Saturday, October 28, 2023

AS SOON AS HE WAS ELECTED I WENT TO SEE JOHN HORGAN MY MLA. HE SAID "YOU WILL HAVE TO PUT EVERYTHING INTO WRITING". I DID THAT BUT THERE WAS NEVER ANY ATTENTION TO MY REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE. I CONTINUED TO WRITE AND WRITE AND WRITE ANS WRITE AND PUBLISH THAT.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

ART IN ORDINARY HOME STYLE ARCHITECTURE.

WHEN YOU GET AROUND THE BACK OF MY OTTER POINT HOUSE, ARCHITECTURE IS PLAIN. THE SHED IS A SQUARE WITH A FLAT ROOF AND TWO SMALL WINDOWS.

THE EXCEPTION IS THE TOWER, IN A FORMERLY WASTED SLOPING AREA IN THE RIGHT ANGLE BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SHED. THE TOWER RISES ON ITS CONCRETE WALL CLEANLY AND INVISIBLY SOARING STRAIGHT UP AND THAT IS MADE MORE CASTILIAN BY ITS CANTILEVER UPPER FLOOR AND STEEP ROOF AND WITH HUGE GLASS WINDOWS ON EVERY FACE.

THERE WAS STILL AN UNSIGHTLY HOLLOW AT THE BASE OF THE TOWER. THERE WAS ALSO A PILE OF 2" X 6" PRESSURE TREATED PLANKS FROM A DEMOLISHED DECK. I DESIGNED A TRIANGULAR DECK FINISHED IN GREY LIKE A POST WAR PORCH FLOOR WITH AN ENCLOSURE MADE FROM RECYCLED PATIO DOORS THAT OPENED ON TO A "FRENCH BALCONY" RAILING.

A GREEN TRANSLUCENT ROOF MADE FROM REUSED FIBERGLASS PANELS IS SUPPORTED BY A SPIDER WEB OF THIN ROOF JOISTS, IT FEELS VICTORIAN.

THE MOST ARTFUL PART OF THE DECK IS THE SUBSTRUCTURE COMPOSED OF LARGE DIMENSION LUMBER AND POSTS, GUSSETED BY LARGE THICK TRIANGLES OF WOOD, VERY NICELY PAINTED. THERE IS NOTHING UNSIGHTLY ANYMORE, NOT EVEN UNDER THE DECK.

I WILL TAKE SOME PICTURES AND POST THEM IN THIS ARTICLE. I DID THAT AND HERE ARE A FEW MORE PICTURES.

THE OTTER POINT HOUSE FRONT DECK WAS ENTIRELY RECONSTRUCTED ALSO.

THE YEARS FOR WHICH SOME IMPEDIMENT HAS CONTINUED AND THE PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED ACTIVITIES HAVE NOT CONTINUED SURELY ARE EVIDENCE THAT SOMETHING NEGATIVE OR DISABLING HAD HAPPENED.

VIRTUAL PARALYSIS CAN BE LIKE BEING ENCASED IN CONCRETE OR WADING IN MUD, IT IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO MOVE.

I AM SUFFERING FROM ANOTHER PERIOD OF VIRTUAL PARALYSIS, A SYMPTOM OF STIFF PERSON SYNDROME OR TONIC IMMOBILITY.

I ENDURED MONTHS OR YEARS OF THIS DISABLING INABILITY TO STAND OR SIT, I HAD TO LAY DOWN AND STAY DOWN FOR MOST OF THE DAY FOR MONTHS IN 1967 AND 1968 AND AGAIN FROM 1970 TO 1974 AND I HAD TO SLEEP EVERY FOUR HOURS OR OR EVEN AFTER FORTY MINUTES OF MOBILITY TO REMAIN ACTIVE AFTER THAT UNTIL 1978 AND AGAIN FROM 1986 UNTIL 1992 AND AGAIN FOR MANY YEARS AFTER THAT, IT WAS NOT AS BAD BUT I NEVER REALLY RECOVERED.

