Yep, post here enough and you get PM rights. I think it's only like 20 posts or something before you do? You know, if you're looking for hippies in real life, you might just take a road trip one weekend. Go to the community forest, hang out around the plaza, most of all stick your hand out and start talking to people. GODSPEED. (which is to say, you're just closer to the southern half of Cali and things ... change a little when you go north)
i've never heard of this place...it sounds amazing though. i dont have a license and im still in school so that causes a few problems with the whole roadtrip plan. but in 2 and a half months ill be graduating and my friend and i are gonna buy a car [hopefully a vw bus] and we are planning on traveling all over california. so when that happens we will definitely check that place out.
Arcata, CA and Eugene, OR are two of the most hippy-friendly towns I can think of. If you haven't been up to Arcata there are a lot of good people there. The town has a community forest and bans all chains/fast-food, so you can already picture what they're going for. It's a small town, a college town, but it is also a central hub for traveling hippies/dreadies, at least it seemed that way when I traveled through. That's a wonderful place to start, I'd think. If you spent a week or two there you'll meet some good people, and HWY 101 is a really beautiful drive.
aw this made me smile. im gonna talk to some people and try to get one of my friends to drive me there. i think if i met more people in real life that are more like me id feel a lot better because i'd know that they are there. that sounds so amazing right now.
ya know what's fun and hippyish? working the Renaissance Faire Circuit. i traveled the Ren Circuit for 7 yrs and i had a blast. i worked the weekends as required selling stuff in craft booths but during the week i made extra money doing piece work so i learned leather work, jewelry making, garland making, hammock weaving and flame working. it can be a hard life sometimes because you're camping out in whatever weather and sometimes the camp ground provided sucks but all in all it was an excellent time in my life. i met a lot of very cool and talented people. the drum jams at some of the faires were beyond compare. you don't need a fancy costume unless you want and can afford one. a poet shirt with a scarf belt, a pair of tights, coolie shoes and a hat is good enough. you can get a job selling in a booth or running a game. the best job to get is the kind that carries over from fair to fair so you don't have to job hunt over and over. don't work the food booths if you can help it. it's best to have your own wheels but if you don't have wheels of your own it's usually easy to catch a ride to the next faire and share the cost of gas. maybe you and your friends could jump on the circuit and travel in the VW van together. doing the Ren Fair Circuit is a good way to see the country while making money in a safe friendly and fun environment. just something to consider.
This summer I want to travel a bit..we really need to. It may not be for long periods of time but it's time to get out of here. I'm really going to work on the driving. We only get to live once, right? -Scarlet
well, first off you must be 18 yrs old. then you get to a fair a week or so before it opens and wander from booth to booth asking for a job. be cheerful and as outgoing as possible. that's all. if you have sales experience make sure to mention that. a little Olde English can be helpful too. some booth owners like for you to greet patrons using Olde English. "How goes it with thee, mi lord, on this fine day?" and such. if you'd prefer to work a game just ask one of the gamers where the boss is. then there's the UGH food booths. if you must work a food booth try to work in a dessert booth or a fruit and veggie stand. the meat booths are hot, greasy and unpleasant to work in. if all this fails you can do "break work". which is you go around to single manned booths and carts and ask the person if they need a break person. write out your schedule and be on time. you don't get as much $ because you're only working from like between 11 and 4 but it can be a foot in the door and better than nothing in a pinch. do a google search for a list of where and when faires are going on. it's been awhile for me and sites and timings change so i'm not sure anymore which faires are coming up. when i was on the circuit the Georgia show would be my next destination right now (having come from Arizona) and then came Colorado after Colorado came Michigan or Minnasota then the Texas Ren Fest. most fairs run 6 to 8 weeks. Huzzah and good luck! i hope you find your way onto the Circuit and become a Rennie for awhile. being a Rennie is kind of a special thing to be.
I felt the same way a while ago. After pretty much giving up on finding a certain type of person to talk about my ideas and beliefs with, I found them. Don't try and look for them. If you are meant to find them, you will. =]
whoa. this sounds so crazy. it reminds me of a book series that i read that was the one book i wanted to escape into. thank you so much for all the information i really appreciate it! i'm kinda sad that i'd have to be 18 though because im only 17 and moving out in like 2 and a half months [still age 17] and my mom isnt too fond of that plan and she might try to find me and it would be easier to not be found if i was traveling this circut. but i suppose ill just have to wait until im 18. this sounds so fun though!
awww yeah, i forgot that you mentioned you're 17 in your original post. none the less, keep the Ren Fests in mind as your 18th b-day approaches. PS. please don't be be cruel and make your Mom suffer with worry. call her or send her a post card at least once a week. okay?
yea i will. i talked to my friend about it today and she is interested as well so when we're 18 we will most definitely try to be a part of that. and since im moving out at age 17 i cant really tell my mom where i am without her calling the cops and making me come back. if she had it her way i would be locked in my room for the rest of my life. im graduating a year early from high school in order to be able to travel and experience things. im honestly not trying to hurt her and i feel really bad and thats gonna be the hardest part about leaving [even though she and i dont really get along] she will try to make me feel bad because she knows everything makes me feel bad but i cant let her stop me from going out and living my life. thats my new years resolution, to stop living my life for other people and start living for myself and doing the things i want to do rather than trying to please everyone else all the time. but once im 18 i will definitely be keeping in touch with her. even if shes super mad at me.
I used to feel like that, I was the child that was closest to her (although we fight almost daily) and found that she was not stopping me from doing things, but did try to discourage me so that i would stay closer to home. It was hard to go and I never wanted to hurt her, but I have to live my life the way I want to. But I went through a stage where I hatred displeasing anyone and found myself changing who I was just so others were happy. It's not good.
up until this last year all i ever did was change myself so that others would be happy. but then one of my friends pointed out to me that in the end, I'M the one who has to live with myself and my decisions for the rest of my life. not anyone else. if i do something to please someone they will most likely have forgotten about it a week later. but ill been the one dealing with it forever. so thats what really made me realize that pleasing others was not the most important thing. im really over emotional and have a huge conscience so the SMALLEST things make me feel awful and my mom knows this so she uses it to make me feel bad in order to make me stay. but i cant even tell if shes doing it cause she wants me here or if shes doing it because she gets child support from my dad up until the time i move out. shes kinda materialistic and she loves money more than anything else in the whole world.
