Jury Duty

So I had wonderful opportunity to serve jury duty last week in the beautiful city of Compton. The area in and around the courthouse was actually pretty nice...a lot nicer than Santa Ana's court. Anyways, as I'm sitting in the courtroom listening to people answer the same 8 questions, I realized that there are some real winners out there. There were dudes who had DUI's, some had drug convictions, others who had gotten in fights with everyone under the sun, and even a guy who had been convicted of assault with a deadly weapon...and these guys were on MY side of the jury bench! Anyways, with all these people, this guy was my favorite. Picture this...a balding overweight middle aged man with a comb-over comes walking into the courtroom wearing a T-shirt with a close-up headshot of Darth Vader's (without the mask) with a handful of comic books. At this point, I'm thinking I met the real life version of Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons!


But it gets better! The judge asks him if there is any reason he wouldn't be able to serve on the jury. Comic Book Guy (CBG from this point forward) sites financial hardships. So the judge asks him if he rents or owns. CBG's answer? "I live at home." Turns out, this guy still lives with his parents...and doesn't pay rent! At this time, the following questions take place:

Judge: "So you live with your parents and don't pay rent...what kind of financial hardships do you have?"

CBG: "I have some bills to pay"

Judge: "What kind of bills?"

CBG: "I have a couple phone bills...oh...and some credit card bills"

Judge: "Uh...that's not a lot of bills, where do you work?"

CBG: "I work part time"

Judge: "Ok...again, where do you work?"

CBG: "I'm a part time cashier at Knott's Berry Farm"

Anyways, no knock on people that works at Knott's, but common! This dude is 45 years old or so and still living at home working part time at Knott's? Dang...that's kinda sad. Now, is it his fault for not moving out or his parents for enabling him? Probably a bit of both. Such a sad situation.

I'm all for the criminal justice system and due process, but these guys? A Jury of my Peers? Gawd I hope not.




Here's the drink of the day (I need one now!):


Tiramisu Martini

2 oz Frangelico
2 oz Amaretto
2 oz Bailey's Irish Cream
1 oz Creme de Cocoa Dark
1 oz Vanilla Vodka
1 oz Butterscotch Liquer


Shake and serve in chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with cocoa powder.

Oh what the hell...

I guess if everybody were to jump off a bridge, I'd do it too...that's why I signed up for this stinkin blog thing. I'll give it a shot for awhile since I'm short-timing at work anyways ;-)

I'll think about what to write later...but for today...drink of the day:

Lychee Martini

2 oz Lychee Liqueur
2-3 oz Vodka

Shake and serve in chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with skewered lychee