DOES THIS NOT MEAN THAT WHEN I WAS INJURED THROUGH COLLISION, CONVULSION OR COLLAPSE SOMETHING SERIOUS AND DISABLING HAPPENED.

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

THE SIGNS OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED ARE EASY TO SEE AND CONCLUSIVE TO ME.

LEONARD SAID "LAY ALL THE PARTS OUT ON NEWSPAPER AS YOU DISASSEMBLE WHAT YOU ARE WORKING ON AND CHECK FOR SCRATCHES AND WEAR MARKS."

THE CSI PROGRAMS WERE TELEVISED AND OBSERVING EVIDENCE TO DETERMINE WHAT HAD HAPPENED BECAME A COMMON PRACTICE.

I FIND MYSELF BEING DISBELIEVED AND THEN PEOPLE SEEM TO BE UNABLE TO ACCEPT MY PROOFS WHICH ARE BASED ON VISIBLE EVIDENCE AND EVEN LESS THOSE WHICH ARE A REALITY CHECK.

REALITY CHECK: HOW DID THE POLE GET INSTALLED SEVENTEEN FEET UP?

VISIBLE EVIDENCE: THE SHELF LEFT WHERE THE POLE IS. THE POLE WAS INSTALLED BY DRIVING THE POLE TRUCK ALONG THE GROUND BEFORE IT WAS EXCAVATED AWAY TO LOWER THE HOUSE SITE FOR THE HOUSE IN A HOLE.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE HOUSE IN A HOLE TAKEN FROM THE FOOT OF THE POWER POLE PICTURED ABOVE.

THE RED GAS CAN IS IN BOTH PICTURES.

REALITY CHECK: WOULD I PLAN TO BUILD MY HOUSE DOWN IN A HOLE?

VISIBLE EVIDENCE: THERE IS A FURNACE CHIMNEY CLEAN OUT WHICH WAS BURIED SEVEN FEET DEEP. IT WAS INSTALLED AS THE PLAN INDICATED WHERE IT WOULD BE ON GROUND LEVEL BUT IT WAS BURIED BY BACK FILLING AGAINST THE "HOUSE IN A HOLE".

Saturday, October 14, 2023

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NEW INFORMATION INDICATES THAT AS THE CONFLICT IN ISRAEL AND GAZA SEEMS IMMINENT, STORES ARE BEING SHOPPED OUT OF DRIED BEANS PULSES AND GRAINS. THOSE ARE THE CROPS WE CAN AND DO PRODUCE EFFECTIVELY IN CANADA. OIL SEED PRODUCTION IS OUR SECOND LARGEST CROP IN CANADA. THOSE ARE THE BASIC FOODS WHICH UNHOUSED REFUGEES NEED DELIVERED.

TEN YEARS AGO I ADVOCATED FOR A CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SPONSORED INCREASE IN FOOD PRODUCTION WITH THE FIRST AIM BEING TO CREATE A MORE SECURE FOOD SUPPLY FOR CANADA AND ALL CANADIAN CITIZENS.

AN ADDITIONAL AIM WAS TO HAVE FREE BASIC FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO OUR CANADIAN CITIZENS WHO CAN NOT AFFORD ALL OF THE FOOD THEY NEED.

THE "C 130 " DIPLOMACY WOULD INVOLVE FLYING OUR SURPLUS OF FOOD WHICH WOULD BE CREATED TO FAMINE OR DISASTER OR OTHER AREAS WHERE A FOOD SUPPLY WOULD BE REQUIRED.

ONE OF THE OBJECTIONS TO ALLOWING REFUGEES TO LEAVE GAZA OR ISRAEL IS THAT THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO SUPPORT THOSE REFUGEES IN EGYPT.

Saturday, September 23, 2023

ORDINARY LIFE WHEN I LOOK BACK AT IT, WAS JUST A WASTE OF TIME.

