If all goes well… 60 days and counting

Azn Han Solo
Jul 25, 2017 · 4 min read

Han Solo’s getting letters out to friends, if you’ve gotten a letter and are seeing this ask around for the Medium Login and please share with everyone that he’s doing well. If you don’t have the address or want to send a letter ask around as well.

The following excerpts are from a letter dated end of June that arrived in LA this week.

I hope this letter finds you well. I’m doing just fine all things considered. It’s already the end of June only 1 more month before I’m up for my parole.

If all goes well I’ll be out of here in less than 60 days.

I haven’t had a visitor in over 6 weeks and I’m out of money in my money card. The biggest bitch is that I have my ATM card with me but I can’t pull out money, I have to rely on other people outside to send me money or visitors to put money in. It’s annoying. I hate being broke. It’s frustrating. I ain’t mad though, I’m the furthest possible prison from my family in Taiwan and my people in Taipei got shit to do. It is what it is. I’ll survive.

I made lots of friends in here and my street cred is good so I’m taken care of besides I only ran out of money last week so it hasn’t been that long.

(anyone in Taipei reading this it may be some of the last weekends to go visit if all goes well he should be out within 30 days of this post going up)

I’ve learned a lot of things in here. One of the most important being how to control my emotions. I’ve learned how to accept my emotions including the negative ones such as anger, sadness, and disappointment. I’ve proven myself to be a good leader, but temperament has always been an issue. Hopefully when I’m out of here I’ll have the temperament to be an exceptional leader.

I spent 3 months in a factory for drug offenders in Taipei prison. I was supposed to be there 6 months but i guess I made too many friends in there and they don’t know what to do with me. The average age in this new factory is 69. You need to be over 65 to be in here. Out of 125 people in this factory only 13 are under 40. Us young kids are our own clique.

It’s tiring being a slave, we do everything for the old folks; sweep, get food. You name it, we do it. In the morning, it smells like urine and occasionally feces, cuz these old dudes will piss and shit their beds. I keep my head down and do what I gotta do to get out of here.

On 6/26/17 I was promoted! I’m 3rd in command of my row now. My responsibilities include: Taking role, moving heavy things, making sure dudes do what they’re supposed to, getting stuff, etc.

I’m crown prince of the fucking slaves now.

Fuckin Aye! Whatever I do I always move up through the ranks quick. It’s a bit of a gift and curse.

In prison, everything is tomorrow.

Tomorrow my commissary will come, tomorrow I’ll get a visitor, tomorrow I’ll get a letter, tomorrow I’ll be paroled. At first it was frustrating, even infuriating, but once I learned to let go of the things I couldn’t control, my life became a lot more carefree, stressfree, and in a certain way, easier.

Nothing happens fast here, things take weeks, months. I had to wait 5 months to go from level 4 to level 4. 4 months from level 3 to level 2. This has definitely taught me patience. To look at it another way, it gives me something to look forward to. As I go through each day I’m looking forward to tomorrow, next week, next month. Every time commissary comes it’s like christmas. Letters are the best. I’m young, health, and sooner or later I’ll be released.

What’s there to be stressed about? On the road to success this is just a minor speedbump. I ain’t trippin.

I’ve made more than my fair share of mistakes, but one thing no one can deny is that I fail trying. I fail spectacularly. You’ll never doubt my effort.

But it’s not about the fall, it’s about the bounce back. Fall 7 times, get up 8. Tomorrow is a new day. As you can tell just a lot of self development going on. Tough times don’t build character, they reveal it. It’s not easy staying positive. I dig deep to keep my head up. I refuse to let negative thoughts consume me.

Tell everybody I said what up! (Will DM you all this link)

Barring something drastic happening I should be out of here in a few months. I still been a model inmate. No reason for that to change. It’s been 36 degrees celsius hot, but I lost weight. I’m down to 57 Kilos (125 lbs) now and my mat is in front of a window, directly in front of 2 fans, in the general vicinity of 3 more fans. Sometimes it’s so cold I have to use a blanket at night. LOL (typical haha)

I know, I know. My crown is chaffing my head.

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Sociologist. Hustler. Intergalactic Smuggler Extraordinaire. Marijuana Connoisseur.Lakers Optimist.Questioner of Authority. Capitalist Nomad. SGV/626

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