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by arbi
12-26-16
Today was a good day. Couldn't sleep. Allergies or a cold. Took the family out to eat at a vegan soul food restaurant on the riverfront. $100 for 9 people not bad. Slow food made with love and care.
Usually I'm the one tagging along while someone pays because I only buy at vegan places,and this is the only on in the state. No signs, it's hidden inside an ice cream parlour.
http://www.ohjoysextoy.com/furry/
Got home, email from a potential client in a Michigan election speech case, so I wrote back to him.
made a couple calls to clinics that were closed today about possible studies. the clinic i used to go to in Michigan closed down. i may have a 4th month of no work.
so possible trips to florida and kansas to screen if they call back. i should call the garage to see how my car is doing at the shop.
for now bath and a nap, i am too sick to go listen to bad 70s rock at a local bar tonight. my oldest nephew is dating the cool new punk/metal spanish teacher at my old high school.

 

by arbi
12-27-16
still in wilmington. still sick, so i mostly lie in bed on reddit. which is what i do anyway.
planning an escape strategy, probably chinatown bus again.
tomorrow we go to the barnes foundation, an art museum in philly.
tonight we went to a burrito joint, with the cute sons of my sister's boyfriend,
it's night, so i can't sleep, too busy blowing my nose. reading the latest grisham novel, the whistler.
museum was ok. lots of waiting in lines so it took all day. i bought some books.

 

by arbi
12-30-16
im on the chinatown bus which is full. maybe i should have waited for the next one. had an ok time in nyc in the snow. i found a frieda kahlo portrait but forgot to bring it on the bus.
i went to a bistro and wrote 3 short chapters of my latest grisham novel there's wifi on the bus but the outlet doesnt work and reddit is blocked.
the bus to nyc was 95% black - i prefer asians. right now i have nothing to drink and i keep coughing. my car is fixed and i have a screening in wisconsin tuesday.
ill add more if i think of more. it could be a long night. 10 pm so 2 hours in.
6 buses later, i made it home before dark saturday. gonna sleep for a day now maybe. sunday havent gotten out of bed and it's dark now. need water for coffeepot.
i wrote 4 more chapters of my mini-grisham novel. i might have 15 pages.

 

by arbi
1-05-17
on monday, i slept in, picked up my car.
on tuesday, i drove to wisconsin, screened, got home 6 am wednesday. it's a crummy $1000 study but i might get in. i ran into jake at the screening and gave him a ride to milwaukee where we had coffee
with ron. wednesday i went to the post office, the bank, unpacked my car, did laundry, bought a nail file, paid my obamacare bill.
circuit breaker flipped when i made coffee so we got that back on.
today is thursday and i haven't gotten out of bed. called re a few studies. i'll go see calico tonight, is the plan anyway.
friday i didnt get out of bed, 8 degrees out, i'm just hibernating.

 

by arbi
1-05-17
an apple a day leads to rome - evil D, 2001.
all's fair in love and werewolf. - teen wolf 3.
make america grape again - welchs, 2018

 

by arbi
1-09-17
saturday i don't think i did anything. sunday there were 4 adventures. #2 was i made curried cabbage and coffee for food not bombs, and then we went to the slovenian hall where we are cooking from now
#3 was i went to the drag show, but nobody knows what's going on with calico, which is the only reason i've been going.
#1 was some guest of my tenant downstairs passed out, likely OD, so the fire department and police came. so i now i have to decide how to deal with all this.
#4 was tommy emailed again. after 4 years of not answering my emails, now he wants a place to stay and i said yes.
http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/arbi/427123
i'm going to edit this in a minute because i have to look up that tommy comic from many years ago
so that was 8 or 9 years ago. so he might be 31 now?

 

by arbi
1-09-17
monday i didnt do a whole lot, but more than saturday wehn i just stayed in bed.
it got all thee way up to 32 degrees, morely freezing, so i took a walk to some local stores. i also went to the shop and picked up my car keys and thanked them for fixing my car. they didnt charge me
he called and should be here at 2 pm tomorrow.
for replacing the belts, so they have won my loyalty as a customer, at least for some things. i have ice cream melting in my car that i should go take care of.
more emails with tommy today, we need to work out the details of his getting here from florida.
http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-771-sammy-shore
i need to make a list, make my bed, take a bath, go back to the store for moosetraps, work on a michigan case.
mostly i've been listening to mark maron podcasts all week.

 

by arbi
1-10-17
I didnt get much done today. Reddit and rain. But tommy came over and moved in so that's been nice. Sex and a shower and dinner and he's unpacking.
I want to make a list of the houses for sale at the tax auction so I'll know which ones to drive around and look at.
https://www.wellsfargo.com/jump/checking/everyday-special/
I opened an account at wells-fargo for a $250 bonus, so that was nice.
I made my bed kinda and otherwise did none of the things on my list. swept the stairs. found a key for tommy.