I LAY THERE THINKING: "WAS I BRAIN-DEAD OR STUNNED"? WHEN I REMEMBER THE TIME I SPENT NOT DOING WRITING, ART, AND MUSIC. I WENT TO WORK, I RODE MY MOTORCYCLE, I HAD A GIRLFRIEND, I SAT AROUND WITH GROUPS OF PEOPLE, WHO WERE SMOKING AND DRINKING AND WE WERE TALKING AND LAUGHING, BUT IT ALL SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN POINTLESS.

FAMILY LIFE RANGED FROM HORRIFIC BETRAYAL TO CLOYING TIME WASTING.

THERE WERE MOMENTS OF JOY RIDING MY MOTORCYCLES AND LAUGHING AT THE ROUND TABLE BEFORE IT HOSTED MORE SERIOUS DISCUSSION WHICH I ENJOYED EVEN MORE AND WHICH DID WORK TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND INSPIRE ART, WRITING AND MUSIC.

WHEN I LOOK BACK AT DOING PAPER MACHE' OR LOST WAX CASTING OR MUSIC COMPOSITION AND PRACTICE, I THINK OF THAT TIME AS TIME WELL SPENT IN THE PURSUIT OF A CAREER AS AN ARTIST EVEN THOUGH, SADLY, THAT DID NOT GET TO HAPPEN.

I THINK THAT SEVERE INJURY AND THE VIRTUAL PARALYSIS WHICH FOLLOWED WAS EXACERBATED BY THE CONTINUAL BETRAYAL BY OUR SOCIETY'S INSTITUTIONS THROUGH THE DENIAL OF NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR MYSELF WHICH I HAVE ALWAYS PAID FOR WITH PREMIUMS AND TAXES.

I AROSE SLOWLY, BIT BY BIT, FROM TONIC IMMOBILITY OR SHELL SHOCK OR A PERIOD OF WORSENED " STIFF PERSON SYNDROME" AND I WAS PROBABLY HAPPY WITH BEING UP AND AROUND AND MAKING A LIVING AGAIN.

WHEN I NO LONGER HAD TO WORK TO MAKE A LIVING, FROM 2001, TO 2016, WHEN I WAS BADLY CRIPPLED AGAIN, I DID THE MOST VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT WRITING, ART, COMPOSITION, MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, PAPER MACHE' AND ITS ANIMATION AND VIDEOS FOR YOUTUBE.

THERE HAD BEEN PREVIOUS TO THIS A FEW PERIODS OF TIME WHERE I DID A LOT OF ART OR MUSIC COMPOSITION, LYRIC WRITING AND RECORDING THAT.

THERE HAD BEEN A FEW YEARS HERE AND THERE WHERE I WORKED ON MY LIVE PERFORMANCE ON HARMONICA.

ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SKILLS HAD TO BE COMBINED TO SUCCEED AT WHAT I SOUGHT TO ACCOMPLISH.

Monday, August 14, 2023

DOGMA IS THE DOCTRINE WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE BELIEFS AND ALL OF THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE MEMBERS OR SUBJECTS OF A RELIGION, A CULT, A GANG, A SOCIETY, OR EVEN INFORMAL UNORGANIZED CLIQUES.

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

I FIND MYSELF REMEMBERING EVERY LITTLE THING AND LATER I REALIZE WHAT THE BIG THINGS WERE.

I WAS WATCHING A SPY MOVIE SERIES, BERLIN STATION, AND I NOTICED A CHARACTER WAS SPEAKING ABOUT SOMETHING HE HAD NOT EVER BEEN INFORMED ABOUT. TRIVIAL, BUT IT DOES INDICATE THAT I POSSESS ACCURATE PERCEPTION AND RECALL.

I REMEMBER THINGS WHICH THE PERSON I AM SPEAKING TO WAS THE MAJOR CHARACTER IN AND THEY DO NOT QUICKLY RECALL WHAT THEY DID!

I HAVE TAKEN GINKGO BILOBA FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS. NUTRITIONAL YEAST WAS A STAPLE. I HAD MULTIVITAMIN, FOLIC ACID, SELENIUM, CALCIUM, D3, GLUCOSAMINE CHONDRIOTIN AND DIGESTIVE ENZYMES AS WELL.

FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS, IN ADDITION I HAVE CONSUMED L-ORNITHINE , LYSINE, L-ARGININE, MAGNESIUM CITRATE, LECITHIN, AND PROBIOTICS.

I DO NOT EAT PROCESSED FOOD. I DO NOT EAT MEAT. I DO CONSUME SUGAR AND HONEY IN MODERATION AND MY DIET IS PROBABLY 80 % VEGETABLES, WITH PART OF THAT BEING FRUIT WHICH I HAVE IN MY DAILY PROTEIN SHAKE.

Monday, July 24, 2023

ABOUT THE EXTENT TO WHICH I HAVE TO BECOME ATHLETIC AND FIT TO OVERCOME "STIFF PERSON" OR TONIC IMMOBILITY OR SHELL SHOCK AND BECOME ACTIVE AGAIN.

TIMES WHEN I WAS VERY FIT WILL BE CITED AS "YOU ARE NOT DISABLED."

I WAS PONDERING THIS AND I REALIZED THAT DURING THE TIMES I WAS RECOVERED FROM MY DISABILITY IT WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY MY GRADUALLY AND SLOWLY BECOMING MORE AND MORE FIT.

DISABLED IN 1970, I WAS VIRTUALLY PARALYZED UNTIL 1974. I BECAME FIT BY ICE SKATING AND ROLLER SKATING BY 1977.

I HAD ONLY A COUPLE OF DAYS PER WEEK OF PROPER MOBILITY FROM 1974 TO 1977.

INJURED IN DECEMBER OF 1986, I ROSE TO A VERY FIT STATE IN 1991 AND 1992 THROUGH MUSIC PRACTICE AND DANCE PRACTICE WHICH I DID NEARLY EVERY DAY BY 1990.

WHEN I WAS IN ENGLAND IN THE FALL OF 1992 I WAS DANCING AND PERFORMING SO WELL CHARLIE WATTS ASKED ME TO JOIN HIM AT THE JAZZ CLUB TO PLAY WITH HIS JAZZ BAND. THEN I WAS INFORMED THAT POLICE, CRD , BAILIFFS AND SHERIFFS WERE SENT TO MY HOME TO SEIZE IT AND MY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS BY MY EX-WIFE WHO CLAIMED THAT MY HOUSE WAS"HER FUTURE SUPPORT AND I WAS NEGLECTING IT".

I WAS TERRIFIED, I HAD TO GET BACK TO MY HOUSE AND NOT LEAVE IT. I TOTALLY LOST MY VIM, MY VIGOR AND MY CONFIDENCE. I COULD NOT PERSUADE ANYONE TO STAY AT OTTER POINT HOUSE BECAUSE THE POLICE WERE TRYING TO SEIZE MY HOME.

IN 1993 MY EX-WIFE, ALLEGEDLY DELIVERING MY SON LOUIS FOR A VISIT LUNGED AT ME, SCRATCHED AT MY EYES AND ACCUSED ME OF DEALING COCAINE. I THOUGHT I HAD SLIPPED ON EMPTY 2 L PLASTIC BOTTLES. I HAD ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED A DAMAGING LONG LASTING COLLAPSE. IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1996 THAT I MANAGED TO ROLLERBLADE AND DO MUSIC PRACTICE AND DANCE MY WAY TO A FIT STATE AGAIN.

IN OCTOBER OF 1996 I WAS FALSELY IMPRISONED, FROZEN, CHAINED FOR SIX HOURS IN AN UNHEATED UNVENTILATED SHERIFF VAN AND TERRIBLY PHYSICALLY CRIPPLED AGAIN.

I COULD NO LONGER DANCE BUT I ROLLERBLADED MY WAY TO FITNESS AGAIN BY LATE 1997. I WAS CRASHED INTO BY PINCOMBE IN DECEMBER OF 1997. THEN, JUNE 8 1998, THE SAINT MICHAEL'S BUS LIFTED MY CAR BY ITS DOOR BY J-HOOKING AND THE CAR CAME DOWN ON MY HEAD.

