My new living/dining room!! [link]

Gorgeous Aims! Love the colours.

OMG I feel like this whole weekend was pretty "normal family".

Yay! I hope you have many more days like these ahead.

IO animal news, Darb just walked in to the room, licked my big toe three or four times, and walked back out. Okaay.

Testing for doneness?

All I have to do is tell them my mentally ill brother has been in prison and it's colored my belief in that system as a defacto warehouse for the mentally ill. Pretty sure nobody wants to see me on a jury.

I've been called three times but only ever sat around in the jury lounge waiting to be called. Hated it due to the proximity of Other People and lack of wifi.

Liese, don't freak. Mostly you will be bored. and if you are picked, everyone I know says it was good experience. And if you have doubts about being able to fair, say so. It is a very difficult situation to lie in. But it is also worth noting that no one wants you on a jury if you can be fair. but mostly, you'll be bored .

Oh god, you'll be the woman who let Blagojevich get off!

I mean, um, that's silly. No reason to worry.

I've only been summoned twice, the first time (which wasn't until 2006, I went a long time without any summons at all) I just had to call in and get told I wasn't needed, and the second time was that recent time when I wasn't randomly selected. I figure it's because I used to move frequently and maybe I'll get more summonses now that I am more stationary.

I once served three weeks on a trial.

It was AWESOME. I was working for the bitch from hell and got paid every single day of it. Awe. Some.

summoned once in Manhattan, the month I moved to Queens, so I was no longer eligible to serve. Then called once in Queens, forgot and did not show, but was not called from the pool to even move to selection - Never called again in the next 7 years there. Was never called in New Mexico, or Texas. Would really like to be on a jury.

Ke$ha, however, makes me want to spork my eyes out.

I have loved Tik Tok since seeing the video of Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay doing the Wii dance challenge at ComicCon. Shut up, I can't help it!

Scrappy, ugh. Your poor friend.

Much ~ma to Drew, Pix, and Perkins.

Leie, you might be overthinking this. But I agree with Jesse. If you mention that this is what you are thinking, I bet you'll get dismissed.

holy shit. it's not even 9:00 and I'm tired.

Liese, I actually enjoyed it when I was on a jury for a week a while back. Granted, it was a civil suit and I hated my job so much at that point. So much! But don't stress: bring a book, take it as it comes, and be honest. I think it is easy to get caught up in hypothetical moral dilemmas (and I do sympathize on that front), but odds are that the reality will not be so fraught.

Also, as a certified hater of people, I liked everyone else on my jury. And the judge's clerk would give us candy, so there's that. (If you are put on a jury, you should ask for free candy. Just to see what happens.)