How to live Off-Grid

dunkman

inmytree wrote:

Stuff white people like #96

cutting and pasting list items from Stuff White People Like

fanch75

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

when I want new fiction, I can write my own.

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/21-writers-workshops/

"Stuff White People Like"

#21 Writer’s Workshops
January 23, 2008 by clander

It’s no secret. White people want to be writers. Why wouldn’t they? Work 10 hours a week from a country house in Maine or England. Get called a genius by other white people, and maybe get your book made into a film.

Every single white person harbors this dream. No matter what they tell you, all of them have at least one chapter of a novel stashed away somewhere.

Being a marginally crafty race, white people will often seek out every possible route to achieving this goal, and one of the most popular methods has been writers workshops.

These are expensive mini go-to-school type vacations. Where you talk with a published writer (often someone you haven’t heard of, but they have a book on Amazon) who will tell you how they became writers. If there is time, they will listen to you read your stuff and tell that you it’s good but it needs work on a) structure, b) characters, c) dialogue. Then they will collect their check and go back to their country house or studio apartment in New York.

chromiam

fanch75 wrote:

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/21-writers-workshops/

"Stuff White People Like"

#21 Writer’s Workshops
January 23, 2008 by clander

It’s no secret. White people want to be writers. Why wouldn’t they? Work 10 hours a week from a country house in Maine or England. Get called a genius by other white people, and maybe get your book made into a film.

Every single white person harbors this dream. No matter what they tell you, all of them have at least one chapter of a novel stashed away somewhere.

Being a marginally crafty race, white people will often seek out every possible route to achieving this goal, and one of the most popular methods has been writers workshops.

These are expensive mini go-to-school type vacations. Where you talk with a published writer (often someone you haven’t heard of, but they have a book on Amazon) who will tell you how they became writers. If there is time, they will listen to you read your stuff and tell that you it’s good but it needs work on a) structure, b) characters, c) dialogue. Then they will collect their check and go back to their country house or studio apartment in New York.

Forgot that part

fanch75

Thank you, Chrom. I agree, that ties in with the OP. Well done.

dunkman

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

I bought this yesterday and it has changed my life.

at this point i would have thought you were trying to munch through a raw cabbage whilst weaving a jumper out of old bits of wood?

i wont expect a reply as i'm sure you're far too busy constructing solar panels out of discarded sunglasses and distilling your own urine to drink.

juliefer

I have an aunt and uncle who are currently building some sort of sustainable home and aiming to live off grid in a few years. They also have friends who are almost finished their home (which my aunt helped design) and they have a website, here:

http://www.islandnet.com/~anngord/index.html

*edit* i admit, they're pretty hardcore, but it is an example of what can be done by regular people, anyway. *end edit*

it has pics of the whole building process, it's pretty cool.

Another book that's not really on the same topic, but I liked, and it fits in with the idea of trying to consume less, is The Ultimate Cheapskate's Roadmap to True Riches. That's a good one, sounds goofy, but it had some good practical ideas in it.

fanch75

dunkman wrote:

at this point i would have thought you were trying to munch through a raw cabbage whilst weaving a jumper out of old bits of wood?

I'm connected via telepathy. This off-grid thing ain't bad at all.

decides2dream

juliefer wrote:

I have an aunt and uncle who are currently building some sort of sustainable home and aiming to live off grid in a few years. They also have friends who are almost finished their home (which my aunt helped design) and they have a website, here:

http://www.islandnet.com/~anngord/index.html

*edit* i admit, they're pretty hardcore, but it is an example of what can be done by regular people, anyway. *end edit*

it has pics of the whole building process, it's pretty cool.

Another book that's not really on the same topic, but I liked, and it fits in with the idea of trying to consume less, is The Ultimate Cheapskate's Roadmap to True Riches. That's a good one, sounds goofy, but it had some good practical ideas in it.

i really, really enjoy reading about sustainable living and such. it IS amazing what so many can do! and a LOt of things ARe quite doable....but at the same time, a lot of it is prohibitvely expensive for the average person to pull off as well. i don't think i could, nor would want to, live entirely 'off grid'.....i enjoy the city and my present lifestyle far too much. however, i have, and will continue to do....more to not be so wasteful or a massive consumer, etc. i will probably always be in the baby steps category. anbd as much as i would like to buy all organic, all free trade, etc.....again...it's sooo expensive! it sucks really, b/c unless more people do, it will always remain so expensive...vicious cycle, etc. i find it expensive enough try to eat as healthfully as i can. it's difficult to truly *balance* it all......but i/we try.