Is it bad that I could self-indulgently read the University of Chicago College Catalog for hours at a time? Or that I'm counting the days until I can register for next quarter's classes, simply because they are SO AWESOME. Should I be concerned about the state of my mental health that I catch a glimpse of Gerald Rosenberg's Con. Law class and have to forcibly stifle a leap of joy? And don't get my started on LLSO 24711: Lincoln: Slavery, War, and the Constitution, taught by His Royal Highness Dennis J. Hutchinson.
Deep breath at the mere thought of such an academic endeavor.
Slowly let it out...
As much as I'm loving Rome - the lack of homework, papers, projects, etc. and the overabundance of ruins, churches, artistic masterpieces, and WARMTH - I find myself craving a class that has something to do with the law. I haven't had a quarter sans law in a long time now, and I'm missing it desperately. After this quarter, I will have killed the Core dead, and can then start to focus more intensely on the things that I really want to research and study, but for the time being, I'm craving some Antonin Scalia.
OMGod, I just had a brilliant idea. Everyone reading this should do likewise as soon as they get the chance. To sate my ostensibly unquenchable desire for everyone's favorite conservative, Italian, spectacled Supreme Court justice, I'm going to read Scalia's dissent in PGA Tour v. Martin. It's the best court opinion ever; he will totally have you rolling in the aisles. Side-splitting, must-read, action-packed!
Perhaps afterward I will be able to turn my thoughts back to early Christianity, the fall of the Western Empire, the accession of Charlemagne, and the Visigoths - oh yes, the Visigoths. Until then, however, my mind rests with words and thoughts much newer and much more personal. Life, liberty, and due process of law, they say? I can't say for sure right now whether or not those words mean anything at all, but I'd really like to look into it more.
Next quarter.
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You wanna study for my Legal Reasoning Midterm with me? Because I'm currently outlining theories of promissory liability in Moran vs. Standard Oil. And freaking the fuck out about the damn test.
Hahahaha I was reading the course catalog yesterday to plan for my next quarter too! I'm almost def. taking Sport and Society, I think, if there's any way possible. 6000 miles can't keep our minds from thinking alike!
Good for people to know.
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