So, the reason I've been lax on getting updates done is because I've been called in for jury duty. Which means no access to a computer during the day, and I'm usually too lazy to blog in the evening (although I'm doing it now). Anyways, more on the jury stuff later.
Tuesday night, I took Bandit to agility class. We did the teeter for the first time in this class, and he did okay the first few times, but then he got spooked and was reluctant to go on it after. It's always an uphill battle, lol. But he did REALLY well with the little boy in class. He had no problem with the kid petting him on top of the head while the boy was standing, and he even initiated contact with the kid, at one point letting him even hug his head. It was pretty amazing.
Okay, so back to jury duty. I was there Tuesday and today, and I got picked, goddammit. They had us fill out questionnaires, and they asked some questions while we were sitting in the jury box, but they didn't even ask me a single question! Supposedly the trial is going to last 2 weeks, which isn't too bad, I guess. The bad part is that it's all the way up in Oakland. Sucks.
It was funny watching everyone try to get out of it. Some people came up with some good BS stuff. The real kicker was this older Caucasian woman. The DA asked her about one of her answers in her questionnaire, which was, "Whatever happened to a jury of your peers?" The lady explained that she always thought that juries were supposed to be made of your (the victim's) "peers." The DA asked, "So you're saying that if the victim is African-American, that the jury should be all African-American?" The lady said, "Yes, just like if it's Chinese it should all be Chinese." No lie, that's what she said. The judge dismissed her right away, and there were more than a couple snickers from the jury box. Even the attorneys looked a bit bemused. I don't know if she was for real or not, but if not, it was a creative way to get out of jury duty.
Marc and I went to Target tonight, to look at MP3 players. We didn't find any, but we did bump into this one couple. The wife looked at Marc and said, "Hi, how are you?" Marc replied, "Good, how are you?" At first I thought maybe he knew this lady. And then she said hi to me, and I just smiled in reply. THEN, she asks Marc (while nodding towards me), "Is that your daughter?" I about choked. All Marc said was, "Actually, this is my wife." I was thinking, Is she on drugs? I mean, hello, Marc and I look about the same age. And HELLO, I'm Chinese and he's Caucasian! I don't even look half Chinese! Anyways, we both had to leave the aisle, because neither of us could stop from laughing. It turned out that couple was trying to sell something to people, and were randomly accosting people in the store. In Target. So we got the hell outta Dodge.
Anyways, I'm gonna do my best to do updates at night while I'm stuck in jury duty (I will be at work on Fridays). No guarantees I won't get lazy though. ;)
That is hilarious about the woman asking if you were Marc's daughter. Are people allowed to solicit inside of stores?!?
P.S. Welcome back to the blog, too! I was getting antsy.
Hee! That story about you being Marc's daughter is really funny. How old was the lady? I mean, you look young Bonnie, but not that young! Maybe she thought you were an adopted Asian baby, hee! Maybe she thought Marc was Woody Allen-ish (eeewww).
And Marc, trust me, you also look young!
Too funny!
I too have been summoned for jury duty. Let's see what happens next week. Too bad it wasnt' for the same trial, then at least we could have kept each other company!
She wasn't that old, like probably in her late 30's? I'm guessing she was just trying to hook us, and couldn't think of anything better to say. Although I think "is this your concubine?" would have been a less absurd question.
I'm pretty sure Target doesn't allow solicitors in their stores. They sounded like the were trying to get people into some investment scheme or something. Marc and I later made loops in the store in case they were on our tail.