Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Sydney Adventure: The Beginning
So the holidays have FINALLY arrived, and I may have even passed all my subjects (at least I'd better after the 2 weeks I spent living in the library)! Now that I have recovered from the copious amounts of alcohol I have consumed in the past few days since finishing exams, I can share the exciting news that I am heading to Sydney for 2 weeks to visit family etc. While most of this will be boring for readers among you, I am going to see Mary Poppins on Thursday night, as well as spending a whole day shopping in the city. So look out for some pics and stories of my little adventure to what many mistakenly believe is Australia's capital city!
Monday, August 15, 2011
Gotye
Just a quick post to say how awesome and addictive Gotye's song Somebody I Used To Know is!! It may be interrupting my study just a bit because it is on repeat. I catch myself singing along instead of studying Admin! If you want to hear the whole album before its release on the 19th, check it out on Triple J: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/geo/gotye_makingmirrors
In other, law study related news - Personal Property exam done, and I think my excessive study over the past week may have actually paid off. But I don't want to say too much until I get my results back! Now just have to study Admin and International Law for Thursday...eek.
In other, law study related news - Personal Property exam done, and I think my excessive study over the past week may have actually paid off. But I don't want to say too much until I get my results back! Now just have to study Admin and International Law for Thursday...eek.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Exam time and the inevitable procrastination
Ah yes, it is that time of the semester again where you realise you have to learn 12 weeks of work for 3 law subjects in less than a week and one lecturer has even been so mean as to make Personal Property Transactions a closed book exam. Surely now would be a good time to start studying right?
WRONG!!
This is the best time of the semester to procrastinate. I've discovered a number of ways, including but not limited to:
1. Writing a blog entry
2. Reading other people's blog entries
3. Looking up other degrees that don't turn you into a crazy, caffeine-addicted, sleep-deprived individual for 2 weeks every semester (or depending on the subjects, all semester)
4. Overusing the like button on facebook, so much so that facebook gives you an error message every time you now try
5. Cranking the music and dancing around your apartment instead of studying because you wish it was end of sem already so you could go out
6. Updating your facebook status every 5 minutes - and always with some form of 'I have no motivation to study'
7. Watching The Notebook (oh yes, I did)
8. Facebook stalking the guy you like (and don't look at me like that, I know you all do it too)
9. Watching the entire first season of the OC in one evening
10. Becoming that annoying person on facebook who comments on other people's conversations
11. Looking up stuff to put on www.pinterest.com (check it out if you want a great form of procrastination, it can entertain you for hours!)
12. Listening to Adele and getting angry because she doesn't convey the despair you feel at having to study law
13. Reading Twilight (I haven't been driven to do this yet, but I thought it was a good way to procrastinate if you're desperate enough)
14. Spend 2 hours setting up your wireless printer and test printing
15. Reading all the articles on www.survivelaw.com and wishing the authors weren't law students so they would post blogs more regularly (say a new one every half hour or so should keep me entertained)
16. Lying on your bed, staring at your ceiling, and wishing you had studied more during the semester
17. Going on a maccas run as a 'study break' even though you haven't studied for the past 4 hours
18. Looking up the dates when your favourite trashy tv shows like Gossip Girl are back, and writing the dates down in your diary so you don't forget
19. Watching Walk on the Wildside previews and laughing hysterically because you're caffeine-addicted and sleep-deprived (they really are pretty funny:
20. Spending a good hour thinking of all the ways you've procrastinated and writing a blog post about it instead of actually studying
Well, I think that's most of them so far but I'll keep you updated! Feel free to share if you have more to add, I'm sure there are many I'm missing!!
WRONG!!
