Living Secluded, Alone and Totally Isolated (Palmer, Metlakatla: work, guide, friend)

[CometVoyager]

I have read about some who choose to live totally isolated from any human contact for no less than 9 months out of the 12 month year.

Has anyone met anyone who has done this?

Has anyone tried this? Would appreciate your feedback on how you stored food and over all adaptation.

[Metlakatla]

Yes, I did that once because of a hairdresser that had been under the influence of crack when she butchered my hair. It wasn't exactly nine months but I did stay secluded for quite some time until it grew out again. My friends would leave groceries and blueberry vodka for me on the porch and I bought a lot of stuff on e-bay to pass the time.

[ASpilot2be]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

Yes, I did that once because of a hairdresser that had been under the influence of crack when she butchered my hair. It wasn't exactly nine months but I did stay secluded for quite some time until it grew out again. My friends would leave groceries and blueberry vodka for me on the porch and I bought a lot of stuff on e-bay to pass the time.

Over your hair?

[Metlakatla]

Pilot2be--it was almost a mullet

I had little choice.

[Barkingowl]

You could've been queen of the Palmer fair Met.

[Wandering Mind]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

Pilot2be--it was almost a mullet

I had little choice.

Mullets Galore

which one did it look like? some may excuse isolation, some may not

[Metlakatla]

WanderingMind--I cannot click that linky. I am sorry for that, but I am still in quasi mullet induced trauma and I am afraid that the very sight of one would send me back into seclusion.

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

WanderingMind--I cannot click that linky. I am sorry for that, but I am still in quasi mullet induced trauma and I am afraid that the very sight of one would send me back into seclusion.

It would've been worse if you'd emerged looking like Pippi Longstocking.

[warptman]

Mullets around the room.

[Metlakatla]

Anyway, to get back to the OP's questions:

Metlakatla's guide to living in seclusion for a few months while your hair grows out:


1. The most important thing to have during this time is the internet TV isn't necessary at all. In fact, television is to be avoided because a lot of the people on it tend to have good hair.

2. The second most important thing -- and I hate to say it because I dislike using them--is a telephone. But that existence of that telephone has to depend on whether or not the closest liquor store has a cool clerk; the sort of clerk to whom you can explain that you really cannot be seen in public and would they mind terribly leaving a bottle of blueberry vodka on the step around back and you'll leave the cash under the porch...

3. Hair clips in order to put your hair up so as not to experience too much almost-mullet induced angst.

4. A solidly solvent Pay-Pal account. E-Bay can do wonders for a woman in seclusion.

5. Friends who don't mind the occasional drop off of a care package.

6. A fairly decent supply of weed and a good pipe in working order. It's best to stock up on this before you get a haircut in the event that it goes wrong and you can't leave your cabin for awhile.

7. Lot of black tea.