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The blog of an obsessive-compulsive who has a "purging" reaction to certain words and sights (the M-word, the I-word, the WH-word, etc.).
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The day I ate inside Taco Bell
On Friday, December 11, Darnell drove me to the office during pick-ups, while the batteries in my headphones were dead."Commercial break!", I told him when commercials came on on the radio.But Darnell said, "James, I want to listen to them."I continu...
Emanuel plays with purge words, Part Deux
I was lying on the sofa in the office's couch room today when Emanuel came in. "Get off", said Emanuel."You want to lie on the couch?", I asked."Yeah."So I got off and lay on the cushion on the ground. I curled up in fetal position and sat on top of ...
Emanuel plays with purge words
On Thursday I had asked Stan for more money, and he said he'd give it to me before he left. Friday morning came, and he never gave it to me.La Netta and Darnell picked me up. Ken said "axx oxxx the pxxxx" during our morning drive, which became the fi...
An awful day
Shortly after I climbed into the van Friday morning, Emanuel said, "Ice xxxxx cones on a cake"."Blechhhh!", I said."Good morning, James!", said La Netta."I've got ice xxxxx on a cake . . .", Emanuel continued."Blechhhhh!", I said again. "Good morning...
My piroshki
Emanuel was talking Thursday morning. All morning, the talked to the air. He ranted about the usual suspects: his family, the police, the Bay Area, the East Coast, the Devil.". . . spilled their milk axx oxxx the pxxxx", he said."Rrrrrrrrr!", I growl...
Full of delays
On Friday morning, I stepped into the CIWP van. Rosa and Kay were there. But Rodney came out undressed.The staff said he had dressed himself and undressed himself six times that morning. "He's clearly tweaking", said Rosa. After Rodney refused to get...
Mxss, mxss, mxss!
On Tuesday, I brought my headphones to program, cannibalized so that one CD player was connected to the headphones of the other CD player. I brought along the older headphones, just in case La Netta wanted to help me place the puffs from one headphon...
The day I just kept hearing trigger words
Thursday morning, our group drove to CIWP together."Cutxe pie" or "Sweetxe pie", I heard Francisco, a client who speaks in broken English, say as he was speaking to Lisa. "My darling!""La Netta!", I called."La Netta!", I repeated.I got out of the van...
Nothing doing
Emanuel was with us on Thursday, and he wanted to sleep rather than actually, well, do stuff. We had Wal-mart and Barnes & Noble on the schedule."Scxxt over, James", said Emanuel."Rrrrrrrrrrr!", I growled."Sorry. Scxxt over.""Rrrrrrrrrrrrrr!""Huh...
I loooooove Jolene. Jolene's my favorite.
I was at the end of the back row near the van door, and Emanuel was at the other end. I lifted my legs up so Robin could get in."Get out of here!", said Emanuel."What's that you said?", asked La Netta."I said get out of here. I don't want Robin sitti...
Getting up on the wrong side of the bed
When my staff told me La Netta was here this morning, I was very tired. I lay in bed for about three more minutes before getting out.I combed my hair and applied deodorant, put my sunglasses on, then grabbed my CD player and headphones and turned off...
Robert returns
Imagine my surprise when I came back to program on Monday morning and found Robert in the van."Robert? You're still here?", I asked.We completed our pick-ups then drove to the office. I stayed in the van with Rosa while La Netta took Jolene to change...
Emanuel music
Yesterday, I went to Wal-mart and got my juices. Then the group split for Barnes and Noble and Ross. La Netta was going to Ross, while Rosa was headed to Barnes and Noble. I went to Barnes and Noble, and told Emanuel that I wanted to show him the New...
A trip to Moraga
On Wednesday, we picked up Emanuel first before picking up Jolene and Robin. It was our day to program in Moraga. When we got to Jolene's house, La Netta said, "It's early in the morning and I don't need a mxss"."Ewwwwwwww!", I said."Sorry", La Netta...
Happy birthday to Emanuel
On Thursday, July 9, the group celebrated Emanuel's birthday (Emanuel turned 28).La Netta expected at first that he would want to be dropped off at Berkeley, but Emanuel said that for his birthday he was staying with the group, so he could be dropped...
Full of words
Today both La Netta and Tiffany called off, so Darnell picked me up, with Kay as his driving partner.We had Robert in the front seat, and Rodney and Emanuel sitting back there with me. Tully was in the middle row.We made our first stop, and Kay got o...
A day with Don
At 8:58 this morning, I was woken up and picked up by Don.He had both Emanuel and Robin in the back seat, so I sat in the middle row this time. Then Don picked up Jeremy."How old are you?", asked Emanuel."I'm 29", I told him."Are you still young?", a...