This is the best time of the semester to procrastinate. I've discovered a number of ways, including but not limited to:
1. Writing a blog entry
2. Reading other people's blog entries
3. Looking up other degrees that don't turn you into a crazy, caffeine-addicted, sleep-deprived individual for 2 weeks every semester (or depending on the subjects, all semester)
4. Overusing the like button on facebook, so much so that facebook gives you an error message every time you now try
5. Cranking the music and dancing around your apartment instead of studying because you wish it was end of sem already so you could go out
6. Updating your facebook status every 5 minutes - and always with some form of 'I have no motivation to study'
7. Watching The Notebook (oh yes, I did)
8. Facebook stalking the guy you like (and don't look at me like that, I know you all do it too)
9. Watching the entire first season of the OC in one evening
10. Becoming that annoying person on facebook who comments on other people's conversations
11. Looking up stuff to put on www.pinterest.com (check it out if you want a great form of procrastination, it can entertain you for hours!)
12. Listening to Adele and getting angry because she doesn't convey the despair you feel at having to study law
13. Reading Twilight (I haven't been driven to do this yet, but I thought it was a good way to procrastinate if you're desperate enough)
14. Spend 2 hours setting up your wireless printer and test printing
15. Reading all the articles on www.survivelaw.com and wishing the authors weren't law students so they would post blogs more regularly (say a new one every half hour or so should keep me entertained)
16. Lying on your bed, staring at your ceiling, and wishing you had studied more during the semester
17. Going on a maccas run as a 'study break' even though you haven't studied for the past 4 hours
18. Looking up the dates when your favourite trashy tv shows like Gossip Girl are back, and writing the dates down in your diary so you don't forget
19. Watching Walk on the Wildside previews and laughing hysterically because you're caffeine-addicted and sleep-deprived (they really are pretty funny:
20. Spending a good hour thinking of all the ways you've procrastinated and writing a blog post about it instead of actually studying
Well, I think that's most of them so far but I'll keep you updated! Feel free to share if you have more to add, I'm sure there are many I'm missing!!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
AMUNC 2011 - A law student's experience
In week 9, while most Bond students were just getting over the rush of mid semester exams and assignments, 12 brave Bondies braced the freezing cold of our nation’s capital to partake in the Australian Model United Nations Conference, or AMUNC as it is affectionately known. After the relative warmth of the Gold Coast, the shocking cold that greeted me upon leaving the Canberra Airport was not the welcome I was hoping for.
Once we had settled into our hotel on Saturday night, my roommate and I set out to find something to eat at one of the many restaurants that Canberra is supposedly famous for. This soon proved difficult however, because most were actually closed. It was a far cry from the busyness of a weekend on the Gold Coast, though we soon found a small square that was open and had some amazing Thai food. There was even a mini skating rink set up, though I decided falling on ice was probably to the best way to get used to the Canberra weather on my first night.
But, my mood was soon improved when on the following day we set off to register at the ANU campus. For those who haven’t been to ANU, it is about 10 times as big as Bond. It takes you about 20 minutes to walk from one side to the other (as we found out after our taxi dropped us at the completely opposite side of the university to where we were supposed to be). Once we did finally arrive though, it was great to meet up with the rest of the Bondies attending, and giggle together at the matching jumpers the Griffith delegate were sporting.
After we had a rules briefing, we all set off to listen to the Czech Republic Ambassador to Australia talk about his time in the UN. His insight was extremely funny, and he gave some great anecdotes about the way specific countries act. Apparently, if you don’t want to do much work it is a good idea to be a part of the 2nd GA – they’re never actually in the office.
Later in the day we went to the amazing auditorium of the School of Music at the ANU campus, where we heard speeches by the Chancellor of ANU, Dr Andrew Leigh the Federal Member for Frasier, and Hilary Charlesworth who is an advocate for international law and human rights, as well as having been Australia’s ad hoc judge in the ICJ whaling case. All gave excellent speeches that were followed by many others throughout the week.
Following the opening ceremony we headed over the road to UniPub – 5 levels of pub gloriousness with a whole floor of pool tables complete with jukebox. After a few beers and meeting some great new people, we finally headed back to the hotel and set our alarms for an early start the next day – the first day of committee sessions.
While most committees were over at the ANU campus, the legal committees were given the very special privilege of being hosted by the High Court of Australia. Not only were we given access to the courtrooms to use for the week, but we were actually allowed to sit at the bench in the judges chairs. Any law student can appreciate how awesome such an experience would be. We felt very official and judicious sitting up there, and there were more than a few covert photos taken (apparently we weren’t technically allowed to take photos).
