Simon Says:
Yes, I know. My radio show isn't working and I guess I just can't seem to get the server software working. It'll happen someday, maybe. My partner doesn't seem to have the patients and flips out when things don't work out. I on the other hand have patients coming out of my ass. Anyway, That has got nothing to do with what I want to write about.
Oh two more thing before we get started; It's my birthday! Never thought I'd make it this long but here I am. The other thing you might want to know is I'm trying to kick the meds, not because I don't think I need them. I lost my insurance and my meds cost $650 a month; which I just can't afford. Ever heard of brain shivers? Well, I'm knee deep in them and it's not pleasant. I was trying not to drink alcohol but today I just needed something to take the edge off.
Now, back to the topic. Corruption, perniciousness that exists in the mental health system. There are four people living in this house and all of us suffer from suicidal depression. I'm the only one who's been in the system so long that I've managed to get Social Security Disability. Well, because I have money coming in the company that manages this house is requiring me to pay for all sorts of innocuous services as a condition of my living here. The first thing they did was cancel my medical insurance. Then they are requiring me to see a nurse every week at a cost of $110 for each visit. They raised my rent to $440/month. So In my mind I have no choice. Tomorrow I'm moving out. Oh, I'm not going down without making some waves!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Sorry
Simon Says:
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Ralph and I are setting up a new web page for the MICD broadcast. It's been a little slow going, however; we are making some progress now. The new web page will be micdoffcenter.com, which should be up soon. I'll try to keep you posted as new events materialize.
I fell off the wagon a few weeks ago, but I'm back in shape and back to work. Been having much trouble with our server and just got side tracked. The Ralph Livingston Show will be up on the other web page soon and I will still maintain a link to it on this blog as well as a link to micdoffcenter.com.
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BroadWave Streaming Audio Server
by NCH Swift Sound Software.
Ralph and I are setting up a new web page for the MICD broadcast. It's been a little slow going, however; we are making some progress now. The new web page will be micdoffcenter.com, which should be up soon. I'll try to keep you posted as new events materialize.
I fell off the wagon a few weeks ago, but I'm back in shape and back to work. Been having much trouble with our server and just got side tracked. The Ralph Livingston Show will be up on the other web page soon and I will still maintain a link to it on this blog as well as a link to micdoffcenter.com.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The Ralph Livingston Show
Simon Says:
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Sorry, this whole thing is in it's infancy. I don't want to have dead air but, we're off to a slow start here. I'm hoping we're online anyway, right now I'm just streaming some music. Because this is on my personal blog I'm a little apprehensive about telling friends to check it out. I know we had a pretty good show the other night. At least we had good intentions, however; the whole thing turned into a big party. Things will get better.
Simon-
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Sorry, this whole thing is in it's infancy. I don't want to have dead air but, we're off to a slow start here. I'm hoping we're online anyway, right now I'm just streaming some music. Because this is on my personal blog I'm a little apprehensive about telling friends to check it out. I know we had a pretty good show the other night. At least we had good intentions, however; the whole thing turned into a big party. Things will get better.
Simon-
Saturday, January 31, 2009
OK, we are now live
Simon Says:
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OK, finally a little closer to haveing everything up and running. Took a few phone calls to my ISP and a lot of trial and error, but I still need to work on setting up archived shows. We have a show planned for later this afternoon only problem is itttle be live and we are awaiting our guest. Won't be hapening for awhile yet but I'll announce it via RSS.
In the mean time I'm just playing with it so it's live only my partner is crashed out right now and no one else is here.
Simon
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BroadWave Streaming Audio Server
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OK, finally a little closer to haveing everything up and running. Took a few phone calls to my ISP and a lot of trial and error, but I still need to work on setting up archived shows. We have a show planned for later this afternoon only problem is itttle be live and we are awaiting our guest. Won't be hapening for awhile yet but I'll announce it via RSS.
In the mean time I'm just playing with it so it's live only my partner is crashed out right now and no one else is here.
