norm!

ok, so i'm annoyed because i just wrote this blog for thirty minutes, then my computer freaked out, crashed, and i lost all i'd written. fortunately, it was a really crappy entry; regardless, here's take two.

hi! welcome to menlovian! i will be keeping this short tonight, as i have yet to begin the sure-to-be scintillating con law reading (is it just me, or has all the fun seemingly been sucked out of that class? i can hardly bring it upon myself to even crack open those 1000 pages of fun before the midnight hour. anyway...).

to the person on the message board who asked, yes, i have tried the BLS water, and i have to say that for 75 cents, it was not too shabby.

also have to say hello and welcome to "Puffendorf," who made himself quite a splashy entrance: glad you're here, try to play nice, make sure your girlfriend wears a helmet, and never bring a gun to school.

anyway...

today was a good day. i have to say that i really like this professor poser character thus far. thanks to the anonymous soul who pointed out the bob novak connection.



from my perspective, poser really reminded me of that actor paul scofield, specifically in his portrayal of mark van doren Quiz Show...



ok, ok... i'll admit that poser looks more like novak. but he was very van doren today in the way he spoke, particularly in his wonderful employment of melisma on the final syllable of his words ("...whether-rr the contra-aaact was relied upon-NNN-nn").

i loved it. also nice was the professor kingsfield clip from the paper chase. it would be awesome if poser could somehow incorporate more law school-related films into the class, such as legally blonde, legally blonde 2 - electric boogaloo, or even soul man, which is widely regarded as the cinematic ur-text of the law school experience, and a true piece of shit movie in its own right.

the point is that i'm liking the dude so far. he's about as old-school as they come, and overall i am optimistic about the prospect of spending five hours per week with him.

also today we had our first fifty minute civ pro marathon with another new teacher, professor gora. i'm sure i'll have more to say on him in the weeks ahead, but for the sake of brevity, for now i'll just say that he seemed like a really friendly and enthusiastic guy. obviously, all it takes is a quick gora google to find out that massive brownie points await any student who can work campaign finance reform into the class discussion.

so i have to hit the books. one last thing...

remember how professor jones mentioned on monday that if she's ever talking too quickly, to simply raise our hands and let her know, or just to shout out "slow down!" during class?

let's see who's really got some balls (or ovaries!) in section 8 or 9...

that's right boys and girls, it's time for the first installment of...

MENLOVIAN SHENANIGANS!

this week's challenge: shout out "slow down! during property class either today or on monday. a special prize will be awarded to the first person who pulls off this shenanigan.

i freakin' dare you!