What would the world be, once bereft of wet and wildness?
Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
-- Gerard Manley Hopkins
Monday, October 20, 2003
Observations concerning my Property midterm exam this morning
- Woke up at 6:45 dreaming of balanced equities and large parcels of unclaimed land, just waiting to be adversely possessed.
- Cooked up a bagel while reading over my outline. Could actually feel the knowledge entering my brain, seeing there was no room left, and leaving.
- Put my outline away and sat on the front porch, watched mist rise from my lawn through the bright morning light.
- Prayed, hopelessly.
- Ran inside to consult outline once again, convinced I had done everything wrong.
- Realized it was too late and that I would definitely screw this one up.
- Rode bike to school in a cold sweat; almost hit car due to freaking out about exam.
- Walked into law school, saw classmates cramming, swilling coffee and making vague gestures with their hands.
- Sat down at seat, closed my eyes, thought nothing.
- Looked at test.
- Realized: I know this stuff.
- yahoo.
- beer.