The official updates are coming soon. I've sorted through my 843 photos that I took on this short trip and now need to decide which ones to put up here. The format will be exactly that of my previous adventure/road trip. I'm excited to share this with everyone. Such an amazing and life-changing experience. See you all in my memories of Jerusalem!
COMING SOON!!!
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
The Daily Titan - California State University, Fullerton's Newspaper - The Article About Me!!!
Here is all the text from the Daily Titan's article about me living in my truck. The title of the article is "One Student's Affordable Living."
You can find the official page HERE. And if you want you can also download a PDF of the paper from that site.
To see the official site of the Daily Titan.
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One Student's Affordable Living
Living in his car is just another adventure for one film student
by Karen Aman
Posted: 12/11/06
Film major Andy Bussell measured the back of his truck then took the measurements to a mattress store.
" 'Yep, it'll fit,' I said. That was one of the deciding factors of moving in," Bussell said.
Bussell left his roommate and the $1,600 apartment they shared in Aliso Viejo 16 months ago. He put his belongings in storage and moved into his truck.
"I've had visions of living in my truck for four years," Bussell said. "I had a planned vision thing, like 'oh, I could live in my car and this is how I would do it.' "
Bussell is taking six classes at Cal State Fullerton and works as a "Mac genius" at Apple.
He decided to start living in his car to see how far he could push himself and to save a little money.
Bussell's mom, Jill Bussell, doesn't like to see him doing this.
"It doesn't make me feel good as a parent," she said. "You don't like to see that kind of thing for that period of time. But if this is the way that he learns where his place is going to be, then I'm with him every step."
Bussell transformed the front seat of his truck into a computer room. The extra cab serves as a pantry and as storage for his camera and guitar. The shell on his truck became his roof and the back of the truck became his bed.
Bussell decorated his truck with some of his favorite things, he said.
"I have these nice $100 Tempur-Pedic pillows, jersey sheets and a soft comforter," he said. "I have a vanilla-scented candle back there, because vanilla's a neutralizing scent."
Bussell said he showers, shaves and brushes his teeth at 24 Hour Fitness.
"I'm a neat freak and I'm a big hygiene freak," Bussell said.
In his tote bag for the gym is a Sonicare toothbrush, shampoo, soap, razors, Q-tips and towels, he said.
Bussell found out that it was illegal to live in his truck when a Costa Mesa police officer knocked on his window early one morning.
"He didn't even say a word before he said 'license and registration,' " Bussell said. "He didn't give me a real friendly look, but he didn't say a word to me."
He wrote a ticket, made Bussell sign it, and asked him, 'Why are you living in your car?'
"Cause it's cheaper?" Bussell replied. "I smiled at him and I wanted to be nice, but he was having none of that. He was just a guy being mean to me."
That day, Bussell went to Joanne's Fabrics and picked out a black, cool fabric to make curtains, he said.
"I was going to sew them, but there were too many units, too much work, and too many other things that are just more fun to do," Bussell said. "So they are mostly safety pinned up."
When Bussell shops for food, he buys in small quantities.
"Tonight's dinner may be yogurt," he said. "So I'll go to the store and get a couple little things of yogurt. I eat healthy most of the time because I don't want to be fat."
Sometimes Bussell doesn't even get around to eating.
"Not eating bothers me more when I'm going about daily life, but if I'm out hiking or doing something cool, mountaineering or climbing, I just don't need to eat at all," he said. "I think maybe it has to do with adrenalin."
Bussell has been rock climbing for 13 years and has trained in kickboxing, kung fu, fencing and gymnastics.
"I'm 26 and I've done pretty much everything," he said. "I graduated high school when I was 15, and at my first job, when most kids were delivering papers, I was actually a graphic artist for a newspaper in Lake Tahoe, where I'm from."
Jill Bussell said her son is highly intelligent, and he is interested in trying new things.
"We encouraged that," she said. "You only live once and you have to keep trying new things until you find the place you want to be."
Bussell started college when he was 14, but because he was so young, his father had to enroll in the classes with him.
"So basically, I was forced to go to school to learn computers so he could," Don Bussell said.
He thinks his son's adventuresome nature is great, but as a parent, he worries. Cell phones and the Internet make it easier, he said.
"If it wasn't for those things, I would be really worried," he said. "I e-mail him once in a while, my wife talks to him once or twice a day, and I talk to him a couple times a week. We always know what is going on in his life and make sure that everything's OK."