WITHIN A FEW WEEKS I WAS DISABLED AS BADLY AS I HAD EVER BEEN AND I NEVER DANCED LIVE ON ANY STAGE AGAIN, I DID STILL DANCE WITH WOMEN, AT CLUBS, AND I DID ROLLERBLADE AND DO MUSIC PRACTICE SOMEHOW.

THE FINAL BLOWS WERE STRUCK BY MY BEING SWARMED BY SHERIFFS WHEN I WAS A PLAINTIFF IN MY CIVIL CASE IN THE BRITISH COLUMBIA SUPREME COURT. I DEVELOPED A SEVERE SWAYBACK AND I WAS TERRIFIED OF ROLLERBLADING AND MANY OTHER THINGS.

MY BROTHER ANDREW, UNINVITED, STORMED INTO MY HOUSE SHOUTING THAT HE WAS GOING TO TELL THE POLICE I WAS HARASSING HIM.

I HAD LEARNED ABOUT THE THEFT OF MY INHERITANCES FROM AUNT ANNETTE AND UNCLE ALBERT AND I PHONED ANDREW ABOUT THAT. HE DID NOT ANSWER, I LEFT TWO MESSAGES.

HE TORE UP THE LAWN WITH HIS TRUCK, HE KICKED HENRY DOG AND HE HIT ME IN MY CHEST AT OTTER POINT HOUSE WITH A TEN FINGER TAI CHI BLOW AND I NEVER PLAYED HARMONICA AGAIN FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE OR SO.

I CANNOT RECALL WHAT HAPPENED FIRST, THE SWARMING OR THE BLOW. I THINK BOTH ATROCITIES WERE IN 2001.

I KNOW THIS: I HAVE NEVER RECOVERED, I HAVE NEVER DANCED AGAIN, I HAVE NOT PERFORMED IN PUBLIC AGAIN, I CANNOT ROLLERBLADE.

I COULD STILL DO THIS EVEN AFTER I HAD A SERIES OF COLLAPSES IN 2015 AND 2016, BUT WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY AND FOR ONLY A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

IN 2021 I WAS WALKING PAST THE DITCH THE REDNECK LAND RAPERS DUG TO RUIN MY PROPERTY. THE C-CAN WE WERE GOING TO INSTALL BLOCKED MOST OF THE DRIVEWAY.

MY LEFT LEG COLLAPSED ( THE SIGHT OF THE DITCH HAD CAUSED COLLAPSES PREVIOUSLY) AND I FELL INTO THE DITCH AND SINCE THEN I COULD NOT EVEN DO MUSIC PRACTICE ANYMORE. I CAN NOT GO ANYWHERE OR DO ANYTHING (WHERE I AM NOT SEATED) FOR MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES.

Friday, July 21, 2023

When a Narcissistic Parent Scapegoats the Other Parent: a.k.a. Parental Alienation

In today's video I examine the destructive impact of one parent scapegoating the other. Also known as parental alienation, this practice requires the child to side with the narcissistic parent or else. First, I discuss two reasons why a narcissistic parent scapegoats the other parent. Second, I describe the emotional and developmental costs to the child of the scapegoat parent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fggZyMXlDpI This is his video I have not watched it yet.

The description sounds like home life with my Mother and with my ex-wife. even now that I am virtually Paralyzed at age seventy seven I continue to be "the accused".

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

I CONTINUALLY THEORIZE ABOUT THE CAUSE AND NATURE OF MY DISABILITY BUT THAT MAY NOT MATTER. WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT WAS DONE AND WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AS A RESULT.

I WOULD EXPERIENCE AN AUTO CRASH INJURY OR A COLLAPSE OR A CONVULSION AND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE EVENT WOULD NOT BE EVIDENT IN ITS TOTALITY UNTIL MUCH LATER.

THE ONLY PERTINENT INFORMATION WOULD BE THE CHRONICLING OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND HOW MUCH IT AFFECTED MYSELF, MY WORK OR MY PROSPECTS AND FOR HOW LONG.

