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by arbi
9-12-15
on my bucket list: see the unicamel at the legislature.
so we got out around noon. this is mostly an outpatient study. i had a crepe at the coffee shop - i forgot those aren't vegan, did some shopping,
spent awhile looking for a gay bar that it turns out burned down two years ago, thanks yelp, coulda told me, no where to park because theres a fooball game.
oak park motel, lincoln nebraska
the cornhuskers take fooball seriously -i'm a mile away at le fleabag motel, and i could hear them chanting.
i had to haggle to get the room for $55 because of the game. i have a fondness for really bad motels. the tv and fridge don't work, there's an odor, the decor is 1950s tacky. the wifi works tho.
i'm so tired. could be jet lag, but i might be coming down with something. bought 3 books, have a brief to write.
tomorrow i might go to omaha for food not bombs, after i dose. so alarm set for 8 am. the youth hostel here closed temporarily 9 years ago.

 

by arbi
9-13-15
sunday. got up at 8 with the machine beeping at me to take my pill. checked out of hotel at 11, went to food not bombs in omaha, came back, coffee shop, now at at indian restaurant
the mulligatauny is very good here, and they have wifi and i'm on a patio in a busy part of town. trying to decide if i get another hotel room or stay up all night. need to find the thing to charge my
phone. so now i'm staying with a couchsurf, really cool older guy, while i check craigslist for something longer term.
i'm at my usually coffee shop, in my shorts, while having a cute homelss woman darn the hole in my jeans. also found the personal papers of a mad scientist int he dumpster across the street. my guess
the state capitol is really cool, and nice library, had what i wanted, plus wifi and cheap decaf.
is that he died of cancer, but just in case i emailed him.
then later i plan to go to the law library at the state capitol. did i mention how hot the baristas here are? i got a jonnycake which is like a corn meal pancake, pretty good for $2.75.

 

by arbi
9-17-15
it's thursday. my only task today was taking a pill and having the gadget record that i took the pill. i did and it did. so i left larry's because i'd been there 3 days. he took me for chinese last
night. i found the other law library there and spent an hour researching mississippi's assault on free speech for a memo i'm not getting written.
it took 20 tries just now to get online, and i couldnt connect at larry's. tonight i'll be in cheap hotel #2, or maybe in my car.
i never found the law library yesterday, just drove around shopping. i want to get a hotel room so i can repack my car.
i lost my battery charger and staples didnt have it so i might be offline for a few days
bought a poster of ganesha from the crispy indian stuff store. found a stuffed stegasaurus.. no the other kind, with the spikes ....ah, a triceratops.
i am in the other branch of my usual coffeeshop. dinner was a burrito from taco john's. now i'm off to some community center.

 

by arbi
9-19-15
Work gave us an iPad and i am trying to use it to make a comicy
The screen is too small and I can't see what I am doing
Took
Logging in Tokyo about seven tries.
Off to the battery store

 

by arbi
9-19-15
the battery store and radio shack didnt have the chromebook charger, so i got a $200 walmart pink netbook. It'll do.
Now that i'm online i can order the chromebook charger online, although i don't much need it now.
I may end up losing money on this study. I've spent $300 in cash plus a lot of credit card charges so far.
I've already spent the $750 they gave us yesterday. I should be able to end up breaking even to pay for my many previous screenings here. I mean I should net $1K from this studty to refund myself for
those screenings. Last night i moved into my regular hotel, haggled for $220/week. Cleaned the car, got moved in, didnt do much else yet.
Today's study events involved stabbing myself 4 times, bleeding onto a card, taking a picture of the card, while the ipad records what time i took my pill. Easy week ahead.

 

by arbi
9-21-15
sunday i didnt go out. i guess i was setting up the new computer and watching hbo.
i forgot to go to a vegan potlock which would have been fun
monday both studies in baltimore were full, and i havent found anything else to call about and it's dark now.
sent 4 emails, found out why one case got dropped, discovered i have a copy of a memo i thought i'd lost, but havvent started working on it more yet, writers block as strong as ever.
so i spend most of my time not writing the memo, instead of not doing the other stuff i should do.
so tomorrow more of the same, plus 4 self-stabbings.

