New Year

This has absolutely nothing to do with my soon to be life but everything to do with good friends and interesting times. A few weeks ago I ...

Yay Hootie!

I am now the proud owner of that 1987 Camper Van it was named Hootie when I bought it and thus it will stay named Hootie. Big thanks to AJ...

Dreaming of Mutant Caterpillars in My Skin

Had the worst dream just before I woke up this morning. It was extremely disjointed and didn't last very long. Gobie had some sort of wo...

Saturday Morning In The Trailer Park

8:30am - Take out trash 9am - Call police because my idiot neighbors are standing outside in 33 degree weather in bath robes or no clothes ...

Frustration Continues

For the second time dude has stood me up about the camper van. I'm extremely annoyed.

Just Another Day In The Trailer Park

I've lived in a mobile home for almost 6 years now. When I first moved here the neighborhood was nice - quiet, well maintained homes. I ...

Pillow Pads

Or plasmacytic pododermatitis (Also called Mushy Pad Syndrome/ Disease). Just noticed that one of my cats has this going on with both of he...

Not To Count My Chickens And all That

But . . . This may be my new home! I'm headed out to see it on Saturday. I already know the paint is worn - I'm ok with that. I ...

Last Day?

So today's the day.I'm supposed to have all of my property (including my house which I can't afford to move or put in a new comm...

3 Days To Go

I need a miracle. Still no van or RV. I just don't have the money and with still needing to be able to get around I'm scared to just...

Black Friday

Also Black Thursday ? Cyber Monday ? What the fuck is next? It's complete brainwashing. They tell you if you're late you won't...

Received Another Credit Card Invitation

Again from Citi Bank. This time it's the *NEW* Citi Thank You Preferred Card. Seriously? I guess they're thanking me for sending t...

To Those Of You Asking Why - Why Indeed

I can't understand people who say they still don't know what Occupy is about. It's about you - occupying your own thoughts and s...

9 Days

O. M. G. I have 9 days until I have to be out of the house and still no vehicle. Going to look at a 1987 Starcraft Camper Van tomorrow. Fing...

Interactive Post

What do you see? Seriously, I want to know what folks see in this picture.

Feline Wake Up Call

There are days when I wonder how I went down the path of owning pets - let alone 6 cats. Today is one of those days when I'm spending my...

Occupy Oakland Chat Mod Heavy-Handedness

Much like the Global Revolution chat (since it was built on the same model) the Occupy Oakland Live Stream chat is modded with an iron mute ...

Occupy The Media

A collection of videos from Occupy RAW VIDEO: Chopper footage of 100,000+ Occupy Oakland Takes back Highway This week in video: Berke...

Searching Craigslist for RVs

I cheat and use searchtempest.com. I do a full search every 6 hours for 75 miles of Laurel, Md for the following terms: motorhome motor h...

Bring Back The Hard Times Tokens

I have 22 days to move out. I'm packing and trying not to panic. I came across an early 1900's Baltimore News trade token in my stuf...

25 Days Until ?

But I'm stressed. Seriously stressed. I still haven't found a RV that I can afford. Having anxiety issues now is not good. My nose ...

Previous Life - Veterinary Technician

 Dear Pet Owners, Most of the vet techs in your local hospitals are not college educated and we are likely more experienced than most regi...

Halloween

For the first time in all my years I am not really celebrating Halloween. Usually I'm hanging with friends or handing out candy - I at l...

Citi Bank AAdvantage Card

For the second time in 4 months I received an invitation to get one of these cards. I shredded the first one but am sending this one back. I...

30 Days Notice

Just received a 30 day notice from the community. Says I need to have all property removed from the community by Dec. 1. I wonder if this al...

Snow in October

Not typical for MD. I'm starting to panic about getting a RV and getting out of here before the weather really kicks in.

Brake Debacle Continues

So I still don't have my truck back from Mr. Tire. They're saying some hydraulic valve is the issue but they aren't sure. So the...

Why Did No Police Help Scott Olsen?

Video of Scott Olsen being shot in the face with a "non-lethal police projectile" This is shocking but what is even more shockin...

Time Article from 3/2010

10 Ideas for the Next 10 Years   By Reihan Salam Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010 Middle-class kids are taught from an early age that they should ...

Move Out Date Is Imminent

Today the sheriff posted a notice on my door about my eviction court date - it's tomorrow. Why do you only get one day notice? Not like ...

