Homeless in Seattle

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77100929037169497902011-12-20T22:07:52.498-08:00Homeless in Seattle..[ my journey to homelessness ]..Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.comBlogger541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-12520334685858835192008-02-13T15:03:00.000-08:002008-02-13T16:12:44.582-08:00.. [ tomorrow ] ..

I am on the road back to Seattle. I am not very happy about homeless shelters, concrete floors and one inch floor mats. But, then again this is not cruel and unusual punishment, this is regulatory justice only put upon on sex offenders. Especially, this particular sex offender who refuses to let go of the fact he was convicted so two rapists could walk free and the state could protect them, after

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-50328091707889380152008-02-08T16:27:00.000-08:002008-02-09T00:53:22.148-08:00.. [ so I was told ] ..

So yesterday morning I was told by my Seattle CCO that he would investigate me returning to my address where I lived previously, so at least I would ne be homeless when I returned. Then he took Russel phone numbers. I as well let him know that I really want to move back to my state of residence. Which is Portland . But, only because at least there I can find housing, and maybe even a job!Today I

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-71563514908448208922008-02-06T15:29:00.000-08:002008-02-07T09:29:59.157-08:00..[ marching papers ]..

So today I got my marching papers. I am to arrive in Seattle on the 14th. I called my CCO, or the one I guess may be my CCO, to try to arrange for approval prior to my arrival to Seattle. I am trying to go back to the home I lived in for a year and the owner of the house has been very supportive in trying to help me find housing. He offered me a home outside of Seattle, one in the Virgin

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-67656629795978209002008-02-05T13:26:00.000-08:002008-02-05T14:15:20.369-08:00.. [ from the comforts of home ] .. to the streets of Seattle

Call me a pessimists. Or quite possibly a realist. But, today I got a call from my PO in Phoenix who informed me since Seattle has not responded to my travel permit, they are sending me on my way. I quite do not understand the mechanics of what he said. But, I did not care. All I heard as that I have to leave my warm home and my best friend Turtle to live potentially on the streets.I have made a

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-85690841316629025242008-01-25T18:16:00.000-08:002008-12-09T13:29:04.368-08:00..[ ladytron ]..

I am sitting here now for several weeks waiting for my travel papers back to Seattle.But, in the meanwhile I found a cafe, that reminds me of the place I miss so much. They are playing "Ladytron" - the art - the white walls - the Friday night, it is all so familiar - it is all SO DAMN sad. Peace.

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-58722845321024851952008-01-16T20:25:00.000-08:002008-01-16T20:31:43.229-08:00... [ well ... hmm ... ] ..

Today, I go the word that Arizona is refusing to allow me to be transferred from here to Portland. They are demanding that I go back to Seattle and straighten out the debacle of being transferred here under parole when it appears I should have been put under probation.They have pressured me to ask for a request to transfer back to Washington, or to stay here and have to make a claim about my

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-76677818989515683942007-09-28T10:50:00.000-07:002007-10-03T18:09:58.924-07:00.. [ 80 days ] ..

80 days. This BLOG is officially over, I have been transferred to Arizona.Turtle, daddy is comig home!Peace.

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-91615434291051265242007-09-27T15:55:00.000-07:002007-09-27T16:03:21.510-07:00.. [ 79th day of out of control system ] ..

So yesterday my mother got the word that Arizona approved my transfer. I left a message with my CCO, and with the duty reporter of the day, as well as voice mail for the field administrator who bogarded my 11:00 meeting today. Which meant I went to the DOC twice today. Which a bit of a walk.Rushing to get to me legal meeting when 12:00 came around waiting to speak to someone within the DOC, was

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-89285433913044476292007-09-26T13:13:00.000-07:002007-09-27T12:55:59.790-07:00.. [ 78th day of out of control system ] ..I advocate carefulness in your reporting and I entertain the need of a comprehensive value-add proposition

Dear legislators, in reviewing the framework of your legislation in HB 1133 - 2007-08, Monitoring sex offenders. I was concerned that there appeared to be no oversight and allotment of any real-world cost analysis to public safety benefit in the report slated for delivery on or around December 31, 2007.It appears, and what I see lacking, are no controls for oversight or identification of a

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-36954411078916796682007-09-25T11:47:00.000-07:002007-09-25T12:40:13.402-07:00.. [ 77th day of deludge ] ..It is about DOC doing their job and protecting the community!

