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by arbi
6-06-15
it's not day 7 because that's next week. i'm at the bus station in pittsburgh waiting to change buses. 3 hours to kill so i went to three clubs, 2 more gin and tonics, 4 more dancers, one new friend
i'll never see again. also the guy i rode the bus with was 20 and anarchist so we identified a couple people we both knew, rod coronado and kieth mchenry, but i have no game and didnt hit on him.
his sticker said homeless garden project [santa cruz] so i'll have to google that for sylvia.
new friend was a punk girl i told her she was the cutest boy in the club, she said story of my life, and punched me in the arm a couple times and left with a stripper.
before i got on the bus, and before i took the wrong train east toward johns hopkins, i stopped in again to one of those clubs @ baltimore and gay streets, so it's a straight club. bought a drink for
her network marketing company, but she didnt have a card. the wifi was ok on the bus, which is unusual and makes all the difference.

 

by arbi
6-09-15
sunday i got home, two meetings, got a bike and an 8mm projector at the woodruff sale.
monday i did chores. rode bike with helen in the morning, finished the day with a drink with her, which is why i'm still in bed at 3 pm tuesday. caught up n game of thrones.
s nw i have to get up, bath, go pick up auto parts, go to the bank.
my O key is sticking today; this keyboard has been bad abut that.
tonight we have a movie and house dinner, then i'm taking helen to "the feast", a kind of munch i've heard of but not been to yet. saturday is pride and i want to do a big cook.
two study places have called me this week and i turned them down because i'm in one.

 

by arbi
6-10-15
www.cowspiracy.com
tuesday i missed "the feast" but the movie was good, cowspiracy.com, then i bught a vlvo for $2000 and drove it around till 3 am, spent $70 at the club.
got up at noon, had a list, washed dishes, p o box, bank, got plates for the car, diving, took the recycling in, started laundry, collected $250 rent.
thursday x coffee 1 look at properties for sale 2 photocopy plate, put on car 3 clean car 4 flashlight and duct tape for car 5 pick up auto part 6 find out re fred for repair car 7 move cars
helen borrowed the car so i'm taking an internet break from more chores. i ended up nt getting anything more done. nice dinner with helen.
up at the crack f non thursday, dishes, coffee, sorted spices into jars, made a list. 13 things to do today, feeling stressed, won't get everything dne. baby steps. i'll go put a flashlight and duct
8 basement 9 missuri case 10 werle 11 pick up laundry 12 comic 13 recycling/2nd helpings 14 sort mail
tape in the car, pick up the auto part after cleaning car. oops 14 have to sort mail. maybe pay electric bill, 15.
but i should be able to get 5 things done if i plug away at it. as of 8 pm, 7 things done. found ut radiatr overheats so i will take a bus to baltimore. so tonight i'll pack.

 

by arbi
6-12-15
http://www.cokeandpopcorn.ch/stream-free-tv-watch-shameless-season-5-episode-11-online.php
friday, got up at 8, went to tax sale, just missed buying a nice house for $4000, used helen as my bidder.
in the afternoon we went to visit this organic farm/school for ethiopian kids in the hood downtown. then home to cook for pride tomorrow.
i boiled potatoes, made soup, made a salad, started some beverages.
trying to get some sleep now, but it's hot. i'm watching shameess, the episode where they kill sammi.
spent all day at pride. went ok. tired and hot. at midnight i go to the bus station, train tickets were sold out again.
i still have to pack, move cars around, clean the basement.

 

by arbi
6-14-15
it's sunday. i'm on a bus in PA. soon we'll pass the inn my ancestor owned. our last rest stop was at somerset travel plaza, a town founded by captain peter ankeny.
i got bumped off the bus in pittsburgh so i got a $70 travel voucher and got to go to another pride parade.
i hope the train is still running in baltimore so i can get to the hostel.
i packed and moved the cars but didn't finish cleaning the basement.
my newest volvo isn't ready for long road trips yet. so the money for this study will get eaten up with bus fares, vovo purchase, volvo repairs. but worth it.
then i'll hope to find more work in july or august.

