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Holy crap on a crap cracker. Looks like ol' Frankie the Mooch has been sponging off of the wrong people.

Just a wee bit past midnight, I was just half asleep,watching SNL and I hear raised voices. Just two doors down, yells and pleadings to the tune of "I'll get it, I'll get it!" and then the sound of a man being beaten up. After taking a second to I called 911, because I'm certainly not up to stepping outside and breaking things up. After calling the police, I called the landlord, and notified him of the latest shenanigans in apartment #1. LL assured me that Frankie's going to be out in a few days... hardee har har. I'd like to hope so, but I'll only believe that when I see it.

A pair of policemen have since come by, and I gave my name and approximation as to what happened. The combatants have since left, and mooch-boy isn't answering his door, so there's little else I can do but keep an ear open and be ready to call again, if need be.

I really can't help but think that Frankie brought this onto himself, but I still feel pity. He's a pathetic, sad creature, for all of his moochy, creepy ways... and doesn't deserve a punch in the mouth for being a toad.


Let's see... Searching for Frankie in past entries - numerous mooches and attempted mooches left out.


  • 5/11/03 - first mooch

  • 5/14/03 - first chastising

  • 7/7/03 - spinach roll

  • 8/15/03 - knockers (maybe the same guy(s) as tonight?

  • 8/27/03 - phone mooch

  • 9/8/03 - "fix my wank machine?"

  • 9/11/03 - begs for money/food. I foolishly give.

  • 9/13/03 - last feeding time

  • 9/14/03 - he's got cigs and beer, breaks my sleep, tries to mooch more

  • 9/21/03 - mooch, use being on call to deny phone

  • 10/15/03 - Sammy and Frankie have an argument

  • 10/27/03 - Frankie Served notice, supposedly evicted within 5 days.

  • 10/31/03 - 5 days later, He's still here.

  • 11/08/03 - attempted mooching

  • 11/10/03 - Mailbox Mess

  • 11/16/03 - Today.

  • 11/19/03 - Moved out by LL?



[update - 1:32am - more fighting outside. I called the police back, waiting for arrival. 1:35-same cops as before swung by and Frankie's not coming out, though his light is on now. I got a glimpse of the other guy, though, a skinny Spanish guy, mustache, white t-shirt, dark shorts, red backpack. Apparently in the scuffle, a pair of sunglasses dropped and a can of beer were spilled in the courtyard. I suspect Frankie's not coming to the door because he's fearing either eviction or being jailed by the cops.]Site Meter

[update2 - 1:51am - raised voices again, and glass breaking. This is my third call to the police. I hope they get here before they disperse and run off again.]

[update3 - 2:48am - Cops just finished interrogating Frankie, and I'm amazed that they didn't take him to jail. They found it was his window that had been broken, and he opened the door after a long knocking session...they saw him and movement inside, and so persisted. Once they got him outside, he claimed to have no identification, and gave the name "Stephen" or "Steve", and a birthday in September of '65... and didn't remember his social security number. They immediately figured he was full of it because I referred to him as Frankie earlier and that's the name on the mailbox.

While he was talking to the Policemen, he tried a few times to head back into the house.... It was at that point that one of the cops looked more closely inside, and saw a crack pipe on the table beside his TV remote. They pressured him some more, and it turns out that he gave his brother's name. He eventually admitted to his real name of Francis, and suddenly could remember his social and birthday in January of '63. The police gave him moderate hell for being a liar... he claimed that there was a girl over, and that the crack and paraphernalia was hers. (That's *very unlikely*... the cops said as much. "Why should we believe some guy that lied to us about his name, his social and his window breaking?" Frankie then claimed that he lied because he was worried about his "new boss" getting wind of it.... they went in circles back and forth up and down for about an hour... I'm *amazed* that the resolution was that after three calls out, admitted lies, and possession of drugs... they let him off. They had him destroy the pipe, stomp on it, and throw the remainder on the roof... but when he asked if he should destroy the drugs, the dark haired cop told him to keep it... that he can hang on to that small amount of pleasure because his life is pretty much in the toilet, now. They did say that if they got a fourth call, for whatever reason, that they'd give him a break of a different sort, because they were far too tired of the time wasted already (three hours, off and on).