We began discussing our first topic, which was the legality of France’s actions during the Rwandan genocide. First the justices heard evidence and arguments from both Rwanda and France, and both advocates were grilled on points of law (possibly because of a power trip by law students who finally had a chance to question instead of being questioned). After all the evidence had been presented the debate began. If you can imagine 14 law students who like putting their point forward in a room together, its no wonder things got a little tense. Our amazing and patient directors stepped in a few times to calm the tensions, but on the whole we cooperated fairly well. A more relaxed atmosphere followed that night at our committee dinner, where we were able to get to know our fellow justices better over a great meal.
On Tuesday debate over the finer points of law ensured, but by the end of the day we had come to a fairly good consensus on the main issues. We then went off that night to the Golden Age of Hollywood party held at the Australian War Memorial. It was an amazing venue with the planes and other war memorabilia hanging overhead. Due to a mix up by the War Memorial the legal committees were seated in a separate room. Although it was annoying to be separated from the rest of the committees, it is clear that law students can party hard. We soon made up for the lack of decorations with bottles of wine and some dancing to a fairly decent DJ.
More than a few people were nursing mild headaches the next day, but we started to write our majority judgement to present to Chief Justice French on Friday. It seemed that our second topic was not going to be discussed, as we frantically worked to finish our judgement to a standard that CJ French could be proud of. After a hard day of work, we celebrated at Meche Nightclub Circus themed party complete with acrobats and fire breathers.
With a slight headache again on Thursday, we went back to our deliberation room on the secure area of the High Court (which the public isn’t allowed to enter) to finish our judgement for the next day. Finally, after much sweat and tears, it was finally complete. Deciding to celebrate by taking some more photos down in the courtroom, we were a bit disappointed by the court administrator telling us photography wasn’t allowed unless we were actually debating. So, in fine form, we started talking about anything we could remember about our second topic Kashmir while our faithful director took photos of us sitting at the bench. We finished early and decided to go and see the new Harry Potter movie to celebrate. I won’t go into detail about the movie here, because being a Harry Potter fan I could write a whole separate article on it.
Friday saw us sitting in the main Courtroom 1 with CJ French listening to our presentations of judgements. He gave a short speech and handed out the best delegate awards. The lucky few to shake his hand jokingly said they would never wash their hand again (at least I hope they were joking). Following the awards was the closing ceremony at which CJ French made a short speech and then it was all over. No more debating and arguing, no more pretending to be a justice. It was a bit depressing really.
I soon cheered up while getting ready for the Finale Ball, which was to be held in the Great Hall of Parliament House that night. Many photos were taken, committee jokes were made, and there were more than a few check-ins on Facebook to commemorate the event. There was a slightly awkward moment when Monash University was accidently announced as the host of next year’s AMUNC instead of La Trobe, but it was amusing to see them do the walk of shame back to their seats after cheering only minutes before. The host of the 2013 AMUNC was also announced, and the Victoria University of Wellington NZ showed their enthusiasm by celebrating with a traditional haka.
All too soon we were kicked out so the staff could clean up, and we had to deal with the fact that AMUNC really was over. It was one of the most amazing experiences, and one I will not forget in a hurry. I met so many people that I’m sure will be lifelong friends, and I am eagerly counting down the months to next year’s AMUNC in Melbourne. If you have ever thought of doing AMUNC I’d definitely recommend that you do. You won’t regret it.
Once we had settled into our hotel on Saturday night, my roommate and I set out to find something to eat at one of the many restaurants that Canberra is supposedly famous for. This soon proved difficult however, because most were actually closed. It was a far cry from the busyness of a weekend on the Gold Coast, though we soon found a small square that was open and had some amazing Thai food. There was even a mini skating rink set up, though I decided falling on ice was probably to the best way to get used to the Canberra weather on my first night.
