Nice thought

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes in to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands, and hopes we've learned something from yesterday."

-- John Wayne, Actor

 

I always liked John Wayne. 

Rachel's car - what a piece of sh*t

Last night Rachel calls and says, her driver's window made a strange sound, and now it won't go up all the way. Sheesh. Just got rid of the worst dent and the frigging bungee cords and now, the window screws up. Please, God, let me win Mega Bucks so we can afford to fix that piece of sh*t car!
Did you ever hear that Adam Sandler song, piece of sh*t car? Well, I think he based it on the Honda...
bald fucking tires (hes got a piece of shit car)   (replaced all the tires at a used tire place)
no rearview fucking mirror (piece of shit car)   (side view mirror glass moves)
  7 different colors (hes got apiece of shit car) ( paint is peeling all over)
  fucking rag for a gas cap (piece of shit car)  (I replaced her lost gas cap)
  tailpipe making sparks fly everywhere (piece of shit car) (Thank God, no)
  whoaaaa the whole town thinks im a loser (piece of shit car)

the engine likes to flood,

  the car always fucking stalls,   (It took a couple hundred dollars, but doesn't stall now)

  and the seat cushions got a big rip     (Actually ALL the seat cushions are ripped )

Ah, the memories of the Rachel car... Hard to believe, but it  still runs and drives...

It's Hiyah Time

It's Hiyah Time!

Get Up Hiyah

While Hiyah may not live across the street anymore, he is still part of the neighborhood. I found a can of his fave, Old Milwaukee in a bag in the alley. It added just the right touch for the front yard.

Car not looking so bad

Rachel brought the green monster to Dave Haberman's shop. Scotty did a good job taking the front cover off, drilling some new holes and putting it back on. Then she took the green monster to the place where I get her tires. I told the guy we were practically family since Rachel has been through I think, 4 or 5 tires in just over a year. So when she went to get the right front tire replaced, the guy said they do a little body work, too. For $35 she got a decent tire mounted on the car and most of the dent pulled out of the right front fender. WOW, what a bargain! Now she actually isn't embarrassed to be seen in her own car!

big dent gone.

No more bungee cord!

Getting ready for the big day- Halloween

Inside the front hall

Front yard

Office

I've been decorating for the big day. Neighbors have been enjoying the frights! At night I turn on the tube lights (orange and purple). Nice and creepy. I love these panorama shots from my I phone 5. I can fit so much more into my pictures now and you get a better feel of all the creepiness. This year's theme, Zombies. The targets look great and I sprayed "blood" all over them. Barbie is a Zombie Killer this year.

Barbie is always involved in Halloween festivities

Happy Friday

see the chicken

You know you are in a trailer park in Georgia when no dogs are allowed, but, Chickens are!!!


I've been busy this week. The law office gave me a few people to sign up and that worked out nicely. I got several people to check on with the Bank of America. Made about $60 for that. Slowly but surely I'm getting some bills paid.

I went to Sav Tech again. They absolutely will not let me take a lower math class. There are no tutors available for that God Awful class, either. So, I'm stuck getting a big fat F in that class. It really makes me mad and gives me no incentive to work in my other classes. I feel really used by the Paralegal dept head who pushed me to take the paralegal studies at ST. None of my paralegal classes from South Univ are being accepted at ST and she won't let me into the internship part of the program unless I complete the program. I don't have the time to complete the program there as VA is only giving me 12 months of schooling total. They wouldn't let me take any of the paralegal classes until I took their INTRO to paralegal, even though I already had INTRO and about a dozen other paralegal classes. With VA, I had to be full time and someone in their infinite wisdom decided Math 1111 class would fill the schedule. Well, it filled it but it was also taking up all my time. I was spending so many hours on the book and the computer studying that math, that my eyes were too tired to do the rest of my homework.

