c’est fin

Well Ladeez and gents,

its offically over..the first semester of uni…only 7 more to go…(yes I am one of those insane people doing summer school..kill me now).  I hate to say it..but i ENJOYED the LWB142 exam…I actully knew what I was talking about..and for that I would love to thank my AMAZING tutor Frances (you rock!!!)…141 however…well lets just not go there…at all…ever.  My business subjects went down a treat…lots of writing long answers which is really my thing   I was relativly prepared for exams considering I worked most of Swotvac…I love my job Seriously it rocks.  Aside from that..I’m not faced with about 5 weeks alone (my flatmates moved home for the holidays) working on and off…and watching Dr Phil with my cat whilst eating TimTams…most people would go..”how boring” I however am revelling in the fact that I don’t have to read Legal Institutions and Methods again…thank god. Not that it isn’t interesting…its just after the 50th time it loses its fun.

Aside from all that, who is going to the QUOTALs end of term drinkies at birdees? Preetttttty sure we should all go…seeing as some of us havent had a decent drink in weeks/months (damn you Kevin Rudd).    Stupid alcopop tax…wtf…who ACTUALLY calls them an alcopop….even my GRANDMA doesn’t call them that..and shes pretty awesome…

Anywho. I am going back to Dr Phil…with my cat….and the Tim Tams….

Tootles

xx

Like Patience on a monument, smiling at Grief.

Hi folks,

Well, today I officially finished my first semester of university. That’s one tenth of my tertiary education over. I wish I was deluded enough to be able to say that I passed with flying colours — I am content with having survived this initial hurdle. Things are supposedly meant to be ‘easier’ (in the strictest sense of the word) from now on, so we’ll see if I manage to stay (relatively) sane next semester.

The 142 exam was very interesting. That is to say, it allowed us a lot of scope for our content, and I enjoyed that. The 141 exam was this morning. Is it just me, or were the first two questions absurdly longer than expected? I didn’t get time to even substantially flesh out the third question; I think I wrote about two paragraphs and then time was up. Not a happy camper about that. However, my 141 assignment mark brightens me considerably.

Next semester I’m off to do Legal Research and Writing, and Laws and Global Perspectives. At the risk of sounding completely off-the-bat, they sound neat. This whole first semester law experience has been quite positive overall. Having had a little bit of time for some general reflection, honestly I can’t wait to sink my teeth into some more law. I also acknowledge that the examination time-tabling was very kind to me — it’s fortunate to have such a long break, and I am fully aware that such fortunate time-tabling is a luxury that I am most unlikely to experience again.

Holiday plans: stay up overnight watching Wimbledon for two whole weeks (sleep deprivation, indeed), draft more on screenplay, re-read Austen novels, attempt writing companion vignette to Soldier Boy (has anybody heard this song? — movingly sad), and earn some more cash for uni fees. Excellent.

See you all around (maybe even at the Justice Kirby lecture),

Sherryinabottle

PS: One huge dampener on this post-semester mood is the ridiculous French Open result of my tennis person. He has faced humiliation at the hands of ‘he who shall go unnamed’. I am so glad it’s now the grass season.

I may not be religious, but…

Thank god that is over. What a miserable day. First, the final exam for me with 141. What a mess. Precedent and Judicial reasoning no sweat, but what was with that interpretation question?? did anyone else find you could have written for 3 hours on that question alone. I did all of those freakin past exam paper questions and not one of them was as long as the exam one. talk about misrepresenation!

And then after that, after hanging around my post office box like a bad smell for the past week waiting for some feedback for my 141 assignment, i finished my exam (frustrated), walked to my post office box and there the freaking thing was. Opened it up, red scrawl all over it (yes Alistair, i’m assuming it belongs to you and yes Peter i know he can read this). What a way to end first semester. Then to top it all off, i had to run back from my post office box with someone of a lump in my throat just in time to sit down with my first patient. I was so worked up that when my first patient told me she hadn’t been flossing (like i’ve been telling her to do for the last 2 years), i could have knocked out all her teeth. Problem solved. Much easier than ridiculously long statutory interpretation questions.

A romatic getaway with LIAM

Typical. the week before an exam i’m finally beginning to enjoy 142. Sounds like what a scorned woman would say about a man “just when you begin to like them, they run off and start letting other people enjoy them and leave you stranded with all these questions.”  I do still have a preference for 141 (affectionately known as LIAM). All my friends think i have a boyfriend named liam because i keep telling them i can’t go out with them ‘because of liam.’ It’s been very useful to date. All those things you don’t really want to go to (like your Uncle’s 50th), can now be avoided by saying ‘gotta hit the books.’ When i go home to my parents house, as long as i continually look busy reading books, my mother keeps bringing me food. Classic. I’m sucking this one for all its worth.

However an interesting thing happened on Saturday night. Poker night with some friends. They all got smashed, i got tipsy, and when it came to be 1am i stood up, swaying slightly, and said ‘I have to go to bed, uni in the morning’. Then an onslaught of abuse and ‘you’ve gone soft’ assaulted my ears. I then ever so elegantly (throwing my empty wine glass/plastic tumbler into the corner of the room), replied ‘Listen here you bunch of troglodytes. When you all have driving convictions and assault charges and need my help, you’ll be thankful i didn’t wash away all my brain cells with Wine.’ I then promptly fell into my bedroom door, climbed into bed fully clothed and put my earphones in and listen to the sweet sound of Christine Campbell’s tutorials about the doctrine of precedent. Christine, if you are reading this, I think you should go into relaxation therapy. Your voice puts me to sleep.  

Now instead of focusing on studying, I am using my time planning my semester break. Oh the places I’m going to go and the things I’m going to do. Nothing will stop me- I’m taking Christine off my Ipod and putting something a little more upbeat. A nice little Alice Cooper rendition called “School’s Out” comes to mind J