Mal ,'Jaynestown'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
And that is why I didn't want to watch the movie, and why I stopped watching Mad Men after 2 episodes.
I might have jury duty this afternoon. Cross your fingers that they let me read! (Last time I had jury duty I made it all the way to voir dire and they didn't let you read while you waited in the courtroom...)
At least on Mad Men you don't have to be inside their heads, and you can see the pretty clothes!
I got frowned at for reading last time
There was a tv blaring soaps and three separate conversations at competing volume last time I had to await jury selection. One of the people also waiting was a state cop. He walked by the coatroom and saw me tucked away there in semi-silence, reading, and flashed me a grin.
Ha! Impatient kitty is impatient!
And that is why I didn't want to watch the movie, and why I stopped watching Mad Men after 2 episodes.
Me too. I reserve whatever nostalgia I have for that era for penny candy and trick-or-treating without adult supervision.
DeKalb County library stocks the jury waiting area with a pretty wide variety of books that you can return to any library branch. I was impressed. No one seemed to mind reading during voir dire, although the judge was irritated when he thought one guy was texting. He was playing a game, though, and they let him continue with an admonition of pay attention.
they let him continue with an admonition of pay attention
They consider people more likely to pay attention while reading than while texting? If the book was good, I wouldn't even be aware of what room I was in.
They consider people more likely to pay attention while reading than while texting?
I parsed it as more likely to pay attention while reading than playing a game. It would depend on the game, really.
ita deciphered my mangled prose. I think the main concern was texting, since you're not supposed to communicate with the outside world, but the judge felt he had to throw in some kind of admonition.