January 22, 2008

• And I Am Telling You, I’m Not Going…

  …to jury duty tomorrow that is.  (Remember, I postponed it from New Year’s Eve!)  Even though I’m “on call” this week, I phoned 1-800-SRV-JURY today and found out that I don’t need to be there tomorrow!  Let’s hope I dodge that bullet all week.  If not, I found this great guide to jury duty in LA today:

  An unwritten rule about blogging is that if you’re called to jury service, you’re required to write about it.

  1. Show up late. The summons tells you to arrive at 7:30am,
  and to even allow enough time to get through security. However, they
  don’t really start checking names until at least 8:30am. So, sleep in,
  and grab McGriddle before schlepping it to the Court House.

  2. Bring a book, an iPod, a pad of paper, and if you’re bringing a computer, bring an extra battery.
  If you’re not assigned a jury pool, you could be in the holding room
  until 5:00pm, where there’s no wireless internet access (WHAT????!!!!!  WTF??) and only a
  handful of power outlets.

  3. Dress Appropriately. When you receive your summons in the mail, scan your juror i.d. badge and make it into a t-shirt.
  Show that you’re proud to serve on a jury! If you want to be a little more subtle and avoid possible
  contempt charges by a less humorous judge, you can make a golf shirt instead.

  

  4. Be careful what you buy. If you grab a grande vanilla
  peppermint latte from the Starbucks just outside the jury holding
  room, be advised that if you’re assigned to a jury pool, you may have
  to toss it before even sipping off the foam. That said, you may just
  want to bring a thermos so you don’t have to ditch your $3.90 when the
  judge is ready to see you.

  5. Don’t want to serve? Shut the f up! When the judge asks if there’s a reason you can’t
  serve, don’t think your time is more valuable that anyone else’s, even
  if you’re a doctor, teacher, student, or have a vacation lined up. The
  judge won’t care, and, frankly, its your civic duty. If you only want
  poor people with a bad education to serve on a jury, then I look
  forward to seeing what the verdict will be the next time you’re falsely
  accused of a crime or have to sue someone who may need some suing.
  (5000! wrote more about these people last year).

  

  And in case you didn’t figure it out…I watched Dreamgirls again this weekend, for the first time since last year.  I loved it even more the second time.  How can you not love this??:

  
  Bumper Sticker of the day

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