This Week in Environmental Law

Professor Funk:

1) "I want to make a distinction clear. If you have an extra-marital affair, be discreet about it; if you want to separate yourself from everybody else, be discrete."

2) "Spawn and die. Not my idea of a good time, but that's what salmon do. Spawn and die."

Why don't people like this guy??

Last Weekend

This last Friday, I took my first step toward finding a career with less malpractice potential and no billable hours. I met with a professor at my hometown community college to talk about teaching law classes someday - it was an awesome meeting. To help me get my foot in the door, he's going to let me come to his Law and Education class and talk about the student-athlete drug testing case that I worked on a couple years ago, and if things go well, I may get to substitute-teach for him.

I also dog-sat the Captain's dog, Duke. Duke is a big, hairy Collie/German Shepherd mix who likes to roam, tries to catch bunnies and drools a lot. He also likes to get up at 4 in the morning to roll in the grass and he farts like a trucker. I love him.

On Sunday, I moved into my own apartment. It was weird - I liked having a roommate. For one, there's always someone to talk to when I'm putting off another reading assignment, and for two, I know that if there's a sound in the house, it's being made by another human being and not a bloodthirsty alien. Right as I was drifting off to sleep last night in my new place, I heard the sound of a plastic bag rustling - I was then wide awake for another hour. Apparently I'm not too old to be afraid of the dark.

So, that was my weekend...exciting stuff. What did you guys do?

What?!

I got this email from my cousin this morning:

WATER
It has been scientifically proven that if we drink 1 liter of water
each day, after 12 months we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of
Escherichia coli bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are
consuming 2.2 pounds of poop per year.

WINE
We do not run that risk when drinking wine (or rum, whiskey, vodka,
beer or other liquors) because alcohol has to go through a distillation
process of boiling, filtering and fermenting.

FREE YOURSELF OF POOP ... DRINK WINE
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Nice.

This Week in Environmental Law

Professor Funk on the dangers of herbicide-laced pot: "Nancy Reagan had it right. Just say no. Don't smoke marijuana. And absolutely do not smoke marijuana that has been sprayed with paraquat."

Why do I want to be a lawyer, anyway?

This is the question of the day.

Why, when the job presents about a million chances to mess something up (and I invariably do), would I want to do it every day? Do I like stress? No. Do I enjoy confrontation? It gives me ulcers. Am I looking forward to tackling people's legal problems when they probably know more about the law and procedure than I do? Sounds like a sure road to sanctions for incompetence.

Is there any reason why I shouldn't relocate to Mexico and sell oranges on the side of the highway?

The Captain's enthusiasm is overwhelming

A couple days ago, Captain America decided on his own volition to send out this wedding date announcement:

"It appears that a wedding date has been set for the big event.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Just an FYI for your 2008 calendar that you have yet to purchase.

Captain America (& jennymae)"

I was truly moved by the romantic sentiment, especially when I saw that my name was in parentheses(??)

I'm sure this won't be the last time we hear from the Captain...

my first blog...i'm so proud

I've finally jumped on the blogger bandwagon. I was motivated by my sad attempts to keep in touch with people - hopefully this way I can let everybody know what's new and avoid feeling guilty about not emailing or calling.

This blog isn't just going to be about wedding stuff - I just think that is going to be my life's recurring theme over the next year and a half, so that's why it's called GettinHitched - feel free to post whatever you want as long as naked pictures aren't attached.

So check in often and say hi!

-J