haha no. that's in a different county than where i work. but the whole case fascinated me! this guy has posted his flyers near my house and he has placed his toilet-sculptures in baltimore, so i knew about him before this happened. his myspace page is amazing. he is very paranoid and his understanding of the government is very interesting. i was just following the case out of amusement. although it was so stupid and obvious he never should have been charged with anything and he had to spend time in jail AND a state mental institution and his pit beef business closed because of it. even i could have won that case! he would have been a nightmare client though.
anyway for the uninitiated this is the guy i'm talking about http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-co-toilet-bomber-acquitted-20110915,0,6180757.story
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 16 September 2011 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
i had jury duty today and i came kind of close to getting on the jury for a 1st deg. murder trial with a lot of witnesses. i was scared because it would be so bad for my coworkers and me if i was out for so long. i need encouragement because i am in court 8 of the next 10 work days and i think i'm going to die. i have to see 7 people in jail tomorrow! my usual tired-limit is 3 people. then we are hiring 2 new people, and i'm going on my small vacation. phew.
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
if you die because of court 8 and 7 jailbirds, you will not be able to have 1 small vacation. so please don't die.
(i am not exactly clear if the 2 new hires are part of the problem or part of the solution so i didn't include them in the equation.)
― lxy, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
oh, i misarranged some sentences. the 2 new hires are part of the solution that will give me less time in court and fewer clients!
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
i am encouraged because i made red curry and drank 2 pumpkin beers
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
i would like to encourage you to think about that house.
― lxy, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
i'm thinking about it!!
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
yay!! you should make an appointment to look inside!
― lxy, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
i should but i don't know if it would be a serious inquiry. i am working harder now on not spending money so i can save! i didn't go grocery shopping yet because i am using up things i have. except i went to the chinese store yesterday, but i only spent $15 and got things i will use. i was going to go on a walk to see it again but
it's raining
― spite n ease (harbl), Thursday, 13 October 2011 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
dear harbl,
i just ate the strawberry-banana yogurt you left behind, and at lunchtime i will eat the last of the leftover pasta you made.
<3<3<3lxy
― lxy, Friday, 14 October 2011 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
the listing for the tiny house has been removed:(
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 28 October 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
oh crap.
― lxy, Friday, 28 October 2011 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
i wanted that "valuable exterior mural"!!!
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 29 October 2011 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
harbl, i encourage you to have a happy birthday!!
― tehresa, Saturday, 29 October 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
oh happy harblday!!
love & miss
― lxy, Saturday, 29 October 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
Happiest of days to you, harbl!
― jaq, Saturday, 29 October 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
thx :D
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 29 October 2011 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
happy birthday harbly<3
― estela, Sunday, 30 October 2011 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
jk the house is back but now it costs $10k more. who cares not like i can buy it anyway.
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 5 November 2011 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
BUY IT ANYWAY
― lxy, Saturday, 5 November 2011 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
haha lxy!hi everyone. i am trying to take some time off from the internet and do more reading and exercise and cleaning my house. it's not working great but at least i'm trying. like sometimes i get distracted and read max's posts on gawker! i have a procrastination problem. just saying hi! i guess i can check in on the sandbox more often and it wouldn't hurt. i miss all of u.
― spite n ease (harbl), Monday, June 27, 2011 7:06 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark Permalink
*single tear rolls down cheek*
feel like i let u down by not posting to sandbox
― max max max max, Monday, 28 November 2011 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
a single rolling tear is always very convincing.
― estela, Monday, 28 November 2011 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
i had no idea i could have been encouraging harbl on the sandbox all this time!
― horseshoe, Monday, 28 November 2011 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
the sandbox is the true secret borad of ilx
― superb mario brothers (step hen faps), Monday, 28 November 2011 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
^^^
― smoove operator, Monday, 28 November 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
hey this is a pretty long, encouraging thread
― spite n ease (harbl), Monday, 28 November 2011 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
encouraging you is one of life's pleasures.
― estela, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
now that i know i encourage you just by doing my job i dont feel like i need to post here
― max max max max, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.nastyhobbit.org/data/media/4/fatty-pew-pew-pew.gif
― amon, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
I hope that harbl is always encouraged
― dayo, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
i am supposed to ahve my 1st jury trial tomorrow and i am not sure how to do it
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
stay up all night watching a law and order marathon?!
Seriously wishing you poise and confidence and equanimity under pressure.
― jaq, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
awesome, good luq
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
do it harblously.
― estela, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 01:50 (twelve years ago) link
think of the jury as a row of fruit flies, your argument as the vinegar in the jarbl. it'll be a snap!
― lxy, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
how'd it go
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
i was wrong, the client was v lucky and got a judge who is a stickler for starting at a certain time and the state put its witness on call and she was late so they made us an offer we couldn't refuse and there was no trial
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
that is what's known as a plea jarbl
― lxy, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
well done, harbly<3
that stickler judge would not like me at all.
― estela, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
the subject of the trial was going to be telephone misuse lol
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
harbl, do you know this man?
― tehresa, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
haha not personally. it is seriously the shittiest worst most suburban dull ugly boring county. except a bunch of other counties in maryland.
― spite n ease (harbl), Thursday, 8 March 2012 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
like i was surprised by it but it helped make sense of other things that go on there
harbl do you find the usa/md system of government/justice more or less depressing than you used to?
ie tell me everything's okay?
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
hard to remember how i used to feel about it but it comes and goes in waves. sometimes i'm like what the fuuuuuuuck this is bullshit and other days i'm like ok. mostly i am just mad at it and the people who believe in it. there is a lot of false helping. people who believe that what they're doing is helping someone. for example probation with mandatory drug treatment or anger management (and if you fail probation getting more jail time than you would if probation didn't exist, so you get punished additionally rather than for the original offense) or the crap prosecutors put domestic violence victims through. also SO many people who think making drugs a crime is doing anything for anyone. i could go on!
― spite n ease (harbl), Thursday, 8 March 2012 12:01 (twelve years ago) link
everything is ok
i like losing an hour of my life because i hate my life!
stop!
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 March 2012 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
but i'm tired and i drink a lot of wine
i have a motions hearing tomorrow and i know i'm going to lose it (boss said he cannot remember ever winning a single one of this type of motion and he is 50 but the point is not to win it anyway) but i have no idea how it is even done so i am just guessing! i am stressing myself out. i am tired of doing misdemeanors and i want to be able to move up when the opportunity arises so i am putting extra pressure on myself to do a good job. people know that i am smart and i care, i think, but i am not technically skillful.
― spite n ease (harbl), Monday, 12 March 2012 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
i think you will do a great job!
― tehresa, Monday, 12 March 2012 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
we, and zipper, have faith in u
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 March 2012 02:37 (twelve years ago) link