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Monday, January 05, 2004 Today I am feeling: pissed 
Books I am reading: Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World Verilyn Flieger Soul Stories Gary Zukav A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula LeGuin Games I am playing: Neverwinter Nights Monopoly Tycoon I got a Jury Summons today in the mail. For those of you who don't know how it works in California, here goes: You get this stupid little form that you fill out by answering questions, then you MUST call a "registration" number or you CANNOT be excused, or whatever. Anyway, there are a few valid excuses like being ill or no transportation or need to care for sick person, or really really poor, and you can get a postponement for, among other things, being a fulltime student. So I, being a fulltime student figured cool, so I call the number, and go through the voicemail system, and find that, being a fulltime student, the maximum deferral I can get is 90 days. Ninety days! Hmmm ... lemme see, most school semesters are at least 4 months, sometimes 5 months, and 90 days is uhm ... lemme see 3 months. Yeah, that makes sense. So, I'm thinking, shit, should I reschedule 90 days from my original date (which is February 17), or do I just keep the original date or do I, fool of fools, postpone the full 90 days until May 17th which would put me smack dab in the middle of finals week. Hmmm ... lemme see, yeah that sounds good. Heh. Actually, my only "valid" choice in my opinion was to do it during Spring Break in April. I hope all I have to do is call in and they don't need me (which is usually what happens) rather than having to go down there, because, believe me, if I have to go down there they will regret it because I will make it known to anyone there that this 90 day maximum postponement for students is bullcrap, because, had they given me the option to defer longer, I could have easily served for an entire three months, but no, they want me to blow off an entire semester's worth of work not to mention thousands of dollars in fees/supplies and possible permanent damage to my grades, just because their damn phone system can't count past 90. Hey, do ya think if I went ballistic in a court house they'd grant me a permanent excuse from Jury Duty? Hehee. If not, I might just have to think of other alternatives, like showing that I know how "the system" works, and showing that, being a college student, I am capable of critical thought, a big bad red flag for attorneys picking juries. (Which, when you think about it, is sad, they actually prefer people who cannot think to those who can critically analyze the evidence and come to a fair conclusion.) Anyway, enough ranting, but this new "call in" system they have in California blows compared to the old "whine at the window" system they had before for getting excused or postponed from service. Oh well, I guess I should be thankful that in this great, near-bankrupt state, they pay jurors a whopping $15/day for their time. And to think in the good old days they only paid $5/day. Oh well, my own opinion of the whole "jury of one's peers" thing is that it's horrifically faulty, and it all comes down to money and gullibility, if you got enough money or the jury has enough gullibility, you're free, if you're short then welcome to hell, baby.
[ 12:32:00 PM ]
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