 

by arbi
1-11-17
wednesday was somewhat productive. i drove around and found 9 houses to bid on at the tax sale, 6 more still to check.
i spent $100 at big lots and the dollar store, stuff for the cats and mice and garden and cleaning supplies, ajax and dr bronners and 32 rolls of toilet paper. saw alice and autumn at the club.
made a couple calls. the february study is postponed till march. florida still not answering the phone. tommy cut my hair, did a decent job. he smokes now so i wasn't able to get him into a $5K study
in wisconsin. made him eggs for breakfast. we cuddled a bit. he would not agree to wear a collar, so i guess he's not a house pet. status yet to be determined.
i found juices and bread and cheese and cat food. it rained all day but was much warmer than it had been. did dishes, took out trash sorted the recycling yelled at dawn sprayed for roaches, the usual
household chores. asked rochester to come change the locks for me sometime. I just applied for a 1 month doc review gig in Philly. It would be odd to do actual legal work again.

 

by arbi
1-12-17
credit cards 350, water bill for 205 267.
thursday is not starting off too well. I didnt get the $30/hr gig because i don't know the software package, although she does want me to send a better resume.
i didn't get the wisconsin study because i'd taken a bite of a poppyseed muffin the day before i screened, so now i can't come back for 6 months.
http://www.campaignfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/II-Amicus_-Law-Profs.pdf
but tommy and i have a dinner date at the mexican place across the street i've never been to.
and one of my cases was mentioned in an amicus brief to the supreme court today.
i think it's time to get up, run some errands, do the post office bank routine and look at more houses.
i didn't end up getting to the houses, but dinner was nice. $13ish.

 

by arbi
1-17-17
monday. didnt do much. made dinner for tommy. helped brian move the van from the alley to the yard, where it is stuck in mud.because it's raining. cleaned my car to i could find the pliers to take
down the fence. watched a movie, listened to podcasts. can't sleep, alarm set to go check out a job tomorrow.
sunday i went to fnb, hung out with casey, checked a west side house and church, stopped by the club maybe. gave tommy some socks. moved a mattress. nice talk w tommy.
i'm going to screw up today's job meeting by not having slept. it's 4 am almost already.
havent updated my resume like i'm supposed to. did find a title insurance company for the house i sold.
we have an ayn rand fan taking office in a few days. the night of january 16th is a rand play.

 

by arbi
1-18-17
tuesday i think is when i booked the kansas city screening. spent 3 hours at a cattle call job interview got called up last. came home with a full car of groceries from west side spots.
went to my tuesday night club but she wasn't there so went to other club.
wednesday 3 hours cleaning my room and the pantry, 1/2 hour at least on phone, booked a screening monday in baltimore. 1 hour driving around with brian looking at houses for tomorrow's auction.
tommy helped w cleaning. i did dishes laundry took out trash. 2 beers at club w brian. nice chat w sister in law who may be manic this week.
club $20, bought fone minutes $45.
made a 9 item list, some stuff i didnt get done but productive day. 11 egg cheese omelet.
much room cleaning still to do but good start. watched a couple movies with that teen wolfe 2 actor from arrested development.. jason bateman after catching his wtf podcast w mark maron.

 

by arbi
1-20-17
8. i moved the tv downstairs 9 did 2 loads laundry 10 made biscuits 11 aired out my room 12 sorted a shelf. 13 10 pushups. toolbox upstairs.
today, friday, rochester stood me up, we were going to re-key the locks. so i didnt go to any inauguration festivities. mostly i lay around all day but then i got 4 things done.
i rescheduled a kansas city screening, i installed a faucet aerator on the kitchen sink, i got the range extender working so i have wifi around the house. so brian doesn't have to stand in the hall.
lapsus. i wrote futon from instead of futon frame. that's a lapsus, my new word this month.
to get online. and i sorted out the stack of clothes that's been blocking my closet door for a year. hung some up on hangars. i guess i could move stuff from the closet to the attic and actually use
the closet. maybe i'll have some coffee and really get productive. this has been part of a week long project to clear some floor space by my bed. eventually i will set up the futon frame and get the
making my bedroom great again.
bed off the floor. so that's been my day so far. it's 7 something now. drinking coffee.just put up a @no trespassing no guests no visitors go away@ sign on the inside front door. we've been having
heroin problems lately and i'm getting tired of it. let's see i could go over my to do lists and take stuff to the attic and start my taxes. or drink more coffee. 14. filed my taxes.

