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April 30, 2006
If There Is a Line, I Surely Have Crossed It
This is what I looked like on Wednesday. Happy, having dinner at Citizen Smith with one of my best friends from high school, Brie, in town accepting a PRISM award, woohoo!
I will not tell you what I look like now. FINALS. I have not left the house in four days and I know I won't be leaving it for another two. The only contact I have with the world is through frantic calls with Neeta and less-frantic but certainly no-less-whiny (me) calls with Laurie.
I might, might, have, gotten a little PUNCHY.
I might, say, after outlining the GATT, WTO, and the hubs-and-spokes approach to growing GDP via free-trade agreements and customs unions, made up a little song that I've been singing to myself. If you like, you can sing along! I have to warn you, though, it's a total earworm. Don't blame me if you're singing it in the shower tomorrow.
Hubs, hubs, hubs and spokes
Gently grow the team
Greedily, greedily, greedily greedily
Build your rev'nue stream
After I'd exhausted the joy-producing abilities of my new anthem, I might also have taken a gander at the cats, who'd spent their day SNORING and EATING and CHASING THINGS AROUND THE APARTMENT, and gotten really bitter, and started to wonder what the hell they're contributing to the relationship ANYHOW. And then I might have worried that I thought the words "relationship" and "cats" in the same sentence. But then I might have started to think about if I really did want them to start pitching in with the studying, what kinds of courses they'd want to take.
Cat Liability for Owner Injury
A real-world look at cat liability for injuries they cause to their owners. We'll look at the duties, if any, cats owe their owners, liability avoidance strategies, owner sudden movement and loud noises as contributory negligence, and limitations on damages if the owners are really whiny about it.Fiduciary Obligations of Pet Owners
This innovative course attempts to answer the question: just what are the obligations of a companion human? How much petting is enough? We'll also look at companion human liability for cat obesity and unscooped litterboxes.Sleep & The Law
This class will look at the intersection between law and sleep. In addition to a weekly response paper (subsitutable with nap for those without opposable thumbs), it will involve some hands-on exploration of sleeping. Mmm, sleep.
Ack. Shutup. I told you I was punchy.
Mmm, sleep.
Posted by jen at April 30, 2006 11:35 PM
Comments
Now, in my days blogging I've seen a lot of cute kitten photos -- maybe too many -- but never have I encountered a cat in law school.
Posted by: Neil at May 1, 2006 06:48 AM
Haahaahaaaa. I'm sorry, I shouldn't laugh, but I am. I do feel sort of bad that you have exams whereas it seems like my classes are constantly being cancelled so I can spend more of my days doing nothing.
Posted by: Gloria at May 1, 2006 10:15 AM
Too funny. But I am enjoying finals. So quiet here.
Posted by: Dagny at May 1, 2006 10:17 AM
Holy crap, that course list was funny.
Posted by: Jeff at May 1, 2006 05:17 PM
OMG, Fred! Where were you when I needed a divorce lawyer??? And look, it's a lawcat in a tuxedo! Very George Clooney.
Posted by: laurie at May 2, 2006 08:27 AM
you have just created a WHOLE NEW bastion of lawyerdom. you're a cat owning genius!
i'm impressed you've trained the cat to highlight - when they take your finals for you, i will be TRULY agog. :)
Posted by: carolyn at May 2, 2006 11:49 AM
I told the students at work about your class suggestions. They think you should put down the caffeine. ;-)
Posted by: Dagny at May 2, 2006 06:41 PM
there's always a line... so you should always cross it.
Posted by: dan at May 3, 2006 11:50 PM