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by arbi
5-29-13
i'm north of chicago. came up monday, checked in yesterday, 30 of us and 24 would get in, but they just sent 6 people home so it looks like i'm in for 28 days, big money.
i'll dose in about half an hour. until you dose, you don't really know if you are in or not.
it's a new building since the last time i was here, multimilliondollar facility, more room to walk around, fluffy towels,
and the staff seems to be in more control, everybody's pretty calm.
the wifi works, so i should be able to handle this no problem
it took me since february to get this gig, 11 screenings. but now i'm back on track. just dosed

 

by arbi
5-30-13
day 3. the trash talk has started in, so far in a joking way and about sports, but i've seen this before. it escalates.
today was the first of 6 easy days. aside from two blood draws, we didn't have anything to do.
www.hulu.com/smash
i'm going to watch the finale of smash, then walk a few laps around the hall.
nothing done on the to-do lists today.
day 4 - more of the same. i've walked close to a mile, and will try to do that every day. smash was good. now i have nothing to watch till breaking bad comes back in august.

 

by arbi
6-01-13
day 5, june 1. the noise is starting to get to me. guy next door was playing rap. there are 10 tv's here, each a little louder than the next. still, this place is big, and there's a quiet room down
the hall. i havent had to break out my one pair of earplugs yet. i pace the halls, walking about a mile a day.
i made a new to do list and had emails from jake and tommy.
ii lost two games of chess and won one, and we got to sit outside for awhile.
i weigh around 176 now it'll probably be 183 when we get out.
too hot to sleep

 

by arbi
6-02-13
day 6. i continue to get nothing done. i did my laundry, watched some movies, my blogs got 400 hits, i talked to mom and my brother and sister.
i look up houses i want to buy, but they'll be sold by the time i get home.
mom suggests i should look up my aunt, who lives near here, so i might.
tomorrow i need to make some calls and pay some bills over the phone.
i only got this study because i finally did an item that had been on my to do list for years. but i still have a stromg aversion to doing the things on the list.
they had told me i needed a note from their heart doctor before i could come back, but when i called they said i don't need the note, i'll just be limited in what studies i can do.

 

by arbi
6-03-13
In today's case of MD v KIng, the court held that cops can test DNA when they arrest somebody.
kennedy wrote for 5 including breyer,
while scalia dissented joined by the three women on the court.
http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/maryland-v-king/
a flush beats three queens?
also nj senator lautenberg died

 

by arbi
6-05-13
day 9. another easy day. in this part of the study, we take a pill in the morning, that's all.
today i did one item from my todo list, ordered my credit report, disputed one item.
yesterday i paid my electric bill. it turns out they turned off my electric, but my handman just turned it on again, so i had him turn it off so they could come turn it on. otherwise they get confused
it's gone from being at the top of the todo list to the bottom, but it's still on there, there were some unresolved issues.
if i can just get one item a day done, that'll be good progress for this study. i am not confident i'll get that much done. some items are harder than others,
and i have stronger resistance to some items. but i might be able to make some progress.

 

by arbi
6-07-13
still to do: email greyhound, write midas, make a new list.
day 11. i don't get much done, but i'm getting at least one thing done a day. i've crossed off the first 5 items on my list.
i paid my credit card, caught up my 2013 tax estimates, talked to a new york times science reporter, worked on a bus refund, paid a bill, got my credit report.
happy national donut day
it looks like they are going to have more work for me here, and it's a place i'll be happy to come back to
the showers were hot today, and we saw a deer out the window last night.
it looks like i'll be getting in some chess soon, some good players here. i refuse to play spades, it's too much like jail.

 

by arbi
6-08-13
i think it's day 12. i didnt cross anything off my list today, but i made progress on my tort claims memos.
won a game and lost a game in the chess tournament. watched looper with j g-l and woose brillis.
one of my two roommates is being sent to the emergency room with side effects.
this doesn't usually happen. if enough other people get sick, they could send us all home with full pay. i've had no side effects.
2 more days we'll be halfway

 

by arbi
6-10-13
this just in!
The supreme court announced three minor cases this morning.
it upheld an arbi-tration in oxford.
http://www.scotusblog.com/
it reversed the 7th circuit in a case about ex post facto sentencing guidelines
the third case held that the california raisin case can go forward
but the big news is scotusblog.com may soon have tshirts.

