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Really, without climate control the car isn't nearly so nice to have in this situation.
Mornings have been kind of a tease, mild to start followed by brutal heat that beats the hell out of me.
Coming up with a starter for my car is going nowhere, of course.
Honestly, it's pretty cool to be given five gallons of water considering how close dehydration looms every day but I really want to start my car sometime soon and my friend won't be in town forever.
Still the fact that those who respond to my panhandling do so with goods rather than cash has kept me from starving thus far, so it's not all bad.


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Tera Forma said:
While others can't swear at each other while watching or reading.
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might I introduce you to the concept of groupwatch?

>text communication software (IRC, etc)
>a group of people (observed sweet spot 3-4 participants total)
>a copy of whatever you're watching
>optional (suggested): if it is an international cultural conference across multiple nationalities and continents, agree on a timezone to use when talking about scheduling and such for ease of communication. so everyone won't have to calculate between everyone's different timezone differences when someone mentions a time
>optional (suggested): if the conference is small enough, you can agree on a backup cultural art project to enjoy between the different, smaller nominations of participants if one or more are unable to join the scheduled event
>on the day of, prepare sip (suggested) and snacc (optional)
>when the time comes, everyone reports their readiness and when all have been confirmed prepared, one of the participants (suggested: the one who chose the cultural piece of media, unless prevented by outside effects such as being forced to use a mobile device for communication) counts down and everyone hits play on 0.
>you may communicate with each other through the superior text in/output rather than crude vocal communication that would disrupt the enjoyment of the cultural arts.
>if one has to leave for a reason or another, inform the rest with a brb or such, and all pause, going back to the timestamp (suggested: frame) the one who had to leave. when they return, everyone reports their readiness once again before re-enacting the countdown. (beware of the brb spiral)
>in case of disruptances caused by boomers, zoomers, canines, hardware failure, software failure, playback failure, internet failure, meteorological failure, arboreal failure, structural failure, clockwork failure, or other such event, please inform the rest of the participants if there is need of a brb and/or resynchronisation.
>"wait I missed what he said/what happened" is not a reason to pause and go back
>"I lost internet connection" is not a reason to pause and go back

might have missed some things, but it kind of spontaneously grew into a general guide somewhere along the line
 
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Ugh. I hate looking at McDonald's all the time. It gives me almost crippling cravings.
Like this morning. I'd… maybe not kill, but at least beat the piss out of someone for some sausage McMuffins.

Instead, I have some potted meat, one of those rare foods that no amount of hunger can make taste better. One of those things that you either like or don't and nothing changes it. Shits nauseating. I'm still going to choke it down. But I'd rather be back on the pickles and beans.

Tuesday. My friend that can fix the starter is back to trucking on Wednesday so I have til then, more or less.



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Ate a can of potted meat and yeah, not even waiting for serious hunger pains helped. Shits disgusting. I've literally eaten garbage that was more appetizing.

Really freaking about the weather too. Hot as fuck interspersed with rain. Makes harder to effectively panhandle.
Getting that starter is so vital. I want the fuck out of this parking lot


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I think the potted meat made me ill. Maybe the salt content?
Either way I feel like absolute ass today. Crippling headache, every muscle and joint hurts. Great combo with the stickiness and heat today, lemme tell ya.


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MadGreenSon said:
I think the potted meat made me ill. Maybe the salt content?
Either way I feel like absolute ass today. Crippling headache, every muscle and joint hurts. Great combo with the stickiness and heat today, lemme tell ya.
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Dehydration, maybe?

...Much as I hesitate to suggest a person eat catfood, I recommend the "Sheba" wet food. The cuts, not the pate. It's very moist, and unlike most pet food, it actually doesn't smell bad. Like, it's not even "I'd eat this if I was starving" it's "I'd eat this if I was really hungry and didn't have a better option."

From the smell anyways. Haven't been brave enough to taste it.

Except the fish, but I hate fish.

Forget how much each pack is, but it's probably a lot cheaper than fast food is now, and it stays good at room temperature for a long time if you can afford a bigger pack- probably once the weather cools down and you can manage that, anyway.
 
Scygnus said:
Dehydration, maybe?

...Much as I hesitate to suggest a person eat catfood, I recommend the "Sheba" wet food. The cuts, not the pate. It's very moist, and unlike most pet food, it actually doesn't smell bad. Like, it's not even "I'd eat this if I was starving" it's "I'd eat this if I was really hungry and didn't have a better option."

From the smell anyways. Haven't been brave enough to taste it.

Except the fish, but I hate fish.

Forget how much each pack is, but it's probably a lot cheaper than fast food is now, and it stays good at room temperature for a long time if you can afford a bigger pack- probably once the weather cools down and you can manage that, anyway.
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I don't think it's dehydration? It might be, but water is the one thing I have access to plenty of. I'll try drinking more.

As far as food goes, I only have access to what I've gotten for free, I got no money for food right now. At the moment, that means I have a couple more cans of potted meat and a can of spaghetti sauce that I don't have a can opener for.

Also still trying to get money to buy a starter


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Yesterday an absolute legend donated the rest of what I needed to buy a starter.
My buddy couldn't get out to fix my car yesterday, but I dragged my tired ass over to the parts store to buy it because he said he'd be over early to get it installed.

