I considered not putting this up...

Because my father sometimes gets on here and reads this, I considered not putting this up. He gets things wrong and considering what it's about, he would conclude that I'm stupid or something. Yeah, he's that kind of arsehole to do something like that. No tact or compassion. Stuff like that is why I have nothing to do with him anymore. The less abuse, the better. Nothing will EVER change that.

tonikaku... An email I sent to the union rep.

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Well, this may probably be the last email you will receive from me about my situation. At least now we understand more about what happened.

I went to my mother's psychiatrist yesterday for an evaluation to see if I have Asperger's Syndrome. After carefully looking over everything and a discussion with my mother, the doctor said that I do in fact have a form of Asperger's and it definitely played a role in my decisions to do what I did back on June 28th, 2007. She also doesn't understand why I would get fired for a mistake the store made.

She explained that I was basically "adding to a collection" as my mom pointed out that I've got several collections (so in this case, I was collecting cereal. I'll add that whenever other items have been marked down, I'll buy several of something if it's something we actually would use - I bought several packages of pancake mix when it was marked down and I also had coupons). The doctor explained that it was probably something I couldn't avoid doing - I saw what was apparently a good deal, and it didn't matter whether or not if I told someone else. In my mind, it was not against the rules.

There is no treatment for or medication to take for Asperger's. I can file for disability because it is a big reason why I've not been able to hold a job unless it's in conditions that are suited for someone with Asperger's. I worked in the restaurant for over 10 years because I was mainly alone in the kitchen, had little interaction with customers, and it was a structured schedule that was basically the same every day. I had NONE of these at Big Bird. Had I been transferred to Hot Foods like I begged, I'd still be employed there now. If management at the restaurant hadn't become abusive, I'd still be there. Asperger's is also the reason why I've not been able to find another job. The doctor also explained it would affect job interviews as well. I may think an interview went well, but in fact it didn't.

I think I'll try to see if an attorney can help me with a Wrongful Termination suit. I may have a case, I don't know. The store made a mistake. I think there's some sort of state law that says when something rings up less than advertised, a store has to sell it for that price. And like Kathy said, I was a customer when I made my purchase. I also feel parts of what consists of the Accuscan policy in the manager's handbook (which is NOT in the employee's handbook) were taken out of context and not interpreted in whole as it should have been.

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For a while there during the initial consultation, it looked as if the one student doctor (a lady from Jamaica) didn't think I had Asperger's. Dr. X said it's best to talk to the mother because she knows best. Most people with Asperger's don't think there's anything wrong with them.

When asked what would be some keywords I would use to describe myself, I had trouble thinking of stuff. Anime fan (otaku) was easy enough. I'd have to think about that. Then she asked what would be some positive things friends would say about me. I came up with Generous (I paid for meals at a couple of restaurants a couple times I went out with friends before and after Colossalcon). Mom said they would say Loyal. Then when she asked me about anything Negative, I said you'd have to ask my friends because they know me better than I do.

Dr. X said I was very bright and all. I think they were impressed I taught myself Japanese.

They went on many things my mom told them, as well as some things I mentioned - like my anime hobby, the fact that I have few friends but at least I stick with them. I don't do much social interaction. She asked what do I like to do when I'm alone and have free time, and I said anime. ^_^

I definitely have a huge anime collection. Maybe not the biggest, but probably up there.

But at least there's help. The application process for SSI or SSDI is long. You have to be careful how you answer the questions and make sure you answer them correctly every time. They do a phone interview. If I have to fight for what I'm due, I may have to get a lawyer. Oh great.

Were those people raised in a barn??

OK. So we thought we had heard the last of that bunch associated with Morgan. Just after 5 pm tonight, I'm on the computer doing stuff and suddenly I hear this loud Thump! and shaking of the house. Then I hear another one... So I go outside. It's her brother Drew Delane, and with a friend. He's after his futon sofa. Apparently it's his. Apparently, she's also taken stuff from him. Apparently, she owes him over $400 on a bank card.

Lies she told him:

That he still had plenty of time to get his stuff because the eviction wasn't final yet. I have a writ that says it is.

She claimed the reason the electric wasn't turned out of her name was because she arranged "a deal" with the landlord over tires that supposedly were punctured. There was no such deal. It was in the lease that she is to change it into her name.

Then he went on something about the place not having a roof for 2 months. Uhmm It's none of his business nor does the roof affect the apartment she was in, but it was pretty much finished soon after she moved in. It wasn't 2 months. More like 1 month or 3 weeks. Whichever.

