the lowdown

As I procrastinate going over Pennoyer v. Neff, I offer my reflections on my first week of law school:

• I've never wanted a Friday to come so badly as I did this past week. With the stretched, broken, and scattered state of my brain, even a Ginseng party sounded good.
  
• Professors who say that students "with photographic memory have seen the extent of my tie collection" are awesome.
• Students who prematurely use Westlaw during class are not.
• When driving in California, always assume there will be traffic.
• Always try to see a professor up close. He can be really scary until you see the glint of an older gentleman's earring.
• Wireless internet is just one more weapon in the arsenal of procrastination.
• People will always bond when bitching about others.
• Eight-page reading assignments are not always easy.
• Living with Mom & Dad can be cool, especially when they know to omit cheese in your breakfast burrito.
• Law students will practically camp out for a "good" seat in class.
• Roll-y bags are not as dorky as one might believe. Neither are backpacks as big as your torso (Note: boyfriend's plan to ostracize me as a big dork-o did NOT work!)
• Paying $20 to join a club can sound ludicrous -- until you hear the word "outlines".
• It's a small small world.
• All 1Ls are confused.
• No matter what how many legal arguments the US makes, the bottom line is they (we?) stole the land from native Americans.
• Making new friends is great, but it doesn't make missing your old ones any easier.