It's ten oh nine.
People will be over shortly.
I don't really want to respond to what Adam said, I don't think this blog needs to be a discussion between us. I will say this though, you don't get someone's back just because you expect it in return. No, that's not it. You don't do shit for people expecting the same shit done for you in return. That's not it either. You do shit because there's shit to be done. You wake up in the morning, you put on pants or shorts or skirts or dresses or slacks or jeans, and then you do things. Lots of things. I guess I just choose to do things I think are the best for the people involved.
All that said, Adam's being a bit too self-effacing. He's done more for me than offering materials or services could. I think he knows that, maybe he just needs to be reminded.
It's finally nice enough here to go outside in a t-shirt, we've started playing ultimate, and a good friend is visiting for the weekend. The summer can't come quick enough.
Oh, and we both have Twitters now. Our names are AdamAmerica and andrewamerica, obviously one of each of us.
Oh, and what a let down. Nothing about naked girls at all in that post.
Hope you land on your feet.
Signed,
Andrew
Friday, March 27, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Real Naked Girls...
This trip isn't just about the trip itself, but also about friendship. Let me be the first to say that Andrew and I are not necessarily the same person, or even really agree on a lot of things; in fact we are both very different from each other. However, there is a friendship that has been set in stone and it was only more so solidified in the past week or so. Someone challenged our friendship, saying "why do you have his back? what has he done for you?" Andrew replied with "I've got his back, because he's got mine, and I know he'd do the same for me." The whole experience was pretty intense. The room was just about to burn down. Luckily, the fire was squashed and more drinking ensued. However, the bitter remark stuck with me, and has been mulling around in my brain since. I haven't really had the chance to prove my friendship to Andrew. I don't really have a lot to offer. I have no car, I usually don't have money, I don't really have anything to offer in general. And yet, Andrew has been there for me repeatedly. That's not to say that I don't do anything for him, I still do all that I can, but I never know if it is received or not. Regardless, this trip is about friendship. Two brothers traveling across this ridiculous country of ours, searching for something that we won't know or understand until we find it. Andrew is the only solid person I know, that you could count on for anything at anytime, and has never once failed to come through. Think if you have a friend like that, no offense but you probably don't. There aren't many out there. I am just lucky enough to say that I do. This trip will only harden that friendship. Take out your stone carving tools, this shit is in stone.
Signed,
Adam
Signed,
Adam
Monday, March 9, 2009
First Thought
When I was in the 8th grade, I thought. Alright when I graduate I'm going to run away, and travel around on my own. Then society kicked in and said "Hey kid! You can't plan on having a life later if you don't graduate from high school first!" So I bowed out and said. Alright Life, I'll play by your rules this time. When it came time to graduate high school I thought. Alright when I graduate I'm going to run away, and travel around on my own. Society came right back and screamed "Hey kid! You can't plan on having a life later if you don't go to College first! Everyone knows you need a degree!" Again, I bowed out. Now I'm graduating from college, and saying, sorry society, but you're just going to have to wait this time. This time it's about me.
To be honest, even if I have no money, no plans, and no one to go with I'm going on this trip no matter what. I'm not sure what I plan to find, or even if I'm really looking for something, but I definitely know it's going to be a good time. I keep thinking of all the things that I want to do on this trip, and than I think about all the things that I don't know yet that I'm going to do. With no plans, there are a lot of options.
I'm trying to get in contact with friends and friends of friends all around the country so people can tell me fun things to do, or good bars to go to, etc etc etc. The stuff that makes up the REAL America, not just the tourist spots. If you have any good ideas, let me know. I'm open for anything.
At the risk of dragging on... I'll end here. Good Luck!
Signed,
Adam
To be honest, even if I have no money, no plans, and no one to go with I'm going on this trip no matter what. I'm not sure what I plan to find, or even if I'm really looking for something, but I definitely know it's going to be a good time. I keep thinking of all the things that I want to do on this trip, and than I think about all the things that I don't know yet that I'm going to do. With no plans, there are a lot of options.
