Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 08:51 PM
Indigo Incarnates
Lemme tel ya: This courthouse gets REALLY hot when the air conditioner goes on the fritz. It was 87 degrees outside, but it was about 92 or so indoors because of the heat that warm bodies and lots of computers seem to produce. The junkie-bum defendants were all complaining about the heat, but THEY weren't wearing dress shirts and ties, heh heh. I sweated through my shirt within the first half hour and I don't even sweat that much usually.
But hey, one of the big perks of being a changeling is that I can really take the heat well. I'm totally miserable in cold, but warm weather is no problem.
So... I did have to hear the defendants whine about their fate throughout the day. Word to the detainees: stop getting locked up! If you don't like getting arrested, you can always get a job and stop committing crimes, har har.
I had a great defendant quote today. When asked for proof of employment (which we check prior to a defendant's release), he exclaimed: "You wunts a paystub?! I'z ain't workin' nowhere. I'z ain't NEVER goan work nowhere!" Yeah. And he wonders why he has a long criminal record.
Then I had another defendant who was somehow able to collect disability payments because he broke his foot EIGHT YEARS ago! His foot is fine now, but the "gimmie" checks keep on coming. So, the next time the politicians start whining about why Social Security is in trouble, consider the fact that there are simply too many people collecting benefits for decades of their lives for trivial reasons and these people have never paid a dime into the system. Social Security could easily be viable long-term it they audited the user-base and told people with ADHD and "bipolar" to simply get jobs. I figure, I've got a dissociative disorder and I've only missed five days of work over a 15-year period. People whose "disabilities" are easily mitigated with prescription medicines just shouldn't be getting a free ride.
Ok... Maybe I'm sounding harsh. But I've just finished an 8-hour shift in a humid, 90+ degree cubicle. Egads!
On the bright side, Willow got to talk to Doris on the phone today. She's visiting a cousin in Virginia Beach on her way home to South Carolina. She's looking forward to being back with Clint and her children. It sure is a long drive!
It's 8:45pm now. I'm eating a pizza. Yum!
[ 3 comments ] ( 10 views ) | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink |
( 2.9 / 1120 )Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 07:23 AM
Indigo Incarnates
My friend Doris leaves for South Carolina this morning to return home. Having her visit made for a really nice five days. She's funny, caring, and kind. She was really nice to Willow too. I'm glad she got to meet Doug too. I sure will miss her. Of course, I will probably be able to visit her in January.
The three of us went to Blob Evans for dinner. I was careful, since they tried to pass off bean and ham soup as vegetarian, ha ha. But I sent it back and said "try again". Ha ha ha!
Doris got to see an episode of Poirot last night. We have almost every episode ever made. She liked it.
Doris also made a little stuffed critter for Willow. She sewed together a little stuffed crab. It's so cute!
so... It was nice having a friend who fully accepts all of us. :)
[ 5 comments ] ( 18 views ) | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink |
( 3 / 981 )Sunday, June 1, 2008, 08:33 PM
Thistle Incarnates
Indigo is away but asked that I write tthis entry. Doug has returned safely. Lola has returned safely. Lola is a dog. Doug was very tired because his drive took seven hours to accomplish. He had to rest for two hours after returning home.
He and Indigo had dinner together and that was good. It is good for them to be together again. The house was neat and tidy for Doug's return. He was happy that things were orderly.
Indigo's dead phone resumed functioning again. He was relieved, as the device would be expensive to replace.
Doug will be able to meet with Doris tomorrow. She will return from New York tomorrow night and return to South Carolina on Tuesday.I was able to incarnate long enough to meet her face-to-face. It was good to be able to do so. She has a shining spirit and has much goodness. I am glad to call her a friend. I am confident that Doug will like her as well.
We are watching Midsummer Murders. It is Doug's favorite British mystery series.
I was able to fly for half an hour today before the weather changed. It is good to be able to fly. It is good to have energy. It is good to have sunlight.