Yesterday and today my new DOC officer gave me some quotable quotes, that are worth mentioning, as they reflect the deluge of troublesome over sight these people work within. This is not government lethargy, this is plain abuse of administrative power given to people who have let society motivate them to do bad things, opposed to staying within the spirit of the law:" ... well I get to go home

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-85322899703348699792007-09-24T12:25:00.000-07:002007-09-25T08:12:02.495-07:00.. [ 76th day of being held hostage ] .. I am sure, he would have put a stop to this madness.

You know, if a person was held hostage for 76 days, the world would be in an uproar.But, if a sex offender is held at hostage, it is called doing a great job.There is a certain theme in the sex offender policy makers here in Washington. It appears to be postulated, "if a person is characterized as the most despised and then designated as a level III sex offender then he should be kept hostage

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-101762770947578352007-09-24T07:43:00.000-07:002007-09-25T08:13:53.866-07:00.. [ forty-one days greater than one ] ... "Because, I want to help you, and I think I know how."

forty-one days greater than one When I was a kid I always dreamt of being a forest ranger. It motivated me from six the grade to a sophomore in college...When I was a kidand I passed through slip 'n slideI dreamt of YogiBoobboo and the 'pick 'nick baskets a'glore.When I was a bopperI prayed born again prayersnever listened to records backwardsand prayed through osmosiselectron magnitudeand

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-70268942206526953242007-09-21T11:01:00.000-07:002007-09-21T17:08:22.919-07:00.. [ thirty-nine days greater than one ] ... Sometimes you have to start over with a new wardrobe! But, the secret of true leadership is the knowing

When I consider what is really going on. The players. The gamers. The politics within the DOC, the politics without. There is a stigma I just can not get passed.The stigma was ingrained in me when I worked as a consultant for county governments traveling all over the United States. In this consulting capacity and meeting certain political positioned types of officials, who were in desperate need

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-7665638486370003222007-09-20T10:09:00.000-07:002007-09-20T10:17:42.508-07:00.. [ day greater than one ] ..

So I honestly think I lost count! LOLTonight when I check into my homeless shelter (UGM) I will figure out the count, since they keep miticulous track.But, yeah, I am still homeless. Yesterday was a bit of a frustrating day. There is a lot to talk about. But, a lot I think I need to keep in.So I will.So yeah, yesterday was a very fruitful day. Usually, around this time music typically pops in

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-90251734505069799832007-09-19T11:50:00.001-07:002007-09-20T10:16:48.695-07:00.. [ day thirty-seven ] ..

Sicker than a dog. :| Where in the heck does that phrase come from?

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-32936891700625744852007-09-18T17:03:00.000-07:002007-09-18T17:10:09.625-07:00.. [ day thirty-five ] ..

Curious serious of events ... watching :) ...

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-84019505403217591082007-09-16T14:21:00.000-07:002007-09-16T14:32:46.579-07:00.. [ day thrity-two ] ..

SO today it is raining. Today, I have to change out of my shorts. Today, I have a cold. Cough Cough.... Yesterday I droped my laptop, how will I surive?...!Peace.

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-72088661858348725052007-09-15T06:12:00.000-07:002007-09-15T07:23:48.984-07:00.. [ day thirty-one ] .. N I haven't been hit by a truck, sorry DOC!

So, today walking from thrift store to thrift store, I stumbled across a women selling her wares, and I have come to a horrible politically incorrect thought: "I am over 'let's do it for the children.'"Yesterday, I walked into a second hand store. The lady owner started telling me the advantages of buying stuff from her store. "..for the children, we provide money from the store to local youth

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-59365896644745213572007-09-13T14:43:00.000-07:002007-09-14T11:55:45.389-07:00.. [ day thirty ] .. Polygrapher, "Uhm, you mean you haven't been hit by a truck, yet?"