I'm trying to get in contact with friends and friends of friends all around the country so people can tell me fun things to do, or good bars to go to, etc etc etc. The stuff that makes up the REAL America, not just the tourist spots. If you have any good ideas, let me know. I'm open for anything.
At the risk of dragging on... I'll end here. Good Luck!
Signed,
Adam
Saturday, March 7, 2009
It was then...
Last night I did what I do most Friday nights. I attempted to drink my body weight in various forms of alcoholic beverages, threw little white ping pong balls into red solo cups, and then did a bunch of things I don't quite remember.
I can't wait for this trip. I know that I'd be a fool to expect too much of it. After all, I'll still be me drunk in Chicago, still be me in Montana eating corn, still be me wading out into the gulf of Mexico, and still be me with swamp ass in the drivers seat at ten in the morning. But damn it man, I'm excited. I want to fall in love with America, I want to think of it like I did when I was seven. I want to imagine it pregnant with possibilities and ready to burst at the seams. I want to jump off of cliffs into water, drink with bums, write to my friends back home, and tell all my stories to people I'll never meet again.
I think I'm most excited about the places we're going where there'll be no one for miles. I think I might be looking for nothing on this trip. That'd take a miracle to find. I'd be a fool to expect it.
Adam said Aaron is mostly down to come. I hope he does. I love them both and I can't think of most anyone better to bump around America with. Maybe Kerouac, but he was out of his mind. I've been compared to him though, I wonder what that says of me. But if he does decide to come, I guess we'll be changing the name to "Aaron, Adam, and Andrew: Across America" Just call us triple A.
This plan was originated with our good friend Ryan planning on attending. He has to take a summer course though, and that would hold us in Danbury till July first. I don't think Adam or I even conceived of that, and I feel bad that we've moved so far in this direction without really talking to him about it. I want him to come more than I think I can realize, but he has his classes to take. I think I want to buy him a ticket so he could join us when he's done, but I don't know that he'd take it, and I haven't even talked about this with Adam yet. Who knows.
All I know is I want to fall back in love with everything. And I'm a fool.
Signed,
Andrew
I can't wait for this trip. I know that I'd be a fool to expect too much of it. After all, I'll still be me drunk in Chicago, still be me in Montana eating corn, still be me wading out into the gulf of Mexico, and still be me with swamp ass in the drivers seat at ten in the morning. But damn it man, I'm excited. I want to fall in love with America, I want to think of it like I did when I was seven. I want to imagine it pregnant with possibilities and ready to burst at the seams. I want to jump off of cliffs into water, drink with bums, write to my friends back home, and tell all my stories to people I'll never meet again.
I think I'm most excited about the places we're going where there'll be no one for miles. I think I might be looking for nothing on this trip. That'd take a miracle to find. I'd be a fool to expect it.
Adam said Aaron is mostly down to come. I hope he does. I love them both and I can't think of most anyone better to bump around America with. Maybe Kerouac, but he was out of his mind. I've been compared to him though, I wonder what that says of me. But if he does decide to come, I guess we'll be changing the name to "Aaron, Adam, and Andrew: Across America" Just call us triple A.
This plan was originated with our good friend Ryan planning on attending. He has to take a summer course though, and that would hold us in Danbury till July first. I don't think Adam or I even conceived of that, and I feel bad that we've moved so far in this direction without really talking to him about it. I want him to come more than I think I can realize, but he has his classes to take. I think I want to buy him a ticket so he could join us when he's done, but I don't know that he'd take it, and I haven't even talked about this with Adam yet. Who knows.
All I know is I want to fall back in love with everything. And I'm a fool.
Signed,
Andrew
Friday, March 6, 2009
And So It Goes...
As this conversation was going on, (via IM), Andrew had no idea I was transcribing it and placing verbatim into the website. This is us. Enjoy.
Andrew: I like the idea for a shared first entry.
