the daily snivel

Well, those darn kids have done it again.

My sister was called to the Bar at a ceremony at the National Arts Centre on Wednesday, July 16, meaning that she is an honest-to-gosh lawyer now, and can hereafter sign our passport applications and be pestered at parties for free legal advice. Of course, it also means that four years of tremendously hard work have come to fruition. It goes without saying that I'm extremely proud of my sister (I'm saying it anyway), and that she's been a big help to me as I followed along a year behind her in law school. Along with our brother Scott, we had a great time drinking to her health at the Dominion Tavern later that night ,and our mother was so proud of Tammy's accomplishment that she placed an announcement in the Saturday edition of the Ottawa Citizen announcing both her Call and my graduation. Thanks to the magic of scanners and Photoshop (newsprint is a bitch to scan clearly), I'm sharing it with you:



These are the kinds of things that make me appreciate how special my family is -- especially our mother who, for all her many (lovable) quirks, raised us on our own and has four brainy, talented, well-adjusted kids (none of whom is a serial killer or drives an SUV) to be really proud of. Without help, without privilege, without connections, we've all done really well for ourselves (so, uh, eat that, all you rich, connected, privileged people!). Most importantly, we use our powers for good.

Now if only I had a high school reunion to go to...