But, my mood was soon improved when on the following day we set off to register at the ANU campus. For those who haven’t been to ANU, it is about 10 times as big as Bond. It takes you about 20 minutes to walk from one side to the other (as we found out after our taxi dropped us at the completely opposite side of the university to where we were supposed to be). Once we did finally arrive though, it was great to meet up with the rest of the Bondies attending, and giggle together at the matching jumpers the Griffith delegate were sporting.
After we had a rules briefing, we all set off to listen to the Czech Republic Ambassador to Australia talk about his time in the UN. His insight was extremely funny, and he gave some great anecdotes about the way specific countries act. Apparently, if you don’t want to do much work it is a good idea to be a part of the 2nd GA – they’re never actually in the office.
Later in the day we went to the amazing auditorium of the School of Music at the ANU campus, where we heard speeches by the Chancellor of ANU, Dr Andrew Leigh the Federal Member for Frasier, and Hilary Charlesworth who is an advocate for international law and human rights, as well as having been Australia’s ad hoc judge in the ICJ whaling case. All gave excellent speeches that were followed by many others throughout the week.
Following the opening ceremony we headed over the road to UniPub – 5 levels of pub gloriousness with a whole floor of pool tables complete with jukebox. After a few beers and meeting some great new people, we finally headed back to the hotel and set our alarms for an early start the next day – the first day of committee sessions.
While most committees were over at the ANU campus, the legal committees were given the very special privilege of being hosted by the High Court of Australia. Not only were we given access to the courtrooms to use for the week, but we were actually allowed to sit at the bench in the judges chairs. Any law student can appreciate how awesome such an experience would be. We felt very official and judicious sitting up there, and there were more than a few covert photos taken (apparently we weren’t technically allowed to take photos).
We began discussing our first topic, which was the legality of France’s actions during the Rwandan genocide. First the justices heard evidence and arguments from both Rwanda and France, and both advocates were grilled on points of law (possibly because of a power trip by law students who finally had a chance to question instead of being questioned). After all the evidence had been presented the debate began. If you can imagine 14 law students who like putting their point forward in a room together, its no wonder things got a little tense. Our amazing and patient directors stepped in a few times to calm the tensions, but on the whole we cooperated fairly well. A more relaxed atmosphere followed that night at our committee dinner, where we were able to get to know our fellow justices better over a great meal.
On Tuesday debate over the finer points of law ensured, but by the end of the day we had come to a fairly good consensus on the main issues. We then went off that night to the Golden Age of Hollywood party held at the Australian War Memorial. It was an amazing venue with the planes and other war memorabilia hanging overhead. Due to a mix up by the War Memorial the legal committees were seated in a separate room. Although it was annoying to be separated from the rest of the committees, it is clear that law students can party hard. We soon made up for the lack of decorations with bottles of wine and some dancing to a fairly decent DJ.
More than a few people were nursing mild headaches the next day, but we started to write our majority judgement to present to Chief Justice French on Friday. It seemed that our second topic was not going to be discussed, as we frantically worked to finish our judgement to a standard that CJ French could be proud of. After a hard day of work, we celebrated at Meche Nightclub Circus themed party complete with acrobats and fire breathers.
With a slight headache again on Thursday, we went back to our deliberation room on the secure area of the High Court (which the public isn’t allowed to enter) to finish our judgement for the next day. Finally, after much sweat and tears, it was finally complete. Deciding to celebrate by taking some more photos down in the courtroom, we were a bit disappointed by the court administrator telling us photography wasn’t allowed unless we were actually debating. So, in fine form, we started talking about anything we could remember about our second topic Kashmir while our faithful director took photos of us sitting at the bench. We finished early and decided to go and see the new Harry Potter movie to celebrate. I won’t go into detail about the movie here, because being a Harry Potter fan I could write a whole separate article on it.
Friday saw us sitting in the main Courtroom 1 with CJ French listening to our presentations of judgements. He gave a short speech and handed out the best delegate awards. The lucky few to shake his hand jokingly said they would never wash their hand again (at least I hope they were joking). Following the awards was the closing ceremony at which CJ French made a short speech and then it was all over. No more debating and arguing, no more pretending to be a justice. It was a bit depressing really.