THE UNRAVELING OF WHAT EVENT CAUSED WHAT DISABILITY AND HOW LONG IT LASTED FOR IS DIFFICULT WHEN THERE ARE MANY CONSECUTIVE EVENTS. I WOULD SAY THAT THAT IS NOT NECESSARY. WHATEVER SYMPTOMS I AM EXPERIENCING SHOULD BE THOUGHT OF AS A CULMINATIVE SERIES OF EFFECTS.

ONLY A SYMPTOM FREE AND NOT DISABLED AND LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME WOULD INDICATE RECOVERY FROM A DISABILITY.

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

WE HAVE DOMESTIC TORTURERS IN CANADA ACTING LIKE MILITARISTIC REGIMES, TORTURING CANADIAN CITIZENS. I HAD MY ASSETS SEIZED AS WELL. HAVING AN INHERITANCE SNACHED AWAY ON INHERITANCE DAY IS TORTURE.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2023

THERE IS A SAMENESS TO THE ACTIONS OF MILITARISTIC GOVERNMENTS AND THE ACTIONS OF VANDALS AND THIEVES IN ONE'S NEIGHBORHOOD OR ONE'S FAMILY. IS ALL OF THAT BAD BEHAVIOR PREMEDITATED TORTURE?

PUTIN IS LAYING WASTE TO THE FARMS AND THE BUILDINGS IN THE UKRAINE.

THE DEVASTATED UKRAINE LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO MY OLD HOUSE SITE AND THE DEFORESTED AND STRIPPED LAND.

THE ISRAELIS DUG HUGE DITCHES IN FRONT OF THE PALESTINIANS' HOUSES.

THE DITCH IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE IS WAY DEEPER AND MUCH WIDER AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH MY MEADOW FOR HUNDREDS OF FEET.

THE ISRAELIS TORE UP PALESTINIAN FARM LAND.

THE LAND IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE SITE WAS THICKLY COVERED IN TOPSOIL WHICH STRETCHED 300 FEET TO THE ROAD. THAT FERTILE SOIL IS GONE, ONLY INFERTILE HARD PAN CLAY WAS LEFT.

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Sunday, July 2, 2023

ABOUT THE PERMANENT NATURE OF REVERSALS OF FORTUNE.

I HAD MY "DAY JOB" (AFTERNOONS) UNTIL 1970 AT THE CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILROAD AND THEN MY DAY JOB, 1974 TO 1979 AT ADVANCED METHOD JEWELRY MANUFACTURING.

I WAS ALWAYS WORKING AT DEVELOPING MY WRITING, ART AND MUSIC PROJECTS.

A NUMBER OF REVERSALS OF FORTUNE OCCURRED, INJURY AND JOB LOSS, THE UNLAWFUL EVICTION FROM MY "PERMANENT RENTAL" WITH THE BC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

THEN THERE WAS THE THEFT AND ARSON WHERE I MOVED TO AT OTTER POINT.

I WAS REVERSED OUT OF ALL OF THE AVENUES TO EVEN JUST BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN A HOME AND MY FAMILY.

I LOST SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT I WAS NOT MOVING FORWARD ALONG ANY OF THE AVENUES TO SUCCESS WHICH I HAD WORKED AT AS I STRUGGLED TO REMAIN SOLVENT AND I TRIED TO BUY ANOTHER HOUSE WHICH WOULD BE IN VICTORIA NEAR WHERE I WAS WORKING.

WELL THROW ME INTO REVERSE AGAIN: I WAS ORDERED TO REBUILD ON THE SAME PROPERTY BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEN I WAS FORCED TO CREATE A NEW HOUSE SITE BY THE CRD.

I HAVE ARRIVED AT THE END RESULT WHICH IS A LIFETIME OF MOSTLY NEGATIVE DISPOSABLE CASH FLOW AND A WHOLE LOT OF SITTING AROUND WITH NOTHING PLEASANT TO DO AND NO ONE PLEASANT AROUND HERE TO TALK TO AND AN ABSOLUTE WASTELAND, DEVOID OF INTERESTING EXPERIENCES, WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO WRITE ABOUT.