So today, I was walked into the DOC, and I saw one of the polygraphers that is part of my law suite. The dialogue we had, was a little disturbing:Myself, "Oh, Hi how is your day going?"Polygrapher as he looks at me behind the DOC front counters glass window, "Uhm, you mean you haven't been hit by a truck, yet?"Myself, "Nope, they all have your name on it, so I keep dodging them."The secretaries

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-51690291410069744602007-09-12T08:17:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:29:04.666-08:00.. [ day twenty-nine ] .. Madonna

So I had that meeting with the CCS, today. The result is disturbing. So as a sex offender I discovered it is my responsibility to mitigate all risks I am allegedly am to the community. This CCS said, 'It is your responsibility to bringing us an address that fits under the acceptable criteria. Then we have, up to DOC policy 10 days to respond.'I respond, "But, it was your group that made me a

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-59979154036156607562007-09-11T20:45:00.000-07:002007-09-12T08:13:35.365-07:00.. [ day twenty-eight ] .. Avoidance.

So today I went to DOC. No CCS. No CCO. Hm .. I am disappointed. If I miss a meeting, off to jail I go.I have noticed a trend with these special sex offender units. When ever a subject matter is being diverted they use avoidance as a ploy to divert. In this case, an appointment was made, and now both my CCO and the CCS where made unavailable.In other news, I heard to day their is some plan,

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-87402286851495824092007-09-10T11:01:00.000-07:002007-09-10T13:01:11.895-07:00.. [ day twenty-seven ] ..

Dear Ms. Regala, Sen. Debbie (regala.debbie@leg.wa.gov)Today has been my 57th day living in the community. When I say living, I mean living, as emailed you several weeks back, the perpetuation that the DOC is keeping me homeless as punishment is quit disturbing.Tomorrow, I have made a meeting with the CCS of my CCO. The discussion, "When is the DOC, in particular my CCO going to start

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-73945170013877507212007-09-09T06:04:00.000-07:002007-09-14T22:36:44.329-07:00.. [ day twenty-six ] ..

Today I got a letter in the mail, it said:'Mr. Homelessness, ..., was tried and convicted of rape of child in the third degree and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes based on his sexual relationship with a young teenage boy. Mr. Homelessness now files this personal restraint challenging his convictions under King County ... on a number of different grounds..Accordingly, the petition

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-22078224392643627932007-09-08T21:27:00.000-07:002007-09-08T21:34:20.287-07:00.. [ day twenty-five ] ..

Today at the UGM for preacher hour, many of the UGM's ministry program called 'New Horizons' got up and talked about their lives, what got them to be homeless, their drug and alcohol abuse, and how they were looking at life with a renewed value system.A valued system of honesty, trust, respect and a direction. It was refreshing to see men trying to change their life and make the world a better

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-77002093172843346872007-09-07T16:55:00.000-07:002007-09-07T17:27:06.218-07:00.. [ day twenty-four ] ..

I have to be honest. When I go to the Urban Rest Stop, I feel like I am in a Five Star Homeless Shelter.Where is there justice, if I am not deprived of humanity?Peace.

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-84146274379050428002007-09-06T06:20:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:29:04.939-08:00.. [ day twenty-three ] .. the system is failing, and these failures are perpetuating the very things we can control to make a change, and protect

OK,Today was a busy day. After my long day of homage, I had a full day getting from place to place. Choosing to walk this time, since, I am gaining way too much weight.I got an email, from a fellow activist, who was going to be at the meeting in Tacoma for the girl who recently was raped and murdered by a level I sex offender. I really wanted to go. First because, it disturbs me, that such a

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-23849927637181330852007-09-05T16:09:00.001-07:002007-09-06T06:18:43.304-07:00.. [ day twent-two ] .. Is it really?

Today I have been answering an answer. As I am walking back from the court house law library, and doing my weekly check-in, I felt a bit like a maniac ...Yeah I used to do ballet! So what?

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-44841729530698934342007-09-04T09:31:00.000-07:002007-09-08T11:59:29.820-07:00.. [ day twenty-one ] .. Purely Ironic

So this morning instead of my morning walk to bacon and eggs I took a bus ride to this fair City that has free wireless. Sitting in this Starbucks, I find myself in a pool of cops.Yep it is the local cop hangout. I guess there must be a police station around here. I feel strangely uncomfortable. LOL.Oh I get it now. Peace.

