A Diary in (near) Realtime

Diary Entries (not all made in realtime)

10/21/23 @ 9:16PM Coming home from U-Haul, found anemometer mast broken with upper part laid down behind bushes. 2 clamps to railing still intact. Have pics of before (vane assy.) and after (mast, pieces, clamps, wood).

10/22/23 @ 10:15AM Filed vandalism report/complaint (Correction on 10/25/23: with LAPD) with tracking number: 23102290067

Backlog:

(10-19-23) Bus #108, ID 3981, eastbound on Slauson Avenue at Central. An old, crippled black man sitting in front, plays loud music as I stand nearby. Later, still sitting but about to exit he reaches up to press button but, seeming to fumble, touches and caresses my cheek for what seems like an interminable moment. Gently, saying nothing, I push his hand away. This before 6:45PM, on my way to Ace Hardware in Maywood. To allow him to pass, I momentarily exit the bus, before boarding again. As I do so he says something like “Thank you, brother.” (10-20-23) A false-flag operation of the cut-rate variety? Consider: after coming back on the 108 from Ace Hardware in Maywood yesterday, I thought I was boarding the 212 at La Brea and Slauson Avenue but, but, but, as I discovered after some minutes, it was in fact a 102. Or was it? Folks, I dunno anymore. Henceforth, I’ll consider dropping a tab before boarding just like the soldier did in the Do Lung bridge scene from the movie Apocalypse Now. By the way, I don’t think the TAP card reader on either the 212/102 or the 212 I finally did board, worked. ¿Sospechoso, que no?

(10-29-23) Was hit by car around noon as I walked with cart to U-Haul, license plates: 7LXL065 as I crossed protected crosswalk, driver would not give name but did stay a while. Was hit on left leg, no injuries. Driver would not give name, Asian man, tall, thirties. 911 called. No police came. Details follow.

(12-3-23) In a courtesy visit, the Saint came to my door asking, with evident puzzlement, why I had put a piece of laundry to dry on the fence on his side of the complex instead of mine. Not answering, I quietly said: “Will there be anything else?” He replied in the negative, I later saw him move it off the fence where I’d left it, his request notwithstanding, and move it to my side of the complex. I later found the item lying on the grass.

(11-4-23) Coming home from Costco, at 4:30PM, the driver of the Culver City #1, eastbound on Washington Boulevard at Glencoe, ID 7154, got out of the bus and, referring to my dolly, said: “Do you want me to carry it on for you?” He declared the sidewalk was “too high” (his words), this after having kneeled his bus when instead he could have driven a further six feet before lowering the ramp. I gave my usual answer: “Excuse me?” He repeated his question several times, getting the same reply each time. Finally he said: “I can’t wait” and left. At 4:48PM, the next CC #1 bus, ID 7143, moving eight feet further, successfully lowered the ramp, allowing me to board without incident.

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In realtime (11-28-23) at about 9:50AM. As I went to deliver an item I'd sold, 1000' of ethernet cable, to a Craigslist customer, Gregory D’Angelo, the following incident happened with Los Angeles Metro bus #218, northbound on Fairfax Ave., bus ID 3113, driver a fairly young black woman:

1. ...<Insert prior details>
2. She did not pull up to curb as I waited by bus sign
3. ...<Additional details follow>
4. While 15' away from the curb where I stood, she opened doors
5. She came to curb after I walked into street, missing another bus, #217. She lowered ("kneeled") bus, then lowered ramp, creating gap between sidewalk and edge of ramp
6. Drove away, then came back when I walked onto street and stood in front of bus, blocking her way
7. She made as though she were calling someone on her Metro bus communication handset. I remained in front of bus
8. ...<Details follow> I finally boarded
9. When I asked why she "kneeled" bus before lowering ramp, she replied she had to kneel bus in order to lower ramp
10. I had with me a dolly carrying 1000' of cable to customer so found it somewhat difficult to negotiate the gap between sidewalk and edge of ramp
11. She talked to other passenger(s), smiling and laughing throughout the minutes this incident took place
12. I would have waited for the next bus (as is my habit when this sort of thing happens) but that I had an appointment at 10AM and this bus only runs every hour

Will elaborate in the next hours.

(11-28-23 @ 9:50AM) A woman driver of the Metro #218, ID 3113, northbound on Fairfax, does not pull over to the curb though I stand by the bus sign, preferring to stop in the far lane. I’m forced to walk over, stand in front of her bus, and ask her to lower ramp, a #217 drove up just then. She replies that she can’t while the bus is in the road. After some back and forth, described at length in my diary, I eventually board. The driver had been chatting with passenger(s), smiling and laughing all the while. Outstanding! I usually pass on getting involved in these shenanigans, opting to wait until the next bus but, being pressed for time (had to deliver an Ethernet cable to a customer in the Valley), my hand forced, I had to insist on being allowed to board.

(12-14-23) In what may merely have been momentary lapses of good taste on the part of “Saint Bernard,” “Mrs. ‘Bell,” “Brother Cantinflas“ and Colette Walczak, I remember four transgressions of which I’ll only mention two. First, set the tone. Years ago, Colette once said to me out of the blue: “You’ve got a bit of the bitch in you,” a comment I may have included in the book. This morning(?), I overheard “Saint Bernard” and “Mrs. ‘Bell,” in an extended conversation outside my window as I lay in bed. I heard him say: “… eating a baby out…” and “… that should get it/him(?) going...” Who’s writing their material, anyway? The two remarks made by the others, I won’t mention.

(12-15-23) At about 6AM, walking on Adams Blvd. to catch a #212 bus, on my way to make complaints in person about the neighbor in our complex I call "Mrs. 'Bell," As I cross the street a man, black, walking on the wrong side of the crosswalk, as he walks by me, he makes as if to hit me with both fists. Says: "Boom, boom!" Then: "What's up, man?" I continue walking and ignore him, saying nothing. There were 2 cars pause, waiting to make turns.

(12-28-23) “Amateur Hour at the West Addams Circus.”:

1. In the morning, I sit near the curb in my beach chair, reading and warming my bones
2. Brother Cantinflas offers me a free TV as he walks by, on his way to run errands , I’m noncommittal and hand him a copy of HSH #23
3. A helicopter begins circling overhead but leaves. I waive
4. In the two story building in the back, Miss Mumbles and Banshee (the other) seem to be going at it again (see previous HSHs and a complaint to City of Los Angeles on the noise from them and others)
   
5. Walking up to one of the Gomez daughters, downstairs from the scene of the commotion, I hand her a copy of HSH #23 while, regarding the noise upstairs, the ever-present wiseacre in me comments (in passable Serbo-croatioan, I believe): Псујући као Србин на штапу!
6. The helicopter comes back, this time in earnest. It begins circling low for what seems like an interminable time…
   
7. Police soon make an appearance, rushing upstairs. I hear them mention an address
8. Minutes later, they are followed by technicians, whether from paramedics or the fire department, I don’t know
9. A bit later, I see a gurney go in and out of our circus/complex. Not clear on what has happened
10. At the curb, I later hear what sounds like a woman’s voice, speaking through tears. Possibly a victim talking to police
11. Tub-thumper with his usual stentorian voice walks over and asks the police if they can move their car which is blocking his way...
12. Eventually, I see Golem Tyson(tm) (wanted by the LAPD in connection with several attacks on me person), at the building in the back. Putting in an appearance, though strictly in a non-speaking, walk-on role
13. Throughout, I sit nearby at the curb, impassive, reading Highly Processed People by van Tulleken. Wiv’ me sombrero pulled down so low over my eyes that a) It might well be called a sombrerissimo and b) One of the technicians at the scene, noticing and, perhaps seeking to make play of my posture, comments to me: “Did you sleep through it all?”
14. Exeunt omnes
15. Calm having returned by 1PM, I notice two of the busy “brace” (see HSH #23 for an explanation of this peculiar nomenclature) of Mexican workmen next door shuttling back and forth with exceedingly noisy wheelbarrows. Eventually, all patience spent, I position myself near their path with a can of 3-in-One Household oil held in the fashion of a model flogging a knicknacks (imitating a parody by Camille Solari, something I remember from long ago. Verisimilitude is all. ¿No?). Painted on my face is what I hope is a come-hither smile which likely comes across to these poor fellows as a bit demented, but never mind. One, then the other of the “brace” of Mexicans troubling my sleeping and waking hour these days, stops by to avail himself of the offer.

(12-14-23) In what may merely have been momentary lapses of good taste on the part of “Saint Bernard,” “Mrs. ‘Bell,” “Brother Cantinflas“ and Colette Walczak, I remember four transgressions of which I’ll only mention one. First, to set the tone. Years ago, Colette once said to me out of the blue: “You’ve got a bit of the bitch in you,” a comment I may have included in the book. This morning(?), I overheard “Saint Bernard” and “Mrs. ‘Bell,” in an extended conversation outside my window. As I lay in bed, the Saint was heard to say: “… eating a baby out…” and “… that should get it/him(?) going...”

(12-2?-23) Mrs ‘Bell and her variegated antics. She’s outside, speaking to the Saint. I walk out to the bins, after a bit, seeing her walk toward me on the narrow walkway, on my way back from the trash bins, I pause in the gap between hedges to let her pass, turning my back to her as I always do. As she passes me, I hear: “I’d like to slap you,” said in a joking voice, presumably to Saint Bernard, watching from his steps.

(12-24-23 @12:18) Mrs. ‘Bell in a brief outburst moments ago; as she walks by my open door on her way to the street, I hear her say: “I’m talking to Berg.”

(12-2?-23) During what I assume is a heated argument, I hear the Saint from inside his bungalow, presumably addressing a visitor, shout: “That’s not your cell!”

(12-2?-23) The “brace” of Mexican construction workers next door may, at times, be engaging in some curious, multilingual word play. Example: from inside my bungalow, I heard the words: “Baby nero. Baby nero.” emanate from the other side of the wall where they’re working. Unless, of course, they were merely engaged in an excited discussion one of Mary Beard’s YouTube documentaries on Rome (in which case I should have capitalized)? I dunno.

(12-26-23) @ 11:26AM The Trefusis book I requested and asked at least 1 librarian about she said she could not determine if it was stolen, lost, checked out. No info. avail. I just saw it is a reference book. (Update 1/17/24 book is reference book)

- Also a book "Thirty Years War," Wedgwood, I could not find when I searched online, a librarian got, telling me "I have it in my hands.: I was able to obtain the copy, with librarian's help.

(1-2-24) Woke to the strains of the half-dozen workers next door, knocking wood at seeming random, the noise abated an hour later as I got up. Sync with voices and sounds of their tools noticed. Mrs ‘Bell very silent last days, this AM. At noon, she was quiet when she did speak, not loud and braying as usual. The Saint quiet as well.

