Two bloggers united by Twitter might sound a bit cliché by now, but it's not, seeing as they both happen to also be homeless. Blogger Matt Barnes helps run Homeless Tales and Street Voices -- both online projects dedicated to giving voices to homeless people around the globe -- as well as tweets about his own experiences living on the streets. As he was sifting through a slew of tweets in a search related to the homeless, he came across the first online 140 character uttering by Twitter user, tGGtH -- or Brianna, a blogger who writes for The Girl's Guide to Homelessness. Matt became her first follower and quickly fell head-over-heels in love with the blogger he found to be "engaging and witty," not to mention was dealing with many of the same issues he dealt with daily. I'll let you read the rest of Matt and Brianna's story over at Homeless Tales, but let's just say that I have a renewed love for Twitter and you should too.
- link:// Homeless Tales (his)
- link:// The Girl's Guide to Homelessness (hers)
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- images:// From jess.bryan on Flickr and Twitterbirds
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6.17.09
By pdgrovebaskets
These people are homeless, yet they can afford the electronics in order to twitter? Something sounds funny here. I would think cell phones and computers and everything else would go if one were homeless. Maybe being homeless in the 21st century isn't what it used to be.
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6.17.09
By Steph
Well, there are these things called libraries. They have computers. And just because one is homeless, does not mean they dont have any friends or family. Sometimes people dont have the means to take care of their own, unfortunately.
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6.17.09
By Kathy
I'm going to agree with pdgrovebaskets on this one! I'm fairly certain that if I end up homeless, I won't be at the library Twittering away about it. I might be there using the computer to look for a job, or a place to stay, or look up an old friend....but Twittering about my experience of being homeless??? Give me a break!
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6.17.09
By Meg
maybe they should be online searching for jobs instead of on twitter.
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6.17.09
By Joyce
Why make fun of people? You have no clue what they have been through...... You don't know the whole story just a tid bit geesh......
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6.17.09
By Mandy
Just because one is homeless does not mean that they do not have jobs. And for some people a phone is required for their job. Like mine for instance. I am a in home caregiver, my cell is a requirement for my job. And their being homeless does not mean anything negative towards them, does not mean they are bad people in any sort of the way. And I would like to know why it is that so many people think they have the right to judge others. Who gave you that right? Do you know that many of our service memebers who make sure that you and me are safe end up homeless. We actucally have military homeless shelters in this country. Does it mean that they are bad people? No it doesn't it means that they have hit hard times and they may need some help or someone to just believe in them instead of talk down to them. Maybe they no longer know how to deal with their reality and need someone to help guide them in the right direction. Regaurdless what the reason is there is a reason and it is not yours nor my givin right to judge anyone kathy and pdgrovebaskets
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6.17.09
By Benjamin
READ THE ARTICLE BEFORE YOU POST
For the people asking how they could get online access PUBLIC LIBRARIES OFFER INTERNET ACCESS FOR FREE....WHO SAID YOU HAD TO HAVE A HOME OR A JOB TO GO INSIDE A PUBLIC LIBRARY ?!?!?!?!?!?!
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6.17.09
By Bill
My wife and I met at New Horizons homeless shelter in 1989. We got married in the shelter's Day Room. Been happily married ever since. Together we worked our way out and up. But it would have been unheard of to be playing with electronics looking for love when we had all we could do to just survive day to day.
