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by arbi
1-10-15
saturday, up early enough, made carrot soup, salad, tea, coffee. a bunch of burners - burning man paticipants - came over and helped us.
it was cold but not as cold as predicted,and we fed maybe 35 people in an hour which is all my cold feet could stand, then we cleaned up for hours.
i got my taxes done for the year via taxact.com, i just owe $250.
that was the main thing i did all day.
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by arbi
1-13-15
sunday, i rode my bike 5 miles in the sleet to look at a volvo. monday she sold it to somebody else. i am out of shape when it comes to riding a bike, then we had a work party to put plastic on the
windows. i had a couple drinks which might be why i didnt get out of bed monday. it's now tuesday and time to get up.
i missed a libertaian party meeting last night, didnt get the message til it was over. the keys on this laptop have gotten sticky so i have to do a ton of editing. tonight we're doing a screening on
homelessness and tomorrow there's a bar assoiation meeting. i'm snowed in and lethargic, not getting much done. i should switch batteries on the volvos so i can drive, if i can get the hood open.
i went upstairs to make coffee and did he dishes and cleaned the fridge and sorted the recycing.
nowi have to get off my ass again if i'm going to get the battery changed by dark.

 

by arbi
2-02-15
it's been several weeks since i've made one of these.
so doing one is on my list of 21 items for today/tomorow.
i'm on day 8 of a study. 30 days or 41, depending how you count.
I'm in Denver, where we go in in the morning and take a pill, get our blood drawn, eat breakfast.
my study buddy, achmed ibrahim, and i stay at the international youth hostel, a $19/night flophouse. today we got a new room and i spent 3 hours cleaning the fridges.

 

by arbi
2-07-15
it bothers me how rarely i make these lately. i'm drunk off one drink and typing with one finger.
had a good day, as detailed in the comments.
maybe i'll edit this later.

 

by arbi
2-09-15
i'm waching a movie so i'll do this later.
denver's pretty fun, and i have the week off from the study.
today i had a good interview at a think tank, which could turn into something.
i fixed the flat tire on my bike with help at the bike pit.
dumpster diving went well, and i had coffee with the hostel manager, and gave some boots to a homeless guy, and took boxes of fruit to food not bombs.
i'm not going to get up at 4:30 am to go to the day labor place, even though they pay $28 an hour.

 

by arbi
2-14-15
today we checked back into the clinic, for a 21 day stay. my roommate here is achmed, the same guy i've been carpooling with.
luckily we get along pretty well. he's a taxi driver from philly, and somalialand.
i have to admit to being a hoarder. my volvo wagon is packed to the gills. i'll have to get id of some stuff to be able to see the rear view mirror on the trip home.
i parked my bike, a pink schwinn, at the food not bombs house for when helen comes in two weeks.
i brought in lots of books, and the internet here is pretty good, and the group is mostly older women, so i expect this to be an easy study.
i didnt get much done in this past week off, just hung around the hostel and that neighborhood, instead of going to boulder or the mountains or anything.

 

by arbi
2-15-15
first full day of the study. we get up, eat breakfast, take our pill, sit in the chair for 2 hours, then the est of the day is movies and reddit. watched gone girl, an accurate depiction of marriage
tonight we watch the equalizer, which i've seen, but it has chloe so i'll watch it again. she turned 18 this week. i may not have mentioned i co-moderate the chloe subreddit.
i wrote a couple paragaphs of an article draft i'm woking on, got at least a page done last night, but i suspect this may turn out to be a long unproductive 20 days.
it's really easy to just sit back and enjoy the good food, good company, and view of the mountains.
this place is on the luxury resort end of the scale as clinics go, especially afte the hostel which was kind of skid rowish (but still fun.)
there are rumours of another long study here in june i might be able to get on the waiting list for. this is definitely a place i would come back to.

