Unexpected perks of getting beat by Ken Jennings

[kellinator]

I was scouting some free food left over from the law school orientation (ongoing, so I should be able to score several free meals -- me, mercenary? Hell yes!) when some law students started walking towards me. One of them said "You were on Jeopardy!"

These two guys had remembered seeing me this summer and thought I was one of Ken's better competitors. We had a nice chat.

Why is this worthy of a post? Because it's the first time in my memory that law students have looked at me with anything even approaching respect.

Comments

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

I'm quite envious. That sounds like a wonderful environment. Enjoy!

(and btw, for future reference, you are exempted from all my law-student rants. :) )

[sallerina.livejournal.com]

it's sad that there's a culture like thst perpetuated at the law school there. i guess the general concept of law school does encourage the kinds of attitudes you've described, and when combined with the stupid and petty way most people just are would create such sad and pretentious obnoxiousness and disrespect and disregard. i know that kind of atmosphere could prevail at times and in certain circles or contexts at the place where i went to undergrad, so maybe it's typical. i just know that where i go, it's not, and so i'm appreciative of that.

besides, i guess it's impossible to be in a bad mood or treat anyone really that badly here, where it's always around an even 75 degrees and sunny and the ocean is 100 yards across the street.