yes, what happened to the hokies was awful. now if the media would just stop treating it like a damn photo op (could you get more gorgeous than the saturated colors and silhouettes featured by cnn?) and lovefest (”beautiful, clever, talented victims honored” gushes one cnn video clip… [insert snide “what about the ugly, slow, talentless victims?” comment here]) and get back to coverage of the ongoing destruction of our country by the bush administration, i might be less grumpy.

yes, it was tragic. but to be perfectly honest, the coverage is making me - once again - sympathetic to the harrises and klebolds of the world. it’s certainly one way to achieve immortality.

update: according to the beeb, at least 157 people have been killed in a string of attacks in baghdad. and what’s the lead story on cnn? “gunman: ’suicidal’”

jay’s an amazing guy. even on break, he’s studying.

no, no, no. i graduated. but jay’s still punching the clock. and studying for finals. (click the link. go on. do it. REALLY. it’s SWF. and it rocks.)

this would’ve been great when i was taking the IP overview class.

1. makeshift umbrella to get from mcdonough to car
2. car seat protector for greasy shwarma
3. bug swatter (rolled up)
4. spider “shoo!-er”
5. placeholder in bar/bri exercise book
6. teaser for dog - unattended

those damn diplomas should come with warning labels.

and i am now officially done with law school. w00t! i called my ‘rents to share the good news.

dad: i’m so proud of you. i knew you’d do it. of course you would, you grew up with me for a dad.

me: um… so you’re saying that growing up with you made me want to sue people?

dad: okay, let’s not go there.

heh.

adlaw: done
conlaw2: done
case files: i think they’re done. at any rate, they’re going to be done by COB monday… ‘cuz otherwise i don’t graduate.

uff. hurty head.

if there’s anything that reminds me that getting into an a-list school doesn’t mean that much, it’s stories like these.

A Georgetown University law student who was trying to impress his girlfriend admitted yesterday that he cranked up his new Infiniti to 126 mph on the George Washington Memorial Parkway — among the highest speeds ever clocked on the stretch of federal road.

i’d post his picture (the student in question is 28-year-old Drew Hoffman, apparently a joint-degree candidate), but that would just be mean. he’s TWENTY-EIGHT, for chrissake!

Sgt. Scott Fear, a U.S. Park Police spokesman, said Hoffman was stopped at 3:55 a.m. on March 12 traveling south on the parkway at Turkey Run Park. He said Hoffman quickly pulled onto a ramp but wound up trapped because the ramp led to CIA headquarters.

this is why you should case your speed traps before putting pedal to the metal. and there are signs, drew, regarding that exit ramp. you know, CIA. although i’d imagine they’d be a tad hard to see at 4 a.m. when you’re downshifting from 126 mph.

The judge fined him $1,200 and said he could not drive a car for the first 60 days of his probation and only on a restricted basis after that. The 12 days in jail could be served on weekends.

shoulda suspended his license for a year. it’s people like him who kill little boys like jeremy grodsky.

1 packet carnation instant breakfast (milk chocolate flavor)
2 scoops bodybuilder protein shake mix
1 banana
1 cup whole milk
1 cup leaded coffee

blend until smooth.

oh, yeah. and then drink it.

there’s a game of ultimate on the green between the two law school buildings. shirts v skins. lean, long-legged young men bounding across the grass, hairless chests and six-pack abs. jeans hanging off narrow hips; sharp shoulder blades and ridged spines twisting in the spring sunlight.

yum.