So had my first of two finals afternoon. As a famous author once wrote, “it was the best of times, it was the worse of times.” As to the worst of times, as a famous ballplayer once said, “I’m not here to talk about the past.” Well, I think Big Mac should be in the Hall of Fame and hopefully I’ll pass a more objective approach taken by my professor in the grading of my Equal Protection/Due Process exam.

The first part concerned gay rights specifically having to do with banning anal sex for health reasons. I was all over it - the exam, not the anal sex part (well, except as applicable on the exam). I was supposed to be defending, which was a little awkward, but I think I covered the issues really well. Then came the second part which was worth equal points and asked three different questions regarding race, language, and sex discrimination against white attorneys in a public defender office where defendants were surveyed as to their preferences. This whole sort of reverse discrimination idea really threw me even though I should have just gone into the appropriate analysis.

I guess after talking about anal sex, a little anal probing on the second half was to be expected.

Oh well, c’est la vie - I thought I was pretty well prepared. The outline was one of the best I’ve made. Anyway, my computer keyboard is on it’s last legs (I took it apart two nights ago because the space bar died and my brilliant technical skill is starting to look a little less brilliant as the space bar is typing two space for every time I hit it - not good and probably annoying to the professors reading my exam). A little work on the keyboard tonight, review some outlines, and then tomorrow morning I’ll be good on my last exam. O Joy, Ocean in View! (Well, actually jury duty the very next day).

-jd