December 5, 2008

Sorry it’s been so long since my last entry… my most excellent friend, Eddie, has been abroad and he’s the one who types these things in for me. On top of that, I’m pretty sure I’ve finally hit the boring part of prison because not much of note has really happened. Outside of having my 38th birthday (11/3/08… scorpios rule!) and a better than expected Thanksgiving meal, the big news is that I’ve moved over to the RDAP (Residential Drug Abuse Program) camp. If you successfully complete RDAP then you are eligible to have up to 1 year knocked off your sentence. So, as it stands, I should be released in August of 2009… not too shabby. In other news, Oscar (my dog) is living it up with my foster family in Oakland. As it stands, they love him and he is behaving himself. I can’t wait to see him again.

Since moving I am (obviously) no longer in the Boom Boom Room. The band pretty much broke up as Bone Crusher was released, Blue went to the hole for awhile, and Dre left to go to court in L.A. for resentencing. The good news is that Blue is out of the hole and Dre got 4 years trimmed off his bid thanks to the new crack law. Dre should be going home in about 6 months and that’s cool.

The RDAP camp is really nice. It’s smaller (160 inmates), newer and cleaner. They also feed us really well. The dorm is just one huge dorm with 80 bunks. The good part is that I got a bottom bunk… the bad part is that it’s just outside one of the bathrooms so there is a lot of foot traffic not to mention the sound of porcelain-splitting flatulence. It’s a good thing courtesy flushing is standard operating procedure in prison so it’s only the sound I have to worry about (although there is some “crop dusting” from some of the passers by). Everyone here is cool and chill. My bunkie is Badabing and he too was in the weed business. We actually know some of the same folks on the street. My other friend, “Vegas Mike” actually used to sell weed to my club although he and I had never met. Crazy.

So that’s pretty much it. My entries will probably grow further apart because (as you can see) nothing really happens here. Of course if something does, it’ll be here.

Here’s wishing everyone a most excellent Holiday Season. Don’t let that economy get you down and help this Obama guy get it done. Cherish your freedom… you don’t know how amazing it is until it’s gone. Talk to you soon and see you on the outside next summer! Peace.