 

by arbi
1-25-17
sunday i drove to baltimore and stayed at the hostel
moday i did not get into the study. it was too ekg intensive. monday night i took my mom to dinner and stayed at her place.
tuesday i drove home, getting in 3 am wednesday somewhere along the way i lost my driiver's license. hope it's at mom's.
wednesday i slept in,and unpacked 4 boxes food, 4 bags candy bars, 4 bags new clothes from an outlet mall. so it wasn't a tiotally wasted trip.
http://i.imgur.com/xp0hROa.jpg
otherwise i'm just sleeping in after a 1400 mile drive.
thursday i've bearly gotten out of bed and it's almost dark.

 

by arbi
1-27-17
woke up late, was up most of the night with dental pain. i've been on the phone, i now know my policy number and am waiting on callbacks from dentists.
other than that havent done anything all day.
will update later
have an appointment for monday night.

 

by arbi
1-28-17
john hurt
john dead

 

by arbi
1-31-17
oh and i booked a screening in missouri and made a dental appointment for weds 2pm.
saturday we were going to eat chinese for the new year, but tommy didn't like what was on the menu so we went thrifting instead. sunday i think i stayed in bed. didnt even go to fnb.
monday i didnt get much done, made my bed so i could find my keys, po box, bank, where they let me cash checks without ID. then a long meeting with kc about details of bidding for the auction friday.
it's tuesday, i'm awake but still in bed, going to meet casey to look at properties. I feel like i'm getting behind on many things, need to sort papers and make a much better list.
I will take 10 minutes now to sort yesterday's mail and pay a bill. done. paid $76, my w-2's agree i made 21K earned income, 5k investment income, which is what i said on my taxes.
so the birth certificate place called and they can't do it and are refunding my money
tues, hung out with casey all afternoon. we looked at houses,and he wanted to be really prrepared for the auction, and we went to city hall and the library.
and i ordered my birth certificate online for $100, so if that comes i'll be able to get my ID

 

by arbi
1-31-17
this just in! president trump has nominated judge neil borsomething for the supreme court.
gorsuch.
judge gorsuch is from denver, a protestant, sits on the 10th circuit, white, male, middleaged, reliably conservaative
but not a bombthrower like scalia. it is expected he'll be confirmable. obama and clinton have voted for him in the past.
that's all for now.
i never gor such a thing before.

 

by arbi
2-01-17
next dentist appointment next wednesday. 2pm?
today, wednesday, has been fun and producttive. i am celebrating with aa second cup of coffehouse coffee. 1. good meeting with casey. hired him as a paralegal as needed, sort of.
2. with his help, got my driver's license. $9. 3. went to the dentist. gave them my insurance info so didnt pay the bill of $109. they can see tommy for $35. 4.the shop was too busy to do an oil
thursday plans: imbolc tea party with my stuffed animals. maybe an oil change.
change today. 5. got my homeowwners insurance quote, tentative til approval, of $450 year which is fine. 6. took the recycling and put out the trash. and more trash.
7 good dumpster score, middle eastern student so spices and pots and pans. gas $5. coffee $5. almost dusk now so i might be able to do 3 more things. laundry dishes sort papers maybe.
8 collected $450 in rent. tomorrow i get cash for the tax sale and finalize my bid list. 2d load laundry did,dishes put away. cleaned the microwave. anything to avoid sorting mail. or writing memos.
9. ten pushups. 10. oh i applied online for a dishwashing job but i should followup call. 11 made a key at the hardware store. after 12 hours, i'm stopping now. my back hurts.

 

by arbi
2-02-17
i didnt get much domne today. went to the credit union, looked at a couple vacant lots to bid on, made a list, brought in the trash cans did some dishes, went to thrift stores with tommy, went to a
cat cafe for $3 coffee, came home, wasted time on reddit. getting ready to go out.
meanwhile my stuffed animals and the cats are having a groundhog's day tea party so it's a little raucus.
sort of a raucus caucus.
the groundhog and teddy bear are played here by a rabbit and dog respectively.

 

by arbi
2-06-17
i've gotten a few days behind again. friday i went to the auction with kc and bought two vacant lots. we went out to eat and i stopped by the club. oh and it was first friday so i went to a gallery.
saturday a farmer's market and some thrift stores. sunday, food not bombs, decent crowd, hung out with kc who likes to talk for hours, and tommy did the dishes.
monday i stayed in bed and reddited. any hour now i'm going to get up and drive to missouri for aa screening today - it's about 2 am now.
wednsday i have dentist appoinntment, thursday i have a job interview as a dishwasher for a fancy new restaurant. i might try an actual job just for a change of pace after all these years.
i'll have one more cup of coffee before i go....
right now i hear thunder. i'd rather not drive in the rain.

