Just think what we could spread in 15!

I am amazed the speed at which gossip travels! It's absolutely absurd, and completely hiliarious - so I must find a way to share my amusement. I have tracked the following events through the use of cell phone call logs and AIM time stamps provided by involved parties. Details will be omitted to protect the privacy of the few whose business hasn't already spread and evolved in form and shape like some exotic viral strain through the insane high-speed digital internet version of a gossip mill that is the Harvard Law School Drama Society. *gasps for air after the effort of typing such a long sentence*

*Note, John and Jill were the only ones that were at the party the night before*

1:51 PM
John IMs Jane details from a party that occured the night before. According to John, he mentioned it only conversationally and had no idea what would pass in the next 11 - count them - 11 minutes

Somewhere between 1:51 - 1:55 PM
Jane tells her roommates. Judy is a roommate, and Judy tells Jack. We know this because at exactly 1:55 PM, Jill gets a text message from Jack teasing her about the party.

1:55 - 2:02 PM
Jack and Jill then proceed to text back and forth until Jill figures out where the hell Jack was that he would've heard that information, and then, figuring out the link:

2:02 PM
Jill IMs John (in jest) saying he's got an amazingly huge mouth. John is confused until Jill tells him how it must've gone from John to Jane, from Jane to Judy, Judy to Jack and Jack to Jill then Jill went out to fetch a pail full of goodness only knows what - but certainly someone will be gossiping about the pail's contents very shortly.

I even overthink my problem of overthinking!

Ok, I'm sad 1L year is ending - just a little - because I really like my new friends and I'm getting all nostalgic. Suddenly everything is nicer when it's almost over, and I have the luxury of feeling like I might miss being a 1L a little bit when I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. But, it's just that...it's just nice to be new. I read my entry from when I visited harvard and I went on about how it's nice to be somewhere where I don't already know an uncomfortable amount about people and they don't know too much about me; where I'm not tempted to give anyone second chances etc etc. But joining the drama society here automatically made me privy to a constant stream of TMI, and I'm not really down for second chances anymore anyway. I think I'm almost at the other extreme - and this is not a good thing - and I barely want to give people chances at all, let alone a second one. Anyway, it's weird that I'll be gone all summer though, b/c law school is so consuming and for a summer I'll be disconnected from it. I've been a little indecisive lately, which I don't think generally describes me and I don't know what's up with that. Maybe it's just that it feels like something big is coming to a close, and people always act stupid when they feel like something is almost over and they won't have to stick around and be accountable. But I also overthink things, so I'm going to try to just go with my instincts and do what I feel is best as it comes. It can't be that stupid if you go with how you really feel. Well, that's clearly false, but I'm going to stand by it anyway.

I think it would be interesting...

...to have a day where I told everyone what I really thought of them. Generally, I pride myself on interacting with people in ways that show them how I really feel about them - I only warmly greet those who I feel warmly toward. I can show basic nice-ness to almost anybody, but that's just being polite. I do hate it though, when I have to be nice to someone I dislike, or someone who made me feel bad about myself. Being basically polite to someone I don't care one way or the other about is cool, but I really don't like having to pretend I like someone and I'm secretly thinking all kinds of negative things in their presence or right after they leave. It's rare; it only happens when I don't want someone to know they've hurt me. Joni Mitchell said 'now it's just another show; you leave them laughing when you go. And if you care, don't let it show - don't give yourself away." But why is it always the most important thing to make sure people think they didn't effect you?

A new chapter in this book called Law School...

I do believe my section and I have turned a corner as law students. I heard about it all the time - how we'd come to stop stressing/caring so much about everything. I must say, it makes class more amusing. Yesterday in property the teacher asked a question that a whole row of students didn't know, and the students were pretty cool with the not knowing. No embarrassment, no fidgeting, just an honest "I don't know what you're looking for". One student even said - much to my enjoyment - "Mmm. Why, that's a good question" then made it clear that he didn't know. Another student was pressed on a different question and passed it off to someone just returning from the restroom - "why don't you ask Kyle". The teacher turned to Kyle and re-asked the question and Kyle replied with "Sir. I have only just emerged from the bathroom." Ha. That cracks me up even now. A friend of mine decided to just close his laptop and get up and walk out of Torts one day. Oh and then there was the time when the teacher went over time, and someone turned their laptop off. The "Shutting down" music of a windows operating system echoed through the classroom in defiant protest. Oh, *sigh*, I will miss my section.

