One State Captial Down, 47 to go!
Friday, December 14, 2007
Hey kids, perverts, parents, and constant readers! I have arrived safe and sound in the capital of the mighty state of Illinois, Springfield. Home of the uber famous slavery banishing, possibly homosexual (not that there is anything wrong with that), Abe Lincoln himself. Besides having lots of Lincoln artifacts its also the seat of one of the most corrupt state governments in the union. So corrupt that the prior governor is now a felon, who will spend some serious time in prison.
Anyway, Although its not quite finished yet my list of 'Things to do before going back to Real Life' is nearly finished and ready for posting. One of the things on the list is to Live in, and Blog from all 48 Contiguous State Capitals. Since I was already in Illinois I figured I'll go ahead and knock out Springfield. This will be a longer stay then I plan on making in most places. I want to ride out some of this cold weather and make enough money to put together a proper hobo traveling kit that includes a laptop.Last night I stayed at The Helping Hands Shelter. I'll include some pictures and a video I took their at the end of the post. It was a warm safe place to get a nights sleep, even if it was on a mat on the floor. It was very crowed with very tight space. They feed us a nice warm meal, and seem to offer lots of classes and other services to the local homeless. I am going to check out the Salvation Army's warming center shelter tonight. Helping Hands requires you be in by like 4:00PM to sign in and in for the night at 5:00PM. The Salvation Army will give me more time to check out the city and get a job of some sort lined up.
I'm going to enjoy the warmth and comfort of this library till about 11AM then check out a local soup kitchen called Bread Line for lunch. After that I plan to goto the local Labor Ready and maybe Manpower to try to find some work. After I get a check or two I'll find a storage shed for rent and turn that into a temporary pimped out hobo pad for the rest of my stay in Springfield.
I thinks thats all for today.
Video of 'Day Room' At Helping Hands Homeless Shelter. Not shot well b/c I had to do it on the down-low.
Everyone starts to settle in for the night at Helping Hands. Talking, reading, watching TV and some even playing cards.
You can see how tight space is. People store their bags in this narrow hallway.
Springfield, IL. The new temporary home of the The Homeless Hacker!
Boy they sure do love their Lincoln here.
-"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing."- Big Gay Abe Lincoln
posted by Cory @ 9:28 AM,
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