Meiszus's Musings

Although I should really be working on my moot court brief which is due Wednesday at 4:00 pm, I thought I would take a few minutes to do another post, an airing of grievances.

1. I hate when I spend several hours (time I could have been working on my moot court brief) at work researching an issue for an hearing, only to have the judge request a conference call the day before the scheduled hearing, and inform the attorney that the hearing has been postponed more than two months (April 29). It just would have been nice to not spend much of my weekend work time researching for a memo instead of researching for a brief.

2. I hate the parking personnel at the U. Luckily this year I have had no problems with them because I take the bus every day, but it doesn’t change my hatred for them. In fact, I hate them so much that I look for ways to piss them off. For example, yesterday, on my way back into the law school I was passing the pay stalls and happened to see that one of the meters had run out, and I also saw a parking Nazi heading in that direction. So what did I do? I dropped a quarter into the meter, much to the chagrin of the biking meter maid. Obviously had it been my car it would not have been an issue, but when he saw me keep walking he asked, “Is that your car?” Happily I replied that it was not. He said, “You can’t put money in other people’s meters.” I have had a similar experience with numerous of these losers, and none of them have ever had the answer to my question of “why not?” Nothing was different today, and I continued on my way, much happier knowing that he would have to wait, or come back 20 minutes later.

3. I hate law professors who give you no indication of the format of the exam until two months into the semester when they drop a hint that the exam will be completely closed book/outline and you will be expected to know the procedural history and detailed doctrinal analysis of the topic of the course.

4. I hate that the U has not beat BYU in football or basketball in two years.

5. I hate that my weekend will be ruined by having to be at school writing my brief, while my partner finished her brief a week and a half ago. Now, I have no problem with my partner, I just wish I was that motivated.

6. I hate taxes and am not looking forward to doing the paperwork.

Don't get me wrong, I love a great game, and three lead changes in the fourth quarter qualify this as a great game, but I would have liked four lead changes. I'm not a big Pats fan, but I do like them, and I hate the Giants. Here is why I am so disappointed with the outcome of Super Bowl XLII:

• I would have loved to see history made. Yeah brothers played in, won and were named MVPs of consecutive Super Bowls, which is history, but I am talking 19-0. An undefeated season in an era of free agency and salary caps, that would have been a real accomplishment. As for those of you who didn't want the Pats to get the undefeated season, there is simply one reason for this...jealousy. You are just jealous that your team didn't have a chance.
• I don't really care for Bill Belichick (come on you are a professional coach, dress like one) but I don't hate him like I do Tom Coughlin. He is a jackass that even his own players hate.
• Good for Eli, but why should I show him any love when he didn't show me any during fantasy football. It wasn't until I gave up hope on Eli and benched him that I finally started winning games and made the playoffs. I don't feel bad for Eli having to play in the shadow of big brother Peyton. Everyone is always saying how much better Peyton is and how Eli will never compare, well congratulations Eli, you won a Super Bowl. That is as close to the accomplishments of your brother that you will ever get.
• Tom Brady deserved the win. Well not based on his performance from last night, which really is all that matters, but he demolished the league and numerous records in the process. If the Pats were to end the season with one loss I would have preferred it during the regular season.
• On a side note, the commercials sucked!
• Why, you may be asking yourself, do I like the Pats. Well, Amanda and I discussed this last night, and I came to a realization that my fondness for the Pats and my hatred of the Giants both stem from my love for the Niners.
• First of all, my hatred of the Giants began one Sunday afternoon in 1991. LT (the original, although I like the new one better, he doesn't seem to do as much cocaine) came around the corner and blindsided Joe Montana, injuring him. As a result of the fact that the Niners were winning the game (and it looked like going to their third Super Bowl in a row) Steve Young was instructed to hand the ball off to one of the most reliable running backs in history, the reason I love the Niners, Roger Craig. Wouldn't you know it, Roger caughs the ball up and the Giants end up winning the game on a last second fieldgoal, 15-13. Thus began my hatred.
• As for the Pats, it is not so direct, but it is much shorter. In 2002 the Pats played the St. Louis Rams in the Super Bowl. The Rams are in the same division as the Niners, so I wanted the underdog team to defeat the team from the Niners' division.

Anyway, it was a great game, but I didn't care for the outcome.