Crime and Rachel

When I told Rachel that the Crab Shack had been robbed, she was in disbelief. After seeing it on the news, she believed. Still, in the life of Rachel, it had little meaning beyond the novelty of it all. That is until I asked her, Did you get your paycheck? Huh? It seems checks are ready on Monday and put in the safe. The thief stole the safe Monday night... Rachel did not pick up her check Monday... Oh no!

More crime

I know I haven't written anything the last few days but that doesn't mean nothing is happening. Rachel went to her friend's funeral on Friday. Very sad. They did pick up the guy that was at the gas station buying a gallon of gas, holding a rag, and ...driving the car Amber was found in about 3/4 of an hour later... He isn't saying anything.

The Crab Shack (where Rachel works) was robbed last night.

A man who walked into a popular on Tybee Island seafood restaurant Monday night wanted more than just dinner. Crab Shack owner Jack Flanigan said a man wearing a mask walked into the restaurant's office just after 10:00 p.m., brandished a gun, and demanded money from the female worker inside. The man got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Flanigan said he and the other employees present were unaware of the robbery until the police came.
He said they have dozens of cameras at the restaurant already, but today are adding more cameras and motion-activated lights to the area near the office. He hopes that enhancements to the surveillance images will give officers better clues to the robber's identity.
He said they are offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest.
According to Savannah-Chatham Metro Police, the robber is described as a black male, around 5'10", weighing 165 lbs. If you have any information, call police.

I am grateful Rachel wasn't working last night. You never know what could have happened.

Inspiration?

I get these e-mails sent to me almost everyday. They contain inspirational quotes. Although, I don't know if I'd call today's message, inspirational...

"I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn."
Herbie Hancock, musician.

Really? Damn,  I'd like to have less a few less problems.  I can handle a little less learning!

Crime

Man, you can't turn on the news or pick up the paper without hearing about crime in this town. They have finally released the name of the 18 year old (Amber) found burnt in the car uptown. This is so sad. Rachel is clearly disturbed by this development. We will wait to talk about it when we know more of the details.

There is something seriously wrong with people today. The 19 year old debutante who was killed uptown back in 2005 was murdered by 3 black men out to get some easy money for drugs. The unrepentant shooter said "Bitch shouldn't have bucked" when he demanded her purse and she didn't turn it over immediately.  What is wrong with him? His own uncle turned him in, but that's a different generation. Too many young people want instant gratification and are demanding that everyone else give them what they want NOW.
We don't yet know why Amber was in this burning car. It is unlikely she "accidentally" set the car on fire herself and died in it.
We still don't know why the 2 young people were killed about a 1/2 mile from my house. They were  practically feet  from the young woman's apartment and should have been safe. Why were these 2 killed before their time? It is so tragic these law-abiding, good people were murdered.
The answers can't come soon enough for the families so they can begin to heal. For us, it is too late. The bloom is off the rose (Savannah). Mentally, we are out of this place. As soon as possible, we are selling the house and getting the hell out of Dodge. This place is becoming like the OK corral. And we know how that ended...

Crime is still in the news and in the hood

This morning at 2:30 am I woke up to hear 4 gunshots. I ran downstairs but didn't see anyone out there.
Just after 10 pm, Rachel called to say that a girl she knew named Amber, was found dead in a burning car in Yamacraw Village around 7 am today. The police aren't releasing any names yet nor whether she was dead before the car burned or was burned alive. It is getting very, very dangerous to be in Savannah. The last time Rachel saw Amber was a couple of months ago. Rachel picked up Amber and her boyfriend along with another friend of hers. Later, Rachel couldn't find her tablet that I gave her for Christmas... She had it when she picked up everyone as she was listening to the music. Rachel felt that Amber or her boyfriend had taken it, now she thinks it was for drug money. Very sad...

