WonL
The random thoughts of an architect-turned- lawyer from the deep south living in Washington, DC...
Friday, March 18, 2005
Purposeless Thoughts of the Week - Edition 1
Every week, thoughts pop into my head that I want to blog about. Often times, I go as far as to begin writing about them but something always stops me from posting. Usually, its because I dont feel the topic itself warrants a unique blog post. Maybe its not humorous, or it doesnt offer advice or basically has absolutely no purpose at all. I have tons of saved but not posted blog posts that I need to get rid of. Soooo...I decided to implement Purposeless Thoughts of the WeekSince my head is full of Purposeless Thoughts, I will try to make this a weekly occurrence. Maybe this can be my "thing" since everyone else in the blogosphere seems to have a "thing". We shall see. This is what I have:
- A friend recently brought up the concept of "face-time" at school. At first, I didn't really know what she was talking about. I completely understand now. There are people that come to school just to make their presence known. I wonder if they even attend classes, or just hang out in the lounges. For instance, there is a guy who has been sitting at a table a few over from me for about 20 minutes. He has turned around attempting to make eye contact with me at least 4 times. (Not just me...he is looking at everyone and attempting to get into any conversation that will allow him.) Anyway, he has a backpack here with him, but has yet to open it. Dude...go home and watch TV or something! (Before you even say it, I know what you are thinking: Um, Law-Rah, you are at school to blog...who are you to talk? In my defense, I have food, which is not allowed in the library. As soon as I finish lunch and this post, I will be going back to study.)
- I went to a RNLA luncheon yesterday to hear Senator Thume speak about his victory over Tom Daschle. At one point in his speech, he was discussing the changes in political campaigning due to the blogosphere. He noted the trend of people away from the mainstream media and toward the world of blogs. Although WonL is not political, I did feel a twinge of pride knowing that I am a part of something like this. Despite the jerk who said YOU have a BLOG? How dorky.
- The author of Things I Hate About my Flatmate has moved out, so the blog is over. Funny stuff!!!
- Scott had some really funny jokes for St. Pattys day yesterday. (I'm too lazy to link to each post. If you go to his site, just scroll down and look for the green.)
- I love it when you use someone else's outline (to supplement your own, of course) and they have slang terminology in theirs. For instance, did you know that in Crim Law, the Retributivist theory boils down to "just punish the bastard"?
- I have a wisdom tooth coming in. I have yet to have time to get them removed and ABSOLUTELY will make time once exams are over. The problem is that the tooth coming in is coming in facing straight out. My tooth has now worn away the chunk of my cheek in its way and its really beginning to hurt.
- The law school has refrigerators that we are allowed to keep food in. They clean them out every night and anything you left gets thrown away. Over spring break, I thought they may relax that rule a bit. Nope! Not only did they open up my little blue canvas bag and throw away my fruit and yogurt...they also threw away the damn spoon I had brought from home.
- In typing the above Purposeless Thought, I mistyped "sexams" and thought...hmmm...that would be wierd.
- I get annoyed that I have to hit the stupid "br" for break every time I want to show a break in the post. Isn't that what "enter" is for?
- I have a guy in my class (well call him Jim) who has fascinating things go on in his life that could amount to good stories. The problem is he always leaves out the MOST relevant/important part until the end. For example:
- I am currently tied for 113th place (out of 135) on my NCAA Tournament picks. Good thing there is a prize for absolute last place, otherwise, I would have nothing to aim for!
I was riding the Metro with Jim once and he was asking me some CivPro questions. I'm not talking about "hey, I didnt really understand how the court came to that conclusion" type questions. Oh no...this was more like "hey, I have to figure out by tomorrow morning where I can get personal jurisdiction over my wife's boss, can you help?" There was some situation where his wife's boss had been withholding extra taxes and Jim wanted to take him to court. Jim is also trying to figure out if it financially worth trying the case and if he actually has a shot. He lays out all of the facts and we are analyzing everything. None of us are really understanding the issue here. Then he lets us know that not only had boss had been withholding money, but he had the refund check sent to the company, forged her signature and pocketed the money. HELLO?!?!?!?