There was a nun in full penguin regalia
in the jury pool with me on Tuesday. It never occurred to me that
nuns could be called in for jury duty. It really never occurred to me
that a nun would own an iphone. I really wanted to get a peek at the
game she was playing, but it was awkward trying to get a look. She
kept giving me the once over. I could tell from her expression that
she knew I'd gone to Catholic school. They can tell, you know. I
don't actually mind jury duty. It's usually a great opportunity to
read. The only thing that's annoying is getting called for a panel.
It usually means a second day of service. I don't mind that either,
but I never get picked. There are too many connections to law
enforcement in my life (My father was a cop and I worked out of a
police district for a few years).
The person giving us our orientation
was a Judge Wapner. Really. He is the son of the original Peoples
Court judge. Judge Wapner put a new slant on the usual speech about
civic duty though he did make sure to mention that Jury service is
one of the very few things our government requires of its citizens.
Judge Wapner evoked a tried and true TV Crime drama ploy where the DA
comes into a conference room, declaring that there is a jury ready to
hear a trial. If the defendant wants a deal, he'd better make it
there an now. Judge Wapner said writers could never use that were it
not for people showing up for jury duty. That got some chuckles. Only
in LA would script ideas be used as a good reason for jury duty. I
didn't get picked for a panel, so it was just one day. That was a
relief. I envisioned having to rush home from downtown to get the
suitcases and rush back out to get to Long Beach. A nightmare, I tell
you. Fortunately, that's one I get to avoid. There are many more to
get past before Friday.
Inbox Again
This week, the inbox is mostly in the
background as I get my act together for Yaoi-con. I even more jazzed
about this convention than I was last year, because it's practically
in my own backyard. Not that going to San Francisco wasn't fun. It
was great to know that I could still fly on a plane without real
difficulty. However, not flying saves a whole lot of money and time.
I'd rather keep the air fare to spend on stuff at the convention
itself. Besides, because of the convention schedule, I didn't
actually get to see any of San Francisco. Another great perk to being
close is that I can see friends there that were unlikely to travel
that far to get there specialty geek on. So there will be some extra
friendly faces about. Nice!
Convention Time!
I have three panels at this Yaoi-con.
Details about each panel and other upcoming excitement can be found
at this link:
http://www.sybpressyaoi.com/2012/10/yaoi-con-2012-preview.html.
I am very pleased to be listed as an Industry Professional for one of
the panels. I will be representing the freelancers or localizers from
the Digital Manga Guild in a recruitment panel. While I am very
pround of being a fangirl, and I don't hesitate to make that known,
it's gratifying to be recognized as a professional. I've been working
very hard to be thought of as one.
I have to blitz through some editing of
the latest manga script before I finish my panel presentations. I'm
trying to do them all in Power Point, but this 'easy' program is
making me crazy. I always have issues with programs that are supposed
to be fool proof. There is never a template that really fits my needs
or my themes nor is there a function to really let me do my own
thing. I'm going to give the program one more go before I make my own
slide show. I have so much that has to be finished by Thursday
night.
I will be taking lots of photos, and
this time, I may even do some videos.
Stay tuned!
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