#miguel would absolutely be a rules lawyer

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there is absolutely a D&D club in the Spider Society and you cannot convince me otherwise

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Thirty

Rules: Answer thirty (I don’t think its really thirty though?) questions and tag people you would like to get to know better. 

Tagged By: @jamesmorita :)

Gender: Female

Star Sign: Virgo

Height: 4′11 3/4 (Look the three quarters MATTERS okay.)

Favorite Bands: Vampire Weekend, The Black Keys, Bombay Bicycle Club, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Modest Mouse, Sylvan Esso, TV on the Radio, Temper Trap

Favorite Solo Artists: Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Lauryn Hill, Regina Spektor, Jack White

Current Favorite Song: Its a tie between Bottle Rocket by Kovas and Sky Walker by Miguel (Yes, I know that recently SebStan was all about this song, but I loved this song before he spoke words about it, I swear!)

Last Movie I Watched: Mad Max: Fury Road 

Last TV Show I Watched: Well, I’m watching Devils/Lightning Game Five right now while doing this, but the last thing I watched was the first half of the latest episode of Atlanta.

When I Created This Blog: January 2010. I created it to document my time living in Edinburgh. And I’m still goddamn here on this site. What is wrong with me. (Everything)

What I Post: Anything, everything really. Lots of Bucky Barnes/Marvel. Lots of posts about shows I watch, art, beautiful people, fashion, Bollywood. There’s no rhyme or reason behind anything. New York Mets, New Jersey Devils. Shitposts.

Last Thing I Googled: “Pizza Hut Deals” - We’re getting pizza tonight so I wanted to see if there were any deals or summat on. 

Any Other Blogs: Nope. Well okay technically yes. I do a 7th Heaven podcast (because that show is absolutely ludicrous), and we had a Tumblr for it, but I did a horrid job maintaining it so it exists, but I do fuck all on it.

Do I Get Asks: Close to never really.

Followers:  723

Favorite Colors: Purple. But also green. 

Average Hours Of Sleep: Uh god it is so erratic. I could get like ten or eleven hours and then other times get like five. 

Lucky Number: 16

Instruments: I played the alto saxophone in high school and freshmen year of college.

What I’m Currently Wearing: Dark grey leggings and a flowy tan/brown top

How Many Blankets I Sleep With: Just the one duvet no matter what time of year it is.

Dream Job: I don’t even know anymore to be honest. I’m trying to be an immigration lawyer. I’m terribly disheartened by life and the world right now that I can’t even think about what my dream job would be. But as an immigration lawyer I want to help people get asylum and stop people from being deported. 

Dream Trip: I want it to never stop. I want to spend like a significant amount of time in each city until I’ve done them all. Go go go go and never come back. Like spend a month or two or three in each country even. I want to go everywhere and really spend the time necessary to truly get to know a place. There’s so many places I haven’t been yet.

Do I Have A Crush: Yeah, I think so. I say its one of those things where when I’m not around him I kind of forget that I have a crush, but as soon as I’m around him again it all comes rushing back. Its a crush thats been crushing for like three years now, so yeah. 

Favorite Animal: Elephants, but also peacocks and also bears

Hair Color: Brown

I Tag:@notlucy, @chicklette, @sinkhol, @tinybearswithjetpacks, @743ish, and @imwith-nomad and obviously anyone else who loves meme-ing it up. 

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Ted Olson Throws High-Profile Hissy Fit, And Gets Schooled By The ABA

Ted Olson (Photo by Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)

Ted Olson earned a hefty dose of goodwill from the establishment gatekeepers when he broke with his up-until-that-moment partisanship to fight California’s gay marriage ban. For anyone who followed the law before then, it always seemed a bit unfair that this single act of common sense obscured Olson’s years as the right’s legal hatchet man — at the center of everything from fighting the Office of Independent Counsel for the Reagan administration to serving as Solicitor General for W.’s early years of gutting civil liberties.

Thankfully, this side of Ted Olson has stood up again, throwing a high-profile hissy fit where he quit the ABA over the ABA President Bob Carlson’s support of an FBI investigation of Brett Kavanaugh.

“He purports to have the authority to do so under the ABA charter and by-laws. He does not,” Olson wrote. “The members of the ABA do not need his self-appointed leadership on issues of due process and the rule of law or how the Senate Judiciary [Committee] should conduct its constitutionally ordained processes.”

Self-appointed? He won an election. I know Republicans may not understand this anymore, but in the rest of the world, the person who gets the most votes actually gets to be president. Go ahead and add Ted to the list of Republicans who think investigations are bad if they get in the way of unraveling health care. But the best part of this snit, which was transparently staged for the benefit of the legal media — literally the whole story is “Ted Olson told the National Law Journal so we would have to publish it” — is that Olson is flat wrong about every level of his complaint.

ABA executive director Jack Rives said Tuesday, “I’ve got the greatest respect for Ted Olson, who has been a longtime friend and supporter of the ABA. But in this case, the president does have the authority under our bylaw 29.2 as the principal spokesperson for the association.”

So much for textualism.