 

by arbi
2-16-15
went back to sleep after lunch. i'm about 6 pages into an autobiogaphy, which is one of the writing projects i had tasked myself with for my time here.
yesterday was sunday and i fogot to call mom and she dint call or i missed her call so i should, and i need to keep in mind the time difference. so i should do that next. traded emails with my
roommates. i am way behind in returning emails to the think tank i interviewed at; it's sort of like a date where there is a window in which you are supposed to call.
my faithful readers here, both of you, will probably be seeing 20 more days of entries like "wasted all day on reddit again."

 

by arbi
2-16-15
so i'm in a study. 10 people, 4 guys, 6 women. you've met achmed, there's also vidor from latvia, nice quiet smart kinda good looking in a businessman sort of way.
there's ruth, a hot mom, angela, a fiesty older black woman, and i havent sorted out the names of barbie girl, hipster glasses, and the really interesting "our time" single woman my age.
but the fascinating ones are Arial and Back Door Sam, a young couple, roommates possibly lovers, who are friends of my one friend in denver, james.
there are both very goodlooking but standoffish, they don't really talk to the rest of us except to pass the sriratcha.
what i like about the girl is her laugh, and her haircut which is long and curly except a shaved undercut part in front, but what anyone else would notice about her is her m**marries,
and that's what CC604 is about, so thanks for the m**marries

 

by arbi
2-17-15
today's been good so far. woke up showered breakfast pill, walked 3.5 miles with dawn and katt (fna barbie and older hot chick) then we went for a walk outside, another 1/2 mile.
made an important edit on my voter ID paper but otherwise no writing progress today. important, not impotent, my R key sticks.
two phone calls, did not get though to a live human at either place. my low frustation threshhold kicks in when i'm in that endless loop because i dont have the password it wants.
lost a game of pool, but just by one ball. commenced program of flirting with katt. she has a boyfriend, but ruth is married, and i'm not up for hitting on back door sam just yet.
biden is in the news for comments on somali taxi drivers. my roommate's a somali taxi driver from philly.
yesterday i was blogging biden's photos with my ex-girlfriend. maybe i'll put a link in the comments.

 

by arbi
2-18-15
no writing done today. brisk 3 mile walk indoors, 1/2 mile outside. dinner at the cafeteria because they lost my vegetarian tray. didnt make phone calls or send that overdue email.
thursday: no morning walk. little writing. a few emails. learned a new card game. get a little less done every day. too much reddit.
it's nice being inside while a foot of snow is predicted. that's denver weather, sunny and warm one day, snow the next. most days we get a walk. my weight is below 170 first time in years.
that's good, as long as i dont have cancer or a tapeworm or something. friday i wrote a two page memo, havent written the cover letter yet.
two weeks to go. easy study. i wonder if it's too soon to start looking for my next one.
finished reading jack reacher, "the hard way". he shoots the bad guy, saves the girls, gets the $, leaves.

 

by arbi
2-22-15
http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Stewart-Family-Tree-13522
sunday. still snowing. 18 inches some places. we dont care, we're inside. oscar party tonight. not getting much done. i've been looking ove the family history, looking for a lost cousin.
some webcomics i could check out: Homestuck, Lighter than Heir, Menage a 3, and Bittersweet Candy Bowl i
http://thewolfatwestoncourt.thecomicseries.com/comics/3
the oscar party was great. nonalcoholic champagne, gowns, a blue carpet, balloons, contests, very festive. this place tries really hard to be fun. i wore a black hat, white shirt, green ascot, argyle
vest. teacup. now we're back to the dull routine of monday but i kept a baloon. more snow tomorow.
i booked a screening in nebrasksa for march 18 so i'll drive for the followup instead of flying.
tomorow's a busy day, where we get stabbed 10 times.

