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by arbi
1-31-11
http://www.realmonstrosities.com/2010/08/bedbug.html

 

by arbi
2-05-11
this morning, we got 5 more inches of snow on top of the layer of ice. so i don't go out. trudged over to my other house to show it to a new tenant.
i'm still compulsively playing spider solitaire instead of writing up the interrogatories.
on wednesday, i drove to evansville and back for a screening, but they cancelled it.
i spent some time today blogging and making new albums for my multiply account.
http://vark.blogspot.com/2011/02/crews-daniel-l.html
circle of life and death: one of my friends has turned 18 and started a new career as a transexual porn star. (you can google madison montag if you dare.)
another of my friends was found dead in his bed new years eve, but i only found out today, because i've been snowed in and of course no one would bother to tell me.

 

by arbi
2-11-11
yesterday took a bus up to michigan, paid for the work done on my car, drove home, slept, went to the club,
today, picked up car where it stalled at other house, unloaded car, did laundry, one phone call, not much else.
http://abstrusegoose.com/338
it got above freezing today. wind chill had been 14 below in michigan.
i need to find my truck title, i'm trading it to a tenant for a bit of work done on the house.
i should do dishes put away laundry finish interrogatories go through mail make a better list - the usual. and start some seeds. call mom.
i should do dishes x put away laundry x finish interrogatories x go through mail make a better list ? - the usual. and start some seeds x swept stairs.

 

by arbi
2-11-11
I didn't get much done today. Slept in, surfed 4chan, checked my blogs, watered the plants, did a little housework, didn't write a memo for my case.
friday . . . . . saturday
Tomorrow I should make a better list, find the title to my truck, pay my insurance, clean the car, go over the bills, sweep my bedroom, do a rough draft of my taxes, and line up some screenings.
But i think I know how it's really going to go:
I didn't get much done today. Slept in, surfed 4chan, checked my blogs, watered the plants, did a little housework, didn't write a memo for my case.

 

by arbi
2-11-11
our internet based street protests have won. julia gillard has fled to paris and i am the new prime minister of austrailia.
oh, cool. can i be your secretary of defense?
and whomite ubi?
russell crow

 

Sometimes, doc, I imagine that I have this other life as a human.
by arbi, 2-11-11

 

by arbi
2-11-11
true or false,russell crowe was born in austrailia?
false, new zealand
in what movie will russell crowe play a chinese blacksmith?
man with the iron fists
as a small child, what tv show did russell crowe star in?
romper stomper room?

 

by arbi
2-11-11
for ten points, what world leader, in conflict with the army, is not expected to be re-elected?
moo-barak?
and the judges are saying... 10 points!

 

by arbi
2-16-11
monday: got nothing done, but rented out a room, collected $120. went to the club. my buddy aaron introduced me to a hot chick, and also had the inside scoop on how dannon died.
so i spent tuesday hung over, which hasn't happened in over a year; i'm usually really careful not to have that 5th gin and tonic. so now i have to call ray to get aaron's number to get mary's number
i've been playing a fun game of phone tag with the county assessor. it's my move again.
so she can reject me. tuesday i paid off $800 on my loan so i now owe $250. car won't start so i'm on my bike. it warmed up enough the ice is melting off the streets.
i also went to the plasma center for the first time in 8 years they said come back tomorrow.
today wednesday i did nothing. dishes trash laundry rode bike 6 miles to buy coffee and get a haircut. called mom. planted flowers and veggies in egg cartons.
tuesday the city's lawyer emailed saying where's the memo so i emailed it back to him with an apology for being late. so that's my week so far.

 

by arbi
2-17-11
so today i only got one thing done, besides keeping up with my game of phone tag with the assessor.
i went to the plasma center. took all day because i had to reregister, physical etc. i think i made $50.
i bled all over my sweatshirt coming home. nice bike weather again. now i'm off to the club to blow the money i made. didn't call mary. i hate phones even more than i hate the sight of blood.