But Tony Mauro and Ellis Kim are professionals and their write-up of this stunt is not without some sly comedy:

Miguel Estrada, a colleague of Olson’s at Gibson Dunn, agreed with Olson that “it certainly seemed as if [Carlson] was trying to arrogate to himself authority he has not demonstrated he has to take sides in a partisan fight. People consider leaving when the ABA does that.”

That would be Miguel Estrada… the guy whose unsuccessful nomination to the federal bench featured in the documents that Kavanaugh pretty clearly lied about under oath. It seems so quaint in light of the present context, but a couple weeks ago we were talking about Kavanaugh claiming he’d never seen stolen emails that he absolutely saw. Throwing him in this story underlines with a wink how ludicrous this all is.

The record shows that I’m less than charitable to Jeff Flake, but the dude is smart enough to understand that “no, let’s not investigate anything that could be sexual assault” is a dumb hill to die on.

Ted Olson didn’t get that memo. Because — like the man Kavanaugh seeks to replace, Justice Kennedy — Olson remains the same partisan hack he always was but with a soft spot for basic human rights for gay people.

That’s commendable. It’s not exculpatory.

Ted Olson Is Fired Up Over ABA’s Kavanaugh Letter, Drops Membership [National Law Journal]

Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news.

[ourtown-rp-blog]

ABOUT THE CHARACTER ➝

NAME ●●● Raven Jewel Perez

AGE ●●● 28

PRONOUNS ●●● She/Her

BIRTHDAY ●●● 01/03

ORDER ●●● First (Solo - Half)

FROM ●●● Cotton Plant, Arkansas

SEXUALITY ●●● Bisexual/Biromantic

FULL TIME JOB ●●● Intern at Law Office

WRITER ●●● Candy

↳ A CLOSER LOOK:

[ TW: MENTION OF ABORTION. TW: DEATH ]

To say Raven was an accident would be an understatement. In a moment of heated passion, Miguel Perez had a wandering eye for his friendly client Karen Boyd. It was a one time thing, an affair in it’s most blatant form, and when Karen found out she was pregnant….well, she wasn’t happy. In fact, she was so upset that she wanted to even get rid of the growing baby in her belly. But if there was one thing Miguel didn’t want to do, it was that option. So he made her a promise, he promised she’d never have to deal with the baby after it was born and he would raise it as one of his own. That was the deal, and that’s how it ended up.

After Raven was born, there was a strain in the family. Sure, they accepted her and raised her as one of their own kids, Rosalind even treated her kindly given the circumstances. But there was always that underlying feeling of tension, that she was a constant reminder of Miguel’s mistakes.

Regardless of the tension, Raven was never informed of her true mother. They hid that detail because of their undying love for what some would call a mistake. As she grew up, she was always dubbed as a “pretty girl” and treated as such. But the thing was, she hated being just judged off her looks. She was smart, a lot smarter than people gave her credit for, and she used her looks and brains to her advantage. It only made her want to prove herself more and more.

When Robin was born, Raven was three years old, but as they grew up together she felt close. To be honest, she loved both of her sisters, Wren was always the one who held them together, she held the whole family together. When their parents would fight, Raven would find comfort in her siblings and hide out in their beds with them. They were the only things she felt safe around, especially when the secret got out one night that Raven wasn’t even Rosalind’s daughter but another woman’s who didn’t even want her to begin with.

After learning that information, Raven began to doubt her self worth. Constantly in the back of her mind was the fact that she was a mistake, despite the reassurance from her “parents”. Sure, she was able to put on that picture perfect smile and pretend everything was okay. But it only made her strive to prove self worth even more, trying to make the highest grades, be captain of her cheer leading team, become prom queen, be a good sister….up until that tragic day.

When Wren passed away, Raven didn’t know what to do. The oldest of the Perez sisters was the glue of whatever was left of their broken family. Miguel was never around, Rosalind was deported, and things were getting intense. There was only two things she could go, fight or flight. So she flew, hopped on the next plan out to LA and never looked back. Was it wrong to do to Robin? Absolutely. But she was scared, terrified even, and she needed to get out of Cotton Plant before she lost her mind.

It wasn’t until she got word about Joey being taken away that Raven snapped back into reality. Instead of lounging around by a pool at some mansion party, she realized that what she’d done was wrong and she had to do something about it. Whatever it took to get back to Cotton Plant and help Robin, help Joey even, she would do it. But first that meant making some money…..no matter what it took.

She used her brains and looks to her advantage, Hollywood was a place that could be manipulated, and Raven thought she had nothing to lose. So, she preyed on the wealthy, began stealing items from houses and selling them for a pretty penny. The dark haired beauty started modeling, mingling with the rich and famous, and soon enough landed herself in an interesting situation. A wealthy older man quickly fell for her, and when he passed away, he felt as if Raven was close enough to him to leave her a handsome amount of money to her. It took her by surprise, but it was a blessing in disguise.

Now, she’s back in Cotton Plant, working as an intern at a Law Office. Sure, she doesn’t have a degree to become a real lawyer, but she’s smart enough to work the system. After Rosalind got deported and Joey got taken away, she’s doing all she can to learn the rules of the law and how to work around it. All she wants is to get Joey back for Robin and to fix everything that she left broken. She knows it’s going to take work, but given her head strong attitude, Raven knows she can do this. She has to do this for her family, even if her family doesn’t want her help.

