reflections on the exam (part 3)

first things first: i poppa freaks all the honies.

whoops... wrong song.

first things first: 59 comments on the message board... you guys kick ass! true, a lot of it was petty back-and-forth insults and such, but it's still good to hear everyone so fired up.

while we're on the topic, let's just squash all the animosity. it was fun while it lasted, and i think that a lot of it was simply a by-product of the accumulated stress we're all experiencing, but now that it's out of our systems, it's time to start being nice to each other, or at least civil.

how do we go about being civil? what's the procedure for being civil? did someone say civil procedure?

that was the worst segue of all time! fuck it... i'm just gonna go with it.

congrats to everyone who made it through the 8 hour civil procedure-athon. and to those of you who managed to rub a load out during the process, i guess i owe you a double dose of congratulations... that's truly impressive. (i guess i'm assuming that those of you who posted about masturbating are dudes... maybe i'm wrong. is there a female equivalent of the phrase "rub a load out"?) anyway, i'm curious to know where in the building you all accomplished this wonderful feat.

so anyway, i thought that the exam was really long and difficult, but like nan, it was pretty fair and straightforward. of course, what sucked for me was that the night before, i had about two hours left to study, and i had to choose between learning issue & claim preclusion or arbitration, and of course i chose preclusion. i figured that there was no way she'd leave that off of the exam. well, you know how that ended up.

anyway, i think i probably got a 'C' on the exam. in other words, it was pretty much my best performance yet. of course, i had some pretty major fuck-ups along the way. for instance, i kept on referring to dr. zen as "he", assuming that since he was a doctor, he was a man. as i was handing it in, i realized that nan had clearly mentioned that zen was a she...

ahh, i imagine my sexist assumption will not go over too well with the nanster.

for some reason, i kept writing "nicotine" instead of "nicozene." also, with about ten minutes left, i realized that i knew the name "fortenbaugh" from somewhere... but where? was fortenbaugh a brooklyn professor? a character in hamlet? then i realized that this name was a pretty major clue directing me to hickman v. taylor. thanks nan! unfortunately, i only had a few minutes left at that point to write about hickman. such is life.

well, that's really about all i have to say about nan's exam. there's really not that much to joke about, because it really wasn't that funny an exam.

bottom line, we've all survived our journeys through the states of justice, new bork, and brooklyn. one last stop on this crazy train ride.

by the way, since you're all here, let me say hello and welcome to "mischievous mischief", "Pedantic Civ Pro Buff", and "fact-finder". it's about goddam time you all signed in. glad to have you aboard.

well, good luck to you all as you study for con law. it'll be a truly shitty exam, but at least it'll all be over afterwards, and we'll have three weeks of freedom to enjoy. for me, that will mean hours and hours of quality time with the cosby clan, dozens and dozens of beers, weeks without reading a single case, and my first (and maybe second??) date with princess strawberry margarita. i hope you've all got nice things to look forwards to as well.

true, it won't be all fun and games. i've got to finish my resume and cover letter, and hopefully trick some suckers into hiring my dumb ass for the summer... and hopefully find a job before grades come out. even if i'm lucky enough to avoid having to drop out, i don't think that any potential employers will be too impressed with my straight D's across the board.

also, i guess we've got to do our first assignments for next semester, but whatever... compared to the last two weeks, that will be a breeze.

finally, someone asked a good question on the message board, and i don't want it to simply slip between the cracks: does anyone know when and how we get our grades?

ok kids, thanks for all the great posts on the board, and good luck on monday.

hail caesar! those who are about to die salute you!