 

by arbi
2-18-11
I didn't get much done today. Didn't ride my bike, but I did move the compost pile to the garden, 10 wheelbarrow loads. Used power tools to hang stuff up in the kitchen, planted more seeds.
Looked at some jobs online. Multiply took my site down, so I'm rebuilding over at www.dotphoto.com.
I was going to go over to the house and work on the front porch which has some rotten boards, but I didnt get that far.
I was going to sort through some boxes of paperwork, looking for the title to the dodge truck, but I didnt get that done either.
Some email with a local reporter about the secretary of state scandal - the grand jury met again today. All in all, not much done. I might ride to a local club I dont usually go to, or not.

 

by arbi
2-23-11
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/22/alaska-state-rep-ref.html
sunday, i sorted stacks of papers into folders, neatly sorted into two dynamite boxes. i hate filing, but it needed done.
monday, i made a 10 item list and did 7 of them. couldn't do two because it was president's day. collected $120 rent.
not this one: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/23/attack-of-the-pink-a.html#p0
tuesday, i did nothing. barely got out of bed except to fix food, to be eaten in bed. i (might have) got(ten) something posted to boingboing and a couple items on the election law blog.
weds, havent done much. 2 phone calls, booked a screening, made stroganoff.
because of the screening, i won't do plasma tomorrow after all. it's $1500 if i get it, which would average gross around $6k/yr, so i need to give this up if things dont improve.
i've looked at some jobs online but not actually applied for anything yet.

 

by arbi
2-23-11
sabor bohemia $5 cover bikini night
I really wanted to go out to a club tonight, but it was raining and cold, so i just went to the cantina across the street.
$5 cover, a $4 beer, bought a beer for some fat mexican dancer who might have been the cousin of the one i liked.
i had a gin and passionfruit juice at home, so i'm a bit tipsy.
can't think of any punchline or anything.
for tomorrow, i should make a list and get some stuff done.
this part left blank so i can update it in the morning

 

this just in: http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20110224/NEWS/102240352/Gov-selects-King-for-state-high-court
by arbi, 2-24-11

 

by arbi
2-26-11
thursday, i didnt really get anything done, but i rode my bike 10 miles to the post office, and visited a local strip club i've been meaning to go to since i found out it was in biking distance.
my standards are low enough that just getting out of the house counts as an accomplishment. it was blizzardlike on the way home, sleeting, but no problem.
friday: didn't get out of bed. one of my blogs got 500 hits, 7000 for the month.
saturday: didn't get out of bed. i had meant to go to the statehouse protests, but didn't.
have a screening in missouri next week sometime.

 

by arbi
2-28-11
today i made a list and got a few of the things done. i called gateway, got my car battery charged, fixed the phone, did some filing, emailed the insurance company.
the PA court was closed by the time i called, i didnt call my mechanic, save my ancestry file, or write any memos.
i also did laundry, took out the recycling, painted a door, and collected $200 and a broken car from my roommate, who will now move to basement at a reduced rent.
i've made a list for tomorrow, which includes renting a car and driving to missouri. after i call the court pay a ticket call the assessor go through the phone bill go to bank pay on loan call greg
http://vark.blogspot.com/2011/02/indy-police-are-best-in-world-i-dont.html
right now i'm off to the club. the gateway study requires us to drink 7 drinks a week, so i'll go do my part.
[this space left blank for drunken rambles when i get home [see link]]

 

by arbi
2-28-11
overtly ripped off from choadwarrior/516677/
The U.S. is considering establishment of a "No-Fly Zone" over Libya in response to actions by Col. Muammar Gaddafi
oh yeah?
things i didnt know: tripoli is greek for three cities. so it's kinda like "the tri-state area"

 

by arbi
3-01-11
my spacebar seems to be stuck,soi have tokeepeditingto addspaces.
Today' list had 12 items and I did 8 of them. I paid my credit card due today and rented a car. I'm on my way to st charles.
I didn't call the mechanic, bug jake about his cats, fix the closet or make a better list.
It's an interesting study, if i get in. We take 4 shots of booze, then the pill. It only pays $1400, but I'm broke so I have to take what I can get.
The seeds I planted are starting to come up.
email from a hot? japanese girl who wants to couchsurf here. she's part of some fundraising scam. i expect a bait and switch.

