My Duty as a Citizen

So I had jury duty on Monday in lovely downtown Santa Ana. I have been lucky in that I have only had jury duty twice and both times at the kick ass Fullerton site so this was interesting for me.

Here is a bullet point list of my observations that I think can allow you, the reader, to get a good feel for my day:

• In order to run us through the process, they had to plug in and boot from the dead a laptop - I was so happy when I saw the OS is Windows 2000
• The guy speaking to us could not pronounce "conservatorship"
• Even better when during the film you know he has seen a million times actually pronounces it correctly
• After lunch roll call was done by one person reading the names to a room of 400 people and we just had to yell out loud - HERE
• The girl taking roll call had a real issue with pronouncing what I would call "white people" names. Never saw that before
• When I got up to get some of the provided reading materials, I set my personal mags on my seat - came back - National Geographic GONE - guy two seats behind me reading it - got that bitch back (and I was nice enough to let the guy finish reading it - I such a nice guy)
• Towards the end of the afternoon - they get everyone together to tell us they have no new information for us
  

There were a couple of good items:

• I was not at work!!!
• Saw the Ronald Reagan Federal Building - that thing is pretty cool.
  

That was my Monday adventure. I did not get on a jury - got called to the room but the parties settled and it was a liability case stemming from an auto accident so I would have been booted by any half decent defense attorney anyways.

GOD BLESS AMERICA

!!!Late Addition!!!

I am at home and heard this song and I love it.

Nothing Left to Lose by Mat Kearney

something’s in the air tonight
the sky's alive with a burning light
you can mark my words something's about to break

and i found myself in a bitter fight
while i've held your hand through the darkest night
don't know where your coming from but your coming soon

to a kid from oregon by way of california
all of this is more than i've ever known or seen

come on and we'll sing, like we were free
push the pedal down watch the world around fly by us
come on and we'll try, one last time
i'm off of the floor one more time to find you

and here we go there's nothing left to choose
and here we go there's nothing left to lose

so i packed my car and headed east
where i felt your fire and a sweet release
there's a fire in these hills thats coming down

and i don't know much but i found you here
and i can not wait another year
don't know where your coming from but you coming soon

to a kid from oregon by way of california
all of this is more than i’ve ever known or seen

come on and we'll sing, like we were free
push the pedal down watch the world around fly by us
come on and we'll try, one last time
i'm off of the floor one more time to find you

and here we go there's nothing left to choose
and here we go there's nothing left to lose

i can still hear the trains out my window
from hobart street to here in nashville
i can still smell the pomegranates grow
and i don't know how hard this wind will blow
or where we'll go

come on and we'll sing, like we were free
push the pedal down watch the world around fly by us
come on and we'll try, one last time
i'm off of the floor one more time to find you

and here we go there's nothing left to choose
and here we go there's nothing left to lose