Since Day One of this experiment, I’ve been keeping a diary of my office-living experiences. Below is a Table of Contents of that diary.
This diary was once published in full on this site, but I’ve since taken down some stories in the interest of anonymity. Many of those stories will be included in the book I am working on completing soon.
Note: This is an online diary I’ve decided to make public to give insight into my thoughts during this journey. As diaries often are, the thoughts and writing is imperfect, but the sentiment honest. As I draft my story into book format, these stories herein will remain in their original form to illuminate my experience as The Office Hobo.
I hope you enjoy what is available below. Thank you for stopping by to read!
Table of Contents
Before the Move-In
- The Birth of An Idea
- Experiment Goals
- The Anatomy of a Sublease Ad
- The Interviews
- And the Winner Is…
- And the New Winner Is…
- Linda, Resurrected
- Coming Out of Karaoke Retirement
- My Last Night in the Apartment
Part I: The 42 Day Experiment
- Day 1: Folly
- Day 6a: The Voicemail
- Day 6b: The Karaoke Sequel
- Day 7: Caffeine
- Day 8: The Comedown
- Day 9: Shower Time
- Day 10: Sleepover
- Day 11: Wilderness
- Day 12: The Cleaners
- Day 13: Frustration
- Day 14: Clean & Clear
- Day 15: Vera So Tender
- Day 16: Food Finances Status Report
- Day 17: Horrifying Shower Stories Revisited
- Day 18: Linda No More
- Day 19: Hobo, Interrupted
- Day 20: The Bigness
- Day 21: A Seed is Planted
- Day 22: The Downhill
- Day 24: To-Do List
- Day 25: More Interviews!
- Night 25: Gay Hip Hop Night
- Day 26: Carmen
- Day 27: Stop Motion
- Day 28: Nothing
- Day 30: $13.50
- Day 31: Month One in the Books
- Day 32: The Second Month Begins
- Day 33a: Descent with Shani
- Day 33b: Rob’s Messages
- Day 34: Awake
- Day 37a: Paper Thin Walls
- Day 37b: Shower Heaven, Key Hell
- Day 38: Poem for Rob
- Night 38: Goth Night
- Day 40: The Quiet Before the Storm
- Day 41 (abridged): How to Make a Change
Part II: The Hiatus
- So How Did I Do?: Finances in the First 42
- My Findings: Social Experimentation, Rebellion, and Rediscover
Part III: Experiment Turned Lifestyle
- Day 43: Home-Free Again
- Day 55: Meet the Cleaners
- Day 61: Something of a Payoff
- Day 62: Mixed Messages
- Day 73: Night of the Roaches
- Day 75: Pro Buono Repairman
- Day 78: Unrequited
- Day 84: An Unannounced Visitor
- Day 89: Requited
- Day 90: Shani in the Flesh
- Day 93: Laundry
- Day 95: Taking Out the Trash
- Day 100: The Century Mark
- Day 113: How to Lodge for Free in a National Park
- Day 123: A Little Electricity
- Day 125: A Brief
- Day 128: Giving Food to the Homeless
- Day 130: An Invitation
- Day 135: The Disease of Intolerance
- Day 137: A Mortal Craving
- Day 153: 3:54am
- Day 157: The Risks of Living in Your Office
- Day 161: One Week Later
- Day 167: A Nose for Trouble
- Day 172: Regarding Loneliness
- Day 181: Abroad
- Day 188: The Sound of Suffering
- Day 195: In the Event of an Earthquake
- Day 200: A Milestone
- Day 208: Law Enforcement in the Rural American West
- Day 217: Summer Intern
- Day 224: Field Trip
- Day 231: The Tarp
- Day 237: Benefit #83 of Living in Your Office
- Day 238: Stranger, Danger
- Day 242: Perseids
- Day 250: As Plain as the Nose on Your Face
- Day 256: Leaking Roof, Tired Eyes
- Day 257: Why Miles Davis is My Savior
- Day 264: The Woman You Will Find
- Day 272: The Office Hobette
- Day 277: The Showers Unclean
- Day 280: Ashley’s Last Day
- Day 290: The Sounds of the Boulevard
- Day 291: The Overpass
- Day 307: Infamy
- Day 314: The Weekly
- Reader’s Comments & What They Teach Us
- Day 340: The Challenges of Anonymous Reporting
- Day 350: Red Rocks
- Day 365: Anniversary Apropos
- Day 369: Beatrice Gives Birth
- Day 386: South America
- Day 400: January Update
- Day 401: Attempted Robbery
- Day 410: Memory Foam
- Day 431: Hyde Park
- Day 451: How to Survive Layoffs in Your Work/Live-space
- Converting a Truck into a Home: Part I
- Day 472: Laid Off at an IHOP
- Day 500: Farewell, Office
Part IV: The Truck-Home
- Day 566: The 5 Worst Consequences of Living in Your Car
- Response to Readers’ Comments (L.A. Weekly Article #2)
- Day 615: A Desert Dream
- Day 652: Home is Where the Dogs Are
- Day 660: He Lives on the Streets (A Home-Free Snapshot)
- Day 679: A Brief Interaction
- Day 727: The Result of Two Years of Rent-Free Living
- Five Reasons Why Office Living Should be More Common
- L.A. Plans to Re-Criminalize Vehicular Dwelling
- Converting a Truck into a Home: Part II
- The Pros & Cons of My Tiny Truck-Home
- Day 909: Bike Thief
- Day 916: A Room for the Summer
- Day 937: Chila’s Cabin (A Home-Free Snapshot)
- Day 974: Stranded Truck-Home
- Day 992: What the Future Holds
- Day 1,000: Lake Arrowhead and the Cost of Housing
- Day 1,010: Lizandro’s VW Van (A Home-Free Snapshot)
- Day 1,068: Apartment Searching in L.A.
- Day 1,112: Add Cat-Sitting to My Resume
- Day 1,141: Living the #Barnlife
- Top 10 Best Books for the Voluntary Homeless (and Those Who Wish to Understand Them)
- Day 1,294: Reviewing the Benefits of Home-Free Living
- Day 1,303: My Favor-Sharing Economy
- Day 1,325: Tiny House Jamboree: Reflections on the Weekend
- City Criminalizes Sleeping in Cars (Again)
- Day 1,468: A (4th) Rent-Free Year in Review
I scored 31.5 on your quiz so I’m suitable for office-living, which is funny because I lived in my car for 4 months last year and I’m about to do it again next month (for…indefinitely).
I’m keeping a diary, too, but not sure if I ever want to publish it or who would read it.
livinginmyhonda.blogspot.com
Best wishes to you.
Welcome to the home-free team! Your journey is a familiar one and I wish you the best in reaching your goals. Good luck pressing forward with the diary!
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