Today is indeed a strange one. I didn't sleep well and I'm still in a strange limbo with too many things to do. I had to report for fucking jury duty this morning, and I always get picked. You know what they say: the curse of the highly competent (or intelligent) is perpetual servitude, and this is true. There are moments when being highly educated, reasonable, and mature do not pay off and that is when you are put into a room of randomly selected members of your so-called community in a county that contains an overwhelming percentage of mobile home parks. You get the idea. I kept trying to come up with ways in which I could easily contradict my normal pattern of needing to be viewed as smart and capable. I wore sweats and a scowl and insisted on doing a crossword puzzle even when I was asked to pay attention. When I was put in the jury box and interrogated about my irritation, I stated simply that I didn't care to be here and had too many pressing matters to possibly be interested in some petty theft case. I remained intractable, and after rolling his eyes, the judge dismissed me - in short - for being a total selfish bitch. Ha.
Had I been aware that openly being such a bitch would have remarkable payoffs, I would have done it much sooner in my life.
I left the courtroom with everyone glaring at me and all I could think was "so long, suckas" as I skipped all the way to the car. I'm sure I now owe a karmic debt, but at least I'm aware of the fact.
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I would not like you if you were a total bitch. =( ONLY for last resort cases. Like Jury Duty.
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