day 2 in court

some random thoughts on today, in no particular order:

a. the miller lite pj guy was back. in the same pants.

b. jury duty isn't so much fun the second day. especially when you have to work for five hours before going to the courthouse. two jobs is a bad idea. stress made me eat a bag of peanut m&ms.

c. we all had to answer a series of questions today so the lawyers could determine if we were unbiased enough to be a fair jury. this led to all sorts of revelations including but not limited to:
- a middle aged chinese nightclub owner who claimed to have been kidnapped, shot at and abandoned
- a ton of people claiming that they're completely opposed to drinking and driving ... but only a few people said they don't drink at all. you'd think if they were that anti, they wouldn't drink.
- one potential juror (not sure how old but definitely younger than me) raised his hand for the question about drunk driving's effect on immediate family. when the judge asked him to elaborate he said in 1997 his family's car was hit by a drunk driver -- he broke his leg, his sister broke her arm and leg, and both his parents died. um, yeah...can we just let that kid go home NOW? he shouldn't even have to enter a courtroom for a drunk driving case ever in his life.

d. the guy next to me burps a lot. ew.

e. about 3/5 of the potential jury works in "entertainment." ahh, los angeles.

f. seeing a random cross-section of the population like this and hearing all their experiences reminded me a lot of the movie crash. it's so crazy what people have been through.

g. going back tomorrow to finish selection. i'm sort of hoping that i don't get picked for the case at this point.