Ah, yes, those kinds of friends are the best!

Congrats Jennifer!!

Congrats to Jennifer, and congrats to you Laurie, for having such a good friend in your life.

Congrats Jennifer!!! =)

nothing like a girlfriend....

I have tears in my eyes reading this and remembering how my estrogen possessed posse was there for me during my divorcing days...

congratulations, Jennifer!

Way to go Jennifer! Law school and being a best friend, you must be awesome.

Congratulations to Jennifer!

Stends... I'll have to remember that one.

Laurie, you are too much! I am so glad that you'll be celebrating this day with me! And you have quite a lot to be proud of as well in these last three years!

p.s. Do not even pretend your forehead is bigger than mine.

Go get 'em, Jen!

I wish I was still close to the two female persons I considered my best friends for years. We hardly ever talk anymore, so it's very cool Laurie, that you've managed to hang onto your best friend. Best friends like that are very rare.

Nowadays, I consider my boyfriend to be my best friend. That's cool in itself, because 3 years ago I didnt have a boyfriend, but I do miss my other two best friends.

Congratulations, Jen!! Both of you have come so far in so little time!! It sounds like agood day to break your self-imposed drinking ban, Laurie!

Now: the obligatory lawyer joke!

What do you call 10,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean??

A good start! ;o)

Have a fantastic weekend!!

Congratulations Jennifer! And there will be at least two good lawyers, because one of my best friends is graduating this week as well.

You BOTH win. Jennifer's is longer, Laurie's is wider, and as all women know "big" is relative. Now stop argueing and go out and celebrate !!! Congrats.

First of all, Congratulations, Jen!

Secondly, I've been working for attorneys for years and years and years, and my own tiny piece of advice for a new lawyer is to "love and value your staff-person/legal assistant/secretary." We are the ones who know where the bodies are buried, BWAhahahaha.

Lastly, I remember that tater tot/green bean night! Woot! That's a good friend. :)

That's great! Big congrats to Jennifer.

I'm thinkin' there should be a forehead measurements contest for us all to guess. Whoever gets closest to the actual sizes of the Jen-and-Laurie real-live-foreheads should get...um, a hat, or a crazy bracelet bag, or a paw-to-graphed copy of the Soba manifesto. Of course, aince all us girls have been conditioned to think 5 inches is really 8, no telling what kind of guesses we'd have!!

Laurie, ahhh, what a sweet tribute to your BFF Jen.

Jen, congratulations and good luck in your new career! I've also worked with attorneys for years, and years, so I'll second Laiane's wise advice.

congratulations jen!

Ave Jen, nos vivi te salutamus.

What a wonderful start to Jen's new career. Congrats, Jen, and good luck! How blessed you both are to have each other. Laurie, you will get your chance this summer (through Jen's studying for the bar) and fall/winter (as she negotiates big firm life) to repay all her stend-ness to you.

ps And as a former lawyer, I can say that Laiane and Keiko are absolutely correct. The support staff are the sane, knowledgeable people in law firms.

Congratulations to your friend. She sounds like a wonderful friend indeed. I hope you are planning on loud whoops when her name is called!

i was never cool enough to be a stend... but good for you for being stends! and for graduating law school. congratulations! ohsoproud :)

Congrats, Jennifer!

Y'know, our girlfriends are SO precious....men come and go (no smutty double entendre meant here, girls) but good friends go on forever.

Congrats on having the balls to ditch the corporate career and follow your heart, Jen! You deserve only good things. One good thing you have is your STEND Laurie - she's a keeper for sure.

I'm in agreement - value the staff. After the christmas I got a fruit basket I gifted my (now-former) attorney/boss with a 5-pound bag of composted chicken manure for bosses day :) He was wise and got the message. Don't make somebody be as "imaginative" as I was.

Congratulations! Wonderful news! And on a Friday, no less! All weekend to par-tay! Whoop it up, girlfriends!

I love tater tots.

