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August 26, 2005
Reunited
And it feels so...
Vaguely uncomfortable and exhausting, really. But in a good way?
The casualties of the first week:
1. My Forearms and biceps. And back. And shoulders.
I forgot that you really need a personal trainer or Popeye arms to survive the first week of school. While my stack of books is not as bad as last year's, my forearms and biceps feel like they did the last time I constructed something from Ikea without an automatic screwdriver.
2. Blogging. You know it is bad when not only can I not write an entry on my own blog, but I don't even have time to read anyone else's.
3. My stomach lining. Ah, Rolaids. I forgot how delicious and absolutely NOTHING like aspartame-flavored chalk you are before and after every meal.
The spoils of the first week:
1. Choosing my own classes!
Hello, Real Estate Finance, Law of Art, Public International Law and First Amendment.2. New faces
Best part about not having all your classes with the same exact 80 people? You get to interact with cool new folks, and learn to loathe and mock an entirely new set of overtalkers, brown-nosers, show-offs, etc.3. Real spoils!
Neeta got back from India the night before school started, and she brought me a PRESENT! PresentS even!
The box is pietra dura, the same stone / technique used in the Taj Majal, and made from the descendants of the same artisans who created the Taj.
How cool is that?
4. I AM NOT A 1L.
I may be stressed and anxious and popping Rolaids like Rush Limbaugh popped OxyContin, BUT I AM NOT A 1L.My first year I was anxious to the point of social paralysis, and if I hadn't found Neeta and Maggie, I would have been like this sad little 1L that I saw hanging out by herself, far away from the law school campus, reading her Civ Pro book and eating her PBJ. Really, it broke my heart.
Also, things first year may not have gone exactly like I planned, but they went. Quickly. So my second year doesn't stretch interminably before me like my first year did.
So, law school, nice to see you again. Can't say I missed you but I don't mind being back.
Posted by jen at August 26, 2005 11:40 AM
Comments
"and made from the descendants of the same artisans who created the Taj."
Um. I don't want to be a picky mcpickerson, but you meant made BY their descendents, right? :P
Posted by: canknitian at August 26, 2005 12:01 PM
ah, the first week of school. just thinking about it gives me that nostalgic yet supafresh feeling of crisp new apples and freshly sharpened pencils. and blank notebooks. nothing like opening a blank notebook. :)
i'm sure life as a 2L will be infinitely better and hopefully use up less rolaids (what about tums, dude? i am down with the tums) than life as a 1L. plus this time you will know ME the entire year so dude, superbonus right there for ya!!! :)
woot for jen!
Posted by: carolyn at August 26, 2005 01:16 PM
#4 is a BIG deal. As a 2L, you have seniority (e.g. hazing privileges), and you have the warm blanket of security that is your 3L year. Plus, with 2L interviews forthcoming, you have the potential of wrapping up the job hunt this year rather than next. Sounds like you're off to a good start! Go embarrass some gunners for us. Make us proud.
Posted by: DDJ at August 26, 2005 01:43 PM
Congrats on making it thru your first week as a 2L. The gifts look wonderful.
Posted by: Dagny at August 26, 2005 02:04 PM
Ooh. Law of Art. Finally, a law school class that sounds vaguely interesting.
Mocking new people is fun.
I am afraid I might be like that sad 1L you saw eating by yourself. I am going to come and crash the law school in that case. Because knowing me and lawyers, I'll find someone quickly.
Posted by: Gloria at August 26, 2005 02:11 PM
Picky McPickerson, you're good (I didn't even notice, and I get paid not very much to notice things like that), but shouldn't your name be capitalized?
Yay for a new post, Jen. I posted today too!
Suddenly law school doesn't seem so hideous to me. Not that I'm saying I wish I would have followed up on my brief flirtation with that route. (Besides the fact that no self-respecting law school would have had me, I would have drowned in the one liter, so to speak.)
Aren't presents the best? I wear my scarf almost everyday. In the summer, in a beach town. And everyone asks about it, of course. (Not "why are you wearing a scarf crazy lady," but more like "did you knit that?" with amazement and awe--so strenuous it deserves redundancy--and I say, "no, my friend did, isn't she amazing?")
Posted by: ursula at August 26, 2005 04:00 PM
Hmm. Ursula, I think it could go either way. I said "a picky mcpickerson" instead of "the [The?] picky mcpickerson". :)
I meant to say earlier -- happy return to school!
Posted by: canknitian at August 26, 2005 05:00 PM
"made from the descendants of the same artisans who created..." LOL !!
Glad you survived the first week! =)
Posted by: ~drew emborsky~ at August 28, 2005 01:16 PM
Canknitian & Drew--
Oops! Uh, that is so SOYLENT GREEN IS MADE OF PEOPLE. I totally meant "by." But I will leave my mistake for posterity so people will know what you're talking about.
Posted by: jen at August 29, 2005 12:32 AM
Second year is great!!! You know what it takes to be able to get to the exam at the end. Law School seems interminable, but enjoy it. Too many more years after without a handy week (or two)off to study for finals, no summer break and spring break exists no more. I love being a lawyer, but I also loved law school. Bev, Univ Okla City, 1986(???!!!!!)
Posted by: Bev at August 30, 2005 03:31 PM
Second year is great!!! You know what it takes to be able to get to the exam at the end. Law School seems interminable, but enjoy it. Too many more years after without a handy week (or two)off to study for finals, no summer break and spring break exists no more. I love being a lawyer, but I also loved law school. Bev, Univ Okla City, 1986(???!!!!!)
Posted by: Bev at August 30, 2005 03:32 PM