Comforts Of Home. Ahhh

I enjoyed the holiday "Thanksgiving Feast" with family for a month. It feels good to get out of that truck campershell and be in a house, even if it is to sleep on a couch. I will be leaving in a couple days to go back out but at least i will be refreshed and hopefully find work. Been thinking about going to work for a fence company, After all it goes in with my master builder plan for my own home. *Grin*


I spent Halloween at the hospital from a stomach flu and was diagnosed as a diabetic but as long as i take my oral medication and watch my diet i should be fine.

I really miss talking to alicatpurr, i hope we can get back to talking again. i been enjoy reading her blog.

Alone, with a better understanding of self.

After getting my truck broke into and my 100.00 dollar radio stolen, I decided to leave the area for a while. I went and visited my family for 3 weeks which was little more than they would of liked... One of the reasons i haven't posted in a while. I learned after that, most people who are homeless are criminals with records and can't find a job and the daily pay slave pools only feed into that by not paying them or working them.. On a good note, i no longer associate with homeless people.. They are worth more trouble than they are worth.. I have heard to many awful stories to allow myself to be subjected to that..

About the living conditions.. They have gotten alot better now that i purchased a Mr Heater. it runs off 1 lb propane and on low setting all night long lasts 6 hrs i usually use up 2 lbs a night.
Been real comfy now that purchased it.. Well worth the 100 dollar spent even if it did break me.. lol..

Ike passes through, me unscathed

We'll Ike came through my town and besides the high winds and light rain lasting all night, I made it just fine. I'm glad Ike was more bark than bite, because i was nervous in it.

It's 1:30 pm now and the sun is shining and this sunday i feel is gonna be a short day. I'm not saying i'm not going to enjoy it's just going to be short that's all.

For every one that just started to read my blog, i am going to backtrack alittle and tell every one how a tent in a campershell started. About 2 years after i got my truck, i started to research camping alternatives. I knew from experience that sleeping in a tent was not the ideal comfortable solution when camping, with cold moist ground making your tent floor cold as well as the high cold drafts and winds blowing through the tent fabric or even uprooting your tent stakes. So I decided to think of a way to camp comfortably and i had seen campers on the back of pickup trucks and so i decided that was the answer. Making my truck into a mobile house camper. I did extensive research on it from thinking of buying one used to actually finding plans on the internet to buy and build my own, But the more i looked into it the less promising it became and i learned 3 problems i would face. The first major problem was i wanted a camper sitting on the bed of my truck with all the amenemities ex: shower, toilet, fridge, microwave, tv, ect.. ect.. ect.. and with every thing i wanted came at a price and that was weight. My half ton pick up truck would not be able to carry the camper around full time without stripping the transmission or wearing out the engine not to mention breaking an axle. My half ton would just not be able to handle all that weight and i did not want to buy another 3/4 ton or 1 ton vehicle so i decided to use my existing campershell and figure out a way to make it livable without a shower or built in toilet so that is what i did. The other major obstacles was the getting outside every time to move the truck as well as security and fire saftey issues with the door being on the back of the bed of the truck and the last major obstacle was that it was not stealth carrying a big camper on the bed of a truck everyone knows your living in it and parking stays would be short lived with the police present. Anyway so i took my campershell and examined it and the bed of my truck it was all rusted and i noticed a gap between my the bed of my truck the tailgate.. i was like omg snake spider and mostly mosquitoes could get in so i was like i have to figure out a way to keep the pests out and eventually the tent inside a camper shell was born not only did it have screens to ward off mosquitoes and pests but it would make a nice interior room inside my hard cover fiberglass and campershell. I never knew if it was going to work because most tents require stakes and there was no way i could stake tent pegs in the metal floor of my bed but when i set it up outside and shoved it in the bed of my truck i knew then i didnt need stake the tent poles had enough tension to keep everything formed and thats how the tent was born in a campershell.. :)

Ike is almost Here !! Gas Prices suck! 4.00 a Gallon

Well, its 4:00 pm now and its getting dark from ike moving through. Should be getting some rain and hopefully no flooding or tornadoes, still don't think its gonna be as bad as Texas. My camper truck is gonna safely be parked under sometype of roof havent deciced what yet because of the leak. I also need to clean it out, wipe it down with paper towels and bleach and spray disenfectant in it, just as soon as i find my disinfectant. lol. The Tent is lopsided now in my campershell and im not really concerned about it as long as the top part stays up. I have all the windows covered with fabric ex. blankets, towels, and the back glass is covered with 2 suction type shower hooks and a metal mop handle that i broke off and made into curtain rod. The curtains is 2 panels that i bought at Walmart for my apt before i moved out. Mly campershell has inside it water bottles, gatorade bottle or piss bottle, air conditioner that i cant nor will ever use till next summer, a microwave that will only work when im at a campsite, and a portable bucket toilet with scented garbage bags in it for emergencies only. I usually cook my foods at convient stores or hospitals and my showers are usually done at truck stops. I would much rather prefer a camper van or even a conversion or cargo van but right now that is so far off financially that i cant even imagine it. I have been a vandweller enthusiast for 1 year now and i have learned alot about road side vehicles from pick up campers to Vans to Trailers and i think vans would suite my needs and situation very well. But, this truck camper shell will have to do untill i can get a decent steady job.

