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by arbi
12-14-11
wednesday: not getting much done. plasma $40. i went in at the wrong time so it took longer. went to the post office, found i'd forgotten my key. right now it's raining too heavily to go to the club
or hit up a dumpster where i have a tip there's a lot of aluminum gutters. been having trouble sleeping at night lately. have an auction to go to tomorrow if i wake up and it's not raining.
tuesday i paid the cable bill and paid off my line of credit. didnt i already make this comic?
i'll be hitting it up again to pay $1000 in property taxes so they dont take my house.
thursday some meeting to go to. friday plasma, monday kalamazoo.
i made some notes on the west virginia memo while at plasma.

 

by arbi
12-15-11
louie ck was asked on reddit, do you do your own editing? he replied
In some ways not editing yourself would be like a sculptor dropping some clay off at a guys house and saying "Make a naked lady chasing a bull. and do it nice."
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/n9tef/hi_im_louis_ck_and_this_is_a_thing/

 

by arbi
12-15-11
i watched this episode on hulu. the duck saves the day.
i think this shows amazing parenting skills
another louis ck story:
My daughter said "you should do a episode where you go to afghanistan and bring a duckling to keep you company." so i did it.
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/n9tef/hi_im_louis_ck_and_this_is_a_thing/c37e9bt
that's so cute
fuck you

 

by arbi
12-17-11
yesterday, plasma, junkyard, post office, bank, gas station.
today: didnt get out of bed yet. this seems to be a pattern. occasional activity between sets of laziness.
thursday, went to an auction, didnt buy anything, picked up a part for the furnance, moved some boxes, went to the club.
tomorrow: i go to michigan for two days.
i have to get some real estate tax appeals filed before the end of the year, so i'm starting to stress about that.
my good roommate is probably leaving. another guy's crashed in the front room for a week for $75. maybe i can get a superbowl renter.

 

this just in! Kim Jong ill.
by arbi, 12-18-11

 

by arbi
12-22-11
I spent a couple days in kalamazoo but didnt get into the study. Wasted money on a hotel room.
collected as final $160 in rent from the roommate i liked who moved out. have a new roommate who hasn't paid yet so i doubt he'll stay long.
So now I'm home again and didn't make a list so havent gotten out of bed. Didn't do much yesterday either.
not much to say, not much going on, but i need to keep making comics to stay in the habit.
if i were more motivated, i could get up and go to a chainsaw-ice sculpure thing at the art museum. i probably won't.
maybe tomorrow i'll get downtown and argue about my tax bill, which they have wrong again this year.
maybe tonight i'll work on a list or even on some memos. i'll be skipping christmas this year.

 

by arbi
1-18-12
havent made one of these for a month. i'm trying to catch up on my lists and 'make a comic' is always on the list.
didn't do much today, $40 plasma, i feel a bit weak/dizzy. took a picture, played some music, made my bed, made a list. will probably drink tonight.
uneventful xmas and new years. went to madison, didn't get in. my liver enzymes are high, protein levels low.
screen at jasper end of the month.my biggest news this month is i paid off the $5000 in debt i carried all last year, so i'm broke but in the black.
except for a few tickets, 3 property tax bills, and an unopened certified letter from the irs.
what's new with you guys? it's open mike tonight.

 

by arbi
1-23-12
This just in!
Rand Paul detained by TSA goons.
Supreme Court rules that tracking device on a car is a 4th amendment search. kind of like with Rand Paul.
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2012/01/when-government-trespassorily-inserted.html
http://vark.blogspot.com/2012/01/today-i-got-story-picked-up-by.html
I got a story about japanese immigration abuse posted to boingboing. the commenters mostly think the guy made it up.
meanwhile, i hardly get out of bed. today i did plasma and laundry.

 

by arbi
2-10-12
5 days. 1200 miles. 3 screenings. 1 pilgrimage to jungle jim's in cincinatti. i need some sleep.
https://read.amazon.com/?asin=B00769T77U
now reading: sloppy seconds, the tucker max leftovers.
sat, sun, nothing, stayed in bed.
monday: didnt do much. filed to knock santorum off the indiana primary, but 4 other people filed so wasted effort. wasted most of the day on reddit. again.
gave john a box of cabbage, picked up trash, looked at a house i might buy, dumpster dived a sink, made a list, called about a study, went to the club. snowing.