Okay, in an awesome post about touching things like friendship and big accomplishments, etc., I'm going to, of course, focus on the... food. I've been to LA exactly 1 (one) time and I stayed in a hotel across the street from Poquito Mas. On my way out of town, I was in a hurry and stopped in there for lunch and got a shrimp burrito. And it was beautiful. It was the Holy Grail of shrimp burritos. And let me tell you, there are no shrimp burritos in Cincinnati, Ohio. And I mentioned it to my boyfriend for months. "You know what I feel like for lunch? Poquito Mas. *sigh*" I was just now getting over that burrito. And now, I'm going to have a great big ol' flare up of Poquito Mas-itis. Thanks alot Laurie! :-)

Awwww ... it makes me all teary-eyed to see you describing such a wonderful friendship. And oh yes, friends are much more important than boyfriends.

Congrats to Jen--will she help with writing up my prenup?

Awww! That's a very sweet present for her! Congrats to Jen!

Congrats to Jen!! Now all you have to do is pass the bar. . . And we all know how difficult that can be without stopping in and getting a glass of their finest Bombay Sapphire. . .

And CAP, congrats for having the best stends.

Yay Jennifer! A toast to best girlfriends!

I feel like your friends are my friends. Love that scene from When Harry Met Sally...Sunday undies. Ha.

You two look like Thelma and Louise (in a good way--minus the crime spree and going off the cliff) in that picture.

On another note...did you know that Smiley's Yarns has Patons (including UpCountry and that nice Merino everyone raves about) yarns on sale for laughingly cheap prices?

Tee hee! Stends. I like that.

Congratulations, Jennifer! How many lawyers does it take t-- oh, never mind. :)

Congrats to your awesome friend! That's a great photo.

Congratulations Jennifer! We all need a good a few good stends in our life.

Congratulations to Jennifer! And congratulations on such a wonderful friendship. I too am blessed with some wonderful friends so I can identify!

Oh, by the way. My forehead is higher than both of yours!

Jen, Laurie's forehead speaks for itself. Apparently.

Congratulations on your graduation!

Having such a good friend is a precious thing in this life. Congrats to you both on both of your major accomplishments!

Jen Congratulations!!! You are very lucky to have Laurie in your life. I cried at the tribute she wrote for you!!! God Bless Both!

You ladies don't have a big forehead, you have a high hairline.

What a beautiful tribute! Congratulations Jennifer!

I love my best friend too!

So what song did you play 365 times?

Congrats to Jen! Woot!

woo hoo. Congrats to large foreheaded Jenn!

Congratulations, Jenn!!! Funny, I'm a legal secretary at a large firm (Skadden Arps), but just accepted a new position at Weil Gotshal (yet another big firm).

I LOVE lawyers! You guys rock (and pay my billz!!)

LOL

PS: My fivehead is bigger than your forehead!! :P

Yay! I know what it takes to get through law school...

I'm going the other way around, I've been a lawyer for the past two years and just quit my job to move across the other side of the world to London and hopefully not be a lawyer (but London is so expensive it may be the only way I can afford to live there...) Wish me luck, I leave today!

Way to go Jen!! Congratulations!

And, ladies, my mother always claimed that a big forehead/high hairline was a sign of intelligence. Put that in your bag and knit it! ;- )

Boys come and go, but best friends are forever. Congratulations, Jen, you done good!

LollyLou, that would be the classic "Fuck It, I Don't Want You Back" which is a really horrible song actually, but it worked. P.S. I was drunk.

Laurie,
Maybe I cold get a link to that song? gonna need needing it at the end of the month.

Congratulations, Jen! And what an awesome tribute.

Sara

My forehead is also freakishly large. It may even be larger than both of yours put together.

Congratulations to Jennifer.

Congrats to Jen! And tell her she may have a forehead...but you have a fivehead. (Though neither one of you has a really large forehead...)

Jen, keep rockin it sideways. Lawyer can and will make the world better (ppsstt... I am one too).

Don't get discouraged when you enter the real world of lawyering!

