Five weeks of law school, and all I got is this lousy t-shirt

...Not really - I did get a t-shirt alright, but it's not lousy.

Anyway it's Friday night and I am not going to read about personal jurisidiction or promissory estoppel or breach of duty. Enough for one week. Here are my notes about the first 5 weeks of being in law school/living in Salt Lake City/gone from Moab and friends and Leah and my house and vegetable share:

1. Everyone seems so young
2. Why did I not do this 7 years ago
3. I'm so glad I didn't do this 7 years ago - perspective on the process and the content is invaluable
4. SLC has some kickass singletrack, and alot of it is accessible 1/2 mile from my door
5. I love the access to live music, e.g. Tori Amos (no band, just Tori, just like the first time) at the USANA Amplitheater
6. The University of Utah law school is a scorchin' deal and I thoroughly enjoy the professors
7. The University of Utah is no Univeristy of Washington; parking lots in the interior of campus + dorms far away + utterly haphazard design and planning + hello, where's the damn quad, every university has a quad! = not a people-oriented place. Weird, and tragic, ultimately. What a waste of real estate. Shameful for a flagship university.
8. However: the student union food is excellent, and it mostly isn't megacorporate fast food. Nice.
9. Summer Twilight Concert Series at the Gallivan Center! I mean, freakin' Cracker for pagan devilworshiping antiestablishment's sake
10. Wow do I miss my Moab/Seattle/California/Colorado/North Carolina/Florida friends.
11. New Salt Lake/law school friends. Also quality.
12. A full moon rising over the Wasatch range two days before the autumnal equinox. Not so bad.

There's more, but I am going to see a movie. Good night.

David