sometimes i really love this world of ours

because i don't have enough RL crap going on right now, i got called for jury duty last week. =\ i had one hour left of sitting there before they would dismiss us for the day and mark our duty as served when my name was called. up to the courtroom i went with about 30 other folks. wah. but all was not lost, after all, i'm friends with a prosecutor for the DA's office in orange county, my best friend's father is a police captain, one of my closest friends has been a police officer for nearly 15 years! surely, they would not want me on this criminal trial. OH HOW WRONG I WAS. at least half the people in the jury box had friends in law enforcement. far too many hours later, several of my fellow jury contenders had been dismissed. i, my friends, was not. WAH. so lucky me gets to return on monday. i realize the importance of serving, i do, and i'm sure it will be a new and interesting experience, but the timing right now - it just blows. alas.

BETTER THINGS: ORC 2007 = JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. :D

( wow, that got long. )

it's okay that i wasn't there, it's okay that i wasn't there...

+ giiiiiiip!! look what strawberryelfsp made for me! o.m.g. for reals. guuuuuuhhhhhh.

+ my two new favorite shows as of late are gordon ramsay's the f word and robin hood, the series. hooray for bbca & tivo.

+ last week at work i was frequently working with a customer's file. the last name on that file? constanzo. which is close enough to costanza that *every* time i saw the name i'd hum to myself: cuhhhSTANza. my brother, who loves seinfeld, had no idea what i was talking about. this was in an episode, was in not? it's burned into my brain, i tell ya. cuuuuhSTANza. as in, byyyy MENnon.

+ things my mother says that will never not be funny:
"who wants to toss my salad?"
"your dad puts his nuts in there."
"honey, can you come here? i need to adjust your meat."
"would you like to toss my salad?"
no, mom. i'd really rather not. ;)

+ will attempt mad LJ catch-up this week. apologies for forthcoming comment bombing.