 

by arbi
6-14-15
it's sunday. i'm on a bus in PA. soon we'll pass the inn my ancestor owned. our last rest stop was at somerset travel plaza, a town founded by captain peter ankeny.
i got bumped off the bus in pittsburgh so i got a $70 travel voucher and got to go to another pride parade.
i hope the train is still running in baltimore so i can get to the hostel.
i packed and moved the cars but didn't finish cleaning the basement.
my newest volvo isn't ready for long road trips yet. so the money for this study will get eaten up with bus fares, vovo purchase, volvo repairs. but worth it.
then i'll hope to find more work in july or august.

 

by arbi
6-14-15
it's sunday. i'm on a bus in PA. soon we'll pass the inn my ancestor owned. our last rest stop was at somerset travel plaza, a town founded by captain peter ankeny.
i got bumped off the bus in pittsburgh so i got a $70 travel voucher and got to go to another pride parade.
i hope the train is still running in baltimore so i can get to the hostel.
i packed and moved the cars but didn't finish cleaning the basement.
my newest volvo isn't ready for long road trips yet. so the money for this study will get eaten up with bus fares, vovo purchase, volvo repairs. but worth it.
then i'll hope to find more work in july or august.

 

by arbi
6-14-15
it's sunday. i'm on a bus in PA. soon we'll pass the inn my ancestor owned. our last rest stop was at somerset travel plaza, a town founded by captain peter ankeny.
i got bumped off the bus in pittsburgh so i got a $70 travel voucher and got to go to another pride parade.
i hope the train is still running in baltimore so i can get to the hostel.
i packed and moved the cars but didn't finish cleaning the basement.
my newest volvo isn't ready for long road trips yet. so the money for this study will get eaten up with bus fares, vovo purchase, volvo repairs. but worth it.
then i'll hope to find more work in july or august.

 

by arbi
6-14-15
it's sunday. i'm on a bus in PA. soon we'll pass the inn my ancestor owned. our last rest stop was at somerset travel plaza, a town founded by captain peter ankeny.
i got bumped off the bus in pittsburgh so i got a $70 travel voucher and got to go to another pride parade.
i hope the train is still running in baltimore so i can get to the hostel.
i packed and moved the cars but didn't finish cleaning the basement.
my newest volvo isn't ready for long road trips yet. so the money for this study will get eaten up with bus fares, volvo purchase, volvo repairs. but worth it.
then i'll hope to find more work in july or august. it's monday and i'm checked in at the study.

 

by arbi
6-16-15
tuesday we did nothing. i think one guy got sent home for a bad piss test. 3 meals + snack and 1 blood draw.
there's noise on 3 sides of me, funk to my left, tv in front, guy on phone to my right. same people as last time , we are just across the hall.
at least this room has a shower and two toilets. the sink is broken and runs hot water all the time. the food is the opposite of fresh and healthy. we aren't here long, it's all bearable. low tier but
not the worst place i've been. tomorrow we get a tube in ur arm, dose, and 10 blood draws.

 

by arbi
6-18-15
this morning the court handed down 6 cases, leaving 11 stil to go. we'll be updating as we look over those cases.
none of the 'superbig' ones toay, like obamacare or gay marriage.
today i missed the deadline for an amicus brief to be timely filed, that i had 2 months to work on. it's way too noisy here to get any work done.
bunch of 5-4 reversals and some 8-1. texas can issue icense plates as it wants. a guy can argue he's too stupid to kill. a toddler was allowed to testify without x-examination.
one about intent in designer drug case.
sign code is a content based censorship of speech. i'll have to read that one.

 

by arbi
6-18-15
tv #1. insurance commercial
about 10 people in the ward.
this guy's playing funk. he claps along and talks loudly.
tv #2. sports event
can't hear myself think.
this guy's playing rap. he's hispanic, not even black, but he's a hoodrat. at least right now he's not on the phone. oh now it's a shootemup game.
today they fixed the leaking faucet.
these guys at that end are actually pretty quiet, but noise overwhelms quiet any time. oh now he has BBC on. the network, not the category.
don't want no scrubs. scrub is a boy won't get no love...

