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Midwest Attorney trying to navigate the waters of life
Each person feels pain in his own way, each has his own scars.
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So I'm the bad guy in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
More tales of drama and amazement from the Domestic Life of a Suburban Nightmare. Came home from a long day of work. It was fun, though, because in the middle of the day I got to have lunch with...
Solution in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Well… I rebuilt as much as I could. The To-Do List was fairly easy. The hours? PAIN FULL. Full of pain. But… I sat down and I used my e-mail cache, my filing history and my cell phone histor...
Terror and Rage in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
It is kind of hard not to have a persecution complex when the world fucks you rriiiiiight in the asshole. Monday, I received my marching orders and wrote my weekly to-do list to make sure I would...
Waterworks in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
I just went through all of my missed e-mail. It wasn’t even that bad but one e-mail was (again, another) E-Mail about typos in my work. I put a client’s birthday as 7/27/17 instead of 7/27/67. ...
60 Second Confession in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
I am kind of dreading today. I called in sick to work yesterday and they sent a bunch of e-mails and texts and stuff. I was sleeping and did not respond. They will not be happy. Plus, I have ...
Respite in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
I haven’t been sleeping well. I haven’t exactly been in a healthy place. And all of that on top of 10 to 15 hour days at work. So I called in sick today. Said I had a low-grade fever and woul...
How It Feels in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
So, I looking through BBC News stuff because… oddly I’d rather stay at work than go home… and I see “Survivors of Harvey” and “Destruction of Irma” and “Raging Fires of Montana”.... and then I se...
Inverse Reality in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
The world has… turned upside down? I feel bad about my argument with Wife last night. Even worse about how to deal with things now. Because one of two things will happen. (1) She’ll pretend ...
Better Left Unsaid in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Sometimes… I think I should just.... fucking quit. At life. So… I woke up this morning at 6 am because Wife worked at 7 and I wanted to be awake to help with serving Breakfast and making sure sh...
Inappropriate Adult Themed Statement in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
I need to get laid. Or force alone time into my schedule in order to “take care” of the problem on my own. I get that people deal with depression and stress in their own way but… yeah. A great...
Sex and Violence in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Television and Conversations before bed certainly affect dreams. And I know.... I know… to paraphrase one of my favorite Christmas movies: “Nobody cares about your fucking dreams.” But… it is m...
Interesting Day in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Got into work… body is in pain. Nobody has gotten back to me from yesterday. Seriously… I spent most of my yesterday contacting people (attorneys and clients) saying “We need X, Y, or Z by tomor...
:( in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
The definition of unhappiness: Wife has been upset that she has had to work so many 1 to 10 shifts. She, accurately, states that working 1 to 10 means that she doesn’t have any time with her hus...
Trying in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
I’m trying to have a better mood around work. Just… generally… grab things that come and see how far I can go with it. It helps; but it still makes days like today… difficult. I had a great star...
Why I Love This Community in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
My last entry was the most noted entry I’ve had in a while. And that helps in ways that writing just can’t. Because… even though I’ve probably said it… even if I speak the words a thousand time...
Not Bloody Sorry in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
My wife decided today to deride my personal career woes. Considering she is a woman who is near suicidal about a career she has had for fifteen fucking years; I think it a bit inappropriate for ...
Positively Pornographic in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
This could/should be in my book of more Adult Topics; but as I shan’t be going into details nor describing a story; I’ll simply post a short blerb herein. I am entirely possessed of the desire t...
1997 in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Another stupid as hell day. Got to Ames Office at 8:30. 9:00 meeting? Uninterested in securing our services. So I work and do my thing. Then I have a long meeting with 4 potential clients and ...
Shit... Every Week in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Well… shit. It seems every week (lately) works the exact same way. I work intense hours Monday, Tuesday… like… 11 to 12 hour days with 6 to 8 billable hours. Then Wednesday is more… moderate.......
Pretty Obvious in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
I hate when someone else makes me look like an asshole. So… I got more information from that Hostile Angry Chinese Lady.... backing up. Yesterday, I got phone calls and e-mails from a very angry ...
lacrime di un pagliaccio in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
This weekend was… not as expected. I was supposed to go play Dragon Lance on Saturday at 1. I was going to have to leave early because of my boss’ birthday party (yes, it seems work wants to cla...
Obvious in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
Trump’s racism has defined the last few weeks. His response to Charlotsvile… his reiteration of that same bullshit a few days later. And now his Presidential Pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio furthe...
Chicken Duck Woman in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
30 hour week where I learned a lot. May still get royally screwed by this jury trial but… the way I see it? At least this time I’m not abetting the corruption of the small town. Yeah, my client...
Bad Joke in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
So… as I was driving today (Iowa City… seriously 4 hours round trip for a 30 minute hearing where they just agreed to what I’d been asking them to do over the phone… literally, some places just w...
Station Identification Break in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017
We interrupt our usual carping to bring you the following limericks: There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, ‘It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all buil...
