more planning

Jessica Amber Murray
1) odsp should cover at least some of the costs of moving. it's 'discretionary'. i need to get more info on maximum amounts and how to ensure it gets covered, but i think we can rely on this for at least half.
2) my parents have some kind of voucher at sears that they're giving me. i'd like to take a run through street corners first, but whatever we can't find we should be able to grab there for free.
3) my step-mother and i had the money talk today about my dad dying. he's really concerned that i'm losing a fall-back system, and she's promised him she'll take on that responsibility. we talked about it and decided the best option is a monthly deposit into my account, which should be around $400 for starters. so, yeah, i guess i'm sort of bourgy too :P

also, they want to meet you. which is sort of reasonable given that we're kind of running away. you're invited for breakfast tomorrow morning at south keys at 10:00 (i'm going to call at 9:00). however, i TOTALLY understand why that's creepy and weird, and there's absolutely ZERO pressure to come if you don't want to.

ESA
I have a dr's apt at Carleton at 11. so I can't make it

also, I love how you call me bourgy even though I get no monetary support from my parents

my dad also said that if I move to Windsor, he will never bail me out, or help me move or support me with anything ever again

LOL. I will totally come meet your parents, but they will NOT like me at 10 in the morning.

Also, a moving van looks to be about 700 hundred

i dunno how i can get that kinda cash without selling BJs on the street

Jessica Amber Murray
yeah. that's the uhaul price. the van itself is not so much, but they charge by the kilometre. i'll call odsp tomorrow and see if they'll front it. also, what i'm hoping is if we look around a bit we can find somebody that will just rent us the van, flat fee, no questions about where it's going. if we can find that, it could be less than $100.

ESA
ooh

dunno how to find that though

Jessica Amber Murray
i don't either, i'm just hoping it exists.

if not...even if odsp only gives me like $400 or something, that's $150 each to pay. i could front that for you.

(and fwiw i totally know what it's like to have parents with money that won't give you any. mine have really turned on a dime - they've been brutal the last five years or so. i think my dad dying has really changed my stepmother's attitude towards life. i'll stop teasing you about that.)

ESA
yeah. well my dad is kinda weird about it. and my mom doesn't have any now that she's a minister

she makes like 1200 bucks a month

or something ridiculous like that

Jessica Amber Murray
yeah. my step-mom's a pretty big boss at the canadian blood services. she oversees the bone marrow transfusion division or something. works from home, even. my dad was a middle manager at the corporate tax division for the provincial government. he oversaw a team that went after businesses that didn't pay their taxes. together, they made over 200,000/year. but, when i got evicted two years ago they told me to hit the curb. i occupied their back yard and got dragged out by the cops. this recent turn of events is highly unexpected.

ESA
woahhhhhh crazy

similar situation with me

do you want fire tonight ? ?

it might be too hot.

Jessica Amber Murray
i think i don't want to venture too far or drink too much tonight. i just listed a bunch of grievances against my parents, but it was really just my step-mom that completely vetoed my dad, who wanted to let me stay, etc. this little bit of dad time is sort of important to me.

is anybody else up for fire? i could maybe stop by for a few beers later, if there's still some left.

buuuuut....do we want to throw a going away party? been thinking about that a bit.

ESA
I dunno

i'm not throwing my own. that's tacky.

illuminous is up for a fire.

Jessica Amber Murray
well, i sort of think i'd rather stay in the area, but i think i'm up for hanging out one way or the other. how much beer is left?

(is a run necessary?)

ESA
oh theres none left. lol

illuminous wants fire

I want that or jail hoste l

Jessica Amber Murray
what's at jail hostel?

open mic?

fuck, i should do an open mic before i leave, just to confuse people.

ESA
well we can do it later

ugh stupid beer stores.

close so early.

Jessica Amber Murray
yeah. well, let me know what's happening, i guess. my vote is bike down to the grocery store and split a bottle of wine in the near vicinity, but i'll accept the democratic process.

ESA
fire!

well. the grocery store is near fire.

but I dunno.

we can also drink wine in secret at the hostel

I don't have a preference

Jessica Amber Murray
i'm going to vote hostel over fire. less bugs. and i think fires are better with more people.

ESA
ok

Jessica Amber Murray
are there usually amps at the hostel? the lack of dots on this classical makes playing what i want to play frustrating.

ESA
yeah

fsho.

you can use tape.

k i'll go to the hostel.

but I don't have money for beerz

Jessica Amber Murray
ok, i'm going to need to clean myself up first. i don't want to buy beer there either. can we do this: you bike to the store, get wine, i'll pay you half when we meet. that will give me time to clean. then bike to hostel. ?.

ESA
i'm not going anywhere

but like maybe

we can make it to the lcbo in itme?

but fuckit. i'll probably find beer there .

its pretty cheap

Jessica Amber Murray
ok, let me get ready super quick - 20 minutes - and meet me outside my building at 9:30 and we'll talk?

ESA
ughmm

well i'm gonna get ready

make myself not look like crap

Jessica Amber Murray
k. ready. meet where?

ESA
etan is meeting me here at 930

Jessica Amber Murray
k. i'll be there close to that.

planning

ESA
can you set up a few viewings?

like 3?

and i'll set up 3 ?

Jessica Amber Murray
i can try early in the morning, but i'm going to be gone all day tomorrow. send me numbers/schedule?

did you talk to the rentiers about just walking out of the lease?

request

From: Jessica Murray <death.to.koalas@gmail.com>
To: sister’s email address

so i should explain what's going on.

i'm moving to windsor with the redhead lead singer in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Jw-KqY6HE

we're just friends, by mutual declaration. for now.

why windsor? because rent is half the price. we can probably get a 2-bdr apartment for around $500. yeah. c-h-e-p. cheap.

windsor is also on the edge of one of the prime examples of the collapse of industrial civilization: detroit. windsor itself is pretty hopeless. in this vacuum of collapse comes an opportunity to try to build a better society that is free of the constraints of the existing one. that's the mandate of an artist.

she's going on odsp herself as well. and, as mentioned, she's a musician too. so the plan is to find somewhere to set up a studio, drink our faces off, record music all day, help advance the revolution and eat lots of spaghetti at 5:00 am in our spare time.

:)

getting there, though, requires somebody to drive us. you like road trips. we're not sure yet if it's august or september, but would you be willing to drive us from ottawa to windsor and then drive back?

moving expenses through odsp are discretionary, but i think i should be able to claim most of it. i just hope i can find somewhere that will rent us a big van for a flat rate rather than by the kilometre. otherwise, driving home is going to be expensive.

j