@IrelandTorin for the homeless folks, the 3k they owe, 2k is for the car I sold them. they get 1100 a month plus food stamps. I figure they need to learn how to be homeless in order to learn how to budget their funds. they also call me nearly daily for money, given that they don't know what being homeless entails. I am their only fucking point of contact they feel comfortable asking for money when I see them post facebook posts to dozens of ppl showing that they're "ok" uuuugh

@kendonnelly yes, no, and yes. the no is ... I understand his position; it isn't entirely his fault, kinda. as stated, it is complicated.

how do you extract money from people who owe you?

my ex's sister's beau owes me 2600, a friend of mine who is loyal but unreliable [complex shit going on] owes me about the same, and a homeless family of two, mother and adult son, owes me 3k, for the car and for what I gave them.

the latter...est.. is most likely hopeless as they have no idea how to prioritize being homeless.

fuck. how do I approach them all ?

I was in first or second grade, and I went to an event at my school, a mother-son dance.
I remember going, but I don't remember much else. I think both me and my mother's introversion got us to leave that event early :D

Just.. let me not fear welding plz....

anything industrial in my neck of the woods fucking sucks; I'm constantly paranoid about cutting metal in my back patio.

that's why I'm taking it to work tomorrow and will cut and weld as needed. Hopefully :(

my PEV is a beautiful wreck that is on the verge of being operable for the next few weeks, or at least until I decide to hashi up and fuckin' weld for the first time.

#hazbinhotel ... what's up with Wash It Clean? some guy made it seem to be a song from the series, but I see nothing of it.

@MrGoat when two people are in the mix, shit get's fucking fucked.
ugh it is such a drain on my own personal resources.

helping homeless people requires so much more help that i can provide if i was not alone and in subsidized housing.

fuck all this

sup coso. lay down your sickest rhymes. Here is my attempt for some reason:

my name is hashi and I'm here to say,
I am fed up with my time being stolen in a crazy way

this feels familiar; me being on hold for anything he or his mother needs. I'm done caretaking, but apparently I am not. capitalism is destroying community. I know that, all of my neighbors would definitely pitch in for helping them two; but the design of our living arrangements fucking PROHIBITS fully aiding another.

The number of unfilled apartments is staggering, but the IRvine Company is large enough to wait out any and everyone.

Fuck it all.

A friend of mine has revisited me after 10 years. not too good of a friend, he requires a ton of social energy for me. he's homeless with his mother. I homed him for a day much to my father's chagrin. tonight he was to sleep in my car with his mother and he called me up asking to be taken to the ER for his mother.

I feel relief. I don't need this in my life. the guy got shit stolen which sucks, but he knows NOTHING of tech and is oblivious to the importance of knowing passwords. ffs

Scooter tire popped.

it is so strange to think of my own desires being met by doing things. And then being met with "nah, you already passed the time you can drink! just go to sleep!" from my body.

second motor is coming on monday. The Death Scooter [currently named "Spacely", because it used to be a jetson, however it is pretty much Jetson's boss at this point]. is still attempting to gain purchase with what little hardware I have available. Riding around with a battery riding side saddle isn't a good look.

I am so tired of spending money tho, and to make this ultimately evil it will require the purchase of an equivalent speed controller.

All this still thrills me :)

@lemontart Modern music lays bare so much! Ignea does so well, and in a way that an elderly fogey as myself can still appreciate. :) Thank you for the rec!

@lemontart dunno what's going on, but it sounds serious and it sounds like you came across an amazing milestone! Congratulations! I hope you chose some choice tunes to drive with <3

also I made a death scooter that potentially can go 70+ mph and just bought another motor for it so it doesn't wheelie all the time.

I love this too much. my scooter is a mess, I got it a new controller that is tunable, but there is a difficulty in determining what wires do what, and the new tunable controller is scary and is asking for a lot of things that is difficult to answer without a complete tear down. The amount of work and frustration is something I actually look forward to, because it ends in a way I can handle, and probably might have to do a buttload more work do get working, but that end light never dims :)

I guess I am a scooter/ ebike guy now.

it is an extremely fun niche to be in!

as much as I know already, I wish i knew what I knew before tho. I would have saved hundreds, maybe!