Sunday, July 12, 2015

Jury Duty? Really? Brain Trauma Now This?

Hello Fellow Travelers!

I was going to post my recent summons to Jury Duty and my letter from my oncologist stating how handicapped and entirely incapable I am of being impaneled on a jury of my peers, but my PS has me thinking I might be shirking a responsibility by being disabled. I find it ridiculous that I'm so unbelievably impaired yet called upon for random civil service selections.  The odd thing is, under normal circumstances I'd be a heck of a juror, I pay attention to detail I don't judge people and above all I like a good story, no matter how convoluted.

I can't walk, speak or sign my name, so right now, extrapolating relevant evidence in a court proceeding sounds way beyond me.

My PS says that Jury Duty is a civic responsibility, like voting, which I do in every election because you can't complain if you don't vote and you know how I love to complain!

I don't think anyone gets cancer so they can avoid a jury summons.  I'd  be thrilled to serve as a juror the rest of my life if that meant I wouldn't have a brain tumor!  I would have been happy to hear an actual  case anyway!

My  PS says I am too biased and would be summarily discharged by either side.  Maybe.  I don't believe I'm biased, it's just when I can see how a story is going to turn out (and let's face it; most real-life stories are fairly predictable) I move on.


I've been working hard every day to be physically prepared for any new calamity;  tanks?  Check.  Nuclear War?  Got it!  Jury Duty?  WTH?!

Jury Duty?  Really?  Come On!

I've been working feverishly for life in a post-apocalyptic society, so to receive a summons to be waiting around a courthouse is beyond funny to me, or would be!

I can't even do that!

I mean what's next?  (Insert snarky comparison here) Because I'd be happy to do it! Whatever "it" is!  Thrilled, even.    If I could, which I can't.

But what I can do is go to the gym.  What I will do is strengthen my spine.

I'll take inspiration anywhere I can find it.  A jury summons is as good a source as any!

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