Getting into the flow...

The second week of classes and school went down a little smoother than the first. Of course there was the complication of Kelley going out of town to Wisconsin all week, but now she's back as of tonight and we have a full house again. Her cousin Stephanie got married right before us last year and had twins in October of last year, and now she'll be raising them by herself for a while because her husband died. It's a very sad situation, but Stephanie has a lot of good family supporting her if she needs them. Kelley said it put here in a real tough spot emotionally because the family kept bringing up our recent news and success (accepting the job offer in Cincinnati, which will make her "the rich cousin") and she felt guilty about that coming up when everyone was so sad about the death. It sounded like the whole week was absolutely awful, but hopefully things get back to normal again now that she's home.

On the home front the classes for week 2 were a tad more interesting than those of week 1 (getting through with review type materials and starting to hit some more meaty classes). Securities keeps me about half interested, International IP is a great class, Seminar has the same interesting discussions, and Sales looked better after this week because we will have on-call lists. I'm up on 9-11, so we'll see how bad I can answer questions then. Found out what weeks of the school year I'll be busy with Seminar and moot court, and I'm a little pissed about Moot Court. Last year it was Barrister's Ball and Kelley's Birthday...so I picked National to avoid the spring only to end up having competition on the Saturday and Sunday of OSU-Michigan weekend. Which means my streak of 6 straight OSU-scUM games is over, but hey it was a nice run (5-1 and 3 Big Ten titles clinched against the Wolverines). The guys on my team seem like good guys and everything I hear about them is positive, so there should be no repeat unfortunate experiences. We will be at Case Western for our regional in the national competition as well, so much better than the early rumors of Akron or last year's which was at Moritz. Brief writing will start in a week or two I think so it will be time to get going on that. You better believe I will have my pocket radio with me on moot court Saturday...as I don't want to hear about the Michigan game from anyone other than the radio guys. Got a DVR this week which is ironic as I might have ordered one after finding this out just to record the big game. It's bery nice not having to set a VCR anymore.

Speaking of the Buckeyes, went to the home opener for the second year in a row on Saturday. Went with stepdad-in-law because obviously Kelley needed to give her ticket to someone, and it was his first ever college or pro football game live. I gave him a similar experience to what I got for my first ever OSU game, as we woke up early enough to go to the Buckeye Bob tailgate for a little over an hour before trekking to the stadium. Most of the usual crew were there including David Way, Paul, Doug, Dan, etc. Talked to Bob about the offer in Cincinnati and the last year of school, and he says he can still feel the anxiety for others taking the bar exam every July (despite being 25 years removed from that this year). It's funny that due to David Way and my mom working together for so long that I got hooked into one of the best group of tailgaters at OSU and a group of attorneys at that. They are limiting the number of times students can go to the Moritz tailgates to 2 this year, and Kelley and I may only make it to one of those (next week against Akron). Good for the breakfast food type tailgates and noon games, but I'd rather go to Bob's on most occassions. The new field turf looks sharp in the stadium, but the endzones and the block O at midfield being bright scarlet takes a little getting used to. It was hotter in the stadium than I ever remember, but it was OK because humidity was very low for Ohio. They say it got up to 140 degrees on the field turf because that rubber sucks in heat. In any event, I'm looking a little like Two-Face from Batman movies right now because right right side of my face and neck is sunburnt while the left side is not at all. Go figure. The Buckeyes look like a pretty good defensive unit this season, and the offense should be good by the time the big games roll around. The game that worries me is Purdue, as I do not know if we can win a shootout and Purdue has one of the best offensive units in the Big Ten. Definitely hoping that press credential comes in for the Penn State game now, as the Purdue game is Burton's wedding and the Michigan game now is Moot Court. Should be a good season no matter how it goes, but I've got my sights on a one-loss Rose Bowl year.

Not too much to speak of during the long weekend, although I did pick up a few good DVD sets for our collection and viewing pleasure. Ghostbusters 1 and 2 gift set is on serious sale right now at Best Buy and Target if you want those, but everything else was used stuff (seasons of House, Boston Legal, Mind of Mencia, and the Godfather trilogy were the vast majority of what I bought). Spent good time with Everson and David Lee, and now I've seen firsthand what a beautiful thing Brodie vs. Everson is on the Dr. Mario game. If you've ever seen Brodie bowl, it's pretty much the same...except in front of a TV. Also had a live fantasy football draft after the game Saturday at Panini's with Aaron and some other law school guys. Some guys did not show which was disappointing, but we got it all hammered out and my team seems pretty acceptable. I sacrificed my QB position to have higher quality RB, WR, and DEF. So my question to you is this...should I start Romo or Vince Young this week? That will be the the question of the week every week for my fantasy team.

Well it's getting late and I have some work to do on Labor Day (reading to do for this week's classes and my weekly SCS article among other things), so time for me to get off to bed. Short week this week with Labor Day giving us only 2 days of classes, but next weekend is another home game, Sternwheeler fireworks, and preparing second round acc-checks for the staffers so a busy time all around. Also time to make final substantive revisions on my student note. Fun! We'll see you next week if not before.