According to Talia

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Wednesday, April 27, 2005


Welcome to my life. Here is where I will be living (at least when those whores make it to the big tables before I do) for the rest of my time in law school. Cozy isn't it? I sat here for 8 hours today and developed a whopping 4 pages of brilliant legal prose. I may want to rethink that tempting power cord on my laptop, for fear that I will end up dangling by the neck from the buzzing flourescent lites above my tiny wooden prison cell.

Dont's bother calling me. I can't hear you.

Lets take a closer look, shall we? At the top right you will see a bag from Duane Reade, from the ear plugs I had to go purchase around 2:30 this afternoon when the sound of a mere sniffle or brief whisper from one of my neighboring study pals was enough to drive me batty. We have a water bottle, pen, the ever popular Restatement (second) of Torts, and of course, a little I like to call "Epstein on Torts". Man, it doesn't get much more exciting than this!

Oh, look. One more thing to make my stay at the library more comfortable! I'm not sure whether I'm disappointed, however, because the fish/urine smell of that elevator, makes "out of service" not sound so bad.

Thursday, April 21, 2005

Podcast Project

Yo! Wanna know more about ONE of the things that has been making my life a living hell this semester? I have been developing a podcast for my institute as my Capstone project. Here is the link to my interview, but feel free to navigate around because I produced ALL the interviews and designed (with my partner) the entire freakin site! Building this project certainly was tedious, but its OVAH!

http://nylsinternet.nyls.edu/pages/3323.asp

I've also figured out how to host audio files and post them on my blog, so you'll get a little taste of that as soon as I come up for air!

Sunday, April 17, 2005


We're cousins, Identical cousins! SO you were wondering what I would look like as a boy??? Here ya go! You should see how much his sister and I resemble each other!

Sunday, April 10, 2005

Weekend Highlights

I don't want to jinx myself, but I have to say this weekend was another pretty decent weekend. Here are the highlights:

- Amazing dinner at Sea City Grill in Jersey City on Friday night: Fresh New England Clam Chowder, followed by Penne a la vodka with grilled chicken. The bill wasn't as amazing, but you gotta pay for quality, and I'm cool with that.

- Drinks at Yesterdays with the regulars. I heard the best pick up line ever delivered to me by a Jersey Boy:
Him: "So you staying in Jersey tonight?"
Me: "no, I'm going back to my apartment in the city."
Him: "I love waking up in the city!"
Me: "Did I tell you I have a blackbelt in tae kwon do?"

- I actually got 6 pages written for my Entertainment Law paper between Saturday and Sunday!!! Woo Hoo, go me! It's my birthday! (Jan 7th that is). Now only 9-14 pages to go.

- A chill evening on Saturday back at the a.p.t, complete with a bottle of wine and Slingblade, written and directed by, and starring Billy Bob Thornton. Its a good movie "Mmmmm Hmmm!"

- A nice relaxing walk through the city from Battery Park to Union Square where I found an awesome vintage/resale clothing store called "Cheap Jack's". Awesome tee shirts on the Cheap!! I almost bought me a Michael Jackson authentic original "Thriller" tee shirt for only $15 but I only had $5. I thought it would be quite the foreshaddowing, being that noone knew back when that shirt was originally marketed that MJ would be accused of thrilling little boys. I'll have to bring money with me next time.

- Off to the movies with a dear friend to see "Beauty Shop". It's definately what I expected it to be, but I was in the mood for that kind of humor and actually enjoyed it. Awesome roles played by Kevin Bacon and a HOTT all grown up Rudy Huxtable. Too bad the couple that was sitting just ONE SEAT AWAY FROM ME was playing yankee the wankee!! GROSS! I had to lean the opposite way and pretend I was deaf and blind. Honestly, who does that in a croweded theater in Union Square on a weekend?! EEEeeeeeewww!

Saturday, April 09, 2005

Talia's Song Pick o the week

Ruined Puzzle by Dashboard Confessional:

This ruined puzzle is beige with the pieces all face down so the placing goes slowly.
The pictures of anything other than it's meant to be.
But the hours they creep,the patterns repeat.
Don't be concerned, you know I'll be fine on my own.
I never said "don't go".

I've written a note,it's pressed between pages
that you've marked to find your way back.
I t says "Does he ever get the girl?"
But what if the pages stay pressed,the chapters unfinished,the stories too dull to unfold?
Does he ever get the girl?

This basement's a coffin I'm buried alive.
I'll die in here just to be safe.
I'll die in here just to be safe.
'Cause you're goneI get nothing
and you're off with barely a sigh.
I never said "Good-bye"

Does he ever get the girl?