Some friends stay for a season, a reason or a lifetime. Sounds like you've got a lifetime/keeper, Laurie! Congratulations on your graduation, Jen! That's wonderful stuff!

Congratulations to Jen! and to Laurie! If y'all insist on having big foreheads then it's only 'cause y'all have such big brains.

I'm also graduating law school...tomorrow! Yay for Jennifer! It's a pretty special accomplishment if I do say so myself.

Yay Jen! Super Congratulations!

Congrats Jen!

The caption of your photo was my "senior song"... Egads, 20 years ago on the 22nd... sigh...

Awwww - to have a friend like that (or like you - like either of you). You two are very lucky. I've lost touch with alllllll of my friends, so pretty much have none. I'm glad you two have each other! Congratulations, Jennifer!

Lawyers are great! I liked my divorce lawyer so much I sent her a dozen roses right after the judge finalized the divorce, and her assistant a half dozen. My lawyer was a total pro - let me know the difference between what was legal and what was realistic and had a good enough sense of humor to have lawyer joke books on her coffee table. She also had excellent complimentary coffee, which I thought was a nice touch, too.

I think most people dislike lawyers because it's no fun to hire one, and if you need one, you're in dire straits indeed. And if you lose your case, you tend to blame the lawyer. But the good ones? Worth their weight in billable hours.

Congratulations, Jen!!!!

what a sweet post. :) it's good to have best girls like her. congrats on her accomplishment!

What a wonderful tribute to female friendship! Congratulations to both Jen and Laurie on your achievements. You are both so inspiring.

Please extend my hearty CONGRATS to Jen. That is quite an acomplishment! Best to you and your future.

Awwww. I have thought that Jen was pretty cool since that time I met her years ago. I knew that you too had to be by extension.

Wonderful. Congratulations to Jen and to both of you for such a wonderful friendship. It's a rare thing. :)

Jen is a GREAT friend!!!

Congrats Jen on a job well done and on your bright future!!

Laurie, you've "come a long way baby" and have a future too bright for shades. :-)

A glass of Bombay has been raised here in Vermit for Miss Jen and her wonderfulness! Wow! and Woot!!

And now I want a shrimp burrito thingy, dangnabbit.

congrats jen!

and both of you, remember, in vino veritas!

Congratulations Jen... and Laurie.. that was a lovely tribute to your BFF... and btw.. I tell people my foreheads not big, my hairline is just high. (winks)

I have a friend like that. They are the best. We are going to be in the nursing home together somking from our stomas and sneaking in booze. Here is to our best babes.

The first thing that popped into my head when I read this was "Make new friends, but keep the old; One is silver and the other's gold". Congrats to both of you for having such a great friendship! A real friend is hard to find, and harder to keep. Congrats Jen for having the courage to change your mind and your life. You will be a fantastic lawyer!

Indeed one amazing friend.

I love hearing other folks' best-friend stories, and this is a really good one. Mazel tov, Jennifer! I'm so glad I'm not the only one that has the Best Best Friend Ever (even if they're not the same person).

This is really heart-warming; you have both accomplished a great deal over the past few years. My mom's lawyer's advice to her: Be good. If you can't be good, be careful. If you can't be careful, call me (ie, in lawyer capacity to bail her out, not to party with).

No offence intented for the following - My Favorite Lawyer joke: What is the difference between a lawyer and a catfish? One is a scum sucking bottom feeder and the other is a fish!

Congrats to Jen and be sure to appreciate the support staff you will be working with. Without them the place would go belly up?

No offence intended for the following - My Favorite Lawyer joke: What is the difference between a lawyer and a catfish? One is a scum sucking bottom feeder and the other is a fish!

Congrats to Jen and be sure to appreciate the support staff you will be working with. Without them the place would go belly up?

Congrats to Jen! It is not easy to go back to school and it takes true commitment to your dreams. I started graduate school at age 40, got my MBA and life has been fantastic ever since...though that was perhaps the hardest thing I ever. At the time, I worked full time and was undergoing treatment for Stage IV NHL. Life got hard for awhile, but it made me realise what is worth living for.