 

by arbi
2-14-12
http://www.wthr.com/story/16935742/battle-continues-over-gop-primary-ballot
havent done much yet today. moved some supplies to the other house, was interviwed by channel 13 re the santorum challenge, looked at a house for $5000 a few blocks from here.
went to three clubs, spent a bit too much, gave some roses to some dancers, did a little dumpster diving.
now i'll need to go do plasma tomorrow to make back money i spent tonight.
did not get out of bed weds. but the car repair fairies came, so something accomplished.
thursday morning: i need to make a plan for the day

 

by arbi
2-17-12
friday: plasma, $40, recycling, $18, collected rent $20, shopped at the "it fell off a truck" store $14. did laundry. decided i would try to buy the $5000 house. sent emails.
booked a screening in st louis. sorted the papers covering the dining room table into file folders. went to a local film festival $11.
bills to pay electric $230, internet $35, insurance $160, ticket X. need to label the folders and file them.
to do: clean fridge, clean basement, clean foyer. call mom. make care package for lindy. make better list. plan garden. move clothes to attic.
saturday so far: got jake to make screening appointment, cleaned the dining room, wrote checks. to do: laundry, call mom, clean furnace room, make better list, mail checks.

 

by arbi
2-20-12
today my house, the one i was renting out, burned. no ins. everybody's alive except a couple cats.

 

by arbi
2-24-12
Once upon a time, a man with a fox, a goose, and a bag of grain wanted to cross a river in a small boat...
i went to st charles for a study that was supposed to start weds, but they moved it to friday, so i started home but broke down in illinois.
tow truck, hotel, hitchhiked home, got mechanic and rent a car, hotel again, drove back to indiana to buy a timing belt, fixed the car, sent the mechanic home to drop off the rent a car.
now they've moved the study to next week.
right now it's sleeting and windy and i'm depressed and hiding under the covers.

 

by arbi
2-25-12
today, saturday, was a good day. it turns out mike didn't get burned up in the fire, just had a little smoke inhalation, and he's out and fine now. so i might not get sued!
i have a date tonight with corey. that is, i get to pay for his drinks. he passed his CNA exam, something i'd like to do one of these days. he + ben have been together 5 years now. email from tommy.
pretty much most of my friends are guys who used to be strippers at the club. and by friends they mean i can buy their drinks.
i saw sean downtown in traffic. he's a gay civil rights lawyer, and he's short, so we have that in common, but i didn't say hi, because he doesn't really know me.
i made a list of houses to go look at. maybe i'll make some lowball offers and see how desperate the sellers are. i'm full of optimism again. i've been catching up on glee oh hulu.
had a good time at the club with corey and aaron and gave my number to some guy david, but he hooked up with aaron. off to look at houses. noipe gonna crash and wake up overhung.

 

by arbi
3-04-12
it's been a week since my last comic. i found a couple houses i'm interested in but have done anything on it yet.
weds-saturday i was in st louis for part 1 of a study. i go back weds for part 2.
the study itself was easy. the drive there and back a bit trickier but ok. we survived a hailstorm.
i was supposed to moving stuff from the burned house today but so fari havent gotten out of bed/ off reddit.
hmm. i wasn't logged in, but it made the comic anyway. not sure how that works.
these short term low pay studies just keep me broke. in april i screen for a $3500 one, but they've already moved it back once, also it's in nebraska.

 

by arbi
3-05-12
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012120220022
today went ok. went to the house and moved out most of the rest of the stuff that can be saved. video of the fire at the link.
looked at a couple of houses i might buy one of so i can get all these guys out of my basement eventually.
a guy on reddit says he'll come and fix up the house if i give it to him. his brothers are carpenters. so i said ok.
indy houses are cheap right now so this is maybe the best time for this to happen.
tomorrow i go back to st charles. right now i guess i'll stop by the club, not to drink, just out of habit. (was boring.)

