Stickboy goes Into the Wild

NY PJ1

V V wrote:

holidays are completely different, they are just a rest.
do you know him ?
i only ask cos if you do then it did take much reading between the lines to know he was very unhappy in life, it takes more then a holiday to fix it.

i hear what u say about following the move, but dont think its like that, the way i see it, he has nothing, in with bad ppl in miami no family to really turn to back in NY things are to hard so why not just hit the rd and try to make a new life.

totally hear ya,,but it would be better to have some type of plan no?

not just start biking w/ nothing

save alittle money and move somewhere and start fresh

what is he gonna do ? or eat? or wash? i mean its becoming a bum
where is he sleeping? in the street i presume

genie

V V wrote:

yeah but whats so wrong with that?

he's not sleeping in the door way beging for money !

maybe i'm going to sound a little silly, but

Can he hunt? will he be able to gather wild fruits and mushrooms?

SPEEDY MCCREADY

so if i just picked up and left.....

left my girl....
left my family......
left my job.......
just disappeared.........

im pretty sure my friends wouldnt be too "impressed" with me....

in fact im pretty sure they would just consider me an asshole........

harmless_little_f***

Wow... pretty exciting

LOL

I wondered if this would happen.

Just wait. After I've seen it:

'Harmless has been so inspired by ITW that he's hopped on a coach in his wheelchair and is half way up the M25.'

genie

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

so if i just picked up and left.....

left my girl....
left my family......
left my job.......
just disappeared.........

im pretty sure my friends wouldnt be too "impressed" with me....

in fact im pretty sure they would just consider me an asshole........

yeah, but not everyone's got a family or commitments..........like me for example the only one person i will worry about if i ever go away is my dad. there is no one else in the world i give a shit about.....not my boyfriend, and not my friends

Heineken Helen

NY PJ1 wrote:

do u reallyu think he had this idea b4 the movie ? lets be serious here


i couldnt care less what he does but i think its overkill

and yes speedy i took my bike ...... to the park

well I don't know him personally... never met him, never chatted to him much so I can't speak on his behalf... but is it really that hard to believe that Chris wasn't the first one to come up with the idea? Have you READ the book? It's not an entirely isolated case. People have been leaving civilisation to live in the wild for a long long time. I've read MUCH more interesting books on the topic than into the wild, about people who've done it properly.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

genie wrote:

yeah, but not everyone's got a family or commitments..........like me for example the only one person i will worry about if i ever go away is my dad. there is no one else in the world i give a shit about.....not my boyfriend, and not my friends

do your boyfriend and friends know you dont give a shit about them????

Heineken Helen

V V wrote:

what I do know of him, makes me think he knows his life needs a big change and this type of thing has always appealed and the film just gave him the confedence to make a move which is the big brave thing, making a radical change to your life. its much easyer to carry on going to work and doing the norm.
many many ppl do the gap year/travell around the world for a few months thing now. this was and for some is away of finding themselives. leaving behind the contempory comfortable living , stripping down to the basics and seeing who we are without the distractions of modern life. along with this comes the emotional baggage stuff we lie to ourselvies over and theres no running away from it your demons jump right in your face untill you have faced them and left them behind. the end result a carm and balanced soul ready to cope with sociatys demands.

what Eli is doing may seem irrational and chaotic but its deffinatly curragious and i wish him the best on this amazing life addventure.

Nice post VV

I guess there IS an 'us and them' mentality when it comes to this kinda stuff... some people really really get it, whilst others can't see anything good about it at all

Some people don't see the rat race as being appealing... some people often find more comfort from nature than anything a person has to offer... there are different kinds of people in the world who want different stuff. Why make fun of them for actually going for what they want? Just cos it's not what YOU want? Or could you be a little bit jealous?

Heineken Helen

NY PJ1 wrote:

totally hear ya,,but it would be better to have some type of plan no?

not just start biking w/ nothing

save alittle money and move somewhere and start fresh

what is he gonna do ? or eat? or wash? i mean its becoming a bum
where is he sleeping? in the street i presume

I'm sure he has some kinda plan.

To move somewhere and start fresh isn't what it's all about! Save money? That's not what it's about either... sometimes it can be about denying yourself of what we people think is important... cos quite often that stuff isn't important at all.

why would you presume he'd be living in the street? Do you think he's going to a town?

Heineken Helen

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

so if i just picked up and left.....

left my girl....
left my family......
left my job.......
just disappeared.........

im pretty sure my friends wouldnt be too "impressed" with me....

in fact im pretty sure they would just consider me an asshole........

not everyone's in a relationship...
some people don't get on with their family...
some people are in a thankless job they dont' give a fuck about and vice versa...
if they're REAL friends they'd understand...

and... maybe they already do

genie

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

do your boyfriend and friends know you dont give a shit about them????

no they don't. but i've had shitty, fake friends all my life so i don't care, people just came and went.
As for boyfriend, well before him i had gone out only with one guy for some months and he turned out to be a cunt. my current boyfriend is difficult.

Did you hear how Harmless was treated by his ex? i think it speaks volumes about modern day love. The person who is the closest to you is the one who is going to stab you one day

btw, sorry Harmless to bring you into this.

NY PJ1

Heineken Helen wrote:

I'm sure he has some kinda plan.

