Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Towed |9:58 PM| I didn't do as well as I'd hoped on the oceanography exam, but that was expected. Riding around the same 3 blocks in hundred degree weather trying to find a car that you're pretty sure is gone is a great way to work up quite a fatigue, and a good storm front of frustrated anger. My car was towed without good cause, of this I am certain. I am also certain that getting compensation for it will be nearly impossible. I get to wait 10 days to check on the status of the "investigation". You should be allowed to shoot tow truck drivers, this is Texas, it's the equivalent of horse theft.
It has a tiny actual impact on one's life, but it's an excellent example of how utterly detached from accountability the government is from an individual, and how impotent we are against its machinations. Who will take to the streets over such a stupid, tiny, frustrating manner? What person can I, a single private citizen, be allowed to talk to who could get me my money, and my time, back?
I can't imagine how the wrongfully imprisoned feel. I would guess "like screaming" most of the time.
There isn't much to say about today beyond that. Just staying in the update habit. I went to a study at one of the UT labs today. Went alright, made a teeny tiny amount of money. Non-invasive, no drugs, just questions.
Update as of early Wednesday morning.
I wasn't going to bother to post this entry, since it's mostly bitching, but now today has taken on a farcical nature. I went on a bike ride to tire myself out, then came home, went to bed early for me, 10:30. This was an attempt to regain a bit of control over my sleep schedule, to start working out again in the morning, to get a jump on my (increasingly expensive) days.
At about 2:30am the power went out. The sudden silence and lack of air movement waking me. Jeff and I stumbled around in the darkness for a while, performing the little rituals of checking the neighborhood and calling the city.
Now it's 3:39am, and I cannot sleep. A terrible headache grips my skull instead. So much for fixing my sleep schedule. Perhaps I'll go meditate in the pool.
Towed |9:58 PM| I didn't do as well as I'd hoped on the oceanography exam, but that was expected. Riding around the same 3 blocks in hundred degree weather trying to find a car that you're pretty sure is gone is a great way to work up quite a fatigue, and a good storm front of frustrated anger. My car was towed without good cause, of this I am certain. I am also certain that getting compensation for it will be nearly impossible. I get to wait 10 days to check on the status of the "investigation". You should be allowed to shoot tow truck drivers, this is Texas, it's the equivalent of horse theft.
It has a tiny actual impact on one's life, but it's an excellent example of how utterly detached from accountability the government is from an individual, and how impotent we are against its machinations. Who will take to the streets over such a stupid, tiny, frustrating manner? What person can I, a single private citizen, be allowed to talk to who could get me my money, and my time, back?
I can't imagine how the wrongfully imprisoned feel. I would guess "like screaming" most of the time.
There isn't much to say about today beyond that. Just staying in the update habit. I went to a study at one of the UT labs today. Went alright, made a teeny tiny amount of money. Non-invasive, no drugs, just questions.
Update as of early Wednesday morning.
I wasn't going to bother to post this entry, since it's mostly bitching, but now today has taken on a farcical nature. I went on a bike ride to tire myself out, then came home, went to bed early for me, 10:30. This was an attempt to regain a bit of control over my sleep schedule, to start working out again in the morning, to get a jump on my (increasingly expensive) days.
At about 2:30am the power went out. The sudden silence and lack of air movement waking me. Jeff and I stumbled around in the darkness for a while, performing the little rituals of checking the neighborhood and calling the city.
Now it's 3:39am, and I cannot sleep. A terrible headache grips my skull instead. So much for fixing my sleep schedule. Perhaps I'll go meditate in the pool.
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