big pants drenched in slack (but none the less exciting)
I am miss slacker pants…
But… I wear these pants with pride , they have my stories written in them, along with the dust and grime of the road. No matter how much they are cleaned the stories never fade, even though time passes, the stories stay forever waiting for the right moment to be passed on, suppose that moment would be now, as I am here and ready to spin some yarns bout the last few months.. I had all intentsions to be doing this well sooner, but I have to admit coming back to the states got me well into the grip of PTD, post travel depression… kind of a cross between revesrse culture shock and denial, Big loads of denial that I am an American, back in MY country, having to be aware of MY fucked up government, MY fucked up reality, and being homeless in your home country for some reason isn’t quite as glamorous as doing it in others,
So after being in Ohio approxomatley three days, I went and spent a third of the rest of my savings on a one-way ticket to New zealand. Responsible? NO. am I excited? OH hell yes of course I am 🙂 Do I have money to support my self while I travel there??? ummmmm I am working on it… that would be the irresponsible part/ before I had it all planed, I had the money saved, back up, insurance, blah, blah. everything.. Now it seems I could care less, I just want out, I am not ready to be here for good again. not yet anyway.
Seems like I have taken to the Nomad lifestyle like a little kitten to some nip… Don’t take it away, or I will show my teeth and bite and scratch.. Okay perhaps another anology wouuld have matched me better.
but I feel like a kitten, all fresh and full of energy.. I have been orgainzing closests for eccentric peeps in Santa Monica, I take everything out, reasses, and then put her all back in, in a easy to follow and practial way.
Not so bad!? ALso have been catering, doing focus groups and yard work, also a bit of construction (light stuff) and plumbing.. ! cody would be pround. I thank most of this to craigslist, and the city of LA for being such a melting pot of possibilities.
I love the homeless in LA too, petey was just saying how riding the bus is like paying for a $100 circus ticket, dude is soooo right sometimes 🙂 I end up getting into the most intense converstaions with the homeless here. I suppose because I look them all in the eye, and catch their attention.. a routine jounrey to the bus stop turns into a few hour long personal councelling session, and a bite to eat and a few hundreed cigarettes rolled. Its hard to belive I was one of them about 10 years ago, circumstances left me homeless on the promenade in Santa Monica, Its hard to get back up once you fall, and that is mostly our conversations… bout how I got back up… sheesh always trying to be an inspriation 🙂
But I can see, and I enjoy all and everyone;s opinion about LA and AMerica, the people in cities, especially in the big ones differ drastically from the little towns, these people are educated on the facts that couldn’t trivkle thtough in a normal little town, conspircy theroy, cctv, the twin towers, Iraq, Iran, BUSHHHHH, Condi, more bush… In ohio they only speak of football, baseball, TV,nascar and (my favoriate which should be on the top for everyone) canning veggies and making it to the county fair with the posssibilioties of the most ribbions, now that is life
or what you would think you’d ( or a closet hippie like me) would want it. I want the middle grounfd, honestly I start the nod after being in a political coversation too long, and I can’t seem to be in Ohio long enough to see the WHole canning prosess throught the season, guess I will have to get a recepire book and an open mind bit more time and a willing ness to stay put (my goodness wish me luck**** So much to learn! AS much as I would like to be an advocate for free speech, and bringing down the conspiritors. I am afraid I don’t have the drive or attention span for it… Oh poo must focus on something else… Oh yes! looks like I have finally found a place to teach me welding, in exchange for some of my amazing organizational skills… WHat?! no that is good
… fantastaic reason for me to be hopping up and down…the world needs more lady welders, I am sure of it.
miss squirrel be floating on air..
xx j
ps…. keep yer eye out for back stories if I ever get round to em
muahhh!
Tags: america, Travel, usa
jessica
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