Saraah!

this is the best song of the year: monobloc - pupil.

I have no idea why this song has not generated that sort of popularity enjoyed by the latak 6 cyclemind and the rest. Eh. Strange no? This song topped the charts only at 5th for a brief period of two weeks which does no/gives little justice to a musical masterpiece such as this.

Meh, I think this song is so full of win. I vote for hall of fame despite the lack of mainstream attention. Very well done indeed. 2 tams up!

Actually what’s there not to like? The study of law is the buzz. I’ve heard a lot from people going through different forms of mental high. I know one who claims he’s reached carbon dust nirvana from sorting through piles of xeroxed materials. He says there’s nothing quite like having your thoughts duplicated/replicated/photocopied over and over in your head like that virus/trojan that infects hard coded system files. The last I heard of him he was stuttering provisions like crazy. Kind of like Leonardo on the Aviator: get the blueprint, get the blueprint, get the blueprint and so on more than I’d bother to repeat.

So on to my top ten reasons to like law. First off, drawing up lists is the easiest way to catch people’s attention. Ordered enumerations build high anticipation. Ranking gives the idea of magnitude, of greatness or of other things used to logically denominate one item from the other. If done well the reader will salivate midway through the list until he satisfies his curiosity at the end of the article. Unfortunately, I don’t believe in ranking. All my reasons are equally great. It just so happens that I’ve come across an idea, or more like a realization why I like the study of law. I said ten things but I’ve yet to discover the rest. For now, there’s just one. Okay, boo. You can stop reading now.

I like law because it helps me appreciate what it’s like not to study law, how to actually have a life. The long weekend gave me the chance to look into things not related to anything lawish. I’ve been downloading video clips from ted talks and from the discovery channel and movies I missed out this year. Truth is, I’d filled myself up with new information I’d like to share with everyone now. If there’s anything to this list is the gem of ideas you’d likely love as I did after the video marathon.

I recommend watching the “Biography of Earth”; it’s a three hour three part special of how our planet works. It’s amazing to say the least. The world is just awesome. Bring in Discovery Channel’s new musical spiel: boom tiyaya boom tiyaya boom, I love the mountains, I love egyptian kings ladidada, and you’re all to set to become an instant naturalist convert like me.

If that’s not your thing, you may wish to begin your journey by looking up videos in teh internet. Ted talks’ website is a great place to start. You get a broad range of interests to choose from: statistics, evolutionary ethics/biology/politics, neo-liberalism, economics, automobile, engineering, literature etc. There are law topics as well but I find that they are not as well-presented humor-wise than the rest.

Anyway, there are new things to learn everyday and it’s nice to break away from all the stressful conditions of law. Albeit the midterms for property is just around corner, I’d rather spend my free time really learning something useful. As was said before, life is one big entree, don’t fill yourself up with bread. Hmm. Maybe I can squeeze in family guy episodes in my hectic alternate learning experience.

Have fun!

Real trial action in Court:

Lawyer: Were you there when your picture was taken?
Witness on stand: lololololololol wth?! Are you serious? Your honor I think I need another defense lawyer. Mine has stupidity written all over his face.

IF you find this funny, read on.

Law students are trained to master the law. No other profession demand more effort to memorize than the practice of law. Unlike other disciplines, law students, teachers and lawyers have to contend with the fact that the doctrines and provisions that are in force today will most likely change in a few years. The profession is a shifting dune that imperceptibly walks, so speaking, inch by inch to different directions.

Yet those who study law have the tendency to think that the compact substances that make up/undergird the present jurisprudence and laws will hopefully retain their permanence. It is this impetus that drives us to memorize each word of each line in the exact order as written.

Of course this is never the case—pun intended. For while law students get busy with reading and learning the day’s assignments, someone somewhere or something outside of the classroom begins or ripens to fruition that will shake things up and consequently shuffle the black letter/words in the syllabus.

This is distressful for the students and the teachers because if nothing ever stays the same then there is nothing that needs remembering. In the extreme sense the students face only a blank paper, a magic etch-a-sketch, or an unsaved word document. The words just do not seem to stay put, prepositions, articles, qualifiers, nouns prancing about before eventually disappearing completely.

To go back to the primary proposition, if you find the lawyer joke funny then you need to, alas, read some more.

You and I are in reality face the same danger of disappearance, of non-permanence. Recall an event from any of your happiest childhood memories, something strong and vivid. If you were then asked whether you were actually there in that particular moment, then you would have probably said you were.

Surprisingly, that is not entirely accurate. You were not there. Truth to tell, not one atom that is in your body today was there. Matter flows from place to place and momentarily comes together to make up you. Whatever you were then before you are not the stuff you are now made (Richard Dawkins – Queerer than we can suppose).

Wherefore, it follows that the lawyer asked a valid question about the photo to which the proper answer would have been that the witness was not actually there at that time, which would have probably and ultimately exonerated him from/of his criminal charges.

Who said lawyers were stupid? That is all.

I must memorize labor standards provisions now!

Kkthxbye