 

by arbi
2-25-15
Yesterday was one of our busy days where we had 10 blood draws. Then it stopped snowing long enough for us to take a walk, and after dinner we watched "boyhood.'
i spent an hour on the phone being jerked around by my credit card company
http://vark.blogspot.com/2015/02/when-is-fish-cosmetology-implement.html
this morning we pissed in a cup, had an ECG, blood pressure, pulse, two blood draws, and for the next ten days we take both pills, not just one.
no progress on my longer writing projects, but i wrote a blog post about a fish, and sent some emails.
today was thursday already and i didnt get much done. shopped online for houses for my roommates to look at; we will be losing our lease later this year.
scotusblog,com mentioned my fish blog post so i got 220 hits today, no big deal there.

 

by arbi
2-27-15
apparently today's friday, so i lost thursday somewhere. it's almost the end of february; this can't be a leap year. so we have about a week left, 8 days.
day started well, take two pills, watched hesher on hulu, walked a mile with hot mom, swept my room put away laundry
but then i wasted the day on reddit again. same old veggie wraps for dinner, another great salad, and i was able to cop some chamomile tea.
that's all i've got for now. still reading sir richard branson's 'losing my virginity'.

 

by arbi
2-28-15
saturday. Same old routine. Read a little, reddited a little, sent some emails, wrote a blog post. Looked at some real estate, made a phone call.
dinner was a cheese sandwhich and tomato soup again. the food here is good but getting monatonus. i got peppermint-chamomile today i think. now it's snack time. nuts, cranberry, herbal tea.
my roommate helen is coming in a couple of days. she's going to bum around town a bit then we'll drive back together, which might be great.
also group II left so i'll have my own bedroom now. my somali roomate likes to set the thermostat at 85 so he feels at home, and i don't, so he's moving next door.
ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIEbgXCrn1w
i found benny and joon online which kat wanted to watch, and gave her the link while i was at it.

 

by arbi
3-03-15
www.titleunrelated.com
it's tuesday. we leave saturday. i didnt get much done while i was here. that happens a lot. i don't get much done at home either.
helen's probably here in denver somewhere. i finished the branson book, at least i'm on the epilog. i might finish the runyon book before we go.
http://jeanbonnettavern.com
i met somebody on okcupid and she has a kickass webcomic and i'm just reading that all day. slept after breakfast and woke up from an odd dream, that i won't bore you with.
i've been messing around with my geneology. found out tha the old inn peter ankeny got his money from is still in business.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion
the whiskey rebellion started there and george washington camped there when he stamped out the rebellion.
http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/hotel-secrets-and-legends/video/pennsylvania-s-whiskey-rebels

 

by arbi
3-03-15
I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation You're living in the past, it's a new generation A girl can do what she wants to do and that's what I'm gonna do
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my brad reputation Oh no, not me
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation Never said I wanted to improve my station An' I'm only doin' good when I'm havin' fun An' I don't have to please no one
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my brad reputation Oh no, not me, oh no, not me
I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation I've never been afraid of any deviation An' I don't really care if you think I'm strange I ain't gonna change
An' I'm never gonna care 'bout my brad reputation Oh no, not me, oh no, not me Pedal, boys!

 

by arbi
3-04-15
It's wednesday pm, we've got tomorrow to kill, then friday is busy, then saturday we leave. It's gone really fast.
I got very little done of the things I came here to do. 13 pages out of the 100 i planned, 2 pages was all the volunteer work i got done, only read two books.
Soon I'll be back to being able to use this background. people are starting to bitch about the food - same stuff over and over and small servings, but i have no complaints.
big money and an easy study. i'm hoping to come back in a few months and do it again. they havent decided if that study will be under 45 or under 55. i have a year and half before i'm 56 and too old.
there's not much i -have- to do before i go. i didnt find my crazy uncle who lives in a shelter somewhere here. i didnt find any magic seeds to bring home like i hoped. there's still time to mail
myself a package. the car's already full so i wont be able to stop at all the antique stores in kansas. i should count my money and add up what this trip's expenses have been.

