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Thank You Your Honor

Well, I got released from service. Turns out it was a murder trial. Considering where I work, I knew I wouldn’t get selected. However, it would have been nice to have the option to leave upfront vs waiting 4 hours just to get kicked to the curb.

I was excited and really wanted to do it. I tend to be very fair-minded and think I could have made an honest unbiased choice. It is not my job to decide guilt or innocence or even determine if you were involved. I simply decide which service you need and how fast you need’em. Not really a conflict in that regard. The conflict comes in because I have access to secure confidential databases of the criminal variety. Ok, I can agree w/that. It still would have been nice to do it. Unlike a lot of folks, I feel it is my civic duty as a citizen to go for jury service. I’m fortunate in that I wouldn’t have lost any income. Not everyone can say that, so no judgments. (pun intended)

Besides waiting and waiting and waiting, the overall process was simple. Show up, pool into a room, get randomly selected from a list for different depts (courts) and then off you go. I just so happened to get the month long murder trial. Since this was only the pre-screening, we didn’t see the defendant or even know exactly what had happened. Then we were sorted into two groups, Group A – yes available and no hardship, Group B – hardship or possible conflict. I was in group B obviously. I was the very last juror polled. However, when it got to my job description the judge cut me off and said, “Ok, that’s it you are excused”. So much for big drama. Damn!

The one good thing is I get out of work with pay for the rest of the day!

Juror #603

I got summoned for Jury Duty today. I had to be up bright and early after working till 11pm last night. Needless to say, I’m cranky. Whoever he/she is it better be good otherwise GUILTY!

Actually, this is my first time to be called all the way in. I’ve gotten summons in the past but never had to go in. Nothing so glamorous as OJ, Scott Peterson, or Britney. No, I’m just dealing w/superior court which usually means traffic or misdemeanor offenses. I was worried I was gonna be late but made it w/plenty of time to spare.

I’m a little weirded out at the moment. Half the Jurors look like they should be on the other side of the bench. lol. Haven’t people ever heard of being “presentable”? Whatever, I’m lucky in that I get my full salary from work today. Everyone is stuck w/their $20.00 a day check which doesn’t even cover parking expenses.

I’m sitting in the assembly room waiting to for instructions and the guilty, oh I mean, defendant. hehehe

This Week In Pics III

The pics this week are few and varied. I didn’t do a whole lot over the weekend. Actually, most of my weekends of late have been very lazy. I figure it is time to get back on the horse and be a little more productive.

Speaking of productive, I had a very good week of workouts. I pushed myself very hard. So hard in fact, I had to take an extra couple days off. My entire body hurt from being sore. This week, I think I won’t push so hard. A friend who hasn’t seen me lately said I looked the same as I did last year. Little did he know that was a compliment. I’d gotten flabby and saggy in several places over the span of 6 months last year. His off the cuff comment made my day!

Here is Bobbeisha and I being somewhat silly. I’ve forgotten what it was we were laughing about but obviously it was hilarious.

Moby & Bobbeisha

In an effort to talk more about work, here is an average shot of one of workstations. I deliberately blurred the image as it showed 10-34 (sensitive) information on the screen. No since inviting drama into my life. On the left is the touch screen 800 MHz radio system. The two big screens in the middle are my normal workspace for anywhere from 6-15 active windows. The right is the touch screen phone system. Multi-tasking at its finest.

Work Station

This last one was just a quickie while out on a ride. A typical foggy day in SF with a view of the bridge in the distance.

GG Bridge

1031

This is officially my 1031st post here at the ole blog. I meant to post this at the 1000 mark however, I got distracted and forgot. I’m winding up my 3rd year of blogging and still going strong. It has been an interesting three years to say the least. What started as a simple coping mechanism has turned into a very important part of my life.

I’ve met many friends over the last few years and hope to meet more. I’ve also had a chance to examine parts of myself and my life and make changes for the better.1 This past year, I’ve opened up a little more on the private parts of my life in an attempt to paint a better picture of what is to be me. Now, I’m wondering what’s next? Where do I go from here? Do I continue on this path w/the mundane and sometimes not so mundane?

I’ve toyed with the idea of doing a second and more commercialized blog. Mainly, as there are lots of things I want to branch into. I have more than enough space and bandwidth in my ISP package to handle it. But do I have the necessary time to devote to it? That is the big question I’m asking myself right now.

If you had a choice, what would you like to see more of here?

