Well, here I sit, sequestered in a jury room in downtown L.A. doing my good civil service. At this point, I don't know why I didn't just throw the darn thing away since they can't track whether or not you received your notice. I am the type of person that would do something like that and then feel guilty and lose sleep over it. So here I am.
And I should have brought my laptop, but lo and behold, for some reason I didn't, so I am hogging the public computer writing about the many observations I've had thus far.
First, no one is really inclined to talk to each other, get to know each other etc. Everyone pretty much sits in isolation sipping their Starbuck's (at least we have one next door!) and keeping to themselves on their Crackberry's, laptops (alas, some people were wiser than I) and reading.
I am too antsy to read right now. Wouldn't mind doing a yoga pose or two. Would it be strange to bust out a headstand?
I have already combed the room for good looking men. No one really caught my eye, but I haven't looked that hard either. Although, I did catch one guy looking at me as I glanced up from my YogiTimes.
I can feel people staring at me wondering when the hell I am going to get off the computer. I am feeling less than generous today to share.
Note to all potential jury servers: Bring a laptop if you have it. At least in downtown L.A. they have wireless.
I could also use this time to meditate since I woke up late and missed my morning meditation.
I've opted out of that too. I really just want to sit on the internet all day and explore facebook and watch youtube. Isn't this the perfect time for just that? For some reason I feel I have a free pass to not work and engage in mindless activity that I never allow myself to do, even on the weekend. I now see how people distract themselves with such fodder while working a desk job.
I am not even missing my workout today. We'll see how I feel about that if I have to be down here tomorrow. I'll most likely be found running laps around the courthouse.
Posted on
Thu, February 7, 2008
by Jennifer