a "magical" nut no less. sadly, i'm sure her "magical" nonsense resonates with some, but mostly with the grief stricken i'm sure, those who are desperately willing to believe anything positive regardless of how absurd. she reminded me of a tv psychic...
having said that, her testimony did make for entertaining television. loved it when dk faced the jury throughout ds's hypothetical, shaking her head from side to side, with a resigned look on her face as if to say to the panel "the poor, poor child - it's no surprise she acted the way she did, of course it makes sense, and it's a miracle that she was as strong as she was given the hell-hole that was her life." of course miss woe is me casey lapped it up, turning on the waterworks for good measure. this entire scene was especially entertaining because you just knew what was coming, just knew how much ja had to work with! and he didn't disappoint - right out of the gate he asked dk the obvious: if there was any behavior known to man that she would consider inconsistent with grieving... cartwheels, all night parties, a trip to disneyland, a pedicure, shaking up with the lover, etc., etc. ,etc... priceless. dk stumbled, paused, hemmed and hawed knowing that she was cornered. so what does she do? sticks to her guns and says every behavior under the sun is consistent with grieving. ha ha ha, it was beautiful.
btw, i took exception with dk's end of testimony narrative, when she tried to use the umbrella/rain anecdote as another example of the bizarre and illogical behavior of those that grieve. to me there was nothing bizarre or illogical about the mother's behavior - instead it struck me as something very human, very real, very logical. it's what those that grieve might do. as opposed to partying for 31 days.
