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Friday, September 12, 2014

The Reality of Time

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As I drove home from work today, I thought how much I looked forward to my G.A. meeting this evening and my weekend days ahead. While I'...

Personal Space

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I've recently noticed another change that I don't know to be permanent or not. While I'm still my mostly extroverted self, I act...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Analytics

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Today I received a text from Cache with a screen picture from this blog. She texted, "I guess I'm 59,000..." Wow, 59,000 hits....
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

A Blog and a Vlog

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It's kinda strange having a semi-normal life aside from the life that I'm still acclimating away from. I now work, attend classes, h...

You'd Do That For Me?

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I guess prison really did change me. Before I went, I still had fear of authority. Before I went, I would reluctantly walk up to a professor...
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Monday, September 8, 2014

Reading the Research

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I'm under an unbelievable crunch this week. In just three short days, I need to turn in my thesis topic, even though I just started my g...
Saturday, September 6, 2014

The Positive Energy of Others

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Yesterday, a friend from where I used to live came to visit. She arrived in town just prior to the Friday night GA meeting. That's okay,...
Thursday, September 4, 2014

"I Want to Investigate Money Crimes"

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It was a really, really long day. I'm not complaining. I wouldn't change a thing. I'm happy and have so much to be grateful for....
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

When it All Fits Together

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Today was a really long day. Superdog had me awake before 8am and I was trying to sleep in because I knew my day was going to do late. No lu...

6,000 Steps in an Hour

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I'm still wearing my fitbit flex. I do not always get to 10,000 steps, but I try. Today, though, was a running errands around campus day...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Labor Day

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So how does a graduate student spend Labor Day? At the library of course! The campus library was open for five hours today, which allowed me...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Family Picnic

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Tomorrow is the annual picnic for my mothers side of the family. Growing up, it meant horseshoes, softball, volleyball, grilled hotdogs and ...
Saturday, August 30, 2014

Like, Really?

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Sometimes when you are living a reality, you forget how strange it may appear to people outside that reality or even how odd it initially ap...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Blogging

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I need to be honest. I almost didn't blog today. I just wasn't sure what to write about. There's the topic of home confinement a...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

My First Real Criminal Justice Class

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There are three areas that criminal justice programs tend to cover broadly - policing, courts, and incarceration. To say that I have a real ...

Exactly Where I Should Be

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There were several moments of pause for me today. Two professors decided that since I am not yet an official phd student in the department, ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

The 11th Hour

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There have been moments this year when I started to question myself, especially lately, am I holding out for something that is just not mean...
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Monday, August 25, 2014

The Restitution Question

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According to my judge's order, I must pay 10% of my gross income to my restitution. Since I had to report in about my "police inter...

Sirens

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I don't know about you, but I'm one of those drivers who hated when a police car is driving behind me. I may be doing everything rig...
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Sunday, August 24, 2014

The Truth of Fellowship

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One of many words I had no real meaning for prior to six years ago was "fellowship." I'd known of community, but now that I kn...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Step 7

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"7. Humbly asked God (of our understanding) to remove our shortcomings." Step seven in gamblers anonymous (and most 12 step progra...

Do You Really Want to be My Friend?

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One of the first things I did when I was released from prison was clear out most of my Facebook "friends." If I haven't seen, ...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Back to School

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Now don't get excited, I did not get any news. The title is referring to T.S., not myself. When T.S. chose my University among those she...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

One Year

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Today marks the one year anniversary of the day I self-surrendered to FMC Carswell. Every moment of the day is still so vivid in my mind. Th...
Monday, August 18, 2014

If I Could Choose

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While I'm not technically on "welfare" because I do not have kids, I am on several forms of government assistance - Medicaid a...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Memories More Than Things

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I've always been a believer in the idea that giving memories is more important than giving things. With people though, we like the thing...
Saturday, August 16, 2014

Chicken Tortilla Soup from Scratch

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Prior to incarceration, I wouldn't have attempted it. I'm not a cook. Whenever I wanted to help in the kitchen as a child, I was sho...

Couponing

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I don't know if it got ten times worse while I was in prison, but the web and app stores seem packed with coupon and discount sites. The...
Friday, August 15, 2014

A Health Update

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My doc had ordered some labs that were done yesterday and I just so happened to have an appointment with my rheumatologist today. They were ...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Not on My Timeline

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I put it out there on Facebook this morning... today was the deadline. It really is a deadline. Today is the absolute deadline for hiring Fa...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

It's up to the Grad School

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It was only eight months ago that the grad school of this University sent me a letter informing me that my admission was being revoked. This...

Great Losses

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Today I learned about two great losses. The first was a well known incredibly talented man - Robin Williams, the other, is only going to be ...
Monday, August 11, 2014

What's Tall, White and Has Four Wheels?

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Answer: My car! I think I've just added the last key to my keychain to make it the complete set. Before I went to FMC Carswell, I mentio...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014

The Truth in Social Media

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I was looking at my Facebook profile earlier today and it still said that I am an education student at my University. Which, of course, I no...
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