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The Worst of Burning Man

4/23/2014

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MEANWHILE BACK AT CASA CRAZY

So it turns out that Anna, the visitor from Germany that D.S. dropped in our laps is really lovely. Consensus among the housemates can be summed up by what Jules said, "She's nice. Can we keep her and dump the other one?"

MY CAT IS FAT

And, LiLi, oh cat of many names, did not look pleased when I added, Fatticus Catticus to the list today. I told her if she doesn't watch it, the next one could be Rotunda.

OUT AND ABOUT

Ah East Oakland, where the panhandlers at the gas station not only want to pump your gas, they try to sell you supersized bottles of lotion complete with handy pump, possibly only gently used. (I didn't ask for details.)

​And when you decline they still tell you "you know, you is a bootiful lady? Are you married? Well see you around here at the Arco station. "
This is a quote. Can't make this stuff up!

HOME NOT SAFE HOME AGAIN

No. No. No. No. No! 

I had decided that this was NOT going to be a night of uncomfortable, unpleasant bad vibey stuff.


Just parked and the volume & bass of the Weds night streaming " Absolute Worst of Burning Man" noise fest, which takes place in our basement at the back end of the house, is so loud I can hear it across the street with the windows rolled up!

To make things more interesting, my landlady is on the front porch talking to the "house guest." Since I am trying to avoid confrontation, I need to wait until she goes back to the basement before I go in.

​(And I need to pee) Who would be the god you pray to for bladder control? Oy!

OH WHAT A RELIEF IT IS!

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MADE IT INSIDE!

Adventures in packing! I got some cool inexpensive boxes at IKEA with inserts that will serve as little cubbies to store my altar stuff, like crystals and little bells safely!
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But I struck out at Ross. First time I have ever been there when they did not have space bags! They are so expensive everywhere else! I was hoping to squeeze down bulky items like costumes and winter coats! I guess the hunt will continue.

OH NO SHE DIDN'T!

*shakes head. Rubs ears. Wishes some things could be unseen/unheard.*
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Avril Levigne, what has happened to you? What's gone wrong? I see you are approaching 30. Are you having a crisis of cool? Trying to reclaim your teens?

Your "Rock n Roll" video was atrocious enough but this, "Hello Kitty" video offends the eyes AND the ears. Aside from the overzealous processing that has completely removed anything human from your voice, your Japanese is horrid, the song sounds horrible! And is that a Skrillex rip off?

​How you could possibly think it would be cool for a white woman to act like a giggly Japanese girl bouncing around and clapping her hands and.....oh..I'm just not even going to bother any more. Hopefully, you'll get a grip and figure out how to do something brilliant and musical in the next few years because this shit is going to become increasingly embarrassing!

A NOTE FROM FUTURE LORELEI....

Dear Lorelei,

Oh, just you wait until 2018 when Taylor Swift decides to murder Earth Wind and Fire's, September .

Nothing will prepare you for this. I don't know why I am trying.

-Future You
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As Casa de Crazy Turns

4/23/2014

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1142 PM Lalochezia See it's a thing! Don't be offended! I get relief!

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1:07pm
So it turns out that Anna, the visitor from Germany that D.S. dropped in our laps is really lovely. Consensus among the housemates can be summed up by what J. said, "She's nice. Can we keep her and dump the other one?"

6PM
Ah, East Oakland, where the panhandlers at the gas station not only want to pump your gas, they try to sell you supersized bottles of lotion complete with handy pump, possibly only gently used. I didn't ask for details. And when you decline they still tell you, "You know, you is a bootiful lady? Are you married? Well, see you around here at the Arco station."
This is a quote. Can't make this stuff up!

1036PM

No. No. No. No. No!

I had decided that this was not going to be a night of uncomfortable, unpleasant bad vibey stuff.
Just parked, and the volume & bass of the Wednesday night streaming "Worst Of Burning Man" noise fest, which takes place in our basement at the back end of the house, is so loud I can hear it across the street with the windows rolled up.
To make things more interesting, my landlady is on the front porch talking to  Anna, the house guest. Since I am trying to avoid confrontation, I need to wait until she goes back to the basement before I go in. (And I need to pee)

Who would be the god you pray to for bladder control? Oy!


10:39PM

Adventures in packing! I got some cool inexpensive boxes at IKEA with inserts that will serve as little cubbies to store my altar stuff, like crystals and little bells safely!

But I struck out at Ross. First time I have ever been there when they did not have space bags! They are so expensive everywhere else! I was hoping to squeeze down bulky items like costumes and winter coats!

I would not give a penny to Walmart even if they offered me a private one bedroom apartment in my price range right now. (By the way, the place in El Cerrito fell through and I am desperately looking again) That's how firmly committed to not shopping at Walmart I am!


