billing note friday 01-31-03 3pm onward, i am reconfiguring the election law list per discussion w richard winger, i just found the archives and will be reading then for about the next two hours. this is bllable to majors v abell because richard says the case is being discussed there and the info there is directly revelant to preparing the next brief. except that i'm going to take a bath and make some notes first so 3-3:30 then we'll see. can't count chickens before hatched.


other stuff i've been doing today. slept for 7-11:30. not sleeping enough and gaining weight and getting stuff done.. am i slipping back into mania? how do i test for that? look for online support groups? sigh.

biling note majors v abell 5:45-6:45 am today friday 01/31/03 online research and memo.
also 1.0 hours yesterday, just thining about the case, not writing.

strange night. surfing the web instead of doing any planned chores. wrote an essay on boycotts. updated my hotornot profile.
did a little cleaning up of my hotmail, needs more work. a good 4 hour task soon. should make a list of projects i'm overdue on.
wrote to some guy about sean. i introduced z to sean who took him for $600, so it's my obligation to see if i can sort that out somehow.

go under house and see if pipe to toilet is leaking.

very carefuly avoid reading any of these webcomix.
http://www.zipcon.net/~myco/comix.php
http://www.geocities.com/transe_generation/
http://ghastly.keenspace.com/
http://ghastly.keenspace.com/cast.html

Fulkerson Sean
BELLFLOWER CA (562) 804-3322

nick never showed.
plasma $34. discussed getting a bookshelf for the plamsa center.
asked about a dishwashing job, not hiring.
got my dinner. cooking some of it now.
to do tonight: make budget for february.
to do tomorrow: call about electric bill.
work on better to do list to start feb off right.
drink some water. - plasma vamires.
mj and her brother marcus just came over.

Dear Mr. Garrison:
My tasks for today were to calculate my expenses and income for january and formalise a to do list. Was that it?
January 2003.
Income: 678. (assumes 28 tomorrow plasma)
Outgo: 670.
breakdown at http://gttodolist.blogspot.com

Febuary: income so far- 290 joell rent (300-10 expenses.)
250 rent will all go to property tax on the 1625 property.
plasma income likely $200 max.
Seperate account: texas assets: paid $356 annual tax, cashed checks for about $240.
Budgeting february planned outgo will have to wait for another day,
looks $800 minumum.
Bank balance $4135, of which $3700 owed to bankone.
So that's one task done.
Next task might have been work on to do list, the part i did was list job leads:



list of places to apply:
cintas
dollar general
hotels downtown - adams mark
columbia club
legal ease temps, barristers.
national city bank
new mom and pop cafe on east washington
airport cleaning planes ata.
find the job placement place., was closed off by traffic.
call gay bars,
call restaurants, call the bathhouses.
saran.
gleaners.

Other stuff done today: wrote nice letter to mom.
Several social visits, joell, nick, jay, and some cute mormon.
Tasks for thursday: meeting with nick (if he doesn't bail.) plasma.
It is now 2:07 and bedtime, but hotmail won't let me send.
So i'll just save tot he blog or.. i know, i'll pm.

plasma. ok to wait till friday if prefer.
to do for thursday: meet w nick re h & h letters, chores, pen to paper document anything he's done so far.
make agenda for meeting w nick. be aware he may blow it off.
february bills:
$10 joell plumbling supplies. -300 rent from joel. $250 rent re 1625 will all go to tax. get 227 Tax statement.
seems like today i only fell further behind on the writing, but at least i wrote a letter to mom and mailed stuff to lindy.
keep notes on gifts given, to practice giving. donuts to nick, phone to joel, stuff to lindy, online books to everybody.
newt to brian :) pizza to that crackhead. almost 2.

list of places to apply:
cintas
dollar general
hotels downtown - adams mark
columbia club
legal ease temps, barristers.
national city bank
new mom and pop cafe on east washington
airport cleaning planes ata.
find the job placement place., was closed off by traffic.
call gay bars,
call restaurants, call the bathhouses.
saran.
gleaners.

april is in jail in hancock county. for not paying a bill? look into it. april.. new..wahts' her name? ask nick for details.



this needs to be a longer list, but it's a start.

