Okay, so, I don’t really care about the band Jane’s Addiction, but, when I saw this article, I couldn’t help thinking of another Jane’s Addiction.
I wasn’t always living the high life of a celebrity gossip blogger. Once upon a time, I was a poor college student, living with my boyfriend and another guy in the fabulous Broadway Park Apartments in Tempe, Arizona. Did I mention we were poor? We ate, like, mac and cheese and potatoes every night. And slept until 3 pm and never went to class. And the apartment complex was a shit-hole. Granted, this was like eight years ago, but I think the rent on a two-bed, two-bath at the time was something like $450, and we were splitting it three ways, and it still felt like a financial stretch at the time. The apartment above us was always being rented out to people from “transitional” homes, who would get drunk and pee off their balcony, onto ours, at all hours of the night. There were seriously, like, gangs of small children who roamed the grounds, their parents all working two or three jobs, and we pretty much fed them and threw their birthday parties. And I’m talking, like, three-year-old kids. Just wandering around the complex, unsupervised and hungry. My boyfriend’s name was Jeremy, and the littlest ones couldn’t pronounce it, so they called him “Wammy,” and the nickname sticks to this day. They’d just show up on our patio in small groups and wait for us to come outside to smoke a cigarette, at which point we’d always ask them if they were hungry, and they’d nod, and we’d give them something really healthy, like a Snickers bar.
Anyway, our next-door neighbor was a porn star. Her name was Jane. And she had a porn website called janes-addiction.com, which is still around, but it doesn’t feature her anymore. My boyfriend called her “Naked Neighbor.” At the time, I actually did some web design work for her, but never posed (although the offer was repeatedly extended). Jane was actually a really sweet, really cool chick, and I tried to get in touch with her several years ago, but never heard back. I have no idea what she’s up to now. I sincerely hope she’s found her way out of porn. But whenever I hear about Jane’s Addiction, the band, I think about Naked Neighbor and those good old days of college poverty.
The point is: Jane’s Addiction is getting back together. For one show, on April 23. In case you care.
well i care a lot more about janes addiction than i do about all that crap.
and it never ”dawned” on you to call cps?? cool. poverty is cool when you are in college
then go away nodda-
It did occur to us to call CPS, many times. We agonized over it. But the kids weren’t being abused, just kind of neglected, and I tend to be of the opinion that, in the absence of physical or sexual abuse, kids are better off with their parents than thrown into the foster care system. So in the end we decided not to call.
ok. must of been hard though. Hope they are okay now… as 11 or 12 yr olds. That is just the saddest story. I bet when you have your children one day (infact, you will feel this way) you will be sickened how any one can just let their 3 year old wander around… and this was just 8 years ago. yikes. like your site. thanks for claryifying
I had no idea about the high life of a celebrity gossip blogger,but I would like to know more of that
I know about hardship and suffering, so I’d rather read the good stuff
for some reason I find the jane’s addiction guy oddly sexy. Nice mouth….
There are kids like that all across the country – I called them street urchins where I used to live. CPS would be (even more) overwhelmed if they tried to fix all the less-than-ideal homes, & frankly they don’t try. If the children speak of physical/sexual abuse or show visible signs of it, if they are being left home alone at night or for extended periods, you call CPS.
Otherwise, you do what the Beet did – what you can.
dont assume or decide for yourself. just call. never more so than now do we need to be good neighbors.
if you need further encouragement, google “nixzmary brown”.
Oh, have heard of his name for long. But didn’t know himself. He did a great job in this music. I know his songs are widely welcome at the interracial dating club M i x e d F r i e n d s .c o m. Many girls love it very much.
I like the direction your site has been going. I like the rants and ramblings. I’m starting to get bored of these celebrity blogs because I’m realizing I’m caring less and less but this site I still come to because of your sidebars.
I wanna stick my clitoris into his little mouth. Ha!
Sounds a bit like what I deal with every weekend, there are kids around my house who are always unsupervised, running amok all over the grounds, but somehow they all end up at my house, calling me “Mom” and looking all parched and hungry. So I stock up on grocery store brand diet caffeine free soda and chips and popsicles and send them on their way with a little something. It’s tragic that people don’t care more about their kids – and these parents are usually at home just ignoring their kids. You did a good thing Beet – you sacrificed when you were in a bad place too.
OMG, Beet. This is my exact situation right now. Except my next door neighbor is a pimp and I hate the mom of the 12 kids that roam around so much that I can’t force myself to care about their well being.
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