1114 PM

*shakes head. Rubs ears. Wishes some things could be unseen/unheard.*

Avril Lavigne, what has happened to you? What's gone wrong? I see you are approaching 30. Are you having a crisis of cool? Trying to reclaim your teens? Your "Rock n Roll" video was atrocious enough, but this Hello Kitty video offends the eyes and the ears.

Aside from the overzealous processing that has completely removed anything human from your voice, your Japanese is horrid, the song sounds dreadful, and is that a Skrillex rip off? How you could possibly think it would be cool for a white woman to act like a giggly Japanese girl bouncing around and clapping her hands and.....oh..I'm just not even going to bother any more.

​Hopefully, you'll get a grip and figure out how to do something brilliant and musical in the next few years because this shit is going to become increasingly embarrassing!


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Dear Past Lorelei: The above picture really sums the feeling of that whole day up; loud, and annoying! Except for the gas station dude. He was funny!

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Imagining A Home Without Drama

4/22/2014

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DESPERATELY SEEKING HOUSING!

Though I'm looking everywhere, I've really been wanting to find an affordable place in Alameda. In the last few months I found 3 I could afford:
  1. A studio apartment on craigslist and in typical craigslist form, I got no reply to my email.
  2.  A room at the high end of my budget. It seemed like a really good fit but there was a lot of competition & they picked someone else.
  3. Today, the weirdest one! The ad on Facebook group looked great, even mentioned the place was close to dog parks which implies pet friendly, right? However, nothing in the ad about pets. In my initial email, I did not mention my cat, however, I'm guessing that the assumption was made because of the photos of my client's kitties on my wall. So, this person sends me this big explanation about how they can't have a cat in the house because one of the housemates is immune challenged because of her organ transplant anti rejection drugs & can't garden without mask and gloves or be anywhere near a litter box. LiLi and her litter box live in my room so I sent back a query if that would be safe but I suspect I will get no response. 

THE SHITTY CURRENT HOMEFRONT

I'm not sure if Daniella's German "friend," Anna is gone or if she just tried to "tidy up." She was very pleasant, especially in comparison to Daniella, but if she's gone it is a good thing because it means I have space to pack and I may be able to pack at night when I actually have time.

What I don't understand is, who leans a mattress up against a heater? I already told her she shouldn't put her backpack and other cloth items against it. That heater has a pilot light and it has a history of turning itself on even when the switch is off.

*sigh*

​#flammable

VENTING HELPS!

It's good to know that venting publicly about my horrible home situation on Facebook finally had a positive effect. After I publicly posted that I was going to hold both my landlady & Aaron Winett responsible and file a theft complaint against Daniella, I came home to find the three specific items I had mentioned shoved out into the living room area.

So, not sure if Banzai saw the post and said, "that's enough" or what. Because I'm sure D.S. thinks telling the police, "She's crazy" allows her to keep my stuff. I'm sure Aaron saw it because he immediately unfriended me, which is a win. I already had him restricted. Who wants a lying drug peddler who threatens me because I called the police as a friend? Not moi. Anyway. Whew.


INTRIGUING COINKYDINK

Interesting thing I realized, when only using Aaron's initials in the Facebook post.  I seem to have a history of knowing shitty, dishonest people with those initials: A.W. = Aaron Winett: liar, drug dealer, bus dweller, infrequent bather.  A.W. = Andy Waitley,  ex boyfriend, liar, thief and alcoholic, diagnosed sociopath (Antisocial Personality Disorder)  who tried to kill me. Perhaps all people with the initials A.W. should be avoided completely or at least eyed with  great suspicion. I'm only half joking.

Accio wonderful, peaceful, affordable, mirthful home, that also allows my kitty in my room, where I can be my most positive, productive and creative self!

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An Easter OF UPS, DOWNS AND TOO MUCH DISCORD!

4/20/2014

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THINGS ARE LOOKING GRIM AGAIN!

1247 AM

​I am completely run down and exhausted!

I needed to go back home tonight to pick up a few toiletries I forgot to pack, a change of clothes, check on THE KITTY and get some laundry. I am just too tired to drive. Even a mini nap didn't do it.

I'm looking at a place in Orinda in the morning and I need to crash soon. I don't think it's going to be something workable, but I have to look. So far nothing is working out and I am really fed up with the situation at "home."

I've been combing craigslist and there's just nothing.

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I hope I manage to sleep tonight because now I'm going to have to get up even earlier than planned.
303AM

There's nothing like waking up like that when you're already sleep deprived and feeling so upset you just can't go back to sleep. Everything seems hopeless in the middle of the night when nothing can be done about it.

I managed to drift off for a while but I had terrible anxiety dreams, woke up and sobbed for a long time. Now I'm also stuffed up and puffy.
  • I need this to end!
  • I desperately need some peace!
  • I'm tired of having to live with unstable or abusive people and rent from slumlords because I don't have the money or credit to afford more.

