Verdict:  LAME

So today was the day of my scheduled jury duty.  And I did not get picked.  Bummer.  I was juror #322, though, so I can’t say that it was a huge surprise they didn’t get to my name on the list.  On the plus side, it didn’t take very long for them to dismiss us and I was able to donate my $6 payment to a local charity.  (Brief tangent:  I was puzzled by the “I don’t want to be paid” checkbox.  I understand not caring about the paltry $6, but what asshats are checking THAT box instead of choosing one of the three charities given as options just below?)  Also, now I don’t have to worry about it interfering with our plan to leave early for San Antonio on Friday.  Which brings me to:

NonSoccerMom is a selfish brat, item number 28457 of 4 million or so:

N hurt his back over the weekend, and I can’t help but feel frustrated with him.  BECAUSE I AM A HORRIBLE PERSON.  After all, if he is miserable and can’t get around this weekend then it affects ME.  I’ve been looking forward to this trip for months, and now there’s a dark cloud hanging over it!  Man, I am such a bitch sometimes.  The good news is that he just got back from the doctor with prescriptions for muscle relaxers and vicodin.  So even if I have to push him around San Antonio in a wheelchair, at least he’ll be happy about it!

All babies want to get borned

N and I watched Juno last night (probably the only people left in the world who hadn’t seen it yet), and we both really enjoyed it.  Afterwards he was wondering what the point was, and what I got out of it was that everyone has a little growing up to do.  Coming-of-age, I guess.  It had a great cast, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons, Jason Bateman.  Ellen Page was adorably spunky as Juno, I absolutely loved her.  Jennifer Garner’s character Vanessa wasn’t as perky as I had expected, but she of course did a great job.  This was definitely an off-beat darkish comedy, but I thought it was heartwarming and I teared up in a few places.  I HATED the music, though – way too quirky for me.  Other than that it was great, sweet but not sappy, dark but not depressing.  I highly recommend.

Release the Kraken!

The other night I had an incredibly vivid and bizarre dream.  I was with some of my high school girlfriends on a cruise.  Which was really a fishing boat.  We were in the middle of the ocean at night when suddenly a terrible wave capsized us, a la The Perfect Storm.  Quickly we realized that it wasn’t a weather front but a giant sea creature that was dragging the boat down.  It looked like one of those colossal squids but was black and extremely squishy.  (Actually, real-life squids are probably pretty squishy, but this was emphasized in my dream for some reason.  It was REALLY squishy.  Like Floam.)  So anyway, once the squishy squid-monster dragged us down to the depths, suddenly things changed and we were inside an underwater resort.  It kind of reminded me of (NERD ALERT) the Gungans’ underwater city in Star Wars:  Episode I – The Phantom Menace.  Everything was enclosed in a giant bubble.  ANYHOW, then we encountered my friend Allyson, who was getting a massage and listening to her iPod.  Then there was something about an underwater football game, but I’m unclear as to the final resolution since Miss T managed to wake me up right about then.  Moral of the story:  I should not eat Frosted Mini Wheats right before bed.  Holy cow.

Not exactly the luck o’the Irish

It has come to my attention that the company operating Bennigan’s Grill and Tavern has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and as of today, all Bennigan’s locations are closed for good.  This timing is interesting, as BB and I had discovered just yesterday that our location offered $1 beers Monday – Thursdays.  We had added it to the list of places where we can get our drinks on the cheap!  Plus they had a turkey sandwich on a pretzel-thing that was pretty damn good.  *sigh*

And while we’re on the subject of luck

I purchased these very Lean Pockets at the grocery store just last week.  I haven’t bought any sort of Hot Pocket product in a couple of years at least, but I thought this new flavor looked appealing so I decided to give them another go.  SON OF A BITCH.