Kutsaev on Unsplash]

[theheirofpeace]

Prosperity is a product of diligence. It's like a seed planted on good soil or the mana we enrich... To take care is to make better in the time of opportunity.

[theheirofpeace]

The more responsibility we take into our lives, the more variety we have with success.