 

by arbi
9-22-15
the main thing on today's to do list was "go outside" so i did that. baby steps.
i didnt get much done today. 4 self-stabbings, 20 pushups, 2 loads laundry, 3 boxes dumpster dived, no phone calls, no emails, no memos.
hunted franticly for the room key, can't find it. tomorrow there's a support group meeting i'll go to. like in fight club.
wednesday, well i'm up. did pushups, made a list. reading a good book on the history of the aclu. hi bill. looks like i lost the rest of the day to hbo movies.
took a nap. the support group was good, then went to a bar called the hot mess. had a ginger ale, met some hipsters but then i left.
thursday i didnt get much done. paid the rent for the week $220, my patch isn't working when i took my pill, made some soup, did pushups, wrote two pages of a memo, took a walk but it rained suddenly.
booked a screening in ohio for next month, not a very good one. 8 pages into the memo.

 

by arbi
9-25-15
last night went downtown ran into my friend scot and his friend joel at the hot mess, talked math, string theory (he brought string) he played donald hwere's your troosers on the tin whistle, then i
went to amateur strip night at the Alley, but it started late so i was bored although the eventual show was ok. got home after 2. my 6:30 alarm went off at 6:30 pm so i got to work late.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6qoQ7UvEBk
lots of procedures today, was there 8 hours. bought a can opener, $1, found my soup is the self opening can type
played futball for an hour with some arab kids. came home, made a list of all i would get done tonight, did reddit instead.
made shitake soup. paid my bar dues today $180, a deductible expense.
i guess i should try to sleep now, it's another early day tomorrow.

 

by arbi
9-26-15
today's an easy study day. 7 am piss in a cup 8 am take a pill 9 am breakfast 10 am leave.
when i was starting this study on the way here i got a toothache, and i was afraid i might have to drop out, but it went away and i forgot about it till now, when i'm getting twinges.
at the coffee shop. dived a tv and vacuum cleaner - stuff i might not realy need.
more math books from the mad scientist. he's not dead, just doesn't answer emails.. i gave the vacuum cleaner to his landlady.
it turns out the potluck was last night not tonight so i missed another one.
a little more work done on the memo but mostly watching hbo, might do more laundry. didn't.

 

by arbi
9-27-15
tomorrow is the same as today, take a pill, stab ourselves 4 times, out around noon. didnt get much done today.
as often happens i've managed to blow 3 weeks without getting written what i need to get written. spent $350 petty cash, did better once i got the hotel room as a base.
today i had a ginger beer at a club i forgot to go to last night, bought a $6 bike at goodwill, which would have been handy 2 weeks ago, did two loads laundry, donated 4 books, talked to mom,
aired up tires, sorted stuff to get it ready to pack up tomorrow, head home tuesday, hope to get as far as illinois, thursday i go to ohio. wednesday pay rent, unpack one car, pack another.
got some apples. tired now but i should take out trash bring in laundry pay a bill make a list. alarm goes off in 8 hours. should check alarm.
hit 60,000 meaningless karma points on reddit.

 

by arbi
9-28-15
went in today, took the pill, noticed i was covered in a rash. reported it and they sent me home a day early. i'm here in my hotel room, too tired to pack. need coffee.
i'm listening to a long podcast about johnson and johnson and qui tam lawsuits. that reminded me of robert, a guy i went to elementary school with who
went to harvard and cornell, md phd our other friend rick became a rocket scientist. we bonded as nerds. anyway, robert sued cornell in a qui tam action, and has become an activist on whistleblower
stuff. i should drop him a line.
if i dont leave soon, it'll be too late to go to the club in st louis. oh well. gotta get back to indy so i can pack for 4 days of camping.
did i mention i saw the lunar eclipse while i was doing laundry? i wasn't sure at the time if it was an eclipse or not, the moon was just dark.

