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In Which I Get a Big Shiny Gold Star

span style="font-family: georgia;"I'm not sure if you've noticed, but law students like to cut ourselves some major slack during finals. In part, it is because this experience is span style="font-style: italic;"rough/span- stressful in a way that very few other experiences in our life have been so far.br /br /It's also full-immersion, so there's no going in without going in whole hog, so to speak. All finals, all the time. Especially if, like me, you didn't really "do" the "reading" during the semester. Then it really sucks, and I start to lose it. There's only so many hours a person can spend in the library before you get delusional. Also, dysfunctional.br /br /This is what today looked like:br /br /8:03 am:br /Getting dressed, somehow manage to drop a bobby pin in my bra. Lose it. This is perplexing, because I am about as well endowed as a Madoff charity.br /br /8:10 am:br /Attempt to apply mascara with wrong end of mascara tube. Epic. Girl. Fail. No more music while getting ready.br /br /9:40 am:br /Find bobby pin in library. Resume frantic study pace. Contemplate hiding more things in undergarments, possibly alternate career in smuggling.br /br /10: 15 am:br /Go to office. Unwittingly prompt secretary to cry. Try to remedy damage by being consoling. Am not a good consoler.br /br /10: 57 am:br /Run in the dean in the hallway. She says: "It's wonderful to see a smiling face! Why are you so happy?"br /I reply: "Cookie." br /Polysyllables are fun!br /br /1:49 pm:br /Running on red bull and popcorn, quickly becoming disenchanted with prior academic delusions of grandeur. Compose email to Roommate regarding my paper status: "oh my god it is just a jumble of words, BUT THEY CAN'T MAKE ME WRITE TRANSITION PARAGRAPHS, ROOMMATE. THEY CAN'T MAKE ME."br /br /3:07 pm:br /Seriously consider vacation from reality. Consider talking to the woman creeping in the yellow wallpaper. Start keening for someone who understands this reference, email Funny Mean Friend.br /br /3:28 pm:br /In major act of maturity, do not bludgeon library neighbor to death for eating Mamp;Ms too loudly. Pat self on back.br /br /4:01 pm:br /FMF does span style="font-style: italic;"not/span recommend making friends with the woman in the wallpaper, endorses powering through till Friday for drinking, kitties, and Twilight.br /She has a good point.br /br /4:57 pm:br /Give up on library, decide to go stark raving mad in comfort of own home. Learn that Sofa the cat's new nickname is "Poopy." I won't tell you why.br /br /br /Proud moments, all. Now: on to learn the Federal Rules of Evidence! I'll see you kids on the other side.br //span

Full post as published by Thanks, But No Thanks. on December 17, 2008 (boomark / email).