 

by arbi
6-19-15
the guy started playing the funk again, so i'm in the so called quiet room, which has an open door to a noisy hallway and people feel free to use the phone etc. but it's quieter.
i havent been in here up till now becuse i like lounging in bed. have gotten no work done all week. now i have to decide if i'm going right back to indy or visiting mom and my sister first.
really very little to report today. it's fridy and we get out tomorrow. i guess i should check to see about a bus ticket.
i was the last person to get on the bus, just made it. got distracted by the old bay store at inner harbor.
made it home at noon. nap, bath, meetings, chores, then work on the memo. call mom.
got nothing done this week, but i got 1300 meaningless reddit points, for 51,300.
went to a couple clubs in pittsburg, greyhound is refusing to take my travel voucher because i booked online.

 

by arbi
6-22-15
this morning the court decided 4 cases. it was a good day for the constitution.
in patel, a statute for a warrantless search of hotel registers was unconstitutional, 4th amendment.
in Horne, the government can't take your raisins without paying for them. 5th A.
objective reasonable force is the 14th A rule when guards taze a pre-trial detainee. Kingley v Henderson.
another case involved royalty payments for spiderman.
the court ruled, with great power comes great responsibility - justice kagan, kimble v marvel entertainment.

 

by arbi
6-23-15
i didnt get much done today. took the car to the shop, a little cleaning , dinner with the roommates, mostly bingewatched fargo instead of starting the brief.
i have a brief to write so i'm using that as an excuse to blow off other tasks.
could have had a free ticket to aflogging molly concert but skipped it, but didnt get anythinng done.
tomorrow i take the other car to a different shop. did that, picked up first car unfixed.
hispanic barber said "I made don quixote look nice", meaning me i think. it was an apt and literate metaphor. havent gotten much else done. rent $250, haircut $15.

 

by arbi
6-25-15
today the supreme court upheld "scotuscare" 6-3, opinion by the chief justice
and, 5-4 by kennedy, it upheld the use of statistics to show discrimination in housing, a pro-government or liberal ruling
that leaves i think 4 more cases for tomorrow and monday.
monday will probably be the grey marriage case.
??

 

by arbi
6-25-15
today i picked up my car, dropped off my other car, drove to broad ripple, dove 60 boxes of almond drink, picked up some couchsurfers, and my car again, gave helen a brooks brothers shirt, puttered
around the house doing chores, but otherwise havent gotten much done. the car -might- make it to baltimore. the check engine light is on which is not a great sign, but this car has been good for long
trips. i still havent cleaned the basement or started the brief. too late to go to thye bank or the post office today. i'll probably skip laundry. i need to pack so i can go tomorrow so i can see mom
before i check in monday in baltimore. need to do the worely memo and record it. need a better list. paid the rent $250.
i guess i should pay the electric and water bills before i go.
and email the realtor. and check my to do lists.

 

by arbi
6-26-15
the supreme court just ruled, 5-4, that gay marriage is legal in 50 states. the 4 conservatives each dissented.
opinion by kennedy
Justice Scalia 8-1 in Johnson found a sentencing statute unconstitutional, so Johnson doesn't get a longer sentence because of a sawed-off shotgun.
3 more cases for monday, but they are relatively minor, one about redictricting, one EPA, i forget the 3rd.
after monday the justices go off to their summer jobs, or on vacation.
scalia's a lifeguard at a resort in the catskills again this year.

 

by arbi
6-26-15
today's list has 16 items. i've done 5.i want to clean the basement a little and rinse the eggplants. inside chores because it's raining heavily.
then pay the electric bill go to the ban take the cans to the recycling place dump the coole0r on the back porch, check the list again,and leave.
the brief and sorting the mail arent going to happen today. i'm going to drink too much coffee. oh the rain is actually good, the cars less likely to overheat.
gas went up 25 cents overnight, just whebn i was about to fill up. check gasbuddy.
it's too rainy to bother going to the county fair but i could stop by thye club if i have time, for a cranberry juice.