 

by arbi
2-10-17
so i went to missouri where i thought my screening was tuesday, but it turned out to be thursday, so i got a bunk at the hostel and hung out for a couple of days, which was kinda fun. big dumpster
score at bed bath beyond filled the car with small appliances and housewares. then i didnt get in, so i came home. my blood pressure has been too high my last few screenings.
problems included that i missed my wednesday dentist appointment and bar association meeting.
had a call from tommy. while i was gone, too many space heaters fried the circuits. so today an electrician is putting in a new circuit breaker paanel and will put in the gas furnace tomorrow.
expensive but a needed upgrade. and today i finally got my homeowners insurance. also expensive but a needed upgrade.
now i either have to pay $5 to put up with some band at the coffeeehouse, or go home, or maybe starbucks.
po box bank other bank dishes trash, yelled at tenants for smoking indoors. printed a copy of my tax forms. currently at coffee shop because no wifi at house until fixed.
my other adventure today was an interview for a dishwasher job. they liked me, i liked them, i think i got the job. i could be wrong. i was outgoing and told stories and asked questions.

 

by arbi
2-12-17
it's sunday night. part of the electric is back on, so i ran an extension cord to the attic to turn on the internet.
routine day otherwise. laundry, cleaned car and room slightly. tommy did his chores, i just had to ask 3 times. fnb and visited casey and paid the water bill $155 and called mom.
maybe tomorrow he gets the furnace installed. gas company is ready to turn it on. this has been a bit disruptive so i'm behind on writing anything and need to check more chores and sort mail. car
insurance is due soon. i probably didnt get the dishwasher job. no loss, it was $11/hr. but i'm actively applying for jobs these days, which is rare for me. tommy wants to try plasma tomorrow, which
is showing initiative. we had some quality time last night. and friday night we went to the all night gay diner and visited casey.
i still need an oil change and car maintenance. there's a new rattle. and i should check for any new studies. not that i've been getting in anywhere.

 

by arbi
2-14-17
monday, yesterday, the electric came back on. he's doing the furnace today. i got an oil change and bought an airfilter. i made a call about a study but dont qualify. i left some people voicemails.
i spent some quality time with tommy - we took a walk - and i inspected my new lots which are ok. i bought a blood pressure monitor, but it doesn't work well. stopped by the club.
i had 11 things on my did list, and made a to do list, but so far tuesday i havent gotten out of bed. 2:30 pm. i'm avoiding sorting the box of mail, making my bed, etc.
tommy made me breakfast in bed. grilled cheese sandwiches are his signature dish.
wednesday: we didnt have the right paperwork to give plasma. the furnace is done and paid for

 

by arbi
2-17-17
thursday i barely got out of bed.
friday we drove around trying to get tommy some paperwork. got him registered to vote, his employment history proof, but weren't able to update his learner's permit or ID, and the city hall was closed
dow hits 20,600
by the time we went back to try to get a public record so we would have a second envelope for proof of address.
and he put in an application for a kitchen job at the metro.
meawhile my other housemates helped clear out junk from the furnace room, which is too damp to store anything in.
so a somewhat productive day. monday i go to kansas city. i still havent sorted my mail.

 

by arbi
2-18-17
saturday i dragged dawn and tommy out of bed early enough to get to the clinic while it was open, but not soon enough to be seen by dentists today, so they have appointments for two weeks from now.
then tommy wanted to get his leather jacket tailored, so we drove up north, but they wanted $225 to fix a $20 jacket, so i dumpster dived a few places and we toured broad ripple and i fed the ducks
and bought barley at the health food store and came home and vegged out, and tommy gave me a haircut and now it's midnight and i;m eating french toast.
and we filled the dumpster with junk from the basement but tomorrow i have to put most of it back because the dumpster is full and we can't leave it in the yard.
made it to kansas city.
and then i drive to kcmo. the car has an extra rumble it didnt used to have, slightly worrying, but i can't do everything at once.
especially when i blow all day on reddit. unseasonally warm for february. if it's this hot now, what will august be like?

 

by arbi
2-21-17
sunday i drove to kc. developd a 3 days case of the runs. might have been something i ate or drank.
monday i screened. didn't get in. my pulse was too high at 100, everything else was ok. they kept me waiting for hours. i was dead tired
so i only got as far as columbia mo before i found a $50 hotel room and crashed out. i like columbia, but i didnt leave to hotel; i was sick and beat tired.
drove tuesday, made it home before midnight. bath and change of clothes. i got an email that i might have a job grading papers. it said "this is not a job offer" but they wanted to check my schedule,
so i might still be in the running. car did not break down. trip otherwise uneventful aside from being hassled by cops. booked a different screening in missouri for next week.
slept past noon wednesday. day 4, so i no longer think it was foood poisoning, more likely something flu-like.