A couple hours ago he finished the job and I started my car!

It was a beautiful thing. I laughed, I cried, I drove around a bit.

I still got a pile of problems and life ain't great but it's better than yesterday.

I'm now away from that goddamn strip mall, parked in the shade (of which there was none at the strip mall) and much happier.

He's headed out early tomorrow, turned out he was staying extra for hope of helping me, and will be gone like six months (he pretty much lives on the road, I kinda envy it) so I feel so lucky that we got back in touch for this short time.

I'm going to take a few to enjoy the shade.


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I'm glad that things worked out for you for once.

EDIT: Come to think of it, maybe that could be a long term goal for you; surviving for six month to see your friend again.
 
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I'm glad that things worked out for you for once.

EDIT: Come to think of it, maybe that could be a long term goal for you; surviving for six month to see your friend again.
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I wouldn't bet on that, to be honest. I mean, sleeping in this car is hurting me, I can't lift my arms up without pain anymore. It's fucking up my back.


Of course, now that the car works I have to worry about gas again.
I really want to get a Circle K hotdog again too.
Lots of rain, prevents effective panhandling.

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Less than an eighth of a tank of gas left . Intermittent rain makes it hard to go panhandling.

God I missed having problems like this!

I really did. Sitting at that damn strip mall marinating in heat, humidity, and despair I literally thought about how much I missed worrying about gas money.


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I should have gone to the river, shade and a swimming hole. Trying to preserve the last bit of gas here because I can go get free food tomorrow. So no driving around.

This heat is murderous though. Glad I have lots of water, sweating like a sponge being slowly wrung out. Took of my shirt and wrung sweat out of it like a cleaning rage fresh from a mop bucket.


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Why is Juneteenth?

Because I forgot that was a thing, there were only leftovers. I got: plums, a few bananas, strawberry yogurt, rice crisps, trail mix, a bottle of iced tea, and two containers of chicken broth

Definitely better than nothing, but not remotely as much or as nutritious as has been done previously
Gonna have to eat the yogurt fast, no refrigerator, of course there's more yogurt than anything else.

I'm really salty about burning some of my last gas for this


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MadGreenSon said:
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Because it's a more catchy name than "Emancipation Day"? Which I forget what day that actually is because everyone seems to celebrate it today anyway.

Which, as I understand it... Juneteenth is just when the news reached Texas in particular, so it's pretty weird that it wound up the holiday instead of whatever day it actually happened.

It's also my mom's birthday, amusingly. I got her the same gaming computer I bought for myself, because she wants to play more games with me and her grandson/my nephew. Well, considering the price, it's birthday/mother's day/christmas all together.
 
The fun of having a working car wore off fast.

If I had gas, I could drive to a nice little river recreation area that has plenty of shade and cold water to jump into, as it is, all I can do is sit here, drink water, and sweat.


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Scygnus said:
Because it's a more catchy name than "Emancipation Day"? Which I forget what day that actually is because everyone seems to celebrate it today anyway.

Which, as I understand it... Juneteenth is just when the news reached Texas in particular, so it's pretty weird that it wound up the holiday instead of whatever day it actually happened.

It's also my mom's birthday, amusingly. I got her the same gaming computer I bought for myself, because she wants to play more games with me and her grandson/my nephew. Well, considering the price, it's birthday/mother's day/christmas all together.
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Juneteenth is also the birthday of a very important figure in USA pop culture: Garfield the Cat.

He turned 47 this year.
 
So the whole "functioning car" thing is now more theoretical than factual. Once again trapped. At least Im not in that fucking strip mall anymore.

Edit: the combo of eliquis and a bummed cigarette gave me a nice long high so at least Im not feeling stressed about it all right now

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I had a psychedelic experience, or possibly heat stroke
I don't really have anything I can do right now, my panhandling sign got rained on and I don't have a marker to replace it. Plus, Im not trapped somewhere with much through traffic so just walking up to people is pretty pointless.

So I decided to meditate.

I haven't done much meditation recently, but since I don't need any props or gear, I figured why not? It's a way to kill time if nothing else.

I settled in the shade under the tree Im parked beside and got to it.
It was pretty standard mind clearing/relaxation stuff at first, if you've ever meditated you know what I mean.
Then I got this oddly relaxing feeling like I was being filled with air, like I was becoming puffy in a… metaphorical? sense.
Then… BAM! It was like my frikkin crown chakra broke open and everything was fire hosing out the top of my head.
It was like… the scene where the Ancient One kicked Strange's soul out into the multiverse. Not visually, but like that sensation of movement you can imagine watching it. The feeling of hurtling through the cosmos. I'm pretty sure I didn't see anything but the physical sensation was so engrossing that I don't really remember. Saw inside my eyelid most likely.
The whole thing had little sense of time or place to it, but while it was going on I was completely divorced from all the physical pain Im in, the various discomforts of being drenched in sweat, exhaustion, etc

When it was finally over, it had been about two hours.

It was definitely an experience of my life.

I got a line on some house painting work for cash next week but no gas to get to it, keep me in mind if you can any amount helps

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