Saturday Surprise

Saturday after work I had a bit of a surprise waiting for me. And it's not the kind of surprise that you get all goofy and excited over. You know, the type of thing where your sentences are all fast and squished together because you're trying to share the excitement with anyone and everyone as fast as you can. Yeah, totally not that type.

It's the type of surprise that makes you want to hide, or move or have any excuse not to deal with it. It's the worst mail (besides a large credit card bill when you're broke) that could arrive at anytime. It's a jury duty summons.

Sigh.

They finally found me. I received a summons for Santa Barbara County earlier in the year and I was excused since I live over here in the gateway to hell* to attend school. Apparently news got out among the summoners that I haven't had to report for a few years and that they needed to find me and summon me now. Mission accomplished. Well played Kern County Superior Court system, well played.

My potential report date is Tuesday, September 8th. Exactly one week before my fall quarter starts. Hopefully they won't even need me to come in, or if I do have to go in then I'll be excused. I don't need to be selected for duty this close to classes starting, especially when superior court handles the bigger (and most likely longer) cases. We pay for me to go to school, not to just buy the expensive text books.

Hopefully this photo will be the closest I get to the juror box**:


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* I have discovered that B-field is the gateway to hell by simple observation. As everyone and their mother knows, B-field gets hot in the summer. So hot that the temperature reaches (and often exceeds) 113.4 degrees. In fact, the high temp one day was 113.4. And this, as we all know from making words on our calculators, spells "hell" when viewed upside down. Mystery solved.

** Not that I'd mind terribly if I did have to serve in the future, I'd just prefer not to during the school year.

Friday Night Is Awesome Again

I just found this video and I love it. Probably because it's of my favorite show ever, but mainly because it's a great promo clip. No you're right, it's all because it's of Psych. Do you watch it yet/already? If your answer is no, get on that! Seriously, it's great.

Psych at San Diego Comic Con!
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Seriously. Amazing.
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Back To Work

Thursday I finally went back to work after my back issues. I got a doctor's note clearing me on Monday but still didn't have anything scheduled until today. I was planning on going to the dollar theater to see Night at the Museum 2 (I really want to see it, the previews were great) but I got a call from one of my coworkers asking me to take her shift that evening. I didn't think twice before I told her I'd be happy to. Night at the Museum could wait, adding funds to my next practically non-existent paycheck couldn't.

I now plan to go see the movie on Tuesday. This way I can pay half price, $1! And of course I'll be filling my Mary Poppins bag with snacks and something to drink. I have always had a big purse available for trips to the movies, I could not imagine sneaking goodies in any other way. Poor guys, just another reason why being a lady is cooler. Hehe.



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I <3 Txt

Nothing is better than a good long phone call but sometimes the random text messages that show up makes my day. Take for example this gem from my mom:

OMG!!! Rascal just saved my life! Killer leaf in the backyard, I swear it was making it's way to the door! We're both ok.

This is why cats are such good pets. Who needs a guard dog?

Then there is this one from my dad:

The other night I thought I was seeing things, I decided I was crazy. Well I am not! I just found a blue belly lizard listening to music with me. Have fun. Love dad :-D

I asked him if he was listening to bluegrass...

Finally there is the one from Jas:

Bradley Cooper is HOT!!!

No argument here, he is deserving of those three exclamation points.



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What Happened to Comedy?

On my Yahoo homepage there was a link to a slide show of the "funniest people working in the movies". Since I love movies, and especially comedies, I thought that I'd check out the list. I wasn't surprised to see certain names on there (Judd Apatow is huge now, though I'm not a fan of his films) but overall I don't find the list a very funny group. Sure Kristen Wiig has been in some good SNL (considering the new standard of "good" for SNL) skits, but she is always some variation of the same character. Funny the first time, not so much every time after that. Same story for many other people on that list. Cough, Will Ferrell, cough. It's my opinion, no need to throw tomatoes.



And apparently women aren't nearly as funny as men. There are only four comediennes on the list. Maybe that's because the majority of the comedians on the list are "funny" because of penis jokes. I'm no prude but since when did crass become the only thing that is hilarious? How about witty remarks and outrageous situations? Even good innuendos or double entendres are used less, like it's too much work to be clever so the solution is to be lazy and just say the most outrageous and shocking thing that comes to mind. I'm so sick of comedies being rated "R", like that makes them better. Rant over. I'm going to go watch a classic comedy.
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In case you were wondering, I think nine of the twenty-five people on that list are funny. And I would likely see a movie based on the actor for six of those nine.