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Up 6 AM
Routine spirit ready
Car clock reads 8:18 AM
31 minutes fast
Time 7:47 AM
Leaving parking lot, turn down 15th
Right toward Ballinger Way
Damn
Leaving an hour early
Oh well
Park 7:57 AM Lake Forest Park Municipal Court
Over hour early for jury duty
What to do
Grab black duffel bag, cold huff it to
Honey Bear Bakery
Grab pens and notebook from worn zipped side pocket
Fall aparts
Need frankensteining
Order lemon bar, ask cashier for tweezers
Can not humpty dumpty together again
I give her tweezers back
Take my two dollar saran wrapped lemon bar on white plate
To duffel bag table
Use beat up pen and split notebook paper
Begin to write

8:55 AM
Walk to Municipal Court
Inside
Sign in
Duffel bag and body wanded
Keys and cell phone on table
I'm clean
Enter room with 36 jurors
Given jury pamphlet
Wait
Watch 20 minute jury film
Wait
Sign in for $10 cash
Wait
Judge enters
Explains our duties and says case is settled
We are free to go
We've served our jury duty time

9:55 AM phone work
"We're sorry. All circuits are busy."
Really
10 times over next hour and a half
Drive home
Pick up two boxes books to sell
Drive back
Third Place Books
Near Municipal Court
Get $12.75 credit for six books

11 AM
Drive to University Bookstore
"All circuits are busy"
Computer wiring
Parts missing
One employee feeling sick
Leaves early
Sell one book
"This is All" by Aidan Chambers
For $3.00 credit
Leave bookstore, drive to U Cong Church
Sign in church office
Drop off two boxes books for Superfluity Sale
Call Scott
They won't take his 10 vinyl Bug Nasties records
He says keep them, he'll take them

Drive to Ravenna, find free parking space,
Walk 25 blocks to work
Eat lunch, clock in 12:45 PM
Work work
Work work
30 minute break
Eat eat
Work work
Work work
No work phone work
Use roving cell phone
Really
6:01 PM
Clock out
Spend $3.00 credit on chips and cookie
Walk to car
Drive to library
Chase email
Chase money
Chase denisianpress
Blog blog
Write write
All circuits are open

Denis Streeter 2/6/14