[ 4 comments ] ( 15 views ) | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink |
( 3 / 960 )Sunday, June 1, 2008, 11:17 AM - Cool Stuff
Indigo Incarnates
I have to say that is has been a really nice experience having my friend Doris visit these past few days. It really makes me wish she lived closer than 500 miles away. Her family is really blessed to have her as the mom :)
She's visiting another friend in New York today and will be back tomorrow night and then will be headed home on Tuesday morning. The cool thing is that Doug will get to meet Doris tomorrow evening. That will be great.
Doug has been away for a week visting his family (I can never go because his sister has been [and would probably be again] physically violent towards me). But he's coming home tonight. Yay! We can get veggy burgers and garlic fries at Golden West when he gets home. Kewl!
It's hard for a dissociative to have "real life" friendships. At least it's been hard for me since I get the Christian judgement routine a lot (ie. the whole "you're gay, therefore you're evil", the "you're mentally ill, therefore you don't have enough faith", or "I don't understand your diagnosis, therefore it must be from Satan".) But it has been really great that Doris and I have developed a strong friendship and that she accepts the WHOLE system.
The refreshing thing is having a "real life" friend for whom I do not have to project the masquerade. I can be just Indigo -- a 25-year-old changeling. I don't have to project my approximation of a 38-year-old human. If Halo, Thistle, or Willow incarnates, that's been okay too. I wish more people could be as accapting as her. So few are.
So... It's been a really nice weekend. :)
[ 2 comments ] ( 15 views ) | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink |
( 3 / 1360 )Friday, May 30, 2008, 08:57 PM
am willow. saw sharks and stingrays today. doris is here. nice friend. saw big fish at the aquarium. saw dolphins. saw a big turtle. saw lots of frogs. really liked the big stingrays. pretty. they fly in the water. stingrays are so pretty :)
saw a wall full of bubbly tubes.
saw a tiny rainforrest full of trees and birds.
saw the sharks. neat.
got a snowball later. blackberry blast. it was yummy.
so nice having doris here :)
had a nice day. getting sleepy. bye bye :)
[ 2 comments ] ( 9 views ) | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink |
( 2.9 / 1071 )Thursday, May 29, 2008, 10:19 PM - Cool Stuff
Indigo Incarnates
Yay! My friend Doris from South Carolina is here! It is SO COOL having her up visiting! We got el-cheapo pasta at the new restaurant in my neighborhood, then we did some shopping, got ice cream at Coldstone Creamry, an watched "For a Few Dollars More". It was a pretty nice day.
It's too bad doug isn't here. He would really like Doris. She's such a nice friend. She didn't think the house was too bad either. I'm glad. :) She likes the goofy Baltimore architecture (my house is 11' wide and 40' long and 3 stories high).
Tomorrow we're going to the Baltimore Aquarium downtown at the Inner Harbor. It will be pretty cool. I haven't been there in years, so I'm hoping the giant manta ray is still there.
Work today was a different story. Wow! Usually I get run-of-the-mill petty crooks at Pretrial. But I had some actual murderers today to process for release. Egads! It's very disheartening to see that cold-blooded murder only gets someone 7 years in jail these days. Another defendant had been arrested on a new attempted 1st degree murder over a Blackberry phone. Yeeesh.
I had one defendant say about his work history, "I tried workin' back in 1991. I didn't like it." He hadn't worked ever before or since. Nice.
But I have tomorrow off. Yay! So Doris and I can hang out the whole day, see the aquarium, and tour the Inner Harbor. That should be really cool! :)
[ 3 comments ] ( 10 views ) | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink |
( 3 / 1599 )Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 06:42 AM
Indigo Incarnates
Ok... something doesn't make sense here. When the kitchen was utterly filthy, I didn't see a single bug of any kind. But now that's it's been cleaned up enough to be presentable, all of the sudden I have an ant invasion. What gives?
I have to haul out a bunch of trash tonight too, since I've been cleaning house for four days. There was no pickup on Monday because of the federal holiday.
I'm feeling pretty beat.
