jes' law school report for those of you who were wondering

so orientation is over (don’t use the first stall in the u.s. district court house in Cadman plaza cause that sh*t will stick every time (2) thinking your locked in) and the beginning of the end has officially begun. yesterday I felt stupid and I find satisfaction in knowing that I wasn’t the only one. last night I spent some time reading as well as this morning. the first session from 10 till 12:15 went well. I felt smarter and was more aware of what was going on that may have been because I had to pee super bad. we will never know… anyway then spent a little time reading during lunch with my pb&j that I made for myself this morning because while chipotle (sp?) was tasty yesterday 7$ for lunch is a bit steep. now if you were to assume that what I read during lunch was for my 2-4:15 class that we had this afternoon you would be incorrect. I guess I assumed that my earlier ability to understand would carry over into the afternoon despite the fact that I was increasingly tired. boy was I wrong. I had no idea what was going on. people sort of just droned on and while our intro to law professor started eyeing me towards the end I would just try to anticipate his next move (calling on students) and put my eyes on my paper and pretend to be taking notes. this worked wonderfully I might add. in a room full of 120 (?) students I didn’t think he would call people out by shirt color and rather by the doe-eyed on lookers. I was right. maybe ill be a successful student after all. however once the professors have a seating chart that tactic goes out the window. so what did I learn from this experience? being prepared really is the way to go. I don’t think I have ever experienced that more clearly than today. not that I have ever been able to bullshit but for those people who tried there were 18 other students anxiously ready to call your ass out by reading verbatim from the case.

one drawback to being prepared is the fact that when different people speak up (the super annoying ones in particular) I then know when their answers are stupid. I need to stop with the eye rolling. also, im amazed how people, specifically attention-seeking or “gunners” as they call them in ls, will do more than just answer the question but rather go through why all of the other choices are wrong first. oooohh. that makes me so irritated. JUST SHUT UP, ANSWER THE QUESTION AND STOP A$$ KISSING. GAWD!

anyway yesterday I took the train today I rode my bike. its just as fast. riding to school is fun, training home is better. the ride home was exhausting there was one point on the gradual hill that is “park slope” where I secretly wished that the car behind me would just hit me. im glad they didn’t.

while we were released early today and our last class cancelled it was probably the most useful class we will have in this whole orientation business. I don’t mind checkin’ email but I do worry about falling behind cause I don’t know how to “brief” a case Brooklyn style. hmmm. im clearly not super worried about it. I plan on going and rereading the material to be discussed tomorrow tonight up at the coffee shop and to start looking over the other cases we have Thursday and Friday. tomorrow we have to get our ID’s and our locker (woo-hoo). I cant wait. I will train tomorrow with a bag full of books so I can put in a few hours studying after my morning class is over.

alright. this has turned into a donna-length entry and its time to wrap it up. however today was the anniversary of me quitting smoking. yippee!! not bad. its been a year. however I was not successful in my attempt to avoid any type of caffeine for as long as possible. I failed. yesterday I had a diet coke. but now I need a beer. anybody?