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-39915980370743182562007-09-03T11:27:00.000-07:002007-09-03T12:23:01.702-07:00.. [ day twenty ] .. relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree

Banishment: to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree...to compel to depart. Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary. Second EditionI had to share this study ... "The Impact of Residency Restrictions on Sex Offenders and Correctional Management Practices: A Literature Review", By Marcus Nieto, Senior Research Specialist and Professor David Jung, Public Law Research Institute

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-1922069283363977592007-09-02T13:02:00.000-07:002007-09-02T13:10:11.269-07:00.. [ day nineteen ] ... “YOU GO GIRL!”

Today I went to Mass, and as I sat amongst the pool of small white haired people, several thoughts resonated in me. One, I hope some day I become a small person. Two, I love the “Peace be with you.” part of Mass, it feels like Christmas. Third, and finally after taking communion, passing on the wine as usual, I was sitting in the same row as two young ladies, one 94 the other 95, during the

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-78740726291057128912007-09-01T21:27:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:29:05.256-08:00.. [ day eighteen ] .. Sippenhaft

So those that know what "Sippenhaft" is we must never forget where we been. I am not by any means a historian. In fact one of the classes I flunked in high school, besides PE - which is ironic in itself, was World History. But, as I grew older I found that I fell in love with foreign movies. In one I heard the term "Sippenhaft" and when I took German in college, I researched its use, and was

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-28586079325737411122007-08-31T10:32:00.000-07:002007-08-31T15:18:46.947-07:00.. [ day seventeen ] .. l must say, in my final analysis, only my mom doing my laundry has made my new type of laundry day easier .. ty!

As the DOC officer asked me today, "So, how are you keeping your clothes so clean, that shirt looks like it should attract dirt?"This morning was a cool morning. Waking each morning I find that i appears my usual time clock, rained religiously for the last 30 years, is being rudely broken.I am starting to enjoy my 5AM walk to breakfast, yikes does this mean I am starting to be assimilated? As I

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-9653356699678324062007-08-30T23:43:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:29:05.529-08:00.. [ day sixteen ] .. with all fairness & It appears the theme of the week for the DOC and me is "perception."

Within all fairness, I have to finally admit, that the CCO I spoke to on Tuesday appears to have made some effort in rectifying my homeless situation.But where in, renting apartments or rooms, is on a first come first serve basis. With the rental now being investigated finally 12 days later - it unfortunately - apperas to have a perception that someone's which to make me homeless has succeeded,

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-55010945163473271322007-08-29T06:53:00.000-07:002007-09-08T21:36:03.981-07:00..[ day fifteen].. is there anything more to say?

--- 00 ---Of course there is ....Today was an interesting morning. I have been told in a message by my CCO, “Your are homeless you are to report every day the the DOC office!” With that command, regardless of the fact they are the ones controlling my homelessness, I went to the office as directed. That was the interesting part, for I like to get affirmations of my “perceptions.” When I walk

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-69509411193245409092007-08-28T08:03:00.000-07:002007-08-28T17:10:01.244-07:00.. [ day fourteen ] .. really now

Last night I got my mat slip, day number 14 it said, wow have I been doing this for 14 days?How do you know when someone is putting things in the record that are lies:1. The person who tells you that they went to the house so verify the address says "the house appears to be vacant".2. The person who tells you that that the "place has a playground around it."So to expose the lies, all you have

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-25727030465241023562007-08-27T07:00:00.000-07:002007-08-28T08:17:44.144-07:00.. [ day thirteen ] .. todays news makes me sick -if you develop some form of feel good legislation that does exactly the thing that creates the crime

Today's newspapers have on their front page huge spreads about two subject matters: "imprisoned, unprotected", deals with sexual abuse at the SeaTac prison; and "Teacher in sex case lost jobs before Tacoma, Lessons not learned".Both, garnishing huge front page spreads sitting here in my morning writing station emotions pass by me that evoke tiredness to all the desensitization I am forming

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-45184844125150626682007-08-26T06:59:00.000-07:002007-08-26T08:51:12.440-07:00.. [ day eleven ] .. 'Garfield. The big soft chair!' a short story

taken from working title '13 days' ...In the front of our apartment was a park the size of a football field where all the neighborhood kids hung out, played baseball, football, and staged our communal Easter egg hunts. It was here where I heard my first dirty joke, my cousin “Sister”, informed me that penis's did more than piss. I don't remember the joke exactly, something about belly buttons and

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-58043528521422881812007-08-25T06:32:00.000-07:002007-08-25T06:53:00.266-07:00.. [ day ten ] .. is there really this much to say?