Bussell stayed in community college for seven years and majored in everything. He received a certification in massage therapy and worked for an ambulance company, he said.
"I did CPR, chest compressions. A few people died in my hands," Bussell said. "I've seen dead people, pushed around dead people, carried dead people."
After that, Bussell trained as an EMT, was an emergency technician, and worked in a trauma center, which he did not care for.
"I didn't like it because it was negative," he said. "Not because of the patients, I was very interested in the people, but the nurses had such terrible attitudes, and the doctors had this giant ego problem. And the other techs were insane. It kind of killed it for me."
Overall, Bussell has earned 236 units, which is more than a lot of his teachers, he said.
"I'm a certification whore," he said. "I like to learn things, so it's not so much the piece of paper that I'm interested in, it's the knowledge that I get getting there."
Bussell said it is not likely he will slow down anytime soon.
"Some guys might find a nice girl at some point, get married, have kids and settle down," he said. "For me, I can't settle down. So I'd have to find a girl who is quirky and wants to do a bunch of stuff like I do."
Bussell said this journey is over now and he is looking forward to getting an apartment and to his next life adventure.
© Copyright 2006 Daily Titan
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So now I'm famous.
You can find the official page HERE. And if you want you can also download a PDF of the paper from that site.
To see the official site of the Daily Titan.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
One Student's Affordable Living
Living in his car is just another adventure for one film student
by Karen Aman
Posted: 12/11/06
Film major Andy Bussell measured the back of his truck then took the measurements to a mattress store.
" 'Yep, it'll fit,' I said. That was one of the deciding factors of moving in," Bussell said.
Bussell left his roommate and the $1,600 apartment they shared in Aliso Viejo 16 months ago. He put his belongings in storage and moved into his truck.
"I've had visions of living in my truck for four years," Bussell said. "I had a planned vision thing, like 'oh, I could live in my car and this is how I would do it.' "
Bussell is taking six classes at Cal State Fullerton and works as a "Mac genius" at Apple.
He decided to start living in his car to see how far he could push himself and to save a little money.
Bussell's mom, Jill Bussell, doesn't like to see him doing this.
"It doesn't make me feel good as a parent," she said. "You don't like to see that kind of thing for that period of time. But if this is the way that he learns where his place is going to be, then I'm with him every step."
Bussell transformed the front seat of his truck into a computer room. The extra cab serves as a pantry and as storage for his camera and guitar. The shell on his truck became his roof and the back of the truck became his bed.
Bussell decorated his truck with some of his favorite things, he said.
"I have these nice $100 Tempur-Pedic pillows, jersey sheets and a soft comforter," he said. "I have a vanilla-scented candle back there, because vanilla's a neutralizing scent."
Bussell said he showers, shaves and brushes his teeth at 24 Hour Fitness.
"I'm a neat freak and I'm a big hygiene freak," Bussell said.
In his tote bag for the gym is a Sonicare toothbrush, shampoo, soap, razors, Q-tips and towels, he said.
Bussell found out that it was illegal to live in his truck when a Costa Mesa police officer knocked on his window early one morning.
"He didn't even say a word before he said 'license and registration,' " Bussell said. "He didn't give me a real friendly look, but he didn't say a word to me."
He wrote a ticket, made Bussell sign it, and asked him, 'Why are you living in your car?'
"Cause it's cheaper?" Bussell replied. "I smiled at him and I wanted to be nice, but he was having none of that. He was just a guy being mean to me."
That day, Bussell went to Joanne's Fabrics and picked out a black, cool fabric to make curtains, he said.
"I was going to sew them, but there were too many units, too much work, and too many other things that are just more fun to do," Bussell said. "So they are mostly safety pinned up."
When Bussell shops for food, he buys in small quantities.
"Tonight's dinner may be yogurt," he said. "So I'll go to the store and get a couple little things of yogurt. I eat healthy most of the time because I don't want to be fat."
Sometimes Bussell doesn't even get around to eating.
"Not eating bothers me more when I'm going about daily life, but if I'm out hiking or doing something cool, mountaineering or climbing, I just don't need to eat at all," he said. "I think maybe it has to do with adrenalin."
Bussell has been rock climbing for 13 years and has trained in kickboxing, kung fu, fencing and gymnastics.
"I'm 26 and I've done pretty much everything," he said. "I graduated high school when I was 15, and at my first job, when most kids were delivering papers, I was actually a graphic artist for a newspaper in Lake Tahoe, where I'm from."