 

by arbi
2-26-17
thursday i was probably pretty busy, but friday and saturday i mostly stayed in bed and didn't get anything done.
thursday i had stopped by zonie's, had a drink, met some people, but that's why friday i stayed in bed - one drink and i do nothing the next day.
sunday i finally tackled that box of mail and got a good start on it.
then i heated up some garlic bread for food not bombs. went there, found 12 boxer briefs at one of my upscale dumpster locations, came home, planted seeds indoors, dug a section of garden, cleaned up
the yard a bit, failed at getting tommy's credit report. my sunflowers and cordiander are doing ok. planted fenugreek, ginger,and some flowers.
we went to 3 clubs had a good time. i had 2 beers so i'm a little foggy now.

 

by arbi
3-01-17
i screened today forr a study in missouri. i'm at a coffee shop getting ready to head home. it seemed to go ok. blood pressure was right on the line, the second try. it would be this weekend and
another weekend in march, but only for $1200. i used to not evven boither to screen for studies that paid that low, but i'm kinda desperate.
i'm also hoping i'll get that papers-grading gig, and i can't be in twwo places at once, but just looking for options.
it was hailing when i checked into the eastwood hotel last night. luckily my car already has hail damage.
i stopped in soulard for mardi gras but it was dead. they have their party on saturday andd ignore tuesday itself. so today is ash wednesday and the start of lent. what i should i give up? lentils?
driving through illinois always feels like running a gauntlet because i havee an unpaid ticket there.

 

by arbi
3-01-17
i screened today forr a study in missouri. i'm at a coffee shop getting ready to head home. it seemed to go ok. blood pressure was right on the line, the second try. it would be this weekend and
another weekend in march, but only for $1200. i used to not evven boither to screen for studies that paid that low, but i'm kinda desperate.
i'm also hoping i'll get that papers-grading gig, and i can't be in twwo places at once, but just looking for options.
it was hailing when i checked into the eastwood hotel last night. luckily my car already has hail damage.
i stopped in soulard for mardi gras but it was dead. they have their party on saturday andd ignore tuesday itself. so today is ash wednesday and the start of lent. what i should i give up? lentils?
driving through illinois always feels like running a gauntlet because i havee an unpaid ticket there.

 

by arbi
3-01-17
800 miles, 1 day, $50 hotel, so $500 tax deduction for the trip.
i screened today forr a study in missouri. i'm at a coffee shop getting ready to head home. it seemed to go ok. blood pressure was right on the line, the second try. it would be this weekend and
another weekend in march, but only for $1200. i used to not evven boither to screen for studies that paid that low, but i'm kinda desperate.
i'm also hoping i'll get that papers-grading gig, and i can't be in twwo places at once, but just looking for options.
it was hailing when i checked into the eastwood hotel last night. luckily my car already has hail damage.
i stopped in soulard for mardi gras but it was dead. they have their party on saturday andd ignore tuesday itself. so today is ash wednesday and the start of lent. what i should i give up? lentils?
driving through illinois always feels like running a gauntlet because i havee an unpaid ticket there.

 

by arbi
3-03-17
thursday i got back from my trip and mostly slept in. we did get the dumpster filled with a pile of scrap wood from the back yard. picked up recyling blown around during the hailstorm.
friday we did laundry and filled the dumpster again with stuff from the basement. i got into my study so i'll go back to missouri at midnight.
i kind of expect they'll send me home the first day, but i'll give it a shot.i washed a few dishes, took a bath, packed for the trip, took tommy out for coffee.
i paid a $50 bill at one of my banks, and bought some medicine. i guess i'll put away the dishes then take tommy out for first friday events.
tomorrow i'll march forth.

 

whose car is this? where are you headed? what do you do?
mine.
by arbi, 3-08-17

 

by arbi
3-08-17
i'm not sure why i havent updated for 5 daays. it's not like i had anything else to do. i got into the study by the skin of my teeth. when it's a generic drug, they don't care as much
when my blood pressure is too high. sunday, take a pill, get stabbed 15 times. MTW, get stabbed once each, hang out in Columbia.
my friend brian is crashing at my house, he's just back from colombia.
went to the law library at my alma mater, stared at a blank page for 2 hours, left. checked out restaurants and wandered around nostalgicly.
shared a hotel room for $21 a night.
it turned out to be a tramp-erline
the prizm holds a lot less junk than my volvo wagon, so there's just enough room for me. found some kind of tent/canopy thing that's taking up the back seat.
i'll see what it is when i get home.

