It was never my intention to take so much time off between posts. For the first time in what feels like months (but it's just been 1, at the most), I have some breathing space, and it actually feels like breathing space.
I only have one class tomorrow, and I am ready for it. Then it's the weekend. I'm glad to catch my breath right now, because starting this weekend, I've got to hold it for as long as I can, taking the plunge back into the ocean for weekly midterms, papers, and unending outlining.
Even now, I feel like there's a little voice telling me that I should be doing homework.
That's the thing with law school. There's always something to do, much more than in Undergrad.
Until summer, there's always going to be something I can do. For a structure wherein the only important grade comes from a final exam at the end of the semester, everything that must be done beforehand sure piles up...
Today couldn't have come at a better time. It was a long, arduous, and full month. But it's just a space to breath- not a true break at all. I've got to remember that, and strap back in tomorrow morning, all the way through to spring break. Just two weeks left...but a midterm the day we return. Spring break won't be so much a break, as a slight pause.
It's a roller coaster.
But it's a good ride, so far.
We're talking about the death penalty in criminal law tomorrow morning. Most of the time, that class is full of people's opinions as it is. I look forward to whatever class becomes tomorrow, as we're all ready for the weekend.
Personally, I've been against the death penalty for longer than I've even identified with progressive politics. I was against the death penalty when I was still "conservative." It's one of the benchmarks that eventually led to law school (perhaps the earliest). I'll try not to argue tomorrow...
-Zack
"Into the face of every criminal strapped into a chair, we must stare, we must stare, we must stare"
-Bright Eyes
