oh yeah, and learn how to shine shoes really well. i did it for other people (ironed shirts too) and got money out of it. one of the (eh, i forget what they were called) ... he was a BM1... made me iron a whole bunch of peoples shirts because we had an inspection and i did it better than other people. you don't in as much trouble if you have a good skill.

and about associating with people. i'd find the other people that like to stay quiet. i made a couple friends in there, but we were all quiet people.