january, actual.
january, budgeted.
january actual.
food $40.
gas $50
electric $100 (december bill)
look to see if i have any late fees.
make sure to try to avoid any late fees. that would be a good plan for a day's task.
phone $80 +6 check over phone fee.
stamps 8
library card $5
dollar general $15
drinks $15
227 property tax $70
checks 16, money order 3 $19
blogger isn't letting me use tabs to make columns so it's the wrong tool for this job.
house insurance would be 35/mo, car ins. 50/mo. but right now i have none.
dsl $50.
gas electric phone dsl tax insurance am i leaving out anything?
credit cards. around $200 for the visa.
lindy's present shiping $19
so for the month: $675 plus whatever i forgot to write down.
income
300 + 250 + 100+ 28 $678.
net gain $8. - whatever i forgot to write down. other:
paid $355 texas property tax, cashed oil checks for $230 or so.




dinner was cajun garlic lemon shrimp and a mango.

wednesday:
did:
bank: deposited $700.
balance 4100 something.
mailed package to lindy. $19.
wrote letter to mom, still need to print and mail.
dived my dinner.
today's chores not yet done:
january expenses and february budget.
make febrary to do list., write it onto paper. list prioities as well as order of which to do first.that, is, list, list in order of importance, list in order of which to do first.
i give myself till midnight. i will start at 8. i've earned a 25 minute wwdn break. watch out for chat sessions.

did list:
monday
cold, so stayed in. put away laundry, went thru bills, paid a bill, returned two phone calls, tag.
didn't: attend iec meeting. so a to do would be to listen to tapes after reviewing online minutes.
tuesday:
deposited oil checks. ordered checks. $16. bought stamps $8 bought money order $3. paid texas tax bill.
got library card. $5.
to do? copy texas tax records, mail to the guys who have written with offer to buy.
plasma $23. so net expense for day = -9.
dumpster dived dinner to do: go back to hostess for donuts.
took trash out.
plan for rest of day: draft letters online, setting a up "print and mail to do"
question, where did i put those 3 cent stamps i got?
objective: dive $10 worth of donuts.
forgot to do today: deposit cash while at bank. mail package to lindy.
objective get at least one letter finished or 5 started.
objective: call lindy.
dtl for wednesday:
make monthly budget summary.
call electric co to check balance.
make better to do list to start february with. write it onto paper.

letters:
mom
lindy
greyhound 1, 2, 3, 4,
rokita.
ag re majors v abell
client letters re majors v abell
column about open source candidate recruitment.
letter to mark r.
thank you letters to the people who have helped with the case.
more to dos: go thru to do log, see whats been done, not done. make summary for january.
set goals for feb.
example: cle's!!! good time to panic.
write motion for reconsideration for 7th circuit, outline brief to indiana supremes.
outline letters re properties situation.
$100 deposit at last chance.
make note of any other outstanding collection issues, including $150 firestone kc, 2500 or so cj,
$500 owed by our boy to adam,
$2000 to lindy.

make to do list, write it out put on fridge

sunday.
change light bulbs.
clean lower shelf of refridgerator.
other possibles:
call mom.
call lindy.
and or, begin letters to mom and lindy.
write more business letters.
go thru bills.
make aplan re bills, list due dates, missing ones, think about money orders and stamps. look for stamps, but don't get hung up about it.
right now: find light bulbs, take bath.
action items for monday:
two phone calls, verla adams 508 2391, ag's office.
letter to mark r.

did list saturday: bought food. found pizza. did dishes.
didn't get any writing done, go thru bills and mail

motion to reconsider

additional data on timing of hibernation
critique of "candidates have no right to be anonymous"
critique of wording of certification "more than " shoud be "more or less than"
to allow for incorporation of 1) nyt sullivan standards 'false and malicious' 2) mens rea requirment per keubal and smith.

major point: critique of dismisal of personal capacity claims based on brochure rather than on statute.

since i have a mental outline of what i want to say to the indiana court, it would be a good idea to start roughing it out.
also, consider meeting w ken faulk to discuss state case. right now tho, wwdn break.

next step.
publish article on cyberia.
look for allies for ongoing fight.
aclu, anne beeson.
iclu, ken faulk.
consider time frame for motion to reconsider.- i'm just assuming it's 30 days.
www.ij.org .. invite therm to take credit for this one. invite them to get involved in the publciity angle. they may decline simply because it isn't an open and shut win.

billing note majors v abell.
9:15-10:15 pm consulted with technical staff on how to convert pdf file to text and doc files, did so, published opinion on the web. 10:15-12:15 discussed opinion with collegues, gave opinion third read, mentally outlined motion for reconsideration.

staus of chores: did not get done any of the writing i had planned to do tonight.
did not do undone task from thursday of going thru bills.
got part of pipes unfrozen but toilet line still frozen.
put away groceries, did not put away laundy. put out parker sign.learned how to convert pdf files.

