Law School = Junior High (if nothing else, read the last line for charity)
This past week, I got yelled at by a teacher for talking too loudly in the hall between classes. This is my life people…law school.
I can’t say I am not enjoying it. The people are great. We have these people with resumes beyond comprehension. One guy almost won a Pulitzer Prize for photojournalism because he took these incredible pictures while embedded in Israel during the Hammas ordeal. One woman was already a lawyer in China, and now she’s here picking up a U.S. law degree. Another is a nuclear physicist who also doubles as a rabbi. Put that in your pipe James Bond. I played baseball. Which one doesn’t belong?
That said, everyone has been real cool and accepting. Some people even laugh at my Saved By The Bell references although I am pretty sure a girl who sits two rows in front of me in Property class might not be a huge fan after I dissected why Courtney Cox was the perfect choice to head up Cougartown in a group discussion. Yeah that was two TV jokes in one run-on sentence, what now?
The most surprising thing, the lunch room. Seriously, I sit at lunch with a group of guys every day, and all we do is tell terrible jokes and make fun of each other. It feels very similar to a bullpen except that people get up and go to class instead of warmup. And no one has nearly as big a dome as Jeff Stevens. I think anyone that paid good money for front row seats at Wrigley this September and ended up behind his head deserves a refund. There, I said it. Now every Cub fan has constructive notice that they shouldn’t buy those seats for next year because Jeffrey should be a staple in that bullpen all year next season.
Back to the lunch room, today we sat around discussing a group Halloween costume. I mean, how many times can you get six dudes on the same page? We’ve thrown all sorts of ideas out there but it appears that everyone is on board trying to come up with some hilarity, any ideas would be worthwhile.
The one thing I was ready for and haven’t been disappointed with is the reading. I am surprised more lawyers don’t go blind. Small print, densely packed, with no end in sight. In fact, I am skipping reading right now to write this. There is absolutely no end to the reading. I try to get ahead and I realize that I am actually ten pages behind. I guess I signed up for this but if I ever run into this Socrates character I am going to give him a swift kick to the groin. That was a law school joke people and not a good one.
As you can tell my jokes are getting lamer, my posts shorter, and my TV references less a propos. At least my GM didn’t call me out in the papers, wear that Vaughany.
I’ve got a century club scheduled tonight with my boys. One hundred videos chopped down to one minute apiece just for timing sake and if you don’t know what I am talking about then you probably should have put the gravity bong down in college. With the century club in tow, I should have a new that guy ready to go here in the next few days.
Last little plug, if anyone is living or knows anyone living in the Kansas City, Missouri area, a charity I work with, Friends of Jaclyn (www.friendsofjaclyn.org) is looking for some people to help out with a cool family down there. It takes little commitment and it means the world. Leave a comment or email me and I’ll help put you in touch with the right people.
Thanks for reading, or not reading, we will check on it.