To move somewhere and start fresh isn't what it's all about! Save money? That's not what it's about either... sometimes it can be about denying yourself of what we people think is important... cos quite often that stuff isn't important at all.

why would you presume he'd be living in the street? Do you think he's going to a town?

well with no money and no people ,,he isnt sleeping in a hotel ,,so i would presume in the street? or in the woods?

i just think its overkill to do it like that

and lets not forget the kid in the movie died

genie

Heineken Helen wrote:

Or could you be a little bit jealous?

ha! very good point

NY PJ1

genie wrote:

ha! very good point

me? jealous ?


nah i dont have dreams of being a bum

Heineken Helen

NY PJ1 wrote:

well with no money and no people ,,he isnt sleeping in a hotel ,,so i would presume in the street? or in the woods?

i just think its overkill to do it like that

and lets not forget the kid in the movie died

You think!

To some people, it's not overkill, it's the ultimate freedom. Why do things by half? I certainly hope stickboy is more prepared and educated on wild food than Chris was... but it's stickboy's choice to make and I, personally, think it's an admirable one.

Like I said I don't know anything about him at all so I've no idea where he's going to sleep.

genie

Heineken Helen wrote:

it's the ultimate freedom.

shit! Helen, you took the words right out of my mouth :mad:



















ah, it's ok i must be quicker next time

i was just going to say them, that for some people it's not about being a bum but about freedom.

Heineken Helen

genie wrote:

i was just going to say them, that for some people it's not about being a bum but about freedom.

Yep, when did being a bum become the lowest common denominator anyway? the song 'society' certainly makes sense there... because when did all this 'stuff' measure where you fit? Why is it that the less stuff you have, the less of a person you are? The more stuff you have, it just seems to get cluttered

NY PJ1

genie wrote:

shit! Helen, you took the words right out of my mouth :mad:



yea some freedom

















ah, it's ok i must be quicker next time

i was just going to say them, that for some people it's not about being a bum but about freedom.

freedom? but ur not living a good quality lifestyle? its unhealthy to live with nothing

V V

Heineken Helen wrote:

Nice post VV

I guess there IS an 'us and them' mentality when it comes to this kinda stuff... some people really really get it, whilst others can't see anything good about it at all

Some people don't see the rat race as being appealing... some people often find more comfort from nature than anything a person has to offer... there are different kinds of people in the world who want different stuff. Why make fun of them for actually going for what they want? Just cos it's not what YOU want? Or could you be a little bit jealous?

nice post too !

Rygar

NY PJ1 wrote:

freedom? but ur not living a good quality lifestyle? its unhealthy to live with nothing

Not if you go and do it right.

NY PJ1

Heineken Helen wrote:

Yep, when did being a bum become the lowest common denominator anyway? the song 'society' certainly makes sense there... because when did all this 'stuff' measure where you fit? Why is it that the less stuff you have, the less of a person you are? The more stuff you have, it just seems to get cluttered

its life helen

im not saying he's less of a person

fact is he has nothing at all ,,so he is basically a homeless bum

but its his choice so all the best

V V

NY PJ1 wrote:

freedom? but ur not living a good quality lifestyle? its unhealthy to live with nothing

define "good quality of life" ?

NY PJ1

Rygar wrote:

Not if you go and do it right.

how do u do it right ? catching rabbits and washing in a lake ?

SPEEDY MCCREADY

NY PJ1 wrote:

how do u do it right ? catching rabbits and washing in a lake ?

wearing a loincloth and swinging from trees..........

NY PJ1

V V wrote:

define "good quality of life" ?

home food shelter is the simplest form

all im saying is move across the country get a job start fresh and clear ur head

what he did is extreme,, and i dont care what anyone said he is following the movie

im not saying he wasnt thinking of leaving b4 the movie

but a bike and a guitar case with some iteams?? not the best thing for ya

Rygar

NY PJ1 wrote:

how do u do it right ? catching rabbits and washing in a lake ?

If you know what you're doing out there you can stay quite healthy.
Bring a map though, just in case.

patrickredeyes

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

i remember my cousin John and I would set up a tent in his backyard and "go camping"....hehehehehe .... i dont think we ever made it thru the night without coming inside and sleeping.....hehehehehe

talk about "into the wild!!!!!"

Never slept in my backyard as a kid.

I did fall asleep on my freinds driveway the nite b4 I left to live in Germany as a exchange student. No lie the nite b4 we left to fly home from Germany. About 6 or 7 of us went to watch the sun rise over the mountians near Rosenheim. We fell asleep very close to a road but did awake in time to see the sunrise. hehehe Awww memories.

patrickredeyes

Zanne wrote:

What a stoner! =P~~

It was before we discovered the wonderful word of hightimes. lol

Happy Holidays to you btw.

Heineken Helen

NY PJ1 wrote:

freedom? but ur not living a good quality lifestyle? its unhealthy to live with nothing

how do you figure? To me it just seems like the way we were SUPPOSED to live. You said you work what 10.5 hours a day? In the wild, you'd maybe do 4 or 5 HARD work though... but imagine how rewarding it would be to make everything from scratch from natural materials... to deal with nature all the time. Civilisation can just be a little monotonous at times.

Besides you don't have nothing... at the risk of sounding cheesy... you have everything

V V

NY PJ1 wrote:

its life helen

im not saying he's less of a person

fact is he has nothing at all ,,so he is basically a homeless bum

but its his choice so all the best

I think its fine that we see this all differnet but for me

if you have nothing that dosent make you a bum.

i'm starting to wonder if you dislike the PJ songs about these things like Parchutes

"And I won't need

Nothing else
Cause when we're dead
We would've had it all"

well i'm really enjoying this thread but need to go be with my kids and if any of you have watched the ed, sean penn interview with charlie rose, one of the things they say is about this subject making ppl talk and debete sp? and glad to see we have it here.