when your life goes south
 

so - as i sit on the edge of unemployment i've been thinking - 'what will i do if everything goes south?' my earlier plan was to throw on my pack and head to the mountains. but now i'm thinking that i'll go move in with some HDC member--- probably Rayne & her family but i'm open to other offers.

Rayne and family unfortunately met their demise by a young beautiful lad who used to frequent these parts named Posher. Yes, believe the rumors. The ppl that post here under their names are complete frauds.
Anyway, that nasty business aside..
You are welcome to come here. I have an extra doghouse since poor Baylee met her end, a little leaky but warm with a bit of a tattered sheepskin and I cook 3 meals a day which you are more than welcome to if you do just a tad of yardwork.

I told you all! I told you! And you said I was crazy! Well, who's crazy now? Well, clearly Posh, but you know what I mean...

Couch surf through HDC! Ride the wave little monkey.

That sucks zero what happened?

Well I'd let you use the unoccupied room in my house, but where would I put all my beanie babies then?

Seriously though, thats shitty dude. Any chance of getting another one in your area anytime soon?

My home is big enough, and you are more than welcome here.

But can you travel over the seven seas, all the way to the land of the singing sun?

Hope things improve for you, redhead.

He'd have to change his name to Hanuman.

I think he d be revered here even without the name change. :D

ahh well the age old story - budget cuts budget cuts budget cuts. i have spent the past two months trying to 'make myself indispensable' by getting in early and staying late (for free) but alas an e-mail this very early morning from my boss said they want to 'see me' . . .

in fairness things aren't that dire and to be honest i wasn't even posting to whine (though the sympathy is appreciated)

i was really just thinking - if all my ties were cut and i had virtually nothing where would i go? i have friends here who would put me up (and apparently a place overseas with V where I would be a GOD - very tempting!!) but i have to admit i had this odd thought that I might just show up at Rayne's house and somehow - even though i have never spoken to her directly and she's never seen my face - i imagined that they would just let me come in and stay. (probably Dustin would meet me with a shotgun - but somehow in my imagining of the HDC-family I imagine that Rayne's house would be a kind of refuge).

So, I was just wondering what other folks thought their 'last resort' would be? maybe moving in with family? living in their car? heading to V's house?

sorry about your troubles zero. You could stay at my house but I'd be a bit concerned you would drink all my beer.


The first thing I would do if I was homeless [ leaving my family out of it for the sake of this conversation ] is get the fuck out of New England......fucking cold as hell here in the winter [ wind chill made it about -7 deg. this morning ]. Driving through the city you notice "camps" set up of groups of homeless people in tents and I always wondered why they stay in this part of the country. Hell I would pack my little satchel...tie it on a stick and hop the first freight train down south.

Hope things look up soon.

Fancy moving back to the UK?

[QUOTE=newb;845493 Hell I would pack my little satchel...tie it on a stick and hop the first freight train down south.[/QUOTE]

And travel town to town helping ppl but only resorting to yer king fu skills if really pushed:

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I was thinking more like, dumpster diving and begging for quarters for my next beer.

Aww, thanks Sweetheart...It makes me feel good to know that you feel that way.

Dustin doesn't have a shotgun, he said you would be greeted with a banana...lol...I, however, pictured the scene with Dustin handing you a Rock Band guitar as you stepped into the parlor...haha

We warned Posher that it wouldn't all be fun and games, and that we considered our efforts (providing for him while he worked and saved money to get his own place, while also teaching him how to shop wisely, cook, and pay bills with only one income - the same way that I taught Seri) to be an investment in creating a productive, self-supporting member of society (we have actually done this many time in the past, with other people)...We had expectations that were too difficult for him to meet, so he decided to stay in college and wait a few years before he headed out on his own, which is a reasonable, viable alternative if someone isn't ready to jump out on their own just yet...It was a learning experience for him (I hope), not quite what we were going for but hopefully a good start for when he is ready to support himself.