 

hey helen, i want to commission you to make me a pink aardvark silouette (sp) just like the one above, for my fence at washington st. $25 ok?
by arbi, 6-26-15

 

by arbi
6-27-15
i'm getting closer to breezewood pa. i'm in a mcdonalds. there was a traffic jam/accident so i stopped in here.
yesterday went well. i got 13 of 16 items done and got on the road around 6, after the club and the county fair. saw the elephants.
i didnt write the brief, take cans to the junkyard, sort the mail, or put minutes on my phone.
stopped in columbus for the after-comfest festivities
i'm on the back roads near the pa turnpike, visited the grave of some of my ancestors wo founded that town, then had dinner at the jean bonnett tavern, another ancestor.
next i try to get to baltimore, then crash at mom's if i get there by dawn.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3142129/First-robot-wedding-Japan-takes-place.html
by arbi, 6-29-15

 

by arbi
6-30-15
checked in yesterday. i was offline for a couple days driving then moms. took mom, my sister, her boyfriend, his son, out for veggie chinese.
put the tricycle in the back of the volvo - helen's trike that we pull the food cart with got stolen.
it's the same dull routine here, just this time i drove instead of greyhound.
3 tvs going, can't work, that's my excuse. kinda hot but i'll try to sleep. food is pretty bad. place is crowded. no supervision. it could be a lot worse, people are well behaved, just loud.
today we did nothing, blood draw, nobody got sent home. when we check out saturday i could go to the beach but i'll probably stay around for foodnot bombs baltimore. they have great set up here.
15, 16: wednesday we got stabbed 10 times. thursday 3 times, booked a screening otherwise nothing done. just waiting 2 more days.

 

by arbi
7-05-15
goat photo in comments
friday was more of the same. saturday we checked out, then i spent the day volunteering at food not bombs, then i started driving.
went to a club in wheeling after i visited the goats at great-great grandfather's inn which was closed for the holiday
got a little past columbus the first night. slept till noon at a truck stop. went to an antique mall near springfield. spent $80 and also found 4 boxes of books in the dumpster.
tonight after i made it home we burned some of the books in a bonfire during the house meeting.
it was a "blame everything on xander" session, then we agreed to refund $500 to a couple who are moving out, and we sorted out how to take care of the chickens without elise here.
way too much drama, but i'm glad i came back for it. so i didnt make it to the beach this round. i have one more short followup visit to go.

 

by arbi
7-09-15
i might have a few days to catch up on. i got home july 5, went up to a rainbow regional gathering in michigan with helen and her boy of the week.
16 hours of driving to be there 12 hours.
yesterday i didnt do much except make a few phone calls, switched monday's screening to today. so today i woke up an hour late, sped to cincinatti, got there just 12 minutes late.
screening went fine. ran into my friend polaris checking out.
$80 at jungle jims. went to the antique mall but didnt buy anything. came home, po box, bank, chores, comic, then a bath.
i'm watching ocean's 11 with sinatra, and relaxing beforemy next run. monday baltimore, wednesday kansas city.

 

by arbi
7-12-15
friday, 3 clubs, 3 drinks, too strong, not enough sleep. cashed a check, did some chores, made stew.
i'm writing this at the hostel in baltimore sunday night. saturday, food not bombs in indy, then i got on the road. made it to pittsburgh for anthrocon by dusk.
played a cool game that is sort of, everybody has a candle and you try to blow out everybody else's candle while keeping yours lit, set to music. won 2 out of 10
http://www.jsjoust.com/
anthrocon is a big furry convention, people dressed up in animal costumes. it's almost, but not quite, my scene. then i went to a couple of clubs and got back on the road.
crashed a couple hours at the parking lot of the inn named after my greatgreatgreatgreat great great grandfather jean bonnet. that route is slower but avoids the tolls.
helped out at food not bombs baltimore, but then they werent serving where i thought they were so i lost them so i checked into the hostel.
tomorrow i have my final baltimore checkup then i have 2 days to drive to kansas city. i got into the cininnati study but kc is a backup plan.

 

by arbi
7-14-15
tuesday: got home at 3:30 am. need t0 get up at noon to drive to kansas city.
got on the road round 2, checked into a hotel somewhere in kansasat 1 am. it took me 2 hours to find a cheap enough hotel.
went to my appointment, and they told me the study was cancelled. i missed a phone call, and they didnt bother to email.
but they gve me a new appointment for a higher paying study, so it might work out ok. i'm sitting here waiting for details. that might be a tornado outside, it's at least raining, and this is kansas
i'm supposed to visit my 90 year old uncle while i'm here, and i might stop by the law school.
my trakpad thingy is working again so i no longer need the mouse. i only noticed it this morning.

