Just this weekend, I was talking about a friend's ex who was living "off the grid" in NYC. He worked under the table under an assumed name, and sublet his room from the tenant of record. As far as I know, he had no credit, no bank account, nothing in his name.
Willow, check you out! Witch-Fu!
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Nov 07, 2005 8:22:50 am PST #1858 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Nov 07, 2005 8:25:07 am PST #1859 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs, Aimée. I wish you as much peace as is possible. In fact, a little bit more.
Liese S. - Nov 07, 2005 8:26:53 am PST #1860 of 10006
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
On the other hand, I've been getting ready to replace my mislaid SSN card (Tending to the paranoid by nature, I'm sure it's been procured by some wily grafter who will collect millions by absconding with my number.) and it's been ridiculously a) easy and b) circular. Also, because I am my own company, I can generate about half of what I need to in order to establish an identity. I'm tempted to create a whole new person just for the fun of it.
It's kinda scary.
(love to you, Aimée.)
§ ita § - Nov 07, 2005 8:28:33 am PST #1861 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A friend gave me a catalogue which started off about weaponry and useful fighting techniques, and by the end was all "living off the grid" and kinda scary. I wonder if I still have it...if I disappear, it's either due to that, or some stupid fainting thing.
Betsy HP - Nov 07, 2005 8:29:14 am PST #1862 of 10006
If I only had a brain...
Until they make DVDs and Internet access available off the grid, I'm so not interested.
§ ita § - Nov 07, 2005 8:30:57 am PST #1863 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Until they make DVDs and Internet access available off the grid, I'm so not interested.
Who's to say they haven't?
Liese S. - Nov 07, 2005 8:31:09 am PST #1864 of 10006
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It's funny, because out here we're totally going to need to build off the grid when we do, but by that we mostly just mean alternative energy and not munitions grade weapons caches and armoured compounds. Still, when we've been researching, there's almost always some fall-off-the-edge scary stuff.
Liese S. - Nov 07, 2005 8:32:11 am PST #1865 of 10006
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, yeah, but we totally will have to have satellite based internet access. So. Is that a grid? It's infrastructure for sure.
Jesse - Nov 07, 2005 8:32:33 am PST #1866 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There's actually being off the power grid, and then there's all this other stuff, which I like to call "off the grid" but is actually something else...
Until they make DVDs and Internet access available off the grid, I'm so not interested.
I can totally get both of those things without showing ID.
Gudanov - Nov 07, 2005 8:33:26 am PST #1867 of 10006
Coding and Sleeping
Who's to say they haven't?
I hear the off the grid people have their own bearaucracy, professional sports, and refer to us on-gridders as "Guggles".