On the bright side, my uncle invited me over for dinner last night. That was nice. Despite the fact that he lives only ten miles away, I rarely see him. It's a side effect of me being the son of a monster. The monster was savagely evil to my uncle as well as me (well, the guy was savagely evil to just about everyone in the family at one point or another). So my uncle has a sort of aversion to having me over. I know it's purely subconscious and not intentional, so I never bet bitter about it. Instead, I simply am glad when my uncle can overcome it. I had a nice time.
[ 8 comments ] ( 24 views ) | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink |
( 3.1 / 1271 )Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 05:26 PM - Random Thoughts
Indigo Incarnates
It was really busy at work today. Of course, since the courthouse was closed yesterday for the Memorial Day holiday, we had twice as many junkie bums awaiting pretrial release processing. Egads! Can't the thugs stop committing crimes when we're off-duty?!
One of the "clients" was a realy winner. He was collecting disability income but he didn't know what his disability was. When questioned, he replied, "Dey is gimmie a check each mumph!" Yeah. If you can't cite why you're getting SSDI, you *shouldn't* be getting it Of course, he mostly spends his income on lottery tickets and marijuana. He mooches off him mom full-time. ::sigh:: If you're wondering why Social Security is in trouble, it's because there are too many people collecting from it who have never paid into it.
The other busy part of my life for the past few days has been trying to get the house cleaned up for when my friend from South Carolina arrives. As much as I love Doug, he doesn't really help out with housework very much at all. And I'm not very efficient at housekeeping. Doug doesn't care if the house is messy; I *do* care, but I have a great deal of difficulty staying focused long enough to o it. Long story short: our house is always a disaster My friend is coming. I've cleaned for three days and the house is still messy. Egads. I'm worried that she's going to freak out. I hope she doesn't.
Well... that's it for now!
[ 3 comments ] ( 16 views ) | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink |
( 3 / 1174 )Monday, May 26, 2008, 08:47 PM
Indigo Incarnates
I always have two thoughts about Memorial Day.I think of my grandfather's bravery and I think of my father-monster's cowardice. My grandfather served in the Navy during WWII. He was a lieutennant. The father-monster served no one but himself and evaded the draft. When I graduated college, I dearly wanted to join the Navy. It would have been a pretty unsuitable career for me, but I had wanted to remove the stain of shame that the father-monster's cowardice put on our family.
Alas... I had to submit my medical record and the recruiter said "hell no" is the nicest way possible.
I am grateful for the people who could defend our country and had the bravery to do so. It is a job that often goes unthanked, and yet without the men and women in Uniform, we'd all speaking German now.
So... My day was pretty mundane. I did a bunch of housekeeping. I'm trying to get the house into servicable condition before my friend from South Carolina visits. Egads, Doug and I are real slobs. Mentally ill people are not well known for their tidy housekeeping and both Doug and I have pretty significant diagnoses. But hey, I'm working on it. It's almost fit for human habitation, har har.
My friend Mike invited me to his house for dinner tonight. It was pretty nice. We had veggy burgers and fruit salad. Yum! Then we watched two episodes of the ill-fated "Firefly". That show was pretty cool, but I can see how it could fail. Basically, the producers overestimated the cultural savvy of the viewers by making a Sci-Fi/Western combo that featured a cast of morally ambiguous space pirates as the "heroes". Yeah... gotta love a show that features a train robbery that used a starship as the getaway vehicle. Hee hee!
I am feeling pretty stiff today from that 40-mile bike ride yesterday. But I actually don't feel as worn-out as I thought I'd feel, so that's cool.
[ 2 comments ] ( 7 views ) | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink |
( 3 / 1330 )Sunday, May 25, 2008, 08:29 PM
Well... I had the chance to accomplish a truely awesome feat of endurance today. one of my goals for this year was to get in good enough shape to ride a bicycle from Timonium to the PA border. That's a 40 mile round trip!
it was perfect Weather too. It was sunny, warm, and breezy. I could not have ridden 40 miles without being able to draw energy from the sun. But changelings can get energy that way while regular humans can't. Too cool.
so... A 40 mile workout burns about 2,000 calories. Yay!
[ 2 comments ] ( 9 views ) | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink |
( 2.9 / 1110 )Back Next
