Okay, so I’ve been a bit negligent of this blog lately. This is due, in part, to my recently being drafted into service by the US court system. Yes, it’s that dreaded, slavering sarlaac* from which non can escape…JURY DUTY!
Grand Jury Duty to be exact, which basically involves seeing a whole bunch of cases presented by prosecutors, and voting on whether to indict the suspect or not. This has advantages, in that there’s a bit of variety. The disadvantage is that I’m required to serve for a term of 2 weeks straight, from 9-5 every day! Fun. I have several little complaints to put forward about this system, and…maybe a story or two to share (minus the case details, of course), but I’m just not up to it now. Something about sitting in a courtroom for 8 hours really sucks the life out of me. I can’t seem to concentrate hard enough to actually write anything lucid, as this entry attests.
Just wanted to check in and update readers that were interested in where I had been for the last few days. I’ll try to sit down and write in a bit more detail this weekend.
*Special “Film Geek Gold Star” to people understanding this reference!
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Pete actually applauded the fact that you have jury duty on Tuesday. He was that relieved that he wouldn’t have to deal with you.
Oh, and “secret” Star Wars references are not that hard to figure out. You’d be better off talking about your time and space traveling phonebox or how your apartment is crawling with Nanites.
In my defense, the reference you quote as being “secret” was, in fact, never described as such. I believe the word was “special,” which I think describes it accurately. Frankly, the metaphor came first, and my deciding to ask if anyone would get the reference came second. I’m also considering my audience…believe me, Dr. Who and MST3k references would fall on very deaf ears.
Did you get a duty-to-do card?
[robot voice]Duty-to-do!