 

by arbi
3-05-15
mancunian = of manchester. TIL. Anyway, today after our brisk walk outside we had a big party, ice cream cones, cake, straberies and whipped cream, balloons, certificates. it was fun.
tomorrow we get stabbed 10 times, and satirdy morning we'll have procedures, our last blood draw, then leave.
i watched a bbc documentary on authenticating 3 turner paintings, and othewise wasted the day on blogs and reddit as usual.
almost time to pack, call my insurance company, tie the bike to the roof, plan my route home, buy some souveniers.
i am kind of eager to get home, but i'll be coming back here as often as they'll let me.
havent chosen yet where to go for group breakfast after we get out.

 

by arbi
3-05-15

 

by arbi
3-06-15
almost done. had our 10 blood draws, meals and snack, just got to get up early for some procedures, then the last blood draw, and we leave. going out for mexican breakfast afterwards.
coffee and bloody marys respectively. then i have a free breakfast at ikea and i have to find my roommate andpick up the bike and fix my spare, then we can go.
the bank reinstated my credit card, after a 2 week fight and lots of phone calls and emails. i'd missed a payment while i was in here maybe.
and i renewed my car insurance which was important. i need to make sure my car is clean enough for kansas.
3 hours, 3 days, 1100 miles, and i'm back home. 1st real bath in a month. the check engine light cme on but we fixed it with duct tape. and i dont mean taping over the light.
Adventures in salina, kc, columbia, terre haute. got along pretty well with helen. too much coffee to sleep yet.

 

by arbi
3-10-15
first day back: slept till noon. bank and post office were closed when i went.
2nd day back: bank post office made house keys laundry, got drunk with our house band, "sweet poison victim", paid rent, now i'm off to a movie at the worker justice center.
missed the movie, caught the discussion afterwards. missed the house sushi dinner, caught the cleanup afterwards. after a reddit break, i will go hit a dumpster i noticed earlier today. maybe a club.

 

by arbi
3-18-15
the site was down for a few days, so i have some unrecorded adventures which i may or may not catch up on.
right now i'm in st joseph missouri, on my way back from denver vi a nebraska.
i'm at a starbucks next to aldi, because the signs said there was an antique mall at this exit, but i dont see it. it's raining.
more tomorow if i make it home. $40 trashy hotel room last night, looking forward to getting home.
where one of my roommates is annoyed because i left a cut lime on the counter before i left. seems petty to me, but seems to be important to her.

 

by arbi
3-19-15
thursday noon. just made it home. wednesday after st joseph it rained all day. i hit two clubs, had just enough time and money, dropped off 10 boxes of food at st louis catholic worker
for their event this weekend, napped 3 hours at a rest stop, drove in a stupor aided by coffee the rest of the way home, about 2500 miles, 5 days, 2 blood draws, 2 gin and tonics, 12 cups of coffee,
$250 + gas, one hotel room, 1 book bought, $125 in antiques not bought because they seemed overpriced.
if i sleep 12 hours i'll be getting up at midnight.
friday i forgot we had an event so i didnt go. saturday i organized the share while another team did the event.
sunday i'm sleeping in watching movies on youtube.

 

by arbi
3-23-15
sunday; i missed a house meeting. my roommates didnt tell me about it; they didnt know i was home.
monday: barely got out of bed. was sleeting most of the day. pink bike stolen off porch. called about a $4k study but it was full. blogged a bit. need a bath before i go out.
tuesday it's my day to do the house dinner. and i should pay rent early this month since i was late last time.
i need to find my keys so i can go to the po box and the bank i have some stuff i need to mail re taxes too. i'm very bad about envelopes and stamps; i prefer to just email everything.
my D key is sticking. and the left shift key. this is the crappiest laptop keyboard i have owned. havent spilled any yogurt or anything on it, it just doesn't work very well.
i idnt make it to the recycling center again today. i put away dishes and took out the trash and compost.

