fol·ly [fol-ee] –noun 1. the state or quality of being foolish. 2. a foolish action, practice, idea, etc.; absurdity. 3. a costly and foolish undertaking; unwise investment or expenditure.
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Fordham Follies.
March 26 & 27.
Featuring the braying musical talents of moi!
The photo above is from today’s “Rami Day” rehearsal with our music director/conductor/one-man-band. If you’re a non-student bloggy friend and want tickets, I’ll make arrangements closer to curtain time. But with an open bar, you won’t need to be a Fordham Law student to get the jokes. Okay, that’s not true, many of the gags will make no sense to the uninitiated, but we sparkle! (In a gay musical theater way, not in a crappy Stephanie Meyers vampire way.)
Since I try to do my distance runs on the weekend, I decided this morning to set out southward and see how far I could go. I ended up at the western edge of Battery Park staring at the Statue of Liberty before turning around. The GPS on my phone was experiencing a hiccup, though, so I couldn’t track my mileage live time. When I got home and checked it against the map, I jogged between 11 3/4 and 12 miles in just under 2 hours. The last 20 blocks were very rough, but I did it. This means that I could easily reach my half-marathon goal (13ish miles in 3 hours) even if I had to limp and crawl the last mile.
I’m not having the same success in making progress on my appellate brief. Even though the first (of two) issues is based on a previous assignment and our professor doesn’t think we need to do any new research on the issue, she changed enough facts in the new problem that I’m researching every proposition for law that better fits the facts of the case. This means I write at the pace of a paragraph per hour. It’s going to be a long week (the assignment is due in 9 days).
Holy crap. Great job on the running. That’s very impressive. The paper. Ugh. I’m way too lazy to be a law student. Good luck. Hope your show is a smashing success.
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I’m not much a runner, so hats off for that. The appellate brief sounds torturous. Not sure I can catch your show but hope you are having fun.
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RAMI DAY?! Does that involve fashion designer Rami Kashou? Love him!
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Jere Keys Reply:
February 22nd, 2010 at 7:43 am
Yes, of course it does. That is the obvious and logical conclusion.
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If I were in NY, I would definitely come see you sparkle. Will you be recording some of it to post?
Running and papers (briefs) – better you than me.
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Singing in public, running 12 miles and writing legal briefs…three things I am totally incapable for doing. So, damn good job Jere, I say!
And I wish I was in NYC cause I’d love to see you sparkle! Well, not that you didn’t sparkle the first time (feat.channeling Lil Kim’s rap), but to see you sparkle on stage!
HUGS…
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I hate Stephanie Meyers, but LOVE the Statue of Liberty! Pretty!
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Jere Keys Reply:
February 22nd, 2010 at 7:52 am
Pretty? Thanks to Glenn Beck, I now know that she’s really saying a great big “fuck you!” to Europe and stands for ultra-Conservative xenophobia.
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josh Reply:
February 22nd, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Not sure I know who that is, but he has a scary voice! Why so serial, Mr. Beck?!
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