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28 July 2003
fall semester approaching
The start of the Fall semester at UCLA Law School is fast approaching. It sometimes seems like last year never ended because I've been working as a faculty research assistant and on Law Review assignments this summer, but the truth is that classes begin anew on 20 August.
What's on tap this semester? Business Associations, Federal Income Taxation, and Accounting & Financial Analysis for Lawyers, to start. In addition to my class work, I'll also research and write my Law Review Comment, which will also fulfill my Law School writing requirement. And...
I'm continuing my work for Harcourt, the Law Review, and my faculty research...and I'm pleased to be a co-chairman of OWLS--the Older, Wiser Law Students Association. In my giddier moments I think about suggesting that we institute a not-to-secret OWLS gesture: similar to the one Paul Newman and Robert Redford used in The Sting (the sweep along the right side of the nose with one's right index finger), but instead of sweeping the finger along the side, it hooks in front, like a beak!
Too corny, I know. But as I already said, this is what springs to mind when giddiness sets in. And the semester hasn't even started yet!
To manage my ever-growing "to do" lists Terrence has scouted several new calendar and task applications, and I've been testing them thoroughlly. Books are being purchased, commuting options reconsidered, and all sorts of odds and ends being taken care of with an eye on 20 August. I feel like I should get an audio clip for my iBook, and what springs to mind Bette Davis' famous line in All About Eve: "Fasten your seatbelts; it's going to be a bumpy night."