this site will have to be re-done as soon as I live at a stable hme with my own (linux) and some broadband internet. I'll be starting over with a new dadtabase.

I recently completed my first term in state prison, 16 months at 50%. I was picked up off the street around 10AM on May 3rd because I had picked up an Xacto knife off the ground. At my arraignment I learned that my bail was $90,000 and at my next court date, they offered me 2 years in prison. I was like "WTF?"
I didn't commit any crime, but because I was on probation (for yet another crime I didn't commit) I'm now a hardened criminal. OMG world, look out.

Things have been getting pretty intense living on the streets here in downtown LA. I've been arrested numerous times for possession or 'under the influence' charges even though I'm always innocent. But because we're guilty until proven innocent, i usually have to plead guilty to get OUT of jail. How backwards is that?

I've been out of contact, living on the streets of Skid Row in Downtown LA. It's not pretty but I've managed to survive this long already. Once my unemployment kicks back in next week, I'll be looking for a cheap apartment or hotel room and pay for a month in advance.

So this is how my stupid day went:

I went outside with my backpack full of resumes to go job hunting. I waited for the bus and it seemed to take forever. Clearly, something was wrong when I saw three buses going in the other direction, but none in the direction I wanted to go. I become completely FULL of rage, so bad that I just wanted to kill the nearest thing to me. This feeling of rage became so intense, I started to feel flushed, and I started to hyperventilate. "Uh oh" I thought. The old panic attack feelings were coming back. But then things got a whole lot worse...

I created a new menu on the left sidebar called "Featured Links". It's just a list of external URLs that I feel are worth your time.

If any of you feel another URL should be added to the list, please let me know.

So a lot has transpired since I was homeless on the streets of Los Angeles. I've moved up to Oakland by taking an 8 hour Greyhound ride. I started suffering a series of random panic attacks which led to some pretty scary moments, waking up in random places.

So I've been living on the streets or in little crappy hotels in Skid Row for the last 5 months or so. Life has not been good to us, Jesse and myself. Well some things have transpired and it looks like I'm going to be moving to Oakland with Taylor for a while so I can get back on my feet.

So looks like my friend Bret needs a website for his music stuff. He teaches guitar privately to a bunch of kids and he also plays some gigs with a couple different groups.

brethammer.com

Instead of patching buggy code in a 17-year-old video codec in older versions of Windows, Microsoft has decided to kill it entirely. Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 are all affected.

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/instead-of-patching-microsoft-limits-video-codec-in-windows.ars