Sicko to go along with the crime, crime, crime

This afternoon I was walking the dogs across Barnard Street at 35th Street, I saw a young,black, shirtless, man behind the house next to Delany Hall. As I walked past him, I realized his ...manhood... was out. He stared at me and proceeded to (it doesn't rhyme with Gee) ..... The SICKO.
I was wearing pants with small pockets and it took several seconds to get my phone out of the pocket. Then, the soft stretchy cover that I have on it is one made for the IPhone 4 so it ends up covering up the bottom of the screen on the front and the camera lens on the back.. the parts so that I couldn't make a call or take a pic. Just as I tried to take the cover off the phone so I could use it, Louise pulled hard to the right and Chip pulled to the left and the phone fell on the ground. F*CK. I picked up the phone and told the sicko I was dialing 911 and that what he was doing was a sex crime. Pervert. He took off down Brady Street. Too late for me to call 911 at that point. I have got to get a cover for this phone that will fit it.

Crime Crime Crime

This is getting ridiculous. I just drove down Victory Drive and over by Habersham Street and nearly all the way to Abercorn Street I saw at least 50 cops, some walking on Victory Drive with shotguns. I hear a helicopter in the air. Nothing on the news. More to follow...
UPDATE: It was a bank robbery at Wells Fargo Bay Street and the armed suspects were tracked down to here. No word on arrests so they probably got away.

Over the weekend, at Daffin Park (where the Sand Gnats play), kids football games were being played on several fields. Fights broke out between adults and a teenager pulled out a gun and fired several shots.

The Labor Day weekend murders of 3 are still unsolved. The Police Chief has since said that the couple that was murdered were not involved in any wrongdoing. That gives little solace to the families since the A-hole(s) is still out there free to enjoy life while their loved ones are buried.
On the cover of Monday's paper, they were discussing several high profile murders, I don't want to hear about the perps and their sad deprived upbringing. The victims had the right to live. Let's talk about that.

A couple of girls that just moved here from Hong Kong to attend SCAD were assaulted on Monday at the home they were renting. One creep tried to sexually assault one of the girls. Welcome to Savannah.

Ho

And speaking of crime, there she is, strutting IN the street. She is wearing a pink bra and some lace, well I think she calls it a shirt, but I wouldn't be that generous. Standing in Jefferson Street, waving at cars, and in general, being a nuisance.

Sunday and the Who Knew Parade

Who Knew Parade

Sunday afternoon I heard the sound of music in the air. What is this? I looked out the front door and there was a parade down Montgomery Street. Who Knew? I saw nothing in the Sunday paper. This town is bizarre.
This morning I logged into my computer class to check my grades. I have a C or a 75. How can that be? My test grades are 96 and 88. All my homework is done on time. I hate this class. Maybe the teacher is mad because I asked him a question on formatting and it took him 10 minutes to figure out how to do it...

I phone 5 is Here

I phone 4 vs 5

Well Look At This! I have the I Phone 5. It is beautiful! I love it! I didn't have the 4S so I did not have Suri. She is cool. I sent a text without having to deal with my fingernails making it hard to select a letter. I just pressed the button and asked Suri to send a text message and it was great!
Now I'm trying to find a cover for it. Been all over town and found Otter Box defenders at Target. See if Bill will front me the money until Wednesday...
The screen is bigger by about a half inch but that is enough to make it easier for me to see. IO6 had a download so you can take panoramic pictures. I'll be playing with that, especially after I decorate for Halloween!

Happy Thursday

Hiyah is still working

I know everyone has been wondering, what is going on with Hiyah. Well, you can breathe easier now. Here he is, still working hard!

Finally, the German family that bought the formally beautiful Queen Ann house on 36th Street, are beginning to do some work. It will be nice to see it restored to its former glory.

Rachel is working only a few hours a week at the Crab Shack but now she is putting in some hours at a new Japanese Restaurant on Whitemarsh Island. The more she tells me about this place, the more concerned I am. The guy said he doesn't pay for the first day of work. Now while she is training to be a waitress, he is going to pay her $2.13 an hour WITH NO TIPS. I called the Department of Labor and that is not legal. Then she said that he told her since she is in school, she can't work more than 20 hours a week. According to the Department of Labor, that is UNTRUE. The quote from the DOL- as long as you are over 16, an employer can work you for 24 hours a day without even giving you a break! Who Knew?