1-3-24 @ ? (Added 1/4/24: Workers next door, the same)

1-4-24 @ 19:4:

• Found the 2nd piece of 1.5"x1.5" belonging to my food tray and rolling file cabinet. It was behind some wood pieces, next to the sauna heater.
• I cannot login to AliExpress. "Error 404": Page under maintenance." Several times today.
• @ 19:47: I see I'm logged in in another tab, tab is responsive.
• Found my kefir grains which I thought I'd put in fridge for storage, on shelf with other glass jars, empties

(1-11-24) @ 8:30AM Meet about nail/finger. At checkin at ~8AM could not find the apt. paper I'd folded in my wallet. Conclusion: - mucous cyst cause - nail bed injury responsible for lifting of nail. 

(1-16-24) @ 4:01PM Synchronized screaming from children next door as I sit in kitchen eating children not visible, probably next door. Has been going on sporadically for days.

(1-17-24) @ 5:55AM A few days ago I heard the workers next door make much noise, voices & tools. Sync noticed. Also heard 1 near me say , in Polish or Russian: "Good day."

(1-18-24) @ 16:49 As I sit in kitchen reading, synchronized screaming, coming probably from next door, to the north. Children make piercing screams as I make even small movements. Went outside to check, found a woman & 1 or more kids, in yard of complex just to north, playing w. ball. As I write the last sentence, no more screams.

(1-22-24) @ 11:44AM Preparing 4 envelopes for mailing to FBI, Justice Dept. Human Rights Watch, ICC/Hague, I find 2 mini-CDs moved to one envelope. I had been careful, yesterday to distribute them properly.

2-3-24, @ 12:48PM We’ve got insult! Sitting outside on the grass, sunning myself, facing away from the walkway across the hedge, minding me own business, I hear: “Berg, oh, Berg, I got [sic] something for you.” When I don’t stir, I next hear: “Fuck you,” before the person walks away and down the street. Though I’m not sure as I did not turn to see who it was, it sounded like (wanted by LAPD) Corn-fed Golem Tyson™’s young son, a boy of about thirteen.

2-21-24 @ 2:15AM To bed at about 1AM, a sound began. Low-pitched hum, interrupted or modulated at random. Freq. about 60Hz or so, at times continuous - but only for a few seconds. Variation in  amplitude is is random, no sync noticed. Location unknown as hum is low-pitched. I first heard it in bed, now writing in kitchen, I can hear it as well. Unable to sleep.

A series of "Jerks”:

1. (2-21-24 @ 2:06PM) Metro bus #212, ID 5986, south on La Brea, driver braked suddenly as I got up, there was no car in lane ahead. Braking was mild, I think, but it destabilized me momentarily. I did not fall.
2. (2-13-24 @ 1:54PM) Culver City bus #1(?), ID 7129, as a woman is talking on cell phone (incessantly since before I got on) the driver brakes sharply. At that moment, the same(?) woman says: “Ça va?”
3. (3-1-24 @ 1:09PM) Metro bus #33, ID 8637. I was holding onto a rail while standing in front area of bus, just as I switched hands, the driver made his bus move forward though a passenger had not yet boarded.
4. Have experienced these things more often in last months. Sometimes a rapid sequence of braking action within 2-3 seconds.
   

(2-25-24) @ 13:09 Had uploaded my porn collection (without link to share). It is missing, have been uploading it again. Noticed only ~30GB instead of ~77GB [total stored at Google Drive].

2-26-24 The “Good Doktor Mabuse” (once upon a time, Mother mentioned the name) has been busy to-day. A recap of the day so far:

1. Last night got email from eBay China-based seller beauty_stores168 on item ID 266613350062, order # 07-11167-35253 (replacement for air mattress), advising it is being shipped. Tracking # 271382685080. Email received at 1:32AM
2. At 2:27AM got email from same: (a) Mixed tracking # with another’s (b) Defect noticed in shipment received (c) Refund issued
3. Got message from Kaiser Permanente nurse Thuy Lisa Hoang, LVN confirming lab test ordered. No test type mentioned (I had requested fasting insulin) while she, in previous reply, mentioned a fasting glucose test
4. In reply, I sent another request repeating an insulin, not glucose, test had been requested; in an attached PDF, I also asked for additional medical files
5. Business cards test runs prior to second Staples visit are now printing wrong with 1 side upside down. They were perfect in test prints yesterday
6. As I work on #5, Saint Bernard, minutes ago, came out briefly, saying “Get down” repeatedly. Sync noticed
7. At 16:16PM, instability in word processor, I am unable to rearrange business card pics properly
8. Saint Bernard in his bungalow, front door open, talking, his trademark laugh heard. Sync observed as I work on #7 in living room, my door also open

Too many coincidences by half. Oder?

(2-27-24) @ 4:11AM Cannot transfer to 250GB ext drive as ownership has changed since I backed up CCCP (porn)  

(2-29-24) @ 13:02 Someone, probably the "Corn-fed Golem(tm) Tyson," just walked by [my open door], said: "I'm gonna put the nigger down till he ain't sayin' f**k [Ambiguous and disturbing].

(2-29-24) @ 13:24 Two workmen outside, in back, one says: "What do you think this is, a game?" {While] I'm in bedroom with window open arranging lab.

(2-29-24) @ 17:02 Mrs. 'Bell and the Saint (probably) just outside on walkway [feet from my bungalow]. He is bellowing, words: "Kill." "Walk between cars." "Animal control." [This] Went on a few minutes.

(2-29-14) @17:22 Saint B[ernard] and Mrs. 'Bell again in conversation just outside my door which is closed. I hear him loud, words "dog," "kill," etc. [with] obscenities from her. I'm in living room. 

(2-29-24) @ 23:40 A few hours ago, I thought I heard a knocking at door or somewhere nearby. I did not answer. I was 4' away, just inside, watching YouTube then minutes ago, I read an email announcing my air mattress had been delivered. Walked outside and saw nothing. I don't think they knocked on the door as I didn't hear a rattling or metallic sound. I also notice a YouTube video I'm watching has image flipped in x direction sometimes with maybe loss of sync. Not on other YouTube channels. Order was canceled (see 2/22/24 diary entry on page [to be added]). Order # shown on email: 07-11167-35253. Item ID: 266613350062. Seller: beauty_store168. Dropped off: Mar 1, 04:35PST. Carrier: FedEx. Tracking: 27138268080. email time: received Feb 29, 24, 9:03PM. I find this whole business with the air mattress order, previous one having developed a slow leak, to be somewhat contrived, No?

(3-2-24) From my diary, verbatim: 3/2/24 @ 5:27AM To bed at about 3AM, up at 5:15AM. When I emerged from bathroom, dressing (about to) by bedroom window which was ajar, I heard Mrs. ‘Bell(?) ― not entirely sure, she began yelling: “… do it! Do it! … out of my house!” Then silence. She had been quiet all night. This said at around 5:18AM.

(3-6-24) @ 20:54 On crosswalk coming from Costco with green light, a car was making a turn right although the light was red. It braked only feet from me after having started its turn, making a somewhat loud noise. I paused right in front of it and noted the license plate: 9DTY455. This happened tonight at 7:16PM. Later that evening, walking from my #37 stop at Dunsmuir, a man black, stout, fairly young, was riding a bike on sidewalk. He turned, forcing me to stop, which I do anyway. About to go into the driveway of some apartments next to a new three story building, he passed in front of me, within 1-2 feet and mumbled: "Trying to get something going [<- my guess]... so I can ride my blood [<- this I heard more clearly]."

(3-12-24) @ 00:03AM Yesterday got a "24-hour notice of intent to enter premises. Name not mentioned. On 3/12/24. Reason: inspection. Owner/Agent: Irma Carter Dated 3/11/24, Phone: (213) 661-4031

(3-23-24) @12:45PM Finding instances of .ODT files missing while the .PDF copy is still there. Note that I do not make theser PDFs directly but only through an intermediary ODT file I then convert to PDF. Example: "Ladino spoken here (10-15-2021)," a visit to the Low-Countries ...," "Marking my linen (10-28-2021)." But "excavating the naughty past" is still available in ODT. Screenshots taken of several searches showing the missing ODTs (correction 3-22-24 @ 18:42: "Excavating ... naughty.ODT [now] gone) 

(3-23-24) @ 14:01 Two nights ago, after I went to loft bed with bedroom side window open, it opens to trash bins between 2 bungalows, after minutes, I heard 2 v. loud bangs, trash lids(?) slammed shut, in rapid succession. Followed by softer sounds, then quiet. Later a voice, not loud, occasional. Possibly that of Saint Bernard.  Then a peculiar, white noise-derived(?) scraping(?) sound as though aluminum foil were dragged along the concrete walkway. V. odd. This until around 3AM. Random varying loudness, momentary strings of words, once I think I heard Mrs. 'Bell speak briefly. Last night was quiet but I thought I heard some brief sentences spoken nearby. These sounds make me uncomfortable. I also heard several knocks on wood outside, random. Past midnight.  

(3-23-24) @ 17:32 Tyson much noticed in last 2 days. Frequent walk-bys. This AM, noticed him on sidewalk looking in my direction [I was in living room] as he stood still for a bit.

(3-24-23) @18:43 "Saint Bernard" verbal today. his dog as well. Sync from both noted, door open!

(3-24-24) @ 12:16PM Before I got up at 11:30AM, a lot of loud voices, I recognize "Saint B's", a woman. Then some noise, prolonged, near trash [bins]. This continued until I got up, at which point, it stopped, just before I began showering. "Saint B's" laughter v. noticed. 

[Background: In last days, I've printed hundreds of pages of fliers. Today, I've been printing 8.5x11 copies of my book to distribute on campus of Caltech, the school I attended in the seventies. I could only print 6 whole copies of book along with another 6 partial.]

(3-24-24) @ 18:00 Computer & printer problems As I'm printing copies of 8.5x11 book, printer, after several successful copies printed, stops on pics of my SMPD [Santa Monica Police Department] report arrest in 1988. Reason: out of paper light. I find still a few sheets in cassette. After I refill cassette anyway, light out but printing does not resume. I restart print of remaining pics, no output, no print job in queue. At that moment, Tyson's boy walks down concrete walkway & as he does so, audibly slaps a fist into the other palm. 

(3-24-24) @ 18:13 Next attempt to print remaining pics fails, job sent, printer "Ready" light blinks then nothing.

(3-24-24) @18:18 Powered off/on printer, resent pics. Paper light blinks, ready light blinks, no output.

(3-24-24) @18:32 Reboot of PC, print still fails.