 

by arbi
6-10-13
day 14. we are halfway now. i didn't get much done today. i emailed megabus, but when i called the cable company to pay my bill they refused to honor our billing agreement so i bickered with the
supervisor and filed a complaint with the regulatory commission and started looking up alternative companies. didn't call mom.
i had a win and a tie, was down two rooks and got him in perpetual check. learned something about castling today - you can still castle if the rook is under attack.
i walked two miles
i found out one of the showers is hotter than the other one, so i might be able to get hot showers now.
we had chicken pot pie for lunch (my 3 favorite things) and mcribs for dinner. not being able to be vegetarian in studies is one of my two ethical problems with what i do for a living.

 

by arbi
6-11-13
today i lined up a screening for next month, left a message for mom, got things worked out with my internet company. they were a lot more polite after the state regulartory agency contacted them.
i made it to the finals fo the chess tournament, 3 wins, one loss, one draw, one forfeit.
i decided that i'm not going to go to the rainbow gathering in montana this year, too expensive and not enough time because i have a followup visit here on the 4th.
next i guess i need to sit down and re-write out my todo list. i've been spending more time making the list than doing the items, but it helps.
made a new list, emailed tommy, was 15 minutes late for calling the vermont supreme court.
i lost a hardfought chess game to the guy who is ahead of me in the tournament. i was ahead for awhile.

 

by arbi
6-12-13
day 16
didn't get anything done from my lists. made a few calls. came in 3rd in the tournament.
the meals are repeating now, on a two week cycle. teh food here is better than it used to be. still not like i eat at home. a storm is expected tonight, but tornado unlikely.
day 17
nothing done today. more chess. called about a screening. talked to maggie from boingboing. she's doing a story on lab rats.
looking at houses online. stuff in my neighborhood i can afford to pay cash for.
day 18
we are 2/3 done now, and it's still easy. the extra space helps make it bearable. not really getting anything done,
but i got my bus ticket refund, made another call to new york trying to get a july screening, going through some of my old lists.

 

by arbi
6-13-13
scotusblog.com has the usual info
today the supreme court announced 4 cases.
they upheld a prisoner's sentence when the judge suggested it might be a good idea if he took it, as harmless error.
they decided that an oklahoma city has some water rights over texas.
they decided that federal law preempts a city from requiring signs on trucks that say how's my driving? call 867-5309.
but the big story was the angelina jolie case
breast cancer genes can't be patented, unless they are artificial.

 

by arbi
6-17-13
this might be day 21 of 28. 20? 19? i'm pretty sure now it's day 21.
in 10 minutes they draw my blood again, 5th time today.
i have screenings lined up after i get out of here, and i'm in the middle of writing an amicus brief to the 11th circuit in an I J case,
so if i'm a bit behind on my to do lists i'm ok with that.
and i found a house i want to buy if they don't sell it before i get home, and if the inside's ok. relatively ok.

 

by arbi
6-17-13
Big day at the court! Might not fit in 3 panels. 5 cases, wih some 5-4, some 3+2 to 4, one 7-2 in one part, 6-3 in another. Scalia was all over the place.
a loss for big pharma in FTC v Actavis, they are less able to buy off generic companies.
The biggest case was arizona tribal counsel, about motor voter and proof of citizenship. too hard to explain here. scalia rules.
justice thomas finally met a right to jury trial case he likes -alleyne v usa. mandatory minimums are the minimum mandatory now, but still require a jury. breyer switched his vote.
mariachi v spears was about car buyers right to privacy in lawsuits.
you have the right to remain silent, unless you're a poor mexican taken downtown, in Salinas v Texas. 3+2 to 4, scalia and thomas said just go ahead and hang him.