	I am 16 years of age. What time does the boss have to let me off in the evenings on a school night?		back to top

There are no restriction on hours for minors 16 years of age and above. (No cutoff hour; no maximum number of hours per day).

Finally, restoration will be starting

After I have worked for 4 hours at my job, doesn't the boss have to give me a 15 minute break?		back to top

No. State nor federal law requires meal periods or breaks. If you are willing, the boss can work you 24 hours a day provided you are 16 years of age or older.

I used to like Math

This college math class is stupid. I'm studying to be a paralegal and this math is NOTHING that I will ever use. Biggest math problem I'll have- XYZ insurance company is offering you x dollars for your accident. After the attorney takes 30% (some take as much as 50% but let's not go there), you are left with 70% x $ and after your doctor's bills are paid, even less.  Is that enough? Hell no, let's ask for y $.
There's my math.
What I'm being given is (a to the nth power minus b to the nth power) cubed. WTF? or 7 the square root sign over five minus square root sign over 35. Really? What does that even mean? I am spending 4-6 hours a day 7 days a week on this damn math, and I have 3 other subjects that I need to work on.

Updates

Remember the blond bimbo that punched Rachel in the face last year? Well, the little tramp is 10 weeks preggers! Ha Ha. Life is changing for her, 16 and pregnant! Sounds like a bad reality show. That incident was over a year ago and you know Savannah's Finest (i.e. the Police) were never able to find the girl. You see, when the incident happened, the skank lived in Bryan county. Shortly after that, she moved to Chatham county. Because she was 15 at the time, this case needed to be handled by the juvenile officers. They NEVER came to interview us. (I say us because I witnessed her punch Rachel in the eye.) Moral of this story, if you have an incident with someone in Chatham county, the offending party better live here 'cause the Police won't be able to find them and bring them to justice.

Then, the murders that happened Labor Day weekend. I actually heard from a cousin of one of the two victims that were killed up the street from me. It's really f'd up that the media and the police are feeding us a line of BS. They stated this was NOT a random act of violence. Implied they knew the people or worse, they were doing something they should NOT have been doing. My theory on this: police are purposely misleading the public. It is too close to the historic/tourist district.

I, for one, am feeling like the Savannah-Chatham Police are losing the war here. The violence is getting out of control and they seem to be clueless about solving crimes. Unless the public points out the perp or better still, the perp turns him/herself in, way too many crimes in this city are going unsolved/un-prosecuted.
A few outstanding/un-prosecuted cases besides the assault and battery on Rachel :
In 2003, a convicted child molester abducted a 12 year old and killed her. (he was the mom's boyfriend.)The police say that have lots of evidence, have the guy in jail. Now, 9 years later,  he is not able to be prosecuted because they held him in jail too long without a "speedy trial." Un-prosecuted.The city is appealing the decision.
In May 2004, an Army Captain was shot and killed in the historic district as he walked home. Unsolved.
A few months ago, a young firefighter was at a bar. Outside, a guy was robbing a girl and shot his gun to scare her. Well, the damn bullet went into the bar and killed the guy. No ideas as to who the scumbag is. Some grainy video on TV and asking the public to "come forward." Unsolved.
Now this past Labor day weekend. The two killed in the car up the street- police asking the public to look for a car seen on video- looks like maybe a Nissan cube. Unsolved. And some dude on River Street was shot and killed walking out of a bar. Unsolved. That's good for the tourists. They were able to solve the one where the 14 year old killed his dad. He confessed. (Actually, he bragged.) That's a 25% solve rate for the weekend. Whoo! Whoo!
I just don't know what is happening in this city.