Adam: Alright
Adam: wanna get to work?
Andrew: Sure.
Andrew: So, we got all these cities.
Adam: we can edit as we go along
Andrew: Yeah.
Adam: How do you want to do it?
Andrew: I don't know, let's just talk about how insanely excited we are to be doing this.
Andrew: Like, I didn't sleep much last night.
Adam: I think we should start "Hey America - It's Adam and Andrew"
Adam: or talk about ourselves a little bit, get people excited to read more
Adam: like want to hang out with us
Andrew: Yeah.
Adam what if we spray paint 49 all across america
Adam: let them know that we were here.
Andrew: I like that.
Adam: yeah, so lets start.
Adam: "Hey America - It's Adam and Andrew"
Adam: *oh put everythig in qoutes that you want to end up on the blog
Andrew: "Dude, we're gonna need a ton of spray paint."
Adam: "So everyone keeps telling me that we need to have a reason for going on this trip. I'm not sure what our reason is, but I know that by going on it, we are doing a good thing."
Andrew: "I wasn't even sure it's a good thing. I mean, I'm thinking carbon footprint and other shit like that, but I'm more than certain I need it. I think we both do."
Adam"I think America needs it."
Andrew: Ha ha, kitchy. Nice!
Adam: "There's a lot to America, and I want to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch all of it. I want to be it. And most of all, I want to meet people that otherwise I would never get the chance to meet."
Adam: "Hear their stories, and learn from their experiences."
Andrew: "We got nine weeks to fill with it. I'm just hoping to get lost in the backwoods of some po-dunk town and meet the girl of my dreams."
Andrew: "Then leave in the morning."
Adam: "I want to get drunk with a cattle rancher in South Dakota and go cow tipping"
Andrew: "I don't think a cattle rancher would be too keen on that. Maybe his son would though."
Adam: Good point.
Andrew: "You know I've never seen the west coast?"
Andrew: "Never seen the pacific. It's a figment to me. I can't wait to taste the salt."
Adam: "I grew up there, at least for a bit."
Adam: "I want to go to a big crazy party with kids in the mid-west. Mid-West knows how to party."
Adam: "Or stay on an Indian reservation in New Mexico"
Adam: "Or eat the biggest burger in Oklahoma"
Andrew: "I'll be content to wander around tripping balls on Peyote in the desert. I can't wait to see how flat Montana is."
Adam: "Or chill in some hot springs, somewhere with some cool people."
Adam: "Man, this great is really gunna be something."
Andrew: "Remember two summers ago? I feel like that was practice. Like waking up to early and badgering our friends till they came with us was a preamble to this. We found some things that I would have never seen before, and they were within ten miles of my house my whole life."
Andrew: "We been on this big ball of water and land for over twenty years. That's a long time. That's two lifetimes. I've been a million people. I can't wait to see what emerges at the end of the trip."
Andrew: Side note: I need to go pick up a pizza, be back in five.
Adam: Alright, Later bro
Signed,
Adam
Andrew: I like the idea for a shared first entry.
Adam: Alright
Adam: wanna get to work?
Andrew: Sure.
Andrew: So, we got all these cities.
Adam: we can edit as we go along
Andrew: Yeah.
Adam: How do you want to do it?
Andrew: I don't know, let's just talk about how insanely excited we are to be doing this.
Andrew: Like, I didn't sleep much last night.
Adam: I think we should start "Hey America - It's Adam and Andrew"
Adam: or talk about ourselves a little bit, get people excited to read more
Adam: like want to hang out with us
Andrew: Yeah.
Adam what if we spray paint 49 all across america
Adam: let them know that we were here.
Andrew: I like that.
Adam: yeah, so lets start.
Adam: "Hey America - It's Adam and Andrew"
Adam: *oh put everythig in qoutes that you want to end up on the blog
Andrew: "Dude, we're gonna need a ton of spray paint."
