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Nights 1, 2, and 3, PART III: A Typical Day of Homelessness in New Haven (Prison Lite)
on Mar 29, 2007 in ACC MCU belongings bus buses character sketches cigarettes class warfare classism clothing codes of ethics coffee houses connecticut cops crime and punishment culture clash culture clashes dad danger death dickensian echoes drugs employment eviction excursions family flashbacks freeze friend friends ganja gay generosity geography ghetto law girlfriends hartford heat history homeless homeless shelter homeless shelters homelessness housing how-to humor identification card identity immanuel baptist important jail jobs karma kindness law legal issues legality life life and death long-term employment love making a living marijuana material posessions mcdonalds money multi-culturalism multiculturalism new haven nicotine old people part-time work pedestrian life pedestrians people permanent employment personal sustainability peter pan bus pilgrimage police poor pot poverty prison privacy rotting safety senior citizens seniors serial stories serials series shelter shelters solidarity soup kitchen soup kitchens street law temporary work terrain the 'hood the elderly the ghetto the green the justice system the law the past the police tobacco transportation travel upstate new york vacations weather weatherproofing weed wifi wireless internet working When I left New Haven, I didn’t think I would return. I figured I would meet up with my girlfriend in Hartford, spend a week there, make some money editing and writing documents for companies I found on Craig’s List, and then head off for...
Thank You
on Mar 29, 2007 in PLM beauty family friend friends generosity karma kindness life love patience people solidarity strength warmth wisdom Just a quick thank you to everyone who has reached out and helped me these last few days. I can’t begin to explain what that means to me. I promise I will write back to you. God bless you.
Every Day: Character Sketch: Joe
on Apr 5, 2007 in 120 a.k.a. age and aging aliases back rent beauty belongings blog blogs candles character sketches christ christianity christians church clothing code of ethics code of honor codes of ethics codes of honor coffee houses cold connecticut cops crime and punishment danger death despair drugs electricity employment eviction fake names flashbacks food freeze freezing friend friends generosity good people goodness guilt heat homeless homeless shelter homeless shelters homelessness honesty housing how to survive how to survive homeless how-to how-to guide immanuel baptist jail jobs justice karma kindness landlord landlords law legal issues legality life life and death living making a living misery mistakes money music new haven palm sunday part-time work pedestrian life pedestrians penance people personal sustainability police poor poverty prayer prison privacy rain reality regret religion rent renting roads safety serial stories serials shame shantytowns shelter shelters snow solidarity soup kitchen soup kitchens stories strength survive survive homeless surviving tenant tenants theft thievery thieves transformation transition uncategorized urban warmth weather weatherproofing wisdom yale yale campus Character sketch: Joe. About 50. Pissed off and in pain all the time. Washes windows for ten, fifteen bucks per business (Au Bon Pain, Koffee Too, etc.), if he can get the manager to sympathize and pay out-of-pocket on a personal basis. Someone stole...
Bellissa and Faith
on Apr 6, 2007 in PLM age and aging aliases automobile automobiles beauty blog blogs cars character sketches christ christianity christians church city cold connecticut cops electricity employment eviction fake names flashbacks friend friends generosity ghetto ghetto law ghettos good people goodness homeless homeless shelter homeless shelters homelessness housing how to survive how to survive homeless how-to how-to guide how-to guides karma kindness landlord landlords living long-term employment making a living material posessions money new haven nicotine part-time work pedestrian life pedestrians permanent employment personal sustainability police poor poverty prayer privacy rain reality religion rent renting roads safety section 8 serial stories serials series shelter shelters solidarity stories street justice street law strength summary process survive survive homeless surviving temporary work tenant tenants the police tobacco urban vehicle vehicles warmth weather wisdom work experience working writing yale yale campus yalies I walked out of the shelter and hefted my suitcase into the back seat of Bellissa’s truck. Together we rode towards Rudy’s. “I have to ask you this,” Bellissa was saying. “Are you on any drugs?” “Nicotine,...
Rhymes
on Dec 7, 2007 in similarity hip-hop tolerance rap-lyrics people empathy humanity acceptance solidarity rhymes Humans are like antennas picking up channels/tuning into stations full or empty but no perfect reception white noise turns up missing programs close up/throw up precipitation in the form of disillusioned irritation/but people need to realize/whether...