(3-24-24 @19:13 Printed 1 unrelated page (list of fliers) OK. But 2nd sheet slipped in.

(3-24-24) @19:18 Tried printing remainder of book, text only. Failed.

[Comment: I am able to print, it seems, selected documents only, though.]

((3-25-24) @ 10:02AM Began hearing workmen nearby with their peculiar hammering on wood. Been going on since about 8AM. Double knocks repeated. Triple knocks repeated. Long strings of steady knocks. etc, etc.

(3-25-24) @ 19:27 Failed to upload [to Google Drive]: "20240227 HSH 29 Fancy_v06.ODT" Error: "File Unreadable" though I can edit it. Screenshots taken. Abnormal file properties noticed. (See screenshot: #1, #2, #3).

(3-26-24) @ 13:33 Last night, some single knocks (in wood?) heard after midnight, random, medium-loudness. Total of less than a dozen in all. Came from outside bungalow.

- Successfully printed the text of book, 1 copy so far [today].

(3-26-24) @ 14:08 Tried to print a complete set of pics pp.53-69 as numbered in the 8.5x11 version/format. It stopped printing at same pic as 2 days ago: p64, the 1st page of SMPD [Santa Monica Police Dept.] arrest report.

- Tried again to print subset: from p65-70. Failed w. no error message.

(3-26-24) @ 14:21 Minutes after I sent last (p85-end) of 8.5x11 book, failed to print. Paper present. No error message. [Now] Restarting PC and printer.

(3-26-24) @ 14:33 Workers in construction site across street are making odd noises with nail guns(?). Sync noticed.

(3-26-24) @15:13 Printed pics: p53-64 [had selected pp.53-70]then stopped output. Momentary blinking paper light, then normal green light "Ready"

(326-24) @ 3:24PM Failed to print pic set.

(3-26-24) @ 15:46 Printer failed print of pics at same page: 64. Also does not shutdown after pressing off button. Powers on as soon as plugged into AC. Now printing images w.o. my command (I had requested 4 sets), print queue shows more to print.

(3-26-24) @ 16:13 Saw I'd printed an extra set of (partial pics), when I tried to print an extra set of text, failed to print.

(3-26-24) @ 16:54 In recent months example [1]: Yesterday I searched for correct spelling of "ex Africa ..." got "aliquid" which is wrong, instead of "aliqui". I had to double check, to run another search on duckduckgo[.com], in order to get it right. Example 2: I could not find a copy of Wedgwood's "Thirty Years War", only a ref. copy *but* a librarian found it, telling me over the phone "I have one/it in my hands." I successfully checked it out with his help. Example 3: As I wrote book, I looked for a specific name: unusual person ... [list of specific details here] ... , yet could not find it!

(3-26-24) @ 17:09 Getting calls where in addition to spam calls, there is silence & no one replies when I say "Hello."

(3-25-24) @ 18:06 Printed 1 (set of remaining pics which would not print before) OK. Called Staples to cancel debit card order cancelled OK, cancelled 4 sets of 3 pages. Then began printing another 3 sets. The 1st page I had selected 4 copies of came out 5 copies. The next page printed 7 pages before I shut printer down.

(3-27-24) @ 10:00 As I sat near walkway, sunning myself with eyes closed, Gadiel's wife who walked by earlier just ... [to be continued]

(3-27-24) @12:51 Failed to print a 2-sided PDF page. Blinking "Paper" light.

(3-27-24) @ 12:53 Successfully printed a 1-sided PDF page of the book pics (part of).

(3-28-24) @ 19:47 At least twice today as I emerged from my bungalow, one young woman with dog on least walked by me and said: "Stop" I kept silent. Always do, & turned my back as soon as I saw her.

(3-28-24) @ 19:49 Cannot find the sheet of paper with some numbers and information I'd prepared for my City business tax filing. I'd planned on using it to help me file IRS tax by the end of this month, in the next 4 days.

=============================== Hiatus due partly to a problem editing site begins below =================================== 

5-6-24 @ 9:39AM Had called Costco meat department for cheap beef price, guy unable to quote. Then called admin office was told (1) Palm Corned Beef unavailable (2) Chuck Roast available, she did not say "on sale", gave me an item # for sale, however. (3) Later that day, a meat dept. man I asked said # for "on sale" at lower price than she had quoted. I paid more, almost $50 @ $3.47/lb for #35626, chuck roast 

5-6-24 @15:26 Hearing Brother C. [or was it Saint B.?] in his bungalow again, laugh, occasionally bellowing, for last quarter hour. Some sync, & inchoate cries.

5-6-24 @ 21:09 Called help at OpenCCC to open LATTC[:]

(1) [REDACTED]

(2) Classes reserved now?

(3) 1st time sign in

(4) Fill out application crash @ 21:28 same problem w. tech support

(5) Student ID avail?

(6) New student

LATTC Student ID: [REDACTED]

LATTC application in person. Adm. 8-6PM M,Th, B1-150 Admission office?  12966 T01-LEC, 8wk., C, D. Thompson, 6/10/8/424, B1-156, 12967 T01-LAB

Administration/Services E5/Juniper Hall (formerly)

ID.me [REDACTED] verification code sent.

5-7-24 @ 8:50AM Last night started quietly as I went to bed fairly late, after midnight. (1) Argument started nearby, I could not make out words, but loud (2) Then music began at about 1AM, increasingly loud, from nearby (3) Then more music, possibly from Mrs. 'Bell, increasing in loudness (4) It stopped, to be resumed after I got up to pee at about 1:45AM (5) This type of music replaced by another with a low beat which continued. (6) I fell asleep finally. Got up at ~8:15AM.

5-8-24 @ 9:15AM (1) Changed password (2) Added welding class & lab (3) Paid fees (- health). Ref # 000001938607, $51.

5-9-24 @ 16:38 Napped, now up. Saint B. talking on phone(?), monotonous, voice carries, door open, as I work in living. Some sync.

5-8-24 @ 17:25 Saint B. still active, same as above.

5-8-24 @ 17:40 Saint B. silent.

5-9-24 @ 21:26 Heard Saint B. briefly this AM as I lay in bed. Minutes ago Mrs. 'Bell walks by, says: "Nigger, what are you doing in my bed?" My door was closed, I heard no other voice in this. Otherwise, quiet day.

5-13-24 @ 17:37 Brief tuneless whistling nearby, sync.

5-13-24 @ [blank] Unusually quiet (with small exceptions) when compared to the month of April & before.

5-14-24 @ 14:42 Last night as I lay in bed, after 12AM, 

5-15-24 @ 10:18AM Came out to trash, ran into Gadiel's wife doing same.

5-15-24 @ 18:07 Download speed for Ubuntu=28MB/sec tech support at LATTC noticed much lower speed, maybe -> 1Mbit/sec.

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from previous page: on phone (1) she asks for my name (2) address (3) noisy. Now 18:18PM (4) at 18:20 I get LAHD regional office addrs. (5) Done before 18:24PM

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5-15-24 @ 21:47 Problem transferring from Ubu 22 to Ubu 24, disk previously booted from shows no partition readable on 24,  but back to boot from it, OK. Also could not locate Brave profile to transfer to Ubu 24.

5-16-24 @ 9:28AM Still unable to connect Ubu 22 disk to Ubu 24, something about "PMBR" & not formatted though it boots fine.

5-16-24 @ 16:20 Mouse light went out, I switched it to laptop port instead of expander (USB) & it worked/lit again. - The  put kbd into USB expander, it worked then mouse back into USB expansion, works again. Now, minutes later, see mouse red light flicker, not working. At same time copying many files to a 500GB drive with Ubu 24, stopped at book/file "Kate Millet in Iran," reason: R.O. media. I skipped that one & transfer resumed. Now, as I wrote prev. line, "I/O splicing error" halted remaining transfer going on for over an hour. As I write the above, Saint B. yelling: "Get in there," with dogs barking. Managed to copy ~ 130,000 files to new Ubu 24. Now problem: "RO file system" as I copy Sup Vendor Ren Eng....PDF" Mouse not lit again, using mouse pad instead.

5-16-24 @ 19:03 Several small problems setting up new Ubuntu 24. Saint B. verbally active, as is Mrs' B., sync.

5-16-24 @ < 9:01PM Cannot find any AAA, blue, rechargeable batteries, remember 1 piece, before had 2-3 more.

5-16-24 @ 21:01 - Cannot find receipt from USPS with tracking numbers for tax returns to state CA & IRS - My Oster blender, repaired by replacing/buying a blade assembly which had worn out teeth no longer works, it does same thing as before fix. - My clamp meter gives erratic readings (6-6-24 @ 23:25 Correction: may have made mistake, range set to AC and maybe was measuring DC - though not likely. Today works OK), although batteries are low. One lead faulty? - At least one of my soldering guns is not working right. Yesterday the lights came on briefly, never since and it cannot heat a lug enough to melt the slug inside - something I did regularly when selling/installing solar RV systems.

5-16-24 @ 21:50 On Ubu 24, Ondsel refuses to install.

5-17-24 @ 9:06AM After I went to bed at ~11PM (1) Music of the "hum & thump" variety (2) A woman's voice began talking loudly (3) More music, with a beat/drum (4) a loud woman (Mrs. 'Bell?) says "Let go of my door!" several times (5) More talk, some quiet, some loud over the next hour(s) (6) Last heard by me at about 1:30AM, then quiet.

5-17-24 @ 13:25 Add to dog sounds [arrow points to entry paragraph just above], sometimes simultaneous with woman's voice. *Odd sounds*, not barks at all, yelps or mewls, not loud, not growls. Nearby in complex maybe. Have heard this kind of dog(?) sounds before. 

5-18-24 @ 17:37 Cannot find a pair of scissors, pink handle. My new Oster 20 speed blender does not work anymore. It does the same thing as when I pulled it from the trash, motor spins but does not engage top blade part. I see the square drive shaft is damaged, corners worn. Also, when I took it apart, the gasket was on the wrong side of the blade disk, so the jar leaked. Am buying a replacement square shaft top on eBay.

5-18-24 @ 18:12 Saint B. on phone, front door open, since before I took nap. Sometimes loud, some sync. I'm now in living room. Going on for an hour or more, earlier today too.

5-18-24 @ 19:02 Saint B. still at it. Some sync. I'm in living room.

5-18-24 @ 19:24 Saint B. quiet for minutes now. Mrs.B.'s music now heard. gospel. Sync noticed. I walked by on walkway, saw her door open wide, music blaring.

5-19-24 @ 11:50 Saint B. active but quiet. On phone, door open, sync sometimes.

5-19-24 @ 12:22 Now Saint B. on phone again, as before but a woman on other end of phone, I can hear her, indistinctly, she talking almost nonstop, he: odd/idiotic laughter mostly. Sync from both. I'm in living or outside, on steps.

