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Waiting for Jury Duty and the White Stripes
Submitted by imaginary liz on June 12, 2007.I'm stuck at jury duty today. They've warned us about 376 times that we will be doing a lot of waiting.
First we wait for our group to be called (we don't know what group we're in) and we'll wait once our group gets called. And if we don't get selected for jury duty with our group, then we have to come back to the jury waiting area to wait to possibly get called again with a different group.
I've been here since 8.30a this morning and they just called the first group of potential jurors. The good news is the waiting area is on the 12th floor of a brand new downtown building so I have a beautiful view of West Seattle, the waterfront, and Beacon Hill. Also wonderful, they have wi-fi and complementary tea and hot cocoa.
Sure, it's a lot more comfortable than waiting to be in the audience of Wheel of Fortune or The Price is Right (which involved standing outside in line for 8 hours), but, truthfully, it's also a lot less glamorous than either of those too.
With all this time to wait, the natural inclination is to think about all the stuff going on 'out there' and plan my precious moments once I am free to go about my business... and think about the new White Stripes album and tour.
The only thing is... I'm going to have to WAIT for that too. They wont be here until Wednesday and Thursday, September 26 & 27! And their new album doesn't release until NEXT WEEK!
The details:
Their September 26th and 27th shows are going to be their ONLY stops in the Northwest on the tour!
They will be touring with Cold War Kids and both shows will be at the fancy schmancy Paramount Theater (all ages).
Tickets will go on sale THIS SATURDAY, June 16 at 11 AM (PST) at all Ticketmaster outlets including the Paramount Theatre Box Office.
Icky Thump, their sixth full-length album, releases on June 19th!
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imaginary ash said on June 12, 2007:
When you said "WOW - they just called me!" I was thinking Jack & Meg had phoned to say hey.
Heh.
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ChrisB said on June 12, 2007:
They'd only call to say "stop listenting to my CD! It's not out yet!"
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imaginary ash said on June 12, 2007:
I think Jack would make exceptions for igLiz. I mean, she IS igLiz.
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Erik Gonzalez said on June 12, 2007:
And think, igLiz, you can get the new White Stripes album on a 2 GB USB Flash Drive that look like either Jack or Meg!
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imaginary liz said on June 12, 2007:
That would be awesome if the White Stripes called me! And surely make jury duty more fun.
And Chris, are you provoking me to again explain that Jack was justified in calling bull shi* on that DJ who leaked the album on the air?
Erik - you've just found my favorite thing of the week. Except I can't decide which one? I am tempted to get the pair - except for the fact that would be $100... which sounds so pricey for a gig of storage space. Hmm... if only my birthday wasn't six months away. Why does all the good limited edition stuff come out in the summer?
So update, I'm back in the jury pull (I wasn't chosen in the last jury I was selected for) which means I'm back in the swank waiting area... at least until 4.30p when they let us go for the day.
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imaginary liz said on June 12, 2007:
WOW - they just called me!
This means the forum is free and clear for White Stripes bashing while I'm offline being questioned for jury appropriateness.
Have fun!