As for you, Zero...If you ever were truly in need of a place to stay, we would offer you a room and sustenance while you worked (it's not difficult to find a job here) and saved money so that you could get back on your feet...You are an adult, and you already know how to take care of yourself and pay your own bills, so that wouldn't be something we needed to help you learn...If you wanted to learn a few new recipes, or try to master the art of living comfortably on a budget, we could do that

I showed Seri your post and she said "But, what about the Seri?"...lol...She has been staying in the room that Posher vacated, because after 3 years of living on her own, she is now saving money for a house...I told her that if she waits until spring, she will have many good opportunities because that's usually when people are moving, and more houses become available.

Sooo, rather than staying in Posher's old room, you would be in the room across from Seri, which I had been using as a library, but is now in the process of becoming a second guest room (it's smaller than the one Seri is in, tho...And it will have a twin bed in it, instead of a queen).

Things to consider (the potentially bad stuff) :

1) Seri has her 2 cats here now (until she finds her new place), so if you're allergic it could be a problem.

2) All computers are networked in the parlor, we removed 2 of them during the remodeling and only have 5 hooked up right now...We can hook up the others if you need, or you can hook yours up, but unless you are able to go wireless, you would be stuck in here with us :p

3) Wasting water and/or electricity makes me insane...Just a heads up...Basicly, if you leave a room, please turn off the lights/tv/etc., and ONE shower or bath per day should be sufficient unless you are doing something that gets you really dirty (Posher was taking 3 showers a day, and he never broke a sweat working at the hotel...I coulda strangled him...Doubling the water bill is bad, mmkay?).

4) We do not allow guns, smoking, alcohol or drugs in the house (these restrictions are mostly because of potential exposure to the kids)...If you feel the need to shoot something, smoke, drink or get wasted, you can do that outside, that's not a problem :D...What you do in your own room with the door closed and locked is 100% your business, not ours, as long as it can't get anyone arrested, and doesn't burn down the house :D

5) There are currently 5 of us living here: Dustin, Seri, Alex, Ash (just turned 4 last month, can be a real handful if you have no patience for small children), and me...Every person in the house is expected to be considerate of the other occupants, abide by the same rules/restrictions, and to clean up after themselves with the exception of dishes and laundry, which I do for the entire family...Oh, you would be expected to remove your own fur from the tub :p

6) The driveway is full at the moment with our Suburban, Seri's Hyundai AND Seri's Jeep Cherokee (she NEEDS to sell that thing), so you would have to park on the street until Seri gets her new place, or sells her Jeep.

Maybe this helps you guys to understand why Posher only stayed here for 3 months...lol (except for the Seri stuff, Seri only visited occasionally while Posher was here...and I think he fell in love with her...haha)


So see?...As often as you guys have called me "the mom of HDC", I don't think you realized how oddly accurate you were...I'm probably just as strict as your own mother


And, on a side note - OMG, I would LOVE to live at V's place!

Dude...that post has made me now want to stay in your house.

If I currently had my own place, I'd clear out a spot for you.
Hope things come together, bud.

so . . . life is funny

i walked up the stairs from my little cubby to the director's office. i had actually worn an iron maiden t-shirt under my sweater as my little act of defiance for my termination meeting (ok - in fairness if it was real defiance i would not have worn the sweater but hey, we all have our limits).

i go in and oddly enough i'm not nervous. i actually felt very calm and even friendly. we joked around for a bit while waiting for another person to arrive. i figured the second person was coming to witness the termination or whatever so i was like cool. a friend of mine had been let go a few weeks before and she had gotten a fairly decent severence - 4 weeks pay, continuation of benefits for a bit longer, etc.

the other person arrives and my boss starts this spiel about how hard i work and how much i'm appreciated and then i think i kind of closed my eyes waiting for the ax and then . . .


they promoted me


i think i looked totally calm and almost non chalant about it. it really didn't hit me until i got back downstairs and in fact i ended up calling my boss about five minutes later to confirm that i had not just dreamed the conversation and to get the details of what that meant.

so - Rayne - you can tell Seri her room is safe and Dustin can avoid the awkward task of helping me learn Guitar Hero (i never can get the hang of that thing).

i will say that Rayne's post put a tear in my little simian eye. it is good to know that there are truly good people in the world and Rayne and her family are those people.

so much love to my HDC family - i'm still in the freezing north (though will be working harder)

life is funny

OMG!!!
I am so happy for you!!!
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Way to go bro


Looks like you have a lucky t-shirt.....my Eddie was looking out for you.;)

Hooray!