Monday

See ENTER

So,this is what I was working on that was driving me insane. I'm still waiting for the Help(LESS) desk to answer my question of how to get past this screen. Meanwhile, I sent the transcript (the Help(less) desk sent me a transcript of our "conversation") to my teacher and he recommended trying the TAB key. Whoppee! It worked. I was done in about 10 minutes with the lesson and it took about 10 more minutes to take the test. Done with that homework. Now if I could just get finished with the math that fast.

A quiet Saturday

This weekend is certainly quieter than last weekend and that is a good thing! My computer class is really making me insane. Like I really need INTRO to computers, but in order to get my degree, I'm required to take it. Well, the companion website says you must access it with Internet Explorer. I prefer my Mozilla firefox, but NOOOO, I have to use IE. So, I use it and the frigging program we are working on in WORD (oh be still my heart, I'm learning SO much about Word) tells me to "highlight the text, then change the spacing to 1.3 and then click OK." All is good until I try to click OK. Then nothing. WTF? I tried it about 20 times, and yes, I know the definition of insanity is to try the same thing over and over and expect different results, but this IS a computer we are talking about, so I did it anyway. It wouldn't let me escape, move forward, move backward, go to help. I swear to God I wanted to smash the keyboard. I exited the program Control/Alt/Del and shut down the computer and re-started the computer and then went back to the frigging website. SAME result.........Scream.......
I then tried it again this morning. Scream again..... Then I went to the CHAT for help. After being on hold for 22 minutes... some dude from India tells me to use another browser, like Firefox. WTF. R U Serious?

WTF

Where is the owner

On Saturday I had an appointment with the man who lives here. I got there precisely at 1. (yes it was on Labor Day weekend.) I called before I left but there was no answer. When I go to the house, there was no door bell to ring. Music was playing loudly and the screen door was locked. I knocked several times on the window, then left.
Yesterday, the office made another appointment with him. I called him and confirmed that I would meet up with him today, Thursday, at 5. As I pulled up to the house, I saw 2 police cars in front of the house. After I parked and exited the car, a third car pulled up. I asked if it was OK for me to go to the house as I had an appointment. I was told to hold back...

Ominous.

I waited.
One of the officers then asked why I was there. I explained I was there to meet with the man for a car accident to sign some papers. They were more interested.
I said he didn't answer the door on Saturday but I spoke to him yesterday at which time he assured me he would be home.
The police sergeant asked me to wait, they might want me to be a witness. HUH? WTF? Witness to WHAT?
The 3 officers walked around the house. Then they came back to the front door. They asked me about the taxi. Yes, I said, it was there on Saturday, too.
That is all I know, and I'm sticking to it! I gave them my personal business card and they let me go. Sayonara!

As far as the shooting early Saturday morning, the news says that the couple was NOT randomly shot. Wow. Shocker. Again, what were they doing out at 3:45 am? But here's the weird part. The news says the 2 were passengers. Huh? Who was driving? More questions than answers at this time.
It was a very deadly weekend. On Talahi Island, (which is in Chatham County heading toward Tybee Island) a 14 year old killed his dad and his mum helped to cover it up. Damn.
Also, on River Street at 1 in the morning, a guy was shot and died while trying to get away. What is going on here? 4 murders on a 3 day weekend. Makes you think. Might be safer to move to Baghdad..

A little excitement

Another shooting in the 'hood

11 last night, walking the dogs, a helicopter came flying overhead. Spotlight on, scanning around 37th street, it was there for a good 15 minutes. I stood on the porch with the dogs for a bit and watched but couldn't tell what was happening. Then I walked into the kitchen and saw the copter's searchlight was in my backyard. That got my attention. I ran to the front of the house and watched the copter circle around again and again. Finally it went back to 37th street. I don't know what was happening and nothing was mentioned on the news or online news...

This morning at 7:30 I left to go to Starbucks. I couldn't go all the way up Jefferson due to this roadblock. While up at SB, I saw a detective. I asked and sure enough, there was a shooting this morning. However, he had no clue what was happening last night.

