Longest Day Ever...

Yesterday took me by surprise.

I know, its my fault. I should have looked at my iCal sooner than 11:30 am, but it didn't occur to me.

I thought all weekend:

"Well, I need to read for Law & Medicine when I get back to Knoxville. Then after Law & Medicine, I will have 3 hours to read for Space Law. After that class, I'll go home and read for Tuesday, cook dinner, and prepare for the cross-examination of Brooke Thompson (the guilty stepmother)."

Not so bad huh?

Here is where the trouble starts...

I open iCal and there it is "Trial Practice, Monday 5:30, room 12."

Shock.

Awe.

(Iraq didn't go this well!)

Oh shit!

So, instead of having three full hours to prepare for space law, I have to break that time up. I have one hour for 53 pages of space law reading (The Outer Space Treaty), and then two hours to prepare for my cross. Then I'll have a two hour space law seminar, then a three hour trial practice class.

Here is how the cross should have gone:

Mrs. Thompson, do you own a .38 Caliber pistol?
Yes
Mrs. Thompson, have you ever had occasion to fire that weapon at a human being?
Yes
Have you ever killed someone with that weapon?
Yes
What part of their body was wounded?
I shot him in the chest
Mrs. Thompson, did you receive $600,000 and all of Mr. Thompson assets as a result of Leslie's death?
Yes
Mrs. Thompson, did you shoot Leslie?
YES, I did it. And I set up that idiot (points to my innocent client) to take the fall.
No further questions your honor.

It didn't go that way.

Actually, the girl who played Brooke Thompson for me ended up furious with my demeanor. I admit, I was hostile, but its a cross-examination, and she is the witness that I believe will get my client off the hook! What am I supposed to do? Additionally, She thought I accused her of being un-prepared in front of the class.

That was a misunderstanding.

I asked her "Do you know Jerry Young?"

She said "No."

This is exactly what Brooke Thompson would have said.

I commented afterwards "I wouldn't have expected you to have said anything other than No," which I guess she thought was a cheap shot.

I explained myself afterwards.

I don't think I'll be getting a Christmas card from her, and not just because I'm a Jew.

So I end up being in class/studying from 10:00am when I woke up and started reading for my Law & Medicine seminar until 12:45am when I finally gave up on my evidence reading. I didn't even touch Legal Profession. Included in that time:
(a) Two 20 minute drives (to and from school)
(b) 30 minutes for lunch (during which I read)
(c) 15 minutes to eat delivery pizza and watch an episode of "Venture Brothers" from Sunday

Basically, I worked non-stop.

Thank god today is short.



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We won!

That doesn't mean that Facebook lost either, by the way. I think they have won as well. They heard our concerns, our pleas, and they responded by providing us with privacy.

I don't have time to really elaborate, I have an interview at 10:40. I just wanted to take a moment and soak up the feeling.

Good work everyone.

Including Facebook

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The Dirty Law School Afternoon Nap

So, I just took ANOTHER 5 hour nap on my couch.

I know right!

This is the 4 day out of the last 7 school days that this has happened to me.

A friend at camp used to talk about the "Dirty Evening Nap" when you nap from like 6pm to 10pm before you go out.

This is the "Dirty Law School Afternoon Nap".

Don't judge me. Don't you judge me. You'd nap too if you had nothing else to do.

Oh, and I don't sleep at night anymore. Apparently I'm not the only one though. There is a rash of insomnia going around the law school community. I feel bad though, because most of this is driven by homework and school anxiety. Mine is driving by "Overhaulin" on TLC.

Seriously though, what am I supposed to do? I get home at 10 this morning, and I have 50 minutes of class tomorrow, as well as an interview. I've already prepped for the interview. I've already read for the class tomorrow. Oh, and I didn't get more than 180 minutes of sleep last night.

I don't need to feel guilty for napping.

I don't need to feel guilty for having no more work to do.

Plus, I've got a social life to maintain, and we all know the weekend starts tonight.

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Facebook takes a turn for the worst...

It was already unsettling that hundreds of people could pull your profile and see what you're up to. Who you're dating, what you're doing with your free time, what classes you're taking, etc. Its strange to have that kind of contact with your friends. It was okay though, because the only people who saw were people who took the time to look. This has changed now. Every time you change your profile, it is going to be plastered on the "news feed" of all your friends. Meaning, those people you don't talk to anymore or try your best to avoid...they are now going to be made aware of every change you make. Every photo. Every friend. Every comment. Every errant change in your relationship status.

