BLD/HG Goes to Jury Duty

I have a little too much going on for a regular post today, so I present to you an email I received on Tuesday from BLD/HG, who was out of the office because of jury duty:

Sitting in jury duty right now.  Im in the main room, which isnt bad at all.  Comfortable seats and wifi.  They block out porn, which is distrubing but I have been on chatroulette a bit.  Also, have re-watched the second season of Arrested Development.

Yesterday, I got called into a court room with 70 other potential jurors.  There are 4 qualifications to be a juror in NYS.  Citizen, over 18, no felonies, and speak english.  10 of the 70 spoke zero english.  I tried to do a citizens revocation of their citizenship.  They then seated potential jurors 20 at a time and were questioned.  (By the way, the case involved a dude accused of assaulting a female police officette and “lewd acts”.  I have no doubt that he is guilty as [redacted].  I would have asked for the electric chair….I digress.)  I was in the thrid group, so I never got sent to the jurybox, but had the pleasure of watching the 27 year old, half [redacted] assistant district attorney question potential jurors.  I am not the least bit scared of ever being convicted of a crime in NYC after watching her performance.  She was lectured numerous times by the judge and laughed out by me and my english speaking contmeporaries.  (She was a potential CD also.)

Hopefully, I will be sent packing before lunch.