Hi Laurie! Just wanted to share with you that I forwarded your blog about fashion complaints and especially glittery add-ons to a young fashion designer we know in NY (who now works with Macy's) and he tells me that huge faux stones are coming out in September! Just wanted to prepare you ahead of time! His group of designers enjoy reading your views on fashion.

I was always the ST END, too. And My BE FRI did all the things Jen mentioned in her post. I decided that ST END meant SAINT End because I was a saint to put up with her.

Y'all are both saints for each other. Congratulatiosn to you both!

Laurie - it's telling that you have stends - there's an old saw that's something like: "to be loved, be lovable". The fact that you have such a friend proves that you are the sort of friend anyone is lucky to have. Neat! We all love you, and now we all love Jen (and we're all better people for it!) Jen: you have the kind of courage and intelligence and confidance that allows me to relax, secure in the knowledge that the future of the next generation is assured. Congratulations!! on your graduation, on your boldness, on your success - and on being the sort of friend you've been for Laurie. Blessings incarnate, that's what the likes of you are.

Congrats Jen! (from another Jen!)

Laurie, did you know that your blog features in the latest edition of 'Knitting' magazine here in the UK? My copy arrived in the post this morning and as I flicked through it I saw yours as one of the 4 featured blogs! (and Drew's is one of the other 3!)

Congrats, Jen! A good lawyer is worth their weight in Koigu. And then some.

Sure wish you were licensed in Louisiana, I need me a lawyer for a contractor problem.

Good luck, and you BOTH have wonderful foreheads, so hush already.

Nice Shades!

The best friends are those who are there for you in bad times, yes.

But also are there for you when things are wonderful.

Sometimes jealousy gets in the way of this celebration unfortunately.

It's so great you have a friendship through the bad stuff AND good!

WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!! Way to go Jen, congrats!!

Congrats. I graduated from law school five years ago and that is where I met my best friend.

I agree that a secretary and paralegal can make you or break you. Also, make friends with the people who do the photocopying and work in the mailroom. They will save your butt over and over again.

You have everything if you have a friend like Jen.

to have stends obviously you have to be a stend ... so you both must be pretty special. Congrats to the fledgling lawyer and to her crazy friend :]
I have a feeling, given the huge readership of this blog, that 'stends' is going to become a meme [ in the literal and original sense of the word ]

This has to do with your past rants on clothing sizes. I ran across this old entry on the "A Dress a Day" blog and loved the idea of leaving a card, as she says in her entry. Ignore the stupid "read my blog comments" in the comments.

http://www.dressaday.com/2006/06/fiji-dress-from-modaspia.html

It's loquitur with a U-R, not an O-R. (I'm a pedant. Ask Neil.) U-R great, and so is Jen. Both of you hung in there through tough times. Gaudeamus igitur, Jen! Gaudeamus igitur, Laurie! And I have a friend who did the stend thing for me in grad school when I had an -end. She kept me going and is the reason I'm still here. Cheers to all of you!

Well your sunglasses are larger, anyway. Congrats to the friend.

I'm sure you've gotten eleventy-billion scarf suggestions. Here's mine.

Mistake rib. Cast on multiple of 4 plus 3.

K2 P2 on every row ans go to town.

Dear Missy Purl,

First of all a big contragulations to Jen your stend. Law school is a tough one and she sounds like a smart cookie so many many congratulations on her success!

Second, I've now read your entire archive from beginning to end. You are very funny and also very good. But now my Crazy Aunt Purl fix is limited to only when you update!

To tide me over until your book comes do you think you could maybe write a lot more stuff and then you know, post it to me out here in London? I'll provide a self-addressed stamped envelope. You provide the funny.

Love,
Emilie
(AKA Missy Scary Blogstalk

Congratulations, Jen! May all your lawyerly dreams come true!

I sure could use myself a "Jennifer" right about now.. best friends are just the most awesome thing.