Favorite Quotes

Here are some of my favorite quotes of all time: I'm going to keep adding to them as I remember them.


On being at Harvard Law:
"Oh yeah, you're excited to get into Harvard now, but wait until the random bouts of uncontrolled crying begin."
"It's just like high school...except here it's cool to be really smart."

On things that just make me smile
"The thot plickens!"
"I hope it reminds you of your brother...tall...and skinnnayyyyyyyyyyyy!"
"He should've known you weren't going to Ti-Ti the party."
"Let's hit it!"
"Who told her that was okay?"
"Say your prayers. Tell Jesus I said goodnight." "...Jesus, Stan says goodnight..."

On private jokes:
"Two teas, please."
"If his mom's a whore, does that make a difference?"
"...There's an ATM in here. Why is there an ATM in here?"
"*Scoff* One doesn't give God His blessing back."
"Imagine your dog eating ___'s cat. No mediation. And that statute's not good law anymore."
"I think it's a little more about the Crazy, and less about the spandex."

On catch phrases:
"Mistakes were made."
"Dead to me." (As in, 'where's such-in-such', 'I don't know. dead to me.')
"Really?"
"Dicta!"

On hitting the sauce:
"I woke up on my futon with no pants on, tangled up in a blanket."
"This morning was like Memento; your name is ___, you have a meeting at noon."
"Thank you for making sure I got home last night. I'm sorry for trying to snatch away from you and run across the street."


On (amusingly) ignorant comments: (disclaimer: none of these were said by me!)
"This is a birthday dinner and you're in a t-shirt."
"I got my white man back! I got my white man back!"
"There should be a code. If you give someone a black rose and a nickel, it means 'i don't like you'" (why's it gotta be black?)


On funny dialogue
A: Guess who's working at my firm this summer.
B: Jebus?
A: No, he's at the L.A. office.
B: He would.
~~~~~~~~~

A: I don't lie.
A: I omit.


On ridiculousness from class
"The country will be run by who??" "Big brother" "Oh. ...I thought she said Peanut Butter."
"...there are jurisdictions where they do do that kind of thing...." "Hee. She said 'doo-doo'"
"Sir, I only just emerged from the bathroom."

On dating/relationships:

"The Crazy could take ten years to come out."
"I would rather be an average-looking person who managed to cadge someone's affections than a hypothetically attractive one who spends each night alone for eternity."
"...It's amazing anyone ever gets together."
"If I stay in bed, I won't meet anyone I can eventually have sex with."
"You think it (love) happens all the time because you see it all around you. But really it's quite rare." *takes a sip of her drink*
"I'm no one's 'one-of-many'; I am always the main event."
"You're like the force that bends the other things around it out of their normal shape."
"It's like in crim - you have to interpret what he says thorugh the eyes of the reasonable, crazy person."
"Some people do things to distract themselves til 'the one' comes along. Some can't settle for anything less."
"Well, what is a 'nice guy'? A 'nice' guy just means they're charming. That's their thing they're good at; charm. It doesn't mean they have any kind of relationship skills."
"No, we can't be friends after he caused me all that trouble; that's like holding onto your Civil Procedure book for leisure reading."

On being hurt:
"It's hard to let go of hope when you let yourself hope so rarely."
"Be gentle with yourself." (Mama tells me this when I call her and I'm sad. 'Just relax today; be gentle with yourself.')
"All rocks cry sometimes; even rocks take a break and hum spirituals."

On getting over it:
"At the time, I thought it all happened because he's not the one. As opposed to he's not the one because of what happened. You know?"
"You have to stand like Jesus! Vulnerable to the world. Even when people stab you."
"...she decided to become
a woman
and even though
he refused to be a man,
she decided it was
all right."


On growing up
"You did a serious 'ugly duckling', Audrey. You should go on Oprah or something." - My brother
"When you're deciding what to do, 'don't just look for what the world needs. Do what makes you come alive - because the world needs people who are alive.'"

On friendship
"*Sigh* I wish she would stop flirting with him, because if his girlfriend notices and tries to fight her we'll have to have her back while we're in public. But when we get home, I'd be like 'what's wrong with you?!?'"
"I hope you're proud of me, Stan." "I am always proud of you."