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We spent Christmas in Georgia this year, where there was no snow but plenty of family to hang out with. This was the year to go to Dave's family's Christmas celebration, so we stayed with Uncle John and Kerry in Atlanta, and visited Dave's cousin Mary in Dacula (which everyone kept calling "Dracula").
John's house is gorgeous, and their pets are adorable. (That's them and their dog Ati, above.) They live in a gated community outside of Atlanta, and the house is lovely and modern.
We also managed to convince most of Dave's family to join Goodreads.com, which is a fun website for cataloguing the books you read (or plan to read). I've had a great deal of fun at that addicting website over the past month or so, much to my chagrin during finals period.
Yesterday we visited the Georgia Aquarium with Kerry, and we caught some beautiful aquatic creatures on camera! The exhibits had belugas and four whale sharks, which I had never seen in an aquarium setting before.
This octopus gave us quite a show - I had never seen one walking around before, yet this one walked right out onto the glass and changed colors before our eyes! The jellyfish, which are always one of my favorite attractions, were beautifully lit in a blue aquarium.
We also got some face time with the penguins in this neat feature where you can pop up into their habitat! Getting to the bubble was somewhat claustrophobic, but it was worth it to be so close to the little guys.
We also got to hang out with Wes yesterday, catching dinner at Manuel's, a Democratic hangout in Atlanta. Mmm...liberalism tastes so good with a big burger.
Well, this is my last set of quotes, for the next final I'm taking - International Protection of Human Rights. It was my "fun" class for the semester, which was ironic. Even though the subject matter was always interesting, it was often depressing, which could be tough to take at 9 a.m. At any rate, Professor Alberto Coll was always fantastic. Here's to human rights.
"I do not like to fight. I like to drink my beer and watch my Cubs games." - Coll
"I can tell you where the best rum is - it's not Bacardi!" - Coll
"You're OK with it because you're a pinko." - Coll
"Obviously the Burmese generals are not going to quake in their boots because the first lady warns them." - Coll
"And that's the last comment on abortion. We gotta move to sodomy." - Coll
"Edward is not wealthy, you can see from his sneakers." - Coll
I am partway through studying for Wills & Trusts, but quotes have been fun to do, and this class doesn't have too many, so I am going to post them now. This was a good class, one which I found particularly interesting. It explained a lot of the things I did last summer working at a small estate planning firm. So here they are, some quotes from Wills & Trusts with Professor Patty Gerstenblith!
"I meant to have you read Janus, it’s really interesting…" – Gerstenblith
"We did read it." – Everybody
"Oh, for which class?" – Gerstenblith
"This one." – Everybody
"Oh, well you did read it then…" – Gerstenblith
"You don’t have to pay a tax in order to die." - Gerstenblith
"She seems to have an array of both husbands and lawyers." - Gerstenblith
Well, today I took the in-class exam for federal income tax and policy. Oy - it was a doozy. But now it's over, and it's time to list the quotes, from Professor Philip Ashley.
"He probably does have some Duberstein feelings..." – Ashley
"I give to you, because I have Duberstein feelings." - Ashley
"Insofar as any tax act can be amazing, this act was amazing." – Ashley
"The magic has kind of gone out of child support. The tax magic." – Ashley
"Willie’s been in trouble with the IRS for some time." - Ashley
"The sun’s going to wear down and blow up in 15 billion years or so, right? Nothing lasts like it used to." - Ashley
"This is not an incentive to create more old people. There are enough of them as it is." - Ashley
"Old people are bad workers." – Dan Schiller
As many people from Section B last year remember, I am the scribe, and I take down quotes that people say in class. This mostly refers to professors, but sometimes a student will say something that's worth noting. Here are the quotes I have from Intellectual Property Survey this fall with Professor Matthew Sag:
"I was going to do patent law first, because I thought that would be fun, but I was told that that would not be fun for anyone." - Sag
"You add man, plus labor, plus nature, and you get property! It’s kind of like magic." - Sag
"[Darwin] was survived by his wife and, I believe, a parrot." - Sag
"I think most of us can see that dead people are not very responsive to incentives." - Sag
"But I don't think you can leave [your termination rights] to your poodle." - Sag
"One of the perks of being a Supreme Court justice is that you get to make up facts." - Sag
"It’s not like I go consult a unicorn today to see whether a use is infringing." – Sag
"I mean, ‘The Lion King’ really is ‘Hamlet,’ when you think about it." – Sag
"Microsoft did pretty much what they always do when someone else does something cool – they copied it." - Sag
"Anyway, you’ll have to take my word for it; this is completely famous." – Sag
"There are no two sides to this case, this is simply ludicrous." - Sag
"Number one, you can’t kill Scarlett…and that kills all the fun." – Sag
"There were no homosexuals in the Civil War era, apparently." – Sag
"This subject was so much more fun to teach a few years ago. You all have been beaten down by the man." – Sag
"They couldn’t have lost this case in a more spectacular fashion." - Sag
"Somebody has besmirched the honor of the colonel." - Prof. Mark Schultz (guest lecture)
"It’s not because I enjoy being mean – that’s just a side benefit." - Sag
Well, winter has come for Chicago this year. I personally enjoy the snow, except when the plow buries your car under a foot of snow like this morning.
When I was crossing Wacker Drive today to go to school, I noticed some stuff falling off USB Tower. Then I noticed that they were falling ice chunks the size of my rabbits. I looked to the man on my right, we exchanged worried glances, and he said, "I wouldn't look up if I were you."
I did make it to school without being hit by ice, which is always good. I've been studying for finals with friends, and I feel surprisingly calm about the upcoming weeks. I guess it's good that winter has come - I'm holing myself up with a cup of hot cocoa and learning the law!
I did it - yesterday I attended my last classes of the semester. All in all this semester, I only missed one class session, and that was for an interview. Even though I should be rejoicing at the end of class, I really can't - finals are beginning this week for me.
Dec. 7-8: Take-home intellectual property exam
Dec. 12: Federal income tax & policy exam
Dec. 17: Human rights exam
Dec. 19: Wills & trusts exam
I am looking forward to several things, at this point. Number one, on Dec. 19 at 5 p.m., I will be done with finals and halfway through law school! Number two, on Dec. 20, Diane and I are finally going to have that craft day we've been planning for so long. Number three, Christmas! We're going to visit family and friends that have been neglected for too long, and this Sherman is going to invade Atlanta!
I do love Christmastime, even though I celebrate it for entirely cultural reasons ("ooh, pretty lights!"), as opposed to religious ones. I hope this winter break is more relaxing than the last one, when the bunnies fell ill and I had to play mommy to them for several weeks.
Anyhow, wish me luck on finals, and I hope everyone is staying warm!
We spent Christmas in Georgia this year, where there was no snow but plenty of family to hang out with. This was the year to go to Dave's family's Christmas celebration, so we stayed with Uncle John and Kerry in Atlanta, and visited Dave's cousin Mary in Dacula (which everyone kept calling "Dracula").
Yesterday we visited the Georgia Aquarium with Kerry, and we caught some beautiful aquatic creatures on camera! The exhibits had belugas and four whale sharks, which I had never seen in an aquarium setting before.
