After three weeks of no work from the temp agencies, and after not having a real job for a very long time, I got hired yesterday by a cell-phone tech-support company! I've had so many rejections over the last two years that I'm still in shock.
Of course I might get evicted before I actually get paid, and end up back in the homeless shelter, but I don't think that's going to happen; and even if it does it's only a minor setback now, and wouldn't last more than a month or two.
Anyway, it's good news for me, and before I know it I'll have my computer upgrades and be good for SH4 (and 5).
Woohoo!