 

by arbi
3-24-15
tuesday's been pretty good so far. up at the crack of noon, called the study i was supposed to call yesterday, got in anyway. so then i called chicago to let them know i neeed to know if i'm in that 1
or not, and they called and i'm in, so i go up there april 1, a week from now. $5800 although they could still send me home the first day. it's not just more money it's a better study.
i went to the bank made a credit card payment, got my rent money ready, took out the trash, cooked the house meal, 8 people came, 5 others stopped by but didnt eat.
green beans bok choy brussels sprouts rice garlic bread pretzels veggie burgers coconut water earl grey hot strawberries whipped cream blueberries and grapes, went over ok. and sukie made curry.
sukie's big client got the $12 million grant she wrote them so she is paying off student loans and hoping they hire her on. she's xander's girlfriend offically now.
now i'm off to the club and some of my usual stops i didnt get out of bed for last night. finally took a bath but still need to do laundry, clean my car, go through bills, find po box key.

 

by arbi
3-26-15
thursday went ok. didnt do much during the day, but then helen took me to an art museum, where i saw the turners i didnt find last time, and a bunch of french impressionist stuff + some local artists
then we went to bill's daugher's place at an art colony and drank hot toddies and talked, about 8 people.
otherwise the usual dishes, leaking roof, dumpster diving, and i got a couple pages done on a brief, although i'm not i'll get it filed in time to do much good
i didnt get the laundry done or find my keys, but i'm trying to get the car cleaner.
my brakes went out and i narrowly avoided a crash
friday i started the laundry, po box, collected $200 rent, withdrew $500 bank,need to pay my rent and the electric bill.
car ran out of gas so i got stuck at this 5-band show with artists and stuff, which was ok after a few drinks. eventually made it home and fixing onion soup but it's past my bedtime.

 

by arbi
3-29-15
the share went ok. i made onion soup, salad, coffee, purple stuff, and garlic bread. there was a rally at the statehouse we went to then beer at city market. more car problems. took a bus home.
we went and looked at a house a block away that we might rent. 4 1/2 BR $800/mo. later there was awkward conversation with roommates that i dont want to get into here that was stressful.
march has 31 days so i dont have to be in chicago till wednesday. i still need to pack and get ready, and be prepared to either take the bus or drive depending how that goes.
good house meeting. i bought my ticket to a regional burning man event in ohio in may.
monday. having a hard time getting out of bed.

 

by arbi
3-31-15
i bought a bus ticket because i wasn't sure my car would start, but it did so i drove to waukengan. $80 hotel room, $20 haircut, hope i don't get sent home the first day.

 

by arbi
3-31-15
i bought a bus ticket because i wasn't sure my car would start, but it did so i drove nonstop to wauke-gan. $80 hotel room, $20 haircut, hope i don't get sent home the first day.
this study will be/would be 30 days, but i don't remember any details.
day 1 went ok. i'll find out tomorow if i get to stay in. 12 people stay, 5 go home. i'm number 14.
didn't get in. study full. headed home. got home ok. full car, 10 pounds chocolate bars, 24 cigars, etc.
to do: mail taxes, clean yard, buy bike.
chores done: vaccumed, dishes, trash, compost, recycling, put away new food w help from helen, took recycling to center. watered plants. put away dishes. cleaned fridge #3.
stopped by club for a minute. looked for my next study. if i'd planned right i would have driven to nebraska today and screened for a $5k study, but i forgot to check before leaving chicago.

 

by arbi
4-04-15
friday i barely got out of bed, but i did book a screening monday in baltimore. it's saturday now and i'm trying to psych myself up to drive to the east coast without stopping, assuming my car starts.
then i'll spend easter with mom and go to baltimore monday and then missouri on wednesday.
today's serve went ok. i made salad, a pastry tray, fruit baskets, cheesy bread, brussel sprouts, jasmine rice, tea, and reheated the onion soup.
we also had fresh juices, roasted sweet potatoes, stir fry, and fruit salad, and probably more.
i've had a few cups of coffee but i'm not on the road yet. need to bathe, pack and go.