Simon
Ralph Livingston Live Shows
Simon Says:
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Ok, update, Things have kinda settled down for me. Living in a shared house here in Burnsville, MN. I'm trying to get this live streaming thing running and it's driving me up a tree. Hope to have it running soon though. Going to have a lot of interesting shows on mental health, keep checking back. I'll also post when it's running.
Simon
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Ok, update, Things have kinda settled down for me. Living in a shared house here in Burnsville, MN. I'm trying to get this live streaming thing running and it's driving me up a tree. Hope to have it running soon though. Going to have a lot of interesting shows on mental health, keep checking back. I'll also post when it's running.
Simon
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Revelations
Simon Says:
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Revelations:
I recently met a woman, a very beautiful woman. A psychotic woman and to me that makes her even more beautiful. She’s older now but in her younger days she was one of those rare beauties that could make a grown man cry … as the song goes.
Life is stranger than fiction, and we just don’t know what makes certain people gravitate towards one another or for that matter, what drives them apart. What is it that creates hostility and unconditional love? I sometimes think I know the answers; at least I’m sure I know some of them. I also know it doesn’t matter, life is what it is and that’s the macrocosmic answer.
I sometimes envy the simple minded; life is much easier on them. They find purpose in performing menial jobs, acquiring material luxuries that make them happy. Happiness is a little harder to find for others, I know I haven’t found it. I’m not even sure what it is. I haven’t been looking for it lately. I know if I ever had it its gone now, and I don’t seem to care. All I want to do is sleep and I can’t seem to get that right either. My dreams are a lot better than my life. I’ll go for days without sleep and then days when I can’t seem to wake up.
At the suggestion of the beautiful woman I read the last book of the New Testament. The extensive use of symbolism leaves whatever message that might be hidden in it wide open to an infinite number of interpretations. The only thing I feel is made very clear is that we are going to suffer even greater pain than we are experiencing now. The part that disappoints me is that it matters not how you live your life or who you are; you are still going to suffer and be slaughtered along with everyone else. Hopefully it’s not so and just more symbolism subject to your own personal interpretation.
I asked the woman how she could find comfort in such a thing and her response was that the human race is evil and there will be justice in the end. To me it sounds like we are living in hell and I’ve had that feeling for a long time.
I think she is right; the phenomenal part of this story is that this woman would open up to me and tell me things she claims to have not shared with anyone else. There must be a higher power behind the people we meet and the experiences we have. My question is why?
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Revelations:
I recently met a woman, a very beautiful woman. A psychotic woman and to me that makes her even more beautiful. She’s older now but in her younger days she was one of those rare beauties that could make a grown man cry … as the song goes.
Life is stranger than fiction, and we just don’t know what makes certain people gravitate towards one another or for that matter, what drives them apart. What is it that creates hostility and unconditional love? I sometimes think I know the answers; at least I’m sure I know some of them. I also know it doesn’t matter, life is what it is and that’s the macrocosmic answer.
I sometimes envy the simple minded; life is much easier on them. They find purpose in performing menial jobs, acquiring material luxuries that make them happy. Happiness is a little harder to find for others, I know I haven’t found it. I’m not even sure what it is. I haven’t been looking for it lately. I know if I ever had it its gone now, and I don’t seem to care. All I want to do is sleep and I can’t seem to get that right either. My dreams are a lot better than my life. I’ll go for days without sleep and then days when I can’t seem to wake up.
At the suggestion of the beautiful woman I read the last book of the New Testament. The extensive use of symbolism leaves whatever message that might be hidden in it wide open to an infinite number of interpretations. The only thing I feel is made very clear is that we are going to suffer even greater pain than we are experiencing now. The part that disappoints me is that it matters not how you live your life or who you are; you are still going to suffer and be slaughtered along with everyone else. Hopefully it’s not so and just more symbolism subject to your own personal interpretation.
