The triumphant return
Sep. 17th, 2009 10:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I had a layover in Minneapolis, but I didn't see Larry Craig.
The plane from Amsterdam to Minneapolis had individual video screens with video on demand. Despite there being about 60 different movies available, the only one I actually wanted to watch was "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". (I watched it. It was okay, but I think I've now seen enough '80s teen movies for a lifetime. If I feel the need to watch another, I'll just watch "Heathers" again.) I watched the first few minutes each of "State of Play", "Lol" (not kidding), "The Uninvited", and "Two Lovers", all of which seemed crap, before settling on "April Bride" as a second movie. It wasn't bad, but the plane landed about halfway through.
There were also games. There was a trivia game where you could play against other people on the same flight, and it also had an all-time hall of fame with people listed by their seat number and flight number.
Having shown my passport once in Portland, twice in Amsterdam, four times in Bristol, twice in Edinburgh, and once in Minneapolis, I didn't get my gender contested once. So that's good (I guess). This might have been the last time I fly out of or into the US, given recent policy changes.
Now I'm sick, so the quest for a thesis topic will have to wait at least one more day.
The plane from Amsterdam to Minneapolis had individual video screens with video on demand. Despite there being about 60 different movies available, the only one I actually wanted to watch was "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". (I watched it. It was okay, but I think I've now seen enough '80s teen movies for a lifetime. If I feel the need to watch another, I'll just watch "Heathers" again.) I watched the first few minutes each of "State of Play", "Lol" (not kidding), "The Uninvited", and "Two Lovers", all of which seemed crap, before settling on "April Bride" as a second movie. It wasn't bad, but the plane landed about halfway through.
There were also games. There was a trivia game where you could play against other people on the same flight, and it also had an all-time hall of fame with people listed by their seat number and flight number.
Having shown my passport once in Portland, twice in Amsterdam, four times in Bristol, twice in Edinburgh, and once in Minneapolis, I didn't get my gender contested once. So that's good (I guess). This might have been the last time I fly out of or into the US, given recent policy changes.
Now I'm sick, so the quest for a thesis topic will have to wait at least one more day.
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received a notice requiring you to appear for jury duty
12 (92.3%)
evaded a jury duty notice
2 (15.4%)
shown up to serve for jury duty
8 (61.5%)
been questioned as a potential juror
6 (46.2%)
been selected as a juror
1 (7.7%)
been selected as an alternate juror
0 (0.0%)
served on a jury
1 (7.7%)
served on a grand jury
0 (0.0%)
served on a jury more than once
0 (0.0%)
been excused from jury duty for being a student
3 (23.1%)
been excused from jury duty based on your job
1 (7.7%)
been excused from jury duty based on your political views
0 (0.0%)
been excused from jury duty based on anything else
5 (38.5%)
something else you'd like to talk about
4 (30.8%)
(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 06:01 pm (UTC)Last one arrived to Turkey 3 months later than the actual duty was due, about 5 months after I graduated.
ROFL
(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 06:06 pm (UTC)I think the poll pretty much applies to Canadians too, but you can't get a jury trial in Canada unless you're accused of something really serious, so the odds of anyone having been selected are pretty low. WE HAVE NO FREEDOMS HERE
(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 06:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 08:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 06:28 pm (UTC)The ridiculous thing is I'd like to go. In grad school it would have been a welcome alternative to regular life, and here we get jury duty pay, so I wouldn't suffer for doing it; I do believe it's an important part of the civic process; and although I think the chances of me ever making it onto a jury duty are extra-slim to none (I had prelims covering group dynamics, for goodness sake), I like the idea of having the opportunity to interrupt groupthink, stop someone from getting railroaded, etc. But it refuses to happen, even as everyone around me gets summoned.
(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 07:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 07:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 08:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 08:21 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 08:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 08:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-17 07:58 pm (UTC)The reason I was excused from the jury was becuase I had a wedding to attend.
(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-18 05:28 am (UTC)I've never once shown up for jury duty when summoned.
I've been excused a couple of times, but the others were just plain no-shows.
I probably have a silly warrant out for my arrest. Severe social phobia. I has it. If they ever come for me I will probably pursue the disability excuse even though I am not yet certified disabled by the SSA. But they know shit about what being disabled really consists of.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.