 

by arbi
4-07-15
i got non-vegan large mocha, probably my 16th cup of coffee.
it's tuesday. i've definitely destroyed #49. I've made it back as far as indiana, but still have 70 miles to go.
mcdonalds internet break to try to cool off the engine. overheating has destroyed the engine, although i fixed the transmission problem and a flat tire.
i've seen 9 deer, 11 llamas, 2 turkey buzzards, plenty of hawks. 2 goats. some chickens and ducks.
the car is trashed, i'm trashed, no sleep since baltimore, so driving is a litle dicey right now. made it home.
tomorrow i have a bar association meeting, otherwise i would sleep in.

 

by arbi
4-07-15
made it back home. got key for p o box. got mail. went o bank, paid 3 bills, deposited denver paycheck. home, bath, unpack, chores.
house dinner had 17 people, maybe a record.
i have retreated to my lair - i sleep in a closet and store stuff in the bedroom - so i can catch up on sleep and reddit. might have caught a cold from sleeping at the rest stop on day 1.
wednesday. bar association meeting otherwise rainy day in bed.
meanwhile ive been catching up on better call saul and shameless
as i expected i got into the baltimore study, which starts the 22nd.
if it goes ok i'll hit 10K by halfway through the year, so that's on track.

 

by arbi
4-12-15
friday night we had a 5 band concert that raised $1700 for our art media co=op.
saturday the share was hectic with just 3 of us cooking. i stayed home to start the cleanup. then i went to try to find a bike at a pawn shop, but my car seemed ready explode so we took a bus home.
Sunday we had a work party instead of a house meeting, and i turend over the compost pile and we sorted the recyclying bins and the fruit that came in today.
we have some big grant proposals to write up, and i got the files for the a missouri case i might get involved with.
walked 2 miles to get the car but the battery was dead. I need to make a list, i feel like i'm falling behind on stuff. tomorrow i need to tow the ar nd get the brakes fixed on #50 and mail my taxes.
bingwatched a bunch of "The Blacklist", now watching hot tub time machine.

 

by arbi
4-13-15
monday: watched hot tub time machine II and the gods must be crazy. towed volvo $65. bath. big argument between roommates over kitchen issues.
wrote two memos, first draft anyway. i want to muscle my way into a missouri case i've been following.
who killed ed mcmahon?
then home and household chores, vacuum, trash, put away dishes. have pasta on right now and silvia made seitan.
tomorow we show "night of the living dead" at our film series.
wednesday; didnt get out of bed.
didnt buy a bike, call mom, fix the brakes on #50 or make a better list. right now i have to go get my pasta.
tuesday: didnt get out of bed.

 

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by arbi
4-16-15
tuesday: we watched "they live!" over dinner at the worker justice center.
wednesday: watched bootleg movies mostly. chef, mean girls, moneyball, a few others.
thursday: didnt get much done today. wrote two important emails, made a list, made 2 phone calls, went to the bank, by the time i got to the pawn shops to buy a bike they were closed. bought seeds.
lost a game of chess at mcdonalds. best part of my day. had a drink at ollie's and got a ride home from my drinking buddy arabian
Arabian isn't actually arabian, he's a black-japanese mix. He goes by ray or ray-ray but i think his dancer name was fox.
now my A key is sticking. time to make a new list and have a bath and plant seeds.

 

by arbi
4-17-15
friday: didnt get much done today, but i got out, bought a bike $70 wore shorts for the first time this year, got home too late to go to the bank. traded emils with a high level libertarian lawyer i'm
trying to get to work with me on a misouri case. did ome chores around the house. hung out with helen for a bit. watched scott pilgrim.
i should go plant some seeds i bought yesterday, then do the dishes and maybe start some soup for tomorrow's serve.
i didnt fix the volvo, or call mom, so i'll need to buy a bus ticket for baltimore on wedneday. bank tomorrow. just had dinner with several housemates.
bought my ticket. time to pack.
saturday hae went ok except for the part where the kitchen ceiling fell on my head. i made 4 kinds of stir fry and rode my new bike to and from. sunday it's raining, i might re-pot some plants, got
fone minutes so i call mom, house meeting soon, then buy bus ticket. i'm proofreading a memo. so far i havent found counsel in missouri.

