some little kids may have missed this one, too.

hendrix didn't write this, and there are other versions of it, but it's mostly known as a hendrix tune. i actually wasn't sure if dylan wrote it, and he didn't (although he performed it later, maybe to invert all along the watchtower, which he did write)

empirical studies are crystal clear that sending troops to patrol streets will not reduce violent crime, but may reduce property crime and theft.

in fact, portland has one of the worst property crime rates in the country, probably due to the drug problem in the region. that's actually true.

but, there's better ways to deal with the complications of drug addiction than a policed state.

well, ok.

for the young and the profoundly ignorant.

somebody's going to tell me that was carol kaye.

they won't tell us until mccartney is dead, and they shouldn't.

so, don't waste your time fucking with me. it all evens out.

i don't actually believe in karma, but i believe in paul mccartney.

and, in the end  [bloop. bada bloop.]

the love you take

is equal to the love

you make

i am again moving into a basement. this will be my third basement in windsor. my basement stays have been lengthy - 08-2013-12-2017, 10-2018-04-2025 - while my two apartment stays have both been less than a year.

this basement is about $200 more than the previous basement (when i left). it's smaller than the first one, but bigger than the second one.

however, i didn't have my rent increased for five+ years in the previous space. how much would i be paying if i paid the rent increases?

750*1.025^7 = ~$900. it would be a little less than that, probably around $850.

however, i'm getting an extra $200/month from the cdb, which balances that out.

in the previous basement, i had around $400-600 left for groceries and disposable income together, after paying bills. it fluctuated, but generally went up. now, i'm going to have $700/month to start, and that's going to go up.

so, this has taken a while to sort itself out, but in comparison to the previous basement i was in from 2018-2025, i'm going to end up with a bigger space and with more money in my pocket per month, and also with more in the bank to start with. my material conditions have consequently evened out.

because i'm even steven. things always work out for me

now, i just need compensation for the wrongful eviction, and i'm working on it.

i don't want to mislead you or mischaracterize this. this has sucked. i've had years of my life stolen. but i came out in the same place, in the end.

what's next after this?

i have a hearing with my previous landlords on nov 4th, about me suing them. i need to update the new evidence, serve it and file it. i'm asking for upwards of $20,000 in damages for smoking and illegal entry. the new evidence includes drug tests and also the key i found in my mailbox, here. i don't know if they'll let me file it or not, but it demonstrates the point - somebody has been getting in my apartment, and somebody has been drugging me.

my appeals of their eviction order are now scheduled to go forward in the spring. i'm asking for a reversal of the costs orders and damages relating to the wrongful eviction, including the costs of staying in a hotel. that's going to be another $5,000-$10,000.

they got their house. fine. but the court should order them to pay me for it.

what am i going to do with all of this money? i have an asset limit of $40,000 on odsp, and need to be careful i'm not shooting myself in the foot, but a $20,000 downpayment would be enough to buy a $150,000-200,000 house, which exist in windsor, and which will reduce my rent/mortgage payments to well under $1000, which is the cost of the new lease. these are small bungalows or two story houses, mostly downtown. i don't need a big fancy house; i'm concerned about minimizing labour, not about maximizing wealth. this is a minimization problem for me, not a maximization problem. i have to live in capitalism, but i don't want to participate in it. further, i'll get that back when i turn 65, and no longer have an asset limit.

the reality is that nobody wants these houses, at this point. they're too expensive to rent. the bourgeois don't want them, and the students and poor can't afford them. that's the underside of capitalism i moved here to take advantage of, and which trudeau's immigration policies had taken away from me, by opening up a market for things nobody else wants.

that could work itself out by the summer, if all goes according to plan.

if i have this money and i move in the summer, it will be my last move. i'm not interested in climbing ladders. i don't care about the neighbours. this will ensure that nobody can take the house away from me again, and ensure nobody can move disgusting losers that do drugs into it. it's the end of this process. 

i'll have to determine in the end if i can afford to stay there past the age of 65 on government retirement pensions, or if it is more logical to sell the house and move into a house for retirees, which have reduced rents.

so, that's the plan.

the new place is about $200 cheaper, and i'll soon be about $200 better off, per month. i've also gained a few thousand dollars in my account. i don't foresee any fights with the landlord, and the space should be a lot less smoky.

i think that i should be stable there for a while, enough to let me get back to work very quickly, as soon as i'm able to set the space back up.

i'm officially moving again over the next few days.

it's not very far. i feel like my fucking parents, who used to move across the street every six months.

the place is smaller, but it's laid out better. i haven't had the opportunity to maximize the space here, but it has two 150 square foot rooms (bedroom, living room), two 50 square foot hallways, an awkwardly 100 square foot kitchen with lots of counter space and fridge & stove on the side walls, and a bathroom. this place is around 600 square feet, but i'm wasting a lot of it, and i can't find a way to save it. the living room is 50 square feet too small and the bedroom is 50 square feet too big, and the 100-150 square feet of hall space isn't helpful. i needed to move. if i had more time to look, i would have skipped this space; it's 600 square feet, but i'm only using 350-400 of it.

the place i'm moving to is around 450-500 square feet, but it's laid out in a way that's more useful to me. the hallway is at the bottom of the stairs, so i have a natural place for my bicycles, away from the main living area. the bedroom is smaller, so i'm not wasting the space in it. there's a separate laundry room, where i can put the sewing table. the kitchen is smaller but more usable. there's a second entrance that i can use for studio space, which opens up a large living room. it's just a way better layout, for me. most people would find it awkward, but it's going to be arranged to look like it's twice as big, whereas this place feels half as big.

it's a little rough. that's fine. i don't care. i'll fix it.

so, i will be moving the rest of the week and hope to be done with this by monday.