I asked the woman how she could find comfort in such a thing and her response was that the human race is evil and there will be justice in the end. To me it sounds like we are living in hell and I’ve had that feeling for a long time.
I think she is right; the phenomenal part of this story is that this woman would open up to me and tell me things she claims to have not shared with anyone else. There must be a higher power behind the people we meet and the experiences we have. My question is why?
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Change
Simon Says:
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One other guarantee in life, is change. They always fail to mention it along with Death and Taxes. So there are three guarantees, "death, taxes and change". I'm only mentioning it here because I'm about to go through some changes, for the better, I hope.
This guy that runs this house has been hounding me to apply for a CADI (Community Alternatives for Disabled Individuals) waiver. I knew it meant more money for my rent here but when I found out how much more money it means it almost made me sick. If I was to be granted a CADI waiver this asshole would get double the rent he's collecting for me now. That would come to $2500/month to rent out a 12' X 12" room in his basement.
I live down here with two other guys that are receiving the CADI waiver and the whole shebang is fraud. The guy has to lie to the county about the services he provides and the recipients are coerced into signing paperwork stating that they are receiving these fictitious services. I'm just so disappointed in this procedure that I feel sick to my stomach. It's all fraud, right down the bureaucratic line.
Since I just happen to have enough wherewithal to give a damn, I won't be getting the CADI waiver and therefore have to move out to make room for someone a little less aware. Someone who'll sign anything that's put in front of them so this`asshole can get his $2500/month rent from the county (tax payers). Let's see, hmm, that comes to $7,500/month to do absolutely nothing but provide a place for three idiots to sleep. This shit is plain old fucking wrong. Hmm, I wonder what can be done about it?
So anyway, I've begun packing my bags again. They're looking for another place for me and this asshole is looking for reasons to kick me out ASAP because he is losing money every day I'm here. I think this is the first time a CADI waiver has been denied for him and he's not happy. It's no wonder he's having additional living space added on to the house, he's found a gold mine with this. Actually, I can't say I wouldn't do it myself, but I wouldn't do it the way he's doing it. This guy is so greedy he'd be feeding us dog food if he could.
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BroadWave Streaming Audio Server
by NCH Swift Sound Software.
One other guarantee in life, is change. They always fail to mention it along with Death and Taxes. So there are three guarantees, "death, taxes and change". I'm only mentioning it here because I'm about to go through some changes, for the better, I hope.
This guy that runs this house has been hounding me to apply for a CADI (Community Alternatives for Disabled Individuals) waiver. I knew it meant more money for my rent here but when I found out how much more money it means it almost made me sick. If I was to be granted a CADI waiver this asshole would get double the rent he's collecting for me now. That would come to $2500/month to rent out a 12' X 12" room in his basement.
I live down here with two other guys that are receiving the CADI waiver and the whole shebang is fraud. The guy has to lie to the county about the services he provides and the recipients are coerced into signing paperwork stating that they are receiving these fictitious services. I'm just so disappointed in this procedure that I feel sick to my stomach. It's all fraud, right down the bureaucratic line.
Since I just happen to have enough wherewithal to give a damn, I won't be getting the CADI waiver and therefore have to move out to make room for someone a little less aware. Someone who'll sign anything that's put in front of them so this`asshole can get his $2500/month rent from the county (tax payers). Let's see, hmm, that comes to $7,500/month to do absolutely nothing but provide a place for three idiots to sleep. This shit is plain old fucking wrong. Hmm, I wonder what can be done about it?
So anyway, I've begun packing my bags again. They're looking for another place for me and this asshole is looking for reasons to kick me out ASAP because he is losing money every day I'm here. I think this is the first time a CADI waiver has been denied for him and he's not happy. It's no wonder he's having additional living space added on to the house, he's found a gold mine with this. Actually, I can't say I wouldn't do it myself, but I wouldn't do it the way he's doing it. This guy is so greedy he'd be feeding us dog food if he could.
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