 

by arbi
3-04-11
I woke up late. Maybe because I was at the club last night. Not the usual club, a close by one where it's $3 all you can drink drag show, but they made my gin with diet tonic, yuck.
So I went to the bank, paid off my loan, made my credit card payment, met w my mechanic, borrowed $300 for the texas taxes, spent 2 hours cleaning up after a tenant who bailed.
They left enough stuff to make it worth it for me to clean up, and for the two weeks of back rent, but apparently they owed a lot on utilities, so we'll try to sell the stuff they left.
The guy in the attic paid 3 weeks of back rent so he's caught up.
They left enough ramen I know what i'll be eating for a month. I actually like ramen.
Tomorrow I get the title to my newest car, #49, a dodge neo, and get rid of the truck, #45.

 

by arbi
3-04-11
This just in!
Recently the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Bullcoming v New Mexico.
Duck, there's a Bullcoming!
http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/bullcoming-v-new-mexico/
Yes, Mouse, I just said that.
he should have ducked!

 

today's daily task list had 13 items. i was sick, and didnt do any of them.
i had a 4 hour headache, and felt like i was hung over, but that wasn't it since i didnt drink last night.
by arbi, 3-04-11

 

by arbi
3-06-11
friday i didnt do anything because i was sick. today i didnt have that excuse, but didnt do anything.
yesterday i finished cleaning an apartment at my other house, and got it rented out, and collected some rent, but now the existing tenants are upset about something or other.
i went to the club, and then i even went dancing at another club, which i don't usually do. had a pretty good time.
today i just did online stuff. 799 hits on one of my blogs. i have my alarm set because i have court tomorrow.
so i should try to get some sleep instead my usual stay up till 5 am. hey wait. this is new. i have 16 followers.
and they are like the gods of stripcreator. hcroyall, dcom, seanator, danmingo, ivy, crabby, everyone except choad.

 

by arbi
3-09-11
monday in court was kinda rough, we are probably going to litigate it, although they would settle for $350, that i told them i dont have. went to the club.
tuesday, nothing. my roommate somehow told the water company to come put on a different meter, and they took the old one off, but now they won't put on a new one, so we have no water i havent showered
the upside is that my tenants have paid back rent, so i was able to pay the utilities.
today is complicated. i have to be in missouri for a study tomorrow, and we got my car started, but it died again. it's only a loose wire.
so i'm going to ride the bus tonight and take maybe a cab? to the site, then walk a few miles each day to the hotel, and come back next week.
this study is alot of hassle for not much money, but it's only 3 weekends.
if i miss the bus i'll rent a car for a week tomorrow? actually the better way woould be wait till morning and have the mechanic fix it again. but that's too simple.
i wonder what it would cost to fly to st louis. the bus is only $44, less than gas. but i wont have my car to sleep in.

 

by arbi
3-12-11
(i started this comic at the site, and am finishing it at home. no free wireless at the bus station.)
thursday, to get here, i rode my bike, took a bus to the airport, took a train to the bus station, took a bus, took a taxi
friday we dosed. big breakfast, a pill, 5 1/3 shots of everclear + koolade, no chaser. i puked, so i'm out of the study. everyone else was fine.
saturday they let us go. i got a ride to the train station, train to st louis, saw a st patrick's parade, bus to indy, bike home.
first i took the goose on the boat, then i went back and got the fox, and brought the goose back, then i brought the grain to the fox, and went back for the goose.
(did not go to club, got turned away at the plasma place because i was in a study, havent made a new list.)
i'm basicly going to break even. 2 weeks wasted. one of my roommates is going to screen for a $3K study there. he's broker than i am.
will go to the club and do plasma tomorrow, and make a new list. my feet hurt from walking.

 

by arbi
3-14-11
today i settled my paperwork hassle at the plasma place and made my $50. spent $25 going out to a couple of clubs.
well worth it. i got a lapdance and some kisses from a cute customer at the club, and he's already emailed me. that's why i go on mondays, for the customers.
got nothing else done all day and haven't made a new list. as usual i'm disorganized and i stay up too late watching hulu and then don't get out of bed the next day in time to do stuff.
we are waiting for the plumber to finish so we can get the water back on; meanwhile it's sponge baths and hauling water from next door.
plan for tomorrow: see if i can get the printer hooked up, print a couple letters, draft a memo, make a better list, send a more coherent email to the cute guy, check my mail, check for studies, take
car to mechanic, - whoops! i still have a bowl of rice in the microwave. and i need to get this okra into the fridge. the big picture gets sidetracked by these mundane details.