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6.17.09
By lnrdtmr
well i would have to agree to both sides because yea if i was homeless i would try to find a job but you can,t get a job unless you have a place to live and a phone and if you have a phone any kinda a phone or a place to live even if it is a freinds place your not homeless you are struggling but not homeless. as for as military beening homeless there are some and yea the went over to fight for the so called right that we so called have and so called safety. they do deserve better like a goverment with a heart to make sure they had homes. it,s not they can,t find homes it,s just the gov fucks their head up makes them fight for this so called country and throws them out like trash. i give our soldiers credit for fighting for us cause god knows they are busting ass over there just to come back here to our own people fighting each other. what exactly are they fighting for? are safety plz our kids can,t even go outside without being shot. our freedom of speech plz you say anything and your either racist or threating someone.free to live plz is that why so many people are losing there homes and lives.i don,t know if anyone knows this are they aree fighting against us our own against us.has anyone wondered why neighbors fighting, colors,fighting,genders fighting. come on. have you thought maybe the military is homeless too is cause why live with family or freinds when they are doing the same shit they just got done dealing with for years of their lifes. they had to deal with the bullshit there just to deal with it here i too would rather be homeless and alone.i came from a family of 9 people who fought in all levels of war. the point is you cant blame eighter side yea if you are homless you should wind a place not love cause you would not be stable enough to have a relationship. and where would they have sex?ON the beach ,on the sidewalks,benches,if he has money to get a motel room you aren,t broke. and if she is homeless too what happens if she got pregnant then what who pays.if they had famliy and freinds then they wouldn,t be considered homeless.
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6.17.09
By Moe
Wish them the best of all life has to offer.
They found found eachother
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6.17.09
By Mel
People become homeless for many reasons. No one know what it's like unless you've been there. I wish them happiness forever.
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6.17.09
By Frankie
Geeez, I own a home, I have a good job, some say I'm not too hard on the eye, I pay 49 bucks a month for a website searching for a soul mate (when I don't have anything better to do) and now I find out I can fall in love simply by tossing it all to the wind. I'm actually happy for these folks. I think I need a life.
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6.17.09
By AL
There by the grace of God go I. Yes, it is hard enough to find love these days. I'm glad these two have found love, no matter how it was found. And to those who have nothing to do, but knock these two loving people, when's the last time you found true love? Was the "love" you found strictly a physical thing, material thing? True Love is such a rarity these days. Perhaps those knocking these two love birds are doing so because they haven't found it yet, and are jealous. It seems today a relationship is kept together by cash, fancy car, big house, and other MATERIAL things? Don't knock true love until you've found it. Life can be lonely enough, let alone homeless and lonely and cashless.
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6.17.09
By Karen
Great now we can support two for the price of one yea right. If you are homeless then you don't have friends and family or at least they don't want anything to do with you. These two have the time and funds to play lets hookup on twitter yet they can't clean up and find a job.
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6.17.09
By sa
well this is unforetunetly crazy.numbero 1 bombs can not afford a special source of computers.
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6.17.09
By Karine
On goodie - how romantic - they now can share a park bench
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6.17.09
By Carla
In all your ways, acknowledge him and he shall direct your paths. Sometimes circumstances make things like love seem impossible...but with him all things are possible! God was definetly in that love story.
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6.17.09
By twofreethinkers
Some of you people are such jerks. I was actually homeless for a while when my boyfriend dumped me and kicked me out (lease in his name). I had a pretty good job, but nothing saved up to pay for deposit/first months rent, electric hookup, etc. It didn't last long, but I still had to stay in a shelter until I could find some suitible (and safe) living arrangements. I had purposely cut myself off from all of my former friends (bad crowd), so I had no one to turn to for help. Stop assuming that everyone who is homeless is a dead-beat loser with no job or ambition.
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6.17.09
By twofreethinkers
By the way, for those of you who are not inclined to actually do a little 'homework' before you pass judgement on people, heres a little bio info on the gentleman mentioned in this story: "Following the breakdown of his marriage he found himself saddled with a mortgage he could no longer afford and once this was compounded by illness and loss of his long-term employment, foreclosure soon followed."
Wow! What a bum. Let's take him out and shoot him.
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6.17.09
By Apples
For the ignorants at heart...Homeless people have access to some technology still, if they look in the right places. Some shelters offer job placement assistance, with computers and internet access, and many will go as far as to help individuals obtain cell phones. Many shelters also charge a daily or weekly fee -- not all homeless shelters are free. I know, I used to be homeless and lived in three different shelters with three children over the course of 2 years and I had a $50 weekly payment to make for the 4 of us or we'd end up in the worst of the shelters or on the street. Thank God they helped me get a job and set up a savings plan. There are many different ways that shelters offer help. Some people take it, many others choose not to. It's all up the individual how they will handle the situation and get out of that potential cycle.
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