Work is exhausting. I've been working on several porjects at once. Which is usually how it goes. Tomorrow I have to fly out to Memphis for the unveiling of a strip mall, we helped on. I'm not required to show up, and still haven't decided if I am going. I have a refundable ticket, if I want to go. I get a thrill out of seeing projects go from drawings and models to actual buildings. I am still deciding though. I have been feeling a little under weather lately, so I will see how I feel when I wake up.
George has been working a lot. But that isn't new either. The serial killer Jack of all trades has been stalking one of his co-workers. He said he couldn't talk about the case in detail, but he said they were making progress on connections between the victims. It doesn't sound like a good connection though. It makes me a bit curious. But I know he can't really tell me, and I am not going to force him. If I really want to know, I can always see what they leak to the paper. I am sure every multiple killer has some kind of connection/pattern of how he chose the victims, but I am not sure they are always apparent.
I feel bad for his coworker. I had a stalker once, briefly in Boston. Back when I was an inspiring poet. It was terrifying. Some guy who had heard me read, and followed me to a couple of stops. I found out though he was also stalking other people, and the police caught him. He is in jail now.
But this stalker of his coworker's, is not just one guy who have to avoid for weeks. She has been on the run for him for years. And obviously he kills as well. I think he killed her husband or brother. I am not quite sure which one. That has to be horrible to always be in a stay of fear and terror like that. I am suprised she is able to cope with it, and go about working. I guess it gets easier when you work in a job where you put bad guys away all the time.
I hate to admit it but sometimes the case of her stalker fascinates me. Jack of all trades is an interesting killer. Though since i usually read things like Architecture digest, I don't read a lot of crime news. But I think it is interesting that he kills people in different ways. Like the one he injected with Rabies, which is both creepy but raises a lot of questions. Why would you inject someone with rabies? Did he watch her die the whole time? What did she do to die by rabies? Did one of her dogs bite someone and give them rabies? Did he have to experiment on animals first before he decided it was a good way to kill someone?
Anyway, I am getting off track, and I need to finish some charity work for HRC (Stuffing invites to an event) So, I will try to post again soon. Have a good week all.
I am so far behind on posting. I feel bad. I am so sorry. I thought what I would do is post a couple of the entries from my personal journal, that I strung together. Work has been so weird, so I haven't been online in a long time. But that is life, I am also up on my social life, except with
P.s. Before I type this, I was playing with an online photo editor...so, I have a new icon...it is my photo from my badge...the photo is a few years old, and they made me take off my glasses...because of the glare...but i gave it a pop art twist because I thought it might look cool
This is from a few months ago, when I actually had time to write something in my personal journal.
1. A few nights ago, I got woken up at 3 am in the morning. I knew it was for Geo, so I woke him up. As I suspected it was a case, because usually besides the rare crazy clients, none of my clients call me in the middle of the night. As he was on the phone, I pulled some clothes out for him. I also grabbed a bunch of coins and put them in the pocket on the pants. I figured he is going to be working a while, he will need chocolate. I then set his wallet, cell pjone, adn keys on the bed. George hung up, and puts on his watch. "Work," He apologized. I kissed him, and sat on the bed as he got dressed. Usually when he gets ready for work, we don't talk. I know he probably has a million things on his mind. He finished getting ready, and I kissed him, and he left for work. I promptly crawled back in bed. I had to get up at 7, to head out towards Savannah about one of the firm's ongoing projects.
2. I'm not sure exactly what the case is about. I do know he was double checking some info in the religious books we keep in the apartment. He told me it had something to do with the I-ching. But to think someone is killing because of the icing's guidance. That's a bit scary. One of the things George and I have in common is a fascination with other religion. I grew up Baptist, but now I consider myself more Buddist. Though, I have been known to practice I-ching on occasion. But there is no real religion that condones violence that I know of. People interpete them to justify their actions.
3. George doesn't like the fact that the case is getting complicated. The military is involved somehow. Not that he doesn't like a good challenge, he just gets frustrated sometimes. I don't blame him. The government likes to keeps it secrets close, and its enemies closer. George said his boss, Bailey, is getting heat that he might lose his job if he pursues this. I am sure if the military is pissed enough, everyone at the VCTF will get fired. I think it's weird that the government is willing to let several people who do nothing but good go, just to protect a murderer. What kind of crap is that?