Had my physical yesterday. Talked to my doctor about the Rachel incident last week. The doctor said Rachel was drugged as her daughter had an incident that was quite similar.. (as in losing control of her bowels, not remembering most likely roofies).
 "The three most commonly used drugs for date rape are alcohol and two prescription-strength sleep aids. The two prescription drugs are GHB, also known as gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, and benzodiazepines (such as flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol or "roofies")."

Still no money for me

Got a letter in the mail yesterday from my bank. Letter states Sun Trust said at the time the check was deposited in my account, there was insufficient funds to cover the check. My bank will try to send it through the system and just maybe by next week the funds will be there. Meanwhile, I'm still broke, Rachel is still bitching she doesn't have any new shoes for the new school year. Boo Hoo..

Life just sucks for me

So I went to my bank this morning to see if I could get a bit more of an explanation about why they won't let me have access to any of my paycheck. They said that because I don't have a spare 900 bucks sitting around, they will not allow me to have access to any of the funds right now. My goddam car insurance bill is due to be automatically withdrawn from my checking account on 9/2. They aren't going to credit my account until 9/4. Wow. Screwed again...

On Wednesday I had my English lit class. Funny, like deja vu, I remember taking English lit years ago... But, they are making me take it again. WTF? What a waste of my time. The teacher gives out the syllabus and I see my LEAST favorite author- evil bitch named Flannery O'Connor from Savannah. I had to read some crap she wrote and I HATED every word of it. When we had to make our introductions, I noted how much I despised FO'c. Guess what? My teacher loves her and did her master's thesis on the bitch. This will go well..

Teacher asked us to write a 3 paragraph paper on one of three topics. I picked the American Dream...
The American Dream was alive and well until about the year 2009. Millions of immigrants from around the world flocked to this country for a chance to own their own home, make a decent living and give their children a better standard of living.

Now, this is no longer the case. More Americans than ever are relinquishing their citizenship. Less Mexicans are crossing the border to the United States. What has happened to the dream?

The dream is shattered because the country is devastated from years of fighting wars, corruption in banks and financial institutions undermining the economy and incompetent leadership in all government agencies from the presidency to the local city manager. It will take a mighty leader with determination to turn this around. I don't believe it will happen in my lifetime. 

I can INVENT new ways to get screwed

Well, finally got paid yesterday for my bill that I submitted on 8/15. As normal, I deposited the check into my account. I got access to 10% of the funds yesterday and got $25 in gas for myself, $20 in gas for Rachel, $60 for Rachel for school clothes. Then. I checked my checking account this afternoon expecting to see a nice fat figure in my account. What I see it squat and this notification:

"Deposit Holds mean a check has already been credited to your account, but the funds are not available for your immediate use.

• To avoid overdrawing your account and incurring overdraft fees, please do not make withdrawals or write checks against these funds.
• You can find your current Available Balance on the Account Summary and Account Activity page.
• We may delay funds availability further or reduce the amount of funds currently available as we continue to verify your deposit. "

The money is being put on HOLD for 14 DAYS. This is the explanation I got when I called:

Wells Fargo says "many factors enter into the decision to put a hold on this check when no hold has been placed on previous checks deposited to this account. Wells Fargo may have been notified that the item has a high probability of not being paid at the maker bank. " This is why the bank has put a hold on this check. This is a direct quote from my WF rep.
See, I found a new way to get screwed!

A real Sh*tty day

What is this?

Yesterday afternoon, Rachel arrived home at 1:30 pm. Yes, she had been out all night. She came home without her car or shoes. She lost her new keys and her shoes and has NO idea where they are.