 

by arbi
3-09-17
last night brian corrected me. a cerrtain song was not thompson twins, it was tears for fears,
today, thursday, after some drinking last night, i got some minor things done but nothing major.
1. walmart, $35 prescriptions and seeds. 2. po box $38 6 months rent 3 bank paid $233 of credit card balance. 4. got groceries, sorted and put away some. 5 cleaned car abit, did not set up trampoline
a new cover version, we werent sure who by.
yet. 6 gave steve a ride 7 picked up jacket i'd left at laundromat 8 got some mullien for the garden from the railroad track 9 moved trash bins back, took out trash 10 swept sidewalk 11 checked for
studies 12 flowers for tommy 13 washed food storage jars 14 gas $9. 15 got brian to take that shopping cart back to kroger.. 16 took bath, made comic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6QOr-oCTwU not this one tommy says it was disturbed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfdUWOsWJss
did not call re furnace. did not pay $700 texas taxes or $70 water bill. did not make a better list. did not take car to mechanic. did not evict dawn. did not sort box of mail or make bed or clean
room or write to clients or get my act together. but it was ok, considering that i drank last night at the club. kissed cali but she was less into it this time, too sober. last night was fun tho.

 

by arbi
3-13-17
sunday i missed food not bombs because daylight savings time. did i already make that comic? we cleaned the basement and filled the dumpster, which we will do weekly until it is done.
tommy redid his room with a little help from me. he found a bookshelf outside that we moved in and put up the hardbacks, and he moved all the furniture around and it looks better, except for the boxen
saturday i went to an aclu sponsred meeting, responding to trump situations. don't know if i'll get involved.
filling up the kitchen, so i worked on those today, called the electrician finally. didnt get up till 5 but i put in a days work, what little i can do with a bad back and being lazy by nature.
did some cleaning in my room, hung up clothes sorted boxes. so i did not do the other things on my list. got a tray ready for seed planting. bath next because i probably forgot to wash yesterday.
emptied the dead fridge contents into the trash - one of our circuits is out intermittantly. forgot to do the freezer part. internet's been down a lot today so i get more work done.
so tommy's room looks much better and the plan is to gradually do the whole house. so he's earning his keep. it's nice having a houseboy.

 

by arbi
3-14-17
i got the boxes in the kitchen down to two. the electrician has fixed the wonky circuit but not finished the furnace yet.
i fixed the window in the hall that was stuck open all winter. mild back pain just from the little work i did today. still need to sort boxes of papers. i found the notebook of my
family tree that my dad made. found a picture online of my great grandmother.
he says the furnace is running. i agreed to $450 for him to come back sometime and finish up things we didnt cover before.
today's big adventure was we had to take the side door off the hinges to get the broken refrigerator out. it's been inside for over a year because we couldn't get it out last time we tried. and tommy
took up the rug in his room, has a nice hardwood floor under there. so tommy's room looks nice now, and bigger. the plan is to do the whole house a little at a time.

 

by arbi
3-16-17
wednesday i don't think i did much. took the trash to the curb, moved a rug outside. casey came over and we had a productive meeting. kc, me, tommy, brian. loaned him $15. i need to write up minutes.
thursday po box, bank, paid credit card and electric bill. palnted veggies and flowers. got groceries and flowers, and bought shrubs $25 at home depot. put away laundry tommy did for me, he also
cleaned the kitchen again. i showed him how to test if eggs are stil good. they were so i had a 7 egg omelet. oops! i have califlower tempura overcooking in the oven. brb. it was ok. next i want to
plant the juniper and azealea and dogwood. kc doesn't want to do the van lawsuit. the county took 5 of my lots that i thought they took years ago. so $1500 tax writeoff i think.
oh! i got a job. a two month gig grading papers for $14 an hour. that's a 40% raise from ten years ago.
so i've been doing this comic for ten years. my alarm is set for st paddy's day parade tomorrow, then i'll pack and go to columbia mo for the second half of my study.

 

by arbi
3-17-17
friday we tried to get up early to catch the parade but missed most of it. i got my social security card and tommy got his ID renewed, and we stopped at a coffeehouse, and that was about it for today.
i'm trying to take a nap so i'll be awake enough to drive to missouri tonight.
cleaned the fridge, discussed with tommy what color we will paint the kitchen.
dinner is sauted oyster mustrooms with mustard greens and brown gravy, and leftover quac for desert.
car broke down, so i got a greyhound to missouri. saturday now, i'm back in my study.
ran for tthe bus, managed to forget my belt, phone charger, and toothbrush.