5-20-24 @ 00:42 Found every pic in "Black Tape Project" zero length. Has happened also in another folder, a few pics only, though.

5-20-24 @12:08PM Low rumble of idling car engine outside nearby. Sync noticed when engine momentarily revved up. I'm in living room.

5-22-24 @ 9:18AM Saint B. & L'Épicière [Mrs. 'Bell] outside on walkway, talking loudly for minutes. Sync (some) they both stop as I write this.

5-22-24 @ 19:58 Strange dog yelping(?) sounds coming from inside our complex. L'Épicière outside on walkway, talking loudly for minutes. Sync (some) They both stop as I write this

5-22-24 @20:41 Continued occasional yelping dog(s). Sync noticed once or twice.

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(5-23-24) @ 13:11 Called Costco/Culver [City #479] admin. Told by woman to call back. I did[.] Spoke w. man who advised me to come in to have receipt (iron+chon/gluc) checked. I said: "as this is 21st century is there no way to do this over phone as I ride bus!" He made me repeat myself, claiming confusion about "21st century" meaning. Then he said I was being sarcastic. He [eventually] took my customer ID, looked up my bill, after more confusion (1 digit missing). I said: "You're only off by a constant." adding "This, too, is sarcasm." He explained [the] bill, I said (in conclusion) "Bill OK," thanked him and hung up. 572220 & 1665191, trans. ID: 4142000001704..., $28.09, on 5/21/24 @ 11:51AM.

(5-23-24) @ 18:28 Saint B. [ernard] talking inside his bungalow, very loud, at times yelling. His door open, mine closed.

(5-23-24) @ 19:20 Someone shooting a toy gun, going rat-a-tat-tat for some minutes. Began with sounds, then heard projectiles/pellets hit front of living room, then something repeatedly hitting living room window. Sync noticed.

(5-23-24) @ 19:45 Continued noise of toy gun, strikes against front wall outside, facing street, maybe only one person [involved].

5-24-24 @ 10:36AM Construction workers making peculiar sounds. 1) Repeated, slow, soft hammering, 3/4 sec apart(?) 2) Nail driver used, also ~1 sec apart for string of ~dozens strikes. Just as for several days/weeks.

5-24-24 @12:48 Found one of the missing blue/green rechargeable batteries, in a blue stackable box. Missing it for days.

5-24-24 @13:12 Saint B. now active, alone after a brief conversation with someone else in complex.

5-24-24 @13:33 My "Vichy" DVM does not turn on. Batts fresh.

5-24-24 @14:27 Workers at construction side across street active again.

5-25-24 @13:50 Saint B. active, sometimes v. loud, door open. Some sync.

5-25-24 @14:32 Unable for days to access my AliExpress account. Unable to log in, error: "Wrong username or password."

5-25-24 @15:03 Saint B. still at it, repetition of words, dozens of times in a phone(?) call. "Right." [His] Door open.

5-25-24 @ 19:54 Electric stove thermostat erratic: 2 or more times found temp at 200 F or more when I had dialed in (and maintained for hours) 165-170F.

5-25-24 @19:57 Trying, unsuccessfully to solder terminal lugs to cables for welder. Wattmeter shows 250W momentarily before watts drop to 1/2 that value. This for 2 different solder guns I've used for years to do exactly that on solar jobs.

5-25-24 @ 20:24 Just outside my living room for several minutes, what sounds like a grunting/panting dog. Also been hearing voices from people in our complex(?) w. laughs, yells, etc., for 1/2 hour.

5-26-24 @ 12:29PM This morning, between 10AM and 11AM, as I lay in bed, I began hearing conversations outside, Mrs. 'Bell, probably Saint B., maybe others, once Mrs. 'Bell was screaming, Saint B. fairly loud, some dogs both barking and yelping. It stopped after I got up at about 11AM.

5-26-24 @ 13:00 Brother C. outside, on lawn with his chair, in his usual place, talking in a droning, monotonous voice with another man. I can hear him but not make out any words.

5-26-24 @ 15:47 Finding it impossible to solder anything, with any of my soldering irons or guns.

5-26-24 @ 21:17 Visio [a 2D CAD package, does] not run.

5-26-24 @ 22:00 Unable to reinstall Visio. Unable to run Wine, uninstalling.

5-27-24 @11:13AM Between 6AM and 7AM, Mrs. 'Bell outside loud, sporadically. Later in conversation with Saint B., outside, again loud. Dog yelping occasionally. Yesterday, I saw a small dog on her porch with a leash, I had not seen before.

5-27-24 @ 14:59 Several people inside and outside complex active. Sometimes simultaneously [Correction: 5-27-24 about 6 people outside not involved. Witnesses, though]. Unusual level overall. Someone [from] in complex, probably, shot toy pistol/automatic & hit my window in living room as I stood inside, working. Several dogs also active.

5-27-24 @ 15:34 Mrs. Bell very loud, outside(?) her bungalow, talking to several others. V. loud.

5-27-24 @ 15:52 Tyson's son, wearing red shorts & black shirt has been shooting at my front window as I sit facing it. Some debris from the strikes, came inside. I came out to my steps & asked him to "Please don't shoot at my window, debris comes inside." Repeated myself. He did not reply. Witness(es) in complex & outside on curb, man working on car, a silver Prius. 6NEU011, black Prius, 8XBY364, silvr Prius. 

5-27-24 @ 16:24 Just sent the following email to landlord AFJ Investments, Southwest Division LAPD Detective Hargrove, my sister Irene Hawkins and others: 

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Hi,

A neighbor in complex, son of a tenant named Tyson's, a young teenager named X****r, I'd guess was about 14 y.o., wearing red shorts and a black shirt has, in the last minutes (it is now 16:17, May 27, 2024), been shooting a toy, a repeating pistol/Nerf gun, at my bungalow, hitting the wall and front window repeatedly. Some fragments penetrated the living room where I was sitting, reading. I was not hit.

I came out and from my steps, quietly asked him to stop shooting as some fragments had entered the bungalow. He, on the sidewalk, did not reply but stopped shooting.

Minutes later, I came out to street, he not there, noted license plates of 2 cars parked at curb, nearby: 6NEU011, black Prius & 8XBY364, silver Prius. Considering the several people there strictly as witnesses, I asked if anyone had seen anything, one person, a young Hispanic man, nodded in the affirmative.

Someone else, though I did not see who did it, also shot and hit my front a couple of days ago, in the afternoon. They hit the side of my bungalow several times, and possibly a window.

Will be complaining to LAPD, Southwest Division, about this.

X****r's father, Tyson, is wanted for several (minor) physical attacks on me, this for several years. I have some police report numbers.

Thanks.

(signed) Berg (as in Eisberg) Hawkins

P.S. My watchword: “Quartered safe out here.” By which I mean I feel relatively safe while “out here.” Phrase is from Kipling.

P.P.S. My NAMIWalks page:  https://www.namiwalks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=536606

Web site: BergendahlHawkins.com. Crude for now, it is complete & in the public domain

NB: Document in the public domain. So long as name and content are unchanged, anyone may reproduce it.

Bergendahl Hawkins, Los Angeles, West Addams [sic] District, CA, 2024 Sent with Proton Mail secure email

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5-27-24 @ 16:26 Shooting at my bungalow wall and window resumed briefly.

5-27-24 @ 4:58PM Police report files 240527900198, is tracking # *not police report* # yet. (6-6-24 @ 23:10 Online police report rejected same day: "No crime reported")

5-27-24 @ 17:54 After a few minute's sporadic shooting nearby, in front of bungalow, one strike on living room mosquito screen showers tiny particles on me as I sit reading. More than 1 person shooting, I did not see who did it.

5-27-24 @ 18:18 Called police/911 about X****r shooting at bungalow & window again. Police coming. I have pictures shot through front window.

5-27-24 @ 18:55 2 LAPD came here: Manning <- male, Quintana <- woman. Said for me to wait for call tomorrow. No incident # given. - I saw a woman, Black, come out to meet the 2 LAPD, as they were walking to the apartment building in back. They stopped, she talked. They didn't go up. I heard her say: "... mother ...", "... thinks he owns the front yard...", "... I've complained ..." On their way back, I got their names.

5-28-24 @ 8:22AM Last night Mrs. Bell loud, after midnight, profanity, outside.

5-28-24 @ 19:28 Saint B. loud for last 30 minutes, sometimes yelling. He's next door, door open as is mine. I was napping, sync noticed.

5-28-24 @ 20:24 Automatic toy gun shooting heard for some time. More than 1 voice, dog heard grunting.

5-28-24 @ 20:50 Saint B. still at it, less loud, more sporadic.

5-29-24 @ 7:31 Last night Mrs. 'Bell v. active, door closing, loud voice, vulgarity, "Movies good!" Heard after I went to bed at 9:30PM, heard her sporadically till past 3AM.

5-29-24 @ 7:39 My Cuisinart Smart Stick has a bent shaft, no longer makes whipped cream. May have also damaged, through use yesterday, the plastic coupling. I can't find my black Maraconda Market bag. ([Correction] 5-29-24 @ 18:18 Found it, using it to store welding helmet!)

5-30-24 @10:27AM While in bed, around 9AM, hearing Saint B., inside his bungalow, loud, monologue, sometimes shouting. Sync noticed. Hear him now, frequent repetition of words, several, including: "Earl!" Heard since I was in bed, dozens of times. A new thing. His door open. 

5-30-24 @ 11:20AM Saint B. silent.

5-31-24 @ 9:52AM Last night, about 4:15AM, I began hearing a dog(?), yelping, mewlig, making sounds I've never heard before, sometimes almost inaudible single sounds usually, brief, often less that 1 second. There was no barking nor any other sounds or voices. It went on for 1/2 hour before stopping. It came from inside our complex, whose dog, I do not know. STarted again now, sync noticed as I'm in bedroom, working.

6-1-24 @ 21:28 Saint B. talking for 10+ minutes, repeating himself: "Right." with sync. also laughs v. frequently with sync.

6-1-24 @ 22:03 Saint B. still at it, laughter, monologue, occasional sync. His door open.

6-2-24 @ 15:08 Mrs. 'Bell active this AM. Now hearing a new dog, not barking, yelping(?), high pitched, strangest dog sounds. From inside our complex, maybe Mrs. 'Bell's dog.

6-3-24 @ 11:52AM Last night heard Saint B. after I went to bed, late, voice unintelligible mostly, for quite some time, likely after midnight, droning on. Then after a helicopter fly-by, Mrs. 'Bell shouted a possible obscenity before I heard a door close. More after a pause. This AM, found bits of a mini-CD broken on my steps. The previous day, I had distributed fliers, some w. a CD, around neighborhood.

