I know I am guilty of the lack of accountability at times. Since becoming a criminal defense attorney I would like to think that I have gotten better about understanding that if I really think about the situations I am in, I can trace it back to some decision that I have made that has exacerbated my situation, even if I didn't start the problem.

The reason I ask is because day in and day out I listen to people (mostly clients) who have gotten the blame game down to an absolute science. For fuck's sake, you can't get a lower bond if you don't show up for court when you are supposed to, and I can't help you if you don't contact me until the day you have court.

I spent a mind numbing hour on the phone with a client who had an answer for everything,and I mean literally everything I said. And when she didn't like what I had to say about her situation she would start screaming. One of these days I am going to answer the phone and start out my conversations like this, "Before you say anything understand that at the end of this covnersation two things are going to happen, you are going to go to jail and I am going to go to lunch."

Man people irk me today.