[ourtown-rp-blog]

Welcome to the game, RAVEN PEREZ! Your application was successful, and we’re excited to begin writing alongside you, Candy. Please read over our checklist before sending in your link, which you should do within 24 hours!

IT’S ALL ABOUT YOOOOU ( ooc ) ♪

MAIN ALIAS: Candy

PRONOUNS: she/her

AGE: 21+

ACTIVITY LEVEL: 7

WHO YOU PLAYIN’ ?

FULL NAME: Raven Jewel Perez

PRONOUNS: she/her

FACECLAIM: Megan Fox

AGE/BIRTHDAY: 28, 01/03

ORDER: first

TYPE*: solo

ORIENTATION: bisexual, bioromantic

WE ARE FAMILY ♫ — ( only for first members )

HOMETOWN: Cotton Plant, Arkansas

HOW MANY MEMBERS ALLOWED?: 2

PARENT INFO: Miguel Perez and Karen Boyd

HALF KIDS: I have talked to Robin’s player and she said she’s fine with having Raven as a half sister based on Raven’s story/bio!!

ALL WORK AND NO PLAY ☆

EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Full Time

WORKPLACE: Law Office

POSITION: Intern

HOW LONG?: 1 month

WHO WILL I BE, IT’S UP TO ME ( ic ) ♪

[ TW: MENTION OF ABORTION. TW: DEATH ]

To say Raven was an accident would be an understatement. In a moment of heated passion, Miguel Perez had a wandering eye for his friendly client Karen Boyd. It was a one time thing, an affair in it’s most blatant form, and when Karen found out she was pregnant….well, she wasn’t happy. In fact, she was so upset that she wanted to even get rid of the growing baby in her belly. But if there was one thing Miguel didn’t want to do, it was that option. So he made her a promise, he promised she’d never have to deal with the baby after it was born and he would raise it as one of his own. That was the deal, and that’s how it ended up.

After Raven was born, there was a strain in the family. Sure, they accepted her and raised her as one of their own kids, Rosalind even treated her kindly given the circumstances. But there was always that underlying feeling of tension, that she was a constant reminder of Miguel’s mistakes.

Regardless of the tension, Raven was never informed of her true mother. They hid that detail because of their undying love for what some would call a mistake. As she grew up, she was always dubbed as a “pretty girl” and treated as such. But the thing was, she hated being just judged off her looks. She was smart, a lot smarter than people gave her credit for, and she used her looks and brains to her advantage. It only made her want to prove herself more and more.

When Robin was born, Raven was three years old, but as they grew up together she felt close. To be honest, she loved both of her sisters, Wren was always the one who held them together, she held the whole family together. When their parents would fight, Raven would find comfort in her siblings and hide out in their beds with them. They were the only things she felt safe around, especially when the secret got out one night that Raven wasn’t even Rosalind’s daughter but another woman’s who didn’t even want her to begin with.

After learning that information, Raven began to doubt her self worth. Constantly in the back of her mind was the fact that she was a mistake, despite the reassurance from her “parents”. Sure, she was able to put on that picture perfect smile and pretend everything was okay. But it only made her strive to prove self worth even more, trying to make the highest grades, be captain of her cheer leading team, become prom queen, be a good sister….up until that tragic day.

When Wren passed away, Raven didn’t know what to do. The oldest of the Perez sisters was the glue of whatever was left of their broken family. Miguel was never around, Rosalind was deported, and things were getting intense. There was only two things she could go, fight or flight. So she flew, hopped on the next plan out to LA and never looked back. Was it wrong to do to Robin? Absolutely. But she was scared, terrified even, and she needed to get out of Cotton Plant before she lost her mind.

It wasn’t until she got word about Joey being taken away that Raven snapped back into reality. Instead of lounging around by a pool at some mansion party, she realized that what she’d done was wrong and she had to do something about it. Whatever it took to get back to Cotton Plant and help Robin, help Joey even, she would do it. But first that meant making some money…..no matter what it took.

She used her brains and looks to her advantage, Hollywood was a place that could be manipulated, and Raven thought she had nothing to lose. So, she preyed on the wealthy, began stealing items from houses and selling them for a pretty penny. The dark haired beauty started modeling, mingling with the rich and famous, and soon enough landed herself in an interesting situation. A wealthy older man quickly fell for her, and when he passed away, he felt as if Raven was close enough to him to leave her a handsome amount of money to her. It took her by surprise, but it was a blessing in disguise.

Now, she’s back in Cotton Plant, working as an intern at a Law Office. Sure, she doesn’t have a degree to become a real lawyer, but she’s smart enough to work the system. After Rosalind got deported and Joey got taken away, she’s doing all she can to learn the rules of the law and how to work around it. All she wants is to get Joey back for Robin and to fix everything that she left broken. She knows it’s going to take work, but given her head strong attitude, Raven knows she can do this. She has to do this for her family, even if her family doesn’t want her help.