6-3-24 @ 12:20PM Electric oven erratic, temp not stable. Unable to properly dehydrate beef for jerky. Has happened before.

6-3-24 @ 21:00 Had problem earlier today confirming dates & times of welding class, browser and/or site destination (wrong page).

6-4-24 @ 11:30AM Street sweeper came by today. 1st time in a long time.

6-4-24 @ 19:39 Saint B. active for >1/2 hr., his door open, sync noticed. I'm in living room, kitchen & bedroom.

6-4-24 @ 19:43 I go to close my door Saint B. stops.

6-5-24 @ 11: 10 This AM found red cap on plastic trash bottle [I use a green cap]. Night was quiet. 

6-5-24 @ 13:41 Outside on steps, working. I hear Saint B. and a visitor talking. Not only can I not make sense of their conversation but they seem to be having different/disjointed conversations. (from time to time)

6-5-24 @ 17:42 Saint B. silent. Mewling dog heard, maybe in complex, maybe Saint B.'s Sync noticed. (6-5-24 @ 19:19 Correction: Saint is still with visitor)

6-6-24 @ 11:55AM A non-load-bearing plastic part of my beach chair is broken. Must fix.

6-6-24 @ 12:32PM An install of Ubu 24.04 on 250GB HD no longer boots. I had been trying to install Wine, KiCAD, etc. to make up for the 2 other sets which cannot run these and Ondsel and BalenaEtcher (for creating a new Ubu 24.disk.)

6-6-24 @ 17:14 Kicad works. - But schematic for welder brings up Analog Control Board another design instead when clicked. Still cannot reinstall Visio with Wine on 24.04, 500GB disk but it does install on other disk, one I just reinstalled w. Ubu 24.04 today.

6-6-24 @ 17:48 Triad Utrad trafo for spot welder does now allow me to plugin w.o. tripping circuit breaker.

6-6-24 @21:14 Found a bottle of rosin [solder flux] among other containers on floor  in bathroom next to toilet.

6-6-24 @ 10:06PM Cannot install Ubuntu 24 on desktop returned by customer/acquaintance, was proceeding once, I made mistake, thought I'd recovered, thought later I had not as I could not install again. Used BalenaEtcher to do fresh USB boot stick. This one, too refuses to install. Quits OS install silently.

6-6-24 @ 10:13PM Bought different mattress as prev. one not shipped/refunded though I emailed again [see HSH #33 for exchange w. seller]. This one memory foam, not inflatable. Also disinfecting bedding & clothes as I may have head lice again. In process of removing sheets, I found all but 2 pieces of the cardboard I use to make the mostly deflated air mattress usable before they went missing, I had maybe 8-10 pieces between air mattress and 2 cushions. 

6-6-24 @ 22:21 Caps lock on external USB keyboard has reverse behavior: when lit - lower case, when not lit, upper case. This as I type diary online.

6-6-24 @ 22:24 Caps lock behavior back to normal. I did nothing, am using external keyboard. In middle of typing sentence, it reverted to normal.

6-7-24 @ 14:35 Saint B. in his bungalow, laughing, sync noticed. His main door seems open, only security screen door is closed. Going on sporadically (talk & laughter) since my nap.

6-7-24 @ 17:29 I'm on porch, living room, kitchen, bedroom; Saint B. on phone, not loud, sync frequent.

6-7-24 @ 18:35 Woman's voice, outside, near street somewhere talking for many minutes. I can't make out much, except she's repeating "Ready, set, go!" many (dozens+)? of times. Also: "Right!" (or a similar-sounding word), this again repeated over a dozen times. These are the only phrases/words I can recognize. Occasional sync. 

6-7-24 @ 20:24 Saint  B. active, door open. screen door closed, loud, yelling at times, for a 1/2 hour. Some sync.

6-9-24 @ 16:36 This AM, hammering heard as I'm in bed, followed by Saint B., loud, talking. For some time now, Saint B. active again, door - inner, open. I also hear a high-pitched yelping(?) from dog in complex. Sync noticed, both from Saint B., dog and (possibly if I remember right) construction across street this AM.

6-10-24 @ 15:37 Mrs. 'Bell v. loud at times today, as she walks on walkway in complex. Now hearing a dog mewling, making brief yelping sounds, from within complex, sync noticed from it.

6-10-24 @ 21:10 Fixed Oster blender for 2nd time since I found it in trash. Had to order 2 parts, 1 for 1st time repair, 1 for 2nd repair.

6-10-24 @ 21:57 Sync from animal, (dog, likely), squealing nearby, in Saint B.' or Mrs. 'Bell's bungalows. 2 or more instances in the last ~5 minutes. Strange, high-pitched, brief squeals.

6-11-12 @ 7:58 AM For last ~10-15 minutes, hearing the strange sounds from Mrs. 'Bell's dog, leashed outside her bungalow. Sounds: yelping/mewling, etc., are now becoming increasingly odd over last few days. Much sync noticed [from dog]. It stopped for a few minutes as I came outside to record.

6-12-24 @ 7:24AM My fridge timer, repurposed from sauna use (to be used) does not work this morning, I also noticed a possible malfunction last night as I used it before bed.

6-12-24 @ 8:24 AM In bed just after 6AM, I heard someone walk by on walkway say: "F*k!" [replace asterisk with 'o'], then other brief words. Sync, 1 instance.

6-12-24 @ 8:27 AM Yesterday on #37 at 4:36 PM, ID 5801 or 5861, eastbound, my card (TAP) did not scan, others may have been able to scan theirs. Noticed a bumpy, jerky ride, and detour.

6-12-24 @ 8:29 AM In LATTC for [welding] class yesterday (1) as I sat outside, next to me, 2 noisy people, man and woman, noisy, she in particular. Once inside, 2 people, man and woman sat behind me, chattering, noisy. Then another man, young, Asian, w. speech impediment came to sit at my table, began talking with the two who had sat at desk. All chattering loudly. Teacher stood in front began signing us in, "housekeeping" classroom chores. She told guy next to me to remove his cap, said something about not sleeping (possibly to me as I had my eyes closed). I ignored her, Asian next to me removed his hat. She continued with introduction. Later she again said, addressing me: "No sleeping in class." More than once, I was sitting in front row. I ignored her & said: "Excuse me" as she repeated herself. So did I. I had my eyes open throughout. Last time she said this, I replied quietly, "Will there be anything else?" She later began explaining that it was important for safety reasons to pay attention adding: "I don't want to have to, as a result of an accident[,] to go to hospital & wait for your family to show up." I remained silent, though with eyes open. Later she, still doing class housekeeping chores, said: "This is very new to me" Other things too. At end of class, still no tech[nical] information imparted verbally, only a schedule and 2 handouts with welding info & syllabus. Starting after 6 PM, it went on until 8:30 PM.

6-12-24 @ 9:14 AM Washing clothes in bathroom sink, water flow abruptly goes from good stream to a trickle. I had not touched faucet.

6-12-24 @ 10:51 AM 2 more faucet shutoff events withing minutes.

6-12-24 @ 11:34 AM Peculiar machinery (saw?) sounds from construction site across street.

6-12-24 @ 11:41 AM [Phone] Call with no one at the other end. Just now. Have been getting them more often. 

6-12-24- @ 13:44 My heat gun pencil I inherited from Janusz worked for moments, then ran at lower motor/fan speed & would not heat enough. Was plugged into different outlet than solder guns I had problems with last week.

6-12-24 @ 15:07 - Gabi Guttierez has not replied since June 2 to my request to pickup a free LG washing machine. On OfferUp.

6-13-24 @ Gardner [sic] cycling his tool (weed whacker?) repeatedly as he works outside my bungalow. Occasional sync with his tool and another man's {also gardener].

6-13-24 @ 15:39 Bathroom sink faucet sometimes will slow to a trickle, taking ~ a minute to do so.

6-13-24 @ 20:31 Shirt stolen from fence while drying, this evening. Police report made online, tracking #: 240613900371

6-13-24 @ 20:47 Saint Bernard active, in his bungalow. Laughter, mostly unintelligible words, except for: "No problem," "You've got a problem," "... mommy ..." Sync.

6-13-24 @ 21:43 Police here, asked if I'd seen anything of traffic stop just outside. I said no, gave name, she asked for DOB, first name, which I gave. She said: "Excellent" & left. Saint B. active in last ~1/2 hour, repeats: "Right" v. often. Sync from Saint B. noticed.

6-13-24 @ 22:57 [When using browsers] Increasingly unable to find items, whether searching LAPL, Costco, Brave/Duskduckgo, AliExpress and more. Just now, Costco/Culver returns no hits for Kikkoman. (6-13-24 @ 23:54)Have noticed this (with witness from LAPL personnel) when searching for book "Thirty Years War" by Wedgwood.

6-13-24 @ 23:54 Have noticed this (with witness from LAPL personnel) when searching for book "Thirty Years War" by Wedgwood.

6-14-24 @ 10:17 On 2nd welding class day (Wed), (1) Teacher again told me not to sleep in class, though my eyes were open. (I said: "Excuse me?" & to people behind I added: "Can you believe this?" (2) When a student made to hand me the sign-in sheet, she a few feet away, loudly said: "No!" he turned away from me & put the sheet on her desk, I then queued up(?) and signed.

6-14-24 @ 12:28PM bus # 35, id 4011, w.bound at Washington & Grand, consistently jerky movements, both acceleration and braking. I'd missed the #37, my usual by a minute. Happened on 6/2/24 @ 8:40PM. Also on 6/12/24 @ 4:18PM, bus #37, ID 3934, jerky movements

6-15-24 @ 9:07AM Mrs Bell's dog screaming/mewling at very high pitch, it is outside on her porch/steps, leashed. I'm in kitchen, sync from dog noticed.

6-15-24 @ 10:39 AM My new fridge timer is working again.

6-16-24 @ 14:27 Saint B. active for over 1/2 hr., monologue mostly, with sync. Door open.

6-16-24 @ 15:04 Saint B. still at it, sync.

6-16-24 @ 15:19 Saint B. quiet.

6-16-24 @ 20:51 Dog, across street(?) making noises, not exactly barks, groups of 2, for last minutes, accompanied by laughter, again from people across street. Sync from all.

6-16-24 @ 21:20 Strange, high-pitched, dog double barks continuing. 

6-17-24 @ 10:48 AM Street sweeper sighting! (2nd time in ~ 2 weeks

6-17-24 @ 10:50 AM Found red handle tin snips(?) in box for HDs.

6-17-24 @ 12:35 PM Unable to login to "Angeleno" to make apt to visit LAHD for complaint, to drop off flier, check on prev complaint.