tasks for tonight:
write draft of rokita letter.
write draft of letter to mark rutherford.
if in the mood, write next greyhound letter.
lindy
mom
writing bureau guy


process: list letters to write. bang out a lead for each of them.
revice, eddit, add, revise, proofread

that's revise, edit, add, revise, proofread..

then, check hotmail and delte as needed.

client contact letters:
carol antun c/o mr antun c/o the blue heron, giest revervoir, indiana
bruce martin c/o nassau lp long island ny
perry metzger try yahoo.
brian majors c/o county chair, wayne

test

i am having such a coffee rush right now, from one cup. i used to drink 5 or 10 cups of coffee a day and not notice the effect, now i notice one cup, how it makes my thoughts race and heart beat faster. use with caution, stick to decaf, save the coffee for when it's actually useful.
stuff to tell gary: i have not yet implemented your advice of a midnight bedtime, early rise, early bath, get right to chores.
but i'm starting to see how that coud be helpful and i'll keep wrestling with it.
i have not yet done my homework for thursday, going thru the bills, but because i had cleared my phone messages i got two important calls yesterday which is what i have been working on since then.
today i am focusing on drafting some letters and trying a hardware fix.

friday task list.
switch minotor.
update billing records. 0.15 danny, discussed file conversion from pdf, solved problem
write draft of rokita letter.
write draft of letter to mark rutherford.
if in the mood, send next greyhound letter.
remember yesterday's task, the bills due, isn't done yet.
also more laundry, frozen pipes issue.

posner => candidates have no right to be anonymous.
supreme court => mcintyre => canddiates have a right to be anonymous. federalist papers. john jay alexander hamilton james madison. madison is only the guy who wrote the first amendment, and a president.cite other cases discussed in mcintyre in which candidates have right to be anonymous. stewart v taylor. white? fulton? moses? barney?
nyt v sullivan standards.
inform lp natcom.
get back on election law list.

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i had this one big case i've been working on for 5 years now.
it's about whether political candidates have the right to free speech, or
whether they have to say "paid for by ___" on their signs, flyers etc, or face jail. It was improperly dismissed by the local federal judge last year, so i did an appeal, the first appeal i've done by myself.
today judge posner (one of the most famous judges in the country short of the supreme court justices) issued an opinion (here, in annoying pdf format)
http://
www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=02-2204.PDF

agreed with me that it should not have been dismissed, so it is still alive.
instead of sending it back to the lower federal court, he sent it back to the indiana supreme court, with some questions about what the statute means.
there are some hints that i could still lose, and even if i win they could try to screw me out of my fees, so i wil be working on this all year with no money coming in, and might or might not ever get paid for it, but finally getting a free speech case to the state supreme court is important, and i have a few tricks up my sleeve once i get there, so all in all this is good news.

note to self: invite bopp to join as cocounsel if he wants.
billing note: finished second read at 9:53. off to a bath.

notes for argument to the court.

plaintiffs are, overall, pleased by the decision, but submit this motion for reconsideration to correct what we believe are mistatements, relattively minor ones, of the proceedings below, so tha the court would have the opportunity to revise its opinion if it chooses to do so. since we are writing anyway, we also make a few points about the law cited by the court.
the court correctly found that the case had been improperly dismissed below on standing and mootness grounds.

- the record and docket reflect that the case did not simply hibernate after being filed; instead the parties first jointly sought
certification to the state supreme court, and much of the delay was attributable to the court's own inaction on that issue.
-later after a change in counsel the state opposed certification, and time was spent in briefing and arguing that issue.
(note, write to cyberia re possible appeal to the supreme court, and any tips on a motion for rehearing. contact eff.)