 

by arbi
9-29-15
breakfast: denny's, missouri. grits coffee wifi outlet. another one of my teeth is showing signs of falling out.
when i checked out the motel, the crazy old lady gave me a framed statue of some indian gods, because she knows i'm into that. i gave her a tv and a blanket . it's all part of haggling.
lunch: mcdonalds. illinois, hash brown, free coffee with perches,wifi, outlet, newspaper,
bought a tiny revereware pot at goodwill, 50 cents, goes with my set. i had to leave behind a big tool cabinet i found because no room in the car, because i packed the $6 bike with the bent pedal.
dinner: starbucks, indiana, coffee, wifi. nearly dark. should make it home tonight.
in columbia missouri near where i used to live i visited a new clinic, but didnt get past the receptionist, but now i know where it is.

 

by arbi
10-05-15
met some girls from ann arbor, did a road trip thru athens ohio on the way home
one day home to pack and unpack, then 4 days in the woods in the rain.
it wasn't great, it wasn't bad. had a bit of fun saturday night. got 4 pairs of shoes wet. i like my $29 walmart tent.
no internet for 4 days, was ok. i'm home now, unpacking, screen in cincinnati tomorrow.
doing chores, trying to remember what all is on my lists.
aside from screening tomorrow and hawaii for thanksgiving i have a totally open calendar.
a family of moose have set up shop in my room while i was away. so i bought moose repellant, but i'll need to clean the room.

 

by arbi
10-06-15
stayed up all night, drove to cincinnati at 5 am. study was cancelled and they didnt tell me, and i'd forgotten to call yesterday because it took awhile to find and charge my phone.
drove back to indy. po box, bank, shopping, went to a dentist got a tooth extracted. it's in my pocket. $300. club $20.
this was my 2nd ohio trip this week.
walmart lost my prescription so i don't have drugs yet for when the novocaine wears off. i made $30 doing an online survey and $1 from a class action settlement today.
house dinner, added a new roommate, seems like he might be a volvo mechanic. and we got our lease extended to next june, great news.
http://www.classactionrebates.com/
i need to get focused on my lists and make some progress instead of just blowing this free time. i also have some calls to make tomorrow for studies. now i need to go buy grapefruit juice.
note to self send tea to common root in lincoln neb. buy a washing machine, pay electric bill, tickets. order from amazon.

 

by arbi
10-07-15
The day started off well. I made a 15 item list and did 5 of them.
booked a screening friday in missouri so road trip coming up.
then i took a reddit break which dragged on for hours then one of my roommates yelled at me so i'm depressed and or sulking.
so i didnt do the top item on the list which is time sensitive
so i'll have to start over tomorrow on today's list and still try to leave on time to not have to drive all night.
booked a screening in ohio for a december study. 3 pm thursday (not friday, mistyped), not out of bed yet.

 

by arbi
10-09-15
3 am to 5 pm, went to missouri and back. screening went well. 500 miles. $30 gas + 1 tank. $5 coffee.
got home, collected $490 rent, some appliances to replace and i need an exterminattor over there so i'll break even.
no major road trip stories. i've driven that part of I-70 so many times over the years. got the info on where #48 was towed to, havent gone to get it yet.
helped a kid fix his bike chain. got home in time for house dinner, 9 people, i washed the dishes, sukie made curry and rice and veggies.
i should go back upstairs in case there's any house business being transacted. . . . there was! we membershipped one guy and hung out with some possibles.
tomorrow will be my first food not bombs in a while. meanwhile i have a couple hours to catch up on some online chores.

 

by arbi
10-10-15
when my alarm went off at 6 i tirned it off then it was 11:30 when i got up so i missed cooking but i served about 40 people at food not bombs
then there was a sikh festival going on, and an art show at monument circle, then i rode my bike home did chores hung out with roommates.
now it's dark and i should plan my night's journeys. might hit a club or two.
usually i just reddit til i pass out.

 

by arbi
10-12-15
saturday night i didnt go out. sunday, drove to get my car but they were closed, need to go try again. contentious house meeting, resolved some issues not others, will continue tonight.
i got into the missouri 4 weekend $3K study that starts this thursday so i have three days to do whatever i need to do before i go. will update this later.
my main task today was to wait till 3 pm, make a phone call, wait on hold, they said yes, now on to the next chore.
did dishes, tookout trash and compost, wild goose chase trying to get #48 back, declined to pay $525 tow bill. went to club, 2 drinks, got ignored mostly.
expecting another ambush at tonight's house meeting.
got one.

