Jan. 7, 2006 sunrise
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.
first day of classes today. odd, odd, odd. it still, now, with five out of six semesters finished, seems strange to me that I am in law school. but today wasn't bad. just odd. added oddness that I was there at nine in the morning, which I haven't been, not since spring of last year.
Anyway at nine was "conflict of laws," which is a whole (small) class about how you pick what law applies, and which is taught by an outgoing dean (he wants to teach more.) He's very enthusiastic and made eye contact with all students including me many times. He even made me talk, which it's my policy not to do in class, but it was like he forced me to talk.Then at about eleven was "civil rights actions," a larger class taught by the guy that taught me criminal procedure 1, which is the most useful class I ever did take in law school so far. This professor's all about the thing he says is called "legal realism," which it seems means that if you're realistic, you see that law is all about politics. So, he says we'll spend a lot of time looking at who's on the supreme court (I'll start writing it as "scotus" soon, I promise) for each case, since the ideo-logy of each justice is The Thing.
today rode to get groceries via greenway to bi-lo on