1 The jury is still out on that but I like to think so.

Mr. Sandman

Ok, enough about hypocrites and politics, more of me. I’ve had some really odd dreams as of late. Normally, I have 2 or 3 dreams a night that I can remember. They say the average person can have as many as 10 dreams a night however, we rarely remember all of them. And while mine often tend to be vivid, still very normal in the scope of dreams. Lately though, my dreams have become like mini sagas. I can only remember one dream a night now and they tend to be very lengthy and very involved.

A good example from last week, I had a very detailed dream where I had bird wings and was in a battle for dominion over my people against a tyrant bird king. The dream started w/me learning the ins/outs of learning how to fly all the way to several lengthly battles w/the king. I woke up before the dream finished. It is still as fresh in my mind as if I’d just dreamt (yes I know not a real word) it last night. While the story itself is probably from a scene in my God of War II video game, the scenery, the battles, and the plot are very different. Even that isn’t so unusual as the length and depth of plot to it. While I can have repeats of dreams the complexity is rarely this high. I’m curious if anyone else out there has or does experience this?

If You Care…

Couldn’t think of a catchy title.


Just finished lunch with Ginabruce. Now I’m back at Starbucks, what a surprise. lol So yesterday, I went for a nice ride on the bike and then stopped off at the beach for some hiking. I forget sometimes how beautiful this city can be. There are so many little pockets of nature all over if you just take the time to notice.

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Recap

Ok, ok already. I’ve been busy. I keep getting emails and texts demanding to see pics. Yeah, I love you too. *g* Anyway, it’s Friday (my Saturday) and it has been a lazy day so far. I slept in and then promptly got up and had myself a nooner. A young one too. Lord what is the world coming to when yours truly starts doing chicken. lol I digress. He was fun and I can report the poisons have left the building. Work was very sad this week for obvious reasons. The funeral was yesterday and I’m glad it’s over and a lot of the tears have passed. Everyone is focused on remembering her for who she was. I like that.

As I mentioned, Rich from Dallas was in town (last weekend) and I ended up hanging out w/him almost the whole weekend. He had a two day layover in SF. We cut up a lot and he really got me out of my shell for a bit. I’ve gotten so locked into my routine lately, it was very relaxing to just goof off.1 Rich is very charming and I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much. His sense of humor is just as warped as mine. Even more surprising, he has the same knack I do for quoting obscure movie quotes.

In a nutshell, we did some shopping, visited the local bars, strolled the parks, went to the movies, and basically terrorized the poor city. Shopping was, well shopping. We also went to see 300 which I loved. If you like blood and guts w/a little mythology and special affects thrown in, you’ll love it. The bars were interesting. I kept running into M’s soon-to-be ex which was a little unnerving. I also met 6 different guys from bear411.2 One guy was very friendly. Anyway, our purpose for being out was to see another friend of Rich’s that lives here. I did not care for him at all. I found him annoying and disrespectful. He begged Rich to come meet him out and then proceeded to ignore him most of the night. He was more concerned about finding his next trick. I’m all for getting laid however, a little prioritizing goes a long way. Rich didn’t seem to mind so I kept my mouth shut. Besides, we were having fun on our own without little miss sunshine.

Saturday was very low key. Rich helped me wash my motorcycle, which was very kind of him. We also took time to snap off some more pics. (see below.) Afterwards, we went for a nice stroll man-watching in Dolores park. The weather was a beautiful 75 degrees and sunny. The “menses” were out in force. Since Rich had to leave that night, we finisihed off the day by having Sushi at my favorite Japanese joint in the Castro. The roomie tagged along and we mostly gabbed about life in Texas.

This weekend I’m just being lazy. I have a few chores to do but otherwise, nothing planned. Ok, now on to the pics!

Rich and I both like the same tshirt so we both got it. Don’t we look like twins?










Rich and I goofing off on our way to get some Sushi. Notice we weren’t still dressed like twins. hehehe










Here we are at the park. It was a very nice day out. We were lookin’ all J-cool.










We were at Castro and Market here. The motherland as Rich calls it.










I’m not sure what we were doing here however, it felt good. *g*










Don’t ask!










Rich looking hunky in the park. Boys were turning their heads. What a handsome bear he is.










1 I’m still bumped from my ride along on Friday’s so it worked out perfectly.
2 See, I’m working on expanding being viewed as a bear. (I’m still not exactly sure what that means yet)