Volume 1, Chapter 1

Hello world.

Introductions will come later, for now I would like to jump right into my current stream of conciousness.

I am moving into a van!

Is what I would like to say to you. or at least I think that is what I think that I would like. To be sure, I am scrafing my dad's van while he is recovering from surgery for a few days. Explanatory explanation: "Scrafing" is a word that I made up meaning that I am borrowing my dad's van. To scrafe is to borrow. According to dictionary.com the word is not yet defined. Apparently dictionary.com has not read the sentence preceding the sentence preceding this sentence.

As I am feeling kind of like a wank for using confusing sentences and made up words I will soothe myself here by saying that I do not expect anyone to be reading this blog at any time. Rather it is a place for me to organize my thoughts, and while technically this web page will be available for anyone in the world with a internet connection to view, I do not expect that out of the millions of web pages available to such people, anyone will be stumbling upon my blog.

I have been praying, thinking about, researching and imagining life in my van for a couple of months now. I am fortunate not to have made this decision based on necessity, but rather a desire for adventure, sovereignty over my lifestyle and posessions, and the opportunity to develop a plain old nest egg.

I join the ranks of the millions of people classified under the title, "Renters." Yes, kiss my hard earned cash away every month to keep a roof over my head. Meanwhile, my landlord refused to give me a porch light or and honest washing machine. Let me be clear... I am not anti-government, anti- society, or look to judge anyone who is. I just personally feel that the only way I will be able to save enough money to ensure my financial security is to stop giving away hundreds of dollars a month in rent. OK, maybe that is not the only way, but it is the most feasable way in my mind.

Thus the time has come that I have more to say, but I do not have more time to write. I will revisit this blog from the four steel walls on wheels that I will call my home for the next 3 days later. For now I am off to the VA to say hello to pops and scrafe his car.