About 18 hours ago, I graduated from law school.
(Waits for applause)
(Suddenly realizes he used this same joke two posts ago)
Ahem.
Anyway.
I will have more to say about my law school experience at some point, but for now, I wanted to leave you all with two brief comments.
First, my complete and utter excitement at our entrance music today. Our graduation ceremony was held in the Harper Quadrangle, an outdoor forum. I was quite delighted to discover that we would be entering with a group of bagpipers leading the way (kilts and all) and doubly delighted to discover that their first musical selection was Scotland the Brave, the unofficial Scotch national anthem. Of course, I was excited merely because this particular tune also doubles as Rowdy Roddy Piper's entrance music from both WWF and WCW:
Enjoy Rowdy Roddy Piper's entrance. I always do.
Anyway, I also wanted to express a quick thanks to all my classmates from the past three years. You all have made law school an overall enjoyable experience, and I don't know where I would be without you.
As I was driving back home from dinner with my family this evening, the song "Body of an American" by The Pogues came on. This song was known as the song played on The Wire as a farewell for departed characters, and I can think of no better tribute to those friends I have made over the last few years than the sentiments expressed therein:
Anyway, I love you all. I'll stop being sentimental tomorrow, I promise, but for now, just know that I appreciate and love you all.
Carcetti out.
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
I'm So Excited! I'm So Excited! I'm So... Scared!
Apologies for not posting much lately. I spent last week pulling double-duty, running from final exams in the morning to my bar exam prep course in the afternoon. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank both the University of Chicago Law School and Bar/Bri for their thoughtful course scheduling that made my life a living hell last week. On the plus side, I'm now entirely done with law school.
(Waits for applause)
Ahem. Okay. Well then.
Anyway, I had planned a whole introspective post on law school, but let's be honest, you don't really want to read that. How about a "By the Numbers" post instead? I haven't written one yet for CarcettiBlog v.3.0. Consider this my graduation gift to you all.
Oh, also, I'm currently trying to give up caffeine, so if my thoughts seem a little, well, hazy and unclear, that's probably because I haven't woken up yet.
Carcetti By the Numbers
Days Without Caffeine: 2
Number of Times I Almost Fell Asleep in Yesterday's Bar/Bri Class: 3
Expected Number of Times I Will Almost Fall Asleep in Today's Bar/Bri Class: 5
Likely Correlation Between My Efforts to Give Up Caffeine and My Falling Asleep in Bar/Bri Class: 100%
Time I Woke Up This Morning: 7:15
Current Time: 11:45 A.M.
Number of Hours Spent While Groggy: 4.5
Likely Correlation Between My Efforts to Give Up Caffeine and My Current Grogginess: 100%
Hours Played of MLB 08: The Show Over the Last Four Days: ~10.
Video Derrek Lee's Stats (Through Video June 1): .475/.514/.616/1.130; 88 hits; 6 HR; 35 RBI; 35-of-39 stolen bases.
Real Derrek Lee's Stats (Through June 3): .293/.349/.531/.880; 70 hits; 13 HR; 37 RBI; 3-of-5 stolen bases.
Absurdity Level: Incalculable
Approximate Age of the Woman Who Hit On Me in the Bar on Saturday Night: ~35
Number of Children She Had: 3
Age of the Oldest Child: 16
Age of My Youngest Sister: 16
Minutes Spent Talking To Her After This Revelation: 1
Number Of Times I've Related This Story in the Past Three Days: ~10
Hours Spent on the El in the Last Two Days: ~4
Hours Spent Jogging in the Last Two Days: 1.6
Hours of Train Ride Spent Reading Sports Illustrated: 2
Hours of Train Ride Spent Watching Battlestar Galactica on My Video iPod: 2
Hours Spent Reading For Class at Home: 2
Possibility That I Could Just Kill Three Birds With One Stone and Listen to Bar/Bri Lectures While Jogging: 0%
Number of Curse Words Shouted Upon the Last Realization: ~12 (Depending on whether you count "son of a..." as three words or part of the larger curse phrase)
Estimated Number of Whiny Posts in the Near Future About How Bored I Am at Bar Exam Prep Course: 5
(Waits for applause)
Ahem. Okay. Well then.
Anyway, I had planned a whole introspective post on law school, but let's be honest, you don't really want to read that. How about a "By the Numbers" post instead? I haven't written one yet for CarcettiBlog v.3.0. Consider this my graduation gift to you all.
Oh, also, I'm currently trying to give up caffeine, so if my thoughts seem a little, well, hazy and unclear, that's probably because I haven't woken up yet.
Carcetti By the Numbers
Days Without Caffeine: 2
Number of Times I Almost Fell Asleep in Yesterday's Bar/Bri Class: 3
Expected Number of Times I Will Almost Fall Asleep in Today's Bar/Bri Class: 5
Likely Correlation Between My Efforts to Give Up Caffeine and My Falling Asleep in Bar/Bri Class: 100%
Time I Woke Up This Morning: 7:15
Current Time: 11:45 A.M.
Number of Hours Spent While Groggy: 4.5
Likely Correlation Between My Efforts to Give Up Caffeine and My Current Grogginess: 100%
Hours Played of MLB 08: The Show Over the Last Four Days: ~10.
Video Derrek Lee's Stats (Through Video June 1): .475/.514/.616/1.130; 88 hits; 6 HR; 35 RBI; 35-of-39 stolen bases.
Real Derrek Lee's Stats (Through June 3): .293/.349/.531/.880; 70 hits; 13 HR; 37 RBI; 3-of-5 stolen bases.
Absurdity Level: Incalculable
Approximate Age of the Woman Who Hit On Me in the Bar on Saturday Night: ~35
Number of Children She Had: 3
Age of the Oldest Child: 16
Age of My Youngest Sister: 16
Minutes Spent Talking To Her After This Revelation: 1
Number Of Times I've Related This Story in the Past Three Days: ~10
Hours Spent on the El in the Last Two Days: ~4
Hours Spent Jogging in the Last Two Days: 1.6
Hours of Train Ride Spent Reading Sports Illustrated: 2
Hours of Train Ride Spent Watching Battlestar Galactica on My Video iPod: 2
Hours Spent Reading For Class at Home: 2
Possibility That I Could Just Kill Three Birds With One Stone and Listen to Bar/Bri Lectures While Jogging: 0%
Number of Curse Words Shouted Upon the Last Realization: ~12 (Depending on whether you count "son of a..." as three words or part of the larger curse phrase)
Estimated Number of Whiny Posts in the Near Future About How Bored I Am at Bar Exam Prep Course: 5
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