So why are you homeless?    To tell you the truth, it's because I am afraid of commitment. With a changing economy, job security is all but a fictional term. Couple the economy with my company's plan to reduce costs and you get a *Nix admin that just isn't ready to commit to a six month or one year lease. My long hours in the office lead to other fiscal concerns. Since I only ever used my apartment to sleep, watch TV, sleep, shower, sleep, eat, and sleep; I find it hard to justify the cost of paying rent. By not having an apartment, I have found a way to overcome my lack of self discipline and thus have reduced the amount of times I over sleep, elimited TV (which is for the most part, a waste of time), and have been in general more active.
	Where do you take showers and do laundry?    Are you familiar with the term ice bath or snow bath? Me neither. I have a membership at a local fitness club which has showers and a hot tub. I mention the hot tub because the hot water sure feels good after sleeping in -20 degree temperatures. They also provide clean towels, shampoo, and soap. After warming up in the shower and hot tub I grab a suger free white chocolate mocha from Common Grounds (the coffee stand in the parking lot).    I do my laundry either at my friend's house or at a local laundry mat off of Diamond Rd. Since laundry is my most despised chore, I have aquired a stockpile of about 3 weeks worth of clothing and 2 months worth of socks.
Where do you sleep if you don't have an apartment?    Duuuh, maybe outside? Joking aside, it really depends on the weather. I almost always sleep on the Turnagain Arm just south of Anchorage. If it gets much colder than -25 degrees, I call it quits and crash at a friend's house. I preferr to sleep in the hills along the Seward highway and have slept in Portage more than once. In the winter when it is colder and the turn offs are snowed in, I make a bed in the back of my cab and curl up in 2-5 blankets. Most of the pictures on this page were taken at the pull offs or camp sites that I use. Things to keep in mind if you decide to sleep along the side of a road some time: Due not sleep with the car running (could be fatal) Due not sleep in an avalanche area (could be fatal) Be aware of your surroundings Due not sleep walk in the nude (could be embarrassing)
	What do you do for fun?    If I am not working, I am either dead or sleeping. In the off chance that I'm not dead, working, or sleeping, I find various ways of making trouble (such as making snowmen after work, at work). In the winter time, I catch a lot of movies (maybe one or two a week). I really enjoy shooting pool if I'm not too stressed out from work. If the road conditions are right, I spin doughnuts in every available parking lot and (I'm not going to admit) highway too. In the summer I disappear into the mountains in the evening, only to reappear at my desk in the morning. Personal programming projects such as my Linux distro and busniess web applications consume a great deal of my time. Occasionally, I go out to the range for target practice with my shotgun (err, bear deterrent device that goes boom). Every weekend and holiday I spend an evening with two of my dear friends that have all but adopted me.
What does Highclass Homeless mean? If my 2500HD Chevy is my home, then my office is my home away from home. When I tell people that I am without residence, they often assume that I've fallen on bad times when the reality is that I am having the time of my life. This is result of most homeless people being unable to a afford permanent residences. I realize this, and have become even more conscience of it since I've moved out of a structured dwelling. Not every homeless has the luxury of upgrading their laptop to a Powerbook G4 15" on a whim, or can afford a mocha to complement breakfast every morning. This is what I believe defines the difference between homeless and highclass homeless. An article was published recently that talks about the real homeless of Alaska. As opposed to this page, which just describes the chronicles of a unix programmer with an unusual life style that has been dubbed by his co-workers as highclass homeless.