[Noisebridge-discuss] ZiP One postponed - WARNING: This post may contain material of a Personal and Dramatic nature

Tao Neuendorffer Flaherty neuendorffer at googlemail.com
Thu Jan 19 22:36:36 UTC 2012


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Where is there a list(s) of what Noisebridge needs? I've given donations, but sense that it needs other things, like mouse traps & mopping. Where are directions to do standard chores, like where to take out the trash?

Thank you,
Tao

On Jan 19, 2012, at 13:48, Tony Longshanks LeTigre <anthonyletigre at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm sending this to the Zipsters + Noisebridge Discuss & a few stragglers. This is exactly the sort of "personal drama" post I dislike & wanted to avoid, but I can't really overlook the boulder that just landed on top of me & I don't have time to write a mass of individual letters right now. This is the first time I've been online since Tuesday night, when the universe - my universe anyway - seemed to begin a slow meltdown that culminated in total implosion.
> 
> ZiP Issue One is going to be delayed slightly due to circumstances presently beyond my control. I'm determined to finish it, hopefully in the next few days, because too much work has already gone into it - mine and the work of others, notably Adam, Miloh, and Gavin - to throw it away. This is as far as most people need to read. Anyone who wishes to know more about my personal circumstances, read on.
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> For anyone who doesn't know, I've been squatting for the last few months, and Wednesday morning - following a horrific night in which I got absolutely no sleep due to the drug-addled antics of a former "friend" who owes many people, including myself, a MAJOR apology - a man claiming to be the owner of our squat came over with police & threw us out, along with all my stuff. My immediate goal is to find a place to crash temporarily, and hopefully somewhere to stash some of my stuff so I don't lose everything I own in a flash. I was a first-time squatter. I had two months that were really quite lovely, and then it suddenly ended in a way that was not lovely at all. I knew this could happen when I started, and I accept it.
> 
> My future in SF is very much in doubt at the moment. My 3 years here have been an endless series of catastrophes wherein I am unable to ever find stability because my living and/or employment situations are constantly on the rocks. As much as I like Noisebridge, it is plagued with needy people who take and give nothing back to the space. I don't want to be one of them - I never once slept there, never will; actually brought a number of homeless or shiftless people from NB to my squat, in an attempt to alleviate that issue; usually have and prepare my own food which I share with others when I can (but not when I can't). I've been able to get lots of creative work done - it's my passion and really the only thing I care about - over the past few months largely because I haven't had to work full-time and have been floating on unemployment. I haven't figured out how to make a living, at SF rates, through writing, zine-making, & other forms of creativity yet. The paper I was writing for paid $50 an article and I wrote about 3 a month for them. That doesn't even pay the bills when you're squatting.
> 
> So I'm giving serious thought to leaving the city. And going.....anywhere else! Maybe back to Portland. It seems to be calling to me. I fought for a long time because leaving felt like defeat & failure, but you gotta know
> when to fold 'em* and I think it may be that time. Maybe I'm wrong and there actually is a life for me here, we'll see. I'm really in the mood to travel the world with everything I own in one small suitcase & start over fresh somewhere new, outside the U.S. But I don't have a passport or money for airfare, so that's a pipe dream for now.
> 
> Maybe I'll come to NB this eve to attend 5 Minutes of Fame, but I'll probably feel lame for flaking out.....so probably not. I hope it goes well.
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> Tony the Dilapidated Tiger
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> *In times of hardship, I often turn to the work of Kenny Rogers for inspiration
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