 

by arbi
10-15-15
this study will take a whole pint of blood over a month.
got up at 8, drove to missouri, checked in at 3 after lunch at jack in the box and mcdonalds.
hurry up and wait for check in procedures. we've had dinner and been shown our bunks.
just ran into an old lab rat friend and we're gonna share a room.
90% of the study is african american males. not my favorite population. the sessions are short so i think i can cope.
aside from the bunk room we're in one big room for about 30 people. loud TV, loud pool table, everybody on their phone. i'm going to find it annoyingly overcrowded and noisy, a jail-type environment.
no outlet at my chair or near the bunk so staying charged up is going to be a hassle.
people being somewhat behaved because we havent dosed yet, so it'll get worse.
but we get out saturday morning. i hope to stay at the hostel, we have a sunday blood draw and can go home sunday night.

 

by arbi
10-16-15
dosed this morning. blood draws every half hour all day.
internet working very poorly, could just be this computer. i got on a waiting list for a study in tennessee, but not expecting much from that.
food is better than expected, although not vegetarian. the pill is a diuretic, so frequent trips to the bathrooms, whuich there are not enough of.
3.4 earthquake n the state today but we didnt feel it. i asked a roommate to bring in the tomato plants because it will be cold tonight,
so i expect they'll be dead when i get home. too tired to do anything productive online today.
i'm tired enough i might sleep well tonight, and tomorrow we get out, just come back a few times after thgat, then do this all again 3 times.

 

by arbi
10-17-15
saturday, they got us up early and out of there. got a cheap hotel room with one of my study buddies a few exits down the road. we go back for 8 pm blood draw then 2ce tomorrow.
indian buffet for lunch, thrift stores, productive dumpster diving, bath nap reddit.
(more tomorrow?) off to the club tonight.
the club was not exciting, but ok, except smoky.
sunday we went to a street festival on historic st charles. cute girl tambourine player. then we had anohter blood draw and came home to indy.

 

by arbi
10-19-15
monday had adventures. got in at 3 am, crashed. jason on couch. up noonish. cleaned my room, did chores, sorted mail, looking for po box key.
found my pay card from cincinnati, went to bank deposited $3895. paid water bill $100. took jason to car rental place in greenwood. on way back, dumpster diving and 2 clubs.
i watched tarantino's jackie brown before getting up today.
went to an asian market. gave a back rub to a dancer named kitty (not at the asian market.)
tuesday. havent gotten out of bed. wednesday, chores, po box bank, paid two bills got gas fixed tire got starbucks came home, ready to start next burst of chores.
need to move boxes in the basement, clean room some, unload car, then tomorrow we go back to missouri.

 

by arbi
10-23-15
friday: 23 blood draws today. 3 more to go today, 2 tomorrow and sunday. that's a lot of blood, even for a veteran lab rat like me. they make us
sit at our desks for 1/2 hour every blood draw so i've barely gotten up from this seat all day. reddit mostly. need to go charge my battery again.
i'm not getting far in the william gibson novel i brought with me. 20 years ago, maybe 17, i dated a girl because she was reading Idoru. dated might or might not be the right word. we kissed a few
times and i drove her around, that was about it. we broke up when i wouldn't give her my thirsday night shift. that was a good shift.
anyway i'm roughing out my estimated 2015 taxes. gross income 30K, deductible expenses half that at least. especially if i write off the hawaii trip as business.
also got an oil change. other than that, not getting much done besides the study itself. i might have a reddit blind date tomorrow to go to some clubs, if he doesn't bail.

 

by arbi
10-23-15
this just in! a killer tornado has touched down in mexico, threatening puerto vallarta
160 mile / hour winds!
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/tropical-threat-heightens-risk/53016886
duck!
mouse?
no, i meant, duck!

