Any Seattle DUers with crash-space?

Can anyone help me find a couch for a fellow DUer* to crash on for a month or so while he restarts his life in Seattle? Any help would be much appreciated!

Tucker

*my secret Internet boyfriend, everythingsxen, who I want to turn into a non-secret offline boyfriend

Our little place can barely hold the two of us, our four cats and our bird. Good luck to you - I'm sure someone out there will come through for you.

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I am a brave man, but I am scared to ask things like that. :scared:

Anyway.. I have to go run some errands and talk to some friends, if anyone replies to this and needs answers from me, either just PM or ask here and I will answer as soon as I get home.

Thanks all, no matter what. :yourock:

Any one? Please?

but i moved a few months ago.

Well.. thanks anyway.

before I take a nap.

Please Seattle DUers; I need a little help.

Do you have a job up their already? Its faily easy to be homeless in Seattle. It would be nice to have some income though so you dont have to depend on handouts. Hell i would have spent my whole life homeless living by percival creek in Oly if i didnt have a girlfriend. If i was the only person i had to take care of i wouldnt live in a house ever again. All i need is a dry place to keep my books, guns, lighters, and such and i am good to go. If my girlfriend leaves me you can expect me to become a hillbilly and move into a national park freaking out all the tourists.

Good luck though. If youre into magic mushrooms look me up. I can point you in the right direction. Theres only 19 different known kinds growing in Washington. :-)

what I will have to do.

Being homeless sucks royally, and it's amazingly hard to get out of.

I was talking with Jag about our situation tonight (ironically, the talk began with a "To be or not to be?" question*) and he made a very good point: Anyone who can't stand on their own can't stand with someone else either. Or to put it another way, one drowning person cannot rescue another.

Going homeless is NOT a valid option. You MUST find somewhere to live, or have enough money to cover a months' rent or so, before you move. (A month's rent on a room in a house here will be about $400.) Otherwise I'm afraid we'll both sink together--and I can't bear the thought of hurting you that way.

Tucker

(*if you don't get it, DU mail me and I'll point you to a link)

Possibly. But I've found, from personal experience, that it's possible for two floundering people to keep afloat by hanging on to each other. (That doesn't mean that it's a good strategy to come out here with a plan to be homeless -- Seattle can be a rough place to be on the street. particularly in the winter. But if everyone had to be able to stand on their own -- a not-unsurprising opinion from a Republican, BTW -- there would be a lot of people lying face-down all over the place.)

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I have no intention of being homeless. I will be cool. Everything will be fine.

SECRET?????

Seriously, Tucker, for anyone who's been following the two-person threads in the lounge over the past month, that's been about the worst-kept secret since Bush's desire to invade Iraq. :eyes: Many's the time I've been sorely tempted to post a "For God's sake, find a virtual motel room!" message on one of those threads. ;-)

I wish I could help, but with three family members, four cats, and a 100-foot-long tree (see the "Tim-BERRRRRRRRR!!!" thread) currently occupying the house, I don't think we'll have any room for some time. Besides, where we live is about an hour's drive from Seattle -- not the best place from which to restart one's life there.

But anywhere local is at least closer than Florida, where he currently is. :(

Tucker

I occasionally have friends come in to town who are looking for inexpensive accommodation. If you're young and not above that sort of thing:

http://www.greentortoise.net/

The dorm beds are quite reasonably priced, and if you do the 'work a week' deal, you can save even more cash.

Ok. Thanks. Thats pretty helpful.

The hostel sounds ok, but if anyones got a better place.....

http://seattle.craigslist.org/

You never know what you'll find.

But I live in Roslyn, and have LOTS of space - and need a housekeeper! :)

That may be too far away - but my SO runs the food/bev dept of a hotel in Ellensburg and is always looking for help, and the pass is hiring this time of year.

It might work for a little while - even being an hour away. If you can't find anything else, let me know.

I will see how things pan out in the next week or so, I have emails flying frantically and I am going to see if I can find someplace else..

However, I am definately going to remember this and will get you a secure yes or no as soon as I have my resources secure.

I'm also trying to line up some work before I actually arrive.

Thanks and I will speak to you again soon. Thanks again! :yourock:

check here:

http://www.summit-at-snoqualmie.com/winter/seasonal.html

It's at the ski resort located halfway between where Tucker is (Bellevue) and where I am (Roslyn). It would probably be a good job to start with (no matter where in WA you end up), because it's temporary - which would allow you to get settled, make some money, and give you time to look for a REAL job.

I worked there the first winter I lived here. (Michigan girl, here!) And a heads up - they do drug test.

Seriously, the invite stands in any case. I've had people that didn't know me take a chance on me before, so I'm happy to return my karmic favor.

A couple of things - if you're allergic to critters my house would be the death of you. Currently in residence are: 3 rats (although that could change - they are on the decline), 3 ferrets, 3 kitties, a puppy, and 3 sugar gliders.

If you're allergic to "dirt" - my house would be the death of you. *L* Hence the need of a housekeeper! It gets messy before I can get it cleaned - so it's a never ending battle. I would be HAPPY to have someone stay at my house for awhile if for no other reason than another body to help pick shit up! :) The animals always seem to be kept clean - the rest of the house, fuggedaboutit!


I don't have an extra bed - so you wouldn't get your own room. My spare room is the junk room - soon to be sewing room. I DO, however, have this totally bitchin loft bed in a room off my living room. The room has exceptionally high ceilings, and someone built a large closet in part of the room. On top of the closet they sunk a full size mattress. I slept on it for awhile before I got my bed moved in. It's pretty nifty, but there's really no privacy.

You've made the most appealing offer so far. :)

This is definately sounding like the best way to try and make my start out there. Thanks a lot.

Not allergic to any animals I've ever met. Not allergic to dirt either.

Thanks so much for this opportunity!