Sub 3 - The Boo Box

Or as it began in December 2009, "The Menstrual Mansion". The running joke that 2 guys vs. 4 girls was ...

Two friends, Shannon Kerrigan and myself decide to rent this big ole' house together a street over from mom, live with other friends, and try and create some incarnation of community living and event organizing under one roof. A big yellow aluminum siding-covered box.

A housewarming party just after the years cross-over 2009/2010 and from then on thru the near end of 2012 it hosted anything from theatre, to potlucks, music from folk to dance to harsh noise, movie nights, birthday parties, fake restaurants, mini workshops, clothing swaps, sleepovers and more.

Sometimes between Shannon and I we think we could pull together donated and purchased music from all sorts of people who've come through the house and put together some kind of mix tape. Maybe we'll manage to make a big list, or schedule of who has played or come through these past 3 years.

House mates turnover, streamers go up and get torn down, you're listed on DODIY.com as a fun loving venue, and then you're not. A "house" or a "home" can be anything you want it to be. It's fun to share your home with others. Hosting strangers moving through town is the next best thing to traveling and meeting new people and making friends. 

We made it our project, Shanny moved out and then out to Seattle and it won't ever be the same. It sits in my life currently, a museum of creaky floorboards, party streamers, paper flowers, LP sleeves, upcycled-decorative-broken electronics, cats, vhs tapes, mis-matched tupperware and broken instruments. The storm of feet seems to have passed unlike our faux sky of home depot plastic, flowers, and branches.

When do we move on?