December 4, 2006

Answered the Subpoena!

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So I arrived into JFK International Airport at around 7am. I made my way through early morning mass transit taking the AirTran to the LIRR, the LIRR to Hicksville Station and managed to get a grab a cab in Hicksville to Plainview (not an easy feat at that hour of the morning) and get to my parents house by 9am. Went to the Court House in Mineola, where the Cop at the door let me go through the metal detector without even having to empty my pockets as it beeped and made metal detector type noises, he asks me “you don’t have anything on you that you’re not supposed to, do you?” I respond “no sir” he says “go on through then.”

I present the two letters, my Selective Services Card (for those of you not familiar, every male over the age of 18 in the United States must register with the Selective Services incase there’s a draft), my Erie County Board of Elections Voter Registration Card and my License: all of which have me living in Erie County, at my Apartment, outside of the Jurisdiction of Nassau County.

I walked away with a letter certifying that I appeared, in person, to address the subpoena, and me and the legal system are now chill with each other once again. Of course, my father keeps asking why I didn’t just call and tell them that I’d do it when I was down later in December at my leisure and my response was “Well…when one receives a letter that threatens contempt of court and/or a bench warrant…one should normally just show up in person like they’re asked to.” His response was, that when he was my age, he had a stack of bench warrants out for his arrest…to which my Mother and I replied, in synch, “THAT’S NOT SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.”

Some parents want their children to be lawyers, others want their children to be doctors, my Father, he wants me to be a defendant.

And now, time to take a quick nap with my puppy (I’ve been going since yesterday, and this 5:50am flight just took a lot out of me) and then to keep on track with my finals week schedule as much as possible by crunching numbers and doing data analysis…and of course, picking up bagels and some deli sandwiches while I’m down here…because bagels don’t exist in Buffalo…real ones, anyway.

Answered the Subpoena!

moocowinthecity 2006-12-04 No Comments

So I arrived into JFK International Airport at around 7am. I made my way through early morning mass transit taking the AirTran to the LIRR, the LIRR to Hicksville Station and managed to get a grab a cab in Hicksville to Plainview (not an easy feat at that hour of the morning) and get to my parents house by 9am. Went to the Court House in Mineola, where the Cop at the door let me go through the metal detector without even having to empty my pockets as it beeped and made metal detector type noises, he asks me “you don’t have anything on you that you’re not supposed to, do you?” I respond “no sir” he says “go on through then.”

I present the two letters, my Selective Services Card (for those of you not familiar, every male over the age of 18 in the United States must register with the Selective Services incase there’s a draft), my Erie County Board of Elections Voter Registration Card and my License: all of which have me living in Erie County, at my Apartment, outside of the Jurisdiction of Nassau County.

I walked away with a letter certifying that I appeared, in person, to address the subpoena, and me and the legal system are now chill with each other once again. Of course, my father keeps asking why I didn’t just call and tell them that I’d do it when I was down later in December at my leisure and my response was “Well…when one receives a letter that threatens contempt of court and/or a bench warrant…one should normally just show up in person like they’re asked to.” His response was, that when he was my age, he had a stack of bench warrants out for his arrest…to which my Mother and I replied, in synch, “THAT’S NOT SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.”

Some parents want their children to be lawyers, others want their children to be doctors, my Father, he wants me to be a defendant.

And now, time to take a quick nap with my puppy (I’ve been going since yesterday, and this 5:50am flight just took a lot out of me) and then to keep on track with my finals week schedule as much as possible by crunching numbers and doing data analysis…and of course, picking up bagels and some deli sandwiches while I’m down here…because bagels don’t exist in Buffalo…real ones, anyway.

Whirlwind Trip to NYC/LI

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As if the last week of classes at UB with finals looming next Monday (11th) and Wednesday (13th) weren’t enough, I have to go down to Nassau County to respond to a Summons because apparently, despite moving my residency to Erie County on not only my license and my voter registration (as Erie county is where I now reside before I move to Tel Aviv) Nassau didn’t update their paperwork and I’ve failed to appear for Jury Duty Summons in Nassau County (despite the fact that they’re not really able to summon me for jury duty in the first place, since I reside in Erie).

The only way I can describe this is if I were governor of New York and decided to start passing laws for Kentucky…it’s an issue of jurisdiction. However, not wanting to be in contempt of court, I now need to appear (so the summons says) in person, before a judge…so since I only have once class today, I’m taking the hit in that, and flying down to deal with this.

At least I’ll have ample time on the plane to go over the data I collected during my fieldwork practical and start analyzing it for the final report…and then there’s always Mom’s cooking and of course, Long Island Bagels (so the trip won’t be that bad, it will, most certainly, be frustrating).

So, if any of you are on the Island and free tonight, call my cell phone (347) 706-0009 and maybe we can do coffee or tea…though I’d really love to have dinner with my family, given how infrequently I get to see them.

I’m now all packed for the 5:50am flight from Buffalo to JFK (I’m just bringing carry on) which means I need to get my files and my briefcase set to go…

Stress? What stress? At least I’ll have a few hours to write this paper…it’ll all get done…just one thing, at a time…slowly.

And he’s off!!

– M

Whirlwind Trip to NYC/LI

moocowinthecity 2006-12-04 No Comments

As if the last week of classes at UB with finals looming next Monday (11th) and Wednesday (13th) weren’t enough, I have to go down to Nassau County to respond to a Summons because apparently, despite moving my residency to Erie County on not only my license and my voter registration (as Erie county is where I now reside before I move to Tel Aviv) Nassau didn’t update their paperwork and I’ve failed to appear for Jury Duty Summons in Nassau County (despite the fact that they’re not really able to summon me for jury duty in the first place, since I reside in Erie).

The only way I can describe this is if I were governor of New York and decided to start passing laws for Kentucky…it’s an issue of jurisdiction. However, not wanting to be in contempt of court, I now need to appear (so the summons says) in person, before a judge…so since I only have once class today, I’m taking the hit in that, and flying down to deal with this.

At least I’ll have ample time on the plane to go over the data I collected during my fieldwork practical and start analyzing it for the final report…and then there’s always Mom’s cooking and of course, Long Island Bagels (so the trip won’t be that bad, it will, most certainly, be frustrating).

So, if any of you are on the Island and free tonight, call my cell phone (347) 706-0009 and maybe we can do coffee or tea…though I’d really love to have dinner with my family, given how infrequently I get to see them.

I’m now all packed for the 5:50am flight from Buffalo to JFK (I’m just bringing carry on) which means I need to get my files and my briefcase set to go…

Stress? What stress? At least I’ll have a few hours to write this paper…it’ll all get done…just one thing, at a time…slowly.

And he’s off!!

– M