 

by arbi
7-18-15
beet salad, mango lime drink, peach tea, strawberry cake, carrots, mushrooms, soup, corn on the cob w/ mayo, bread, english peas, rice, tomato salad.
i made it home 3 am thursday morning, unpacked and did chores around the house. took a rainbow nation hitchhiker across missouri, stopped by a couple of clubs i go to in that area.
friday i loafed online then dumpster dived enough food for saturday's serve
which i ended up cooking by myself, although jim served and cleaned up with me and turtle helped wash some buckets.
helen is off in pittsburg with her latest fling and we don't know if she'll come back. wes and sylvia are getting a 6br house which they want to keep cleaner than this one is.
there's been a lot of drama about the split, but it could work out as a good thing. and further our plan of world domination.

 

by arbi
7-19-15
sunday, barely got out of bed. watched hard candy, some jimmy carr, and aught up on seinfeld.
i have a bad habit where i dont get much done when i'm home,and i dont get much done when i'm at studies. and the rest of the time i'm on the road.
i might go to bloomington tomorrow to look at a volvo.
the house meeting scheduled for tonight didn't happen.
this panel left blank for now.

 

by arbi
7-20-15
i got a few things done today. i vacuumed, did some dishes, took the recycling downtown, re-repotted some tomatoes, sorted my scrap pile, found the key to #48 but i need to charge the battery, made a
list, sent some emails, and went to bloomington and bought a volvo for $1000. the guy was great, he's a volvo mechanic introduced me to his volvo mechanic buddies, showed me some of his project cars.
hmm greyhound's only $11 and i have a voucher.
so now #50's in bloomington and i have to figure out the best way to go get it.
a man had a small canoe, a fox, a goose and a bag of grain. how does he get all 3 things across the river safely if he can only take one at a time?
i forgot the top item on my list, which is to revise the missouri amicus brief
it's 10:50 pm and i'm running out of steam, but i should list some of my todo list items here.the more i set them in front of me the less i'll forget to do them. a partial list is in the comments.
conscious avoidance is another issue, but a lot of stuff i just forget. i'm especially good at forgetting about unpleasant tasks.

 

by arbi
7-22-15
i didn't get much done yet today. went to the bmv but my paper wasn't dated so wasted trip. cleaned the basement. took out the 4 worm boxes jeremy left to the compost pile, and that smelled up the
house. took a bath but i still smell like dead worms. so i might not go the club. sorted 3 boxes of stuff i found in bloomington. a $60 compuer cable i wanted, and my scrap run today brought $48.
i think it's time to make a 2d helping run.
my buddy polaris called and we both got in the cincy study that starts monday. i still havent started the brief.
didn't call mom, get that oil change, check the mail, write the brief, etc. at least now i have a decent list.
flowers, corn, 3 electric heaters, exercize machine, paper towels, a blender, misc groceries, the usual 2 hours dumpster diving. there's a coat rack at the catherdral i could go back for.

 

by arbi
7-23-15
today my main accomplishment was getting my title and plate for the new volvo, and a little puttering around the house cleaning, such as in the basement, but overall i havent gotten much done.
i need to write up the werle notice thing, so i can record it tomorrow, spend an hour cleaning my room, ouldn't find that $15 oil change place i saw yesterday. need to make a better list, know i'm
forgetting something important.
i have started my caffeine restriction for monday's check in, so that's always fun. had one drink last night which is my last for a while.
they called today and the study is postponed till august.
friday po box bank shopping laundry checked in with my tenants

 

by arbi
7-25-15
the serve went ok today. 4 cooks, rice stir fry, stew, rolls, ritz crackers, peaches in yogurt, chocolate banana smoothie, banana juice, tea, water, green beans, fruit, toll house cookies, beet salad
helen's back, with chris. ive invited them to a burlesque show at a local theater, i went last night. i'm 54 and had never seen a burlesque show.
i should go pick up my laundry i guess, and clean my room some more. we have a new roommate who is working off his rent by cleaning and he's pretty good.
more as it happens.
stuff happened sunday. not ready to talk about that yet. then i cleaned my room for a few hours, then this morning i took my couch apart with an axe so i could get it outside, so i'll need to clean
the room again. and move cars and pick up laundry and charge a battery call clinics and run errands. it's still hot.

