Jury Duty

So I had my first jury summons today.   It was fucking lame.  Did you know - you can get anywhere from $5-$15 a day for being a juror.  Wooooo!  We're in the money now, right?  Fuuuuuck that.

I wasted 4 hours of work which is roughly $45.  Do you know how much court fees are?  Let's put it this way, a DUI will cost you roughly $20k.  None of that money is going to the jury that's for damn sure.  It's going to line the fat wallets of the judges and DAs and Lawyers and so on and so such.

One mistake=years and years of life savings down the drain. 

And they can't even "afford" to pay their jurors a decent wage for taking time out of THEIR lives to listen to a bunch of pissing and moaning about stuff that nobody cares about.

So they dismissed me almost immediately upon reaching the juror's box.  I had been giving everyone the evil eye all damn day and I was so pissed off steam was practically shooting out of my ears.

I'm not at all pleased that our corrupt legal system can just ruin my day whenever they damn well please.

The prosecutor should be glad she dismissed me so promptly, I was going to vote not guilty irregardless of her whiney bantering...

The Frenemy

We all have them; they're a stupendous part of our lives.  A paradox of sorts.  The frenemy, aka, the friend that you don't really want, but you can't tell to go away because that wouldn't be very nice.

I have one.  I think he may very well be slowly ruining my life, but I can't tell him to bugger off because we've been friends for years and years and years.

I recently got him a job working with me at DHS.  I knew he was a pretty loveable person, but I didn't realize it was going to be like how it turned out.  These old ladies practically worship the kid.  And by worship, I mean he could probably be running the place by the end of the month.

The thing is, I have a seasonal job here, he got himself a full time job.  I would like to get a full time job here when one opens up, and there's been quite a bit of speculation that a tech job will be opening up soon.  My friend wants to be a tech.  I stand no chance against him whatsoever.  I've been here longer and don't bullshit around, but he's got the idol worship of every single woman in this building.

It's just not fair...  This is the point when you move far, far away so your "friend" can no longer ruin your life and make you feel so utterly pointless.

Do people love me like they love him?  Absolutely not.

Will they ever?  No.

Do I really care?  Only when it comes to my job, so I guess yes, I absolutely do.

Argh!

Staying Away From the Kardashians

The Kardashians...

Why are these freaks of nature still relevant in today's society?  Who is watching their show enough to keep it from being cancelled?  Who is dumb enough to buy their merchandise?

I mean, just fucking look at them...

It's disgusting.  The mass amounts of collagen and botox inserted into every nook and crany of their ishy bodies is enough to make me want to vomit.

And the money they earn from making complete asses of themselves is confounding!  I mean really!  Wtf? 

But honestly, we're the asses in this situation.  We read about them, watch them on television, and buy their horrible products.  tsk, tsk, tsk

If we ignore them, maybe they'll just disappear.