• “Wasteland”

    Portland, Oregon has never been a wasteland. It’s a beautiful city with good public transport & excellent restaurants. It’s creative & full of writers & artists.

    What is a wasteland is how the government has been disbanded & destroyed. That’s a swamp with a gold coin illegally minted for a fascist. It’s a Craigslist advertising for ICE “agents”that don’t follow the law & act as if they’re above it. A fascist that believes he’s worthy of a Nobel peace prize when he’s terrorising his own people at home. That kills immigrants illegally or makes them disappear. For his own gain.

    The country I grew up in is now unrecognisable & it’s very sad. Essentially the whole place has become a wasteland not just one of the best cities in the US.

  • That my meth monkey neighbor is trying to black mail me over the medications I take. As I’ve written before in this blog I’m high functioning bipolar. Yes, I take medication for it but it’s more for upkeep as I take care of hygiene & other personal things on my own.

    Yes, I see a therapist once a month. Also, for upkeep.

    I think it’s a shame that people think it’s okay to harass/stalk people with insignificant mental issues. I’ve had it with the stalking as it’s been happening for over 6 months now. I’m making a visit to the authorities after our first Fall storm passes.

  • Doing hard labor

    In what ways does hard work make you feel fulfilled?

    For 10 years I did Habitat for Humanity mainly on the East coast & in Kentucky. Each Summer I’d go down to Kentucky & work with the rural poor that has been compared to Ho Chi Minh City.

    My first year I worked with a family where I learned how to install vinyl flooring & do base boards. It was fun as I & a dear friend worked our hearts out for a week.

    After the first year I worked on porches & small rooms, I also helped build the interior walls for some clients & their house. I spent 5 years with the first Habitat group & then I transferred to a college build in the city I went to Uni.

    We worked hard on the build but had to leave every afternoon as the neighborhood was full of gangs that would start orbiting the house we were working on.

    I enjoy physical labor & volunteering when I make a difference in someone’s life. How do you pay it forward?