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.

BizzleLuvin Reviewed by BizzleLuvin on 05-24-2006. call me crazy but.... 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 Rating: 5

[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