 

that storm in mexico has been downgraded to a CAT1
by arbi, 10-24-15

 

by arbi
10-26-15
we got home around 3. phone call 8 am. 1 hour chores, made a 50 item list, then went back to bed. finally up at 9pm.
not sure what i'll do next,
it turns out i dont really have 3 panels of content for the day yet. i think the trike for the food cart might have gotten stolen today.
tuesday - stayed in bed. weds: watched several episodes "blunt talk", sir patrick stewart's show. have time to do 3 things on list.
cleaned my room today, first time all year for this thorough a cleaning. it's only about 1/2 done. earlier today a truck full of mangoes had an accident on the highway,
so when i went to check my mail i stopped and picked up 20 mangoes.

 

by arbi
10-30-15
thursday, late start, traffic, 1/2 hour late checking in, not a problem. got a new court date for my illinois ticket. i forgot to bring the charger cord for this machine so i will be using the old
slow computers here in the clinic once my battery dies, and i'll buy a charger tomorrow.
we are sitting in our benches, getting blood pressure taken etc. the blood draws havent started quite yet. the guy next to me is running his mouth, and the tv is blaring.
so i'm tense and annoyed. they had to repeat my blood pressure 3 times, in between the 19 stabbings.
it's saturday now. new cheap hotel, 5th floor. food not bombs was fun. raining so halloween events might be disappointing. bought a charger so i'm back online.
side effects included chills, 3 hour headache, tiredness, mild nausea. but it all went ok. one more weekend after this one.

 

by arbi
11-02-15
it's monday morning. i overslept after getting in 4 am so i missed the CLE i was going to go to. so i can unpack, do chores, plan my day.
saturday's adventures included some parties and clubs. a dancer i like has quit the e st louis club. they were even hotter as a customer than as a dancer, but i'll probably never see them again :(
sunday we went to city museum in st louis. awesome time. it's a museum, playground, circus, bar, etc. fun for kids and grownups. $17 well spent.
drove home, lots of coffee. thursday we do it all again. execpt washing dishes while heating pizza and coffee, my daily task list starts out "put on socks" and that was an hour ago. then i'll clean
the car, get a haircut, maybe do laundry, maybe find the stamps to mail this letter. 100 little items to attend to. unpacking the car was hard. off to haircut.

 

by arbi
11-03-15
today was productive. i did 7 of the 9 items on my list. i voted, went with helen to vote, did laundry, bought stamps, mothballs, peppermint oil, did recycling, went to the club.
helen and i discussed her maybe going to hawaii with me when i go, and i introduced her to vegas and kitty and we got laundry done for the house and did some diving.
that was after i got threatened with arrest for trying to video when they were denying helen her right to vote. she was only able to cast a provisional vote which they won't count. my computer screwd
up and i only got couple minutes on video, but now she has standing to sue. i might also.
i didnt pay the cable bill or take boxes of food to my other house yet. the peppermint oil was hard to find, but we drove by the yuppie food coop that's in the ghetto on the east side which had it

 

by arbi
11-06-15
wednesday i didnt get much done.
thursday we drove to st charles, and i got the mechanic to look at why my check engine light was on. then we checked in.
it's now friday morning, our last day to get stabbed 19 times and take our last pill. i think i forgot to bring in the book i'm reading, so
i'll be bored during those times when i have to charge up my computer, since we are stuck at our desks all day with no plug in reach.
Right now it's the usual crowded mess where all the bathrooms are full because the guys are taking showers or doing their hair while a long line of people needs to piss.
(later) we are about at wits end. i have a headache, congestion, nausea. big fights going on between a bossy nurse and rowdy subjects. we had to get the managers to smooth it out.

 

by arbi
11-09-15
saturday i hit up thrift stores while jason went to an all you can eat place. motel 6 again.
jason went to a haunted house while i met cooper at the club, taking a new route thru east st louis.
sunday we went to the science museum and i went to the zoo.
sunday night jason caught his bus with a minute to spare when i got the doc to do his physical before the other guys, which almost got us jumped.
drove home. too much coffee to sleep. chores, then went with helen to the voting center where they continued to not accept her ballot. next round is tomorrow.
bank, big lots, a couple of clubs, eventful day, made a list. vegging out now. bath, tv shows. might sleep.

