Hmm....Not Chapter Four
Well, apparently I do have a partially completed chapter four that I was working on before I left for Milwaukee. It had completely escaped my mind until Mags convinced me that I did in fact write it. Sarah even tried to tell me I did, and I didn't believe her. So, long story short, as if that's possible with me telling it, there may or may not be a chapter four headed this way at some point. I'll let you all know if it happens.
So this is my first post since moving up to America's Dairyland. It's not so bad up here, all and all. On the whole, though, I'd say I'm enjoying law school. Criminal Law is somewhat interesting, but I want to trample on too many people's constitutional liberties to ever be a defense attorney. Torts is rather interesting, though. It has grown on me. We've learned all about negligence and strict liability and what not. It makes for some very interesting stories. For example, one lady thought God was driving her car as she followed a white light into on-coming traffic. She saw the other car coming and sped up b/c she believed that she could fly, like Batman (her words, not mine). And to top it all off, she thought her husband was possessed by the devil. She seemed nice. Lots of freak accidents in torts, and never, ever, ever, work for, around, or near railroads. Man, they have been involved in so many personal injury cases it's not even funny. Next is contracts. Though it sounds boring, and it can be at times, it is actually kinda cool b/c you learn all sorts of new ways to get out of stuff. It seems like every rule that we learn has five exceptions to it. For example, you need, to form a contract, an offer, acceptance, and consideration. However, the offer can be retracted at any point before its acceptance. This revocation has to be communicated to the offeree, though, before they accept. Unless they accepted via mail, b/c then the acceptance is binding the second it left their possession. Of course, this is assuming that it was not a unilateral contract and partial peformance had not begun, at which point it creates a subsidiary option contract that cannot be revoked for a "reasonable" time, or until the offeree has a chance to complete the act signifying acceptance, in a clear and unambiguous, not to be confused with "vague," way. See what I mean? And I only stopped b/c you all probably skipped to this sentence anyways. It is kinda fun, in an intermediate logic kinda way. And in this class, I dont get accused of cheating.
So the worst side effect to being in law school is how it seeps into every aspect of your life. I went to see Roger Clemmons of the Astros pitch against the Brewers, and my friend Nick referred to it, unintentionally, as "Clemmons v. Brewers." Similarly, his car has been in the shop for two weeks now, as it's subject to the "one more day...one more day...one more day" clause that every mechanic knows so well. Well we're now threatening to file suit under promissary estoppel, and using the fact that we can't get groceries as damages. That's just sad.
So all and all, I can't complain. Law school's not hard yet.
So i guess this falls under life update. That makes me sad b/c i havent written a good, original blog in quite some time. But clearly, you can't force these things, as both Maggie and Brian are remiss in their updating as well. So there!
So this is my first post since moving up to America's Dairyland. It's not so bad up here, all and all. On the whole, though, I'd say I'm enjoying law school. Criminal Law is somewhat interesting, but I want to trample on too many people's constitutional liberties to ever be a defense attorney. Torts is rather interesting, though. It has grown on me. We've learned all about negligence and strict liability and what not. It makes for some very interesting stories. For example, one lady thought God was driving her car as she followed a white light into on-coming traffic. She saw the other car coming and sped up b/c she believed that she could fly, like Batman (her words, not mine). And to top it all off, she thought her husband was possessed by the devil. She seemed nice. Lots of freak accidents in torts, and never, ever, ever, work for, around, or near railroads. Man, they have been involved in so many personal injury cases it's not even funny. Next is contracts. Though it sounds boring, and it can be at times, it is actually kinda cool b/c you learn all sorts of new ways to get out of stuff. It seems like every rule that we learn has five exceptions to it. For example, you need, to form a contract, an offer, acceptance, and consideration. However, the offer can be retracted at any point before its acceptance. This revocation has to be communicated to the offeree, though, before they accept. Unless they accepted via mail, b/c then the acceptance is binding the second it left their possession. Of course, this is assuming that it was not a unilateral contract and partial peformance had not begun, at which point it creates a subsidiary option contract that cannot be revoked for a "reasonable" time, or until the offeree has a chance to complete the act signifying acceptance, in a clear and unambiguous, not to be confused with "vague," way. See what I mean? And I only stopped b/c you all probably skipped to this sentence anyways. It is kinda fun, in an intermediate logic kinda way. And in this class, I dont get accused of cheating.
So the worst side effect to being in law school is how it seeps into every aspect of your life. I went to see Roger Clemmons of the Astros pitch against the Brewers, and my friend Nick referred to it, unintentionally, as "Clemmons v. Brewers." Similarly, his car has been in the shop for two weeks now, as it's subject to the "one more day...one more day...one more day" clause that every mechanic knows so well. Well we're now threatening to file suit under promissary estoppel, and using the fact that we can't get groceries as damages. That's just sad.
So all and all, I can't complain. Law school's not hard yet.
So i guess this falls under life update. That makes me sad b/c i havent written a good, original blog in quite some time. But clearly, you can't force these things, as both Maggie and Brian are remiss in their updating as well. So there!
