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HaqDiesel Wrote:
yeah, this is unfortunately a "type" in law school. there was one in my 1L research-and-writing class. also unavoidable are the late-20s dudes who treat law school as undergrad part 2 and try to hook up with everyone else in law school.
This reminds me... I'm taking some classes, and there's a woman in my class, probably a little older than me. She's trying to re-brand her image after a layoff, like many people are. I try to be open and non-judgmental about people upon first meeting them, because you never know what someone's personal circumstances are or if they're having a bad day, or what, but this woman gave me a little bit of "DANGER, Will Robinson!" vibe when I heard the things she was saying in our first class. But I gave her the benefit of the doubt, and during the 2nd class, she sat next to me. We had to do a short presentation on an assignment, and one of the things was to report specifically our findings in answer to 4 questions (we were on a time limit, and our instructor was holding us to it). She made "visual aids" which she didn't even hold up clearly for the class to read (think magic marker on cardboard, and drawings of the yin/yang symbol), and rambled for a good while, including tidbits like "I've died before, I'm psychic and I've seen the future" and how she'd been stalked online. Our instructor reeled her in finally, but still, turns out my gut instinct was right: she's a space cadet.
This makes me want to sign up for a couple of classes just to fuck around with people--I think that may be what's been missing from my life for the past 10+ years.
Another fun tidbit:
During class, our instructor was telling us how people today define themselves by the brands they purchase. On his powerpoint slide, he had a picture of a woman with little bubbles around her head, each bubble had a brand name, like Toyota Prius, Prada, Whole Foods Market, etc. And he's explaining how this woman identifies who she is and what she believes in with the brands she purchases (she's conscious of the environment, she likes nice clothing, she likes to know where her food comes from, etc.). And Space Cadet pipes up and says, "oh, that's totally me... I drive a Prius, I shop at Whole Foods, and I buy designer clothes." All said with nary a bit of sarcasm, as she sat there with her witchy-like unkempt hair, wearing a Microsoft .Net Developer polo and bad shoes.
Oh, and I forgot, she brought a Snuggie with her to class that she'd "won" at a conference we both attended last Tuesday.
