WS, excellent comeback. I hope that idiot is suitably embarrassed.

I got a "LOL... No, I just think we aren't getting as much for our money." I.. Huh? What?

And I, too, am enjoying the updates from the jury room, omnis. Thanks for keeping us posted.

I got a "LOL... No, I just think we aren't getting as much for our money." I.. Huh? What?

...that doesn't even freaking make sense.

Maybe we can bring chain gangs back. There are roads and bridges that haven't been worked on in a big way since the sixties because certain people would rather play games with their political base than make things work properly.(That shit makes me crazy, if not full-on "HULK SMASH!" like "Sluts keep your legs closed." "Poor people buying nice food in grocery store," or "Poor people with their damn cable and internet connections" although a truly determined wingnut can weave together a skein of bullshit in which all these patterns are boldly represented.

The judge keeps stopping testimony for breaks, just as the story is flowing. Maybe I've mainstreamed too many shows on Netflix. I wanna get to the end of the story!!

WS, you are awesome! I'm so sorry about what is happening at work.

smonster, I'm sorry about your work stress.

omnis, I hope you have a good day at jury duty.

Someone make me go pack, please? I overdid it doing errands yesterday and somehow still managed to accomplish nothing.

sj, you will be terribly embarrassed if you have to wear the outfit you travel in every day of your trip! Go put some others into some luggage! Shoo!

I need to do errands. Also to work out. ...oh, and do some work, too, since Monday I have a super early flight, and have stuff due that I haven't yet done. Um.

But first I have to share: my project manager is driving us nuts. For so many reasons, but it is fueled by the fact that I know that deep down, she is a stone cold BITCH. See as proof this story, from my coworker, which is the sort of thing that wouldn't even OCCUR to me to do, much less actually DO: So, PM only recently got promoted, until then she was the same job as us. So last year at some point she was at a university location where there's lots of studies going on, for a different project. Because she was also on this project, she knew Coworker J was supposed to be there the same day for our project. It gets to be 9:15 or so, and she doesn't see Coworker J. She's not working with the same people at the site as J is, but sees one of them, and says "Isn't J supposed to be here today?" Person says "Oh, yeah, not sure where she is". Rather than assume "Maybe J is running a few minutes late" or "Maybe person forgot J was flying in this morning and won't be here until 10" or something, she decides she should do something about this. What might be your instinct, if you felt you NEEDED to do something--maybe call J and check? (Which I still think is a bit much--the answer will either be "I'm on my way but late" or "that was when I was planning to get there step off", and very unlikely to be "OMG thank you I slept through my alarm and only you have saved me"). NO. Bitch calls J's MANAGER (not the project manager, which might be a "hey, can you confirm if J is supposed to be here/do you know something") to say "OMG, I'm SO WORRIED, J is NOT HERE YET, can you FIND HER?". Seriously??? So ridiculous (apparently J was just running late and got in a few minutes later). Therefore I know she is a backstabbing bitch and can never trust her.

...I was on a teleconference this morning. She bugs me.

You have my sympathies, meara. Bitch, indeed.

Sorry about the work stresses all! I'm not going to add mine to the list, but they are there too. Why oh why are we required to work for a living. Don't like this deal at all.

Enjoy the administration of justice, o_a.

I am a sick pup. Stupid flying on airplanes sitting next to sick people. The lady next to me went through a bunch of tissues. I should have moved, and really could have, but I didn't know about the empty seats in the back until late in the flight. Now I don't want to spend time with mom because she should be exposed. And I feel guilt over the time I already spent with her before I knew how sick I was. I'm hoping that it is allergies or something. Wah.

I hate that I can't talk about the case!!!

I hate that I can't ask questions of the witnesses!!!

So juror #2 didn't show. Alt juror #2 is now juror #2. An HOUR later, original juror #2 walks in to court and the bailiff escorts him right out. They tried calling, but both numbers were disconnected.

There. Didn't talk about case.