Poverty

As with every Saturnalia holiday, the entire day was spent at the den of consumerism (read: shopping mall) in Kahala. The focus was on extended loitering as required by the homeless life-style. A total of six hours was spent there with a brief excursion (about 1.25 hours) to town and back on the bus. Coffee, a smoothie snack, and dinner were courtesy the fast food joint.

Typical Holiday Hottie

Overall, a miserable experience. What made the event even more fatiguing was the realization that I would be doing that (i.e., loitering) daily once I am homeless. And, yes, the homeless were everywhere (i.e., highly visible) all day. The Saturnalia holiday allowed them the luxury of leisurely loitering anywhere.

Silence, Little Lamb!

There's not much more that I can do. Even if I had a wage slave job, I would not fork out $1,200 per month for a substandard rental studio apartment. I would also have to pay for utilities. And, I have no furniture, no cookware, no small appliances, nothing. To regain some semblance of a mediocre "standard of living," lots more money would be flowing out of my bank account. That's totally unacceptable.