 

by arbi
3-16-11
i'm at the plasma center, making comic onehandedly.
i'm kind of pissed off because they kept me waiting for hours before hooking me up. but at least i'm online.
http://www.exocomics.com
my big accomplishment today was taking a bath. still waiting for our water to be turned back on. cost me $100 so far. called my mechanic.
the main thing on my to do list is to make a list.
it's warmed up enough i should dig the garden. install printer print letters mail them start memos take out neighbor's trash maybe do dishes.
i was going to work on the list while here, but's not practical with one hand. so instead i'm roughing out a bar complaint against some dc lawyers.

 

by arbi
3-17-11
seriously. i go to indy's oldest st pat's fest at the irish bar a block from my old house, and the signs say "st patty's".
I made a new list but didn't get much done. A couple phone calls, went to the bank and hardware store. Sitting here unmotivated right now.
One of my blogs will get 10,000 hits this month,and it's easy to spend too much time on that instead of anything productive or real world.
that was after i'd made this comic. http://goldenaceinn.com/
I found a cute teddy bear in a dumpster near the hardware store so it wasn't a totally wasted day, and we should have water back on soon.
midnight, still no water
http://xkcd.com/874/
so, three thing did, 17 things didn't. i shouldn't go out tonight but i probably will.
i stood around like a wallflower. somebody handed me a beer.

 

by arbi
3-18-11
/four_legged_tripod/517829/
I am a great awk, the last of my kind. Come toward me.
Why?
Because it's national awkward moment day.

 

by arbi
3-18-11
well i got 4 things done today but not much major or important.
i did pay a bill, and did 3 loads of laundry and washed the dishes, now that we have water again. mechanic stood me up, i couldn't find the plasma card, i didnt call buffalo in time, didnt call mom
so i at least made attempts at some of the easy items. didn't get my mail because it rained, didnt call the assessor, get the printer installed, or write any memos.
i'm still going out tonight, although i haven't earned it. i have an hour. I could start digging the garden, and go through the phone bills.
saturday - did nothing. started digging garden.sunday - did nothing. stayed up all night so i could go to plasma early - that didnt work. got here 11 AM.

 

http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/sports/skiing-boarding/skis-plus-a-jetpack-equals-one-thrilling-ride-with-video?click=pm_news
here's a video of a guy who wore a jetpack while skiing.
meep meep
by arbi, 3-22-11

 

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/24/low-serotinin-levels.html
are you pondering what i'm pondering, pinky?
by arbi, 3-24-11

 

by arbi
3-24-11
harvey
ladyjdotnet/518334/
donnie darko
yojimbo

 

by arbi
4-09-11
couchsurfed with a cool artist in kansas city kansas
three trips to kansas city. none of us got in the $5000 study. they told jake he was in then stole it back. i got in the $1500 study, but they sent me home the first day.
so a lot of these places are just in the wild goose chase business. i'm getting discouraged.
http://vark.blogspot.com/2011/03/httpchrisdolemanproauctions.html
right now that's all i've got. just hadn't updated for awhile. hits on my blog are back down to a trickle.
i didn't get out of bed today, hulu, reddit, 4chan, youtube.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/221984/the-painter-of-the-wind
i could bike to the club, but i dont feel motivated. maybe some midnight gardening.
i did transplant the pear tree to the front yard. it might or might not live.

 

by arbi
4-13-11
i've gotten almost nothing done this past week. i've been spending full time procrastinating, not writing a memo that might have been due two days ago, still havent started.
today i did some laundry, moved a rug, made a list, didnt do the things on the list, worked on the garden, showed a room to a prospective tenant, email other prospective tenants, but mostly
i did nothing,again. this kind of thing is why it took me 12 years to get through college. i really stress out and avoid doing written projects.
lost a filling today. that'll be one more expense. been pricing a sigmoidoscopy - based on the last set of tests,and that i'm 50, i need to go for a cancer screening.
my good roommate's been busily spring cleaning,and getting my shiftless nogood roommate to help out a little.
i didn't call the assessor or the phone company or the lab rat places or my mom. i'm running out of excuses and will have to start that memo, after a bath and nth cup of coffee.

