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Jail Journal: Page 22

Unlucky

By Kayla McIntoshPublished 10 months ago 3 min read
Jail Journal: Page 22
Photo by Tolga Ahmetler on Unsplash

Looking at my picture on my card, I feel like I look just like my grandpa.

I think the tediousness of each day is getting to most of us. Hell, this is probably more interaction that some have gotten while others seem critically low. Revelations at this point seem pointless. While I can't do anything in actually, at least I can chronical the days.

I am going to write in Japanese for a few pages. It might do me good to just practice or use the other side of my brain for a while:

(Since Vocal is an asshole and doesn't allow Japanese text, even with translations, I had to edit out the original texts in Japanese and only leave the translations.)

I'm going to challenge myself to use Japanese from now on. Not just to practice, but to hide my thoughts and what I write, so I can feel at ease.

I've forgotten how to write some words and kanji, but I think hiragana will be fine.

Well, nothing comes to mind to write about at the moment. Jacob's face came to mind briefly, though...

Amy is acting like a chola right now on the phone.

She's dictating some sort of construction project, it seems.

I'm having trouble contacting my lawyer today.

I might have better luck on Wednesday, perhaps.

" This movie is so boring! " Deebeelynn said..

Just writing relieves my stress.

I looked at my handwriting and realized it's pretty messy.

It is easier to just type stuff out but, I need to practice writing by hand a bit more.

Right, I guess I am just spending my days as usual now.

I wonder why the things I was wanting to ask are just coming to me now.

Maybe an appointment would be better than a call at this point?

Today my luck is running a little dry with the phone.

By the way, speaking of luck, it's quite difficult to poop today.

( the words luck "un" is in poop "unko" )

I think it is ok to just write one page of Japanese.

I have a headache and I feel like I'm not hydrated enough.

I wish I could fall asleep quickly. Ah, I'm glad the medicine has finally arrived.

Everyone was getting noisy so, hopefully the medications will make everyone calm down.

When I woke up at two in the morning, I realized that speaking Japanese was so nostalgic that I found myself going back to the times when I was communicating with Kenta.

It's a habit, isn't it?

...maybe.

I'm glad this coldness came suddenly. I get hot easily so I got a bit annoyed and couldn't sleep.

I think later today I am going to move my bed. Everyone is getting weird around here so, I plan on moving closer to Lily's bed.

I lied...

I'm having the same problem as my grandmother.

Political choices are difficult, but the difference between Democrat and Republican seems to have disappeared.

As soon as I wrote this, Downs happened to come by, and I wanted to ask them a question, but Molly got in the way as usual.

Anyway, I'll finally move my bunk after talking to my lawyer.

I think I'll call him around 10 am. I am already tired though...

Being around criminals is wearing me down.

The only way to deal with the stress is to just stare blankly into space.

There's just one good thing left: I can read books with a fair amount of enjoyment.

That and writing, even though that is pretty horrible right now.

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About the Creator

Kayla McIntosh

Personal tell-all pieces: Word of the Day and Jail Journal. Secret poet on the side. ( I don't use Ai to write any posts, everything is done manually. )

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