Then he went on about the upstairs apartment not being suitable to rent because of black mold. Well, I've been in there and I don't see black mold, but again it's none of his business and it doesn't affect the downstairs apartment!! He's never been in there!

What right did he have to attempt to kick in the front door to that apartment just because something of his was in there? NONE! Her brother came close to being charged with breaking and entering property he does not own. I got out my Writ to show them the eviction was final. I didn't have to give them access to the apartment, but the landlord didn't want the sofa futon. I did ask again about the missing fridge, and again he claimed he knew nothing of it. I mentioned again that she owes over $1,600. We're beginning to think that she tried to show up at the hearing so she could dispute how much she owes. That first hearing was just to get her the hell out.

Even the judge said I could consider that futon as abandoned. But I was nice enough to unlock the door and let him claim his property. The fridge is still stolen. Why she would have that removed is beyond me. I hope this is the absolute last we hear from those people. I predict
we'll be getting more trouble from them.

Though, tonight I was out on the back porch looking for the kitty that's been basically living here since M. moved in. I saw someone out on the road almost drive past, then stop and back up. The car looked familiar so I got up and ran inside. I guess they pretty much left or turned around? Hope so.

Aaaanndd!! She's OUTTA THERE!!!

I almost didn't make it to the court appointment. I did go out 15 minutes ahead of time to find out my battery was almost dead again!! Thankfully, I was able to get someone passing by to jump the battery for a few minutes and it was strong enough to start. I saw the Air conditioner button was active... Oy vay... I hope it wasn't the reason why the battery was drained again. Last time I remember driving it was either Monday or Tuesday of this week. I gotta drive it every other day or disconnect the battery, I guess.

At any rate, I showed up early. I had my papers in hand. It wasn't until after 20 minutes after the hour that they finally called us in. I was reminded to take off my hat (oops, sorry). But in general, it went as I was told. The case was uncontested - so the judge did accept my power of attorney. Since the defendant did not appear, it was defaulted to me. Otherwise, had she appeared, he explained it might not have been useful in the case of advocacy or whatnot. He looked at the complaint, and issued the Writ of Restitution, which basically said our former tenant no longer had any right to the apartment effective immediately. I asked about the property she had left in there, and the judge said I have every right to determine what to do with it. Consider it abandoned, have the sheriff remove it, etc. Well, since she stole the refrigerator, might as well keep the thing she left. I'd like to sell it to get another used fridge in there.

The place is generally clean except for slight damage in a couple of spots, but the major holes she had her brother fix and generally he did a good job. I'd still like to remove the paint over the graffiti she wrote in the bedroom.

The locks have been changed, the windows have been locked and secured. The front door latch is damaged but in general it can be secured. The electric is off!! So the next potential tenant will have to apply and get the service turned into their name.

We won the First Cause, to basically tell her she's out of there immediately. Not 30 days, not weeks. NOW.

I'll let the landlord decide if we need to push for a 2nd cause for money and damages. We may need a lawyer for that as my power of attorney may not be enough. It was enough in a no-contest hearing, but it may not be enough if she shows up at the 2nd Cause, which she just might. We will need the judgement against her for what she owes and that she must pay it.

What's all funny is that in the short time it took the judge to hear the case, I was back out and saw that our former tenant had the nerve to show up and with her baby!! She was too late!! The lady at the clerk of courts explained to her that the judgement will stand effective immediately. I didn't have to pay to have the Writ served on her. ^_^ Then as I was leaving, I noticed a certain car in the court parking lot that I've seen before. The guy driving it had tatoos on his arm - markings I had seen before. As it turns out, and I'm just saying, he's been driving a green truck that been pulling over at the house across the road from us where work has been going on fixing the place up. Now that this whole episode is over, I can concentrate on other things...

The air conditioner she and her boyfriend removed along with the chair was put back in the apartment. ^_^ We're planning on putting a different table in there as well.

It is now public record that an Eviction notice or forcible entry and detention complaint was filed against Morgan Delane / Haught in Columbiana County Municipal Court in Ohio. A Writ of Restitution was also filed against her in the process of the First Cause. She owes over $1,600. Renters: Do not rent to this person!

6:25 pm

So they're back again. Hopefully to finally complete removing their stuff.

But they couldn't just show up and do what they need to do. Oh no. They began by beating all over the wall between the 2 Apartments. They've repeated their "performance" 11 minutes later, and then 2 minutes after that. About a quarter till 7, Mom said she can't take any more of that and so I call the county sheriff's dept. I explain to the lady that they've been harassing us this past week ever since the eviction notice was served on them. I told her the name and she said they spoke to her earlier today. Ah. I reiterated that I've been doing exactly what the deputy on Wednesday told me to do - stay out of the apartment and make sure she can get in. I haven't been in there since her brother let me in (with my sister on the phone at the same time).