This morning, Rachel came home at 5:15 am. YES, AM. She rang the doorbell. Yes, Bill had given her a new house key and I gave her the last car key. Why did she ring the doorbell when she had a key? Good question! Her reply- I didn't want to wake up everyone. Huh? Ringing the door bell, waking up the dogs, who now bark at the door, making me get up out of bed to open the door, shut off the alarm then re-set the alarm. Makes more sense than Rachel opening the door, shutting off the alarm and re-setting the alarm. Dogs won't bark if the alarm is shut off in a few seconds. Hmmm. Then, Bill gets up and walks the dogs at 6:30. I feed the dogs when he returns and he says, Rachel needs to clean the sh*t off the door frame. Check it out. Seriously. GROSS. Then, I wait for Malcolm to open next door. I watch his video.
Rachel arrived just after 2 am. Proceeded to sleep in her car until 5. Then, stumbles to the back of her car where it appears she slipped to the ground and took a loose bowel movement. It was behind her car, all runny looking. Then, she wandered to the porch. That's what is on my door frame. Rachel denies it all. But the video and (dna) evidence do not lie.

Still have no money, this sucks

I submitted a bill on Wednesday for my pay from the lawyers' office in Florida. I was told a rush would be put on it. I waited by the mailbox on Friday, nothing. Saturday, nothing. So I sent an e-mail to the person that hired me. He says that if I have a bank that has a local branch in Florida, maybe they could direct deposit the money. I void a check, scan it and send it.
This morning I get an e-mail... Couldn't process my invoice because my zip code wasn't on it. What kind of s**t is that? I'm pissed. When was I going to be told about the missing zip code? Did you ever hear of www.usps.com? I use it whenever I need a zip code. Looky here. I entered the street address and Shazam! the USPS gives me the complete zip!

You entered:

314 W 35TH STREET
SAVANNAH GA

Here's the full address, using standard abbreviations and formatting...

314 W 35TH ST

SAVANNAH GA 31401-8009

 

Forgot to mention this the other day, Bill heard a gun shot around 4am. Bill was talking to our insomniac neighbor later the same day while walking Chip. Neighbor said he was on his second floor porch at 4 when he observed a guy walking down our street, lifting up door handles on cars. Neighbor ( I'm not mentioning names to protect the innocent...) slipped downstairs and shot his pistol into the ground. A-hole took off screaming like a little baby! 

busy busy

Hiyah looking rough

Hiyah was looking a little rough yesterday. His clothes were filthy. Wonder if the old lady threw him out or something?

What a week. I've been fighting to get Rachel enrolled in school and myself, too. Financial aid has been a bitch. The guidance counselor at Islands HS won't do a thing for Rachel. It is frustrating. She kept telling me that Rachel needed to apply back in June. Kept looking in folder after folder on her desktop to PROVE to me that the deadline is June... Couldn't find it though. And she would NOT sign the papers for Rachel to do Accel.. What an ass. Then Rachel said she would take on line school, but the counselor is dragging her feet to fill out her part of the process for that, too...

It took all week but I was finally able to get my financial aid set. That means I can start school next Wednesday and my books will be paid for with my aid..(loan)

Finally, they say God protects fools. Well, it is best not to depend on that because he might be busy when you need him... Point is, I told Rachel to put air in her tire. Told her to go to an Enmark gas station about a mile from the house. Gave her my frigging GAUGE...After 5 days of her not filling the tire, I made her follow me to the station this afternoon, since I had a low tire, too. MY GOD, one tire of Rachel's had 10 lbs and one had 12 lbs! There was a vicious storm yesterday that she was driving to Tybee Island with 2 low tires.. Wow. What an idiot.

New Job

Well, I have been busy this week signing people up for an attorney's office. Everyone I have met with, I've been able to sign. I only had one person that was a bit difficult but I talked him through the contract and he signed.
Now...the big question is PAY. When... While talking to my contact at the law firm, he mentioned that WE don't get paid if the clients fail to go to the chiropractor. That wasn't stated to me when I signed on. Though I let the clients know it is in their best interest to go and get treated, I can't make them. So, when I sent an e-mail to the brother of the attorney asking about payday, he said he would talk to me this weekend. I'm getting a little antsy as this is Sunday and it is almost 3 PM and I haven't heard from him... I have an appointment with a client tonight at 6 and then I am off all day tomorrow. I better hear something...