I soon cheered up while getting ready for the Finale Ball, which was to be held in the Great Hall of Parliament House that night. Many photos were taken, committee jokes were made, and there were more than a few check-ins on Facebook to commemorate the event. There was a slightly awkward moment when Monash University was accidently announced as the host of next year’s AMUNC instead of La Trobe, but it was amusing to see them do the walk of shame back to their seats after cheering only minutes before. The host of the 2013 AMUNC was also announced, and the Victoria University of Wellington NZ showed their enthusiasm by celebrating with a traditional haka.
All too soon we were kicked out so the staff could clean up, and we had to deal with the fact that AMUNC really was over. It was one of the most amazing experiences, and one I will not forget in a hurry. I met so many people that I’m sure will be lifelong friends, and I am eagerly counting down the months to next year’s AMUNC in Melbourne. If you have ever thought of doing AMUNC I’d definitely recommend that you do. You won’t regret it.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Harry Potter: Rant 1 (of many)
Let's just get one thing straight before I go any further: I am a Harry Potter fan, deal with it. I've lost count of the number of times I've read the books, I "like" numerous quotes, pictures, awkward moment pages and trailers on Facebook and I'm guaranteed to have several posts about Harry Potter on here.
I've seen the new movie twice so far, and although I enjoyed it (it wasn't nearly as bad as the 6th movie in which they completely murdered the book) there were some nagging differences in the final film. I fully understand that there is no way a film can exactly follow a book...but is it really necessary to deviate so much?? Ever since the final film was released I've spent countless hours trying to explain to non-Potter fans exactly why Harry died/didn't die. It's getting exhausting! It is a very complex storyline but still, if the films followed the books more closely I'm sure I would have saved quite a few hours explaining it to everyone else. But then again, I like any excuse to talk about Harry Potter, so maybe I'm complaining for no reason.
In any case, that is my rant for today. I will be putting up a proper review of the film as soon as I have less work to catch up on for my law subjects. I guess that's the problem with going to a uni that has 3 semester a year instead of 2, you have very little time to procrastinate. And yet, I seem to achieve quite a bit instead of studying...
Assuming I can figure out how to attach a picture to this post (I'm still a bit of a newbie at blogs), I hope you enjoy some Potter humour.
I've seen the new movie twice so far, and although I enjoyed it (it wasn't nearly as bad as the 6th movie in which they completely murdered the book) there were some nagging differences in the final film. I fully understand that there is no way a film can exactly follow a book...but is it really necessary to deviate so much?? Ever since the final film was released I've spent countless hours trying to explain to non-Potter fans exactly why Harry died/didn't die. It's getting exhausting! It is a very complex storyline but still, if the films followed the books more closely I'm sure I would have saved quite a few hours explaining it to everyone else. But then again, I like any excuse to talk about Harry Potter, so maybe I'm complaining for no reason.
In any case, that is my rant for today. I will be putting up a proper review of the film as soon as I have less work to catch up on for my law subjects. I guess that's the problem with going to a uni that has 3 semester a year instead of 2, you have very little time to procrastinate. And yet, I seem to achieve quite a bit instead of studying...
Assuming I can figure out how to attach a picture to this post (I'm still a bit of a newbie at blogs), I hope you enjoy some Potter humour.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
To be or not to be, that is the question
I've started doing tutoring to earn a bit of extra money lately, and I've had a rush of emails in the past few days asking for help with Shakespeare. It seems that the great playwright is still very popular for final year 12 assignments and I have to say I'm glad. I remember doing Hamlet in year 12 and have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. Yes, the language is hard to understand, but once you do the stories are amazing.