Even just 4 minutes ago from typing this they beat on the wall. They did this while I was on the phone with the sheriff's dept. I have a 23 second video clip on a camera, put up right against the wall to illustrate how hard they were beating on it.

They also went and removed the air conditioner and put it on the wood chair we had left in the apartment. They were not authorized to do that. It was perfectly fine to leave that in.

Hopefully that was a sign they were actually vacating the premises.

7:21 pm - beating on the wall again.

See the video!

Maybe they're trying to get a rise out of me and I'm ignoring it all and that's annoying them, or at least they're trying to get my attention.

She Did It Again

Latest note:

"you were told to stay out until after we went to court the sheriff said (if) you were in here more time you were going to be charged with criminal trespassing Im calling him in the morning Im sick of this STAY OUT you want something wait till Im here I'll be out _before we go to court_"

I have not been in the place since her brother let us in Tuesday and especially after she called the sheriff to claim she was locked out on Wednesday.

She is sure making more problems for a place she's leaving.

She lied again to the deputy

Just got off the phone about the lady in Apt. B.

She's called the sheriff's dept claiming the locks had been changed and that she was locked out of the apartment. So while on the phone, I tested the front door to Apartment B. It was unlocked and opened right up. She has a key to that door.

She's trying to accuse me of trespassing. Last night while I was on the phone with the landlord, her brother invited me in the apartment. The primary function was to inspect and make sure the items she was not to remove were still there, of course minus the fridge.

As the deputy who spoke to me sees it, as long as she has personal property there, she has not abandoned the apartment. According to what we were told months ago, as long as the main occupant has not lived in the place for 30 days continuously, it can be considered abandoned.

The deputy said to make sure she has access to the apartment - easy enough. Not to go in there until after the Aug 24 court date when the judge says we have ownership again. The lady claims she'll be out by the end of the week. Fine. I'd like her out tonight.

The removal of the fridge to "fix" it is criminal though, but he says we'd have to sue her separately for that.

I basically told the deputy who spoke to me tonight that she's lied twice to them. She has never been locked out. The replacement of the front door strike plate was maintenance that she never told us about after one of her 'guests' kicked in the front door.

She's just dragging it out, and she can resolve it by just getting her stuff out as quickly as possible.

Latest note

Lady formerly of Apt. B has my reply to this note she posted last night:

I know you were in here trying to take pictures. I called sheriff that treaspassing & you are going to be prosecuted the frig was broke haven it fixed will be back tomorrow.

DO NOT COME IN here without my permission you are not my landlord if she wants to talk .....

My reply was basically:

I have already talked with the sheriff and my sister.

I have power of attorney for this building.

Since you have not been here officially for the past month and therefore not available, I do not need your permission. I was on the phone with the landlord last night when your brother invited me in. Landlord reserves the right to enter premises for inspection. See #13 of the lease agreement.

-end of that bit-

I'm amazed a little that she spelled 'prosecuted' correctly, such a big word for her small mind.

I saw her leaving a few minutes ago dressed in scrubs. She's got a job somewhere it seems.

My other sister said she was trying to intimidate me with her first statement. I didn't need to take pictures inside when I got such good shots from outside the windows!! Of course she wrote things on the one wall and I've been able to pull out a few things that were practically painted over. Her bitching about mouse droppings all over the stove (complete lie), the carpet being nasty (when I thought it was supposed to have been replaced?), no gutters on the house (which does not affect her in anyway) and something about the "landlord's [unintelligible] pisses his pants" which is just a juvenile shot at me. She was unauthorized to remove any property other than her own from the apartment. I'm surprised she didn't lock the door. ^_^ I reattached the
strike plate to the front door. I was planning to change the lock and then leave it unlocked to make them think they still had a working key. (evil grin)

The fact that con-artist called the sheriff's dept over the fridge basically means she's scared. She gets arrested for one more thing and she's in jail for a while, probably. I will see if we still have one photo of the fridge originally put in there so I can compare it to what they'll "return."

Maybe they got the notice ? ^_^

OK so anywho, tonight my mom has a sleep study and we leave here around 7:40 pm. I get back around 8:30 pm and notice the black grate thingy that goes at the bottom of a refrigerator is laying out front of Apt. B. Earlier there were a bunch of people, the lady we tried to rent to, her trespassing freeloader boyfriend, and a few of their friends.