 

by arbi
4-13-11
* that's not quite what they call him.
Captain Abe Dronkowitchzh, fomerly of precinct 13? We need your help on this perplexing murder.
You can call me Dronk. Everyone does. To the dronkmobile!
ragu4u/519794/
Are you some kind of buddhist priest?
No, this is a bathrobe. I'm a little hung over. and thirsty.
here's your 'snack', sir. this makes 7.
it was the colonel! from the library window, with a bullet made of dry ice.

 

by arbi
4-18-11
all the stippers are out tonight, accentuatenegative, ivy,mandingo, artemis, zmanzillla, choadwarrior...
havent made a comic for awhile.so here's one even if i dont have much to say.
my memo is now a week past deadline. didnt get my taxes in today.
i decided i'd ride my bike to the club. it was a mild drizzzle so i put on a hat. was drenched by the time i got there. $20 at the club, $6 at the all night gay diner, caught up with a former fling.
the guy i was hoping would be at the club tonight wasn't there. he went last week but i didnt.
planted some flowers and veggies today. didnt get much else done. emailed a realtor; trying to sell one of the houses.
had one drink too many, so i might wake up hung over (or dead.) rented a room to a chinese physics major for 2 weeks, $150.

 

by arbi
4-19-11
why is b b king's guitar named lucille?
back in 1947, in arkansas, b b was playing in some dive. the place was heated by a barrel of kerosine.
two drunks were arguing over a woman named lucille. they knocked over the barrel, so the dive caught fire.
b b ran back in to get his $30 hollow body guitar.
he named it lucille, to remind him to stay the heck out of arkansas.
ever since then, his guitars have always been named lucille.

 

by arbi
4-19-11
why is b b king's guitar named lucille?
back in 1947, in arkansas, b b was playing in some dive. the place was heated by a barrel of kerosine.
two drunks were arguing over a woman named lucille. they knocked over the barrel, so the dive caught fire.
b b ran back in to get his $30 hollow body gibson guitar.
he named it lucille, to remind him to stay the heck out of arkansas.
ever since then, his guitars have always been named lucille.

 

by arbi
4-19-11

 

by arbi
5-11-11
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/11/minnesota-ball-slash.html
some bjerk in duluth has a fetish for stabbing gym balls.
ok,ok , i havent made a comic in a long time. i'll get to it. it's not like i'm getting anything else done.

 

by arbi
6-04-11
He came to our city in the early dawn
today i went to a village-wide yard sale at woodruff where i used to live,and bought 2 volumes of cerebus comics, $12.
though later he would be called the finest warrior to enter our gates, at the time he was just a curiosity.
you see, he stood only 5 hands high, had a lengthy snout, a long tale, and was covered with short pink fur.
i also got some dutch decorative tiles, a gas can, and some cold drinks.
he was, in short, cerebus the aardvark
this is my first comic in over a month. i'm in a slump.

 

by arbi
6-05-11
today i did not get out of bed until after dark, except to piss and grab a snack from the fridge.
spent the day on the chans again.* *plotting the underthrow of a small island nation, one of my hobbies.
let's see, yesterday the people i evicted actually left, and left it clean, so that was one skirmish won. even got the keys back. talked with the other tenants, who are all unhappy.
i should probably go sweep up the place a bit.
tomorrow's monday and i should make a plan and a list, so i don't have another day like today
if i worked on getting my car fixed, then i could start looking for a job. i can't even give plasma anymore right now, and none of my tenants are paying rent yet.