 

by arbi
6-17-13
so why did you book the company retreat to hell this year?
it was either here, or philadelphia.

 

by arbi
6-18-13
day 22 of 28. today we took 3 pills, have 9 blood draws, and an ekg. after today we go back to easy days for a week.
this comic would be longer but i have to go get stabbed again.
day 24. we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. this morning i finished writing a brief. this afternoon i read one of the cases the supreme court announced - it agreed with what i'd written.
so i added a new paragraph at the end and i'll just have to cut some words somewhere else to make room.
day 25. i did the motion for leave to file the brief. i need to check my list and see if there are any phone calls i need to make today before we go home monday.
the to do list went out the window once i started the brief. i did check the tax sale lists - lots of houses for $2000. i might try to buy a couple.

 

by arbi
6-20-13
at a diner in new jersey
james gandolphini was 51, a year younger than i am.
you may call me, gandolphini the white

 

by arbi
6-22-13
day 26, evening of 28. we'll have one followup visit in july. tonight snack shower, try to sleep. busy day tomorrow
then monday we go home. say hi to the bedbugs, weed the garden, check the mail, look at a house, get on the bus to cincinatti.
i can't do the kalamazoo trip because there's no bus from cincinatti to kalamazoo that gets there in time.
i've emailed the brief i wrote to the main lawyer, haven't heard back. it's not quite ready to go to the printer, but almost.
main point of this comic is so i can put up my list in the comments.
12 hours to go now

 

by arbi
6-26-13
monday: got home from waukegan. tuesday: went to cincinnati and back. weds: made a 15 item list, did 10.
post office haircut credit union bought a bike and bike lock weeded garden made 2 calls paid water bill paid texas taxes. took out trash, got some stuff from an alley, priced fans
it's not quite dark so i'll weed the garden some more. my corn is knee-high. mostly the mint has taken over. a few poppies have bloomed. now i have to take another bath.
then i'll ride my bike, look at houses, go to a club, make a new list. or, um, check reddit.
quite a lot happened over at the supreme court in the last couple days. we'll try to get a comic out tomorrow maybe.
gay marriage, voting rights act, affirmative action, takings clause.. the court's been busy.

 

by arbi
6-27-13
thursday it was harder to get out of bed, so i didnt get much done.
but i booked a screening, looked at some houses, got bit by a german shepard that had busted out of its chain, emailed the realtor, swept the stairs, planted some flowers, dumpster dived a dozen wine
glasses. want to go back for more of them. (did.)
plan to go to the club. bought a fan, planted more flowers. need to make a better list.
it's for sale for $200,000, but i don't have that kind of money.
so while i was out of town last month, the club i've been going to for 19 years, about the only place outside home where i feel comfortable, closed down, and i found out tonight.
so i'm kind of mourning and bummed out.

 

by arbi
6-28-13
slept badly so i got up late. went and looked at the inside of the house i'm looking at, emailed the realtor that i want to buy it. haven't heard back yet.
it's a lot like my house that burned, but cheaper and closer to downtown. i wrapped matt lush's birthday present - the usual coffee.
i snailmailed my stool sample, it's part of the screening for a study in ohio.
i went and looked at 5 of the houses that are coming up at the tax auction.
i found some paperwork i need to get notarized, so i have to get up early. i planted some nasturtiums. aside from that, didn't do much today.
it's a friday night and i have nowhere to go and no one to go there with. might stop in across the street for a minute.

 

by arbi
6-29-13
(2nd try, first comic exploded.) i got up early did 5 chores on my list, looked at houses, planted herbs and flowers, did laundry,
and rode my bike to the county fair and back. had the usual deep fried snacks and observed sheep judging and 4H projects.
did you ever see tom cruise in 'born on the 4th of july"? it's one of the movies where he actually acts. indy is undergoing a week long artillery bombardment right now so it's noisy outside.
then i rode around looking at more houses til dark and came home.
cooked up some poke salet from the garden but not sure i'll eat it.
trying to talk myself into going dancing at some club tonight.
i need to write out a new list, but it's been a fairly productive week.

