She was probably a bit overzealous I'm thinking, yeah. But that is a thankless job with low pay and little success. I give social workers a ton of latitude. I'm glad you stayed calm in the face of things.
Oh yeah, I totally get the lifestyle. Done enough overloading to really appreciate the lifestyle. But I'm trying to explain things from their point of view. Even if now, you are in control and everything is going according to your plans, they see trouble in months if not years when those plans abruptly change. They know how most people got from point A to point B and are now sleeping in shelters or dark corners of "civilization".
Living in an SUV is often the first step to really needing their help. Housing insecurity is a quick road to pretty rough living. If you are in their system, in their eyes, they can actually act quickly and help you when the likely next step happens. Not being in the system is pretty slow to get help in most places.
That is not a bet I would make.
You're right. I guess it just feels like painting a bursting dam to me. And the shootings are weighing heavier on me. I'm glad we're doing something positive. It's just hard to appreciate when my mental image of a school is fear and tragedy. It's probably a me thing
Please don't take my comment as a light-hearted jab at the idea of school shooters. But rather, it's a scathing commentary on fixing something like parking lots when children are dying. Maybe I didn't do a good job of it but that was my intent.
Plus the kids will have trees to use as cover from shooters. I guess to avoid the packin' heat Island effect?
Obviously we movie goers aren't making the kinds of movies we want to see. We need to be the change and be the movie makers which we have no experience, skill or possibility of being. It's so simple that it's fucking crazy.
I went to a Bernie rally in 2015. It was by far (by a wide, wide margin) the best attended political rally we'd ever had in Idaho. It was at the college stadium and I chose to stand in the crowd nearest the podium. That was cool. But, I was standing in line for two hours and then the rally was about three hours. The standing floor at the rally was really crushed in so you don't have personal space and you can't really shift your weight and relax muscles. So, I recommend getting a chair if they're available. I was getting so fatigued I was having a hard time enjoying it. I would totally do it again. But I'd head for seating.
In OPs case, I'd recommend groups that kind of cater to outcasts. I met most of my current friends through joining the local atheist group. Atheism, Satanism, humanism, whatever flavor suits best will probably have some furry friendly people at least. And then there's usually kink groups and polyamory groups (even if you're not poly just say you're wanting to meet new people and you'll be in a D&D campaign within an hour or so).
Check weiner size? Make sure you use shampoo and not conditioner? I don't know. But it's nice.
Same here.