I am not comfortable with this.

No one I've talked to this morning is comfortable with this.

Facebook does not have a "contact us" option on the website either. So all I know to do is call for a boycott of Facebook.com until further notice. Spread the word.

It is not that I'm resistant to change, I consider myself pretty adept at adjusting to change. This is not about it being "different" it is about it being "worse".

This has to stop. Facebook, you've batted 1.000 until now, but you just struck out. Now the test is, can you adjust your swing and get back in the game, or are you going to go into a slump that makes the world turn its back in favor of something less savory.

You've been a refuge to those of us with enough education to avoid "myspace", where the HS grads of the world spend their time and energy creating profiles that are too "fancy" to read, and posting pictures that demonstrate that they have just as little respect for themselves as we have for them. Don't make us go there. Things were so good.

Facebook...You're on notice.

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Facebook grows again

Facebook has a new thing they are doing. They have put out a set of general software writing materials (aka programming) that allows facebook users to write their on programs. Some are web-based, others are actual desktop programs. There aren't many up yet, but I played with a few. Reviews are as follows:

Best Program: Pickdee
This program allows you to pick up to 23 college football games, or the full NFL slate each week, and will keep a running points total of the facebook community. The downside is that you have to pick the winner, and the spread. That requires a little research. I find that BoDog.com has pretty good lines, but some of the games you have to pick are not available (due to injury etc.) so you have to make up a spread without any knowledge.

Most Dangerous Program: Shallowfriend
This program is web based, and asks you to vote on peoples profile pictures in a "hot or not" style. This could lead to some suicides, or some people dressing in a manner that is wholly inappropriate. It is also addictive, and the more of us that join, the more fun it will be. When you see that sexy guy on the rope swing, remember to vote "9". We don't want you voting "10" and looking fake.

Worst Program: Grub101
This program is supposed to provide menus, hours, locations, reviews, etc. of restaurant around our campus. The problem is that not a single entry has been made in most places. If you are interested in being the one to build the library for your school, its a cool thing, and would be a great service to all of us who eat three to five times a day. Otherwise its a total waste of time, and I will continue to use KnoxMenus

Worth a Look: Vote
This site allows you to create and participate in polls from facebook users. I started one asking who will win the NC in College Football this year. It is open until Midnight Central Halloween. You should all vote in it. And vote for Alabama, since they are clearly the favorite this year to win the National Title. ROLL TIDE!

This is all still very new, and there will be great expansion in this database I'm sure. If you are curious about where to find this, at the very bottom of facebook there is a link that says blog which will take you to the facebook staff blog. Its pretty interesting, but down at the bottom, you will see the article regarding software design. Click the link for "product database" to get the full list of programs and web-based "time wasters"

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I'm not sure how I feel about this...

So Facebook is now connected to this blog. And I blog over here at S.P.AD, which is then attached to my profile on facebook. On one hand I'm happy to have the traffic, as I know hundreds of people view my facebook profile everyday (to see my smiling face), but on the other hand, I feel enormous pressure in my writing. I felt like my 5 months of blogging last year was pretty good. It was humorous, thoughful, etc. I don't know if I can live up to all that. We will see!

It feels good to be back in school, and blogging. Life is a little strange for me right now, but not bad. Its different, and an adjustment. I worked out for about 90 minutes today and then took a nap, and now my arms are entirely dead. I'm going to try to get dressed and go to Benchmark now.

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School is back baby!

Call me crazy, but I love being a student. Thats why I'm going to med school after law school. That and the paycheck will be crazy when I graduate.

Med School you say? Are you crazy JMay? YES I am, but that has nothing to do with this, and I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't bring it up. I'll be 29 when I graduate, if I go straight through, and I have no intention of practicing medicine. I won't do all the "residency" so to speak, but rather use the M.D./J.D. to practice Medical Malpractice law (representing the doctors of course, trying to help the ever growing health-care insurance problem).

It will be awesome.

God I love school...

Now I have to go read 130 pages before my first day of 2L...

Thats right 2L

2L

2L...

Has a nice ring huh?



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