 

by arbi
7-28-15
yesterday, monday, i booked a couple of screenings so tomorrow i go to columbus for an 11 am. i suppose i could go tonight instead.
meanwhile i still have to sort mail do laundry clean room start the brief,
i was up half the night watching cougartown episodes. first i need to get out of bed, take a bath, have some decaf.
this week i'm depressed and it's hot, so i don't have enough energy to do much. I sorted some mail and made dinner for 8.
well my study in cincinnati is back on so i don't have to go to columbus tonight.
eggplant casseroles, longans, spinach, lentils, limeade, cookies, broccoli, potatoes, curry gravy, 3 kinds fruit, parsley butter, salad. earl grey hot.

 

by arbi
7-29-15
wednesday i mostly watched californiacation. 6 seasons to go. so i wasn't out of bed or productive till 5, then i got stuff done till 10.
i did chores, vacuumed, did a little cleaning, charged my car battery at the store, moved 4 cars, took out my trash, picked up and dropped of laundry, took groceries to my other house, went to lowes
and bought roofing supplies, $70. made a little progress with xander on the argument weve been having for a month, not all is settled yet, which is related to why this has been a stressful depressing
week for me. still want to sort mail tonight, probably won't start the brief or clean my room.
friday: did not get out of bed.
tomorrow i could spend $80 and buy the 4 day pass to gencon. which would mean blowing off some other stuff, so i'll need to decide. for now, more tv.
thursday i didnt get much done. moved cars around, put new lights in the fridge, went to the bank.

 

by arbi
8-04-15
saturday i went to gencon. it was ok. $60. sunday we had a house meeting and a food not bombs meeting. there's a faction that wants me to move out because of my hoarding tendencies, but i survived.
i stayed up sunday night and 4:30 am drove to cincinnati. checked in, slept all day monday except meals and such.
today is tuesday. i dosed, which means i'm in the study. i'm here for 2 more days, off for 3, back for 16, and one followup.
my friend polaris got sent home this morning, his labs weren't right. so he's off to screen in columbus, one of the two screenings i cancelled to come here.
assuming i finish this study ok that'll bring me 15k to by september from studies, and with my other income i should make 25-28K gross, which is about what i've been shooting for.
i no longer have to write the brief i've been stalled on for a month. the plaintiffs dismissed their case; i don't yet know why.

 

by arbi
8-05-15
it's 12:02 so this is day 4. it was an easy day, 2 blood draws. in the morning we go home.
i'll update later as things happen.
well i made it home through the rain. stopped at jungle jims, a club, and an antique mall. $27, $13, and $10 respectively.
friday dollar general walmart $25 each. made a 13 item list, did 5.
nobody had rent. i forgot to get the mattress cover. i got the rat trap, toilet flapper, roach gel, bug spray, and a 2L of apple soda so i could stay hydrated. i looked at some properties, got my mail
i bought an air pump and pumped up 3 tires. didnt go to the bank because it was late; need to sort my mail, clean my room, email about the party.

 

by arbi
8-10-15
saturday the serve went ok then the party had a small turnout but lots of booze was drunk. i fixed some snacks: ritz and gorgonola, tomatoes, cucumber with artichoke dip, and puff pastry with mint
quinoa filling. . sunday i slept in, cleaned up after the party, forgot to go to the state fair, finished season 7 of californication, drove to cincinnati at 4 am.
check in went fine, then i slept all day except meals. booked a screening in nebraska for next month.
this next week is an easy schedule, just take a pill in the morning. i brought a lot of paperwork i need to sort though
side effect: we are all pissing bright orange, from the pills this morning.
day 5: the 6 more people from group 2 have checked in and they are way louder than our group.
i think we are here for 12 days, with one followup later. but i'm not really sure.

