Non-Sequiturs

Long crazy week and it's almost over with. Had jury duty, job interview, and started a new project, all in the space of two days. I was a "stand-by" juror so I assumed I would likely not be called. I waited at the court house for 5 hours before they called my name and told me I would have to come back after lunch. I was the 60th person they called so I thought I was going to be released. Of course they kept all 60 of us and let everyone else go. I was put on a jury panel for a case where the defendant was charged with armed robbery. As I was a victim of a home break-in several years ago, I was told I would likely not be impartial and I was finally dismissed from the jury at 5pm. It was a very long, stressful day and I was glad to be going home. The jury process was fairly streamlined and progressed smoothly. I will say though that the citizens of Fulton County that were in attendance were not a fetching crowd. I felt like I was in a gay man's waiting room from hell.

I had my first job interview in over a year on Tuesday. It was for a staff attorney position for a large firm here in Atlanta. It was a screening interview and I think I passed what they were looking for. I am waiting to see if I get a callback. They liked my trademark experience (the firm is primarily known for their IP litigation group) and my experience with large document reviews. Also, the partner in charge of the staff attorneys is the husband of a law school classmate and former fellow associate at my first law firm. So I am hoping I get called back as I think the job would be a good fit for me. I like the sophisticated work that you can have at a big firm but without the pressures of trying to become and maintain being a partner. I should find out in a couple of days.

Why do people, men and women, feel the need to wear perfumes/colognes, or body products with intense scents when the majority of people have allergies or issues with said scents? On these review projects we are usually crammed into a small room with lots of people and the smells can get overpowering.

43 days until Coachella!

Lyrics Rattling Around My Head

"Lord, hear me now
Junk boats and English boys
Crashing out into the noise
Electric fences and guns

You swallow me
I'm just a pill on your tongue
Up here on the nineteenth floor
The neon lights make me numb

And late in a star's life
It begins to explode
And all the people in a dream
Wait for the machine
Pick the shit up keep things clean

Kid hang over here
What you learning in school?
Is the rise of an eastern sun
Gonna be alright for everyone?

The radio station disappeared
Music turned into thin air
The DJ was the last to leave
She had well conditioned hair
Was beautiful but nothing really was there"

Gorillaz
"Hong Kong"

"Saturday come slow
Do you love me
Do you love me
Is there nothing there"

Massive Attack
"Saturday Come Slow"

"Seems that I have been held, in some dreaming state
A tourist in the waking world, never quite awake
No kiss, no gentle word could wake me from this slumber
Until I realise that it was you who held me under"

Florence + The Machine
"Blinding"

"This push and pull is the force of a wave of time
In the heat of the night, we would cry, you are not mine
They said we would go far, but they don't know how far we'd go
'cause this heart is a stone, and this is a stone that we throw"

Beach House
"10 Mile Stereo"

Appealing Things

Coachella!
Spring approaching
Reconnecting with friends
The surprise and joy of finding you have similar feelings with someone else
Await Your Reply
Getting out of jury duty
LOST
Caprica
The cowboys on The Amazing Race
Projectrungay.blogspot.com
Having a best friend again

Annoying Things

Stress
Having to clean my loft when I am tired
Hypocritical Republicans
Self-hating gays
Having a high deductible insurance policy
This being the final season of LOST
Douche bears