I have been looking for a place for myself and my cat for 6 months now. I'm out of time. I'm out of emotional reserve. I have these wonderful respites of joy, companionship, creativity and solace but then I have to go back to this hell that I didn't earn. It's senseless.

I don't think it's too much to ask for a safe, affordable, stable place to live so I can stop worrying and focus on putting some good back into the world. Seriously, even though most of the time I'm convinced it will turn out fine, the process is so excruciating I almost don't care!

​And it's not just me I'm worried about it's LiLi. She didn't do well when someone tried to foster her before. She's really not adoptable. Even if I could bear to be seperated from her, she would not be ok. 

I am full of anxiety, worry and justifiably; anger! None of which do me any good, especially when I have to be up in 5 hours.
916AM

Meh. All I wanted to do last night was sleep. Today's going to be tough. Grateful I'll have some help.
TWO HOURS LATER:

I know it's Easter Sunday & all but  I really need help. The friend who was going to help me with moving some stuff to storage today had to cancel because of car trouble. I put out a plea for someone with little muscle, who has  a calm, yet possibly foreboding vibe (because the current people living in the house are problematic at best) to help for only 30 minutes while I took stuff out of the basement and loaded it into a vehicle. Yeah. I know ; bad day to ask for help.

​It'll be fine though, right?
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!Well there were no colored eggs, Easter Bunnies, no Zombie Jesus, or baby chicks to be found; lust these fuzzy creatures who would have been happy to bat any of the above around between naps! 
:LATER THAT EVENING:

Once again, my good friends Tammy and Rick came to the rescue:

Almost everything is out of the basement. Only a tiny bit of stuff that can be dealt with right before I move. Most of what was down there was boxes and packing supplies from the last move. Now to begin packing upstairs in earnest. Still have no place to go but stuff is going to storage!

Unfortunately, I have more problems here:


*sigh* Looks like I will have to file formal charges of theft and harassment against D.S.

The cops were not impressed with the disrespect she showed them the other night when she threatened to throw my sofa and other things out on the street. They explained the law to her. They advised her to stop harassing me and not to touch my property, to just let me pack & move out in peace, but she can't help herself.


I told her that I had SOLD my dining chairs. I asked her to return the things she has in my room, which includes one of those chairs. She has refused.

It appears she scored 4 lovely chairs for the kitchen and just for childish defiance and spite (can't think of another plausible explanation) she took my desk chair. This was no easy feet because it was pushed up to my desk and packing stuff was on it, and put it next to the table with the other four.

As far as I know my other dining chair, my sewing machine and my oil heater, along with heaven knows what else she's taken, are still in her room.

In addition she either has the permission of Aaron Winett & my landlady Erin Green AKA Banzai Bezaire, to harass me or do whatever she pleases to my property. The alternative is that  she has flat out lied by saying she does. The other night Aaron Winett says he did NOT tell her to do so but it's happening and they are now fully aware of the situation.


I think my landlady would just like me to move without any more problems. She claims her "parents are lawyers." If so, surely they would advise her not to interfere with:
  • My ability to reside peacefully on the property while I am still paying rent.
  • My packing or moving from the premises.

I don't want to have to keep involving the police. I don't want to take legal action but I don't see a lot of choice here. It's also going to be mighty embarrassing for someone who's trying to look professional and get her company off the ground to have her behavior addressed publicly in a legal forum. I have everything well documented.

A judge is not going to go for her excuse that she can do whatever she wants to me because:
  • "well she's getting evicted" (not true)
  • "well, she's crazy" (also not true and I'm unaware of her qualifications to diagnose me.)

Can we say slander, harassment, theft? I think it's well enough documented now that I can.
All I can say is this situation is going to cause a lot of unnecessary grief for all concerned if it remains unchecked.

Picture 1- new chairs + my desk chair
​(desk chair is the one with the black seat)

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Picture 2: My chair.
​As you can see 5 chairs don't even really fit around the table.

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Picture 3- Here you can see the effort she had to go through to extricate my desk chair.
Actually, there were a few more boxes piled up.

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There is literally no sensible reason that someone would bring four chairs home to fit around a table that will only fit three chairs and then go to all the trouble of moving someone else's belongings to take that person's chair and add it so that here are five chairs unless you are trying to harass and be territorial. 

NOTE FROM FUTURE LORELEI.......

Dear Lorelei,

I'm sorry to tell you, that the violations will only get worse and more ridiculous! It's going to be hard to cope or to keep your sense of humor. That stuff you think you can get out of the basement later? It won't happen.

Daniella will only get worse and the person who will move into your room eventually, a person you thought was your friend will join her and treat you horribly. They will violate your peace of mind, your privacy and your property. Things will get better in fits and starts. You will go through some terrible things yet. It's probably not over, but  in about four years things will have improved. Just keep swimming!

Hugs and Ice Cream,

Future You

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