 

by arbi
11-10-15
monday i drove home, went to the bank, the club, went with helen to the election office to try to get her vote counted. did chores, tons of dishes.
tuesday, that's today, i made a 40 item list, then a 15 item list for today, did 11 of them. i got a library card, put a shovel in my car for transplanting things, po box, diving, colected a $500 rent
check to hold till dec 1., went with helen to an election hearing, she was eloquent, met the county clerk, went to a movie showing at the worker justice center, discussed my property management needs
with a guy i know who was there, got 4 business cards today, i should make cards, called medpace. charged phone. bought gas. got a quote from the drain co.
found a phone number for a friend from 20 years ago. still 4 things still to do, buy hawaii tickets, an email, an online ad, take a bath, work on a memo, clean room for 15 minutes. kill seth - he's
being noisy, maybe drunk. that one's not on the list.

 

by arbi
11-13-15
friday. making house dinner.
helen's hearing was over before we got there at 1:15,.
friday dinner was tuna surprise casserole, salad, rolls, sweet potatoes, soup, tea, grapefruit juice, curry noodles.
saturday serve was salad, rice, tortiillas with hummus, soup, apples and tangerines and blackberries, apple crisp, earl grey, water. not fancy but fed about 35 people.
then we showed the house to a couple people but seth wants to block them.
time to make a new list.

 

by arbi
11-14-15
the change began gradually, as Edwin devolved.

 

by arbi
11-15-15
time for a new list. what should i do next? old business: open cases, outstanding bills, texas taxes, irs records update, update 2015 expenses estimates.
transplant fall stuff,maintain cars, sell car, house chores, 4015 chores, the werle problem, hawaii tickets, sort mail, take over world,
i guess i havent made one of these for awhile. i'm on maui. it's going to rain all week which is actually ok, keeps the tourists away.
getting here was the usual .. a bus, 3 planes, a ride from the airport to the condo, at my sister's right now.
i'm hoping to use the week to detox a bit, after doing a bunch of studies all year. i cancelled my next check in just to leave more time free. that'll mean less money but i'm doing ok, and i might
even pick up something in december to round out the year. forgot my phone and havent rented a car yet, so i'm a bit trapped in paradise right now. where now = friday.

 

by arbi
11-22-15
i found out where the gay resort is but ddint stop by the office. toured a whale national park beach. still on mainland time, busy busy
it's a week later than my previous comic although i did update that one friday. i've been out dancing although i stil dont like this new bar.
it's saturday night 2:25 so it's sunday morning, black mass time. i actually got s fuckton of work done on the memo, about 23 pages into it.
renting a car was totally the way to go. might hit up Little Beach today. now that it's not an 8 mile uphill bike ride.
i had wine with dinner, a hawaiian beer maybe. some rum and pog, and then at the club 3 tangueray and tomics.
some bald british guy bought me a drink after i'd spent $13, most of the money i had left. monday i can get more cash, maybe. the banks closed early today.
bought revereware, boardie shorts, 10 cent halloween candy. * pog = pineapple orange guava, it's what people here drink.
today i rented a car $120, bought a phone $50 had two drinks at the club $13 might have gotten a $3 coffee.
dumpster dived 4 grocery stores hit up 3 thrift stores. got lost twice and kept ending up at the airport/

 

by arbi
11-22-15
i realized this morning that i've been drinking real coffee this whole vacation and i'm writing so much. usually i have decaf, on dr's orders, and i don't get much written.
i'm sitting on the couch at the condo instead of climbing a volcano with the family, but i might hit the nude beach later now i have a rentacar.

 

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11-24-15

 

by arbi
12-03-15
safely back in indiana

 

by arbi
12-07-15
i'm back. this is a $100 old laptop from the shop that fixes my computers. i had 4 things on my list today, #1 was buy a computer, so i got that done anyway. havent done laundry, havent called mom,
haven't remailed the texas taxes yet. i'm taking this month off work to finish a brief, clean my room, maybe move.
embarrassing story of how i broke my laptop in hawaii i'll tell later.
it didnt actually die till friday night, the only thing broken is the on-off switch, which got exposed to some stinky cheese when i shoved both items in my backpack.
as a diehard internet addict the weekend was hard. i had intense depression related to switching meds, and no internet to distract me, so i read two books and that helped.
autobiography of ingrid bergman and gibson's zero history. i'm also a bit sick, like change my underwear 3 times today sick.