Walking to my after 4:45AM wake up call cafe, where I create my mornings day BLOG, I had to poke at the people who are now my neighbors.Fellow street/homeless people.Many still bundled next to store windows, or next to their grocery cart, I can not but help wonder what their lives where before we became neighbors? Many give me the appearance that they are either drunk or coming down from high.But

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-69117017469644768902007-08-24T18:44:00.000-07:002007-08-25T07:05:23.387-07:00..[ night ten ].. simply exhausting research

Today, I ended up at the Western District Federal Court, doing exhausting legal research on the 1983 I have against the DOC of Washington and the Seattle Police Department. The law suite is a disappointment in social responsibility. It is about the capriciousness of how currently Washington sate creates their sex level registration levels. Although, that isn't the entire issue, a piece of it is

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-10365247467362796952007-08-24T06:12:00.000-07:002007-08-24T11:45:07.821-07:00.. [ day nine] .. random thoughts of a homeless sex offender

... should I order a BLT or bacon and eggs with pancakes? ...... boy its cold, maybe I should not take my jacket to the cleaners? ...... nah that would not be very Armanian of me ...... 'crispy bacon please', I like friendly waiters, 'can you make sure they use tomatoes that are not too ripe? Thanks.' ...... hm, I really have to stop eating at the shelter, I am starting to gain a little too much

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-37540024470101478372007-08-23T18:37:00.000-07:002007-08-23T18:53:56.420-07:00..[ night nine ].. Armani anyone?

Sitting here outside St. James Cathedral, I just happen to see a man that reminded me of a customer of Heaven. K named him "Armani", and his name fit his choice of clothes.He was always sharply dressed with Armani suits, cowboy hat and boots. After coming to the store for several months, almost everyday, he approached me and asked if I wanted to buy a $1000 Armani jacket for $200.Looking at the

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-1704306204629465052007-08-23T07:25:00.000-07:002007-08-23T08:11:47.841-07:00..[ day eight ]..sex offender residence laws in Ohio and elsewhere around the country are driven by fear, not facts.

DAY 8??????I had to share this blog from Sentencing Law and Policy A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network, June 7, 2007, Advocacy against sex offender residency restrictions in particular this quote:"Of particular note, and worthy of a full read, is this amicus brief filed in the Ohio Supreme Court in a case challenging the application of Ohio's residency restriction. Here is part of the

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-91756905894675296462007-08-22T08:45:00.000-07:002007-08-23T08:35:24.750-07:00..[ day seven ]..DOC in their zeal to protect the community are putting the community at risk by abusing the generosity of homeless shelters...

Last night became my seventh night staying at the UGM homeless shelter, but only after extreme panic and much anxiety where I thought I had exhausted all my shelter options. After attending 5:30 mass at St. James, I rushed to the library to make some phone calls to the crises center to see if I could make reservations at the “Operation Nightwatch Emergency Shelter” (Operation Nightwatch Emergency

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-68511051145324334452007-08-21T06:15:00.000-07:002007-08-22T09:09:18.648-07:00.. [ day six ] .. You always know when you have been somewhere too long ... you become part of the gossip!

Last night it became increasingly evident that I am no longer just a person in the swarm of the night at the UGM homeless shelter. It appears I have been noticed by one of the residences homeless regulars, and that person dislikes I sit there and write on my BLOG. So he complained and I was put into another room where the King County wireless network doesn't reach.You always know when you have

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-17689880609760537802007-08-20T20:20:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:29:05.815-08:00.. [ night six ] ..

Tonight testimonials where pretty good. I went to Mass earlier. That is always a very pleasurable experience.