- the discussion of case law was problematic, in that it referred to cases like gable and ky rtl v terry, without any mention of the watchtower v stratton which presumptively overruled these cases. nor was there any discussion of gop of minnesota v white, which held that the government cannot dictate the speech of a candidate.
these two cases, decided after the initial brief, were discussed in brain majors' reply brief. however, for reasons we do not understand, the 7th circuit clerk rejected majors' reply brief, and judge evans rejected majors' motion to submit his brief.
we attach a single copy of that brief.
the court assumes, without deciding, that..
the court miscontrues the issue as to the content of majors' signs. majors is not seeking the right to be anonymous.
he is seeking the right not to have the government dictate the content of his speech.
as in stewart v taylor, there is no fraud in a sign which states merely "brian majors for assessor" or "robbin stewart for township board vote tuesday." Chandler v Miller held that a candidate cannot be drug tested without cause; running for office does not waive constitutional rights. Similarly in Minn GOP v White, running for judge does not waive one's rights to discuss politcs.
(man.. i am drenched in sweat.. this must be affecting me emotionally)
A further issue is the final paragraph, dismissing damge claims.
Damage claims were premised on two points:
1) that the policy expressed by the statute, whatever it was, was unequivocably unconstitutional under Talley, Mcintyre, and Stewart v. Taylor. I accept, for the purpose of this motion, the court's ruling, that the constitutionality of the statute is arguable and therefor immune, as determinative, althought I personaly disagree.
2) the second basis for a damage claim was the brochure, and here there may be a logical inconsistency in the court's opinion. The court seems to agree, without formally deciding, with my position that if the statute is broadly construed, then it is unconstitutional under McIntyre and Talley, and therefore the brochure would be a compensible violation of the right to free speech,
If, however, the statute is narrow, (eek just saw flaw in own argument??), then the brochure is wholly unsuported by any claim of having a legal basis, and is an unconstitutioal infringemen of free spech rights clearly establsihed by Talley, Mcintyre, Buckley v. ACLF, and Watchtower v. Stratton.
These latter two cases post-date the filing of he suit, but the unconstitutional conduct has continued each day over the five years the suit has run, and continues today. (billing note, see prior biling note, wrote this from 8:15 pm to 9:05, now going to give the opinion a second read.
to do: press release.

for gary: thursday: did: plasma. $32, net 30. didn't, yet: go thru bills. other: got food. other: pipes are frozen.
for tomorrow: work on cases and client contact letters and billing records.

Billing note:
7:18 pm-8:00 pm (and continuing)
received two phone calls, sent one. court, winger, winger. 7th circuit has decided my case.
Improperly dismissed as moot. Decision will depend on construction of the statute, whether narrow or broad.
The construction of the statute has been certified to the Indiana Supreme Court.
Action items:
write motion for reconsideration of the opinion as to a few minor technical points.
write letters to rokita, counsel , etc, offering to settle case for fees incurred.
reread case to pick up nuances.
begin briefing notes for state suprem court, frame issues.
contact clients, including taylor, ksa, kirkpatrick, palmer. brian majors.
8:15 1.0 hours.

MJ came over and told me her jury duty story. 40 hours community service for being sick, nearly got 40 days in jail.
We talked about jobs.
Saran at 30th and post.$13.
Gleaners,(and their dumpster)
Women's prison.
Jail Annex.

My plans for the day are to give plasma and buy food.
If I get that done and have more energy/focus for tasks,
there's phone messages, (yuk),
makings lists of case-related correspondence,
letter to Mark Rutherford,
letter to LP writing bureau guy from saturday,
letter to kurt.

insurance claim
credit card bank one situation, make phone call to dispute desk.
letter to court re fines and indigency.
then i will need to make a daily task list for wednesday.
bank. what for? to cash checks and order checks.
broker, to transfer funds.
if i get any letters don i can print them at librrary and get library card.
call indy express re job.
it's time to print the letter to pci.

Garrison says:
Organization skills are very much a concious effort for me as well
Garrison says:
Organization is quite hard concept for people w/ LD's and then add in my own pysch/emotional probs and it becomes doubly hard
arbi says:
when i face the tasks i need to do, it can become stressful, the more i avoid them, the more the stress goes away for now.
Garrison says:
That is the thought process u need to change then
arbi says:
yes forgot you have the dyslexia thing
Garrison says:
not doing them only puts off the stress and will make facing it more difficult
arbi says:
ya, giving up pot was part of that, and i've been learning alot about how i am all organized aroud stress avoidance, and how stress is a positive force in small doeses,
arbi says:
i need to find amiddle ground where i can handle it without pushing myself too hard
arbi says:
so two tasks a day is a reasonable goal
arbi says:
my life goes in cycles where i do tons of stuff for a few months then have 6 months of stay home and read books
Garrison says:
try to set a time around the tasks
Garrison says:
Say "I will wash dishes at 10am so I can be free of that task by 10.15"
arbi says:
that's still a challenge
arbi says:
i didn't plan to ash the dishes, jst noticed they were there, felt like washing them. i do this at least once a month
arbi says:
whether they need it or not
Garrison says:
lol
arbi says:
cleaning this room could go on the to do list. a good task for a cold day sometime
Garrison says:
but it is part of creating a rountine for urself.
Garrison says:
something i strongly belive in is "structure"
arbi says:
yes, well some things are still a challenge
arbi says:
right agree,
arbi says:
as an ADD person building constructive habits and structure is essential
Garrison says:
very much so
Garrison says:
i have trained myself to practicaly live off my pc calendar
arbi says:
i suppose that will mean turnng chat off till daily task list is written out, stufflike that.
arbi says:
those ar egood tools, i just don't have that together yet.
arbi says:
guy next door was suposed to come by and help me organize a few things but he has flaked out on me, i can't delegate the task of getting my act together
Garrison says:
rules like that are important: i had to set rule that I don't not open chat at work till lunch time
arbi says:
ah well, thanks for your input., ah an dtoday you are off due to your back, makes sense
arbi says:
i may have to give somethingliek that a try
arbi says:
i had set a goal of less time in chat, moving more of the discussions tot the board, but havent gotten ver far withthat idea
Garrison says:
i'd be happy to discuss rule setting w/ u and i can poke u regularly to make sure ur following
arbi says:
thanks! a task buddy. very cool.