Wonderful news, redhead. Congratulations, my man! :)

Awesome Zero! I'm really happy for you! :D

Haha, wow. Pretty amazing !
Congratulations.

I am so happy to hear this good news, Monkey! :)

Keep doin' what you're doin' ... it appears to be workin' ... ;)

banana are happy

what happened? who's a fraud? I'm always outta the loop with this kinda stuff.

Congratulations Zero!

It was a joke, Sweetie...Nova is saying that Posher killed us all when he was living with us, and now the people using our HDC accounts are all fakes, who are just trying to make it look like we are still alive

Don't worry, I can assure you that we are all still alive :)


@ Zero, I am SO happy for you! Congratulations!...I have to go remove the monkey bars from the bed frame now, I had just installed them...It's okay, it's not that much trouble :p


@Ferret...Wait until you are 18, Dollbaby, but I know you would miss England, and your parents would miss you terribly...Perhaps just a year-long visit or so :)

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don't believe a word of it:eek:

what happened to posher?

Well, congratulations my Simian friend! That's incredible news. You work for a university, yes? Any classes lined up to take in the Spring?

Hey Z...I was meaning to ask you......are you a Power Monkey now ???

:confused::confused::confused:
:eek:

Aha! Luring English boys to Kentucky for a year! You're a slippery one, Posh! But your crimes cannot escape the allseeing eyes of Faustus, for Faustus is law!

yeah - i'm in admissions (but please don't ask me to help you get in - i really just move paper around and have nothing to do with the admissions counselors who do the real work).

i take classes every once in awhile. i was taking film courses. i found the film history stuff i could manage (took a cool one on horror films a few years back) but the production stuff (which i wanted to learn) just took way too much time and i couldn't get to the labs all the time.

but it is still a pretty good place to work (well except when they start laying people off - although i guess that worked out in my favor as well)

I won a dinette set.

Hey...I've got kids to feed :p


He went back to Georgia to finish college :)

Liar.

Your whole family killed him and buried him in the backyard.

Psh...That's is absolutely NOTHING like my body disposal plan...Sheesh...Amateur :p

She just hacks 'em to pieces then makes another sunday barbecue with 'em. Deep fried.

Complete with smoked salmon caviar and pudding.

Hmm...Angra might have a point. Posher would almost certainly kill everyone soon after arrival, that's not under debate, but what is under debate is what happened after that. After killing Rayne and family would no doubt perform satanic rituals near the bodies, but, knowing how people from Georgia frequently make mistakes in matters of Goetic sorcery due to misinformation spread by Ted Turner to keep rival practitioners in check, it's more than likely that Posh would slip up. He must have called upon Baphomet when he was supposed to call upon Astaroth, grand duke of Hell, a common mistake among neophyte demonologists. And in doing so, instead of sucking out everyone's souls to gain their x-ray vision, he accidentally reinvested their bodies with them. Corrupted and hardened by their time in the inferno, Rayne and family subjected Posher to weeks of tortures too numerous and dreadful to mention, forcing him to post as Rayne to deceive us into believing that he had come out on top in this necromantic battle royale. But, it wasn't the case, was it Rayne? You had me fooled for awhile. Brava, my dear, but such things do not escape my notice for long. Posh is dead and you are undead. Another mystery solved. And yet, it makes almost too much sense.

HaHa, very interesting...But, no...Actually (second post) :
http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31461