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-31278959118601185902007-08-20T13:57:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:29:06.170-08:00.. [ day five ] .. cold and rainy

"... until you run into a tree you never know how much it hurts ..."Today it was shower day, and a rainy day. Which meant the homeless shelter, where allows the homeless to take showers was packed. An hour for a 5 minute hot douche and a shave.I thought it was going to be summer........ now its cold and rainy!This morning I sat and found quit a bit of interesting research. But, I am going to hold

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-31306087794460173492007-08-19T20:52:00.000-07:002007-08-20T07:28:42.504-07:00..[ night four - NO- five ]..

This is so confusing. Since I always blog about the night before, I was reviewing my blogs and thought 'jeez I should speed this up and write on the actual night?' So today being the fifth night I have been homeless, and I am going to forget about writing what happened last night for the most part instead to only say the UGM folks seem to all know who I am, and besides last night was not very

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-6952149663961428382007-08-19T05:46:00.000-07:002007-08-19T21:54:51.920-07:00..[ day three ]..If the theory is wrong, then so will be the practise..

"People don't necessarily want statistical analysis. They want security for their children -- real or imagined." (Rep. Jim Clements co-chairman of the Legislature's Sex Offender Management Joint Task Force, "Sex offender ban debated by task force Panel considers residential limits, 'protection zones'. Tuesday, September 27, 2005, Seattle Post-Intelligencer).Research irrelevant? Legislation

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-88519034703603474472007-08-18T18:19:00.000-07:002007-08-19T17:36:37.857-07:00..[ night three ].. I am here because DOC is refusing to approve my housing.

Night three is pretty mundane. Some guy who played a decent guitar, like I am the expert, so I meditated.Towards the latter part of the night a worker who saw me here for the last few days and started asking me questions. I told him the important stuff: I am here because DOC is refusing to approve my housing.He told me and showed me all the things he had tucked away in his travel bag as a

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-87153759071546699872007-08-18T13:27:00.000-07:002007-08-20T07:55:55.140-07:00..[ day two ]..Re-arrest Less Likely for Sex Offenders

Today I was given a potential apartment that I could move into by my therapist R. Unfortunately once going there and talking to the management, the manager determined that since my last CCO was over all the SO in that complex, that he would thought it would be risky to the program for him to submit me to the DOC. And that in all likelihood they would automatically not approve me, and more

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-26118068042505978982007-08-17T09:04:00.000-07:002007-08-18T23:53:21.607-07:00..[ night two ]..Ofelia getting banned from Heaven

Tonight was a fascinating night of testimonies from at the DOC UGM revival, a group of what appears to be Mennonites, or more appropriately Amish, sung songs and spoke about the word of God. Goggling the term, I wiki learned that my use of the word Mennonites is pre-Amish, and being that I would be more considered a heathen than a religious historian, I will stop the reciting of 15 seconds of

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-34622480097772366972007-08-16T12:58:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:29:06.296-08:00..[ day one ].. letter is to direct you to not e-mail any DOC personnel

"So your a quasi-whistle blower type?", a preacher type told me last night at my new UGM home. "Yeah, it sounds like they are punishing you."Technically speaking, this is the beginning of day 2, since it is past noon, but it feels like day one. Maybe that is how it feels when you are homeless, everyday turns into one long nightmare.Today, I received my final email from my CCO. I had to report to

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-53545367747078839332007-08-16T07:15:00.000-07:002007-08-18T23:48:26.401-07:00..[ night one ]..UGM (Union Gospel Mission),

I am sitting here inside the UGM (Union Gospel Mission), the lights are out already, it is 8:45pm, and I am typing in the dark. It has been well over 25 years since I have been force fed a religious obligation. Tonight the night promptly began at 7:00 with mouth fulls of personal testimonies, and a few tears, about how God changed their lives, how now they are humbled and once wretched. How now

Homeless In Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065007690758990997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710092903716949790.post-76056508790063641342007-08-15T01:29:00.000-07:002007-08-23T08:55:00.851-07:00sweat anticipation of my first night of homelessness

"It is like I have to micromanage the DOC so that they do not act capriciously against my best interest. In all my years of working with people in the private and public sector, I have never seen a situation where the courts have given authority to a group of people who are accountable only to themselves. It is a self-policing, self-regulating organization, that has a very lose set of rules

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