 

by arbi
12-07-15
so far this seems ok for a $100 computer. i might keep it as a backup when i get something better. win 7, wouldn't dowqload chrome so i'm in firefox.
i think there are only about 6 people who read this comic, and my blogs get hits but probably dont have regular readers, and reddit's semi-anonymous,
but it's just so important to be able to express myself somehow when i'm depressed. i'm over that ok, it lasted two days and i was expecting it and know how to cope.
warm baths, warm drinks, good books. also helen, the roommmate i'm sort of close to, went home for the weekend, to tell her parents they are grandparents now. that went ok but i missed her;
she's who i talk to. my ex, lindy, has a new boyfriend these days and i got the impression, which could be wrong, that she'd rather not hear from me.
on the way home filled up my car with groceries at one stop and iron pipes at another - i'll have to hit up the scrapyard tomorrow, and i had one drink at ollie's the all night gay diner.

 

by arbi
12-08-15
i didnt get much done today. 11pm so i won't get much more done. i did laundry, made hot chocolate, washed the4 bathtub did the dishes, got obamacare info for my pregnant roommate, got some diomaceous
earth, talked to a realtor, went to the worker justice center movie night, that was about it. i'd been up late playing with this computer, whivch i want to trade in for a better one.
http://ballots.blogspot.com/2015/12/blog-post_8.html
plan for wednesday 1 illinois ticket call about status 2 return computer 4 4015 6 email jeff 5 indy indy bobbi 7 plant galanga 3 coinstar maybe 8 compost buckets.
9 chores around house. 10 moosetraps/clean room 11 inflate tires, plan repairs to 54. maybe drive 54. 3.5 texas taxes. make better list.
http://truecostmovie.com/
got invited to south philly for xmas, hate the drive at that time of year but might go.
i guess that's enough for now. oh i should talk about the movie. great flick, check the link. a new hot girl, lina?, came, otherwise small crowd.

 

by arbi
12-09-15
http://indyindieartist.com/artist-colony/
wednesday. already dark and i havent gotten much done. out of bed by 3:30, $6 scrap run, sent two emails on my list, but that's about it so far.
i wrote to the indy indy artists colony where i might try to rent a studio/living space
i caught up on moderating the lab rat forum and checked for studies but didnt make any calls yet - not sure where my phone is. more later after i do some chores.
I didnt get much more done. A little vacumming, took out the trash and compost, might take the recycling downtown tonight still.
bedbugs to the left of me, mice to the right, here i am stuck in the middle with you.
cleaned the fridge, sorted boxes of my asian foods and revereware. maybe shouldn't have had coffee.

 

by arbi
12-10-15
another day, another new computer. really liking this one so far. since about noon i've been running around getting stuff done. cleaned my room a bit,
vacuumed, computer, po box, bank, shopping, coffeehouse, visited my other house to remind them about rent and dropped off food, now dehydrating mushrooms, eating an 8 egg omelette for dinner,
checked a couple houses for rent, took the recycling to drop off place, made a list.
i need to check for CLE's, go thru my phone messages, plant the galanga, spray for bugs, clean the car, reset the moosetraps, move some stuff to the basement, make a new list, catch up a couple emails
order two things from amazon, air up my tires, take a bath.
tomorrow i have house dinner. i'm planning to serve undhia, a strange indian dish

 

by arbi
12-11-15
today's been a mixed bag. still like my new computer but two keys fell off, not a good sign. didnt get out of bed till 4, but i called the court and got instructions how to pay the ticket due monday,
and i booked three screenings and made the house dinner, which nobody ate so we'll serve it tomorrow.
a nice/cute girl came to interview for a room and we all liked her, except one person tried to scare her away for reasons that are unclear, and ninetails and tom are a little scary all by themselves.
the indian market didnt have undhia in a can, so i made patra instead, and ramen and potatoes and veggies and purple stuff and a fruit bowl and cabbage.
i've had a reddit break so i could go wash the dishes now if nobody did. tomorrow i take a CLE class all day, so i have to reschedule a coffee date with some guy i met online.
need to focus tonight on my memo, and do a new list. didn't do the dishes or the memo, slept about an hour, now i'm at the CLE. made 47 item to do list.