Friday, April 08, 2005

Translation of Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Back by popular demand: Translations!!

Ok, let me first begin by saying that I used to give Gwen mad props back in the day when she was simply the lead singer of No Doubt. I mean, come on, she really hit the nail on the head with Don't Speak- it's one of the truest break-up songs there is, at least from the sensitive female perspective. However, I'm just not very impressed with her lyrics as of late. There is no story being told, no moral, no sensitivity, no Moby, NOTHING! So, without further adeiu, here is my translation of Rich Girl:

Real words:
If I was a rich girl, na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Then I'd have all the money in the world, if I was a wealthy giiiiirl!

Translation:
Because No Doubt made me a rich girl, na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
I can sing lame songs while with dancing with weirdo asian girls, and be content to leave all my former talent in the "N" isle at Best Buy!

Tuesday, April 05, 2005


See the family resemblance? Our similarities go beyond the physical! I love you, Nicholas Aaron Vitale!

Sunday, April 03, 2005

Awesome!

Top Ten Reasons Why this weekend was Awesome, despite the fact that Michigan State Lost:
10. IP Summit at Microsoft- the big M decided they would personally endorse the resumes of all the students that attended the event (this includes me) and send them to their clients, associates, and tons of awesome employers.

9. We found this out while sipping free drinks and nibbling shrimp on scewers!

8. At the PENTHOUSE PARTY that all of you passed up, the FREE DRINKS continued to flow, and they even served a low calorie energy drink called "Sex Cola". Not the best, but the name is great and did I mention that it was FREE?! There were Jello shots and hot ladies as far as the eye could see. I bet you'll all think twice about turning down my next invitation.

7. Party favors. PENTHOUSE does not let its party goers leave empty handed. I am now the proud owner of a set of handcuffs, TWO pairs of nipple huggers, PENTHOUSE mints, a bottle opener, a blindfold, and a super awesome metal toothpick holder that resembles a zippo lighter. Again, you FOOLS passed this all up voluntarily! SUCKAS!

6. I was supposed to go to school on Saturday to work on a project with another student, however my partner e-mailed me to cancel. It seems that she became "ill" over spring break, fell on her face, and busted open her chin. She couldn't leave her apartment on Saturday to come to school because it was raining and she said she couldn't get her bandage wet! Ever heard of this crazy invention called an umbrella. Two thumbs up for originality and balls for actually sending that e-mail with a straight face!

5. Some good news and bad news. The bad news first: The burrito bar on Church by New York Law School, will not be re-opening. IT will go down in history for the coolest place ever, run exclusively by hippies and openly serving margaritas to go! Now for the good news: The hippiest of the hippies (the long haired waiter with the glasses) is now a bar tender at Buster's Garage, and he was nice enough to rub my head as a consolation for my team's loss on Saturday and follow the head rub with a free beer! Buster's aint so bad!

4. Beth and I made some friends at Busters who led us to No Idea Bar. I, however, took it upon myself to notify one of our new pals that I was a black belt in tae kwon do, then proceeded to kick him in the head not once, but TWICE!! I was damn proud of my ability to kick that high, especially in jeans and without stretching.

3. When this loser realizaed that I was not a force to reckoned with (barely escaping with his life after my awesome tae kwon do skills) he tried to boost his ego by assuring me that I would have to take him by surprise in order to defeat him with my skills. I then stopped in my tracks and responded : "Im a lesbian. Surprised?", and then spun around and flailed my legs Neo style taking care to look very threatening. I have to admit I'm a little sore today.

2. When I realized that our new friends, especially the one who had a voice like Mario Cantone, were rather annoying I sat in the front of the cab and pretended I was alone. This was further effectuated when Ideliberately slammed the plastic window on the face of one of them who was trying to stick his head through to the front to speak to me. LOSERS!

1. FINALLY, Talia's personal pizza party. Beth had no interest in pizza when we came home from the bar so my desire to order and consume pizza was a solo mission. I passed out, however before Yousef got here with my pie, and the front desk called Beth on her cell phone because he had been pounding on our door and ringing the bell to no avail. When I was awakened I had one of the most shameful displays of pizza debauchery ever known to man. Lets just say that when I crawled out of bed this morning my stomach appeared to be carrying sex-tuplets, there was grease and pizza sauce all over my pants and the fouton, and there was only one lonly slice remaining in the box. It was a large pie. Thank GOD I bought toilet paper yesterday!