 

by arbi
3-09-12
day 2 of the second half of this study went well
i was making this comic when they said lights out, it's now the next morning. 4:23 am. easy day today and we get out at 5 and come back at 5 am tomorrow then go home.
i'm making no progress writing memos i need to write, but i found one I -want- to write so I'm excited about that.
green mountain future is appealing a $10,000 fine to the vermont supreme court, for not putting disclaimers on tv ads.
so i will make a rough draft of an amicus brief then maybe shop it around a bit to the law professors.
4 pm update: got the first draft written. 11pm did the table of cases, at a black gay bar in south st louis.

 

by arbi
3-12-12
saturday: finished the study, drove home, uneventful.
sunday: did nothing. stopped by the club, did a little dumpster diving
(this character is called cat-left, so it fits.)
monday: post office, bank, laundry, removed 1/3 of my cat infestation, dumpster diving went well, spent $52 at walmart.
motor oil, shoes, detergent, light bulbs, seeds.
tomorrow: scrap yard, plasma?, phone call, start some memos, make a list.
i need to make a plan for tonight that's more than, reddit, go to the club.
did: reddit, club. found a futon and some hardware. i drove by one of the two houses i might buy.

 

by arbi
3-13-12
tuesday: took in scrap, $33. spent it on phone minutes, gas, and a $5 coke at a club.
got with john and looked at a couple houses but they went off the market, looked at a few more tonight. called kalamazoo. moved stuff from burnt house. not much else done.
so on wednesday i did plasma, decided to make an offer on a house, did dishes took out trash
plan for tomorrow: plasma, look at house again, stop by federal court, photocopy campaign finance stuff, maybe call evansville. start memo, make better list.
next panel left blank for what i actually get done weds.
felt dizzy from plasma or was hung over, so not much else done.
actually, getting insurance should be at the top of the list.
also need to change driver's license address

 

by arbi
3-14-12
whaddaya call those scarf tie thingies?
ascot?
oh, sure, like scot would know.
http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2012/03/because-it-will-give-me-an-excuse-to-buy-and-own-and-wear-an-ascot.html

 

by arbi
3-16-12
i'm bored. nothing good on the internet right now. it's hot. can't drink tonight, had my weekly quota already. don't feel like writing.
i guess i'll do laundry. all i did today was plasma and paid my po box rent.
tomorrow is a st patrick's party at the golden ace. they'll have bands all day. i missed the parade today.
i didnt write any memos, make any phone calls. i knocked one item off my list yesterday. need to write out the list and tape it to the wall.

 

by arbi
3-22-12
this is a placeholder for me to make a comic later for whatever i did / didn't the past week.
for st pats i stopped by the big tent party for one beer, but it was over when i went back later.
on the 19th, i think, i looked at a house i might buy with my friend/former roommate john malfa
ever since the factory across the street closed years ago, houses there are cheap, so it's at $8000 and we'll offer 6.
then the clinic called said come rescreen tomorrow. we broke down outside south bend, but, using a spoon and a hacksaw blade, we were able to fix the leaking radiator tube and get back on the road.
last night, while we were crashed out at a cheap motel, i missed a henry rollins concert here, only found out today.

 

by arbi
3-22-12
day 1, of 8? i'm in kalamazoo. i got in, after having bad labs, being told i was just an alternate, having the study get postponed for a month, but now i'm in. it's only $1100.
meanwhile, at home, bedbugs are taking over the house, i'm looking at buying a cheap house with a friend. record heat wave continues.
what i need to do while i'm here is a 2nd draft of a brief i wrote a few weeks ago but havent polished up.
either that, or work on my actual todo list items.
the internet speed here is about 3% of what i'm used to, so it will be a struggle to keep up with the basics.
in 9 minutes i take the first dose of naltrexone, then tomorrow we get the actual study drug.

