Just Stay Awake

Almost a month since my last blog post? Yuck.

I just haven't felt anything worthy of writing about lately, to be perfectly honest.

My classes this term are fail, and it's depressing me. The problem is that the classes I AM interested in have crappy teachers, and the classes with engaging teachers are subjects I don't really care about.

My IP classes are copyrights, trademarks, and IP Licensing. My copyrights prof is this old guy that drones on in monotone, and it's depressing, and my copyrights prof is this new kid who teaches solely from the book, so it's boring as hell and not at all helpful. To make matters worse, the classes both run from 4:30 to 7:30 at night.

My trademarks class os okay, but like my copyrights class, I feel like I know most of it already. I took an IP Survey class last term, which is like trademarks, copyrights, and patent "lite". In both trademarks and copyrights this week I've skipped half the reading because I've already read the cases.

Criminal investigation seems like it could be cool, but so far we're just going over what qualifies as a legal or illegal search. The prof is engaging at least, but the only reason I really care about this class is that the subject is on the Bar exam. Well, that and it makes me understand some things in "The Wire" a little better.

Finally, we have "Legal Profession" (read: ethics for lawyers and judges). Another boring subject, but an important one since most every state requires you pass an ethics test before you can even take the Bar exam. The professor is actually really funny, too, and supplements his teachings with on-point clips from "The Simpsons" which breaks the time up.

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I just took another sip of my coffee. Yes, coffee. Four days ago, I'd have told you I hate coffee. Like, really despised the stuff. But these three hour night classes are killing me. For my Monday class, I brought a 12 oz. latte to class, in order to stay awake. Tonight, I'm on my second cup, this one being a 16 oz.

On Monday, I despised the drink even as I drank it. Tonight, though, I find myself anywhere from nuetral to welcoming the taste. I don't know how that switchover happened so fast, but I suspect it has a little to do with my need for caffine, and my lack of caring where it comes from.

I think the only other time I think my taste buds have shifted so rapidly is with scotch. Mmmm, scotch.

The reason I'm so tired is that I'm actually working out again, and dieting as well. I'm hoping to really stick with it this time, because James is doing it with me. We talked last night, and I determined that to stick with it, I either need a prize, or a sponsor.

In the past, I'd had wrestling to incentivize myself, then most recently my father giving me a car for graduation if I lost a certain amount of weight. Other than that, I've never been able to stick with a plan.

Now, though, James hounds me to workout, we have set days we go together, and we eat good foods.

Shit, I think that I'm only 30 minutes into the 3-hour class, and I just ran out of coffee. Plus, I haven't heard a damn word the prof has said.

~ Nick
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