 

by arbi
6-15-11
today was fairly productive, after doing nothing yesterday. i got the lawnmower running, mowed the lawn, did dishes and laundry, emailed my ex, made three phone calls, met w/ a mechanic,
took out the trash, played dinosaurs with the kids next door, read a supreme court case, put a fan in the basement, transplanted some mint, weeded the yard, made my bed, made a list.
haven't written a word of my memo yet. got karma on redditt, submitted a blog post about google to slashdot, reached 5000 hits this month on my other blog. cleaned the fridge.
asked my roommate to pick up the cigarette butts. it's my pet peeve. the day lillies and marigolds and roses and petunias and cilantro are blooming.
tomorrow i give plasma, go to dinner with couchsurfers, maybe check my mail or work on my memo (yeah right.) call about job, take car to mechanic.
monday i salvaged 4 huge thick oak doors from a contruction site downtown; they might become the new bathroom floor. met w/ tenants, went well..

 

by arbi
6-15-11
Didja see the lunar eclipse today?
No,what channel was it on?
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/longest-lunar-eclipse-when-the-moon-turned-red/159713-3.html
Google.

 

by arbi
6-19-11
thursday: rode bike 25 miles, donated plasma. those dont mix well, was a little dizzy. played shuffleboard with couchsurfers at a bar in broad ripple. was different to hang out with actual cute girls.
went to club, got stood up by my lesbian roommates but had fun. made $40, spent $30, colected rent $70.
http://www.slashfilm.com/category/features/slashfilmcast/the-tobolowsky-files/
friday, took car to mechanic $250, meetings with tenants collected rent $50. spent all weekend listening to stephen "ned ryerson" tobolowsky podcasts.
you might know him as sandy ryerson from glee. he's one of those character actors in every bad disney movie. pretty good story teller.
groundhog's day is episode 29.
a funsounding danish couple were going to couchsurf here but someone else got them first.
i'm still avoiding a memo. also have two court appearances this week to prepare for.

 

by arbi
6-24-11
wednesday: court went pretty well. then i went to the disputed property and mowed about 2/3 of it before i ran out of gas. went home but fell asleep instead of getting anything done.
thursday: it's nice ot be able to drive the 6 miles to plasma instead of biking. i'm down to 176 pounds; that'll go up again now that i'm driving. mowed the rest of the lawn, went home fell asleep.
we got the drunks out of my rental house and moved in a lesbian couple. so of the 8 people in my 2 houses, half are lesbians.
friday: havent done anything yet. need to get ready for small claims court on monday. party at mitchell's tonight.

 

hey this is cool. you can click on who you are following and it shows just their comics.
if i have to be in this stupid default one panel comic, shouldn't i at least get a punchline?
by arbi, 6-25-11

 

by arbi
6-25-11
i'm bored. it's saturday night. i'm stuck at home with nothing to do and no money to do it with. this is arbitrary day, a redditt-sponsored holiday, but i didnt get around to inviting people for a pot
-luck.
i have two different memos i'm avoiding writing. i have court monday and need to get ready. a little depressed after a big fight with my roommate.
via email since he's out of town. the internet is not distracting me enough. maybe i'll read this asimov book i dumpster dived last night.
on monday i need to call about a job interview. my phone is turned off, and the pay phone down the street broke, but i found another further down the street.
it's late june in indy, so there is low intensity artillery fire for the next couple weeks

 

by arbi
6-27-11
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/10-238.pdf
my friends at the institute for justice are now batting 4 for 5, winning a case striking down part of arizona's dirty elections fund.
even the one they lost, kelo v new london, ended up being a useful important case for great justice.
the court also struck down regulation of violent video games.
i feel itchy and scratchy all of a sudden!
either this was supposed to be a two panel strip, or we are fulang gong protestors.
join us again in october for more court-on-court action.

 

by arbi
6-28-11
I didn't get much done today. Slept in after the club last night. It was the offical last night of monday night drink and drown, which i've been going to for over ten years. Ray was there, happydrunk.
I dumpster dived a roomful of carpet, a peck of mangos, a case of salsa. I washed the kitchen floor, did a little gardening, adjusted the new fence at temple, moved a tent, gave some flowers to the
kids next door, planted some flowers, buried this month's compost, sorted out the freezer.
I got two blog posts linked at electionlawblog.com, and one of my other blogs will hit 12000 hits this month sometime tonight, although most of those are from robots i think.
The lady who might have a job for me wasn't in again today. I need to call earlier.
In the hour and half till midnight, I could get a lot done, but won't. The book i'm reading right now is "I. Asimov." He could have called it "I, Asimov."

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