Can only go up from here….
by Michael Robin Cooke on May.01, 2010, under Kitschchaos
Hi all,
So I’d been living with my uncle Dan on a farm in upstate NY. saving up money for me to relocate to ithaca NY, where the job situation is fairly decent compared to the rest of the nation.
And yesterday evening, an electrical fire started and the house, it went up in flames. My mac, my external hard drive with my last ten years of artwork and files, my comics in progress – my pet cat Aries – all up in flames!
And.. I’m essentially homeless now.
So, if I don’t post much for the next few weeks….
I’m okay, this laptop I’m typing on smells smokey, but it survived. Right now in a motel room paid for by Red Cross.
I’m going to see if I can score some kind of housing in Ithaca with social services and find a job. It’s relocating to Ithaca the hard way, but hey. I’m also going to pitch a business plan to the local credit union and see if they will extend a loan, it’s an interesting idea and I have the resume and skills to back it up!
I’m not giving up on this site, I’ll keep you posted.
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May 1st, 2010 on 3:45 pm
Holy crap.
Dude, you will most definitely be in my thoughts. That is one hardcore series of events.
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May 3rd, 2010 on 5:09 am
Suffering is a function of attachment. And while it’s not like I don’t miss my pets and my stuff, it’s gone and there’s no sense in not letting it go and wallowing in misery. Misery is not going to help me get back on my feet sooner.
May 3rd, 2010 on 5:05 am
Some odd 6 spam replies thanking me for the information or congratulating me on another great post as usual, in response to this post. C’mon guys, at least READ a post before you reply. This is a blog that allows links, but that’s a reward only for relevant comments.
May 7th, 2010 on 10:31 am
Good! Thank you! I always wanted to write in my site something like that. Can I take part of your post to my blog?
May 8th, 2010 on 11:11 pm
You can consider me in for a Digg. Thanks for posting this on your website!
May 18th, 2010 on 9:05 pm
Itlook like you take a lot time to update your blog, cos I found your blog is very useful to me.
May 30th, 2010 on 6:19 pm
The home loans seem to be essential for people, which are willing to start their own company. In fact, it is easy to receive a collateral loan.
May 30th, 2010 on 11:28 pm
This is a somewhat self serving spammy reply. Let’s just inject some reality into the situation. Getting a loan using your home for collateral is risky because the job market is so soft and interest rates are not constant. If you are getting a loan, get a fixed rate loan, the interest may be higher than that of a variable rate loan – but hundreds of thousands of people lose their homes when a variable interest rate goes up and they can’t afford payments with their current job. If you can get a fixed rate loan, that interest rate, your payments – they will not ever go up and if you can afford it you’re okay!
It may be worth my while, and yours, if you mean to start a business – to incorporate your business as a corporation or LLC. Talk to your bank about it, they’ll help you. The advantage of a corporation is that it is NOT YOU. A corporation has it’s own credit rating, it doesn’t incur damage from your credit if it isn’t sterling. And some lenders will lend to corporations with ease. Right Wing politicians have turned Corporations into people with more rights than human beings – but citizens can get in on that action too!