T minus One Month

" I had always liked cats. And I liked this particular cat. But cats have their own way of living. They're not stupid. If a cat stopped living where you happened to be, that meant it had decided to go somewhere else. If it got tired and hungry, it would come back."

- Haruki Murakami The Wind-up Bird Chronicles.

As I sit, slightly bleary-eyed and without coffee, in my class, I cannot help but wish that either one of the cats was sitting next to me. I have one month left. In one month, Orientation will have just ended and classes will start in three days. I have one month and counting.

This law preview class is entertaining and useful.
We had our preview of Torts yesterday. Torts is pretty simply "wrongs" - more specifically civil wrongs - that you can sue for money for any sort of wrongs you feel has been committed. It talks about when, why and how do we hold defendants liable through fault. There's a division between intentional and unintentional torts. The majority of the course will probably focus on the unintentional torts section of the law. Unintentional torts can be further broken down into Strict Liability and Negligence. More time and energy is going to be placed on the field of Negligence [= breach of duty that causes harm]. It is the failure to do something that you were probably supposed to do. There are 5 elements to negligence: duty, breach of duty, cause in fact, proximate cause, damages. These can be all further broken down...and I really should pay more attention to class (up until now - basic information like dealing with prepping administratively for law school...so I can multi-task...for the most part. I am paying attention but I'm also reviewing what I encountered yesterday.)

I should also be finishing up my Property briefs - which is the topic of today. Pierson v Post quotes several ancient - classical authors - Justinian and Fleta.

The speaker mentioned that since first year grades are so extremely important that one should treat it as if it were a 9-month marathon. I like that metaphor a lot. I get the Runner's World quotes email every morning. And today's quote was actually a Nike Ad:

You don't need a reason - you need a road. Believe in the run.

This is a really good one - Grades are my finish line. I believe in the road - I believe in the studying that I've embarked on. During this last year, I dreaded going to law school. I didn't want to - it wasn't what I wanted to do. In some ways it still isn't. It's not my dream job - at least based upon my idea of what it is. Having said that though, it's what I've chosen and I'm enjoying it. As another runner said, "Tough times don't last, but tough people do." I'm determined to blast through this marathon like Speedy or Roadrunner.

I have one month to get to the start line.

So let's go.