Stress and Sodomy

The next few weeks are going to be incredibly busy and stressful. I have to have 50 pages of my independent study finished by the 14Th, keep up with the work for my women's studies class - papers and all, work three days a week, study for the stupid LSAT even though I'm not going to law school, and in the midst of it all somehow find time to sleep. However, in spite of everything, I'm also really excited about the upcoming weeks. My awesome professor is giving me an amazing opportunity and letting me present a guest lecture in his Women and Politics class this tuesday. They're starting a section on the law and I'll be discussing the two sodomy/privacy rights cases: Bowers v. Hardwick and Lawrence v. Texas. I had a meeting with my prof today and he was completely nonchalant as to how I'm to handle the entire thing. He is basically giving me the keys to the car so to speak and telling me to ride with the wind - OK I can't drive so that metaphor didn't really work out, but you get my drift. Other than gearing my discussion towards the privacy and legal issues within gay marriage (the next topic) I have full reign. As I was sitting in his office today, I almost wanted him to give me some stringent guidelines - at least that way I would have an outline to follow. I know that I'm just nervous and that letting me prepare a lecture in my own style is great practice for the future, but I still fully expect to stutter through the whole thing, confuse Justice Scalia with Ginsberg, and then throw up on the floor. Ah well, how hard can talking about anal sex with horny college students be really. Yeah, it's going to be REALLY fun summarizing the facts of these two case.