does anyone have a good excuse to get out of jury duty?

i can't use the "No hablo ingles" excuse for obvious reasons. my mom tried that and it didn't work, even though she could only speak and understand about twenty words in the english language. apparently, that's good enough to serve as a potential juror in SF. i boiled down the SF standard to this: live & breathing + 20 english words = SF juror. the justice system at its best.

oh, my get-out-of-jury-duty...

sanfranciscoNH

So I've really been making it a point to utilize the gym where I live. I try to go kind of early in the morning so that I know people won't be there with their kids, which is against the rules anyway.

This one guy keeps coming back who smells like a combination of Fritos and old shoes. To ventilate the room, it's polite and common practice to either open a window or open the back door. Most people choose the door option. This man does neither. He just gets on the exercise bike...

BajenBaby

I've been a little annoyed lately with dining out with my friends. Somehow, I always get stiffed with the tab. "Oh, you make a lot of money. It's on you!" Or, they make me feel obligated to absorb a larger chunk of the bill, even though my meals tend to be the cheapest cuz I don't each much, relatively speaking (they think my philosophy of eating things in moderation is equivalent to malnourishment).

Anyway, my response: My take-home pay is not that much and I...

sanfranciscoNH

I feel accomplished. I helped my friend move her bedroom furniture down into her basement (where she is going to be sleeping and "living") and it was fun. I really liked how she had all of those candles set up and lit down there. It's nice to do things with her on my days off, it makes things much more fun. Other than that, there's nothing else left to say except I feel like crap right now. I wish I didn't, because I hadn't felt like this earlier. *sigh* Anyways,...

Rukana

I felt it today... that tingling of the mind brought forth by a combination of fear toward the unknown and the thrill toward discovery. It is a sensation that signals I am in fact pushing at the boundary of my comfort zone and walking on the razor's edge.

One more week until my Rainier climb. Just one more week to go before crampons, ice axes and the freedom of the hills!

WindStrider

Have you ever had the feeling you put more into your job than you get out of it?

Today, I suddenly realized I work way too hard where I work. I work for State Farm, though my title is kinda sketchy. Well actually I don't work for State Farm, I work for a Temp company, but I work in the headquarters. Yeah...its confusing. Anyway, to my point...I have been slaving away there for three months, and been passed up on promotions 4 times now. Now it wouldn't bother me being passed up if...

sabercat

it gets harder and harder every day to do things i used to do with him on my own sometimes i feel like burstin in tears and the next im laughing im very confused......when i was with him i hated it i was always being put down told i was ugly and fat and that no one would ever want me and thing is after so many years i actually started to believe everything he said.......and now that im gone i feel lost....sometimes i wake up feeling like i can take on the world and then the next i want to crawl...

lilliana23

Well, my house is haunted, and I mean that. Mostly places that I've lived have had some sort of activity. Actually, I think all places are haunted, it's just that some people are more sensitive than others to other spirits.

The last place I lived in was really starting to creep me out. During the first year I heard someone call out the name "Lisa" and no it wasn't a neighbor, or the television. It was a stray, labored voice. During the second year, an apparition appeared...

BajenBaby