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Uncle Pixel

By Pixel at April 20, 2006 at 6:44 pm. Filed in byte-sized stories

My brother knocked up his wife.

I’m going to be an uncle.

Again.

(oh, wait, was that a family secret? Damn! I’m really bad about keeping those..)

Last Year: Nil
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Jury *what*?!

By Ex_cal at April 17, 2006 at 8:07 am. Filed in commentary, guest post, seriously now, silly

Just now I wrote a nice lengthy excuse to get out of jury duty. Something about how Jesus said don’t judge other people blah blah. It’s all very complicated, and I’m sure you aren’t after hearing the details. Lord knows, I hope the people at the court don’t want to hear the details. Hence why I peppered my excuse with lengthy Bible passages all cunningly formulated to reduce whoever reads it with a big case of the ‘rolling eyes’ and a hefty dose of ‘tearing up the excuse in a huff after striking my name from the registry’.

So civil disobedience isn’t dead. But now sitting in the afterglow of the excuse of a religion I don’t really follow any more (I have a love hate thing going on: God hates me, but I love his creation [women]) I will now put forward ways YOU TOO can get out of jury duty when the time comes.

  • Make up your OWN RELIGION. Now this is more of a weekend excuse, if you have time. I recommend starting off your excuse with something along the lines of “L Ron Hubbard was a douche” and then move on to point out that he totally misrepresented Xenu and that Cruise and Travolta aren’t THAT dumb anyway. Make your religion as farfetched as possible, as the people in the courthouse LOVE a surprise more than a fat kid loves cake (ah, 50 Cent, you’re a veritable Yates).
  • Claim you’re a secret agent. The secret (ha! Wordplay! Move over 50!) here is to make your excuse esoteric and metaphorical. Stuff like “I’m afraid I’ll be in Geneva in the morning, and who knows when I’ll be back. Maybe never if they ever find me.” Also remember not to sign your name, if this is your tack, and date the paper in binary (cause binary is cool, right?). Your address should confuse the issue further. ‘Behind you!’ is the perfect example of a secret agent’s address. Bonus points if you actually manage to be behind them when they open the letter.
  • Write your excuse in a rambling, self-serving manner, kind of like what Hemmingway would write. If he didn’t have talent, I mean. Narrative structures be damned! Just sit down and start scribbling. Think more like Hunter S. Thompson than you ever have before (no, I’m NOT condoning drug use. Just recommending it). Start off your excuse with a bold first line that actually shocks the reader. “I dismembered the remains of the Christmas turkey sometime around noon on a winter squabble. Fleep!” Move on from there, outlining why, indeed, you ARE the Lizard King… oh and you shouldn’t do jury duty, I guess.
  • Draw a picture of a famous celebrity instead of an actual excuse. Especially Arnold Schwarzenegger. In a weird style. Saying shut the fuck up. I don’t care what you say, this is ART.

stfu

So there you have a quick example of how to exercise your civic right to be a lazy ass. Seriously tho, fuck the judiciary. Oooh, how political of me!

Last Year: Oh, my pouty lips
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sniffles

By Pixel at April 16, 2006 at 7:36 pm. Filed in administrative business

I miss Ex_cal. I would look forward to his updating my blog. I wonder whatever happened to him…

Last Year: Deadly Corn, Anonymous Posts, and Tricky, tricky Latin
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$1.09!!

By Pixel at April 11, 2006 at 6:59 pm. Filed in note to self, silly

Wow, I made $1.09 just for having all of my money tied up in my checking account and not touched for four months!

I feel like I’m an investment guru. I’m a monetary genius! I’ve MADE money by wisely deciding to lose my check card. It’s like I can save like nobody’s business.

I deserve a reward.

I’m buying myself a sody-pop!

Last Year: Hate White people?'>Don't you just Hate White people?, Moral Politics
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WTF in April?

By Pixel at April 2, 2006 at 3:53 pm. Filed in carnival

This is the final call for submissions.

Please submit your quips to the WTF Carnival

Please forward this message to twelve strangers.

Last Year: Whoo! Whoo!! Whoo!!!, I Love the Government and Am I Hot? I Am Not...
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