Yesterday was pretty fantastic. I spent the majority of the day at Jen and Anthony's rooftop pool. I got yelled at for trying to read for Corporations and write a cover letter. All told, I think I was there hanging out with various people, swimming, and throwing around a football (which ultimately took a 12 story fall into the parking lot and was never heard from again) for about six hours. I guess this is that "relaxing" stuff that people talk about. Being white and responsible, I sprayed my torso and arms with sunscreen. SPF 30, baby. I did not anticipate being in the sun for as long as I was and thus forgot all about my legs and feet. So now I have a nice little sunburn on my knees and the tops of my feet. Wearing socks is slightly painful these days (just like watching the Sox - hey-yo). Now, back to work. Actually, some back to work is fun, like reading Griswold v. Connecticut. Maybe Shaked will be the only one who agrees with me, but I enjoy reading that case.
Notwithstanding Griswold, there are still tolls from school. Currently, I have to think of a note topic (a note is basically a piece of scholarly writing akin to a thesis, though shorter than a full-fledged thesis). I wonder if my journal will accept a tragicomedy in two acts about the American embargo against trade with Cuba. I doubt it, so I am forced to find alternatives. Any ideas for fun topics related to international law?
Four day weekend!
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Tort reform
Yesterday I learned that doing law school reading is a lot harder than college reading after you have had a beer or two. I was hanging out with Erik in the early evening, and still had to try to get some work done after. But I just couldn't bring myself to care about strict liability according to the Model Penal Code. I ended up doing that thing where you actually read every word on the page, but you don't really comprehend any of it. Better hope I don't end up as a criminal defense lawyer representing you in a strict liability case. And you also had better hope I haven't subsequently become illiterate so that I can't go back and read the relevant sections before I argue the case. That's right, you'd better hope you don't have an illiterate lawyer. Unless he's super charismatic. For example, I would take an illiterate Barack Obama to be my lawyer.
Speaking of Mr. Obama, he just delivered his address to Congress on health care reform. Sounded pretty good to me. But I'm from Massachusetts where everyone already has health care. We're kind of like Cuba, with less Spanish and communism. I liked most of what the president said. He held out some olive branches to Republicans. Like tort reform. But I was mostly excited about that because I now know what that means! Basically, in this context, it's harder to sue doctors. Sounds cool, but it's not actually. I was also distracted by the editor's choice of camera shots a good deal of the time. Why do you have to show a member of Congress looking at his Blackberry rather than paying attention to the leader of the free world? It's not very nice. But then again its not very nice to ignore a public speaker. Or to shout out "You lie!" in the Chamber of Congress while the President of the United States is giving a speech (I'm looking at you Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina!).
I just saw an ad on TV: "West Virginia, wild and wonderful!" I would like to add "with your cousin" to the end of it. Just kidding, I don't know anyone from West Virginia. I'm just going by what I've seen on t-shirts. And heinous New England stereotypes. But that's my favorite kind of stereotype. It's the kind where anyone who isn't from New England is inferior and if you aren't from New York or California either you must be mentally deficient. Hell, you can even be mentally deficient if you are from New York or California. The rest of the country is all either the midwest or the south. We've never heard of things like the Pacific Northwest. It's a figment of your imagination. Like the moon landing.
Speaking of Mr. Obama, he just delivered his address to Congress on health care reform. Sounded pretty good to me. But I'm from Massachusetts where everyone already has health care. We're kind of like Cuba, with less Spanish and communism. I liked most of what the president said. He held out some olive branches to Republicans. Like tort reform. But I was mostly excited about that because I now know what that means! Basically, in this context, it's harder to sue doctors. Sounds cool, but it's not actually. I was also distracted by the editor's choice of camera shots a good deal of the time. Why do you have to show a member of Congress looking at his Blackberry rather than paying attention to the leader of the free world? It's not very nice. But then again its not very nice to ignore a public speaker. Or to shout out "You lie!" in the Chamber of Congress while the President of the United States is giving a speech (I'm looking at you Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina!).
I just saw an ad on TV: "West Virginia, wild and wonderful!" I would like to add "with your cousin" to the end of it. Just kidding, I don't know anyone from West Virginia. I'm just going by what I've seen on t-shirts. And heinous New England stereotypes. But that's my favorite kind of stereotype. It's the kind where anyone who isn't from New England is inferior and if you aren't from New York or California either you must be mentally deficient. Hell, you can even be mentally deficient if you are from New York or California. The rest of the country is all either the midwest or the south. We've never heard of things like the Pacific Northwest. It's a figment of your imagination. Like the moon landing.
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