I’ve been watching the series Locked Up Abroad, and OMG! Some of the prisons overseas make the worst jails and prisons in the US seem like total country clubs. And I thought we had some insane, twisted, and unfair laws here? God help gays in some of these countries! 

After doing a little test with my bifocals placing myself about 40 inches away from our 43-inch TV and determining that I could focus on the text in my doc file that I displayed on it, I decided to get a bigger monitor so that I don’t have to have my 19-inch monitor so close to me in which I need my reading glasses for. My goal is to be able to wear nothing but bifocals. I hate how everything off in the distance is blurry as it is with my single-vision lenses. I’m now at the point where I can’t see near or far, though I am still definitely more farsighted. I have a very deep desk and so I got a 32-inch monitor, which I will push towards the back of it. It’s actually an LED TV since monitors that size aren’t in demand and therefore they cost a lot more than the $250 this TV is going to cost. It will be here on Wednesday. 

I also got a singing bird wall clock and a couple more temperature color-changing nail polishes. 

One of the things I really love about watching prison documentaries is knowing that with a simple click of my mouse, I am no longer there. Unlike the inmates that live there, I can leave anytime I want. I'm always just a click away from escape. Watching these things also makes me more grateful for the freedom in which I have.