Adam: "So everyone keeps telling me that we need to have a reason for going on this trip. I'm not sure what our reason is, but I know that by going on it, we are doing a good thing."
Andrew: "I wasn't even sure it's a good thing. I mean, I'm thinking carbon footprint and other shit like that, but I'm more than certain I need it. I think we both do."
Adam"I think America needs it."
Andrew: Ha ha, kitchy. Nice!
Adam: "There's a lot to America, and I want to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch all of it. I want to be it. And most of all, I want to meet people that otherwise I would never get the chance to meet."
Adam: "Hear their stories, and learn from their experiences."
Andrew: "We got nine weeks to fill with it. I'm just hoping to get lost in the backwoods of some po-dunk town and meet the girl of my dreams."
Andrew: "Then leave in the morning."
Adam: "I want to get drunk with a cattle rancher in South Dakota and go cow tipping"
Andrew: "I don't think a cattle rancher would be too keen on that. Maybe his son would though."
Adam: Good point.
Andrew: "You know I've never seen the west coast?"
Andrew: "Never seen the pacific. It's a figment to me. I can't wait to taste the salt."
Adam: "I grew up there, at least for a bit."
Adam: "I want to go to a big crazy party with kids in the mid-west. Mid-West knows how to party."
Adam: "Or stay on an Indian reservation in New Mexico"
Adam: "Or eat the biggest burger in Oklahoma"
Andrew: "I'll be content to wander around tripping balls on Peyote in the desert. I can't wait to see how flat Montana is."
Adam: "Or chill in some hot springs, somewhere with some cool people."
Adam: "Man, this great is really gunna be something."
Andrew: "Remember two summers ago? I feel like that was practice. Like waking up to early and badgering our friends till they came with us was a preamble to this. We found some things that I would have never seen before, and they were within ten miles of my house my whole life."
Andrew: "We been on this big ball of water and land for over twenty years. That's a long time. That's two lifetimes. I've been a million people. I can't wait to see what emerges at the end of the trip."
Andrew: Side note: I need to go pick up a pizza, be back in five.
Adam: Alright, Later bro
Signed,
Adam
It Begins...
Day 1 - Danbury, CT
Frankfort, KY
Nashville, TN
St. Louis, MO
Day 7 - Chicago, IL
Green Bay, WI
Des Moines, IA
Omaha, NE
Day 14 - Rapid City, SD
Idaho Fall, ID
Helena, MT
Day 21 - Seattle, WA
Portland, OR
Eureka, CA
Carson City, NV
Day 28 - Los Angeles, CA
Irvine, CA
San Diego, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Flagstaff, AZ
Day 35 - Phoenix, AZ
Denver, CO
Sante Fe, NM
Dallas, TX
Day 42 - Kansas City, KS
Little Rock, AR
Memphis, TN
Baton Rouge, LA
Day 49 - New Orleans, LA
Biloxi, MS
Montgomery, AL
Tallahassee, FL
Day 56 - Key West, FL
Charleston, SC
ATL, GA
Charlotte, NC
Washington, D.C
Day 63 - Danbury, CT
Frankfort, KY
Nashville, TN
St. Louis, MO
Day 7 - Chicago, IL
Green Bay, WI
Des Moines, IA
Omaha, NE
Day 14 - Rapid City, SD
Idaho Fall, ID
Helena, MT
Day 21 - Seattle, WA
Portland, OR
Eureka, CA
Carson City, NV
Day 28 - Los Angeles, CA
Irvine, CA
San Diego, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Flagstaff, AZ
Day 35 - Phoenix, AZ
Denver, CO
Sante Fe, NM
Dallas, TX
Day 42 - Kansas City, KS
Little Rock, AR
Memphis, TN
Baton Rouge, LA
Day 49 - New Orleans, LA
Biloxi, MS
Montgomery, AL
Tallahassee, FL
Day 56 - Key West, FL
Charleston, SC
ATL, GA
Charlotte, NC
Washington, D.C
Day 63 - Danbury, CT
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