A few steps to freedom

Obligatory prison sentence update: 8 days to go. I am now a few steps away to freedom. As of yesterday, my apartment was crammed into a shipping container and soon will be shipped back east. I really feel as though I am escaping ahead of an impending tsunami because of this insanity. I may soon change my opinion and reinstate SF as the most evil place in the universe, maybe except for the island of Ryl'Yeh. To clue anyone in: at least one of those 2 places is fictional.

In order to maximise my last days at work, I have been put on call 3 times in the next 8 days. It will be exhausting, but at least I know there is an end point. This will be the last time I ever take 24 hour call (really here it is about 30 hours). I laugh because once I leave, I cannot be replaced. My employment there was a temporary increase in the number of residents the program was allowed and once I go that slot does not stay open. This will create a shorthanded situation in a place which already had been shorthanded even with me. Blame yourselves people.

On a happier note, I am really excited to come back east. This is similar to what happened in It's a beautiful Life. I got to see firsthand what happened when I was removed from my friends and family. I also experienced the effects of it on me. At least I did get to see a lot of SF that if I had been an ordinary tourist, I would have never seen. I have my "personal guide" who I met there to thank for that. Those sort of experiences can never be taken away, especially since some of them are stored as some of the gigabytes of pictures I have. I am excited for the fact that I will suddenly have more free time again. No more cramming in a workout, reading, then have what amounts to a short nap only to repeat the same thing the next day. I will have time to develop an actual life again as well as have all the hobbies I enjoyed.

I want this to complete my setup:



This amp will be my distortion channel. My vintage 1968 Fender Bandmaster will be the clean. My signal will run into an Ibanez chorus pedal, Danelectro flanger and then into a RAT distortion (mostly used as a volume boost). This setup will be room shaking. It is reminiscent of early 80s Van Halen's sound. This is among one of many projects I am planning. I am still in the process of figuring out what new hobby to add. Soon my car will be shipped and then all that will be left for me is to get on a plane and fly back.