6-17-24 @ 18:58 Refunded by AliPay. $82.05 for mattress from Happy Little Bottle Cap store.

6-17-24 @ 21:04 Saint B. repeating words: "Mommy," "Go," "Move." Just now, sync noticed.

6-18-24 @ 14:26 Mrs 'Bell & her dog active, sync from both. As I work in lab, finishing test of LED lamp, I hear Mrs. Bell: "Get in the bed. I'll have a salad."

6-18-24 @ 14:56 Outside or inside, working on welder, I hear Brother C.'s voice, so low as to be unintelligible, droning on. For many minutes, v. little sync.

6-18-24 @ 16:36 1/2 hour ago, as I was mostly outside, working on steps, heard for a long while, a random series of knocks, on wood(?), someone hammering lightly, little or no sync. Came from nearby, possibly basck of our complex.

6-18-24 @ 17:12 As I stand at table in lab, facing open window, working on trafo [transformer], Mrs. 'Bell comes to trash bins just outside, says something, then "Uh-huh," before going back to her bungalow.

6-18-24 @ 18:53 Child occasionally screams (single screams) nearby, sync noticed.

6-18-24 @ 20:31 Saint B. v. active now, in his bungalow, inner door open, screen shut, on the phone. Sync with both his laughter and voice. I'm in my bungalow.

6-18-24 @ 21:00 I closed my front door, could still hear his voice droning on, with sync sometimes.

6-19-24 @ 11:49 AM A steady hammering/pounding, comes from nearby, likely a construction site across street. Clusters of sounds a ~ 1/2 second apart, lasting ~125 seconds, then stopping, only to resume moments later. Mrs Bell's new little dog occasionally active.

6-19-24 @ 12:28 AM In living room, doors open I hear the Saint, voice droning, unintelligible. Occasional sync.

6-19-24 @ 15:41 The Saint droning on, on phone(?), door open. I'm indoors or on steps, sunning myself or working. Going on all afternoon. Mrs. Bell occasionally walks by, very loud.

6-19-24 @ 16:34 The Saint now quiet, for the last few minutes.

6-19-24 @ 18:56 Mrs. Bell in long, 1/2 hour or so, near-monologue in complex, maybe on her steps/porch. At times loud, might have been on phone, conversation interspersed with shouts to her dog. Some vulgarity. Phrases: "Go inside, "No!", "Stop!", "I need you, my neighbor." or very similar words. I heard a door close followed by silence. Then the Saint started. "Go to mommy. ... Mommy!" from inside his bungalow. I had been napping. I got up a minute ago, had been in bed.

6-19-24 @ 21:40 Anomaly in "Money" spreadsheet: cannot calculate properly after adding expense. Column before date of addition are altered to reflect addition made at a later date. Involves my mattress refund date. I cannot fix.

6-19-24 @ 22:46 Minutes ago, working on table in bedroom/lab, window open, I heard Mrs. 'Bell, seem to dump trash - I heard a lid slam shut - , she said something sounding like a blend of "Excuse me!" and "Is this me?", fairly loud. She was feet away from my open window with me facing it. I did not look up. Then, as she walked back to her bungalow, I heard, more clearly: "Is this me?" maybe repeated. I said nothing, but had, moments earlier, hammered a vise handle a few times.

6-20-24 @ 16:22 Saint B. on phone, monotonous, for last short time. Was on phone earlier, topics: Parole (his), fish batter, corn meal. Words repeated as I sat on steps, cleaning trafo [transformer].

6-20-24 @ 18:37 The Saint on phone for some time, door open.

6-21-24 @ 14:08 Last night, went to bed at 11PM. (1) Around midnight, I began hearing knocking (on wood?) just outside, clusters of from 2, 4 on up. Lasted for several minutes (2) At ~4AM Mrs. 'Bell, outside her bungalow was screaming for a couple of minutes (3) This was repeated about an hour or two later, possibly followed by a third instance. I was in bed.

6-21-24 @ 14:59 I'd put a cardboard egg container I use to block open my screen door, next to the door. Found it in my pile of other egg packs. I'd tossed a bedsheet, light blue, I'd just washed, on my loft bed but could not find it there, until, next morning, I noticed it balled up under my pillow, jammed against the wall.

6-21-24 @ 15:23 Mrs. 'Bell & the Saint v. quiet today. Brother Cantinflas a bit active, with a Brockengespenstphänomen Aktion [he walks by just as I emerge from my bungalow. Happens often with him and many others]and voice droning on this afternoon.

6-21-24 @ 19:58 Had been printing fliers of book covers and timeline when police helicopter began flying overhead several times. I came to steps and waived briefly before returning to print inside. At that time Tyson [I've nicknamed him Tyson the Corn-fed Golem], the neighbor I've tried to have arrested for ~2 years walked by, down the walkway. A few seconds later, a man's voice, on a bike(?), drove by, shouting obscenities: "... motherf****e ..." "... f*****g pedophile..."

6-21-24 @ 20:27 Found my set paper organizer tray marked "Pressing items" empty, with letters, unopened from Kaiser, misplaced in slot below.

6-21-24 @ 20:39 Problem printing HSH proofs: "Out of paper" (blinking light) also occasional "Drum" (blinking light)

6-21-24 @ 21:03 Printer now prints, after 2 power down, and opening doors & drawers & shaking toner cartridge. I did not add paper.

6-22-24 @ 12:24PM Hearing a faint barking(?), v. odd, from nearby, clusters of several single sounds. About 2-4 per cluster, v. unusual. Sounds like it[']s between a pant and a bark.

6-22-24 @ 12:44PM V. odd, faint bark-like sounds continuing with occasional sync. A neighbor[,] likely English-speaking, may have commented, saying: n"Are you ready now?" or something like it.

6-22-24 @ 18:47 Back from Costco, Brother C. playing gospel music, peculiar dog barks(?)/coughs(?) started soon after Brother C.'s music began.

6-22-24 @ 20:19 Strange dog sounds continue. Sync sometimes.

6-22-24 @ 22:13 Several medium-size[d] spring clips, some black (used to replace large ones on book cover displays) and some silver are missing from Akro Mills bin labelled "Mounting Hardware." I used and moved several today for my spot welder. before Costco visit, door deliberately left open by me.

6-23-24 @ 8:31AM Anomaly as I try to edit the outline [titled]: "A cripple named Berg.HRO," (1) A version comes up with only 1 line (2) Searching for the word "cripple" only brings up this file, no other (3)_ Yet I am able to later find 2 copies, one with ~750 bytes, another with ~1.9k bytes. This kind of thing has happened before. (4) Update: 6-23-24 @ 8:40AM) There is now only 1 file to be found. [File seemed complete]

6-23-24 @ 8:47AM A voice(?) or sound almost so faint as to not be heard, like random hums or mumbles, coming from inside our complex. Could be a radio or TV? For last minutes.

6-23-24 @ ?:??AM A second Ketone test strip gives error: "E-1": temp too low or high, hours after 1st fail. Saint B. talking from inside his bungalow, odd cadence at times, v. low volume, some sync.

6-23-24 @ 17:37 Weird dog barks/coughs(?) continuing, every couple of seconds or so, single or 2-3 sounds, unlike what I associate with dog sounds. Been going on for maybe an hour or even much more.

6-24-24 @ 18:40 Saint B. walked into complex w. friend just as I was arriving w. dolly of sauna rocks. I'm outside on porch/steps & washing a plastic set of drawers I scavenged from across street. In Saint B.'s conversation, the word Jew heard frequently.

6-25-24 @ 13:45 Saint B. began about 1/2 hour ago, repetition of words: "You have to show me", "Earl," "Water," etc. Can hear him clearly, not loud, some sync. I'm in living room, working.

6-25-24 @ 14:37 Finding repeated, small changes to text in Visio "20240625 My Complex Layout_v02.vsd" diagram. Instead of "... I moved in ..." I printed "... I moveDIN ..." <- larger font. I had corrected it.

6-25-24 @ 15:28 Saint B. quieted for ~1/2 hr. Dog across street heard with odd bark-like sounds, v. quietly.

6-25-24 @ 21:40 Home from class, now hearing strange dog sounds, single/double/triple sounds, every few seconds.

6-26-24 @ 9:53AM Saint B. active, I hear him in his bungalow on phone(?), sync noticed. His conversation is peculiar: repetition of words & phrases, no thread I can discern, meandering, almost entirely non-stop.

6-26-24 @ 12:03PM Saint B. still active, almost non-stop. Sync.

6-26-24 @ 12:36PM Saint B. silent for last minutes. A first in the last hour, since this AM!

6-26-24 @ 13:06 Saint B. active almost non-stop. Sync.6-27-24 @ 16:09 Saint B. active since I returned from USPS & Lowe's, raises his voice as I walk by my front door, I'm inside, his screen closed, main door open. On phone(?), talking mostly continuously.

6-27-24 @ 16:24 Saint B. in conversation with a visitor, door open, screen closed, I'm sitting just inside my front door, both [his and mine] doors open. I can hear every word he says, but not one word of his guest.

6-27-24 @ 18:18 Dog across street(?) with its funny single-double-triple barks active again. Saint B. & visitor silent for ~15 minutes. Visitor left.

6-28-24 @ 12:24 Was sitting in front porch/steps when I heard a voice & knocks somewhere in back. Saint B. was active with sync. Minutes later, in kitchen, I found a bag of veggies at door marked: "Tradesman's Entrance.", don't know what that was about. I put them by trash.

6-28-24 @ 18:55 Strange dog barks/coughs going on, from across street. Saint B, Mrs 'Bell, Brother C. mostly quiet this afternoon.

6-28-24 @ 20:05 Mrs. Bell's little dog, occasionally high-pitched yelps, odd, with sync.

6-28-24 @ 20:05 Mrs. Bell's little dog squeaking loudly.

6-29-24 @ 9:13AM Last night, I got up at 1:30AM, immediately heard Mrs. 'Bell yell: "Stop!", "Don't do that," "Move" Her little dog began making noises but only briefly.

6-29-24 @ 10:52 Found, as I came out an hour ago, on my steps a lock washer and nut belonging to a terminal for my stick welder, I had been examining it last night.

6-29-24 @ 23:34 Music from party across street is synchronized to my movements occasionally. Maybe also 1 or more party goer voices. Discrepancies with either bank account or my "Money" spreadsheet. I called Roberta Edgar yesterday to discuss next book, left message. She emailed me tonight, wondering if I was OK as she did not get message [I'd left].