 

by arbi
7-01-13
sunday i slept in and didnt get much done.
threw away some matresses with bedbugs, hung up some clothes, blogged a little.
monday i sorted thru some boxes of mail, which i hate doing, made a new list for greg, told him to wash some dishes. made an offer of $7k on a house and faxed proof of funds but am still waiting for
the official contract forms to be emailed. bought my bus ticket to chicago. bought bleach and a flashlight.
now i'm on a bus headed to chicago.
chicago went ok and i made it home. megabus was full so i had to take a greyhound

 

by arbi
7-05-13
i started this comic 8 years ago in part to work thru my depression, and i'm rarely depressed anymore, but my life is still a shambles, so i do this to try to help get more organized.
thurs: did nothing. i didn't even get downtown for the fireworks like i planned. i had a rare day of feeling sad and depressed some of the time, which doesn't help productivity.
friday went better. i went to the bank three times, post office, hardware store, spent $217 with the bedbug guy for the right stuff.
if this is a first friday, there should be some gallery openings to go to.
i played voicemail tag with some people, making 5 calls - i hate phones, and i especially hate phone tag.
i did some shopping and made a list,and i'm about to start laundry. laundry's in the dryer now.
first friday was really fun, i went to at least 4 galleries and a food truck happening and new bookstore - bought books.
tomorrow i meet with the realtors and owners to try to formalize the offer on the house. plus i have someone interested in buying this house.
monday i expect to be in ohio for an 8-12 day secret mission.

 

by arbi
7-06-13
so the sellers accepted my $7K offer on the house, since that's what they were asking.
and i talked to the lady who used to live at my current house and she will see if her bank will loan her $35,000 to buy this one.
i'll be staying tomorrow night at a hostel called ghettopolis in cincy, which sounds fun.
right now i either want to go look at yet another house, or go back to the sf convention i stopped in at last night. lookd at the house.
on days like today i feel full of confidence, like life is a big monopoly game. i used to feel this way till i lost the game real hard 12 years ago.
that one is a $10,000 rent-to-buy next to a $175,000 house, so there's potential.

 

by arbi
7-07-13
right now i'm in a bookstore/coffeehouse across the street from ghettopia, in cincinnati, which is as cool as i hoped. and $25/night for a bunk.
i had the borscht here earlier,and now i'm just websurfing.
it's a funky arts type district right near the bus station. i had a $3 hipster apricot-chamomile popsicle earlier.
it's nice having a little disposable income again. not that long ago a $3 popsicle would have been over my budget.
this booth features a photo of two older mongolian guys in bikinis in front of their yurt.

 

by arbi
7-08-13
my mission to ohio turned out to be shorter than expected. i'm back inthe bookstore/ coffeehouse, because the 6:00 bus is $7.50 instead of $25 like the 2:00 bus.
I didn't get paid for the mission, and I spent $100, but I met my contact and might get an appointment to try out for a $9K gig in wisconsin, and also info on a place in jersey that is not in our
database. In retrospect I should have gone to kalamazoo instead today, it was one or the other.
But now I get to go home to indy for awhile, which will be nice.

 

by arbi
7-09-13
i didnt get much done today. yesterday for the bus i drank coffee and gin, so i was up late not sleeping.
i called the 11th circuit and emailed a lawyer - they didn't file their paperwork so my amicus brief is now moot. i weeded the garden unpacked and dumpster dived some canned goods from a dollar store.
i might go see justin bieber tomorrow night. i can afford to, tickets got cheap, and it could be fun.
i don't have firm plans for the rest of the day. i should make a new list, see what i'm forgetting. Ity keeps not quite raining, so I hestitate to out.
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1605
when i'm not in a study, i get to have chocolate and alcohol and coffee. i called the vermont court, that's been on my list for a long time.
the justin tickets more than doubled since yesterday, i should have bought them then and resold. so i'm not going.

