September 19

Sunny out today.  Pretty nice for this late in September but it’s getting cool at night.   I fear that our evening outside time will soon be lost … I spent a few hours in the phone room working on my French.  It’s coming along pretty good and it helps pass the time.  If I can master this, I might try another language, probably Spanish or Dutch.

If I have any money together when I get out, I might go to Mexico for a week … Jim’s been trying to play a practical joke on me all day but hasn’t been successful.  I found the toothpaste in my bed on my roll of toilet paper, and the water on my seat, soon, I shall take my revenge …

Mum and dad were here for a visit, but Winston and Ian didn’t show up which is not a big surprise.  Perhaps I should have let Dave take care of Ian.  He is definitely going to pay.  Trying to get visits is just a pain in the arse.  You can’t count on anybody to show up. It’s frustrating and aggravating …

Everybody in our unit is getting along well.  I kinda enjoy living here, for a jail.  If we could just get some pills everything would be perfect.

September 20

This morning they found out about the hole in our window.  So, they sent us all to the gym and searched our unit.  There was nothing in it to be found but they took our extra clothes (?!?).  After the search nobody said anything to us.  We’re expecting to get a blast when [Guard1] comes in tomorrow. (they even took the sheets off my bed).

I was talking to Jolene in church.  She got five months, so she’ll be out Christmas eve.  I’m glad that she didn’t get too much time but at the same time I’m disappointed that she’ll be out before me.  Oh well, maybe I’ll have a bunch of girls responding to my add by then

… I called [my wife] tonight and she wouldn’t accept the charges. Bitch, that pisses me off.  I still can’t get an answer from Winston either and I’m concerned about that … I think we’ve found someone to bring in our package.  That we’ll find out tomorrow.

September 21

First day of fall and still no package.  It looks hopeless for getting that done. … Terrance got out today.  Actually, he’s out tomorrow.  He was supposed to go to Summerside jail today, but they put him in lockup and left him there all day.  Assholes …

I got Jim good with toothpaste:  lighter, cup, underwear and socks.  And he got me and Frankie with a bucket of water.  Jason and Frankie stuck tobacco tubes all over the ceiling and had to take them all down.  We are having fun here, without drugs …

Tomorrow the recreation schedule is being changed so we won’t be going out in the evenings.  That kind of sucks.  We watched Cartman’s video for Come Sail Away [South Park].  That was funny.  Yesterday Jim and Frankie watched Band on the Run and all day they were singing “Regs got the Runs.”

I called home to ask about the earthquake in Taiwan to see if Lisa [Mike’s wife] is okay.  And she is.  Must have gotten the shit scared out of her though.  I also called [my wife] and talked to her, asking her about her interview with the cops.  She talked to him for 3 hours.  I think he might be probing her for information, but it was hard to talk to her.  She seemed to be getting defensive.  That’s no surprise …

Still can’t get an answer at Winstons.  I wonder what the fuck is going on there.  … I asked Georgina about getting War and Peace, she says she might be able to get it for me.  I’d like to read that thing, 1300 pages.

I haven’t been able to get to the library yet this week to work on my French, but I’m picking at it here in the unit.  It seems to be more of a course in reading and writing French than spending it; not much info on pronunciation.  It’s good that I have Jim here to help me out, but he won’t be here much longer.

September 22

We got another guy in the unit today – George M., back for his 3rd bit in a row.  I was hoping they wouldn’t put him in our unit because he’s hard to listen to.  He comes up with a lot of stupid facts:  25% of the KKK are black, Marylyn Manson is Charlie’s cousin, if all the people in China jumped at once the earth would go out of orbit, …fuck off …

I gave up on trying to get our package in.  It’s just too difficult to get any help outside … Frankie got fucked around by the nurse this morning.  The doctor told him he could have his [sneakers?] and then [nurse1] said he couldn’t.  So, I wrote a letter to the Nurses Association for him.  I love doing this kind of stuff …

I went back to the library to work on my French.  I think I’m coming along good but I’m worried that I may not be able to keep it as long as I want, as it is on loan from the Dept. of Education, but if not, I might be able to get something from the Public Library or even buy something.  I’d like to learn a few more languages or at least the basics of them before I get out …

We didn’t get pancakes this morning; I was pretty disappointed about that.  We had that fucking French toast twice this week … Frankie and I dressed up in KKK outfits, sheet and pillowcase.  It was funny.  We do a lot of silly things in here.  That’s why I like this unit.

September 23

It rained all day, so we didn’t get outside.  And I didn’t get any visits either.  I wonder what the fuck is going on with Winston.  Jim’s friend was going to see him for me, but they wouldn’t let him in …

I wrote a letter to the cigarette roller company to try and get a free roller.  I was showing the guys some of the other letters I wrote.  They got a good laugh out of them.  I think too that [Supervisor] and Verna will know that I helped Frankie with his letter but I don’t care, fuck em …

Tomorrow is the day Ian is supposed to drop off some money, we’ll see what happens … tomorrow is Friday so I can look forward to watching some South Park …

September 24

Ian dropped some cash in my account this evening, finally.  I gave $100 to Whip to pay off an old debt.  I’m glad to get that off my chest.  I hate owing money. …

I found that Larry moved off the island.  What an asshole he turned out to be … Jim made some plans with one of the new guys that might pay off well for me, as I’m his partner.  I hope I can get something going around here so I’ll be pulling my weight.  Getting sent to jail may be one of the best things that ever happened to me, in the long run …

The package that Dennis and I had got picked up but not dropped off.  I guess we’re fucked there. … I’ve got the French tapes for the weekend so I’m hoping that I can make a lot of progress on that …