 

by arbi
12-13-15
today's sunday. yesterday i had class then i drove around looking at houses. i forget what i did last night, i know i didnt get out to the clubs. dishes mostly.
today i went to class, then ran around with helen getting art supplies she needs for a final project, actually screenprinting which is a thing i want to learn.
hopeless drama from the minute i got home, people yelling and kicking each other, acrimonious house meetings. we have a guy who's time here is up but he's refusing to leave.
sort of the situation i'll be in in a couple of weeks. my other house is similar, with kevin drunk and paranoid and seeing demons.
meanwhile i'm not getting my brief written, no progress today so that leaves tomorrow to knock it out.
and i'm way behind on sleep. anyway i got my classes done for the year, that's a big item to cross off the list. told mom i'll stop by the 23rd or so.

 

by arbi
12-14-15
today was a mess. big arguments between 4 house members. shoving, yelling, crying. so i've just wasted the day online instead of writing my brief, so i won't get that in tomorrow.
i've barely gotten out bed except for coffee, i'm waiting for a bathrrom to open up so i can wash. i'm so busy not writing this breif that i havent done any of the other things i need to be doing.
the house has been falling apart, as predicted by the faction of 4 that moved out after they failed to kick out me and zander.
tom got in helen's face and she yelled and cried, and we all came running, and 9tails shoved deanna who was just trying to protect helen.
it's been quiet since then, with one on one plotting going on. i tend to stay upset about these things for longer than some people. but lately it's been every day some new drama.
this time next month i might be back at my other house, dealing with a different kind of drama over there.

 

by arbi
12-15-15
didn't hardly get out of bed all day till after dark. made 3 calls and booked one not very good screening.
then helen and i had a nice dinner together, and the house has been calm today, and we talked about stuff we needed to, and then we had a nice chat about her options and life plans,
what with the baby coming. today was the hearing in the mississippi case that i didnt get the brief in for, so i havent yet looked up whether anything offical happened in the case yet.
i'm kinda just killing time on reddit and some podcasts. did the dishes, i should probably take out the trash and compost.
the baby's daddy's father owns a farm and has restaurants, so there's potentially both housing and work there, meanwhile baby's daddy is moving here and plans to get a welding job.
i havent even looked at my 57 item to do list because i've been too busy not doing the top item, not writing the brief.

 

by arbi
12-16-15
i didnt get a whole lot done today, but more than nothing. I got a new credit union bankcard, tried to pay my CLE bill, paid the water bill and part of the electric bill, did a bunch of chores at the
house, went with helen to catch a musician she likes, had fries and tacos, then we dived 50 pounds of potatoes. i brought my book so i wasn't bored.
it was kinda nice to go out without alcohol involved. she's pregnant and i'm comfortable enough around her i dont drink just out of nervousness, which i sometimes do when i go out.
the music was not much to my taste although her friend is a nice guy and it wasn't awful. i got to walk around broad ripple a bit, i dont get up there much.
i havent even started on the 56 item list. tomorrow i have a 6pm coffee date with someone from the internet, low expectations on that one but it's a start.
maybe i can get 3 things done tomorrow, i guess "clean my room" is at the top of the list,

 

by arbi
12-17-15
9 30 pm. i should probably go have breakfast now.
It's thursday, around 4. Havent gotten out of bed. I dont feel well, not sure if I'm sick or depressed or just being so lazy that i have hunger pains from no breakfast or lunch.
I have an appoitment at 6 so i guess i'll get up now and take a bath and eat something. Another day of no progress on any of many fronts.
my date was short, i mean he was tall but left quickly. one of those no chemistry on either side things. still the closest i've had to a real date maybe all year.
we're both relieved its over, although i'm glad i went. now i have an open schedule till monday, and i got over feeling sick, and i'm relaxing a bit, then maybe i'll get to my list or some room
while i was out they put more stuff on the internet
cleaning. i did the dishes and vacuumed and swept and brought in the boxes of potatoes. the fridge and dining room still need sorting.
the internet isn't big enough to entertain me today; i've read all of reddit and the blogs i follow, so i'll probably finish my book.

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