Central City East/Skid Row Heights : Downtown Los Angeles

I can't beleive I have over 200 friends on facebook and they aren't celebrities that are just add ons. I spoke with a neighbor yesterday and he told me that he suffered during the heat waves in 2007 . HE still is being told by management that if he puts in an air conditioner he will be evicted. He told me how he lay on the floor in his room thinking he was going to die because of the heat. I will not be a SRO Housing Corporation casualty. It is good to be leaving SRO Housing Corporation Hotels. I am watching the inauguration and I can see that things are wonderful now . We will have a new president. I will have a new place to live and I have grown up, knowing I don't have to depend on those who would abuse me. Life is good...

Well, I have learned a lot about skid row and about myself living there. My integrity has stayed intact and I have seen that I have put blinders on when it has come to the things that one of the social service providers has been perpetrating aginst their tenants; ven against myself.   Housing first is coming to skid row and housing first pretty much means that those who are not engaged in the same habits that those who have those habits must endure the managers and those in the hotels who are engaged in those habits. When the majority is engaged in these things and there are other tenants who are also engaged but do narc to draw attention off of themselves, the person who is just not engaging in the same behaviors becomes the target of those who are engaged as far as being suspect at telling on them.  Oh well,. But the biggest problem is that I have seen so much death , needless death, not as a result of drug abuse,, or murder, but because the rooms are too hot and lack of circulation ...

I still feel good.... Who would think. It makes no sense. But , oh well. You know , probably because of the meditations on Epictetus and his enchiridion and those thoughts riding through my brain.

I still feel good.... Who woud think. It makes no sense. You know , probably because of the meditations on epictetus and his enchiridion and those thoughts riding through my brain.

Well, Who says bad situations don't become good ones. Well, it is turning out that way. I spoke with a board and care facility on the westside that doesn't care what SRO in their infinite wisdom is saying about me. And I know that living in this SRO is not conducive to my health and well being. I had a very bad infection in September and November of last year that had me hospitalized and stuck here at home. Many of my friends who were searching for me couldn't even get into the building to visit or check on me. And SRO staff sure as heak wasn't. In december I had a bout with 3 weeks of the most horrendous diarrhea and a chest cold that was so bad I had to turn the heat on. I have never had a chest cold like this one , ever. As I get older, I know that , and I should have known that, with the past illnesses I was already dealing with that had caused my immune system to take a nose dive , well, with the new illnesses like diabetes.,I have to get these things under control...

Downtown Los Angeles Don't forget. Lost season Starts January 21st

I am still amazed at how I am not sad to be living. Trepidation is overwhelming as in any change. But I have learned what the inherent problems are in skid row and why things will not change. It boils down to the lessons we have seen in the recent year with the downturn in the economy . Like all industries , when there is no accountability and there is greed at the top and those who are charged with making lasting changes are only around to skim waht they can while they are there. Thorugh grant consultant fees, salaries, increasing their salaries when discretionary funding also increases , and the conflicts of interest. Well, things only fall apart eventually. The emporer has no clothes. What has really amazed me is how the missions, those 501 c3s that have been around for years are not the culprits but serve a purpose and each one of these serves a purpose in the community. They each have attributes that are important in helping those who need help to move on. It is the housing prov...

I had the horrible runs again today. It hurt. I saw the doctor today, the psychiatrist and he said I could fight the 30 days to quit. Myself. I told him I don't want to. I was on the verge of leaving skid row anyway, so this is a good time to do so. You know you live with the idea that you are only feeling good because of medicines and doctors and as you grow older the thought that you might get worse never crosses your mind. Well, you know when the right time is to get back to a place where you need to be observed. I prefer some semblance of autonomy in my life , but I know that two infections in a matter of one month apart is a sign something is wrong and the pain when I defecate now is unbearable. I decided to eat a good lunch today. It might be the last time I do this. So I know something is wrong. The doctor was good today and he encouraged me to not give up and that I have changed . I have become proactive with myself and my health in trying to take care of myself. We talked ...

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The way we are taken care of is something that will be missed; the patience, the love, the long suffering, and the understanding; How did you acquire these attributes? Only God in his perfection can show so much mercy , so much compassion as you have; when the world fell apart you came to bring calm and for many years you have never wavered from this. When we have been in bad moods, yelled at you, were frustrated , you listened patiently and with respect, while others turned in fear and retaliated with hatred and harassment. IF we could be like you , and the rest of the world could be like you , then we wouldn't have any problems , never. If I would have moved into the Brwonstone when Anita Offered , may be things would have turned out differently, only because you are the manager. Danny Whitehead , the epitomy of I Corinthians 13 , you will be missed. I must go now.

There is the possibility that I may be ptting myself into a board and care facility for a little while. It will be basically to get my bearings.

