• Finished my degree
• Received a Gold Record (soon to be Platinum) for my work on an album
• Took the LSAT
• Took the LSAT, again
• Went to Europe for vacation
• Went to Europe, again (I’m there now)
• Visited a few Law Schools

I still have applications to finish as I am immensely behind on turning them in and deadlines are approaching — this is horrible for a few reasons, chiefly fiscal and acceptance related in nature.

Speaking of fiscal matters, the plethora of articles about law school graduates facing insurmountable debt with no employment options is nothing short of frightening. While I think the employment numbers that law school provide are somewhat misleading, I think that the employment situations of many graduates is also a bit misleading. I am quite well connected and have respectable credentials; with that in mind, I know that I can be gainfully employed after law school.

The New York Times article, though, has me really making sure that it is the route I want to go. I’m trying to decide whether to apply this year or take a shot at working for myself for a year to see what I can do and apply after that if things are not going well. I’ve really enjoyed my work with the LSAT Proctor on the iPhone and working with the iOS system. I think I can do a lot more with it and I’m considering giving it a shot.

I visited Stetson University in Florida to check out the facilities and faculty and it has been a long time since I was that excited. The aforementioned disjunct and jumbled logic you’ve seen out of the past few paragraphs only goes to show my flux in the decision field, right now. I’m currently moving forward on all fronts. I’m applying to law school, working on new apps for the iOS/iPhone/iTouch/iPad system and am taking things day-to-day.

Some people have asked me if I have any plans of making the LSAT Proctor pay-based and the answer is an emphatic “no.” I have gotten a lot of feedback from people saying that it has helped them immensely and the amount of downloads per day on the iPhone and Bandwidth used per day on the website show that it is a resounding success. I’m glad that it helps you guys – I’m glad that it is one of the few tools for you that doesn’t cost you money – I don’t plan to take that away from you.

I’m in Nottingham, UK right now working on a few things and trying to sort out some decisions — I’ll be in touch soon. If there is anyone out there still reading these… I’ve missed writing for you all.

It features all five sections for the LSAT with vocal prompts for “Start, 5-Minutes, and Stop.” It also contains a break in the appropriate placement as well. The app has built in distractions to help you acclimate your studies to potential testing day conditions. If you are already confident in your abilities to tune  out distractions and what to focus on timing conditions, the distractions can be turned off in the settings menu.

Direct Link to download the App: http://tinyurl.com/iphonelsat

Sincerely, though, best of luck to all of you out there taking the exam today. No reason to stress out anymore. It won’t change anything. You are either ready or you aren’t. Have a good breakfast and tackle the tasks that come your way one at a time. From the 40 gigabytes of bandwidth you guys used last month on the LSAT Cacophony, you have practiced more than enough and I am sure you are ready for the test!

Let us know  how you did and/or what you thought about the test.

I will see how the rest of the week goes, but I’m starting to think that taking the absence is the best route to go as it does not count against my “three attempts in a two-year period.” I am quite depressed about the idea of pushing back applications until October, though. I will be completely done with undergrad as of July, so it would give me July, August and September to study for the exam, which is a much better prospect than taking the exam when I am not ready and bombing it.

It’s not even that I am scoring poorly on the practice exams, but I’m not scoring how I would like to be scoring. Better yet, I’m not scoring how I know I could be scoring if I could actually focus on studying for the LSAT. Also, too much time is passing between one opportunity to study for the test and the next opportunity to study for it. I’m having to do too much mental backtracking and it just is not efficient.

It also saddens me to know that I will be forfeiting my LSAT fee and my hotel reservation. Maybe I’ll just go to the hotel and try to relax… who knows.

I’m not sure what I am going to do, yet; I will attest that I am in a pretty severe state of panic at this point.

Notice the “LSAT Proctor” App on the home screen!

The Loading Screen!

A Clean and Simple Interface: Click Play to Start Studying.

Section 1 is currently playing; it will proceed through the sections/break until completion.

Noises driving you crazy? Turn them off. Love the noises? Hear them forever.

Share you study success with friends. Note: The Share Screen is only accessible after you have finished studying; we do not endorse further distractions.

That’s about it as of right now. I’m just working on cleaning up a few bugs and playing run around with Apple. I have no estimation as to when it will be in the App Store, but I can tell you that it will not be available before the June 2010 LSAT (sorry). The price will be: free. So if you are looking to steal the idea… it’s probably not worth the investment.