 

by arbi
8-14-15
day 6
the foods is starting to get a bit monotonous. breaded chicken that i dont eat, salad with rasberry vinagrette or ranch every day,
day 7
i sorted a little mail and called one clinic, got on a waiting list. but mostly reddit and solitaire.
maybe there's just 16 days in this study. we get out the 22nd.
day 8
apparently today is friday, so i lost a day somewhere
right now we're out on a patio. it's hot but nice. easy study, we just take 2 pills in the morning.

 

by arbi
8-17-15
day 9 10 and 11 were routine. take a pill, eat 3 meals, sleep. today was monday. busy day.
i made two phone calls sent an email and watched a movie where kurt russell cons matt dillon in an art heist. didn't go outside, it rained.
on wednesday i have to call back to confirm a screening. i still need to sort the rest of my mail, and there are two short articles i could write for my elections blog.
it's 11:20 pm. the rules say the computers should be turned off by now, but nobody here is a hardass about the rules.
i could sort my photos. i'e had about enough reddit today. they keep it a little too hot to sleep comfortably here, and i tend to be a night owl.
technically not an owl

 

by arbi
8-18-15
tuesday. what is this day 12? another busy day. did laundry, booked a screening in west virginia, sent a few emails, got a couple texts. took my two pills. blogged a little. went outside.
tomorrow i need to call kansas city to confirm a screening. with 3 screening set up, i should be able to find work net month.
i did not sort my mail, i should do that tomorrow,and make a to do list.
the meals are monotonous. chicken for lunch and dinner, baby carrots w ranch for snack for the 4th time, dole mandarin oranges at every meal. the meals are the most exciting time of the day.
but this is a great group, everyone's quiet and respectful. it's a relaxing paid vacation.
local burning man event tickets are $80 oct 1 weekend, i'll probably go unless i'm working.

 

by arbi
8-20-15
not much happened wednesday. today was our busy day, iv, pills, ekgs, blood draw, blood pressure, etc.
the burning man event tickets sold out already so i might not get to go, would have depended on work anyway
friday 2 blood draws, saturday we go home, monday i'm in wva, later nebraska.
blogged some election law stuff today, still didnt sort my mail. recovered my photobucket pics from 8 years ago and caught up with some old friends online.
friday went by fast, just waiting now to sleep , wake up, last blood draw, go home. i drank a gallon of water to get the drugs ou tof my system, so i'm pissing clear urine every so often.
i got an offer to go to north dakota for the sugar beet harvest season in october, it would be a change of pace.

 

by arbi
8-29-15
it's been a busy week. even yesterday would take more than 3 panels. i got out of the study and have screened for three more studies since then.
i've been in wv, pa, oh, in, il, mo, ia, nb, ks, and am back home now. today i got in at 6 am, food not bombs at noon, mostly rested since then.
yesterday: woke up in a parking lot of kansas city off rt40. screened at vince, didnt get in, collected $100. drove east. picked up a hitchhiker and 6 puppies, took her to jazzie's house in st louis.
went to the club. spent $90? worth it. got a ticket for a cracked taillight. drove home. that's the short version. adventures were had.
so many things went wrong on this trip, but i had good times too and am overall cheerful. bought a $500 brooks brothers suit for $20 at salvation army.
i forgot to bring my ID, so i couldnt rent a hotel room and hadn't arranged any couchsurf, and money was tricky but it all worked.

 

by arbi
9-01-15
sunday i went to kokomo with helen and gave legal advice to her parents. monday i got 13 things done. maybe i'll list them in a comment later. have a 21 item to do list.
tuesday i spent $116 at an auction for 1 and 1/2 carloads of food. station wagon car, not railcar. collected $600 in rent. paid $370 in utilities. still up for the day. also mopped 3 floors.
more as it happens. i plan to take a bath, cut the grass, then i'll need another bath.
tomorrow the auction continues if i go, then thursday cincinnati again.
tonight my friend kc showed up for dinner, and he's going to move in at least for a while. so the 6 of us now.
paid $250 in rent. so in the red for the day now. no i found a birthday check my mom sent. will collect more rent thursday and a study check.