The Fuzz (Part 1)

Figured it might be nice to put some faces to some names of the soon to be on-board crew. I'm sure I'll speak of them often.  ...

Brake Debacle

Last week I dropped $400 into the rear brakes on my Durango. I need to sell it, I need to fix the brakes so I can get as much as possible ou...

Hellraiser

Okay, folks who know me know I am a horror junkie. I worked in the horror industry for 10 years as a moderator to a very well-known horror s...

OWS Money Hoarding?

I read an article earlier (as soon as I dig it back up I'll post the lin) that said that the OWS people have pulled in over $250,000 in ...

Television

I watch very little TV as I've said but I do have a few guilty pleasure shows. Psych is one of those. The show cracks me up and is a nic...

Milk

I drink a lot of milk. I'm not kidding I can go through about 4 gallons in a week. 2% is where it's at! Of course living in a vehicl...

Occupy - What Now?

This is just my streaming consciousness on what I think needs to happen for this to at all be successful. I've seen a lot of the diffe...

Trial Sized Stuff!

I was doing some browsing today for trial size condiments. People who know me know I always say that food is merely a way to get condiments ...

Doing Something For Myself Tomorrow

I finally have the money together to go get my eyes checked and get new glasses. It;s been over 10 years since I could afford to do so. I...

Goodbye Red Head

I've been a red-head for a few years now. Before that my hair was black. I'm now attempting to color as close to my natural lightish...

Occupy Boston

I'm just waking up this morning and I'm seeing reports that protestors were arressted in Boston. I'm about to say something th...

A Few Of My Favorite Horror Flicks

I've been busy and have missed a few days in the horror list so here's a random list of some of my favorites 1. Hellraiser 2. Sle...

OCCUPY YOUR HOME

The mortgage company has finally piped up and sent a threatening letter. They say they I am in default (duh folks, I made a conscious decisi...

My lil nightstick is gonna get a workout tonight"

NYC police officer brags and premeditates the beating of protestors including a demonstration of how he plans to beat them. Shame, shame N...

Change

I'm amazed that our people have been calling for change and even our current president ran on a platform of change and here we are 3 yea...

Occupy Baltimore

What a good group of folks out there. I'm just getting home from dropping off some food/ sleeping gear/ paint. I got into Balt. around 1...

Go On With Your Bad Self, Lawrence!

Lawrence O'Donnell speaks about police brutality with NYC protestors

Occupy Movement?

I am not generally a TV watcher. I keep movies on for noise, I gave up watching the news when 20 minutes into a broadcast I realized they ju...

Let The Right One In

 I want to say that this is one of those movies that is best viewed without watching the trailers. Trust me they give too much away. This mo...

Hello, Mother Nature It's Me Cherry

And I'd really, really like to know why it's 20 degrees colder than it should be this time of year. Can we please have the 70's ...

Martyrs

Let me say that if you have a weak stomach or if most theater horror movies are too much for you DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE . It contains distu...

Exorcismus

Ok so I'm a sucker for exorcism movies and I'm about to say something that most 'true' horror fans are going to cringe at - ...

Yay, October!

I love the Fall and October is my favorite month of all. The smells and colors of falling leaves, pumpkins, big bowls of hot comfort food, a...

Fixture vs. Personal Property

I received a letter from the property management that they are going to exercise their lien and auction my house. I still haven't been g...

One Of The Many Reasons I Need To Be On The Road

Animal Rescue Needs New Home No, I can't offer land but if I was that way I could offer support and an able, animal intelligent body f...

Preparations

I'm finishing up the first pass through what little bit of clothing I have in the house right now. Before I decided to live in a vehicle...

How I'm going to Attempt to Make Money

I have always been able to take anything that was an interest or hobby and find a way to make it an income generator. For years I have bee...

Great Big Halloween Parade of Light and Luminaria

This is an awesome MD event. Yeah it's got a great big title bit it's also a huge amount of fun. This years theme is  ! Wildlight...

Frustration

I'm frustrated at the vehicle purchase process.

Bad Day

Today has been hard. I'm doubting myself and doubting my choices. It's likely because I'm feeling very, very overwhelmed right n...

Greetings From Maryland

Hi there! I'm a 36 year old female who currently resides in a single-wide 64' x 14' mobile home with 6 cats (more on them later)...