 

by arbi
4-21-15
i'm about to get on a bus to baltimore but their call this morning left me feeling the whole thing might have been a scam and they might send me home when i get there,
after wasting a few weeks of my time. so we'll see. i should get up and pack. barely slept and i'll get no sleep on the bus.
so far we're in columbus, where i had the fried leeks and spicy slaw at dirty franks.
went to baltimore. got sent home. had adventures with my friend polaris. my house died so i was offline and will need to catch up.
it's now monday and i'm back in indy. our housing co-op ended up not putting in a bid on a mansion we wanted. the one guy who could get a loan backed out, and i don't want to ask my mom for that much
money. i seem to hae been banned from the one place in chicago i'e been going a lot. spent all day looking for a study, nothing.

 

by arbi
4-28-15
today is tuesday. the smoke still rises from the ashes of baltimore.
the supreme court heard two + 1/2 hours of rgument on gay marriage.
i didn't get out of bed. instead i'm watching game of thrones, season 5.
i've been banned from the place ouide chicago i was planning to go next, and i'm going to try to fight that.

 

by arbi
4-29-15
today the supreme court, 5-4, upheld florida's ban on in person solicitation of funds by a judicial candidate.
chief justice roberts joined the 4 liberals, over a dissent by the 4 more-pro-free-speech faction.
haven't read it yet so maybe i'll update this in a bit. oh and i fixed my mouse, it was just a dead battery.
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the dissents by kennedy scalia and alito had somewhat the better of the argument.

 

by arbi
5-04-15
friday night we had a cuddle party/consent workshop up at a unitarian church we borrowed. less fun than you might think. saturday there was a marathon and we couldn't get home to cook, so we just
served breakfast leftovers to the few people who came. also i found out more about where my brake fluid is leaking.
sunday we had meetings for food not bombs, then food not lawns, then the house meeting.
monday i finished my american house of cards marathon, all 3 seasons. the uk one was better, but i'd been wanting to watch this.
watching little orphan black.
cleaned a bathroom and put away some dishes but otherwise got nothing done. i need to check for studies - i'm in a dry spell for work - and write some memos.
tuesday i talked to a mechanic, did laundry at the laundromat, booked a screening, bought mexican pastries for event tonight, chores, diving, no memos. i should make a list.

 

by arbi
5-06-15
$440 electric $70 water, that's 2 months. $3 coffee $4 bus fare.
so far i havent gotten much done. walked downtown to pay my electric and water bills, took the bus home, washed some buckets. made a list. i guess it's time to start some chores.
will update later as things get done or not. washed more buckets. di ome dishes. big fight w roommate about knives in sink.
to do: mix pink paint wash more bukets bath/shower trim nails call mom revise memos email polaris check for studies make better list make list of open court cases work on agenda for house meetings
write up pet peeve list. i dont remember the 7 other things! make a comic make a weekly summary of to do list make a monthly summary of to do list yearly
although i did get 700 meaningless reddit points for a joke about hyenas.
i thought today would be a little bit productive but it's too hot to sleep, so that's going to kill tomorrow too.0
spent hours on hold trying to get a screening for a $10K study, had to settle for a $4K.so possibly another trip to baltimore. otherwise the day went badly,

 

by arbi
5-11-15
monday i didnt get much done but i did: ride my bike, buy a bus ticket to baltimore, vacuum, bath, send emails. confirm a couchsurfer, sorted a box, put away dishes, planted tomatoes, took my car to
the shop. sunday was two meetings. i'll spend tomorrow on a bus screen wednesday, come back, and we have a weekend occustock festival.
saturday's share went ok. imani brought big trays of salad and bread, and i made rice and tea and apples and a chutney. nami fixed my bike and we dumpster dived near campus.
leo, the house dog, is probably dying, he's really old and has stopped eating. i bought my roommate's wrecked volvo for $500, so it'll be #52 and i'll learn to drive a standard.
i'm under some pressure to clean up my junk in the basement, so i should be doing tht, but i'm going to watch orphan black instead.