6-30-24 @ 9:23AM About to get up, I began hearing a faint metallic sound outside, irregular, 1 sound at a time, as though something metal were striking the ground every second or so. It stopped when I got up. May have started again. Then, after my shower as I stepped outside, a brief, loud commotion involving a man & woman in our complex - possibly Mrs. Bell. Words used: by man's voice: "Move!, "Dog!", "F**k that s**t," "I'm pissed!"

6-30-24 @ 17:29 "Coughing["] dog, likely across street, is active again for last minutes. Single "coughs" mostly, some clusters of 2-3, spaced a second or more. Faint, random component, occasional sync as I'm in living room.

6-30-24 @ 20:19 Jon Howard emailed, address [redacted] , Santa Rosa, CA [redacted]. He said in email: "Thanks once again for all your help. The address is: ..., [phone # redacted] 

7-1-24 @ 8:41AM My LAHD case closed April 2023. No notice given, was unable to get reason. Was told in E. LA Hollenbeck area to call Brett Terrell, 310-524-1212 Tu, Thu, 10-12, 2-4. [Case SO279496 for illegal rent increase", landlord erroneously charged me  $53.64 which I paid (on advice of City Housing Department) but contested].

7-2-24 @ 00:01AM Was outside winding wire remnants about a half hour ago when a woman, across street began talking as she walked by me: "Leave" "undecipherable", "Leave", "Leave", "Undecipherable", etc. She stopped talking, then at about that time a man at an SUV parked at curb next to tree I had fastened wire to, shut door of car, walked by & left. This took a minute in all. I said nothing throughout, just continued spooling my wire onto roll.

7-2-24 @ 00:07AM Around dusk, I was on steps, working on my stick welder, Saint B.'s radio or TV was on, male announcer's voice was heard - then I heard: "Tu veut toucher?" (French for do you want to touch). This said in same even tone by same voice, who then resumed in English.

7-3-24 @ 10:17AM Brett Terrell 310-524-1212, [I] left msg. on Wednesday, LM.

7-3-24 @ 11:00AM Mrs 'Bell, shouting for a long time, she stopped as I started writing this. Not sure what she's saying from her bungalow, her door open. She's v. loud, uses phrase: "My dog" over and over, "cabron". Sync noticed as I work on steps, in living & bedroom w. door, windows open. Now silent. Simultaneously, a great deal of noise coming from the trash bins just outside my bedroom window.

7-3-24 @ 12:05PM Took pics of finger, painful, for Dr. Chu. Composed message and when I went to attach 4 pics, all were gone.

7-4-24 @ 17:03 Saint Bernard with visitor, repeating words: "Santa Monica," "Rod," others, odd speech volume, "Dog," "Bitch." His visitor seldom at high volume, not loud. Sync noticed often. Mrs. 'Bell active this AM. Right in front of my bungalow, loud, sync, said she would complain to owners about someone walking in front of her bungalow. Saint B. at times not making sense, this if interpreting back and forth as a normal conversation. 

7-4-24 @ 17:17 Saint Bernard sometimes so loud, I have to shut my front door & bedroom door to hear voice on audio from YouTube.

7-4-24 @ 18:10 Got up from nap, soon heard Saint Bernard say: "Rod, don't kill him."

7-4-24 @ 22:52 A dog, nearby, barking oddly. Fairly high-pitched. Usually double barks, spaced seconds apart. For last minutes.

7-5-24 @ 11:06AM Across street, maybe the construction site, someone's unusual machinery sounds, for last minutes. Some sync.

7-5-24 @ 12:01PM Saint Bernard active from inside his bungalow across from mine, screen door closed, main door open, talking on phone(?), I can hear all. Going on for ~ 1/2 hour.[:] "... 8-year old girl", "burnout", "Die/died" <- words, sentences repeated, some many times over last 1/2 hour. Sync [observed].

7-5-24 @ 12:26PM Both kitchen and bathroom sink faucets working right. Kitchen sometimes begin making rumbling sound & counter & sink start shaking, so much that things fall off. Bathroom sink sometimes shuts down with a thump or flow slowly slows to a trickle.

7-5-24 @ 12:51 Sitting on porch, I hear Saint Bernard say: "Want kill?" then "Wank kibble?" Not 100% sure of the first, mostly though.

7-5-24 @ 14:27 As I enter diary into site, editing at site stops, "SiteBuilder (re)loading" on screen. I lost part of page 63 in diary. Had not requested interruption.

7-6-24 @ 21:48 The abbreviated "coughs" of a dog, across street, resumed tonight, maybe over a half hour ago. V. quiet, single or double sounds (I hesitate to call it barking), sometimes spaced tens of seconds apart. Saint Bernard, in his bungalow is talking (to his dogs?): "Go to mommy," "Mommy," several times just now, earlier in the day, as well. At times in a child-like voice. These words now part of his repertory of repetition: repeating words/phrases to a striking extent.

7-6-24 @ 21:55 Mailman picked up outgoing letter to editor. It had been on my mailbox since the 3rd, was not picked up then. On the 5th, though a package was dropped off (shoe laces - maybe not through USPS), my letter remained on the mailbox all day. Today, it was picked up before noon.

7-7-24 @ 11:25AM Dog across street "coughing" again.

7-8-24 @ 8:27AM Mrs. 'Bell, as I'm in bed, about to get up: "Get in, get in, get yo' ass in," as she's on the walkway, loud. A man's voice, with her, adds: "Get your ass whipped and get in the car." Now, almost a morning routine.

7-9-24 @ 12:33 Order of ($25.??) soles from https://greatpair.com unclear status.

7-10-24 @ 11:41 Around 5AM, I heard a voice & siren, on loudspeaker, coming from street, very likely, police(?), telling someone named "Gutierrez" to come out, at "address 2677 [2627] Cochran. This repeated several times, accompanied by brief siren. Then I heard talking, from our apt. complex, some laughter. Accompanied it. Possibly voices of Mrs. 'Bell and Saint Bernard with at least one other voice.

7-10-24 @11:45 Now, was just outside on steps, drinking coffee, heard Saint B. inside his bungalow, occasionally repeating: "Go/get to mommy." This said about a dozen times over last 1/2 hour. Sync noticed.

7-10-24 @ 12:24 Found my missing wood cover for compost pile of 3 milk crates, on top of some wood being thrown out, at trash bins. It had been missing for months. Pics taken before I took it back.

7-11-24 @ 00:39 After I suspended my laptop earlier, I found it rebooted instead of coming up normally a few minutes later. Then I did not restore tabs as the PC was slow. When I went to AliExpress to search for JST XH2, 2.54mm connectors & wires, I could not get any search results, no matter how I phrased the search although I'd gotten success earlier when searching for the same part, moreover, eBay search was successful for same part, minutes later. Also have had problems sending HSH files to Roberta Edgar over the last days.

7-12-24 @ 9:30AM I went to trash bins, out on street for Friday pickup. Ms. Mumbles was there along with another woman. As I approached, Ms. Mumbles wobbled from side to side for a moment, then began walking in my direction from the curb. I stopped at the entrance, she passed on my left and as she walked by, said: "Hi." I did not answer then, the other woman, younger, possibly Hispanic, also walked by me and said, in a low voice: "Go." After she passed me, I said: "Excuse me?" in a low voice. That was all, I deposited some plastic wrapping for my new mattress in a bin and went back in my bungalow.

7-12-24 @ 9:37AM Discovered this note placed [by me] in the wrong notebook ("Lab/Tech"): "7/7/24 @ 18:05 As I woke from nap, Mrs. 'Bell in extended, loud rant outside her bungalow. Now quiet.

7-12-24 @ 9:53AM As I work at laptop in living room, almost imperceptibly. Saint B. in his bungalow is talking. I can barely hear him and cannot make out words but sync noted, this for some minutes. My windows are open, his may be also, not sure about his door.

7-12-24 @ 17:53 Went to nap in bed, woke up 3 times to sounds of (1) Saint B. yelling then (2) Mrs. 'Bell yelling then(?) (3) Brother Cantinflas bellowing. (Not in that order). Some sync noticed with some of them (4) About to get up, I then heard music, out in street, of the "Thump and hum" variety.

7-12-24 @ 19:42 Tyson's little boy, walks by my steps with his dog, I had just brought out a portable chair which fell over,I went back inside for something, when I came out again a few seconds later, he walked by, brushing against the chair which was tipped over, the impact of his leg dragging it a bit. I was 2-3 feet away, on my steps as he did so. I heard him quietly mumble something, 1 word(?). I said nothing throughout.

7-13-24 @ 18:06 Saint Bernard at home with guest, talking. Since around noon. The word "Rod" heard from Saint B. more than a couple dozen times, today. Sometimes several times in 15 seconds. Just now, from the guest: "Rod, you gotto taste this." The, softly, same words repeated. Mrs. 'Bell v. loud, sporadically, since this AM.

7-14-24 @19:19 Saint Bernard mostly quiet today. Moments ago, though, I heard him in his bungalow, talking to his dogs(?), [and] say what sounded like: "Get 'em up!" But, when he repeated himself, was "Go/get to mommy," a frequently heard phrase for him. He then repeated the 2nd phrase several times. 

7-16-24 @ 5:42AM Last night and the previous one I began hearing a murmur, at the threshold of audibility. I cannot guess at the source or the location. 2 nights ago it does not seem to have continued as when I got up later in the night I do not remember hearing it. Last night, though, it was on again, off again. I last heard it at 4:30AM. Could be a radio or TV. I don't remember hearing such sounds earlier in my stay here in this bungalow or during my life. An accurate statement also covering other sound events.

7-16-24 @8:03AM The mumbling-like sounds, present last night, sporadically, are on again as I sit on my porch.

7-18-24 @10:24AM Called Brett Terrell, 310-524-1212 on LAHD [Los Angeles Housing Dept.] case # SO279496, illegal rent increase, Maria Estrada [case investigator], $53.64 disputed, case closed in April 2023, I was not told.

7-21-24 @ 12:52PM Helicopter circled overhead for some time before leaving. A bit later Mrs. 'Bell's dog became active. Screeching, yelping continually for several minutes with few or no barking. Sync noticed as I was in kitchen and living room.

7-23-24 @ 11:27AM Called LAHD's Brett Terrell at 310-524-1212, no email was given when I visited East LA office. [No call returned, called several times over a couple of weeks].

7-23-24 @ 12:54PM Saint B.'s visitor, a woman, occasionally yelling: "Stop!" "Get out!", v. loud laughter, some sync. He also active but much quieter.

7-23-24 @ 22:18 Saint B. active tonight, on phone, main door open, repetition, fairly loud. Sync. I got home from class at around 9PM.

7-24-24 @ 22:26 Saint B. active since I got home from class, after a quick, loud conversation w. Mrs. 'Bell, which took place in front of his bungalow, on the walkway between ours. Since then, Saint B.'s been on phone, fairly loud, sync noticed often. Some samples: "... my bitch will kill your bitch," talking about dogs. Much repetition of words, and some sentences.

