Daily Journal Jan 1-6, 2013

Tuesday January 1, 2013 6:04am: Here we are, a new year, yet just another day on the row. Finished my morning ritual. Last night in the mail I received 3 more comments, so I'll reply to them. I also received a letter from a friend who's a priest, who I haven't heard from in several years. So I need to write him, work out, and finish a piece of stationery, so I need to get to it.
8:31am: I wrote the 3 replies and been working on my new stationery, it's coming out really good. I still need to work out. I'm just so sore from the past 3 days. I'll just be doing legs, cardio and abs. I didn't even watch the news this morning. That crap seems to just depress me. But it's the only way to keep up with current events. I'm going to get back on this stationery and I got a card started that I need to finish up either today or tomorrow.
10:27am: They just passed out cleaning supplies and as Officer Brown and the runners were going out the back door, the officer in the control room opened my cell door up. They've done this about a dozen times since I've been on heightened security, which shows that this heightened security is bullshit! Well, back to my artwork and passing time.
11:40am: Just finished my new front page for the Daily Journal. I'm having it copied in color and it's bad ass. I painted it. People won't see it until February. By the time I send it out, get it copied, get it back and start using it - it'll take a month. Georgia + Nebraska play at 1pm on ABC so I'm going to watch that while either drawing or writing. I'm working on another piece of stationery and putting the back on one of my cards, so I need to finish that up and I still need to work out. Thirty years ago today, what I would give to go back to that day. I was 14 years old, racing BMX, yes, I was into drinking and smoking weed, but if I knew what I know now, I'd have gotten me some help, oh well. That just popped in my mind 'cause I looked up and seen on TV 30 years ago, January 1, 1983.
4:36pm: Just finished eating. I've been doing artwork the majority of the day. I worked out for about 45 minutes. I've been sitting here watching this football game and doing this stationery. I've got 5 or 6 pieces of stationery out right now being copied. I'm going to walk for 30 minutes and then wash clothes and both get in bed and call it a day. January 1, 2013, just another day on Florida's Death Row, uneventful and downright boring.

Wednesday January 2, 2013 4:35am: I got up at 3:30, did my daily ritual of washing up, cleaning this cage and watching ABC America This Morning. We have sheet exchange today. One of the days I have to make the bed twice. I've got a couple of pieces of artwork that I need to work on, a couple of letters to write and a workout to do. This is the first time in a few weeks that I had a suicidal thought in the morning. It was no big deal, just a passing thought.
8:30am: Just did sheet exchange and made my bunk. I was doing some work on a card. I wrote a letter to Brother Otto and a card to priest friend. I really need to stop and get to this workout.
4:40pm: Just finished eating. I worked out earlier for about an hour. After lunch my stomach was really messed up, so I laid down for awhile. Then I got up and worked on this card. I wanted to get it out tonight, but that's not going to happen. I'll try to get it finished up tomorrow. I want to get my shower, come back, get under the covers and call it a day. Right now I'm going to walk for 30 minutes.

