emerson:stone-soup:feed-the-hobo
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| * It needs to be on a frequent bus route that takes me directly to church. Riding for an hour is fine; waiting 30 minutes is not. | * It needs to be on a frequent bus route that takes me directly to church. Riding for an hour is fine; waiting 30 minutes is not. | ||
| * I need enough space that I can empty out my storage unit, hang up all my artwork, set up my lab and musical gear. A studio will not cut it. A one-bedroom would be adequate. I could make full use of a two-bedroom. More than that would be a waste. | * I need enough space that I can empty out my storage unit, hang up all my artwork, set up my lab and musical gear. A studio will not cut it. A one-bedroom would be adequate. I could make full use of a two-bedroom. More than that would be a waste. | ||
| - | * I need enough privacy that I can be awake or asleep at unusual hours and it's not going to bother anybody. I need to be able to play the accordion and it's not going to bother anybody. I need to be left alone almost all the time and people have to understand, solitude is part of the creative process. Forcing contact is just frustrating. | + | * I need enough privacy that I can be awake or asleep at unusual hours and it's not going to bother anybody. I need to be able to play the accordion |
| - | - Health insurance. | + | * I need to be able to have overnight guests. |
| + | - Health insurance. | ||
| - Enough cash to pay bills, buy groceries, pay bus fare, and, generally, exercise basic agency. | - Enough cash to pay bills, buy groceries, pay bus fare, and, generally, exercise basic agency. | ||
| * People are going to be **uptight** about this. There needs to be a single assigned person, and they are the only one who is allowed to tell me to be frugal. Otherwise, everyone and their dog are going to feel entitled to scrutinize and question my purchases. | * People are going to be **uptight** about this. There needs to be a single assigned person, and they are the only one who is allowed to tell me to be frugal. Otherwise, everyone and their dog are going to feel entitled to scrutinize and question my purchases. | ||
| + | * Honestly, I could do better in terms of being frugal. Someday I would like to do the entire Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner with stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, rolls, three different pies, and have it be the cheapest meal of the year. In the meantime I am practicing turning my computer off at night and reconfiguring things to use less electricity. | ||
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| + | Salt Lake or Houston can satisfy this. | ||
| ===Phase 2=== | ===Phase 2=== | ||
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| At this point we're doing possibly three different things at the same time. That's okay as long as it's organized right. | At this point we're doing possibly three different things at the same time. That's okay as long as it's organized right. | ||
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| + | FUMC or Emerson can do this, though there would be substantially more friction at Emerson. (But FUMC has many fewer spare bedrooms.) | ||
| ===Phase 3=== | ===Phase 3=== | ||
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| **SCALING FAST IS NOT AS USEFUL AS GETTING COPIED.** | **SCALING FAST IS NOT AS USEFUL AS GETTING COPIED.** | ||
| + | Not gonna lie, Emerson kinda sucks at outreach. We would need, like, professional training for volunteers who are going to be liaisons to our partner organizations... FUMC already has most of that figured out. | ||
| ====Talking Points==== | ====Talking Points==== | ||
| (this is written kind of nastily. Sorry. That's just where I am right now.) | (this is written kind of nastily. Sorry. That's just where I am right now.) | ||
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