Call me Mr. Planters because I was just as-salted.

Yeah, torts is officially over which means that I'm 2/3rds of the way done with my first semester of law school. And torts kicked my ass for sure... after putting what I thought to be a respectable performance on civil procedure I was welcomed to the world of closed-book exams and strict and short word limits. I don't even want to think about that exam right now.

I have, however, figured out what the anticipation of grades for 1L year is like: it's just how I feel at any national tournament before they handed out speaker awards for debate. I know that one is within my grasp, but everything kind of has to fall into place (right judges, good rounds, etc). So, I always sat kind of anxiously waiting and hoping that this time I would get a speaker award, and even if only the top spot was left I had some hope that it would be me, but when it wasn't, I wasn't really disappointed (just relieved it was over). That is pretty much exactly how I feel now... I feel like good grades ARE a possibility, but everything would have to work out just right... and I have a feeling that, just like speaker awards, it's not gonna happen. I don't think I bombed or anything, but if you're debating at NPTE or taking exams at NYU, you really aren't up against a lot of scrubs and I have a feeling I might be falling into the healthy middle of this group. Off to study for contracts so hopefully I can finish the first semester feeling like I made some exam my bitch, instead of the other way around.