so the not-so-well-kept secret is that law school sort of sucks. i mean, there are parts i really like. contracts class is actually genuinely fascinating, and we spent a whole day on the theory of promises, with no case law at all, which left many of my classmates totally irate. i, however, really liked it and immediately went out and ordered roberto unger's "critical legal theory." my torts class sometimes rises to the level of actual hilarity, even if i haven't learnt anything about torts. and civil procedure is perfect for me, with its obsessive attention to detail and obscure rule cross-referencing.

but the reading is slogging. i feel no compulsion to brief or take notes or do anything other than thake copious marginal notes. writing assignments are tedious. legal research is less exciting than it should be.

and i have no friends yet. which is the hardest part for me. so all my brain wants to do is get depressed and have me cry a lot and lay in bed and get sick so i can't eat. but of course i can't do that, because it's week three of four years of this stuff, and i've got to suck it up.

sometimes, i think of ljing about the stuff i do every day, the individual cases we talk about and such. but then i figure, if it's kind of boring to me, i'm sure it'd be REALLY boring to you.

far more exciting is that we now have TWO bunches of kittens. harry, hermione, draco, and ron are settled in beautifully. draco and ron are on their way to adoption, even though ron is literally brain damaged, poor thing.

in our bathroom, we have our new litter. they are shy and hissy and still a bit feral. i hope they will socialize well. their names are schroedinger, tesla, barton, and nightengale. the last three are all black and schroedinger's a black/brown/cream tabby.

if anybody wants pictures, we have a million. and nothing says YAY like pictures of kittens, right? if you live in the triangle and want to come socialize our kittens, come on over!