What kind of cops allow a con like Frankie to stay at home after all of that stuff? My only guess is that they didn't want to have to deal with the paperwork... I heard via the police radio that he had priors of petty theft but no drug charges, so that might've been a factor... but what I see is that they let a drug-using guy with a criminal record stay home from jail time, even though he gave false identification, obstructed justice, was in possession of drug paraphernalia and the drugs to be used inside. I suspect that they let him keep the crack because they couldn't take it with them without having to deal with some sort of paperwork as well.

Tomorrow morning, I'll be calling the landlord back, and fill him in on the details above. It's a pity, I think that all parties involved (including Frankie) would be better off with Mr Crackhead - Broken Window - Lies to the Cops - Would Rather Incriminate His Own Brother To Cover His Ass - Has Dubious Fights - Supposedly Being Evicted - Mooch - Dumbass Bad Neighbor in the clink, negotiating with cigarettes on the best way to avoid frequent anal rape. He needs to be off of the street... not for rehabilitation... I don't believe that's an option.. but instead to protect society before he gets bolder than stealing stuff and smoking up with his ill-gotten gain.] Other Note... the non-Frankie hoodlums left before the cops came back. I suspect the police would have been angry with me, if there wasn't a broken window for them to investigate.
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Frankie got served eviction notice on Saturday. 5 days from that point, he should be gone.

Landlord walked 2 potential building buyers through my apartment today right as I got back from the doc's... Sort of a peeve, but since he just sort of showed up and asked nicely, I let them take the tour. one of the potential buyers loves Newt to pieces. (He was doing his lawnmower purr and friendly hello swabbing.)

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10/27/03 12:22 pm

12:15 pm Dreams last night of an axe to the spine by way of an angry Indian..."chuk"-sound not unlike that I hear when a bite is taken out of a fresh, crisp apple. Not the best mental visual a day before surgery. Ride is due any minute.

12:22 pm Uruguay picked me up just now... En route to confirmation at last. He is morbidly obese, with labored breathing and has a distinctive BO. What is that? Bacon and cheese? Armpits and feet? Something stinky this way comes. I feel bad for him, and wonder if he knows he's as smelly as he is.

1:21 pm forms filled out... I'm feeling tired. Frasier on TV whining about $2 parking fees. Lots of canned laughter. bleh.

1:23 I bet Newton would like one of those orange spider-rings the little girl next to me is wearing.

1:37 pm ride home comes at 2. Haven't seen the doc yet. King of the Hill on TV. Having a York Peppermint Patty, a baby bag of pretzels and diet coke for lunch. (Not good, but there isn't a Tofu vend-o-mat in the office, and I'm hungry.)
Hanks Dad goes back to Japan to apologise to the wife of a man he killed in the call of duty. "That's the biggest Hello Kitty store ever!"

1:57 pm after being weighed for the first time since I started WWcalc, I have lost at the very least3 1 lbs. a more probable estimate is about 45. Not bad. I'll hit my goal in another 3-4 months if this continues at speed.
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[livejournal.com profile] juliabee pointed me to this really keen pumpkin carved via a robot arm.

EL Santo! My, How you've blossomed!Other Linkies gleaned from all over -

"A model presents a creation of Portuguese designers 'Sangue Novo,' at the Lisbon Fashion show October 24, 2003. Younger fashion designers grouped on 'Sangue Novos' presentation worked on a collection with themes about soccer for the next Spring/Summer collection. Portuguese fashion designers present their creations this weekend at the Lisbon Fashion Show. REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro "

Phonecam images of the California fires

The Camera Van - One night In the fall of 1993, Harrod Blank had a dream in which he covered his car with cameras and then drove around and took pictures of people on the streets. The public, unaware that the cameras worked, reacted naturally. At the end of the dream, Harrod looked at pictures taken with the van of faces frozen in the moment of awe, pictures so powerful that the next morning he decided to attempt to build such a vehicle in reality.

Dick, the Albino Bowler. (action Figure) ...and he's come to bowl.

