1. First week done. Lots of social events, I guess this is normal. I think I'm a pretty social guy, but I really don't like forced social interactions. I guess this is also normal.

2. First reading assignments were due today. Short journal entries in a P/F course, so really they don't count for much and I probably ought have not sweated them too much. But, i am really shocked at my piss poor writing skills. I re-wrote each of those damn things 4 or 5 times. And they were still balls. It's going to be a long year.

3. I'm pretty stoked on my torts class. The prof really moves quick and the class is exciting and fun. The first chapter of torts was simply a bunch of random law profs trying to describe what tort law is and contracting themselves all over the place. They got pretty, uh, poetic. I think my favorite excerpt is this little out-of-context gem from Justice Linden: "Love can take credit for some of the good things that happen in our world, even though lovers may not start with these effects in mind. Similarly, tort law may achieve beneficial effects, without necessarily setting out to do so, things like compensation, deterrence and education. Thus, whether by design or not, tort law, like love, is valuable not only intrinsically, but also for it's other contributions to a better world."