Today I had the fine fine pleasure of visiting the thrillingly depressing Hall of Justice (which i always liked calling the Justice League; which is cool now since the Justice League club is now the Independent which means the Independent newspaper should be renamed Some Newspaper, or perhaps the Hall of Justice and keep everything cyclical, like a four degrees of separation thing. You know so no toes are stepped on).
Apparently I had willingly ignored my jury summons on 11/25 for some unknown reason. Any who, visiting the JL is like a refreshing reminder that as a state worker at least I dont work for the city. This building makes my state built cave look like a Mexican vacation; you know the kind you dont regret or gain new stitches from.
You can almost feel the lives of previous city workers pushing and moaning their way out the walls circa Nightmare on Elm Street. From the hideous brown paint that reminds me kind of like Swiss Miss to the cottage cheese sprayed ceilings that perhaps many many years ago was white but are now soon to be seen in a Truth ad on TV from all the nicotine and tar collected on them.
I have nothing but praise for the security team there as well as my glasses case set off the metal alarm but my Leatherman did not. Good job there SF Police I feel safer knowing you are there. But then again, perhaps they figure you are in the center of angry, disgruntled, looking-for-reason cops and letting an idiot through with a weapon is more of a stress valve for them than a concern for public safety. Thinking on that I take back my criticism.
Although their elevators and their curiously Metropolis that seen better days doors deserve criticism. They are these strange newspaper-stand-folded-corrugated-meta-security-on-its side death trap things. I worried that if I got to close that I might loose a finger and yet when someone was running to catch the elevator I risked life and digit to stop the door from closing. Did I get a thanks, or,I appreciate your risk man, that was insanely brave? No.
Well all in all after I filled out my Im so sorry grinding wheels of the system form they issued me a new jury summons date: 02/14/05; nothing special happening on that date, so happily I headed my way back outside. So my question to the JL is do you plan your jury days on Holidays because you want to make the jurors as miserable as the accused or as yourself for having to work there?
All in all I give the Hall of Justice a 4 out of 5 stars for entertainment value or perhaps to calm the manic. Im still waiting to hear from Sunset to see if they would like me to do a piece for them on it.
