Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in Detective Robert 'Bobby' Goren's LiveJournal:

[ << Previous 20 ]

Saturday, April 3rd, 2004
1:35 pm	Stopped by the Botanic gardens after I finished at OnePP yesterday. Chatted with a gardener and helped him hoe a garden for a while. Took a few sprigs of homeysuckle - lovely plant for all that people call it a weed. A platypus is a remarkably cheering creature. Current Mood: random (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 28th, 2004
11:00 am	5 questions from shadowed_kat 1) Which 5 songs would you choose to represent your life? The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Jimi Hendrix - Love or Confusion Charlie Parker - Confirmation Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah Dan Brodie and the Broken Arrows - Jesus, Try And Save Me Not always because of lyrics but because of the melodies or rhythms or because of what I was doing when I heard them. 2) Which would you rather have the answer to, Life, the Universe, or Everything? (Assuming you knew the question, of course.) Everything. Because that would include the answers to Life and the Universe. I'm not sure I'd want to know the answer to any of those though. I'd hate to not be able to ask questions anymore. 3) If you could see things for the rest of your life only in shades of one color, which color would it be? Black. It'd be like living in one of those old black and white movies. And I'd get sick of anything else far too quickly. 4) Why is a raven like a writing desk? Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front. Because they both come with inky quills. Because there is a B in both and an N in neither. Because Poe wrote on them both. Shall I continue? 5) Would you like to come to a Seder on the fifth? (Yes, I ran out of ideas, but I was going to ask you anyway, so...) I'd love to. I'm not Jewish though. I'm a completely lapsed Catholic and I don't pray. Just so you know. Do I need to bring anything? (33 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 26th, 2004
12:18 pm	Curious. Apparently people who have never been married are seven and a half times more likely than married people to be admitted to a psychiatric facility. Whilst interrogating a marriage counsellor today, I was informed of that stimulating fact. Unfortunately he couldn't provide any proof or source for that information. Funnily enough, a lot of the married couples I know would probably disagree. Current Mood: restless (74 Comments |Comment on this)
9:21 am	FIC Early Mornings And Tequila Bottles or Bobby And Lewis Fall In A Dumpster Again NOTES: This story is set in Bobby's college years when he's around 21. And therefore not quite the mature adult who's playing today. Thanks to David Shaw's mun for having a squiz at it. Don't own the characters, I'm just playing with them. ( Read more... ) (Comment on this)
Monday, March 22nd, 2004
10:20 am	( My love situation? ) (Comment on this)
Sunday, March 21st, 2004
3:12 pm	Curioser and curioser. It isn't hard to pay attention. People are easier to manipulate talk to when you pay attention to them. I keep thinking of a social experiment I was a part of in college. As part of my social sciences class, we were given blindfolds to experience what it was like to be without sight for a little while. The exercise was supposed to last only a few hours but for my own purposes I continued it for eight days. I had to take the blindfold off on the ninth because of an exam. It was fascinating. Talking to a blind friend helped shape my opinion. Most of the time, blind people don't have superior hearing to the sighted. They haven't miraculously developed super hearing to replace the sight they've either never had or have lost. What they do is pay attention to what they hear, on a level the sighted never need to achieve. More than anything, that experiment drove home the value of observation, of paying attention to details. This case is very interesting indeed. (43 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, March 20th, 2004
1:04 am	Found a box of Wodehouse books in one of my closets. I thought I'd lost them. All of his novels. I don't feel like sleeping now. I feel like reading about Wooster and Jeeves, Blandings Castle, and all of his other creations. Hmmm. Should brew up some coffee. Current Mood: awake (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, March 18th, 2004
11:21 am	I should've asked for St. Patrick's Day off. I should know better by now. Of course, it's not every day I get to talk to a drunken American witness who's speaking with a terrible Irish accent, insisting he's Irish, and saying he only stole the bicycle because he wants to get back to 'those rollin' green hills' to kiss the Blarney stone. Eames looked like she was torn between smacking the guy over the head and laughing at him. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 16th, 2004
10:50 am	Bobby visits alan_shore So David's shut himself off in a car. It isn't the strangest thing Bobby's ever seen, but it's more than enough to fascinate him. Bobby may not like many people too much, but he loves figuring them all out. He catches a cab from One PP, when he figures he's got enough time to talk to Alan and get back that night when he and Eames have to track down a witness. It's expensive, but he doesn't own a car and Eames usually drives their squad car so she's using it. A cab it is. Bobby remembers the address without effort, directing the cab from memory. Ignoring the car containing David, he walks up the drive, knocks on the front door, and waits. (25 Comments |Comment on this)