 

by arbi
7-11-13
weds: didn't get much done. trash, laundry, called the vermont supreme court, got some groceries, went to a club,
i went downtown and saw a candian singer-songwriter. he's pretty obscure, you wouldn't have heard of him.
woah-oh-oh-woah, always say always
$16 from the scalper. he would have taken less. i got bored after a couple hours and left early. went to a drag show instead, at illusions dive bar.
got a bit more done. mowed the grass at my new house, made keys for it, looked at another house. checked 7 items off the list.
thursday: haven't done much. went to a club for lunch, oversalted fries for $5. brought my computer, made a list, made a few phone calls.
i'm not going to bother going to see one direction in chicago on sunday, which from here is north by northwest.

 

by arbi
7-13-13
friday: got a few things done. put the keys back at the new house, went over some stuff with roommate, put the bedbug matress pad on the futon, got stuff at the "it fell off a truck" store, went to
walmart, got no pest strips, bike lock, bike tire, shoes, tang, booked two screenings.
saturday, went to bank, nate called so i got info about studies, i was mowing the back lawn when somebody stole my bike from the front yard.
i planted carnations and transplanted sunflowers. got a bus ticket as far as chicago, i'm trying to get to kalamazoo, stupid greyhound.
if i tried hard i could probably catch one direction outside chicago tomorrow, but i don't care enough.
i'll be screening for a $4k in kal, if i don't get in i go to nebraska, so i miss a court appearance tuesday.

 

by arbi
7-13-13
this just in!
zimmerman acquitted of all charges in trayvon martin killing.
a request to protestors: please refrain from loitering, littering, or lootering.

 

by arbi
7-13-13
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Child-Disappears-Inside-Indiana-Sinkhole-215328611.html
what's that lassie, timmy fell in a well?
sinkhole!
this just in!
finn hudson murdered! how will this affect sectionals?

 

by arbi
7-16-13
Today is my third day in Kalamazoo, where I'm screening for a couple of studies that would be later this month. I'm waiting on a phone call to find out if I'm done screening or need more tests.
I have so much extra cash these days that i'm staying at a $50/night hotel instead of sleeping in a ditch. haven't found a couchsurf yet.
Right now I'm at the library - the coffeehouse got too crowded, don't want to take up a table they need.
I might get a $4,000 gig or a $3K or a $300 or nothing. I've been killing time online but I need to catch up on my todo lists and make a doable 10-item list to focus on.
My current list has 127 items, and it's a bit overwhelming, so I need to focus it a bit to stuff I could actually get done from here.
The lady who wants to buy my house says things are going well with the bank, so that might happen. I guess the first thing to do is send out some couchsurfing requests.

 

by arbi
7-19-13
had a pretty good day. i'm working on a complaint, and some motions, to sue alabama about the right to anonymous speech
alabama is just the template; i can do 40 or 50 of these. a few days ago i had dinner with a lawyer i met on couchsurfing, so i'm getting a case ready for michigan, in case he wants to b local counsel
walked two miles a day. missed a call about a study.
alabama is how to get michigan ready. on saturday i wrote a generic template and tested it by doing the arkansas complaint.
plus, i've been drinking coffee. the wifi here is really bad, otherwise things are going well. i found a corner where i can snag wifi from the next building over.
florida template done
i'm not licensed at the moment so i can't technically bill for this time, but the work needs to get done.
i was doing this stuff 15 years ago before the incident

 

by arbi
7-21-13
didja hear about the guy stuck at the russian airport?
he's Snowden?
what did Putin say to Snowden?
Stay out of my territory!
you met this girl who wanted links for some nsa fun.
so i told her to try nsa.gov.

 

by arbi
7-21-13
this just in! "honest" abe wins japan election.
hai!
bonsai! . . . . . (ragu wins again)
this space intentionally left blank in the search for a punchline. feel free to suggest something in the comments.

