Maybe not the type of commune life you all were thinking of...oh well. For whatever reason, if you ever need to live in a big house full of total strangers, there may be a few things you need to be ready for. 1. no loud TV or radio...actually the place I'm at now does NOT have a TV. 2. Only eat what you buy or what someone else says you can have....so if u see something yummy in the frig....to bad, its off limits. 3. You will have chores....meaning that u will clean up someone else's mess. 4. If you ain't used to kids....to bad, cuz you will hear them 5. Hopefully u like room mates cuz u will probably have to share a bedroom & bathroom. So hopefully u don't have tons of stuff. Office people will do room inspections everyday. (after traveling cross-country on greyhound bus a few times in last 2 years, I was prepared for doing without tons of stuff)
kinda sounds like my house. right now it's 3 adults and 4 kids. (i think thats the least people that have ever lived here) theres always someone "visiting" for a looooong time. since i'm nearly vegan and they're all not.. the food thing gets weird at times. i just get pissed when they use my meat-free pans.. i feel weird not living with a bunch of people
all shelters aren't the same though, they all eventually ride your ass about jobs etc, most ride you about drugs, the one I was at in Nelson BC really didn't to much, i came back candyflipping the day before I left and no one said anything, and Im pretty sure they didn't like to search your things cause I used there closet to dry out some late harvest I found, that shelter was a good one though, Ive heard of some straight up hellish ones in vancouver and any around here(North Dakota) are pretty hurten to. I always get a little ratled by living with others but I bend alot and dwell low so I ussually stay blissfully below such strougles, all the "noise" though certainly does suck when communal conditions arent most volentary
The shelter that I'm at wants to require that u have some type of income, whether it be from a job, welfare or social sercurity disability. At the moment I have no income at all, but am able to just volunteer 4 days a week at the preschool....Headstart, which is right next door. We had to sign a paper for a criminal check & your right, we are not allowed to come in smelling like alcohol or act high. There are worse shelters in Southern NH, that only let u stay for a month at a time, or make u leave from 6am-5pm everyday with no guarantee of a bed when u return later. Last night 1 girl at this shelter got on everyone's nerves so I spent most of today in my room.
Id let ya come hang with me for a bit I could use some help....but ya probably smoke ciggs and rink a bit(whichI isnt the end of the world, and thierd have to be some fuckin involved..... But if ya ever want to hang out a bit in the north ga mountains let me know.......hhb lives close by but dont let that spook ya...
LOL...Actually I had written to hhb about a year ago, had thought about going to GA to help out there but things just never worked out. Probably a good thing cuz I would have driven him crazy.
i can dig that boo, i grew up with huge family and i hate when i live alone hope you wont have to be there long squak, the best to you
When I was a teenager, I traveled a bit and ended up in Portland Oregon. Normally, we would camp out in parks or under highway bridges (Clay Street, etc.). When it was cold, during the winter, some nights it was hard to sleep in. There was a shelter that opened at 8pm and you had to be in the door by 9pm, or you wouldn't be able to stay there. You had a chore to do every morning when you woke up, like cleaning the shower, or mopping the floor. Then you had to be outa there by 9am every morning. They usually fed a small meal for breakfast. There was a daytime drop-in center up the street from there with couches, a TV, and activity center that you could go to during the day if it was horrible outside, which it often was. Sometimes the churches would open up emergency shelters with cots and tea. They also had a cut-off time for you to be inside, and if you didn't get there in time, they often ran out of room. We stayed outside as much as we could because there were a lot of really annoying people in there, lots of violent ones, and lice and scabies. I actually got scabies from one of those beds once. So, it was better to find a camp to stay at. We found that there were a few of those set up with kynd brothers and systas that were willing to extend a welcoming space to rest your head on some soft dirt. Everyone kind of looked out for each other and shared whatever there was on hand, food, smoke, etc.
Shelters are not good long term - what is going on if I may ask - and what kind of help could you use?
well I don't expect to download a car, job or money from the internet...but for this week I'm doing ok.