 

by arbi
9-03-15
thursday: drove to cincinnati 4 am, napped a bit until 10 am, back in indiana by noon, at the club by 1 (it's on the way.) sold 6 cases of the food i bought to the it-fell-off-a-truck store.
droe downtown for a lawyer thing, but there was nowhere to park so i went back to the club for a drink. various chores got done. need to resend the fax. need to make a new list.
must pay car insurance bill this week.
roommates were annoyed because i brought more food to the house, long talk about such things.
west virginia called and they cancelled their study and the replacement one was much worse so i wasted a trip.
i should probably just crash out now, need some sleep.

 

by arbi
9-05-15
friday morning i managed to step on my laptop, cracking the screen. so i went on a quest.
fry's walmart staples didnt have anything i liked so i got a $220 chromebook at meier.
it works ok, it's tiny, but i want a laptop again so the quest will continue.
the serve went pretty well today, 6 people cooked. house meetings tomorrow. monday i call about more studies.
monday, labor day, took helen to kokomo and back to drop off some stuff.
the house meeting sunday was not pleasant. one guy stormed off in a huff after maybe embezzling some funds, and sent an 8 page memo about why i'm a bad person.

 

by arbi
9-05-15
so my mom wants us to do thanksgiving in hawaii again this year, so it looks like the cheapest way is to,
fly to san diego, fly to oahu, fly to maui. then if i have time i might fly to the big island before coming home.
what could possibly go wrong? i'll find out. check back around dec 1.
it costs a lot to go to hawaii, but once you are there you can sleep on the beach and eat mangos and avacados that fall off trees.
nope, the place where sailor jerry's was gets bad reviews.
actual food from the store is expensive because they ship it in, but there's cosco. the expensive part would be if it keeps me from doing a study in december.
it's conceivable that i could get a tattoo at sailor jerry's. i'm 55 and have no tattoos, and probably won't, but that would be where to do it.

 

by arbi
9-09-15
yesterday (tuesday) was productive from 4 to midnight. scanned and emailed my license for nebraska, a necessary bit of paperwork and the first two faxes i sent didnt go through on their end.
i made house dinner on two hours notice, mostly salads and leftovers and cheesy bread, which we served at movie night.
the movie was "live nude girls unite", a doc about organizing a san francisco peep show. small crowd but good time. showed kc the rooms we have for rent.
then i collected rent, $300, picked up a car battery and lawnmower from the other house, dropped off groceries, went to the club.
i have today to get stuff done and pack, then tomorrow i drive to nebraska.
between breaking my computer and running out of time, it looks like i will miss getting the mississippi amicus in on time.

 

by arbi
9-11-15
i'm in a little crepe shop coffee roaster in lincoln, waiting to check into my study. this is the place where i got that bottle of "secret aardvark sauce" but they don't seem to have it.
wednesday i did 5 1/2 things on my 11 item list, i moved vovlo #48 to the other house and picked up #50. $2 scrap run. emptied trash, cleaned car some, counted my cash $500, paid $50 on a credit card
prairiefirenewspaper.com
sorted mail and clothes did laundry got tent poles packed , . . . thursday i drove across inidana illinois missouri iowa nebraska
yesterday i got a call saying check in was at 12:30, not 3, but when i got here they said it's 3 not 12:30.
based on past history with this place they will probably send me home sunday, so i'll lose money again. i've spent over $1000 trying to do studies here. if i dose, i finally make that back.
now i'm waiting for my $2 cup of hot water to cool off to drink while i read a free copy of prairie fire.

 

by arbi
9-12-15
so i just dosed, so i'm in the study. the next step is i sit in this chair for 4 hours. not sure how long the chromebook battery lasts.
most studies we just take a pill and get our blood drawn, but this one is very high tech. i wear a patch that transmits to an ipad, and meanwhile i use an iphone app to log my self-stick blood sample.
it pays less than some studies, especially after the driving and a hotel room for a couple of weeks, but the high tech aspects make it interesting,
and i didnt get into the higher paying study in kc, and the wva one got cancelled. i could have bailed from this one and tried for the $5000 baltimore one,
but it's a bird in the hand, and i've been trying to do a study here for years.
assuming i finish this one ok, i'll be 3 months ahead, moneywise, of last year, so i hope to get in 1 or 2 more studies.

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