Thursday January 3, 2013 5:00am: I've been up since 3am. I'm just getting up when others are going to sleep. One idiot down the hall is singing. I didn't get my shower until after 8pm. It was supposed to be back to front, but they started front to back. I'm in the last cell, so I'm last in the shower. I came back and went to bed. When I woke up at 3 I had two letters on the door. I've already made the bunk, I've still got to clean the floor. I'll do that after breakfast then I want to finish this card up, work out and do some writing. Canteen should be here today, so got that to look forward to. And here's breakfast.
6:50am: Just finished writing another request to Warden Andrews. I'm hoping she will allow me a polygraph test to prove that these last 8 DRs were reprisal DRs written by a bunch of unethical criminals portraying as correctional staff. All because I stood up to Warden B.V. Reddish who's an unethical dishonorable criminal. I want to prove the assaults, strip cells, destroyed property and legal file was all acts of reprisal. Oh well, see what she says. So far from what I've seen, she's restored some integrity to UCI, which there was none under Reddish. Low life scum bucket. I'm not watching any more of the news today. They keep talking about Sandy Hook. Too damn depressing. I've continued to think about it, every day. I feel for those families. I got the best solution for getting rid of guns, yet giving people security. We get rid of the guns and make it a law that every US citizen trains in martial arts. It would get them off the couch and get them in shape and with everyone training this country would be a lot safer. We put substations in every neighborhood where assault rifles are stored. In order to get to the weapons, you have to have 3 keys to open it. Five citizens in that neighborhood will have the keys and only the people in that neighborhood will know where the substations are located. That ways if an invasion ever happens, people will be able to fight for themselves. Just something that crossed my mind. 'Cause as long as the country is not under attack, the only people that needs guns is law enforcement. At least this keeps children from being slaughtered. I know the NRA gun nuts will disagree, but guns, assault rifles and pistols are made for killing people. Oh well, that's my take on it, which doesn't really matter. I'm going to get back to work on this card.
9:33am: Canteen just left. Before that there was word of a shakedown, which turned out to be bogus. I was writing a letter, sgt came by here at 8am talking about cell inspections, so maybe that's where that came from. You've got to be careful around here, guys will report something before they have all the facts. Which is something that the media is bad about. Nowadays it's about getting info out fast rather than accurate. Which is just so wrong. When I hear something just like the Warden Barry Reddish DUI rumor. I asked about a dozen other officers, and the ones who admitted to knowing about it, told me the same story that the first sgt told me. And I never wrote that it was fact, I stated rumorville has it, etc etc. And that staff by spreading this has no respect for Warden Reddish. Oh well.
11:08am: The MP3 man just picked up the players so I'll get my new music today :). I got some good music coming so I'm looking forward to that.
3:15pm: Got the MP3 player back at 3pm. I didn't get the 20 songs that I ordered. He said if showed up tomorrow, he would come back and pick my MP3 up and hook it up. I did get the seven songs that they had on back order. I've just been sitting here working on a card. I was talking with a guy down the hall who's my age about racing BMX bicycles when we were kids. Now that I got my MP3 back I'm listening to my new music. I need to do a workout. I still haven't done anything. Only one guy went to rec over here. I would have went out had they let me.
4:35pm: Well, I didn't work out, and I'm not going to. I'm fixing to walk then wash up and get in bed and call it a day. I really should have accomplished more today. I hope to get some mail tonight, and to have a more productive day tomorrow.

Friday January 4, 2013 6:00am: I got up this morning to find one letter on my door from Between the Bars with some comments, so that's what I'll do this morning is respond to them. Then I'll work out and do some art later. Right now I still need to clean the floor, sink, toilet and bars, so I'm going to get to it.
10:56am: I wrote up 3 replies, and then was working on a card. I need to get up and work out, or either get back to work on this card.
2:35pm: I just wrote a blog about my trial and appeal. I need to go through my legal work and try to find documents that I'm going to use to show my followers how poorly Henry Davis represented me. That SUEE is just a mess from Reddish's administration destroying it.
3:31pm: Just finished a little exercise session. I need to do some more, my damn knee is killing me. I need surgery on it, I just don't want to get it done. I had surgery on it in 2006. The first surgery I had on it was 1985, when I was 17. My knee is shot. Tonight is shower night. I might watch some of the Oklahoma game. I didn't watch anything last night, not even the world news. I laid there listening to music until I fell asleep.

Saturday January 5, 2013 7:50am: Damn knee is killing me. I didn't even want to get out of bed. I just got up and made the bunk, and I'm considering getting right back in it. I'm not sure what I will do today, if I'll do anything. I didn't get any mail last night. I was hoping to get some more stationery, as well as some envelopes. Maybe Monday.
8:23am: Just found out that Jesus Delgato committed suicide last night. Guy down the hall said he had just seen him out in the visiting park a few weeks ago with his mother. I'm not sure how long he's been on the row. Can't blame him for wanting to end this crap. He was upstairs on this wing. When Willie Davis killed himself, he was in that same cell, or right in that area #6204. I'm surprised there's not more suicides here.

Sunday January 6, 2013 7:09am: I just got out of bed. Yesterday I wrote my mom, the people running Between the Bars. I then got back in bed where I stayed all day. Jesus committing suicide just put me in a state of depression. Not sure I'm going to do anything today. I've got to clean this floor and wash some clothes, which I didn't do yesterday.
11:40am: Just finished eating. I did get off my ass and work out. Not the best, but at least it was something. I'm fixing to sit back and watch the NFL pre game. I'll then spend the day watching football. I doubt that I do anything other than that. Still got to wash clothes and wash up. I'll do that a bit later.
4:48pm: Here I am calling it a day. Fixing to bath and get in bed, watch some football and go to sleep. Right now I'm fixing to get my mail on the door. Just another day on Death Row.