 

by arbi
3-23-12
today was the study day, lying in bed, getting blood drawn every hour.
the pill is some kind of narcotic so i didnt bother trying to do any useful work today
read some cases and got 100 link karma at reddit.
tomorrow we get released for a couple days of outpaitents then we come back monday.
my one paying tenant is moving out, partly due to bedbugs. so i have to get good studies, or get a job, or buy and rent more houses.
i think we get done wednesday but i'm not sure.
i have a line on a few studies after this one.

 

by arbi
3-26-12
stayed the last couple nights in a cheap motel near the state line, while getting blood drawn twice a day at the study.
tonight we check back in for three more days.
right now i'm at casa coffee, wifi, decaf, techno blasting. it's a friendly mom and pop shop that is my home away from home when i'm in kalamazoo.
last night i hung out at mcdonalds and edited a brief i wrote nearly a month ago but havent sent in yet.
it's finally gotten cold again after two weeks of tropical weather. i don't know if the cold will kill my apple and cherry blossoms.
it looks like i will have studies lined up for the next several months. i want to pay off my house taxes and start saving up to buy another house. or put some money in the bank and in my pocket.

 

by arbi
3-27-12
today is day 2 of three, of the supreme court arguments on whether Obamacare is unconstitutional.
our friend randy barnett is profiled in the new york times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/us/randy-barnetts-pet-cause-end-of-health-law-hits-supreme-court.html?_r=2
meanwhile the court has announced some decisions.
there is now a right to get competent legal advice on whether to take a plea bargain
http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_audio.aspx
that'll be a land mark
my name's robert, fred.

 

by arbi
3-27-12
the study is going well. we had the second dose this morning,and blood draws every hour,
tomorrow they'll let us go except for the outpatients. played some texas hold'em last night
http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32226
meanwhile, i got mail from some bureaucrats in montana, so i've been deep in the legal research again, which for me is fun stuff.
i have three election law projects going now, about disclaimers, disclosure,and voter ID. it's fairly technical stuff.
what i got done today: re-read citizen's united
it boils down to whether people have a right to vote, put up signs, and run for office, without letting these burro-crats bully them around.
you rang?

 

i once was scruggs, but now i'm flat.
hee-haw!
by arbi, 3-29-12

 

by arbi
3-29-12
i'm at the library in kalamazoo. two more blood draws, then we go home.
car broke down last night but we fixed it. stayed in the local sleazy motel. i'll probably sleep in the car tonight if it's not too cold.
i'm too tired to get anything done online today. gonna get lunch and try a nap. found a club to check out tonight.
yesterday was coffeeshop, library, diner, barber college, bookstore, auto parts store.
[comic under construction]
i missed at least once study screening by not calling soon enough, b ut i think i can stay busy.

 

by arbi
3-30-12
day 9 of 9. we are done, just hanging around waiting to make sure we don't have to come back for more labs.
i'm at the coffee shop, americano and an everything bagel. john, the owner/barista, is telling stories from the gun range.
my car broke down last night, so a big chunk of what i made will go to fixing the car.
gotta go hang out at the library for awhile. rent a car, take a bus or a train.
this panel left blank for now
around midnight i made it home to my own bed, caught up with my roommates, made plans, had a drink, now bathtime.

 

by arbi
4-02-12
friday night i took trailways home and slept in my own bed. saturday i went to the bank, walked because i found out my bike got stolen.
sunday we went back to kalamazoo, fixed the car, drove it home, putting water in the radiator every 20 miles or so.
monday i went to the post office, bought some revereware and an espresso maker but didnt find a bike, did laundry.
am headed to the club. tomorrow i need to go to the bank, the scrap yard, and make a list.
after i pay the bills i'll actually have a few hundred dollars left over. that's not counting the property tax bill. or the tickets i havent paid yet.
the internet bill went from $35 to $50/mo, so i'll need to do something about that.

