allthetimesivedied [they/them, she/her] to mutual_aid • 10 months ago

Extreme cold weather for a few days, starting tomorrow evening, trying to prepare

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Extreme cold weather for a few days, starting tomorrow evening, trying to prepare

allthetimesivedied [they/them, she/her] to mutual_aid • 10 months ago

I’m homeless. Originally I was planning on fundraising for a motel room but it’s 5 days, and I feel like that’s just a waste of money. Staying at motels makes me sad anyways.

So I’m going to try to prepare to just weather it out. I have a friend who I can theoretically stay with and I might for a day or whatever but she is really annoying and I had a breakdown last time I stayed with her. And I’d rather just eat shit and die of hypothermia than go to a shelter.

The structure I live in is not ready for this weather. I need tarps (at least two, and they’re like $10-$15 apiece). Most critically I need gloves and a ski mask. It would be nice to have socks and underwear but these aren’t exactly mission critical.

Because I’m stupid I need a new camp stove; I’d like to get a butane stove because propane smells like eating ass, and those are I think $40 at H Mart. Something to cook noodles in would be nice too.

Lastly I need a burrito ($10-$13). I’m out of food stamps. And I want a burrito.

I’m using a friend’s CashApp. $1talove

If you need Venmo or PayPal info, DM me, I still have to ask if she has those.

Wasn’t going to post another one of these, if not for the insane weather. Thanks.

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Sphere [he/him, they/them]
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10 months ago
I think you can put any name you want in CashApp and Venmo, just so you know. Pretty sure it's just PayPal that makes it hard to hide your real name from recipients.

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