Time for a hot shower.. got to enjoy them while I can. 8-10 days worth of birdbaths lie ahead. Be back after the steamer.
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Neighbors outside got really noisy last night. Apparently, Sammy and Frankie are having some sort of dispute about who's the bigger jerk. (I know who gets my vote.) I wandered out there for a sec to ask them to pipe down a bit and they did, preferring to go into their respective apartments.

Regarding the Big Brain, Well, the power supply works, as do the hard drives, ram and other peripherals. Sadly, The motherboard is shot. So, there goes another hundred and twenty, plus whatever ram is going to cost me if the old stuff doesn't fit. If I don't get my system up and running well by Saturday night, I'll call in the bigger guns. I was going to get Sappho's help, but her schedule didn't work out. Ah well, there's something to be said for a new system. We'll see how XP pro looks, too, if Win2k pro doesn't want to make kissy face.

Tomorrow, I go to the doc and schedule the surgery, and get a breakdown of what's what.

In good News... (hopefully) I just saw that SciFi Channel made a movie based on one of my fave science fiction series in high school... Riverworld. Though I was partial to the stories that centered on Sam Clemens in the afterlife that the world provided, I'm looking forward to this adaptation. I honestly never thought I'd see it attempted. Phil Farmer isn't my fave author... but I think that his riverworld makes up for the travesties he put forth on the Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes and Doc Savage "biographies," or his Dayworld Series. I think that I'd really enjoy living on the Riverworld, as long as it was far away form the more "rough and tumble" reincarnation areas. It looks like they swapped out Burton with an astronaut... not sure how I feel about that. I prefer a 19th century explorer to a generic astronaut. Still, I know what I'm watching tonight at 9pm.



The Weird Picture Archive

Interactive Map of different methods of execution used in the USA

New York magazine has excerpts from The Speakeasies of 1932. The drawings by Al Hirschfeld and text are evocative of another time: "No raids because they're really careful, but a turned-down hat brim and a drooping cigarette will pass anybody."

Windows in Bios...innovative?

Tiki Inspired Art

Ruined Endings - Spoilers!
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okay... it looks like I'm on call all weekend, and tomorrow I report to the Laundromat, because prop2 is AWOL, and I'm shackled to the computer and cell phone for the duration. I clarified that with the Kahuna, who agreed. I'm pretty annoyed because the bed and bathroom have already been stripped down, but you've got to do what you got to do. Still no word on the explosion in Ohio via a yahoo and Google news search.

I have no food of merit in the house, and guess who came skulking around looking for a handout? I told Frankie that my cupboard is bare, and that the mission up the street is open until 7:30 if he'd like to get something to eat. I wonder how long before he comes over asking for me to donate a kidney to him. If he'd come by a moment earlier, I'd have considered giving him a peanut butter bagel. At least I can use being on call as a solid excuse to tell him that the phone is not available to him.

I'd like to go see this movie sometime soon. The Triplets of Bellville Trailer.

Misc Links -

Robots of the Silver Screen.

New York City Wildlife

Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu.

Biblical Curse Generator

Update - 6:29, Prop2 calls me up and claims, "She slept through it". Well, she sure as heck shouldn't be on call if she can sleep through let's see. I beeped her, called her cell, called her landline, plus Kahuna's calls, plus who knows what else. I wonder how much of a mark toward her getting canned this is? She's been there for six or seven years, but seems to have been skating on a *lot* of thin ice.

today's eats bad, low cupboard )
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Well, Hurricane Isabel is going to be no threat to Florida... hopefully it won't cause folks in the Carolinas and other northern regions any trouble, either.

Built a title image for the homepage, just for the fun of it at Historic Tale Construction Kit. Not in use, but stored for perhaps an airing at Ren-fest times.