I come back, they're gone. So is the frig. My sister bought that fridge. Boy will mom have a field day with that. There's graffiti in the bedroom. I got a snippet of that on the camera.

I called the sheriff to file a report and deputy called me back to take my report.

A few minutes ago, the guy with the green truck returns. Someone picks up the lady's car and he goes inside. Well, we can pretty much guess they've been fixing dry wall damage that has happened, and the guy doing the work isn't doing a bad job at that. I ask him where the fridge is, he says he doesn't know what's up with that. I guess another person with a truck showed up and they took it??

I told him the fridge wasn't to be removed. I went through the list of stuff that's also not to be removed. I had my sister on the phone the whole time. ^_^ He lets me in to see things, except for the bedroom. (you can guess why but I know already - and I really wanted a good shot of the stuff they wrote). There's a few more things of the lady's to remove and that's OK. I said as soon as her stuff is out, I need the keys back. The locks will be changed as soon as her stuff is out and I have the keys.

He'll finish up and paint things, which is OK. I mean, they're at least making some good, but at the same time they stole the fridge. The report is filed and charges will be brought up.

Whew!! I thought they'd never leave!!!

Annoying frustration of Google image search

I don't know what's going on with Google's image search, but every so often I'll come up with a search term that brings about annoying behavior that I cannot figure out!!

OK. On the desktop, it's WinXP with all the latest updates. We have AVG and Norton for antivirus protection, possibly Spybot S&D in the background, and Norton Internet Security.

Most recent search term I used was the entire line, including quotes:

"car show" "sailor moon"

The first page comes up blank!! It'll have the Google stuff at the top and then the line of page numbers at the bottom but no results in between! This bodes badly. If I bring up page 2 of the results, I get stuff. Usually when one page of results comes up blank, others later on can sometimes behave the same way. "gamehotties" or the site URL in full also brings up similar behavior of Google image search - some pages are blank.

WebTV NEVER has this problem!!! By comparison!

This behavior on the desktop occurs in BOTH Internet Exploder 6 and Firefox 1.whatever it is. (I have the install for FF 2 but haven't run it yet.)

I don't think I've ever had a problem with Google Image search when I used Internet Exploder 4 on the Win95 laptop.

ARGH! I hate knowing something could be filtering and or blocking my content for absolutely no reason at all other than it's trying to piss me off. A good thing I still use WebTV.

Sometimes when you fiddle with something you figure it out

When I found out about yet one more piece of Wedding Peach animation that I still had not seen, I tried a bit of a websearch to find it. One website had a link - the key verb is HAD - but the file was removed and so was the link!

Then I found someone on Youtube uploaded a rather poor quality copy of it. The clip is the 3 girls Yuri, Hinagiku, and Momoko, on stage singing Virgin Love. This appeared on a Furil concert Laserdisc, but for some reason ADV never got the rights to it.

The problems with the clip from Youtube, aside from the asinine and annoying blockiness - Youtube allows for clips to be 150MB or 10 minutes, so when you're under the time limit, at least go for quality - is that when you have decoders that can play Flash Video media, they don't always transcode into other container formats well enough that the audio and video match up.

One converter I have can do the video from 23 to 29.97 frames per second. The video plays too fast at 23, and too slow at 29.97. There was a middle setting of 25 that I had to use when extracting the video by itself. Then I had to go back in and pull out the audio by itself.

If I couldn't adjust the playback speed of the video, but I do have Audacity and it can adjust the playing speed of the audio! In order to remotely have the video and audio synchronized for much at all, they'd have to play at almost the same length of time. The audio, I found out, was about 1.7 seconds too short! Audacity allowed me to adjust the speed by a small amount - -.8 percent. That's a Negative eight tenths of a percent speed reduction. This meant the audio would now run longer than the video, but under tests I performed using Windows Movie Maker, it pretty much synchronized well, much better than the program that had converted it.

I had used VLC to play the original file and it did a nice job - the video and audio remained aligned, but VLC as a stream converter, it's lacking in functionality. It can play the file it creates, but almost nothing else will. My Apex DVD player could play it...

But at any rate, I was able to convert the file, mix it back together, and even grabbed my translation of Virgin Love, and subbed about 95% of the clip. ^_^

If I can get a nice clearer copy and the dialogue translated a bit better than I did it, I'll resub it again.

Now that I figured out that Windows Movie Maker can do subtitles but not exactly where I'd like them, I might re-do the Hana Yori Dango movie... ^_-