Ken Ilgunas
Oct 25, 2009
An evening meal with the spartan student
Now that autumn has finally arrived in North Carolina it's become cool enough for me to begin cooking meals in my van again. I don’t know...
Ken Ilgunas
Oct 19, 2009
Eating trash for the first time
George: It wasn't down in, it was sort of on top. Jerry: But it was in the cylinder. George: Above the rim. Jerry: Adjacent to refuse, is...
Ken Ilgunas
Oct 16, 2009
Walden on Wheels
In my travel writing class, I read (and secretly recorded) an essay about my van. It seemed to go over pretty well. After the reading I...
Ken Ilgunas
Oct 8, 2009
So my mom knows about the blog…
Apart from campus security, there wasn’t anyone I wanted to hide this blog from more than my mother. I had a creeping suspicion that she...
Ken Ilgunas
Oct 3, 2009
Travels to on-campus almost-orgies
I go to one of the wealthiest colleges in the country. Each year, legions of degree-toting graduates obliviously sign away the next forty...
Ken Ilgunas
Sep 30, 2009
Liddy Library
Oh Liddy. My lonesome library. I spend more time with Liddy than I do with all the people I know. That’s because I know almost nobody...
Ken Ilgunas
Sep 2, 2009
ANTS!
I have ants in my van. Of all the potential disasters that could have befallen me vandwelling, having ants was one thing I never...
Ken Ilgunas
Aug 27, 2009
Heat
This is not a picture taken of me after going for a run, doing pushups, or eating my famed red-hot rice and bean tacos. This is me after...
Ken Ilgunas
Aug 26, 2009
Reentering Civilization
Step 1: Shave off the beard. I’m back in North Carolina and back in school. Because I have a part-time job working with kids at an...
Ken Ilgunas
May 9, 2009
Financial Breakdown
“When you have bought one fine thing you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, ’tis easier...
Ken Ilgunas
May 8, 2009
Goodbye, dear friend
And so my first semester comes to end. Looking back, I’m quite pleased with my decision to return to school. My brain, for the first time...
Ken Ilgunas
May 6, 2009
My first guest
I’ve now told eight of my fellow students about the van. I must say I do get some childish satisfaction from observing their reactions....
Ken Ilgunas
May 1, 2009
A-Team
While attempting to take a nap, someone walking past the van—unaware that I was moments away from wafting into slumberland—remarked,...
Ken Ilgunas
Apr 22, 2009
Tax Return
This past weekend, I received a whopping $1,600 tax return. Between the golden ticket that Uncle Sam was kind enough to slip in my bank...
Ken Ilgunas
Apr 18, 2009
Images of resourcefulness
When my pots and pans drop below-standard, I take them to a secluded bathroom to wash. I knew it was time when something began spawning...
Ken Ilgunas
Apr 5, 2009
Throwing up in the van
I must preface this entry by acknowledging that throwing up in a van isn’t much different than throwing up anywhere else. I’ve decided,...