Yesterday at 6:30pm, about a mile from the house, a 5 year old child was shot. Hmmm. What the hell could a 5 year old have done? The news just says it was life-threatening injuries and he was transported via private car. This doesn't sound good. Then when you go on the newspaper's website to read about it, this is one comment:

"This article was originally posted at 12:41 am. It was "updated" at 8:04 am but there is no change in the text. No, the only change here is that the Savannah Morning News censor did not like the tone of the comments and scrubbed the site clean. This newspaper doesn't like the fact that there are regular commentators who post opinions that are more on target than their own editorials or raise points that turn up as features a few days later. I can't tell you how many times one of my ideas has been lifted by SMN columnists, sometimes verbatim. But then the SMN censor does not hesitate to delete my edgier comments or those that might use a censored b*d w#rd.
On present form, the SMN is scared to death to speak its mind or to accurately reflect the opinions of the community it serves. It roundly fails to hold local elected officials accountable. It totally fails to understand the public's sentiment toward government abuses such as T-SPLOST. And it continues to take a wait-n-see attitude toward how our taxes are spent or wasted.
By scrubbing comments clean this newspaper engages in a violation of the constitutional right to free speech. The very rules that govern this site are an encroachment upon that same constitutional right. And if this is the town's only major newspaper, then the result of such practices is deadly to a free society." Midtown Mojo

My Side note *T-Splost= asking us to pay an EXTRA 1% sales tax for a bunch of transportation stuff- like making a bike path on one of the islands that no one seems to want, like removing an overpass that the people don't seem to be too interested in having removed...Thankfully people saw through it and like me voted it down...

Now for some good news, Rachel got a call from The Crab Shack. I'm going to drive her out there for an interview. Wish her LUCK! You can check out the place at
www.thecrabshack.com
I love the place. Hope I can get a discount!

Busy Week

Man living in the gutter

Dirty South Records new business adventure

Well, I finally heard back from the law firm in Florida that is opening up an office here. I had a phone interview back in June and was told I would be a great candidate for the investigator position. Then, I heard nothing. Finally, last week, I got a call out of the blue and a personal interview. Now I have the job- but it isn't a regular 9-5 with bennies... It is under the table, meeting with people that have been in car accidents and signing them up for the attorney.
On Friday, the first client they gave me, wouldn't answer the phone.  But, later in the day,  I signed up a family so I made $100+ for about an hour of work. Then, they gave me 2 more clients to call. I met up with one girl, she was 24 years old with 6 kids, ages 4 months to 9 years! She showed up with no ID, a push up bra and a tank top with her left breast pushed right out and up! She signed the paperwork and agreed to meet with me again at noon time on Saturday with her ID and the accident report. She no-showed. Another appointment on Saturday at 9 am was also a no-show. So, that was a disappointment. We will see what happens on Monday.

I was so happy when Dirty South Records was closed down. About 2 weeks ago it opened back up. See the card above. These flyers were put on cars in my neighborhood. It is the same A-hole with the white Crown Vic that owns this business. Why is he open again? I don't understand why the city closed him down and let him open up under a new name but the same old BS and now GOLD TEETH! Whoppee! And who is going to go to a place like this? The same clientele as went to Dirty South Records. All Bad.

The picture on the left is a man who stays in the gutter at 35th and Montgomery. I don't get it. He sits there day and night. Bizarre. He does leave at various times of the day and night, but most of the time he is right there.

Heard a song on the radio this morning that describes quite a few people around here (Hiyah comes to mind...)
 What's the use of getting sober
When you're gonna get drunk again
 I went out last night about half past one
Thought I'd whoop it up a little and have some fun
I got me a half pint about half past two
Mmm, mmm, the way I was feeling you know what I wanna do
Got me a pint about half past four
Felt so good, went out and got me some more
Got me a quart about half past five
Boy, that was so nice didn't know if I was dead or alive 
What's the use of getting sober
When you're gonna get drunk again!