Procrastination and Jury Duty

Ah yes...my favorite word in the English language: procrastination. And yes, I'm doing it right now. I have a term paper due on Thursday for my Criminal Justice class that I just can't seem to get myself motivated to write. I do have half of it written, but it has been a struggle to do even that much. I think the film festival last week sucked all the motivation and drive out of me. It's to the point now that I'm like "noooo....I want to go to sleep. No more work." I will get it done. That's never an issue. I'll just torture myself the entire time.

Also on a fun note, I got a letter from the county saying that I have been called for jury duty. Fun. I've served on a jury before, like 10 years ago, but that was a different county. There, it was a one-day, one-trial deal. You showed up for one day. If you didn't get called for a trial, you were done. If you did, you only served on that one trial. Easy enough. The county I live in now is a three-day, one-trial bit. This time, I have to call the night before to see if I even have to show up, which can be a good thing. However, with my luck, I'll be called in all three days.

What should be interesting is that this time the trials are held in Paterson. Part of me is hoping I get a nice juicy murder case unlike the boring civil "your car hit me so I want money" bs I had the last time. Oh yes, I'm actually looking forward to serving on a jury. I'm not trying to get out of it like most people. It's that liberal optimistic side of me that says "hey, we're lucky to have the rights we do and I'm going to exercise them by participating in the system"...yada, yada, yada. The only thing that has me worried is whether or not my depression acts up. I figure as long as it's not a long trial, I should be ok. A few days of sitting in a courtroom isn't going to kill me. However, if it's going to be a long convoluted deal, I'm going to play the depression card to get out of it. As I said, I rather not do that but I don't want to push myself too far. Either way, it should be interesting.

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