Temping in the Name of the Law

[dotinthesky]

Judge Judy is my new favourite show. It could have been an earlier favourite if I hadn't always held her in contempt after seeing her one too many times on Access Hollywood. Alas, I never knew what I was missing until I started arriving home exhausted, plopping myself in front of the television, and watching her unravel cases like a Hercule Poirot for the 21st century.

Judge Judy rules. She's quotable ("We don't dispense awards for DUMB"), she's tough ("Only cowards join street gangs" she said to a yellow-teethed skinhead), and she's intelligent ("if they had invented a pill that could make women gain overnight, with no health risks, breasts like Dolly Parton don't you think their company would have gone international?")

Judge Judy is teaching me a lot about the law and how to catch out liars. I've been cast adrift in this world until now, not paying attention to the papers I was signing, trusting the benevolent smiles of greasy real estate agents. She's teaching me that the only things that count are: receipts, witnesses and more receipts. As for liars, they always contradict themselves. Nothing stops a liar faster on his track when you throw in their face the contradictory story they are weaving.

Apart from Judge Judy, I've been working like a galleon slave, fighting that stupid cough that is now entering it's 8th week (maybe I'm allergic to the Sissys flowers, maybe I'll die of pneumonia), playing far too little Gamecube, swimming occasionally (and hiding my flip flops inside my towel when I'm in the pool) and generally being a good, respectable British citizen.

If only I could see my Livejournal friends more often...

Comments

[ickycrawlything.livejournal.com]

Document and make copies of everything! I was half-assed at this as well until I became "military"....did you know that they will not only give your child ALL of his shots again if they don't have paper work staring at them in the face but they will give them to you as well?!?! Wtf? My files are color coded now.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Isn't that unsafe??? Are there any chances of a side-effect if the kid gets a shot twice?

[ickycrawlything.livejournal.com]

Yes! But they don't care....they only care that you have ALL of your shots done :/ Make copies of everything!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

For sure... I'm now keeping records of everything, even plane miles.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Hey Luni, I read your journal but, for some strange reason, it won't allow me to comment or click the ljcuts. I don't know if it's my computer or whatnot - have any other lj friends of yours experienced problems reading directly from your journal?

Just wanted to tell you that I completely agree with how you feel in regards to Zal's behaviour when seeing you and Cole... I'm hoping all is good with you otherwise. ♥

[ickycrawlything.livejournal.com]

Hm, that's strange....I've never heard that before. I logged out and checked my page and it worked fine -shrugs shoulders- oh well, but did you get to see the pics?

I'm glad someone agrees....most people think that I'm being insensitive and not nearly as understanding as I should be, considering what he just went through....not once, I imagine, thinking about what "we" just went through. It's a tough situation but one with the end in sight soooooo yeah. Just another experience to strengthen our family :)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Did those people who thought you weren't being "sensitive" have also the experience of being home with a kid while their partners were away? I'm guessing "not". I think I can imagine how tough it must have been for you, and also just plain hard missing him and wanting to see some warmth when he met you. It's not a hard thing to ask for!

[ickycrawlything.livejournal.com]

I started writing a reply but realized that if I said everything here to you I wouldn't make a post of my own....so your reply in actually my post.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

ok... will check it out.