Friday, January 20, 2006
Existential Friday: break's over
I don't want to become one of those law professors who complains about how hard I work. Law professors have little cause for complaint in terms of work-life quality.
But I have to say that this recent Onion headline really resonated with me:
#1: check!
But I have to say that this recent Onion headline really resonated with me:
Plan To Straighten Out Entire Life During Weeklong Vacation Yields Mixed ResultsI do this every winter and summer break. I plan to straighten out my life. I come up with a reasonable to do list to get right on as soon as classes end:
1. Grade papers and exams.Well, since classes started this week, I can report on my accomplishments vis-a-vis this list:
2. Write a law review article.
3. Catch up on the last few months of Supreme Court decisions.
4. Plan my courses for next semester. I mean really plan the hell out of them. To the point where the course is brilliantly innovative and so carefully choreographed that I can walk in the classroom and it will teach itself.
5. Clean office. I mean really clean the hell out of it. To the point where every piece of paper in a file drawer and every book on the shelf is in a logical, easy-to-find place and, more importantly, has a good reason for being in my office at all.
6. Clean the home office. I mean really clean it -- like the office at school.
7. Read a book a week for pleasure.
8. Make a good start on learning a new foreign language.
9. Learn electric guitar.
10. Travel somewhere exciting.
11. Reconnect in person with most friends and family members who live in other places, so this means travel, not phone calls or emails.
12. Catch up on blogging and blog reading.
#1: check!
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I wish I could plan my classes so they seemed brilliant and taught themselves. In reality, I spend the night before every class deciding what the hell I'm going to do (I suspect this is more the reality than advanced planning)
To get you started on your foreign language study, here's a way to relax on your travels:
How to order a beer in 47 languages
Afrikaans 'n Bier, asseblief
Basque Garagardo bat, mesedez
Belarusian Ad-no pee-vah ka-lee lah-ska
Breton Ur banne bier am bo, mar plij
Bulgarian Ed-na beer-ra mol-ya
Catalan Una cervesa, si us plau
Chinese Ching gay woh ee bay pee joh
Croatian Jedno pivo, molim Yed-no pee-vo, mo-lim
Czech / Slovak Pivo, prosím Pee-vo, pro-seem
Danish Jeg vil gerne have en øl
Dutch Een bier, alsjeblieft
English One beer, please
Esperanto Unu bieron, mi petas
Estonian Üks õlu, palun
Finnish Olut mulle, kiitos
French Une bière, s'il vous plaît
German Ein Bier, bitte
Greek Mee-a beer-a paraka-loh
Hungarian Egy pohár sört kérek
Icelandic Einn bjór, takk
Irish Beoir amháin, le do thoil
Italian Una birra, per favore
Japanese Bee-ru ip-pon ku-da-sai
Korean Mayk-joo hahn-jahn joo-se-yoh
Latin Cervisiam, sodes
Latvian Vienu alu, lu-dzu
Lithuanian Prašau viena alaus
Maltese Wiehed birra, jekk jghogbok
Norwegian En øl, takk Ehn url tahk
Occitan Una cervesa, se vos plai
Polish Jedno piwo, prosze
Portuguese Uma cerveja, por favor
Romanian O bere, va rog
Romansch Ladina Üna biera, per plaschair.
Russian Ahd-na pee-vah pah-zha-loosta
Sardinian Una birra, po piaghere
Scots Gaelic Leann, mas e do thoil e
Serbian Yed-no pee-vo, mo-lim
Slovene Eno pivo, prosim
Spanish Una cerveza, por favor
Swedish En öl, tack Ehn irl, tahk
Twi Mame beer baako, mi pawokyew
Turkish Bir bira, lütfen
Welsh Cwrw os gwelwch in dda
Yiddish A beer, zeit a-zoy goot
How to order a beer in 47 languages
Afrikaans 'n Bier, asseblief
Basque Garagardo bat, mesedez
Belarusian Ad-no pee-vah ka-lee lah-ska
Breton Ur banne bier am bo, mar plij
Bulgarian Ed-na beer-ra mol-ya
Catalan Una cervesa, si us plau
Chinese Ching gay woh ee bay pee joh
Croatian Jedno pivo, molim Yed-no pee-vo, mo-lim
Czech / Slovak Pivo, prosím Pee-vo, pro-seem
Danish Jeg vil gerne have en øl
Dutch Een bier, alsjeblieft
English One beer, please
Esperanto Unu bieron, mi petas
Estonian Üks õlu, palun
Finnish Olut mulle, kiitos
French Une bière, s'il vous plaît
German Ein Bier, bitte
Greek Mee-a beer-a paraka-loh
Hungarian Egy pohár sört kérek
Icelandic Einn bjór, takk
Irish Beoir amháin, le do thoil
Italian Una birra, per favore
Japanese Bee-ru ip-pon ku-da-sai
Korean Mayk-joo hahn-jahn joo-se-yoh
Latin Cervisiam, sodes
Latvian Vienu alu, lu-dzu
Lithuanian Prašau viena alaus
Maltese Wiehed birra, jekk jghogbok
Norwegian En øl, takk Ehn url tahk
Occitan Una cervesa, se vos plai
Polish Jedno piwo, prosze
Portuguese Uma cerveja, por favor
Romanian O bere, va rog
Romansch Ladina Üna biera, per plaschair.
Russian Ahd-na pee-vah pah-zha-loosta
Sardinian Una birra, po piaghere
Scots Gaelic Leann, mas e do thoil e
Serbian Yed-no pee-vo, mo-lim
Slovene Eno pivo, prosim
Spanish Una cerveza, por favor
Swedish En öl, tack Ehn irl, tahk
Twi Mame beer baako, mi pawokyew
Turkish Bir bira, lütfen
Welsh Cwrw os gwelwch in dda
Yiddish A beer, zeit a-zoy goot
# posted by 
: 10:04 PM, January 20, 2006
: 10:04 PM, January 20, 2006
Mr.V: Okay, you didn't finish your grading, but I suspect you accomplished other things. Or are you just saying my list is better than yours?
Psycgirl: I admire your reality-based awareness of your course preparation methods. Maybe I should just stop making crazy lists.
Warren: To English ears, the Afrikaaner version sounds like you fling an insult at the bartender: "A beer, asswipe!" Maybe this is how the Boer War started.
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Psycgirl: I admire your reality-based awareness of your course preparation methods. Maybe I should just stop making crazy lists.
Warren: To English ears, the Afrikaaner version sounds like you fling an insult at the bartender: "A beer, asswipe!" Maybe this is how the Boer War started.
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