N > 3 months sleeping on a friend's couch. Never again.<div><br></div><div>Reasons why homes win:</div><div><br></div><div>Being able to close the door.</div><div>Playing music exactly the way I like.</div><div>FURNITURE. My beanbag is fatal. People sit down in it and they don't get up again.</div>
<div>My bed. It haz a room. It has rough linen sheets.</div><div>Showers. They are awesome. If I prayed, it would be to my showerhead every morning.</div><div>Computers. Office space. Shelf space. That 30 inch monitor needs center stage.</div>
<div>A wall full of books. That's right. One of my walls is billy bookshelves all the way. One of them is entirely graphic novels and comic books. </div><div>When I was sick of having a toilet that blocked up all the time? We ripped it out and put a toilet in that has videos of it saying "Will it flush?" Let me tell you a secret: it flushes. Every time.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Will.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Antonio Malcolm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:antonio@antoniomalcolm.com">antonio@antoniomalcolm.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Spent some time as a kid sleeping in a car. I can tell you, first-hand, it sucks.<br>
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~Antonio</span></span></div></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div>
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<br><div><div>On Jan 26, 2011, at 11:28 AM, meredith scheff wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">After being homeless for 6 months not out of choice, I can tell you that having a home is the best thing ever. <div>I'd add to the points:</div>
<div>groceries. cooking your own food.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Ryan Rawson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryanobjc@gmail.com" target="_blank">ryanobjc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Sure, that's your POV, but there are many benefits to living in your<br>
own apartment:<br>
<br>
- you can wear whatever you want at home (or nothing)<br>
- you can have nice things and not have them ruined. Hello $150 chefs knife!<br>
- Your internet is fast and not borked and always works.<br>
- You can have as nice or not of things as you'd like without arguing<br>
with people endlessly about STUFF.<br>
- You can have a very comfortable bed and have more restful sleep<br>
- You can be as warm or cold as you'd like without having to put on<br>
more/less clothes/blankets/etc<br>
- You can use your home as a place of work as well<br>
- If you have a SO you can engage in any behaviour any time of day/night<br>
<br>
Even a budding entrepreneur as yourself must realize the importance of<br>
'down time' and proper restful sleep to promote a better work and<br>
overall life.<br>
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On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Patrick Keys <<a href="mailto:citizenkeys@gmail.com" target="_blank">citizenkeys@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I personally am at the point where I wonder why people waste their<br>
> hard-earned money on rent. Why not just sleep in your car and use that<br>
> extra money to fund a killer robot army?<br>
><br>
> Also, who wants to commit to any sort of lease in this day and age? As<br>
> soon as you move in, you realize that your neighbors are a buch of<br>
> assholes and you want to move again.<br>
><br>
> Up to about $500 a month, I can justify paying rent for a real bed and a<br>
> place to shower. Beyond that, my money is set aside for killer robots.<br>
><br>
> If anybody has that impossible-to-find deal on rent with no lease,<br>
> though, please let me know.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Patrick<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 1/25/2011 8:06 PM, Albert Sweigart wrote:<br>
>> Prediction: if someone actually rents an apartment for Noisebridge<br>
>> people to crash at, people will still sleep overnight at Noisebridge.<br>
>><br>
>> -Al<br>
>><br>
>> On Jan 25, 2011 5:12 PM, "Patrick Lake" <<a href="mailto:pat@patsanimation.com" target="_blank">pat@patsanimation.com</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:pat@patsanimation.com" target="_blank">pat@patsanimation.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>> >> Hi Noisebridge-<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I advertised a place for rent on here before and had good response,<br>
>> so I'm posting here again. Please don't wait because I might make a<br>
>> decision 1-2 days from today.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> $950 room in 2BR ground floor apartment with big garden (mission<br>
>> district)<br>
>> >> The best thing about this place is the central location. It's a<br>
>> block from bart and muni, walking distance to safeway and rainbow<br>
>> grocery and the mission's great restaurants and bars, and a short bike<br>
>> or bart trip to all kinds of downtown locations.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> The building has 5 apartments. This is the only apartment on the<br>
>> ground floor. The available room is in back kept quiet from street<br>
>> noise, with a west facing window on the garden. The garden is huge, 10 x<br>
>> 15 with an even bigger patio, and this is the only apartment with a door<br>
>> on it. The room is 10x12 plus a closet. There's a nice kitchen area with<br>
>> much counter space, dishwasher etc. Laundry is in the same hall.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Rent is 950. Small dogs may be welcome. Applicant must be compatible<br>
>> to live with a 32 yo guy roommate who runs a home business and requires<br>
>> quiet for working at home. Space sharing, maturity, friendly personality<br>
>> and professional occupation are most important.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Availability may be flexible on time (start isn't set) with 6 mo<br>
>> commitment and sec deposit. Previous living references mandatory.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Thanks and hope to hear from you.<br>
>> ><br>
>><br>
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