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Rock Bottom
I hate to do this, but I am putting out the call:
As some of you already know a few months ago I came out to my parents. They told me I was not welcome under their roof while I was queer. Since then they have withdrawn a large chunk of their financial support. The last few months have been the hardest of my life. My parents, even when they messed up, where my mentors, confidants, and the only people I could rely on while I was starting out in life. I won't regale you with the details, but it's been horrible. And now I am going back to college while I still can (it is a long story, but right now is my best and last chance to finish my degree without incurring tens of thousands of dollars in loans) and I have to somehow support myself while attending school full-time.
But I'm trying to make some sort of order out of the chaos. At some point within the next month I am moving into an apartment in New York so I can finish my education. The problem is that I need to be able to pay my rent for the first month and I can't find a long-term job yet because I'm moving and because I don't own a car or drive in Connecticut, where that is essential.
I don't know what I can do right now to make some money. This is why I'm asking you, internet, for help. I need some sort of temp job. My resources are so limited. I can basically work from home on something, anything, or I can take odd jobs from people in New York, once I've moved, until I find a permanent job.
If you live anywhere in NYC and need something done, please think of me. Do you need your storage room cleaned? Shelves, closets or cupboards organized? I am aces at cleaning and organizing storage spaces. Do you work at an office where you have a backlog of filing, data entry, or general office work and could use a temp? I have several summers worth of experience doing just that.
Or, do you have any kind of online data entry you need done? Do you need somebody to gather information on something? Do you need cataloging of any kind?
Even ideas for what I can do are wonderful. Anything, any help you can think of, is already more than I have right now.
And, you know, if you spontaneously know of a part-time job that would work with a three-day or evening schedule, please let me know.
If you're on the edge, this will make the difference between my having a place to live or my having to drop out of school and live off the charity of friends until I can find some way out of this situation, or worse having to closet myself again and live under the toxic influence of my parents. I am completely terrified of not being able to make ends meet and ending up without a home or having to crawl back to my parents and promise to "be straight".
I know I can build a new life for myself, but I need some help getting up on my own two feet.
Please, ask your friends, ask your family, ask the people on your f-list. At worst, they'll say no. At best, you'll have helped somebody more than I have words to describe.
Please don't let this entry drop off into the void.
As some of you already know a few months ago I came out to my parents. They told me I was not welcome under their roof while I was queer. Since then they have withdrawn a large chunk of their financial support. The last few months have been the hardest of my life. My parents, even when they messed up, where my mentors, confidants, and the only people I could rely on while I was starting out in life. I won't regale you with the details, but it's been horrible. And now I am going back to college while I still can (it is a long story, but right now is my best and last chance to finish my degree without incurring tens of thousands of dollars in loans) and I have to somehow support myself while attending school full-time.
But I'm trying to make some sort of order out of the chaos. At some point within the next month I am moving into an apartment in New York so I can finish my education. The problem is that I need to be able to pay my rent for the first month and I can't find a long-term job yet because I'm moving and because I don't own a car or drive in Connecticut, where that is essential.
I don't know what I can do right now to make some money. This is why I'm asking you, internet, for help. I need some sort of temp job. My resources are so limited. I can basically work from home on something, anything, or I can take odd jobs from people in New York, once I've moved, until I find a permanent job.
If you live anywhere in NYC and need something done, please think of me. Do you need your storage room cleaned? Shelves, closets or cupboards organized? I am aces at cleaning and organizing storage spaces. Do you work at an office where you have a backlog of filing, data entry, or general office work and could use a temp? I have several summers worth of experience doing just that.
Or, do you have any kind of online data entry you need done? Do you need somebody to gather information on something? Do you need cataloging of any kind?
Even ideas for what I can do are wonderful. Anything, any help you can think of, is already more than I have right now.
And, you know, if you spontaneously know of a part-time job that would work with a three-day or evening schedule, please let me know.
If you're on the edge, this will make the difference between my having a place to live or my having to drop out of school and live off the charity of friends until I can find some way out of this situation, or worse having to closet myself again and live under the toxic influence of my parents. I am completely terrified of not being able to make ends meet and ending up without a home or having to crawl back to my parents and promise to "be straight".
I know I can build a new life for myself, but I need some help getting up on my own two feet.
Please, ask your friends, ask your family, ask the people on your f-list. At worst, they'll say no. At best, you'll have helped somebody more than I have words to describe.
Please don't let this entry drop off into the void.
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I can't build shelves from scratch, but I've assembled and installed store-bough shelves a few times, so I could help you out there.
Have you checked IKEA, by the way? I wouldn't recommend their furniture, but they are good with reasonably priced shelving and storage.
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That said, we long ago got past "furniture on every wall with a free floor", so while there are organizational issues that would allow us to put in -some- extra shelves stacked on top of existing furniture, that's not one of the top priorities, largely because most of the furniture is involved in project #2. Which is to say, we've got two projects I've been running low on Round Tuits for over the last couple of months (after I decided that they were the right approach and got
1. Put wall-based shelves up on the walls above radiators that had previously been marked as "we don't put shelves here because there are radiators on the floor". Deal with my existing fear of putting bookshelves up on walls by drilling entirely through the wall and using bolts with clamps on both sides (in one of the two places I'm planning on doing this, this means putting up shelves on both sides of the wall using the same set of bolts--possibly in the other place too). I have installed wall brackets before, but not for over a decade -- and the last time I did, the first try involved the unit falling off the wall (thus my "just drill through the entire wall plan :) the first time and having to get put back with extra paranoia.
2. Swap all the furniture in the study (filled with computers, and
Things I could use help with here include physical labor, but also organizational help and extra cycles (eg, measuring spaces and ordering supplies).
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Have you considered rearranging furniture so it's not all against the walls? It could free up some space if you have some empty space in the middle of a room.
I would be happy to help you out with all that. Just let me know when you get around to it.