i am a devout believer in Rote Method Life Mangaement
arbi says:
soi don't know yet if i will make my to do list, get downtown, start looking for work, but at least i've already got the dishes washed. what is rote?
Garrison says:
not sure i spelt it correctly
Garrison says:
u know the old style of learning one's times tables, were kids just memormize it
arbi says:
i havent heard of it
arbi says:
gotcha
Garrison says:
I live on "lists"
arbi says:
ok. i took a good seminar on the to do list method but i have a hard time keeping up with it
arbi says:
i'm tremendously disorgtanaized
Garrison says:
u need to build into slowly
arbi says:
ya. so that's my task for the day/week/month /year
Garrison says:
pple think they can just start right into it and u can't, if u try taht u'll set urself up forfailure
arbi says:
yes i know a lot about setting myself up for failure
Garrison says:
Get a day timer book, set out two tasks a day for the next week
Garrison says:
just start w/ two
arbi says:
i had set a goal of trying to do one thing each day from the lists, but for the past week i havent accomlished even that much
arbi says:
two ok
arbi says:
i might be able to do two.
Garrison says:
if u have trouble getting the one or two things done, then use the schedule part of the day timer
arbi says:
i have no luck w daytimers, but i have a to do list blog
Garrison says:
Make "an appointment w/ urself" to do the task, and tell urself out loud that if u 'JUST DO IT" it will be done and u can do something else without worrying
arbi says:
that makes sense. may i opy this part of the discussion into my notes, but not there earlier part
Garrison says:
sure
Garrison says:
Organization skills are very much a concious effort for me as well
Garrison says:
Organization is quite hard concept for people w/ LD's and then add in my own pysch/emotional probs and it becomes doubly hard
arbi says:
when i face the tasks i need to do, it can become stressful, the more i avoid them, the more the stress goes away

to do list saturday.
get a job. any old job. make list of places to apply. make big chart for downstairs with the list.
mcdonalds
long john silver
indy express.
law firms.

ops tht's in the wrong blog.

Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 5:46 pm Post subject: not quite a rant

(this time i 'm copying to message i'm responding to.. think it makes more sense that way)

why is this not quite a rant?
because i don't really have the energy to really rant.

today i found out some sort of not-so-good news at work. i won't get into what it is, because it really won't make a hill of beans to anyone, but it's just not happy news.

now, i'm sort of lucky to have the position i have; i'm doing HR/Payroll, with no previous education or experience in the field. i lucked into the job, and i do the best i can. it's frustrating at times, because i don't know the ins and outs of the field, but i'm trying to learn. also, since we have a corporate office, i don't do the bulk of it...basically i screen applications, maintain personnel files, and key in the timeslips each week. i don't have to deal with benefits, taxes, etc. all that is done up in corporate.

mind you, i have extensive experience as an administrative assistant, and you can put just about any office-type job in front of me and i'll do it better than whoever did it before me. i'm good at clerical stuff.

problem is, it's not what i want to do in life. my dream is to write historical fiction. of course, with every day that goes by, i realize more and more that the chances of me ever making a living at writing are slim to none.

i don't know if i'll ever finish college, because i have to work and i don't have the money, time, energy, or desire to work a full time job AND go to school. it's just not going to happen.

so i just checked out some jobs on monster.com and headhunter.com, and everything in the HR/Payroll field requires a degree and/or experience way beyond what i have. now, i could take a job as an admin assist or receptionist or something like that making the same money i do now, because i don't make nearly what i should. but i don't mind, due to my lack of previous experience in the position.