4. The job in Savannah is done. Finally. It seems like we have been working on it for ages. On another good news, despite all the hasseling, they were able to catch the guy who was killing people. I didn't tell George, but I clipped out the info on the case. I am starting a scrapbook for him, to remember the cases he worked on. But all I have is the articles clipped out. I haven't had time to put them in a book. Knowing me and personal projects, I will put them away, and months later I will find the clippings and not know what they are for. Maybe I will pretend it is a work project. I always tend to put those before my personal projects. We shall see... I may just ask George if he wants a scrapbook anyway.
Hi guys!!! I actually think Geo is the only one who reads this but I felt like updating again. Sorry I have been away The firm has had a big project plus I got to see the opening of one of the buildings I helped designed. So, that was awesome.
On the home front, that is probably not the right term, but I don't care George has been pretty busy working on several cases. I don't understand how he and everyone else at the VCTF can do so much, having to deal with all those cases. I know I couldn't do it. I would come home crying everyday. Like now, I think they are working on some case where an arsonist is killing people. I keep wondering how George can do it, especially when I know that when he was little his house burned down once when he was at little league. I guess the thing is they are trying to help people and that is all that matters. The fact that they are able to catch the killers, and not have to worry about the killers hurting everyone else.
the case that George was helping with. They were finding a body on every saturday. They were all women, but it made me feel strange reading about it in the paper. Killers could really strike anyone, depending on their mood. They target different kinds of people. And it made me wonder if I could end up being someone's "type" one of these days. I have heard about killers before, but I don't remember being in an area where they were reporting a serial killer in the newspaper so much. Maybe I had, but I don't remember actually looking until recently. I rarely read the paper. I usually don't have time. But the first day I heard about the case, was a day someone mentioned the death of someone who worked in law enforcement was listed in the paper. I knew it wasn't George, but something made me go online and check the online edition of the newspaper. That is how I found out about the serial killer. It was on the front page of the website. It freaked me out a lot. Especially, if things like that have happened near me, and I have been sort of obvlious to them. It made me also wonder why someone would degrogate such beautiful women. Ever since I was little, I have always enjoy art, and beautiful things. I may be more homosexual than heterosexual on a kinsey scale, but I have always been taught that women should be respected. My father hinted especially the beautiful ones, but I think that all women should be respected. It is weird sometimes thinking of the hatred that there is in this world. This Saturday night killer was just one more proof of that. I am glad that they finally caught her. Though it is weird to think a psychologist would do something like that. I guess i should be glad I never have to see the pettyness of women, dealing with the pettyness of some men is hard enough.
So I was really averse to keeping an online journal. Not because I hate the internet or anything. Far from it. My life is pretty busy and it is hard sometimes to write everything that has been going on. and because I am weird I like to write in little one bursts sentences. Just something I do. I have always done it in all the journals I have kept...the ones before were on paper though
So, hi ::waves:: I'm Rich. I live in Atlanta now...but I guess you can figure that out from my profile. Like the title says I am work right now. At this moment I am doing nothing. But my roommate/life partner/boyfriend...whatever I feel like calling him today...is working...he seems to be working a lot lately. And all of my projects are finished. He has a journal too. And I read it today, though I am not sure how to comment. should I not tell him? Should I leave him a comment? I knew he had been hiding something from me. He has been a little weird lately. And usually I am not one to read his journal. But he hasn't been talking to me lately. And after we both have long days at work, it is weird coming home and only being able to talk to the cat. Though it is nice to have a cat. My dad never really let me keep one since my brother was allergic. though my family is a whole issue by itself, which I could write a book on, but I hate to expand on the negative in life.
I guess maybe that is one of the reasons I started this journal. I think my boyfriend was working on one of the major high profile cases in the media. My boyfriend is in law enforcement. But i guess the good thing is, that he works mainly with computers and doesn't see much action outside. what i meant is I started the journal because I don't like to expand on negative things, is his job causes me to think a lot about my fears of the world. It reminds me of my time when I was in therapy, a long time ago. So, I wanted to have someplace that I could just write out my feelings on everything that is going on in the world. I would write more but my boss just came in. I will try to update more later Oh and Geo I love you babe.