 

by arbi
5-13-15
i spent yesterday on a bus, got in at 8 am, went to my screening, which went well. hit a couple straight clubs at baltimore and gay streets,
there's a building for rent on that corner that could be a fun gay bar.
now i'm back on a bus. i havent slept. it's cramped, i need to change my clothes. we are in a traffic jam. no, i guess we are just parked somewhere? we don't know.
the bus was so late last night i didn't get to go clubbing in pittsburgh, look like we'll miss it tonight too.
we got a rest stop nd i was able to change and get a dr pepper. pittsburgh or bust. no sleep til......

 

by arbi
5-14-15
got home 9 am ish. rode bike home from bus station. finally slept. bath, coffee. picked up car, got in two carloads of dumpster diving.
but the car still has issues, i dont think it's ready to go to evansville this weekend - my roommates were hoping i could drive. so we'll see how that goes.
the other thing that's going on is we seem to be in the process of getting chickens for the house.

 

by arbi
5-28-15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H36_HqtHH70
it's been a couple of weeks since i've made a comic. two weekends of cooking at festivals in the woods. and a few days of crashing in between
car's broke, needs brakes done, so i'll take a bus to check in in baltimore monday morning. i'm behind on all my to do lists.
occustock was raining and muddy, but fun. scorched nuts, the burning man thing, was ok, but just ok. i dont do drugs or have casual sex, so i'm not the target audience.
it's still good to get out in the woods now and then. and we stopped at jungle jims which is always fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S4VsI78qG0
above song is "too high for the supermarket. i want to do a mashup with "all lost in the supermarket."
got caught up on orphan black today. mostly didnt get out of bed.

 

by arbi
6-01-15
wed-sat, lay around instead of getting chores done. sunday, 14 hour bus ride to baltimore, stayed at the hostel, general tso's tofu, called mom.
monday, borrowed a book about the new yorker, got on he bus, checked into the study.
easy study, 3 one week periods, no ekgs. they will send a few people home tomorrow, waiting on labs.
we are crammed into a 14 bed ward. it's 90% african-american males, so it's noisy and trashy. i think i can cope, but it's not a fun place to be. disorganized. nice view of the harbor; we are on the
7th floor. update tomorrow. slow internet. i brought the wrong shoes and they hurt, so i didnt walk around town much.

 

by arbi
6-02-15
day 2 of 19. almost nothing happened today. they moved our beds around and nobody got sent home. haven't dosed yet but it looks good.
havent got the schedule yet but this study puts me back on track for my money goals for the year, after 2 months of getting sent home.
tonight we'll get a catheter put in our arms, and tomorrow we take some fish oil pills, which is all this study is about.
it's way too noisy to get any work done, not that i would but it is. the guy in the net bed is having his daily 5 hour call to his girlriend, and there are 2 tv's blaring all the time.
while offlin i read cory doctorow's new one "the man who sold the moon."
day 3, we dosed, and many blood draws, but i've been offline all day, so i got a little work done.
i managed to jump onto some nsf guest wifi for now.

 

by arbi
6-06-15
looks like my day 4 comic did not post. wifi has been intermittant. i'll have to get a hotspot before i come back next week.
it's day 6 and we got out and i'm at a starbucks downtown, my bus doesn't leave till 6. collected a check for $1100ish, first of 4 payments. the finally told us the schedule.
what should i do in baltimore for 4 hours? mabe i'll take the purple bus to the anarchist book store. there doesn't seem to be much going on downtown.
it's one of those cities that becomes a ghost town on the weekend.
i probabyl just missed food not bombs. i'll try googling it.
oh it's in 20 minutes right around the corner. see ya later!. no, i missread that's tomorrow. so i went to a club. i'm on the bus.

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