Well, now that it is heating up I am feeling much better. Can you say - VASOSAPASM- my how I forget!!! I always forget about this until it is too late. When it is cold I am in a foul mood because of - vasospasm. Why do I forget?

Having met the new landlord, I know that I should be able to sleep at night. The new landlord seems great.Next week on Wednesday is my monthly appointment with the Psyche to catch up on my meds etc. We discussed the last time, how I am not able to sleep. He suggested it may be the sleep apnea. You know, even when I nap during the day, I can't sleep deeply. For some reason , I sincerely believe that the violations of entering my room whenever management felt like it has caused me to not be able to sleep at night and have a one eye open sort of sleep when I nap in and out. I seem to be craving going to my new spot knowing I will get a good nights sleep and rest. The management there seems very nice and I spoke with many tenants there whom I know, and they say the management never violates the rights of their tenants. These are veterans . You can even have pets there and it is, ok . But what I am really looking forward to is the ability to sleep and be at rest without my subconsc...

Well, I am putting important papers in a box I am putting in storage. It isn't much, but who cares. I can't believe I am leaving here. It feels good to know this and I look forward to this. Anyway , I am enjoying the new HD LCD television I have and it is receiving the signals quite well. I just don't understand the transition. I think because it is HD ready I am not going to need a converter box. I am getting the other HD channels that the local stations are transmitting. I am looking forward to the television show Lost. I can't wait to move into my new place and just relax and get my rear to the hospital and then after watch the show. No more skid row to worry about and I can choose one of the non-profits to support instead of having to highlight all of them. It is great. They know who they are, the ones I will help support. Of course SRO Housing Corporation will not be one of them. They are the most corrupt and rotten organization down here in skid row. But who ...

I read the recent post at URM and am heartened by what was said there about those who are making sacrifices to help others. I have hope that I will one day be able to give back to those who have given to me. Andy's blog has me very inspired. There are those who are very evil in this world who choose to try and block those of us who really care about our neighbors. It is tough for me because I have mental illness PTSD/ and Major Depression , so now and then I might go off if the medicines aren't adjusted or like this past December I was full of nyquil and 3 types of sudafed at the same time. I should have moved out of here a long time ago. When SRO Housing Corporation hired Anita Nelson they hired her to cut back and save money. While she was living high on the hog in Rancho Palos Verdes and driving a great very expensive car and living in her air conditioned home she gave the orders to the previous housing director to intimidate the tenants at SRO , the sick, the elderly , the...

I heard this song for the very first time at Camp Pendleton at San Onofre back in June of 1990. I was watching MTV on a television set that was in front of me hanging from the ceiling.I was eating breakfast in the chow hall and could see the shelf through the huge windows . The shelf was an area where we trained , we would hump up to that area and pitch tents and train. It was the school of infantry and I was there for mct at soi, weapons training battalion. Guess what !!!! I had the worst Bronchitis in my life. We all graduated boot camp with bronchitis. Winter and next to the San Diego Air Port GO figure. I picked up PFC there. I was in the best shape of my life . It was a great time to be a young Marine. The Berlin wall had fallen and we were looking at years of peace, not... I visited Mission Viejo Mall and bought my very first sony walkman and thought I was awesome. I had the Bronchitis with me up until I was sent to my MOS School at Fort Sill Oklahoma, god I loved fort sill,...

Well, it looks like drupal intends to keep up with the wordpress's of the world. I found the share this module created for 6x of drupal and was able to install it on my website. Yeehah!!!! 2009 looks to be the year for me!!!! If all goes well over at the new website this one might be shutting down soon!!!

MAny of us are at the mercy of our blog readers to find the RSS feed and atom feed from our blogs or websites. I have successfully used the feed api and am now able to creat my own feeds from different parts of the CMS. I can create feeds from the different categories or from just the blog. It is great. I use feedburner and I should have a little boxes on each page which has the content type or category so anyone can just enter their e-mail address and subscribe to updates and also have the atom and rss link so one can link into their reader.

Many greedy webmasters despise Content Management systems such as the Union Rescue Mission Website. Why? It is obvious. If I build a website that can be maintained by the client I can't charge exorbitant fees to update the website whenever they need to have the content changed. Today we have learned that having a static site , like which is up at the Midnight Mission website is not conducive to the new way we do things in the internet . People like to be updated on what is happening. A static site does nothing but sit there. You go there once , see the same things , and why go back ?, same ole same ole. Interactive sites are the wave of the future. Take the Union Rescue Mission website for instance. You can go there and the content is constantly changing. We get to see photos of the steak lunches ,we get to see ourselves in photos if we volunteer , we get to hear and see the president of the union rescue mission let us know what is happening and we hear him in video and his blog l...