Image behind the cut, preliminary )

Apparently Frankie has enough money for cigarettes and beer that he didn't have last night. Why does that come as no surprise? He asked to borrow my yellow pages in order to find pawnshops, so he can try to hock his busted DVD player "for food", since the welfare office isn't open today. I gave him the book, reminded him that food was available at the church soup kitchen up the street, and told him not to disturb me, as I was going to lay down for a bit. Ten frickin' minutes later he knocks on my door, and asks to call pawnshops to see if they're open. What did I just tell him? I get to the door and tell him to leave me be, and that I was laying down like I had said. I let him know that he can take a walk to the Eckerd’s up the street when there's a public access phone available for him to use, and for him to not knock on my door to use the phone again unless there is fire or blood involved. It's people like him that make it hard to be charitable to folks that actually can benefit from kindness. I've given him alternate resources, and if he doesn't like that he has to walk a half-mile to make a phone call, perhaps it's time for him to stop using the phone. And no, I won't give him stamps and envelopes, either. However, if he keeps asking, I may provide the spit needed to seal them. Rather than take a walk and be a man, he prefers to sit on his stoop and drink a beer. Apparently Frankie can't be bothered to ask Meredith or Sammy to use their phones, or he's already been told to take a walk by them, too.

About an hour later, the landlord called me regarding the lawn and surrounding area, and I asked him what Frankie's deal was. He told me that an eviction was being put in place, and that Frankie would be issued a notice after he comes back into town. (He's extra interested in kicking freeloaders out, as season's coming, and beach-close apartments can be rented a lot more lucratively at this time. He’s already been quite lenient with Frankie, but now that no rent is coming in and season approaches with big $$, that's the end of that ride.

Minor Harry potter 5 observations, light spoilers )

The Ugly Bug Home Page, including the Ugliest Bugs of 2002.. I'm not easily creeped out by insects, and find the winner not terribly ugly.

RIAA getting sued over Amnesty Program Read more... )

Some fun Paper Miniatures for Gaming, in font form, akin to SPARKS, but free.

a year ago - Bonnie's Boy Steals from FMM, and is caught on video, Newt bawls out a spaniel

2 years ago - music to my ears, LJ observations, handy word reference guide

3 years ago -Sesame Street Day!, Lower-case N song, We are all Earthlings, Ernie questions his existance. Wubba Wubba Song, Joel Reprimanded for surfing porn at work
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Frankie came by again, begging for more food. I gave him beans and rice, and told him to apply for welfare, because I can't be buying him groceries. He's got food enough until Monday, and then he can hit the public services designed to help him out. He didn't sound too interested, but he's been told that he's gotten his last handout from me. He claims "It's just until he gets a job next week" but he now realizes that I won't be providing meals for him until he finds a job just because he can't be bothered to get stuff the proper way. His legs aren't broken. I know how the system works, and he's perfectly able to get care in a speedy manner if he wants it.

He really peeved me this evening, because my perception of him isn't one of need, but of laziness. I'm a soft touch, but he's gone as far as he can with my sense of charity.
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Ugh... Creepy Frankie came by to use the phone, and I answered the door, begged me for money. He claimed he had no food in the house, so I gave him a box of spaghetti, a jar of sauce and a few boxes of box of mac & cheese. (Hurricane single-pot starchy-yum backup food for when the lights go out, and you need to cook over open flame. He borrowed a pot to cook in, too. I hope I get the pot back, but I'm not counting on it. I wonder how someone can have a place to live, and not even have a pan to cook in.

Instructions: Just read the sentence straight through without really thinking about it.

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Today's Eats )

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(#6065)

Sep. 8th, 2003 07:17 am
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7:17 am
Slow to awaken this morning, dear journal. Dreams of fire dancers and tiki gods filled my sleep.

Found out that the departing tenant is Meredith, the only unobtrusive one of my three neighbors. Frankie the creep asked me next door to hook up some ancient DVD player that he scored who knows where. He had a porno disk in there, apparently the only media he had. I'm no prude, but come on... A little decorum, please. I went back to my place and grabbed my Young Frankenstein DVD, if only to have a valid test medium. Long story short, either the TV's rca jacks, the player's, or his cables are bad, so no pornography to help Frankie to wanky. Honestly, I have absolutely no desire to do any visiting with him again... The guy just throws off a creepy vibe.
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Fuckin' Frankie comes by at 11:30 to use the phone.

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