 

by arbi
4-10-12
friday i went to omaha and back. saturday, sunday nothing. monday jake rented a house and i found a house i want to buy
tuesday i made a list, 27 items. so far i have done 13
i still have to: revise a brief outline an article, photocopy some paperwork, make a better list , clean room ,clean attic, fix 2 problems with back taxes, wv memo, notice of tort claim, motion to set
aside default judgment, renew license, deal with bedbugs, andfixmy broken spacebar.
well,i need to keep working thru my list, but first i'm going to watch "smash" on hulu.
in today's exciting episode, umu thurman guest stars.

 

by arbi
4-13-12
weds-met with a realtor,saw a house. otherwise nothing.
thurs:did not get out of bed till dark.
friday: called omaha, i'm in the study. got auto parts, went to bank,did some gardening ,
still to do: laundry, pack, make list, help jake move.
saturday: laundry, helped jake move, car repairs, club, didnt pack or make list.

 

by arbi
4-18-12
monday: drove as far as terre haute, car overheating, drove back home.
took greyhound to omaha.
the express busses were a little nicer. wifi worked. $130.
unless my labs come back wrong i think i got in the study. day 1 of 16.
$3600 will bring my total to 10K so far for the year. much better than last year.

 

a dog like that, you don't eat all at once.
by arbi, 4-18-12

 

by arbi
4-20-12

 

by arbi
4-20-12
this is one of the easiest studies i've done. in the morning we get our blood drawn, eat breakfast, take a pill. nothing else all day.
5 days of that, then 5 days of nothing, then five days of a different pill. on days 6 and 16 they run a few tests.
basically i lie in my bunk and waste time online. the same as i would be doing at home.
i have my to do list written out and no excuses for not working on it, but so far nothing.
one guy flunked the drug test. another guy couldn't swallow the pill. it's pretty big.
either these comics will be really boring and repetitive, or maybe we'll see my spiral into madness from boredom.

 

by arbi
4-21-12
today, 1/2 hour useful work, 10 hours reddit/tumblr/blogs/solitaire
after dinner we got to go outside for a walk. nice nebraska skies. starting to get to know some of the guys.
day 5. the excitement today was they are going to wash our clothes for us, which is new here.
tomorrow we have procedures.
http://www.reddit.com/r/freebies/comments/smwm3/free_bees/
I got in about an hour of useful work on an article.
I posted a "free bees" link to /r/freebies and it has over 500 Karma points so far. made the front page.

 

by arbi
4-24-12
day 7 of 16. no work done today, too noisy. the excitement was that someone from te new group smoked in the bathroom, so the staff is all freaked out about that.
and the annoying indian guy in our dorm has taken to spraying some kind of coconut fumes so i can't breath in there, so i go to other rooms but they all have tvs.
This just in! Mad cow discovered in california!
I knew I should have taken a left turn at Alberquerque.
day 9 of 16. it's all downhill now. i'm watching hulu, glee, smash. the article goes slowly.

 

by arbi
4-28-12
today we pissed in a cup, got our blood drawn, took a walk outside. i got my phone charged,and watched an episode of breaking bad i'd somehow missed before.
yesterday i borrowed the phlebotomy room which was quiet and got some writing done
today i didnt work on my article because i needed to focus on a notice of tort claim, but i didnt do that either.
my browser crashed so i lost all my open tabs.
shoutout to mssnicket who i met on tumblr.
1 hr till lights out. it's hard to sleep at night here, easy to sleep all morning tho.

 

by arbi
4-29-12
This just in!
Boffins at the large hadron Colider have confirmed the existence of the excited neutral Xi-b baryon!
so what's this mean?
we don't know?
what'd it cost?
8 trillion?

 

by arbi
4-30-12
i think this is day 11 of 16. nerves are shot. the constant noise.
no, this must be day 12
didn't get anything done today just letting the time go by.
day 13. same. watched "smash".
my reddit link karma is at almost 4000
day 14. tomorrow it's procedures all day, then friday we get released by noon. i seem to have survived.

