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Have to disagree about Bush. I like your brown hair, but I am not much for blondes. I do like my sister's hair best blonde though, so I do make exceptions. But, I thought the brown was a better fit for you.
posted by
EccentricShock
on August 18, 2004 at 4:13 PM
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Thanks for the insight, AngieK...
After reading Mia's take on the somlicity of the homeless, I'm glad I read your take on it. It's true, you are always uncertain if your offers of help will be appreciated or insulting. Thanks for the suggestion to take food to the shelters. You've done a good thing today. As for you, MIA, you are a brave soul to travel as you did. Stay safe!
posted by
Deverdoodle
on August 6, 2004 at 7:30 AM
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Whammie,
It took alot of time and strength to fight. I'm good now, heck- I own a company. But I had to fight and I needed help. The medication saved me. It was simple science, a chemical imbalance. Thanks for your thoughts
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on August 4, 2004 at 10:15 AM
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MiaElla,
Alcoholics have a hard time eating because their stomachs are messed up. They pee blood. It is best to take the food to a shelter because the homeless people don't feel like they are being judged there. They are familiar with the workers at the shelter, alot of them have social anxiety and fear that everyone is trying to poison them or hurt them. Irrational fears, irrational people. Your friend has a good heart, like you I'm sure.
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on August 4, 2004 at 10:12 AM
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Angie.........so greatful that you recovered!!!!!!!!!
It is so sad, though with limited resources that you have to pick and choose..........who to try and help!!!!!!!!!
I have dealt with crackheads who brutalized their grandparents who were giving them a home after their parents put them out.
I am sorry to say this, and I do greatly applaude you, but not everyone out there is worthy of help, at least not until they determine it is time to help themselves first....................
Whammie 
posted by
WHAMENATOR
on August 4, 2004 at 10:06 AM
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Wow Angie,
You wrote a blog within my blog. That's so sad that you were once homeless...and what is even sadder is that there are so many people who want to help, but don't know how. My friend once ordered too much food - a lot of it she didn't even touch, so she asked a waitress to box it up. We went outside and it was freezing out - the food was still warm. She passed a homeless person with a sign stating that he was starving. My friend smiled and handed him the box and told the man to enjoy - that the food was still warm and delicious. The man shoved the box back at her and cussed her out. She cried the entire way home. So it's hard when you want to help, but fear stops you because you never know how someone might react to your kindness.
posted by
MiaElla
on August 4, 2004 at 10:06 AM
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Whammie,
I was homeless once. I know what it's like. People are unsympathetic because it's easier than trying to help. Depression is a wicked thing, it had me wishing for death. I was too scared to kill myself. I'm not talking depression like "poor me", I'm talking depression like a wrecking ball. Fortunately, I got on some effective medication. I was on it for about 4 years, and then it just went away. I haven't needed it since, but the depression could still get me. It's hereditary.
I've been told that it is similar to the feeling one gets after an exctasy binge, which releases all of one's serotonin at once, leaving the user in a state of severe depression after the high wears off. I've never done anything in my life but smoke alittle now and then(but that's been recent-not when I was depressed), so it was not caused by anything but puberty/hereditary.
So there you go, you know a former homeless person. And you are right, people don't understand, families will put eachother out in the height of frustration, never mind complete strangers. I survived, barely, but I promised if I ever got anykind of money, I would try to help mentally ill people. I hate when people say they know homeless people want- you have no f*ckin idea. Illegal drugs just help a mentally ill person escape, and sometimes are cheaper or easier to get than legal drugs. Escape, as in out of depression. It's a monster.
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on August 4, 2004 at 9:52 AM
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brothers, they always say the wrong thing!
Okay, maybe not always...funny post.
posted by
Original_Influence
on August 2, 2004 at 6:43 PM
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hello........how are you? thanks for sharing.
posted by
Star5_
on August 2, 2004 at 4:10 PM
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AngieK, a lot of the Homeless are mentally ill. Many are also drug addicts
Their families often get tired of dealing with them, esp. the addicts who abuse and steal from them, or the schitzophrenics that will not stay on their meds and get out of control.
The solutions are available, but just not as easy as it would seem, to achieve........
When your own family is too tired to deal with you anymore, and then you become Society's burden???
And then as the burden, one must feel like he has no one, even though he very much helped to dig his own hole and make his own bed...........
Whammie
posted by
WHAMENATOR
on August 2, 2004 at 12:03 PM
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Angie,
I'm a registered Republican - registered that way to appease mom and dad, however I have never voted ....mainly because I have yet to have a wanna-be-president move me to tears and make me stand up for what I believe in. Until then, I may never vote....lol. Perhaps, I should join your revolution...
posted by
MiaElla
on August 2, 2004 at 11:57 AM
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I think many homeless are mentally ill.
Sounds like an interesting trip, and sorry about your fan. I am a Revolutionist, I despise the current parties so I started my own. I'm good at that. But republican, I'd rather drink vomit than vote republican- no offense. I despise any party that screws with elderly citizens. I want leashes on the medical/pharmacutical/insurance industries. They don't need to be sued, they need to be caged like the animals they are. Anyway, glad you made it home safe
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on August 2, 2004 at 11:53 AM
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MiaElla, Since I normally travel alone,
I am generally scrutinized by airport security, always "random", though.
Glad you made it back safely, and BTW, your picture on Ariala's post is just lovely.
Whammie
posted by
WHAMENATOR
on August 2, 2004 at 11:42 AM
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If you thought airport security was rough, one of the reporters on TV tried to take a cup of coffee into the convention and was severely harassed by security. This was even BEFORE it started. Glad to see you made it home safe.
posted by
SanitySlipping
on August 2, 2004 at 11:38 AM
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LOL!
Your brother sounds hysterical!
posted by
RachelAnna
on August 2, 2004 at 11:38 AM
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Glad you made it back in one piece after what your brother said. LOL
posted by
Melodystar
on August 2, 2004 at 11:35 AM
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