7-24-24 @ 22:33 Could not find the Hiero outline for my proposed SW Part 2 [my next book but one], had sent the flat text to editor a week ago. The editor complained in email of some computer anomalies related to my next book: "A Happy Schizophrenic." Problems editing, problems emailing files. Now OK, except for email anomalies, several today. With her only.

7-25-24 @ 10:54AM Found my Sony "Bloggie" video recorder in bottom [of a] milk crate, behind some manuals. I had not put it there.

7-25-24 @ 11:48AM Outside, I found by lamppost a large container, plastic, looked inside, I found a milk crate with my insect barrier mesh screen hot glued inside [thus definitely mine]. I had reported it stolen to police, DR number: 240309844, missing on April 24, 2024, stolen from back area. Additionally, when I tried to take pictures as evidence, my phone started malfunctioning, rebooting for minutes [on 7-28-24 it was still doing so]. Taking pics now with my Sony "Bloggie." Cell phone continues to reboot.

7-25-24 @ 12:16PM Mrs. 'Bell complaining of pain to Saint B. just outside my door, says it's too much to bear. Also "coughing" dog across street active now. Cell phone still rebooting.

7-25-24 @ 16:10 Today over a half dozen moments when people walk by as I emerge from bungalow or walk by my open door or walk to/from trash or to/from clothes drying on fence. Could be over 10 instances, I have not kept track, since 8AM. Among them: - neighbors in complex - neighbors on street - UPS delivery man.

7-25-24 @ 19:59 "Coughing" dog, across street has been active for some time.

7-26-24 @12:03PM Mrs. 'Bell very active, starting early this morning and even (perhaps) late last night. Loud, talking often, some sync noticed. Also my cell phone, when I try to start it to take pics for listings, still reboots continually. I cannot turn it off.

7-28-24 @ 10:08AM I'm in bed when, at 10AM, I hear someone, likely Brother Cantinflas but could be Saint Bernard or [the] one followed by the other, start bellowing. Seconds later, I hear: "... girls, little girls, little f***ing girls...". It ends, quiet again as I get up to pee and write this. Sync noticed, some. Done writing these words, I glance out the window and see, immediately, Brother Cantinflas go by on his bike. Back in bed, after a bit, I hear Saint Bernard and Mrs. 'Bell, one after the other, not sure which was first, both talking very loudly. It is now 11:26AM, with things somewhat quieter. Morgengrüß.

7-28-24 @ 9:30AM While in bed this AM, I heard Mrs. 'Bell yelling for some time, among her words: "... bitch ...!", "I'll knock your teeth out!", "... move ...!". Saint Bernard also joined in, also loud. I also heard a Hispanic voice, all from our complex, all outside on walkway(?). Dogs active, both of Mrs. 'Bell and Saint Bernard.

7-28-24 @ 10:14AM Second day of my scale not working right. My cell phone (not used except for taking pics) still reboots continually.

7-29-24 @ 13:06 A green pepper, serrano(?), missing since I put it, end nibbled, in the fridge, turned up this morning on my kitchen counter. Though not 100% sure. Scale malfunction for last 3 days: it displays weight for a few seconds before display goes off. [8-26-24 correction: batteries needed recharging]

7-30-24 @ 10:06AM Called B. Terrell 310-524-1212 left msg on case SO279496, Maria Estrada, closed in April 23 [2023].

7-30-24 @ 11:58AM This AM, had to tell the mailman to return a letter to sender, as I had marked on it. He was taking it top the correct address in complex (how could he have known as the address was mine though it had Nancy Gomez as recipient). I explained the difference to him, between putting it Gomez mailbox and returning it, which would cause the system to remove the wrong association. While I corrected him, Mrs. 'Bell stood on her porch, watching.

7-30-24 @ 14:05 Closed 2 cases, Brett Terrell called back said both cases closed, cause: could not reach me. By voicemail or letter. I got nothing on either case by either means. He said LAHD would reopen case(s), & get back to me with case #(s).

7-30-24 @ 15:03 Inconsistent and annoying computer  behavior: sometimes clicks or keystrokes don't register, at other times they do but with delay (much, occasionally). And I cannot, at the time, know which. Someone outside, nearby, making nonsense noises, for minutes, several times.

8-2-24 @ 9:37AM  Since I got up at 8:20AM, rapid, light bursts of light hammer(?) tapping, come from construction site across street. Implausible, sync and feedback noted.

8-2-24 @ 11:16AM Saint Bernard active, as is "coughing" dog across street.

8-2-24 @ 13:44  Saint Bernard was visited by a young woman, English-speaking, driving a white car, she stayed some 120 minutes, during conversation I could not hear much of, she did use the word "perro," or was it "cabron"? "Coughing" dog across street active these last hours(?) quite some time, anyway.

8-2-24 @ 15:26 Saint B. still on phone, on and off. I just heard him, in middle of a conversation say: "Bergendahl," followed shortly by: "It don't work like that." 

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9-25-24 @18:30 (1) {Had] Noticed discrepancy in RAM, I had added 16GB, checked, finding 32GB total. This a month ago. (2) Then noticed less RAM, 16GB with 8GB cache(?) (3) Tried just now to run memtest86 (4) BIOS announced 16GB (5) On reboot, blank screen (6) On further reboot, long, permanent beep (7) Tried different combinations of RAM (8) May have smelled something? (9) Moved 1TB HD to laptop, "disk " utility reports 1TB, 3.5" allocated (1)) Laptop with 500GB boots OK

9-25-24 @ 9:41AM Saint B. {Bernard] and woman in bungalow across from mine, she[:] peculiar loud laughter, he: ["]synthetic ideas of reference["], conversation hard to make sense of, sync from both of them as I'm in living room and [/]or on porch working.

9-25-24 @ 22:22 Couldn't login to Yola, wrong password, had to reset.

9-26-24 @ 8:18AM Last night same strange murmur from within complex, sounds like a TV or radio, not a human voice, but speech at very low volume, odd intonation, cadence. Started when I went to bed at midnight, past 1AM I could still hear it. This morning, when I got up at 7:30AM, sound was gone. Then, after I went back to bed, it started again. Now I no longer hear it.

9/26/24@ 3:00 p.m. a 2.5 inch hard disc, 500 gb, containing a backup from 9 - 18 - 24 I'm trying to restore keeps mounting and dismounting spontaneously. this for the last approximately 10 minutes, since I plugged the USB SATA adapter with the drive into my laptop. - My receiver and amplifier would not allow tuning down to KCRW 89.9 once I had set it to kpfk, a higher (90.7) frequency. - My electric ovens temperature wanders, I have to constantly watch it and change the temp dial by a fair amount occasionally.

9-26-24@2319 p.m. problems copying videos to Ubuntu 22 Old disc, also missing ( video ( folder and old Ubuntu 22 disc. found only two movies transferred before problems made the drive unusable: number one Eli's Elizabeth undernar number 2 Flash Gordon meets…

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10/25/2024 @ ? red pickup 0968-9u3, visitor permit to gaviola, a. Taped sign remove,  Mrs B said: "I'll beat you with a stick as she walked toward me".

- Yelling, she said: "you aren't as crazy as you look", "... on driveways..." " I'm calling the police on your ass" "... peeking in my window." Two or more Hispanic workers leaning against pickup truck observing silently as she yelled at me. She: "I'll call the police if I catch this bitch peeking in my window again." "That man doing all kinds of sick shit."  Police arrive about a half hour later. Mrs. Bell and Saint B. both accuse me of:  (1)stealing a ladder (2) stealing wood (3) creating a fire hazard (4) cutting a hose (5) cutting wood with a saw. The police give me warning to not talk to these two neighbors. I got incident number 1839 and business card with police IDs from two police: Arrellanos 41236, Balatas 40851 on 10/25/24 @11AM. Classified as "Ongoing neighbor dispute at 2622 S. Cochran. Kept the peace and advised."

 10/29/24 at LATTC Administration Building. I was asked to move by employee as I sat at the counter and did so. Was asked to move again minutes later, I asked: "where to?"

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11/28/24 @3:56AM. The strangest, most physically uncomfortable day & night in my life. Starting at around 7:30AM yesterday, when, still in bed, I began hearing noises from the construction site across the street at the partly completed apartment buildings: 2637 S Cochran (possibly wrong address as directly across street is 2638 ½, a blue house) and net to the mostly finished house is another, still under construction with the one just to the north is 2629, an old house, single story, anomaly? Coming from the work site were sounds I’ve come to associate with the place. (1) A light, repeated, rapid, to me pointless from point of view of construction work, tapping. Tap-tap-tap, regular as a metronome, pausing, then repeating itself. This sound went on until past noon, intermittently. (2) Another characteristic noise was a light grinding high-pitched sound, coming from a tool rubbing against metal, sometimes for extended periods, mostly brief single sounds or rapid bursts, always very light, also pointless-seeming. I went there to look the place over & came back to dismantle some metal pieces from a bed frame lying discarded on grass across the street. Did not speak to anyone though there was some of what I call “whooping it up” from workers there, sync occasionally noticed.
I had a headache from the time I got up & took an aspirin which did not help. In fact, I began feeling worse around noon. The odd construction sounds stopped in the early afternoon. Saint Bernard & Mrs. ‘Bell mostly, but not entirely quiet throughout. Then music started, at an increasingly high volume. I had gone back to bed w.o. coffee or a meal, began to feel worse and worse. The music continued, starting around 1PM, almost non-stop until midnight. Before midnight I began hearing a man’s voice, it went on for a long time, in a tone which carried. He spoke non-stop before being joined by a woman’s voice. I could identify her as Mrs. ‘Bell. She got louder until, at times, she was screaming. Obscenities were often used, the music mostly on, loud, of the “hum & thump” variety. At times extremely loud! At 2AM, I could still hear her, possibly the man as well. He bid her farewell from the walkway, in a loud voice: “See you later [or] take care, momma.”
Now as to me. I had been in bed from 1PM on, with an increase in: (1) nausea (2) headache (3) spells of dizziness lasting less than a second, intense and repeated ~12 times (I’d have fallen, I think if I’d been standing) (4) joint pain – in my elbows though I tried to keep my arms straight (5) A pain in my left hip, severe. (6) Numbness/tingling in fingertips – though not much unless I lie flat on my back. I eventually used my Diclofenac which may have helped. There was mostly silence after the man left. I got up at about 3AM, right now, I feel no dizziness, no hip pain, no joint pain, only slight headache, only slight queasiness. All in all much better! It is silent outside. I still feel weak.