 

by arbi
3-21-17
if this comic shows as all black, it's becayse the mall internet went down before i hit save. fixed.
the study is going fine, we are nearly done. check in saturday, all but 2 people show back up. sunday take a pill get stabbed 11 times.
monday, stabbed again, let go. i got a hotel room with clay, a kind of redneck nerd, decent guy.
went to waffle house for breakfastt for dinner. my first time in a waffle house since the little rock incident 6 years ago.
now it's tuesday, already had my daily stabbing. kaldi coffee for breakfast with clay, now i'm at a korean ramen shop having $5 ramen. got my bus ticket printed at kinkos.
curries, the place i wanted to have dinner, is too far to walk. i will hit the strip club later, kill time on reddit, and finish up tomorrow, greyhound home.
that's the second time i've gotten spicy ramen broth in my eye. never made it to the strip club.

 

by arbi
3-22-17
i wrote a long complex post for my election law blog about gorsuch, that i'm trying to get linked by the blogosphere.
i'm on a greyyhound in illinois or possibly indiana. this morning we finished the study and $1000 was deposited on my card. I spent $5 on coffee and $45 on 470 minutes in my phone. It only took an
hour of chat with tech support to get the minutes to load. Some life insurancce salesman burned up the rest of my minutes. For $53/mo i can get $100K in life insurance, which I'm considering.
thiss comic was ruined by greyhound's horrible horrible internet. background was supposed to be a bus, not the arcade.
I have no kids, I just want the money A) to get revenge on whoever murders me or B) to Finnish up some cases I've been mired in for 20 years now.
There'd also be some disability coverage, which I'll have to read the fine print for.
tommy has called several times - he's a phone guy, i'm not. he sold the trampoline for $15. always good when i can turn trash into cash. he wouldn't let me let him keep the money. he's very emotionall
-y needy, which i actually love about him. he needs me, and i need to feel needed. i'm a lot less lonely with him around. the white cat got hit by a car and is recuperating, so Mark will be upset.

 

by arbi
3-24-17
things i got done thursday: filled dumpster picked up yard rode bike put air in tires water plants AAA $72. talked to buck at buck's auto got cheapest tow truck $60 called where car is to make
sure still there interviewed by bloomberg news about gorsuch. they did not use my quotes, but it was nice to be asked. ended up not going out, took 6 hour break from chores. tommy made me dinner.
things i got done friday: car towed to bucks $60. it's an engine problem. estimate monday. maybe tomorrow. blogged. cleaned kitchen for an hour or two. worked on the basement room for about an hour,
pruned apple tree, planted more flowers, got that food i left near bucks. put away laundry. went to a club, rode bike there. found a pair of bow ties.
dumpster not full yet, filled trash barrel. did dishes, scrubbed pots. sorted the oil and vinegar cabinet. made cookies. made sweet potatoes. made drink. filled ice bucket. planted flowers and mullien
so i felt like i had a busy and productive day for a change.

 

by arbi
3-26-17
friday i filled the dumpster again, mostly with broken tvs, and tommy and i went to a fiesta at the mexican restaurant across tthe street.
sunday i cleaned 3 kitchen cabinets and spent $34 at dollar general but otherwise got nothing done. planted some coriander and some flower bulbs that were probably dead.
monday i expect to hear if the car is fixable. it was a $600 car and i got a years use out of it. i'm being offered a $600 minivan i haven't decided on.
tuesday i go to the dental school. they want to yank out most of my teeth for dentures. havent totally decided yet, but that's the plan. i still have a least a week before my new job.
sweet potatoes sauted in chinese restaurant oil with white pepper, vanilla yogurt for desert.
so maybe i can make some progress on house cleaning and mail sorting.
there's one more cabinet i could go sort. this is me avoiding tackling the 4 boxes of mail that need sorting. sorted that cabinet and the spice cabinet. now midnight.

 

by arbi
3-27-17
today i took a sick day, mostly stayed in bed with a cold. went to the bank, deposited $800, bought a newspaper.
the mechanix didnt call, this site is being slow while i type, i took brian to the place that does $10 oil changes, i watched a show with tommy about a zombie realtor played by drew barrymore.
peas in mushroom broth, cheese omelet, yogurt, strawberry bug juice. tommy complained but ate it. later we had a beer.
and she does burry more.
it's 9 pm, maybe i'll get up and make dinner.
12:08 am. another day, another gunshot going off in the hood.
tomorrow i must remember my 1:30 dental appointment. can't sleep. aware of teeth. blogging.