 

by arbi
5-03-12
the blood draws are two hours apart now,and then later it'll be 3, then tomorrow one more and a bunch of exit procedures,and out by noon.
it's nice out this week in omaha, but i'll probably just wander down to the bus station and head to chicago
and try to get home saturday night
edit: saturday morning, i'm in chicago, with a bus ticket home

 

by arbi
5-08-12
got home saturday, today's tuesday. i'm doing my end of the semester dumpster diving. have i mentioned i'm a hoarder?
didnt get much done today. went to the bank, bought a phone charger cuz i lost mine, dumpster dived this one rich grad student apartment complex, had a beer with my roommates,
planted mint in the park across the street, planted flowers in my yard, sorted food. on my way to the club. watched smash.
now that my phone is charged i can start calling for the next study.
wanted to vote for ron paul today but they don't let me vote because i won't show ID.
this just in! Lugar lost!

 

by arbi
5-10-12
today i booked a screening for a $4000 study in far-go n dakota
i did some laundry, looked at a nice house for $10,000 out in the burbs
yesterday i got a speeding ticket when i went to do plasma,and didnt even get to do plasma. couldn't sleep till 4 am.
club tonight. didnt go last night, raining/tired.

 

by arbi
5-16-12
It's been a week since i've made a comic or gotten much done. The only upside is some good dumpster diving. Stocked up my kitchen for the summer, updated my wardrobe, have a bunch of new gadgets.
It was the end of the semester at the rich foriegn grad students apartment complex. Last night seems have been the peak.
my Y and G keys are sticking.
Tomorrow i take the megabus to madison, to try out for an $1800 study. I suspect the fargo screenin will turn out to be a wild goose chase.
Have not written a word on my article or even looked over my to do list.
"smash" was great last night. it's what keeps me goin til breakin bad comes back.

 

by arbi
5-18-12
i'm somewhere in wisconsin, at a clinic i used to go to. going to screen for a small study.
I am exhausted. 4 busses and hours of walking around, got lost twice, and then hassled by security guards when i got the wrong door for the screening. so i'm killing time at mcD for next 22 minutes.
My right leg is acutely painful. I got bitten by something a couple days ago. Bedbugs? Radioactive spider?
So i'm limping around but trying to walk normally when i go into the clinic. hungry, tired, cold, in pain, i better start doing some deep breathing exercises so my tests come out ok.
at least mcD has wifi. the busses didn't. i missed a bus in chicago and used up my phone battery on hold with customer service. had some vindaloo on canal street.
and i keep going into bars and just getting tonic and lime. the cubs were winning, i think. i'm being taunted by an espresso i can't drink yet.

 

by arbi
5-21-12
friday my screening went ok and i caught 4 buses and made it home ok, still limping.
saturday lp county convention plus dumpster diving and the all night gay diner..
ran into a friend i used to party with who was homeless, so he's in my basement now. asbergers and socially awkward penguin.
sunday nothing, watched smash reruns, called mom. eclipse.
wednesday: haven't gotten out of bed.
monday went to small claims court to get a case file, stopped to get a quote for homeowner's insurance from a nice lady who might be 80.
dishes laundry trash sorting boxes changing light bulbs. didn't write the memos i need for court tomorrow. alarm set, tie picked out.

 

by arbi
5-24-12
i didnt do much today, but, it seems like i got in the madison study, i booked another screening as a backup, i got an email that saved a trip downtown, i emailed john abou that house i want us to buy
i moved a pile of clothes out of my room and swept the spot of floor that you can see now. so more than yesterday. oh and i got a $13 haircut.
off to the club on a bike, might do a little dumpster diving on the way.
friday, picked up last night's dumpster finds, trimmed some grass, confirmed that i'm in the study.

 

by arbi
6-05-12
i got sent home from the madison study. bad labs and a sore on my leg. bought a tibetan flag and prayer flags, $20. can't go back without a doctor's note.
i've been home a week and not done much. a little dumpster diving, rented the basement for $150,
made friends with the guy who owns the local punk theater, bought some revereware at the woodruff yard sale, signed up for the personal genome project,
made calls for studies today, booked one screening. off to a dance tonight, at the place i met billy wearing a cat suit.
i have billy's number but haven't called him, which is sort of uncool. i waste most of my time on tumblr and reddit these days
this just in! walker survives recall!

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