August 7, 2023

Someone had sent me a book. It was denied because it did not include an itemized packing slip or a receipt. I guess everyone is supposed to be aware of DOC rule 309.04.01 (v)(k)(a)(b)? Did I miss that class in high school? It's almost comically absurd, as though Douglas Adams inspired the policy after writing about the Vogon Constructor Fleet having posted notice of their intent to destroy the Earth to build a bypass in his book (and movie) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. No one even knew they were supposed to look to have any possibility of knowing about the requirements. Another impending refund. Much love and huge thanks to everyone for trying. You get to be proximal victims to this program of every imaginable wrongs.

One of the really weird things is that prison is an actual punishment to me. There are a group of guys that thrive in this deprivity though. No job. No obligation. Meals. Space to sleep, shower, and a toilet. They seem to value peer approval over their own accomplishments. It's just a big social club where they talk about the same things, yelling out of their cells to each other until 2:30 to 4:00 in the morning. Already struggling for meaningful sleep, it bothers me greatly but these guys will recycle a story about a highly aggressive blow job they claim to have received for hours of any particular evening, and then tell the story again the next week. The tiny world mentality where their freedom only consisted of one or a few neighborhoods and a handful of experiences they well exaggerate in telling their prison pals. Bizarre. 

Yes, I would prefer to just sleep if I could. Often it is my back that troubles me. Occasionally my elbow, when I do pull ups. Then it really hurts bad. Hard enough to fall asleep at a football party while laying in front of the TV with ten other people yelling about absurdities. Yes, I am skeptical about their ability to throw a football better than Brady or shoot a basketball better than Curry. Some of these guys can rap and sing though. A ton of them think they are good at that and absolutely are not. There is a rare few that definitely do not apply their skills for their own gain. Usually though, that is also just obnoxious sleep disruption as well.