Hard Knock Life'n
Its getting worse.
Day 2
Awoke beat. Signed in (we sign in about 10 times a day!). Went back to bed until chow time. Ate and went to see the nurse when the speaker told me to. The speaker is like the voice of GOD declaring actions of the righteous. I get to the nurse and after a search she finds an inhaler, still not mine, and I hit it hard. I go to take it with me and find out I cannot. WHAT THE FUCK!? I can only have it the two times a day that the nurse comes, and any other time I feel I need it, I must go to medical like the night before. Asthma is not a disease with a schedule. The nurse gave me the plastic dispenser to keep. Gee, THANKS! Then she asked if the COs could keep the medication in their office in case I need it. I thought, “OK this will work.” NO! It is against the rules. Everybody is afraid to get into trouble even those working with the system!
Fine, I will just have to hit it twice a day at the times the nurse visits. “Just listen for the voice of the almighty directing his herd for notification of the nurse’s arrival!” That did not work. The night of the second day, I missed medication. Nobody informed me that the nurse comes with morning and evening chow and that it is not always announced. Chow came at 5:00 pm and I waited for the blasted “word of GOD” until 10 pm. I then asked a CO if the nurse had come. “She comes at chow.” God dammit! If I have rules to abide by, LET ME KNOW THEM FIRST! Thank goodness the night went well; not too tight. But I worry. On a side note, the CO who let me go to medical at the JC asked how I was doing. Thanks for treating me like a human and not property, like CO Fowley!
As for counseling, there is not much. We could complete the 10 days in 4 if they would buckle down. I think part of this is to see the 30-60 dayers. The big event for the day was that the COs actually let us out for outdoor recreation. Basically, I just sat and twiddled my thumbs and listened to some of the deafening ignorance. Don’t get me wrong, not all the guys are bad, but many are here just to get out of jail and do not see their problems. Some are classic examples!
Here is an example of the bullshit infiltrating my brain: This dude, let’s call him “cut your damn ponytail cuz you are a balding junkie” (or DJ-Dude Junkie), starts to tell a couple of guys sitting at the picnic table that he will get some "good food." He proceeds to explain that he was checking out the window in the Rec room and knows that there is no alarm. “How you gonna get food up there?” one smarter idiot jests. “A rope!” DJ whispers, “My boys will bring us anything we want. Pizza, burgers, anything. They don’t give a fuck. We get a screwdriver and get the window out. All somebody has to do is keep the COs busy.” “I can do that!” another knucklehead grunts approvingly. WHAT THE FUCK ARE THESE MUTHER PIECES OF SHIT THINKING!? Is this the great escape...or better...Hogan's Heros? LeBeau, Carter… You go in the yard and keep Schultz busy and I will keep Klink busy in his office. Newkirk (Richard Dawson) you strap the bomb on the motorcade escorting Hitler, which for some reason is passing through our POW camp. HOGAN!
Next outside, a group of weak armed little girls, one with a cross with “TUPAC” tattooed on his arm (he is a white guy), were throwing a football. The ball rolls past our boundary (still in the yard, though) and one dude goes and gets it. The asshole military reject CO comes over (he wasn’t paying attention at first) and says “Next time, you’ll be wearing a target on your back!” Sure. Shoot a man for getting a football with all these witnesses. Just imagine the paperwork. Then asshole CO tries to bond with the inmates by telling stories of women stripping and showing tits at rec times. Also, he describes how “Cicero’s is the club to get ass.” It is a classy club too.” He walks away and the criminals talk about how they know where to find the CO to kick his ass. I thought that was funny. The CO also was telling us about his first DUI. This is probably and exaggeration, but he explained how many COs have DUIs and how they get promoted sooner. Great standards in the legal system. Being outside, I just want to walk home, it would take me 15 minutes.
