Life As Nick Starr

Crazy as it may sound for the past 6 months now I have been living in my car. I’m 26, and have a great job, but I’m just sick of dealing with landlords, and huge deposits. I don’t see a reason for it. I’m trying to save money and this seemed like the way to do it.

Here’s the crazy part. If you don’t read my tech blog, NickStarr.com, you don’t know this, but I’m a huge Apple fan. I’m big into technology and love writing about it.

There is another guy who the same age as me, WORKS for Apple, and is living out of his car as well. He’s been doing it for 19 months now.

He seems to have it down quite a bit better then I do. He has a truck with a dome roof that he put a matress in. I’m still in my car’s passenger seat. He also has black felt up on the windows to prevent anyone from peering in while he is sleeping.

We do share a number of the same type of ideas. Order out or buy small qty. Shower/brush/shave at the gym. He has a storage unit like I do for all of the things that obviously won’t fit into the vehicle. He even doesn’t like coffee, but still goes to coffee shops for the wifi, just like I do.

Check out these articles about his story, and also his blog.

My great grandmother passed away days after she turned 96 years old back in December. I was able to see her a few months before she passed, and even attended her 95th birthday celebration, which was quite the event at the clubhouse where she was living at the time.

I remember going to her house in Winter Haven as a young child. She would always hide a brown paper bag of candy for us, typically in the closet, and we would get it just before we left her house. As long as I can remember she had a pool, and we would love to go swimming with her. She would wear a shower cap, or whatever it is called.

I remember she would always send us a $2 bill for our birthday or Christmas.

I remember my great grandfather, her husband, only barely. I can remember the smell of his cigars to this day.

The first real memory I have of her, is right after our visit to Disney World. I was 4 years old, and I can remember being exhausted after a long day at the park and going over to her house late in the night to sleep.

This weekend a celebration of her life will take place during a memorial service in her honor. She will be dearly missed.

…or as in this case, just be lazy.

I am planning on going to a large poker tournament this weekend over in Cocoa Beach, Fl. Have a great weekend.