Jill Bussell said her son is highly intelligent, and he is interested in trying new things.
"We encouraged that," she said. "You only live once and you have to keep trying new things until you find the place you want to be."
Bussell started college when he was 14, but because he was so young, his father had to enroll in the classes with him.
"So basically, I was forced to go to school to learn computers so he could," Don Bussell said.
He thinks his son's adventuresome nature is great, but as a parent, he worries. Cell phones and the Internet make it easier, he said.
"If it wasn't for those things, I would be really worried," he said. "I e-mail him once in a while, my wife talks to him once or twice a day, and I talk to him a couple times a week. We always know what is going on in his life and make sure that everything's OK."
Bussell stayed in community college for seven years and majored in everything. He received a certification in massage therapy and worked for an ambulance company, he said.
"I did CPR, chest compressions. A few people died in my hands," Bussell said. "I've seen dead people, pushed around dead people, carried dead people."
After that, Bussell trained as an EMT, was an emergency technician, and worked in a trauma center, which he did not care for.
"I didn't like it because it was negative," he said. "Not because of the patients, I was very interested in the people, but the nurses had such terrible attitudes, and the doctors had this giant ego problem. And the other techs were insane. It kind of killed it for me."
Overall, Bussell has earned 236 units, which is more than a lot of his teachers, he said.
"I'm a certification whore," he said. "I like to learn things, so it's not so much the piece of paper that I'm interested in, it's the knowledge that I get getting there."
Bussell said it is not likely he will slow down anytime soon.
"Some guys might find a nice girl at some point, get married, have kids and settle down," he said. "For me, I can't settle down. So I'd have to find a girl who is quirky and wants to do a bunch of stuff like I do."
Bussell said this journey is over now and he is looking forward to getting an apartment and to his next life adventure.
© Copyright 2006 Daily Titan
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So now I'm famous.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
About the Israel Trip...
Here is the official information on my trip to Israel. I leave sunday, December 17th from LAX. We stop in Toronto but don't get to leave the airport. But at least this time I'm getting into Canada! From Toronto we fly, as far as I know, straight to Jerusalem. The return flight brings me back on December 29th. Hanukkah in Israel! Oi! I'll light a menorah for all of you.
Perhaps I'll run into one of these fellows...
I will bring my camera and I'll take a ton of photos. Sadly I won't be able to give a play-by-play blog like I did with the trip this summer. So when I get back expect to see all the postings, photos, and travel news that I would have loved to share as they happened. But you will get to hear about it all.
Also, unless anything else changes, it looks like I'll be doing the apartment thing some time around January. Nothing is official (or even unofficial) yet. I don't even have a place in mind. But I think the truck thing has gone on long enough. What do you think?
In the mean time...finals are this week. I've got 2 exams in my 2 least favorite classes and one paper to write. So out of 6 classes (18 units) I have 2 tests and a paper. That's it. Gotta love film production classes. Hard work and no actual final exam.
See you all in israel!
Perhaps I'll run into one of these fellows...
I will bring my camera and I'll take a ton of photos. Sadly I won't be able to give a play-by-play blog like I did with the trip this summer. So when I get back expect to see all the postings, photos, and travel news that I would have loved to share as they happened. But you will get to hear about it all.
Also, unless anything else changes, it looks like I'll be doing the apartment thing some time around January. Nothing is official (or even unofficial) yet. I don't even have a place in mind. But I think the truck thing has gone on long enough. What do you think?
In the mean time...finals are this week. I've got 2 exams in my 2 least favorite classes and one paper to write. So out of 6 classes (18 units) I have 2 tests and a paper. That's it. Gotta love film production classes. Hard work and no actual final exam.
See you all in israel!
Look! A new post!
The end of this semester has had me on the run. Here is the final project from my digital effects class. It is not for children or the faint of heart. In fact, if you have any such tendency toward being offending by things you probably shouldn't watch this. But I think it's really funny. And I'm the star!
Snake on a Ninja
You can also go to YouTube and type in my name (andybussell) to find all of my films. It's pretty funny stuff. More to come.
My next little mini-cartoon is going to star the Moia (the large head statues) from Easter Island. Where weird and creepy become funny - right here!
So watch the films and be ready for more!
Snake on a Ninja
You can also go to YouTube and type in my name (andybussell) to find all of my films. It's pretty funny stuff. More to come.
My next little mini-cartoon is going to star the Moia (the large head statues) from Easter Island. Where weird and creepy become funny - right here!
So watch the films and be ready for more!
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