Thursday morning at Osama's homo-bortion-pot-'n'-commie-jizzporium.

[raven]

I got up this morning at half past eight when I didn't have to - apparently today is this week and not next week, who knew? - and am being productive and whatnot and attempting to write an essay on proprietary estoppel. This is going about as well as you might expect. Also, it's Thursday, and I never did get the hang of those.

So. Anyone want a drabble, or to play drabble tag? Or want to post lolcats, or the songs they're into, or fic recs, or ask for fic recs, or tell the world their passing thoughts without the superfluous intermediary of Twitter, or in honour of iamsab's hard candy mixer social, introduce their friends to their other friends? (Or themselves, I'm not fussy.) As your gracious host, I can provide short fics if asked nicely, and recs if asked nicer. The mimosas are on the sideboard, the coffee's in the kitchen. Come in and play, do.

Comments

[marymac.livejournal.com]

Being as I am currently typing up notes for someone on leases, licences and proprietary estoppel, you have all my sympathy. Land Law is weird stuff.

Doing my bit for the social - Bell X1 playing new stuff for the Daytrotter sessions (http://daytrotter.com/article/1609/bell-x1). I haven't actually listened to the other three yet, I have 'How Your Heart Is Wired' (http://daytrotter.com/file_download/2429/BellX1_DaytrotterSession_3.mp3.link) on repeat.

I'm a sucker for Paul Noonan when he settles down and just shows off the writing.

[osymandias.livejournal.com]

I'm sitting looking at a page of code that's refusing to become a larger page of code. Maybe it's just today. I've just listened to something from Mike Oldfield's 'Music of the Spheres', which was quite nice.

I tried using twitter for a while, but never really got the hang of it. Or maybe, never really got the point of it.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I'm not quite sure of the point of Twitter, either - it's like LJ but not as fun, is what I gather.

I think good wishes in the direction of your code. I'm sure it is the sort of code at which I make confused faces, but nevertheless I think good things at it.

[tau_sigma]

Proprietary what?

Also, I discovered something which may (only may) make you feel a little better about the problems of getting a training contract ... a friend of mine knows a guy who wants to be a barrister (he also wants to be a barrister, in fact, but is taking copious postgraduate degrees first), who applied to every place in the country before he got accepted. Law is hard to get into. *hugs* But you'll manage, because you're super awesome.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Estoppel. It is this thing, right, where if you go around telling your neighbour that you love them dearly, from the bottom of your heart, and they can have everything when you die, and they come to your wedding and are godparents to your children, and more to the point stop saving for their retirement because they expect they'll have your estate, and then you die and you have left them £375.50 in your will, they can take your executors to court and have them estopped.

..actually, that's not a bad explanation. That is in fact what proprietary estoppel is.

Also, see, now, I'm pretty crazy, but wannabe barristers, they're really crazy. I have absolutely no idea how they do it.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I like land law very much, but you're right: it's profoundly weird. I only just got the difference between leases and licenses, too. I was Very Proud.

New music! Thank you!

[marymac.livejournal.com]

I think it's the only time I've ever been in a lecture where the words 'Don't think about it too much' get used regularly...

*clings to Victorians*

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Why are you being subjected to the evils of equity, anyhow? Does it have much to do with the Victorians?

[jacinthsong.livejournal.com]

Someday I'm going to get you drunk and get you to say "proprietary estoppel" six times.

[marymac.livejournal.com]

Mostly because I'm notetaking for an second year Law person. Thus I am learning an amazing amount about Property Law, Land Law, and Law of Obligations, in both it's NI and English (and Aussie, oddly enough) forms.

Although, there's a lot of it is Victorian, so I get to look smug and add extra links for my person on Locke and Hegel - you get to Asher v Whitlock yet?

[osymandias.livejournal.com]

http://pics.livejournal.com/osymandias/pic/00003c42/g9

[marymac.livejournal.com]

Tape it!

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I value my tongue. I like it where it is.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

baaaaaby!

[jacinthsong.livejournal.com]

Proprietary estoppel. Proprierary estoppal. Propritystoffel. Properestoffel. Properoperoperfull.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I am ready and willing to be got drunk and made to say stuff.

(story of my life, isn't it.)

[osymandias.livejournal.com]

My code is not confusing. It is the code equivalent of a well-meaning, enthusiastic list of things I have to do, written in the vague hope that this will somehow encourage me to do them.

[marymac.livejournal.com]

It's quite hard to write, too.
*looks at notes*
Scratch that, it's really hard to write.

[stained_glass]

I am frantically trying to finish an essay on Philo of Byblos. GAH. I wish I was bored.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

*thinks good thoughts* Would it cheer you to learn I finally finished Post Captain? I'm making (slow) progres...

[osymandias.livejournal.com]

Are you sure? It's really boring...

[stained_glass]

Ennui > panic. PANIC!!!

[stained_glass]

YES! What did you think of it? *bounces* :D

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

OMG STEPHEN and his LITTLE FACE.

[slasheuse.livejournal.com]

A MEILLEION A THOUSAND three four