 

by arbi
7-25-13
i/m in kalamzoo, doing a short study that i screened for awhile back.
we take two pills a day, drink lots of water, and eat a very restricted diet, mostly chicken green beans potatoes and grapes. oh and we get real coffee this time.
this is a fairly laid back place i've been to a bunch of times before so i'm not expecting trouble.
one guy got a rash, otherwise we arent seeing side effects
i'm on a writing spree for a project and otherwise ignoring the to do list.

 

by arbi
7-26-13
today in an unusual move i did something on th 126 item to do list. i called my congresperson and asked for their help. their response, roughly translated, was fuck off. i requestd a letter putting
their position in writing. i then called senator d_'s office and got the same response, slightly different excuses. senator coats' office was closed so i emailed him.
the last time i saw senator coats, we were both in the men's room pissing. he said "i've waited a long time for this."
i didnt respond, because i didnt know if he meant being nominated for senator again, or pissing.
meanwhile the study is going well. they are full up, running 4 studies at once. next week they'll be putting people in hotel rooms.
today we take three pills and only get stabbed once, and drink lot of water. my guess is dinner will be chicken and green beans again.

 

by arbi
7-27-13
i didn't get much done today. my former senior partner, dr tavel, asked me to look up whatever happened to a 2009 case against a corrupt traffic judge.
so i caught up on some local law blogs and found out about a new case in my area and wrote an article about it and sent the link off to a major national blog that links to my stuff sometimes.
the trafffic judge is up on ethics charges and the statute was re-written so he has less power now.
but we still don't know how that lawsuit turned out
it's early sunday morning now, bedtime.

 

by arbi
7-29-13
i've gone from billing 4 hours a day, in my timekeeping for this project, to two, to zero for the last 3 days.
i spent today on reddit and reading damon runyon and some blogs. maybe 1/2 hour on the project.
my plan was to cut my 140 page file into 50 pieces state by state with an index, but i didnt get it done.
still, i have most of the states started. worked on virginia today, and wyoming. no wyoming was yesterday.
we have 2 easy days on the study, then a busy day, then the exit day, then a followup.
when i get home i have to start packing up my house in case it sells. i have a -lot- of stuff.

 

by arbi
8-03-13
yesterday was 8 of 9, all over but the followup visit. i jumped on a bus to chicago, which took hours, i should have taken the train. walked to chinatown, walked around a bit, got a bus home. arrived
3:30 am heavy rain so i took a taxi home $12. today i didn't get much done, slept 10 hours, swept, dishes, laundry, weed garden.
bought a bike $37, at the 4th pawn shop i checked.
now i think i'll test drive it by heading downtown.
toothache is bad enough i'v taken some non-aspirin, after suffering through the study with an aching tooth.
wasn't bad enough to walk out of a $3000 study, but now i'll go see a dentist soon.

 

by arbi
8-06-13
they tried to bump me $220 on the closing costs. I was watching for that, and we settled for a $112 bump.
yesterday i closed on my new house. took me a year and a half to find the right one and make the cash to pay for it.
today i ran around paying bills that had piled up while i was gone,and checking my new court date, and i have some laundry in, and that was my day.
i really like how the new house is just half a mile south of town, instead of 3 miles east like my current house; it makes it a lot easier to get around by bike.
it's not ready to move into yet; there are plumbing issues and such. it's a duplex so the short term plan is put my stuff in one side and live in the other; the longer term plan is rent out one half.
tomorrow i go back to kalamazoo for a followup thursday, then i think i'll take a couple weeks off.
to do: bus ticket, insurance, make new list.

 

by arbi
8-08-13
buses 100 hotel 50 coffee 10 samosa 2
today was a good day for three of my jobs. i was back in kalamazoo for day 9 of 9, the followup visit. bloood draw, piss in a cup, 3 ecg's, physical exam, a little paperwork.
4 buses, 1 hotel. i would have liked to stay in chicago longer but i have stuff in indy tomorrow
i went to a law library to look up zwickler v koota, and i had lunch with a lawyer as we planned our attack on michigan's disclaimer statute.
then, the lady who wants to buy my house called again and we will do some paperwork - she used to live there and i'll show her around for updates
and i found some copper wire, for job #4, dumpster diving.
right now i'm on a bus. 3 days till breaking bad.

