we had our first group meeting with all eight of us who share the same thesis committee chair today and she was in the middle of explaining the timeline when I saw a hummingbird hovering outside the conference room window and automatically gasped “HUMMINGBIRD!” aloud and then immediately slapped my hands over my mouth in horror as the professor broke off mid-sentence and everyone spun around in their chairs to look
hire me I disrupt important meetings by pointing out birds
copyright law day 1 day ends in watching a clip from A Very Potter Musical
not sure how relevant to museum law this is but I do love this professor
I’m reading a copyright case for my Legal Issues class and they decided to use the weirdest fucking metaphor possible for distinguishing between fair use and copyright infringement:
“The core of copyright’s protective purposes are not much use in […] separating the fair use sheep from the infringing goats in a parody case, since parodies almost invariably copy publicly known, expressive works.”
what the fuck, judge who wrote that.
@pilferingapples yeah, I was being nostalgically charmed but then the word “orbs” was used to describe eyes three times in two chapters
….and then of course there was that unmistakable flavor of internalized misogyny w/r/t background female characters, which is the most unfortunate thing about old-school slash fic. 
coming across fanfic or fanart that was posted recently but is nearly indistinguishable in style from the fic or art styles of 90s era (or even pre-internet) fandom is always so surreal
night class buddies!! they are awful in every way!
god right. solidarity in ‘getting home hungry after 9pm and then not being able to sleep for ages because you can’t stop thinking about school shit’ hell
2 of my three classes end at 9:20. I’ve started just embracing it and like, going grocery shopping at walmart because it empty at 10:00 on a Tuesday night.
I bet u can totally convince them to meet at the bar
oh noooooo holy shit that’s way worse than mine. my condolences, my friend.
night class buddies!! they are awful in every way!
god right. solidarity in ‘getting home hungry after 9pm and then not being able to sleep for ages because you can’t stop thinking about school shit’ hell
A Pretty Taste for Paradox 