 

by arbi
3-28-17
thursday: bus to po box.$4 cashed checks $150. dollar store and meyer $15. radio shack 0. bus home.
tuesday i didnt do much. dentist appointment, they made a mold of my teeth and we discussed options.
i still have a cold. my car's still in the shop. brian left for kansas. i fixed tommy's phone after it broke, googled how to reboot. i am wiped out on cold medicine. not being in a study, i can take
thursday to do: sort boxes. laundry. maybe a club tonight.
otc drugs all i want. i have to wake up in the morning and install smoke detectors becaue the insurance guy will stop by.
i dumpster dived a set of plates on the way home. i had to leave a nice wok, didnt have room. rode bike 9 miles.
got on the bus home right before the torrential rain.
smoke alarm installed in time to pass inspection. so now i'm up and i suppose i should do stuff. i have a list. sorted my wells fargo account. made lunch. time to check on the car.
getting the car checked by a cheaper mechanic. pruned the prune tree. took out the trash. went to a local bar with tommy, so now that it's thursday i'm still in bed.

 

by arbi
4-05-17
i seem to have lost a weekend here. stayed in bed for a few days, fnb on sunday.
tuesday was first day on the new job. i'm liking it so far. i'll have to find a new background. i spend 1 1/2 hours on the bus each way if i include waiting time. car is in the shop.
basicly i work in a cubical farm shuffling papers online. we are still in training mode so far, but i think i have the hang of it. $14/hr. boss is great, an english major who is funny and smart
and not a dick. tomorrow they want me to bring in my college diploma because they don't believe the email my alma mater sent them over a month ago. so i could easily get fired over petty bullshit like
last time. i chopped down half my cherry tree today. it had grown too tall and was getting into the wires. i swept the stairs did a few minor chores. finished my jimmy buffet book on the bus.
off to buy some drugs and or cough syrup.

 

by arbi
4-06-17
the training is starting to make sense and i will probably pass the test tomorrow so we can start doing actual work. it's occasionally arbitrary, but we can usually tell which papers are good, better,
bad, or worse, along the 3 things we are grading them for. i can't be specific about what i do because of a nondisclosure agreement.
i dug up some more of the garden and repotted some plants.
today i took my framed law degree on the bus through the rain and high wind to proove i actually is a college graduate. and i gave them references yesterday - tommy helen and kc were all ok with that.
i wrote a to do list on the bus schedule and i think i did the first 4 items before i took a bath and ran out of steam. so now i'm in bed.
i havent yet filled the dumpster, downloaded a brief, or worked on the title insurance policy for the house i sold. or 12 other things.
i called the shop that forgot to fix my car for a week. i sent the black bar association a tip about a law clerk job with one of our members who is a federal judge now. i emailed some people about
stuff. i can send emails from work - that's going to get me in trouble. i checked the price of tommy's cigarettes by the carton - no savings. i took the bus back downtown to pick up some bamboo shoots

 

by arbi
4-09-17
friday we finished training and i passed the easy exam so we will do actual work monday. gorsuch was confirmed which i found out later.
i did a few chores, went to the club $50, worth it. picked up 5 bags of groceries on the way home. laundry, a money order, etc. i ended up not going to first friday events. hard to get around by bike
saturday i finally set up the futon frame and flipped the matress over. the rest of the room is still trashed. dug up the garden a bit more.
it's sunday now. i'm steaming cardomon rice for food not bomb. i made cresent rolls blobs. tommy is trying again to quit cigarettes. i have a long to do list for today. been listening to stanhope.
monday it's back to the salt mines.

 

by arbi
4-11-17
sunday i found 2 bikes and some groceries in one of my usual dumpsters. so today tuesday i got the second bike home via the bus. i have very little time for chores between gettting up at 6 to catch
the bus and getting home at 6 or 7 or 9:30. then i can't sleep, so i'm tired all day.
tommy's sick in bed this week with something flulike, so i did his chores and raked the garden and cut up the cherry tree i chopped mostly down, so i'm not getting to my long to do list of online stuf
Blogged and made a comic and a list, the rest will have to wait till tomorrow. or someday.
work went fine. leftover pizza for lunch. i'm apparently fast, because scoring papers is a lot like playing solitaire or posting to reddit; it's a skill set i already have. monday i misse the bus home
twice and got caught in the rain. oh, sunday i caught my tenants smoking inside again and gave them notice to leave.

 

by arbi
4-12-17
wednesday, i forgot my badge and had barely slept but otherwise work went fine. deposited a check at the bank. took the trash to the curb and mowed the lawn. my tulips are up.
my car is fixed but they are only open when i'm at work. the next thing that needs fixxed is the cat.
It's dark now and i didn't get the garden planted. i hope that was decaf coffee i just drank. 9: 15, nearly bedtime. once i have my car back the commute will be shorter.
i cleaned up most of the cherry tree branches. i guess i should grab some more yogurt or whackamole because i dont have time to fixx a real dinner. tommy's too busy puking to be able to eat. i got him
some gingerr ale. he thinks mark might have poisoned him, which is possible.
thursday i planted the garden and didnt get much else done. friday i might stop by indy's (fake) comicon.

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