9:39 am	[Private] *transcript of notes written in Bobby's leatherbound case notebook* That was...odd. I think I need to think this through. David Shaw - Moved into Alan's car, 7:30PM 14 March, without Alan's knowledge or permission. - Refuses to leave. Said he 'can't' leave the car. Not won't leave it - can't. Not even for food/water/toilet. - Why 'can't'? Possibly unable to cope with reality - bruises from 'falling off bike'? Who is doing that? - Has created the equivalent of an institution - small, confined space, reliant on others to provide food/water, very questionable hygiene, enforced helplessness. - Has served time in jail for stealing cars. Possibly been institutionalized elsewhere? - Reason why chosen Alan's car - looks up to him/trusts him? - Shows signs of PICS – Post Incarceration Syndrome. If so, possibly only really feels safe/happy when someone else is looking after him/isn’t responsible for himself. Hmmmm. This is really interesting. Wonder what Alan thinks of David moving into his car. Must drop by later, if only to laugh. Current Mood: contemplative (Comment on this)
Monday, March 15th, 2004
6:51 pm	Poker game's on tonight. And here I thought I'd be out freezing in a car in the middle of the night, doing surveillance on a suspect. Must remember to call a cab soon. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 14th, 2004
7:58 pm	[private] Got the expected message on the answering machine from Louise. Said she had a nice night last week, but I was not to call her and apologise for my rude behaviour or try for a second date because as a general rule she doesn't date assholes. Fair enough, I suppose. I'm going back to One PP. Paperwork needs to be done. Probably won't be back til late. Current Mood: apathetic (Comment on this)
Saturday, March 13th, 2004
1:02 pm	Die Photographieausstellung war sehr interessant. Ich habe mit einem deutschen Mann für eine Stunde gesprochen. I'd like to go back to Germany some time. See the old sights. ( Private. ) At least I have something to do now. Some research needs to be done for our current case. I'm going to the library. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 12th, 2004
11:14 am	Got nice and greasy last night, fiddling around with engine parts. Neither Lewis or I made much progress on the motor, but I don't think either of us want to finish and have to give the Roadster back to its owner. There's a new exhibit at the ICP I want to have a look at. László Moholy-Nagy’s Experiments of the 1920's. I know a guy who works there. He think I'd be interested, so if I'm not late at One PP, he's going hold the door for me. The case is...well, ongoing. Often Sometimes I think the world would be a much better place if there were no people around. (46 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, March 11th, 2004
5:39 pm	[Private] 'I had a dream last night that I was asleep. Only I dreamt it while I was awake!' - Hawkeye, M*A*S*H I think I may have offended Louise. The only real mystery is why it took me so long. She called me at a very inopportune time. Pretty much any time is an inopportune time while I'm at work, and as she knows I'm a Major Case detective first grade, it wouldn't have been unreasonable for her to realise that. Possibly it was rude of me to pick up my cell phone, say 'I'm busy' and hang up. But I was busy. I was about to interrogate a suspect. Not the time for whatever it was she wanted to talk about. And I don't know why she'd call in the middle of the day. We've only had one date, it can't have been that important. I suppose I'm expected to call her and apologise now. Maybe ask her out for a second date. I don't think I will. There's a GT Roadster at Lewis's restoration garage waiting for me. (Comment on this)
8:36 am	Huh...kittenish. ( My drinking style? ) Going to see Lewis later. The Roadster is looking pretty good. It'll be good playing mechanic for a few hours. I visited my mother last night. She didn't recognise me. She was fine. (Comment on this)
Saturday, March 6th, 2004
2:08 pm	Those of you so concerned with my social life will be happy to know I did go to the art exhibit last night. Without someone being murdered in my absence. Without a haircut or a new tie...or a tie at all. It wasn't a date. (165 Comments |Comment on this)
1:48 pm	[Private] I went to the showing last night. I finished all the work I could do last night earlier than I thought I would, although it was still late. Later than I was supposed to go to Louise's gallery. I walked there from One PP, left my tie and overcoat at the office, and turned up as most of the guests were leaving. She was wearing a dress, there were flutes of champagne still floating around, and there were trays of hors d'oerves, just as David suggested. I maintain that it wasn't a date. So she saw me arrive as she was seeing some friends off, and I waited until she came over. She told me I was late, I apologised, and we went for a walk. She's interesting. She found out I speak a few different languages while we talking and asked me to say something. So I told her I thought her art was interesting in German, that her eyes shone black in the reflected light of the street lamps in Cantonese, and that there was a piece of bark in her hair in Italian. I could've said more in other languages, but she interrupted me by kissing me. I like first dates. Talking and finding out things about someone who's basically a complete stranger. It's when you start to really get to know people, when they start to get to know you. That's when the trouble starts. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 5th, 2004
9:49 am	Supposed to go to that showing tonight. I don't know if I'll make it. Too much to do, and I don't want to let any leads get cold. Too bad. It's kind of strange having a little girl come up and ask you if you're her father. Sometimes I felt like telling her fathers aren't all they're cracked up to be sometimes. Luck of the draw. But kids should have a mother and a father, good ones. A proper family. I'm glad Eames is back. Everything is back to normal now. (201 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2004
9:51 am	Life goes on. I'll deal with her when I have to. If I have to. But I'm not going to worry about it anymore. I'm not. I don't like being erratic. A new research paper about disorganized schizophrenia was faxed to me by one of the doctors at Carmel Ridge Centre. Don't have enough time to read it now, but she said on the note that I'd find it interesting. All time is being spent at One PP on my current case. People really disturb me sometimes. (30 Comments |Comment on this)