Being a self-confessed book nerd I have to admire a story that has been popular for so long. I think it's interesting that most of Shakespeares plays are tragedies and not at all like the Hollywood endings we are so used to today. And yet, Shakespeare lives on while year after year the happy endings of Hollywood films are made and promptly forgotten. It does say something about human character I think; no matter how much we love a happy ending, perhaps we will always relate more to the tragedies that better represent real life. Now, not to get all depressing and morbid about it but when you think about it how often does your life turn out perfectly like in the movies? While I don't mean everyone dies instead, I think Shakespeare better relates to how things don't always go as planned.
Take Hamlet for instance. The audience pities him yes, but at the same time it could be said his own inaction indirectly caused his death. The way everyone dies at the end truly mirrors the faults of human character that often isn't fully explored in modern day films. Even Hamlet himself is far from perfect. Although he may be forgiven for his actions towards Ophelia, it still portrays him as an imperfect being, capable of making mistakes.
Another thing that I love about Shakespeare is the room for exploration and imagination with many of the characters. There is always an element of guesswork involved when dealing with minor characters. What are they really thinking? And that is why I love helping year 12 students with their monologues of minor characters. You are given the chance to really explore the other side of the story. Is Claudius really as evil as he is made out? Or is he simply a man who loves power just a bit too much?
Either way, I'm glad for the opportunity to dust of my copy of Hamlet and immerse myself in the complex and absolutely amazing language that Shakespeare employs so faultlessly.
Being a self-confessed book nerd I have to admire a story that has been popular for so long. I think it's interesting that most of Shakespeares plays are tragedies and not at all like the Hollywood endings we are so used to today. And yet, Shakespeare lives on while year after year the happy endings of Hollywood films are made and promptly forgotten. It does say something about human character I think; no matter how much we love a happy ending, perhaps we will always relate more to the tragedies that better represent real life. Now, not to get all depressing and morbid about it but when you think about it how often does your life turn out perfectly like in the movies? While I don't mean everyone dies instead, I think Shakespeare better relates to how things don't always go as planned.
Take Hamlet for instance. The audience pities him yes, but at the same time it could be said his own inaction indirectly caused his death. The way everyone dies at the end truly mirrors the faults of human character that often isn't fully explored in modern day films. Even Hamlet himself is far from perfect. Although he may be forgiven for his actions towards Ophelia, it still portrays him as an imperfect being, capable of making mistakes.
Another thing that I love about Shakespeare is the room for exploration and imagination with many of the characters. There is always an element of guesswork involved when dealing with minor characters. What are they really thinking? And that is why I love helping year 12 students with their monologues of minor characters. You are given the chance to really explore the other side of the story. Is Claudius really as evil as he is made out? Or is he simply a man who loves power just a bit too much?
Either way, I'm glad for the opportunity to dust of my copy of Hamlet and immerse myself in the complex and absolutely amazing language that Shakespeare employs so faultlessly.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
45 Life Lessons to Remember
My dad loves forwarding random emails to me on a regular basis. This one caught my eye and though I should share it. Slightly cheesy, but true.
Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old. This is something we should all read at least once a week!!!!!
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written."
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Change the way you
think.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and
family will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month..
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. Release your children when they become adults, its their life now
9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay cheque.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their
journey
is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye.
16. Take a deep breath It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is
up
to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no
for an
answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.
Don't
save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Just because you believe you are right, doesn't mean you are. Keep
an
open mind.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26.. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years,
will
this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. Your job is to love your children, not choose who they should love.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd
grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come...
43.. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield..
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
First Post
Well, I've finally done it. I've climbed onto the bandwagon of blog writing law students/lawyers. Why do so many of us feel the need to share our lives with everyone else? I have a few theories:
1. We feel superior and therefore think everyone will want to read what we have to say
2. We like to make lawyerish jokes that no-one else understands and have a bit of a giggle (again feeling superior)
3. We would do just about anything rather than actually study/work (in other words, blogs are the ultimate form of procrastination).
While I'm not as naive to suggest that all law students and lawyers are noble people who don't feel superior to others, I think the majority of us (myself included) decide to start a blog for reason 3: procrastination.
Though I should point out now, I have a habit of starting "projects" with great enthusiasm only to give up after a few months when I have nothing more to say. Hopefully that won't happen here!
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