orientation--day one.

so, this coming week is orientation for all of us 1Ls. mon-thur we have a really EXCITING class (not) called Introduction to the Study of Law. score. yesterday was even more exciting (i actually had a lot of fun, but ill get to that). we had convocation! woohoo!! par-tay!

so, yesterday, orientation began with each student gathering with their student counselor. for those of you who have not attended law school (the vast majority, i suppose), students are broken down into sections to make for smaller classes. for us part-timers (10D!!!!), we're broken down by our legal writing section. so, i think it was about 16 of us. we all gather and meet our counserlor, rosann, and we all say our names and ask rosann questions. boring. that was at 3. at 4, we walked over to the courthouse for the convocation, which was to start at 5. yeah, the walk took all of 30 seconds, so we were seated in these CRAMPED seats (i seriously had NO leg room, but im awesome and got myself an aisle seat. yeah, i rock) for a good 50 minutes before...teh speaking began. now, i have no idea who any of hte speakers were except for teh dean. the first guy who spoke was alright. cheesy, but what can you expect. i was unimpressed by the next speaker, but that could have been because she was a 3L (third year student) and was super smart, top of her class, had done this and this and this, graduated from undergrad with honors, etc etc, and she seemed stuck up. i dont like those people. those are the people i am going to be surrounded by, but i dont like them. so, i didnt like her speech. mainly on principle, but also cuz it was boring. =)
i actually enjoyed the third speaker. he started off by talking about how from that moment on, the way we think and view the world is going to be forever altered. as an example, he used fairy tales. such as, hansel and gretel. i dont remember exactly what he said, but it was something like, hansel used breadcrumbs to mark their path through teh forest, but the breadcrumbs were eaten by birds. was hansel negligent in his thinking, or something like that. or oculd the stepmother who left them there be responsible for their plight. yeah, im not making much sense here, but trust me, it was entertaining.
his next little anecdot was regarding the Disabilities Act, where certain animals are allowed in certain places, such as seeing-eye dogs. this was about these two women from a red state who were flying somewhere and brought their 200 pound pig with them, claiming they could take him under this act because he provided emotional support. the pig apparently freaked out at hte end of the flight and spent his time rampaging up and down teh aisles...
anways, that was an hour and a half of talking. finally! it was over! we were then taken back to the law school for a reception, where youre supposed to mingle wiht people you dont know. im not really a big mingler. im more the type to stand in the background and mock others. (its more fun that way). luckily!! two of the people from my section (heather and alex) are the same way. so we basically hung out together verbally bashing our peers. it was a good time....
heather is crazy. she literally made the decision to attend bls three days ago. she picked up and moved out here THREE DAYS ago from la. crazy!
alex used to be an actor. apparently, he was in some verizon commercial and something else...i dont really remember. but he owns his own apartment (hes 27) near union square. im jealous.
the other girl i met, but who didnt stay for teh reception, was shannon. she just had a baby 3 weeks ago, and now shes starting law school! shes crazy, as well.

so, the reception got boring real fast--no wine or beer or anything. so, our counselor rosann took alex heather and i over to the local bar, o'keefes...alex and i plan on spending many a long night at this bar. we started this tradition last night. rosann and her friend (no clue what his name was) bought our drinks for us, so we just hung out being loud and obnoxious together....he loves bob saget, too!! so, alex is my new bff (sorry sum). we were out to about midnight or so (which actually isnt too late by new york standards), at which point i came home to my TRASHED apartment and tried to sleep. an hour later, i was still wide awake, sweating profusely. i finally passed out, but it wasnt until i turned my fan right onto myself...i guess i could have turned on the AC, but its in the kitchen, and i didnt want to have to run it on high just so i could feel it in my room...lame. oh well.


tonight is my first class (the intro to law thing), and i will update again soon!!