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Of the Cats and the Uniform Commercial Code

October 18, 2006 1:23 AM

o, Smash and Lily have been getting along pretty well, I think. There's no hissing nowadays, and they do a lot of playing around. They run around the apartment at lighting-quick speeds and wrestle a lot. Lily often initiates the whole thing, and then Smash, who is three times Lily's size, beats Lily into submission. He'll jump on top of her and they'll roll around pawing at each other. Then Smash will lick Lily's head or vice versa.

I feel bad that I'm gone so much of the day, but I've been making an effort to spend a few minutes with them at night when I get home. I'm trying to make an extra effort with Lily because, for some reason, she seems to hate being pet. If you try to pet her, she'll move away from you and make a very uncat-like disgruntled sound. This is a 180 degree departure from her demeanor when I first got her. Then, she couldn't get enough of it.

I'll post pictures of them when I upload them.

On another note . . .

I've been busy. I love what I'm doing, for the most part, though, so it's ok. I really genuinely enjoy all of my classes except for one: Contracts II.

Contracts II is the most boring class I've ever taken. Part of this is the subject matter: it's hard to get really excited about whether some contractor promised to deliver 50 widgets by June 16th or 25 widgets by April 16th and another 25 by June 16th. There's something about the text itself that seeps away all my energy. Tonight, for example, I was wide awake when I sat down to do the reading for tomorrow. But, I swear to god, 5 minutes into the reading I was struggling to stay conscious. I decided that it was a lost cause and moved on to my Remedies reading and, all of a sudden, I was wide awake again. When I went back to Contracts, I could barely keep my eyes open.

Another reason is the professor: Stewart Macaulay, while a sweet, funny, sociable, witty gentleman, is boring as shit. There's little or no reason to do the reading since he's going to go over every single excruciating detail of it in class and he never calls on people. Ever. One time, during first semester Contracts, he called on me. I fell all over myself trying to respond - not because I didn't know the answet, but because I was that shocked that he had called on someone. I swear, the man wrote a lecture 48 years ago and he's been repeating it ever since.

And if I hear "you pays your money and you takes your chances" one more time, I just might have to sue for declaratory and injunctive relief.



5 Comments


TheExpat said:

((Let's see, chat up the cats, or pretend I understand law...hmm...))

I like kitties! It seems like your Lily is a stinker.

But hey, you know what they say, Ismael: You pays for your kitty and you takes your very un-catlike disgruntled sounds.

((Aw, snap. I ams the man.))

October 18, 2006 7:51 AM



kristin said:

Maybe it's because she realized you are sexist and secretly like Smash better.

October 18, 2006 2:01 PM



girl to your left in K2 said:

When someone asks me how contracts II is, all I can say is youse pays your moneys, youse take your chances.

October 18, 2006 7:46 PM



Lawstudent said:

Just thought I'd let you know that Professor Macaulay mentioned this post about him today during class, so I decided to look it up. I think you were too hard on him.

February 27, 2008 11:25 AM



Ismael Tapia II said:

He read the blog? What is the world coming to! What did he mention, specifically? Like, did he mention the blog by name? Or me? That's kinda strange.

Still, I love Professor Macaulay. But, honestly, his class was boring. He's a great guy and he's brilliant, but he's definitely from the old school of law profs. Which is fine, it's just not as dynamic as some other professors.

February 28, 2008 2:32 PM



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