summer thing 13: the rural juror

have you seen 30 rock? did you see "the rural juror" episode? awesome.

technically, i could be considered a 'rural juror.' i went to jury duty and grew up in rural oregon. so there you go. and so...

today i woke up at 7am (trust me, it was not pretty) and sped down the R train to Canal St to get to my jury duty site. we sat, waited and waited some more. but i was prepared: books, computer and snacks. luckily, NYC has decided to provide jurors with wifi, so i was able to send the following email to my roommate:

From: Ms F	Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:02 PM
To: Ms. F's roommate
jury duty. bored. computer dying. gum chewing to my right. ack!

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to which my roommate was gracious enough to indulge me, rather than giving me the appropriate response (which is "suck it up ms. f. i'm at WORK. like, real work.")

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From: Ms. F's roommate	Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:05 PM
To: ms. f
OH NO! I'm sorry. I should have given you my book in which a woman goes to jury duty and meets one of the loves of her life. Then at least you could be pretending to have a good time. Do you have any idea when you'll be done? Maybe they'll let you out soon!

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i, sadly, did not meet one of my lifelong loves while sitting in the jury room. But they DID let us out early (and i left only having to serve one day of jury duty).

i would like to emphasize that, without question (as evidenced by above email) my roommate situation is far superior to the Lo/Audrina drama currently going on on the season premiere of "The Hills." yep. i said it. i watch it. you know you do too (or at least you should).