Day 2
Awoke beat. Signed in (we sign in about 10 times a day!). Went back to bed until chow time. Ate and went to see the nurse when the speaker told me to. The speaker is like the voice of GOD declaring actions of the righteous. I get to the nurse and after a search she finds an inhaler, still not mine, and I hit it hard. I go to take it with me and find out I cannot. WHAT THE FUCK!? I can only have it the two times a day that the nurse comes, and any other time I feel I need it, I must go to medical like the night before. Asthma is not a disease with a schedule. The nurse gave me the plastic dispenser to keep. Gee, THANKS! Then she asked if the COs could keep the medication in their office in case I need it. I thought, “OK this will work.” NO! It is against the rules. Everybody is afraid to get into trouble even those working with the system!
Fine, I will just have to hit it twice a day at the times the nurse visits. “Just listen for the voice of the almighty directing his herd for notification of the nurse’s arrival!” That did not work. The night of the second day, I missed medication. Nobody informed me that the nurse comes with morning and evening chow and that it is not always announced. Chow came at 5:00 pm and I waited for the blasted “word of GOD” until 10 pm. I then asked a CO if the nurse had come. “She comes at chow.” God dammit! If I have rules to abide by, LET ME KNOW THEM FIRST! Thank goodness the night went well; not too tight. But I worry. On a side note, the CO who let me go to medical at the JC asked how I was doing. Thanks for treating me like a human and not property, like CO Fowley!
As for counseling, there is not much. We could complete the 10 days in 4 if they would buckle down. I think part of this is to see the 30-60 dayers. The big event for the day was that the COs actually let us out for outdoor recreation. Basically, I just sat and twiddled my thumbs and listened to some of the deafening ignorance. Don’t get me wrong, not all the guys are bad, but many are here just to get out of jail and do not see their problems. Some are classic examples!
Here is an example of the bullshit infiltrating my brain: This dude, let’s call him “cut your damn ponytail cuz you are a balding junkie” (or DJ-Dude Junkie), starts to tell a couple of guys sitting at the picnic table that he will get some "good food." He proceeds to explain that he was checking out the window in the Rec room and knows that there is no alarm. “How you gonna get food up there?” one smarter idiot jests. “A rope!” DJ whispers, “My boys will bring us anything we want. Pizza, burgers, anything. They don’t give a fuck. We get a screwdriver and get the window out. All somebody has to do is keep the COs busy.” “I can do that!” another knucklehead grunts approvingly. WHAT THE FUCK ARE THESE MUTHER PIECES OF SHIT THINKING!? Is this the great escape...or better...Hogan's Heros? LeBeau, Carter… You go in the yard and keep Schultz busy and I will keep Klink busy in his office. Newkirk (Richard Dawson) you strap the bomb on the motorcade escorting Hitler, which for some reason is passing through our POW camp. HOGAN!
Next outside, a group of weak armed little girls, one with a cross with “TUPAC” tattooed on his arm (he is a white guy), were throwing a football. The ball rolls past our boundary (still in the yard, though) and one dude goes and gets it. The asshole military reject CO comes over (he wasn’t paying attention at first) and says “Next time, you’ll be wearing a target on your back!” Sure. Shoot a man for getting a football with all these witnesses. Just imagine the paperwork. Then asshole CO tries to bond with the inmates by telling stories of women stripping and showing tits at rec times. Also, he describes how “Cicero’s is the club to get ass.” It is a classy club too.” He walks away and the criminals talk about how they know where to find the CO to kick his ass. I thought that was funny. The CO also was telling us about his first DUI. This is probably and exaggeration, but he explained how many COs have DUIs and how they get promoted sooner. Great standards in the legal system. Being outside, I just want to walk home, it would take me 15 minutes.
posted by ajparrillo at 1:39 PM
5 Comments:
When are you going to get to the part where you call me from the stir?
Keep it up, this is like the real life version of Million Little Pieces.
I wish I made this up....or at least made a lot of money from the experience. In the end, I am a 2-time DUI loser and still poor.
I think I scared all your friends away. Kind of like marking territory with piss.
Anyone who doesn't love you is not my friend.
Except for girls.
None of the girls I've dated ever likes you.
What can I say...lesbians don't like me.
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