Comments on: W47: Porcupine Palace Palooza!

By: Urban Scout

Urban Scout — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:19:39 +0000

Well, I took a few and than I got lazy and felt awkward because a few people didn’t want their pictures taken, and I felt weird asking all the time. So I just didn’t take very many and than I didn’t post the ones I took…

By: billiebrod

billiebrod — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:31:11 +0000

hey, whatever happened to the pictures you took at the skill share?

By: roger

roger — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:50:27 +0000

it a8n’t a slap in the face
more like
family!
obviously desire exists beyond family
fuck other people
desires exist beyond a slap in the face
we are surviving
fuck it all
goose luck
fuck it all civiliziazion sux
pleasure

By: Urban Scout

Urban Scout — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:26:05 +0000

Haha. Thanks for your words of encouragement! Sometimes I need a friendly slap in the face.

By: roger

roger — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:16:28 +0000

come on
this stuff has existed for millions of years
pull yur boot straps up
a wild human would be dumpstering right now
*if not stealing from the grocery store*
skin that coyote and take the brains at least
eat it (look for a bullet wound, if none, be skeptical)
eat that deer heart come on man how the hell are you going to eat eyeballs and brains and marrow to stay alive if you can’t eat a heart
lets do this

By: Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:34:22 +0000

Well you could do more projects on your caravan! I love seeing you work on them, and all the photos you took. I enjoyed that. And another idea, is you guys can do edible mushroom hunting, and sell them for extra cash. Or whatever edible forrest edibles you can use and sell them by roadside in the spring. Like farmer’s market sort.

By: DeAnna

DeAnna — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:08:26 +0000

Is there a non-religious homeless shelter near you? I worked at one for a while years ago. There’s generally a high turn-over rate, so they’re usually hiring. It doesn’t pay well, but it’s got some hidden perks. In my experience, a significant percentage of the folks staying at the shelter were guys age 18-25 who didn’t know how to deal with civilization and didn’t have any idea that there were other options.

There’s also a rather large percentage of people who were there because the couldn’t/wouldn’t/didn’t deal with their addiction problems, and those are the people who burned me out quickly. If you felt like you could deal with all the bullshit that comes with working with the homeless population (mostly the beaurocracy that goes with social services), you’d have an amazing mentorship opportunity.

When I worked security at the shelter in Boise, the number one qualification was that you have some personal experience with homelessness, so I’d say you are qualified.

By: Urban Scout

Urban Scout — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:51:31 +0000

Hahahaha. Yeah, you got me. I think I just feel bored from the winter malaise. Plus, having to worry about money takes up most of my time right now. I spend more time worrying than I do thinking about fun things to do. I’ll get more inspired when I have an income I think. Penny Scout just got a job near my moms, so we’ll be staying there for a while and probably start gardening her yard. So, things seem like they are coming together. Just not at an interesting pace to write about…

By: DeAnna

DeAnna — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:06:49 +0000

“I only got a few ideas, of which I have already tried. Any more?”

This reminds me of when I was a kid, and I would have the following conversation with my mom:

Me: I’m boooored.
Mom: You could help me with the dishes.
Me: That’s boring.
Mom: You could call a friend to see if they want to play.
Me: I already tried. Nobody’s home.
Mom: You could go for a walk.
Me: That’s boring.
Mom: You could steal a car and drive to Las Vegas.
Me: (gives a look that clearly says how totally stupid I think it is that you are joking about the fact that I am about to DIE from boredom and you don’t even care, and in order to make you feel even worse about how you don’t care about me I am going to stand here silently in the same room with you and sigh loudly for the next 15 minutes)

In retrospect, there was absolutely nothing in the world that she could have said that would have sounded good. You’ve got to figure out for your ownself what sounds interesting. As readers, we find your blog compelling because you write about things that you find interesting. But just in case the stealing a car and driving to Vegas idea resonated with you, I’m here to say that I would love to read about that.

Also, it’s about to be springtime…have you figured out what you will be planting/tending/horticulting in your parents’ garden this year? I’d like to hear about that.