I also ran out of time on a Logic Game section yesterday so that defeated my spirit a little bit. I have a haircut appointment this morning (it’s much-needed) and then I am heading to the library all day for LSAT preparations and then class. I’m going to neglect reading Oedipus Rex and second time for the moment and finish the papers sometime either tonight or tomorrow before class while I focus on LSAT for the remainder of the day. British Literature from 1912-1950 will most likely be no-less intensive. I know that it could be worse and my major could be something in the engineering or physics disciplines, but regardless of any inherent difficulties, I need to do well in the courses. An A or C in engineering is weighted the same as an A or C in english.

I’m going to stop by my professor’s office hours on Wednesday to introduce myself and just let him know a little more about what I am trying to do. It is a rare occurence for me, but I think it will help me greatly if he knows that any lethargy is not due to apathy but rather a full course load. Professors are people too and no one likes to see someone half asleep while they are talking, especially if it is a subject in which they are passionate about.

Time to pickup my books that Amazon delivered to the studio, yesterday and get this afro trimmed down to the level of “respectable human being,” I like my haircut to portray a facade.

I have been at the University of South Florida for the better part of seven years and I have taken a few dozen courses in Cooper Hall, but I have never been to the fourth floor. I actually looked up the room online to make sure that it wasn’t some type of scheduling error. Now, it isn’t too weird to have all of your classes in the same room during Summer session as the number of classes offered is severely reduced and the school wants to keep expenses to a minimum. As it is my last semester and this session is looking to be hellacious, the ominous one-room schedule is starting to remind me of Satre’s play, No Exit. If you are familiar with the play, you’ll understand what I mean.

Summer sessions are a bane and a boon. They are a boon in the sense that parking will be easier and the semester will finish far quicker, but they are a boon in the sense that while the session will indeed be shorter, it will be far more laborious throughout the duration. I write this entry as I lay in bed trying to convince myself to get ready and walk out the door. The sooner it begins, the sooner it ends.

Wish me luck.

The daily number of visitors to the site has really picked up, so I’m going to assume there are a lot of June LSATers out there who have really buckled down. I share your pains and I hope your studying is going well.

I have taken the next week off work to focus on classes and studying. An entire week off of work is a rather rare occurrence for me and it is a shame that I am wasting it on academics. Perhaps wasting is not the correct word, but I would much rather spend it at the beach or on vacation. The weeks directly following this next one will be quite hectic at work as an important client will begin their residency at the studio. If I am going to take off time in the upcoming months, then this is probably the best week to do it.

I am taking today to get things organized and do a little cleaning. My apartment is currently a massive wreck of papers, books, dishes, empty boxes and clothes, which I plan to attempt to organize into some type of cohesive mass. I could do a little studying today and a little cleaning, but I think it’s important to start out the next week with an organized, clean living space instead of furthering the clutter as I bring home new materials.

I was working on the new version of the LSAT Cacophony and picked up a new microphone to use… I have to say that for the price, I love it. I’m really only using it for minor spoken word vocals and podcasting, so I think it is perfect for it. The microphone is a Audio-Technica AT2020 USB microphone and I purchased it on Amazon.com for $85 plus shipping. I also purchased a pair of Ultrasone 450′s, but they have not arrived yet, so you will have to wait a little for my feeling on those. The AT2020, though, is a great condenser microphone if you aren’t trying to do anything too laborious with it. If you are a fledgling podcaster, it’ll do well for you. The USB connection means you don’t have to haul around an audio interface to record something quickly when you are traveling. I plan to pick up a shock mount and a extension arm for the microphone and clamp the two to my desk. I currently have the AT2020 housed in the foam insert that came with the microphone that has been fashioned inside of a cigar box for a clandestine and chic storage case.

I am not sure if this week off of work will mean more posting or less posting; we will see. Either way, I hope to  get a self-unprescedented amount of studying done during the course of next week.

Next Monday brings the beginning of the Summer session and my attempt to take 3 condensed classes and studying for the LSAT at the same time.

I am a little concerned as I just ordered my books for one of my six-week long classes and they consisted of the following:

Hamlet
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 2
The Merchant of Venice
As You Like It
Titus Andronicus
Oedipus Rex
Richard II
and more…

Not that these are particularly hard pieces but that is some extreme reading for six weeks when coupled in with two other classes and practice tests; it should be quite the experience.

The cat is out of the bag about the upcoming changes to the LSAT Cacophony, so I’m going to go ahead and say it:

I’m working on an iPhone app version of the LSAT Cacophony. It should be available in July or August. For more information, send me an email (especially if you are looking to beta test).

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