What have i been up to if i haven't been working that much you ask ? LoL We'll good question the last few days i have been checking out dvds at the library and watching them as well as reading books on Wi-Fi, Wardriving, Netstumbler and Job Hunting.

I watched this one dvd called "Alone in the Woods" with Dick Promeneke. It showed how he moved to alaska and built his own cabin out of spruce wood with only bare tools in 1968 and how he lived up there for 20 something years living off the land. It reminded me of another Blog Hobostripper who lives in Alaska where she talks about how much better it is to live there than the States. The movie made me feel like a boy with freedom. I dont think Dick Promeneke ever bought his land just moved on it and built there. Pure Heaven to me if i could stand the cold tempatures.

I also read a good book entitled "What Color is your Parachute" by Richard Nelson Bolles. The book was published in 2002 and it really had some great excersises in finding the skills you need to really have that career you always wanted. Very practical and Goal orientied not like some of the other boring job hunting books. I still havent finished reading it but i think i will buy it the first chance i get.

Ambient music can really bring a nice calm state of mind..

Sorry for the long post everyone, I am not really good at grammar or writing. So i have not posted lately. I have had so much that has been going on with me that all the bad stuff worked itself out and the rest just became a faded blur.

I have been sleeping really well in the camper now that it has turned cool. The fiberglass really blocks out the wind nicely, as for the rain i have been fortunate enough to park under a overpass and that has sheltered me from the rain scince my fiberglass campershell had been leaking..

Anyway, I have been invited to the rainbow gathering in Thayer, Mo. I really want to go, but right now with all the rain this last week it has put a damper on my finances. The good news is the gathering isn't untill October so i have plenty time to save.

I went and seen the X-file movie at the theatres, it was disappointing. The movie's plot was not even remotely original and it didn't even tie in with the first movie, Neverless i went, what a waste of money...

On a good note, i remember going to http://wwww.hos.com/ and really liking there music programs they have, and on sunday they let you listen free. So i powered up my laptop and scince its sunday, i have really been chilling and relaxing to the atmospheric ambient music. A bowl of light is the program i listened to, I highly recommend it.. Anyway, going to get something to eat at the homeless shelter.

Worked Today, Short Post.

I worked today delivering chemicals to businesses.. Feels great to work.. Tommorrow will be different work.. Hope it will be inside job..

Cant have the Good without the Bad..

Well, i've been contemplating on when to write the next post. I had a chance to go to a club this weekend and although i enjoyed the music and just getting out to be around other people was ok, it just seemed every one was so distant i never felt like i could really get to know any of these people.. I really hoped i could find a girlfriend or connect on some level but i just think girls are to scared to even give guys a chance or to into themselves.. Anyway, i went back sunday night and the place was almost empty so i had some yager drinks chatted alittle bit and left.. anyway, so im thinking your going out your at least trying have to give you props for that and i get into the town where my sleeping spot is and the cops are out bad like 2 cops have one person pulled over in the morning and one cop was on a side street waiting and pulls out when i come on the on ramp. i was surely thinking he was behind me.. so i decide to park in a lighted spot around a whole bunch of other cars luckily he wasnt behind me and i waited a good 45 mins waiting for something to happen all they did was sit there and watch me so after an hour and a cpl more sirens going off in the distant i just go to sleep...I wasn't drunk nor was i carrying anything illegal or smoking dope it was just the idea of being hassled with.. it stresses me out and nerves me alittle bit. its been quiet here for at least a good 2 months maybe im overreacting but they do have their cycles and times just like i do.. I just got to stay alert and dont panic.. So, in trying to have fun, i get stressed out,the Good and the Bad i guess.. I'm still not giving up on female companionship.. Being homeless can really make you want a woman in your life to almost feel human again. I miss the little things..

Zip Dee Do Dah and the zipper is broke "Down by the river."

Ha Ha Ha I loved that skit by Chris Farely on "SnL" anyway, laughing at something that has gone wrong can really help your sense of self.. So here's the jest of it, my zipper broke on my tent that zips up my screen for mosquitoes. Now mind you, I was pretty upset but when you have tried for hours on end to fix it and it just wont budge only to make it worse, then its time to quit and just think "that it's not all lost" you can come back at another time with needle nose pliers and pry open the jaws to reset it. If the mosquitos get to bad then i will just use my other flap on the tent that zips up.

Little bit by Little Bit

Today is the day i create my blog. I have been living in the bed of my truck for 5 months now with no air conditioner or creature comforts. The heat has been exhausting and i usually try to find a building with ac unit and stay there as long as i can.