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May 13, 2005
But I didn't go to class, professor... The Unresponsive Secretary, Take 2... The Apprentice, Nightline, and Star Wars...
I just found out that for my final law school exam EVER (this upcoming Tuesday), the teacher is only going to test us on material that was actually discussed in class. That seems patently unfair to those of us who never attended class, don't you think. ;-) Thank goodness I saved my pass/fail option for this particular course. (That basically means that as long as I indicate that I have a pulse AND can write in broken English or better AND have some absolute remedial sense of the subject, thanks to the incredibly forgiving curve at my school, I should be able to secure at least a C, which will show up on my transcript as a "P.") With that stated, I still need to learn a ton of material this weekend because I don't know anything about this course at the moment. I can't even describe what the course is about. (I'm not kidding.)
In other news, the unresponsive secretary has remained true to form and remained completely unresponsive to my needs. (Wow, the way I worded that makes me think we should go on Dr. Phil together.) I don't know about you, but whenever someone disses me, I always wonder, "Is it just me, or is this person like this with everyone?" Tonight, I found out that it isn't just me. I have a friend who happened to serve as a research assistant for Professor Z (recall that he is writing letters of recommendation on my behalf, but I can't ever figure out what's going on because his secretary won't ever reply to my inquiries). My friend just informed me that despite months of working for Professor Z and months of trying to contact Professor Z's secretary, my friend has NEVER received a reply from the unresponsive secretary. In fact, my friend could never find the unresponsive secretary at her desk, nor ever reach her via phone. Unsurprisingly, the secretary did not reply to any of my friend's emails either. It's one thing not to respond to my requests - I'm a student for whom the professor is doing a favor. My friend, on the other hand, worked for the damn professor! You would think his secretary would be a little more diligent about responding to my friend's needs. My school has several awards each year such as "Professor of the Year" & "Administrator of the Year." I think there's a "Staff Member of the Year" award as well, but am not positive about this. (I AM positive that the unresponsive secretary has never won such an award if the award actually exists because if she had won such an award, the Earth would literally have stopped rotating and we would all be dead -- i.e., the end of the world would have arrived.) Given the school's desire to recognize those who excel at their jobs, I'm going to suggest an equally relevant, yet less prestigious award: "The WORST Staff Member of the Year." Usually the school doesn't allow repeat winners in any particular category, but the unresponsive secretary would probably amass the greatest streak in award presentation history. "And for the seventeenth consecutive year, the 'Worst Staff Member of the Year' award goes to Unresponsive Secretary!"
Legitimate question: if you are the thinking fool, do you tell the professor that his secretary is completely irresponsive? I don't think I will, but is it possible that Professor Z doesn't know?
If Kendra doesn't become Donald Trump's next apprentice after Tana's horrific performance on Thursday's show, something is fishy.
If you don't watch ABC's Nightline, give it a chance. TIVO started recording it for me recently, and I'm surprised at the quality of the show.
Finally, since the Republicans really don't seem to believe in limited government at this stage in the game (see, e.g., the Terry Schiavo fiasco and the out of control budget), I suggest that congress immediately pass federal legislation making it a capital offense to wait in line outside a theater for more than 24 hours to see the next Star Wars film. Look, I want to see it too, but these morons who camp out for days or weeks treat the initial showing of this movie as if it's the only time they'll ever be able to see the film. Trust me, it's not going anywhere. Perhaps the death penalty for this particular activity is a bit harsh. However, as a nation, if we want to continue to prosper, we absolutely should prohibit these people from reproducing. (I'm dead serious about that.)
Comments
Fool: You are a total T-Mook as far as I'm concerned. However, I must give you snaps for your read on Kendra... Tana was a complete and total train wreck, there are law students who could do a better job at that event than she did. She basically told Pataki to go fuck himself in multiple ways. One thing I must note, however, is that the task she got was exponentially more difficult than putting together a freaking video game tournament. The NYC 2012 event had a ton of VIPs and just a lot of different things to keep in mind; running a video game tournament is closely akin to making a frozen pizza. Still, though, I mean Tana's top skill is "Bedazzler Use", and I just can't see Maha Trumpy giving her the keys to a multi-million dollar outfit. She's a bit of Wab. This has been, by far, the worst Apprentice cast ever. The last four people (Kendra, Craig, Tana, and that guy who lied about how many losses he had) have had very little going for them, unlike past superstars like the winners Bill and Kelly, runners-up Kwame and Jennifer (associate at Clifford Chance, very impressive indeed), and even some of the also-rans, such as the woman who was banging Nick on Apprentice #1 (she was cut in the round of four) and ball breaker Pamela (2nd season) who was very formidable but got bounced for being too mean, etc. I think there's a very good chance that this year's show ends in a scoreless tie.
Posted by: N-No at May 15, 2005 10:04 PM
And a "T-Mook" is what exactly? :-)
Posted by: Fool at May 19, 2005 09:30 AM
