So, it's been a while (I think) since my last post because I had a paper draft due. Which I actually submitted. On time. (But don't ask about the quality of the work submitted, because, well...yikes.)
The draft took up my entire weekend last weekend, so already I'm looking forward to making up for it this weekend. Gone is any sense of propriety as I already have 1) double-booked on both Saturday and Sunday, 2) accepted invitations without first consulting the Captain, and 3) intensified my work-outs in anticipation of all the gluttony.
Giddy-up.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Papers and baseball
How to write a paper while the World Series is on: for every sentence completed, you get to watch an at-bat.
Tips from a 3L
When wanting to boost your page count (i.e., when you have to write a really long paper), opt for longer words instead of shorter words because the longer words take up more space on the page.
For example, write "undocumented immigrants" instead of "illegal aliens." Your fingers might get tired from the extra keystrokes, but that's nothing compared to the brain power you've saved by not having to think new thoughts.
Edited to add: And, if given the option, always always use hyphens. "Guest-workers", not "guestworkers."
For example, write "undocumented immigrants" instead of "illegal aliens." Your fingers might get tired from the extra keystrokes, but that's nothing compared to the brain power you've saved by not having to think new thoughts.
Edited to add: And, if given the option, always always use hyphens. "Guest-workers", not "guestworkers."
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Goals
My teachers taught me early on in life that it's important to have goals.
These are my goals for 3L year:
1. To get invited to the faculty lunch. Every Friday, the faculty get together for lunch, whether purely for fun or for some sort of institutional advancement/team-building effort. Every Friday, my pal and I get together for our weekly lunch, which serendipitously takes place outside the faculty lunch room. My two favorite professors always stop to chat when they're on their way to lunch. Lunch Pal and I have decided that one of these days, the faculty will get so used to seeing us, they'll have to invite us to the faculty lunch. It's gonna work.
2. To get a one-year subscription to Cook's Illustrated. I am an aspiring foodie and I subscribe to Cook's Illustrated, a fantastic collection of science and food writing. Every couple months, I read a new issue, full of tricks of the trade and of explanations for why white chocolate won't behave the same as dark chocolate in a recipe. [FN1] I'm not averse to renewing my subscription, but I want to see if I can "win" one, because if you write a letter to the magazine, and they print it, then you get a free year's subscription. I want to be printed.
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FN1. There's no actual cocoa in white chocolate. That upsets the sugar-fat ratio in recipes calling for regular chocolate. Any dummy knows that, but it's nice to be affirmed in a magazine.
These are my goals for 3L year:
1. To get invited to the faculty lunch. Every Friday, the faculty get together for lunch, whether purely for fun or for some sort of institutional advancement/team-building effort. Every Friday, my pal and I get together for our weekly lunch, which serendipitously takes place outside the faculty lunch room. My two favorite professors always stop to chat when they're on their way to lunch. Lunch Pal and I have decided that one of these days, the faculty will get so used to seeing us, they'll have to invite us to the faculty lunch. It's gonna work.
2. To get a one-year subscription to Cook's Illustrated. I am an aspiring foodie and I subscribe to Cook's Illustrated, a fantastic collection of science and food writing. Every couple months, I read a new issue, full of tricks of the trade and of explanations for why white chocolate won't behave the same as dark chocolate in a recipe. [FN1] I'm not averse to renewing my subscription, but I want to see if I can "win" one, because if you write a letter to the magazine, and they print it, then you get a free year's subscription. I want to be printed.
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FN1. There's no actual cocoa in white chocolate. That upsets the sugar-fat ratio in recipes calling for regular chocolate. Any dummy knows that, but it's nice to be affirmed in a magazine.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Chairs
Sitting in the library makes my bum hurt.
I used to carry around a cushion, and I never was ashamed. This year, I totally forgot about the cushion until a friend of mine reminded me. So now I'm carrying the cushion around again, and I'm totally ashamed. I'm a 3L.
I used to carry around a cushion, and I never was ashamed. This year, I totally forgot about the cushion until a friend of mine reminded me. So now I'm carrying the cushion around again, and I'm totally ashamed. I'm a 3L.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Signs
Sign that I'm a 3L: Rather than finish some reading, I attended an interesting lecture instead.
Sign that I'm still a law student: I got there super early, and lamented that I hadn't brought my reading.
Sign that I'm still a law student: I got there super early, and lamented that I hadn't brought my reading.
Used books
The law school started selling more used books this year, which on the whole is an excellent thing.
Except if you think your book's previous owner wasn't so smart with the highlighting, and now you have all these unimportant passages colored in pink.
Except if you think your book's previous owner wasn't so smart with the highlighting, and now you have all these unimportant passages colored in pink.
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