call me crazy but....

[BizzleLuvin]

i have been considering going 'homeless' at some point in my life. a strange social experiment i suppose. i feel that to truely know something, you must experience it from both sides. so in order for me to truely understand the way that the socio-economic system works, i will have to abandon middle-classdom and experience the way the lower class works.
what inspired me was this squatter woman that I met in VIVAhouse, a homeless outreach center in baltimore. she said to me something like: 'I feel more free living in abandoned houses and gutters than I ever did in an appartment. I wake up every morning when by body decides to wake up, not when an alarm clock says to. I dont worry about what my neighbors think or about parking tickets or about how I dress or about buying those designer shoes or about instant messaging my friends. all i really worry about some spare change and a dry place to sleep. I think I'll die a squatter with no family to bury me but that's okay cause Ill die happy, not all worried.It is real tough but sometimes i think rich people have it worse." (p.s. i recorded this because I volunteered my time to helping homeless veterans last summer for two weeks. then i wrote a paper on it. i did it for scholarship money.)
I also am a fan of Jack Kerouak(sp). His book Tristeza and Dharma Bums and On the Road have also inspired me.
So I hope that by going homeless I will discover a little bit of freedom, I will know what it is like to sleep in a warm bed every night and what it is to not, and to gain knowledge of the socio-economic spectrum and hopefull figure some ways to improve upon it.
just thought that i would throw that out there. its a pretty insane idea of mine, but I would like to know what you guys think.

[beachguy in thongs]

You know what its like by working with them.

[BizzleLuvin]

beachguy, if homlessness were a foriegn country, do you think you could say 'i have been there. i know what it is like'' just by knowing people that have visited it? i think not. you gotta go there.:thumbsup:

[friendowl]

bizzle its one thing to wonder and another to do
i think that you should listen to your self and try it out
since you met that lady why dont you start by spending a few days with her
document your findings and repeat with different people
the material you gather should be good enought to write a book that sells

[LIP]

I've always wundered whats its like, and wunderd how long id last.

[BizzleLuvin]

bizzle its one thing to wonder and another to do
i think that you should listen to your self and try it out
since you met that lady why dont you start by spending a few days with her
document your findings and repeat with different people
the material you gather should be good enought to write a book that sells

i agree. maybe just spending an afternoon with Nancy (the squatter woman) will give me a start. and i definetly plan on documenting this. i am thinking perhaps after college. maybe even during. i want to open up my eyes

[king kong bong]

i dont think you mean homeless i think you mean you wanna be a drifter. i wanna be one too.

[BizzleLuvin]

i wanna be a hobo.

[friendowl]

why dont you drifters and hobos
walk to my house in cali
by the time you get here i should be
evicted and ill join you

[3rdEyeVision]

you should go to college and stuff and then write a book about like society and stuff and while your writing the book live on the streets the whole time...I bet you would get on tv and stuff, Id want to read a book like that lol it'd be awsome

[halo]

There's an all girls Catholic School in my city where every year that is what the seniors due for a day or 2. They camp out on the side of the street and are basically homeless for a day. I think its to teach them what its like to be homeless. I kinda know what you mean though. It would be humbling to live as a homeless person.

[MaCc]

this chick just gone crazy bein sober too long or sumthin i guess...u need to blaze one shorty...and then itll be aight i promise :D

[Skink]

BiZZ,,,I believe I have accomplished your goal of desire,I did so not by choice though...

I have been on both sides of the street and the big diff today is,,, I am more thankful than most of my Suburban Domicile life...

Always Follow your gut!!! You will shine in doing so...

[NightProwler]

i liked in the woods for a week and a half once. i would have stayed longer but i got discovered:(

[thebathroom]

DUDES....


In 9 days... I'm gonna be a drifter. And work odd jobs to make money and somehow make it to india. I'll be in amsterdam too. You should check out woofing.org, organic farms that give you food and a place to stay for not alot of work. Doooooo it!

[Ae...]

What a refreshing idea!

I thought I was the only one who had interest in becoming a drifter...
I got my first taste for this lifestyle reading Kerouac like a lot of people probably do.
This is a bitchen site I ran across about a year ago that goes in depth of uh..."Hoboism" or whatever.

http://www.primitivism.com/index.html

It's mostly trying to teach you that useless technology is in fact useless...I don't know. Like cellphones or those motorized things that spin lollipops or most info-mercial products. You get the picture...

[partyguy420]

ive always loved the woods, and i have always spent alot of time in them, mostly cause i could walk to them just by crossing a small high way, but after spending most of my life in the woods, ive always wondered what it would be like to be a drifter of the city.

[tootsie roll]

I'd last an hour out there. I'm a pampered product of my society. I'm thankful for the things I have and I sure wouldn't want to give them up. If anything ever happened, I don't know what I would do. :(

[Garden Knowm]

I was homeless for 2 years.. it was amazing,,. the best time of my life... IT made me so strong and compassionate for the world.. now I am filthy rich...

these things happen...

BATHROOM............. you better take my contact info and call me if you come to west coast of USA... YOU are love



bizzzle... STAY IN TOUCH..

LOVE

[puffyjoe]

wow I guess call me a wimp but there is no way in hell I would want to live homeless on purpose.. I guess I am quite comfy where I am at, and thank god it is not out on the streets.. Personally I would be freaked, but hey I give you props for doing it and good luck to ya :) Stay safe..

[lateralus]

call me crazy butCrazy but

[BizzleLuvin]

thanks Ae.... i really enjoyed that site. and i am not crazy, just a highly intellectual person in search of knowledge and understanding.

[gramzzilla420]

how mean some streets can be... so have a safety net... there are many good things as well...

[orangeman]

..You have too much time on your hands lol. Put down the weed, and hand it to me..take a break and dont go homeless :D.

[RevolverBlaze]

I'm thinking about doing the beachbum thing when i get back to hawaii. My cousin did it for 2 months, but he always spent his money on weed and alcohol and partied everynight, bet i can save up some mad green if i conserve and still work.

[Lily420]

We're all drifters.

[thebathroom]

I was homeless for 2 years.. it was amazing,,. the best time of my life... IT made me so strong and compassionate for the world.. now I am filthy rich...

these things happen...

BATHROOM............. you better take my contact info and call me if you come to west coast of USA... YOU are love



bizzzle... STAY IN TOUCH..

LOVE

give me your contact info yo.

[beachguy in thongs]

beachguy, if homlessness were a foriegn country, do you think you could say 'i have been there. i know what it is like'' just by knowing people that have visited it? i think not. you gotta go there.:thumbsup:

Well, I've interacted with the homeless in N.Y.C. and Virginia Beach, from teenagers to full-grown adults. I didn't have to. But, I did learn a lot. From rebelling teenagers to jobless adults with no family. I didn't work with them at a home, but was, actually, with them at their "home".

I wasn't homeless, but I'm, always, alone. Friendless is about as bad as homeless. Well, maybe not. But, their both lonely.

Well, not all the time. Not with all the other bums under the bridge.

[enthused]

Go for it

[krons]

ive been homless before. when i was 15 i got kicked out by my stepdad cuz he didnt like me. i slept behind a church but when it rained it sucked bad. then i found a tree house and lived there for a month until my friends got a house. now we just smoke and drink all day, when were not working

[Captain Hanks]

thought about that for a while

[Captain Hanks]

completely true
theres no permanent settlement

[Reefer Rogue]

Good luck I guess :/