Events during the 2000s

December 2000: Held in a cell without ventilation for three days resulted in a hospitalization where I was restrained for trying to smoke cigarette butts I'd gathered from the ash trays of nice buildings downtown. Several orderlies tackled me and one put his knee on my neck. They then pulled my pants down to inject me with a sedative and put me into restraints.

2001: Placed in an apartment above the boiler room in the building and next to the laundry room where 10 - 12 dryers were placed on the other side of the wall. The temperature with the heat off in the winter was over 100°F, but I was not allowed to open the window or run the air conditioner to cool it off.

July 2001: Formed the Corporation IMID Incorporated with a 10,0000 dollar inheritance from the resale of my grandmother's house (my father's mother) when she was placed in a long term care facility.

7-13-2001: Filed for an EIN with the Secretary of State.

7-25-2001: Filed Articles of Incorporation, but chose to form an S-Corp, which doesn't require an EIN.

8-07-2001: Issued the Certificate of Incorporation on the 7th of October 2001

August 2004: Raped at gunpoint by someone who asked me for help.

September 2004: Reported being raped and reported that a childhood examination of circumcision may have motivated the crime.

Summer 2006: Had a radical spiritual experience while meeting with a sponsor to get help with my inability to stop drinking.

2007-2009: Employed as a swim instructor to teach water safety to children at three different locations. An incident in 2009 required me to report the name of a boy in my swim class and write a report to child protection. I added a letter for a legal file voicing my objection to the use of names under these circumstances due to the shame based complications that make matters worse.

January 2007: Left for a visit to England and stayed two months.

July 2008: Lost a full time job delivering auto parts while dealing with the first of several Malware attacks on my websites.

2009: Honored by Strathmore's Who's Who for leadership and achievement in my profession.

November 2009: As a gift, my brother flies me to his place to get his car and drive it to my place for my use. During the night on the way home I encountered a field of radio towers with flashing strobe lights, and the thought crossed my mind: "Get me out of here (I was struggling in a relationship with a partner back home)". Almost simultaneously, I am catapulted into a fourth dimension of space. The space I'm occupying becomes grainy, and I hear the sound of rushing water, or static from a distant place. The view through my window closes fast to the horizon, and the burden of my weight drops into infinitude. (I happened to be reading The Power of Now at the time, which my mother gave me. Starting with the hypnotic motion of travelers in the airport while waiting for my fight to Tennesee and continuing on my trip back home in the car my brother gave me.)