it's a strange day for me today. tomorrow i have this major argument. i've spent all of today, most of yesterday, and much of the plane ride to and from california reading the same cases and arguments over and over again. the idea is to internalize the argument so that when a judge throws a question at me tomorrow i'll be able to immediately lob back an answer that is pre-spun to favor my position. today i mull over every possibility to cut down on the mulling tomorrow. i'll limited to 15 minutes then. mulling is not how i want to spend them.
and so that's what i've been doing; reading and reading and reading. when i'm not reading, i'm speaking. to a casual observer i'm alone in my office and talking to myself. but really i'm arguing my case before an imaginary panel of judges. arguing it over and over again so when the real judges are there, i'll be able to launch into my argument without thinking about it.
but really what i'm doing today is just waiting. waiting until tomorrow morning so i can get this case over with.
in my head tomorrow's argument is starting to mix together with today's election. that's also about waiting. mrs. noz and i voted early this morning before heading off to our respective jobs. when we voted the election felt like an event. after a brutally long campaign period the damn thing was finally here. how exciting! but our small part was done a good 12 hours before the polls close and we can find out who won
so in my office today i'm not just waiting for tomorrow's hearing, i'm also waiting to find out what happens with the election. when i get sick of hearing preparation, i peek at online news sources to see what's happening with the election. there's just not much to see. there's no results, just waiting.
i suppose that's good. nothing to report makes it easier to turn back to my work; reread those briefs, review the cases another time, and once again argue before my imaginary tribunal.