 

by arbi
8-11-13
sunday: barely got out of bed. toothache bad, must see dentist tomorrow. so right now i'm not watching breaking bad. can't find a live feed.
i did go look at a few houses earlier.
http://paxstream.blogspot.com/p/amc-breaking-bad.html this one has an ad in the midle of it
yesterday: haircut, bank, state fair
friday i showed the house to the folks who want to buy it.
thursday lunch with a lawyer in kalamazoo went well, finished the study, got home.
i am officially on a study break for a month while i focus on packing and moving.

 

by arbi
8-12-13
today's adventure was i got a molar pulled. $180. i bought a trek bike, $80, and paid the electric bill $100, and started some notes on a law review article i want to write.
i'm taking a break from studies this month, so i have time and money to do what i want.
tuesday plans: court 9 am, replace ID card, check house, post office, traffic court clerk, make a list, go to law library.
get some boxes, for when i start packing. mix up the bug spray. oh, i need to go print the sales contract for the house.
one of the houses i was looking at must have already sold this week, it's not listed anymore although the sign is still up. the good ones go fast.

 

by arbi
8-13-13
my tooth hasn't scabbed up so it's been bleeding all night, slowly, so i feel awful and don't want to have to get out of bed.
but i went to court, got awarded $430 in restitution i'll probably never see a dime of. went to my new house, pulled weeds picked up trash forgot to bring my keys.
went to the bmv. took a lot of arguing to get them to do what they were supposed to do, give me a new "free" id because i lost my old one.
bus pass, got home, next i have to go the post office. just a little reddit first? then the law library. they no longer have a law library at city hall TIL. they wouldn't have had annotated
6 hours later i'm feeling better and trying solid food
michigan statutes anyway. not much at the post office. did some shopping. paid a speeding ticket. i set the nectarines on top of the sales agreement so i have to reprint it.
tomorow i'll need a new list. or maybe take the day off. i feel sick. i'm soaking in a hot bath, probably won't make it to the library. it's open till 10.

 

by arbi
8-15-13
today i did the first 5 things on my list for today. i delivered the sales contract for the house, got a document notarized, withdrew funds for car insurance, got my bike unlocked, bought my gencon
ticket ($85). then i realized i was in too much pain from my tooth to enjoy any gencon stuff so i took a bus home and spent all day in bed.
hope i'll be well enough to at least enjoy sunday.

 

by arbi
8-16-13
dragged myself out of bed, bought some pain pills at the dollar store, biked down to gencon, stayed all day.
went to the one movie a year i see at the theatres, this year kick-ass 2. ok second movie this year.
passed wil wheaton in the halllway. he's my internet mancrush who first told me about stripcreator.
didn't run into jeph jacques. might go back sunday
came home to find my mailbox blowing up with people interested in helping with voter ID amicus brief for north carolina.
i did find out that the male strippers are at the varsity club thursdays and saturdays, i'll give that a shot.

 

by arbi
8-18-13
saturday went pretty well. i went back down to gencon in the afternoon, took my computer, made a few pages of notes for a brief i'm working on.
after that i stopped by the all night gay diner where a dancer i used to know was performing in drag - havent seen her in drag before but not surprised.
nothing happened sunday so no comic
then i went over to the varsity club, where i heard they had dancers now. one guy i like, brian, was there, but just as the dj. 2 dancers, friendly but not hot,and one ugly old guy balder than i am.
(i am not bald but my hair is thinning in ways i don't like)
i think i'll have some decaf and putter around the garden for awhile.
but it ended up being a fun night, hanging out on the back patio. i either knew people or knew their boyfriends or we talked about star trek or reddit, and i encouraged a couple of shy girls to go tip
the dancers. had 3 drinks total, and 3 shots of espresso earlier, so i was up till dawn, wrote some more on the brief. feeling it now, but there's supposed to be a post-gencon 'dead dog' party 2nite.

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