You call this justice?

I had to go to court yesterday. Some of my long-time readers might remember I witnessed an accident in July; well, this was the court date for that incident. I had to get up at 5:30AM to take my hubby to work so I could use the car for the day. At least the full moon was pretty. After getting the kids up and off to school, I headed downtown.

I have to say, the courthouse must be one of the craziest places to work in the whole city. There are all kinds of freaks there! Even as I was waiting to take the elevator, some group of girls were getting up into each other’s faces. I overheard a strange conversation between two lawyers about a case one of them was on – it involved a senior at OSU punching a cop’s horse. Who punches a horse? At any rate, I sat there for over 2 hours before our case came to anyone’s attention. The lawyers did their mumbo jumbo and made a deal before it even came before the judge. I was told I was dismissed and I never got to utter a word. How ridiculous was that? What a waste of my time and money. I was going to wait to see what happened to the loser – who could have easily killed himself and others – but I figured that I’d already spent more of my time than I wanted over this.

While I was waiting, I listened to the court cases before ours. First, I just want to say that I do not know how any real legal justice occurs there. It is like a three-ring circus act. The judge did his thing, a mass mob of prosecutors and lawyers congregated around another table wheeling-and-dealing. No one seemed to know what the others were involved in. People were walking through the hearing area, calling out names and dragging people off into corners to chat. How can anyone concentrate? The cases came fast & furious…blue folders stacked up everywhere! The judge listened to what the lawyers had to say about the cases (in under 2 minutes flat) and scanned the documents briefly…next thing you know he makes a judgment and off they go to the next file. How in the world is that our legal system? Scary!

One case really was shocking. It involved a 24 year-old man who had killed someone in a car crash. The victim’s family was there and they made a statement. It was really sad, and at least for those few moments everyone in the room had the decency to be quiet and still so they could speak to the judge. Then the man who caused the crash spoke and apologized to the family. It was really sad and I felt sorry for them both. I kept watching the man who caused the accident. He really just looked like a hollow shell. He watched the family walk out of the room and I could tell he wanted them to say he was forgiven, but the best they offered was to tell the judge locking him up forever would not bring their loved-one back. One life was over and there was no need to throw another one away. It was too late though – that man’s life would never be what it once was. Perhaps in a way, that was karma’s way of doling out justice. I was shocked that he didn’t even get jail time. Community service, a $750 fine and they took his license away for a year. A women died and he walked away getting barely a slap on the wrist. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that.

Onto other topics: I took the kids ice skating on Sunday. I hadn’t been on the ice in a long time. I used to live at the rink in one way or another…but lately I’ve not had much reason to be there. I really had a nice time though. Meg did a pretty well. She is getting the hang of it. Brandon was still sticking to the wall like super glue, but he did make some good attempts and learned how to balance away from the wall. We were there about an hour & a half when I decided it would be our last lap. It was then that Brandon decided to wipe us both out. No big deal, except that everyone was staring and my skate lace came undone. I made my way to the bench to retie my skate…and as I stepped back onto the ice – WHAM!! – I fell flat on my back. I cannot even believe it! What a loser! One minute I’m upright; the next I’m staring at the ceiling! I hurt my thumb pretty badly (it is all swollen and black and blue) and my right arm is sore. My ass feels like one big bruise. LOL I’ll live. :o)

Tomorrow is Meg’s 10th birthday. A whole decade! Wow. I officially feel old now. ;o) She is so excited about her birthday. She’s had a running count down for 2 weeks. Meg expects so much – I hope she will be happy with what we can do for her. We are just SOOOO poor right now. She wants the world to bend to her will just because it is her birthday. She just doesn’t get it. As her Mom I want to make her day special, but I can’t morph her world into Paris Hilton-land like she dreams.

Oh – Happy Birthday Roger! I haven’t forgotten that you share Meg’s birthday. :o)

I need to get going…lots to do!

Buffy alert: Did you hear that Joss Whedon is going to write Buffy - Season 8 as a comic? It’s true! Check out this link: http://www.whedon.info/article.php3?id_article=16875

Songs of the moment: “Don’t Dream It’s Over” ~ Crowded House
& “Destroy Everything You Touch” ~ Ladytron

Random ‘Heroes” Thoughts: Did you watch Heroes last night? It was awesome…how in the hell am I going make it until Jan. 22nd? It’s official; Milo V.’s character, Peter is my favorite super freak, hands-down! I love how he is portraying Peter as being fragile but strong. I love how they have his hair down in his face like they do…it is very comic-like. The way they use light to shade in their faces in certain scenes…LOVE IT! Are there no other Hero fanatics out there? This is the best new show on TV right now.