anyway...i'm just feeling frustrated because if i was to leave the position i'm in now to get away from some of the crap i have to deal with, i'd have to take a lesser position (i was a recep/admin assist for TOO LONG!) even if it was for the same money (or more, in some cases).

if i DO go back to college, what should i major in? and why bother? i don't WANT to do anything but write, but i don't want to do journalism. i've thought about going for HR Management, but again -- it's not what i want to do with my life (plus, there's alot of math classes and i don't want to deal with that. i'm done with math if i stay a journalism major).

i'm just confused. i know i'm smart, i can do alot of things and do them well, but i'm always either overqualified (which leads to feeling unchallenged and unappreciated) or underqualified (which makes me feel stuck, like i'll never make anything of myself)...and ALWAYS underpaid!

*sigh*
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and, well, that's all I can say without being vulgar."
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You are smart and cheerful and cute as a bug. That's the kind of person co's like as the front end of their HR office. And in the back there's some bad cop guy who does the firing and the little embezzlements from the paycheck.
Rent "how to succeed in business without really trying." As the HR person,
you can run the company and no one will notice. get your friends hired,
or at least help hire really cool people, who you will own. do subversive networking, call it a girl's potluck or some such. form a cabal.
learn everything you can about HR. From your spot in HR, you can get a jump on applying for better jobs within the co. Do alot of informational interviews at other HR departments, find out what skills will help.
You can learn more online and at work then from college, that's a racket.
Find a mentor. There are legitimate online degree programs. Read trade association magazines, learn the buzzwords.
because you are young an pretty you won't be taken seriously, that's aplus as well as a minus. find way to save your co money, and get that pluged into a raise. read the annual reports, any files you have access to, build dossiers and informations systems, until you know the company better than anyone else. become indespensible. learn everyone's eakness but never use it against them. make sure if you are ver fired you can shutr everything down. sorry, i'm a paranoid ranter, but the point is it's a position where with knowledge you can build power. byw what do they do?
can you get jobs for monekyboxers?

non-prioritized to do list items:
car insurance claim.
ed gluck's car insurance claim.
car repair.
car insurance, home insurance, sam goldstein
get a job > stay clean, make lists of places to apply, make cover letter, get applications. goal apply 10 places in january.
face up to h & h threatening letters. _> draft letter from nick. write to colap, legal aid, media, elected officials.
write letters to mom, lindy, actually print and mail them.
odd little distraction - it was cold so i put on a sweatshirt only it's not fitting right, and that's interfereing with my typing.
i took a bath earlier, and mentally sorted through some of these plans about making a list, starting to write some letters, what all i would say. bot mood: cheerful, almost focused. no depression today. i didn't much enjoy last night - now theres a distraction! i totally lost my place here thinking about that cute guy from last night, jordan. that's a dead end that can never go anywhere but he's so cute. maybe if i got a job i could budget going to see him now and then. ,most likely not. instead, i should use other strategies to try to meet cute guys to cuddle with. maybe gay.com.
ok, i seem to have lost my train of thought, this was supposed to be a to do list. i'll set it aside and try again later.
my feet are cold, my sweatshirt doesn't fit right, i've enjoyed a nice dinner from the dumpster. i went and put on a sweater.and turned up the heat.i'm gonna go back and put on socks. so i still need to make a to do list and work on my wwdn book entry.

still to do: write to do list.
prioritize into dtl. do this once a day, indefinately.
set goal of crossing one thing off list each day, instead of doing nothing each day.
if i get busy on this stuff, it should keep me from being so bored that i'll want a tv.

priorities for today
make to do list.
work on (that should mean finish) boxer book entry.

to do: write to do list.
to do: prioritize to do list into dtl daly task list
to do: get a damn new monitor! he says, as this one freaks out so i can't see what i type.
to do: make a budget, keep records, follow the money, see where it goes. last night at unicorn:
$7.75 drinks, $3 tips, but found $3. let's call it $8 for my first night out in .. first night out this year.
I'd spent $9 of coffee, $8? on mexican gifts for lindy that i haven't sent. $4 cigarettes for a ride to court.$8 buds supermarket. juice + medicine.$15 dollar general clock hat light bulbs.$22 drugs last weekend. $74 in, like, a week.
some of that is december maybe. that suggests $300/mo in petty cash, which isn't good if my income is $550/mo.
solution: less drugs. already implemented. solution: increase income. get a damn job.

petty cash so far january: $30, plus i'm forgetting some item.