Sunday, August 19, 2007

Intermission

I'm in a redwood forest near Redway, California. I've walked 446 miles since beginning Aimless Leg 2. I saw a dead bear two or three days ago. Mom, don't freak out whenever I don't blog for a couple days. Sometimes I'm in the middle of god-damn nowhere and I can't use my phone in any way, OK. And when I don't blog for a couple days, don't be calling me over and over. But if I do manage to get myself killed out here and end up with enough footage for a good story, ownership of Aimless becomes 33% Jeffeory Norris's, 33% Jay Rivers's, and 34% Mom, Dad, Roman, and Mark's, as long as they work to finish it. If I somehow manage to tape my own death, I don't mind if people see it, AS LONG AS IT IS PART OF THE STORY. (No, I'm not preparing to die out here. But if I do die, I want this stuff known.) Carolyn, I think I ended up with your hair brush in my stuff. I don't know how it got there; all
I know is that I have a brush that isn't mine.
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2 comments:

  1. docrivs8/19/2007 12:49 PM

    Ryan, I have a lot of hope in that you will not only come out of this journey alive, but stronger, wiser, more compassionate and understanding, more patient, and more ambitious. Moreover, I have a lot of hope that you will take this story and will do really good things with it. I believe that. It's normal for mom to worry about her son, and I'm sure that she gets worried when she can't get in contact with you when she wants. I know that I would get that way too. What can you tell us about the bear -- your experience of seeing such a large and powerful creature lying dead on the forest floor? Did it make you think about your own mortality? I used to think about my own death a lot too, entering the unknown, entering what I believed to be dangerous and evil places filled with dangerous and evil people. I believe that you're going to be okay, though, and I look forward to seeing you once again.
    ~Jay
    P.S. Thank you for your gesture about carrying on Aimless for you. You can trust me for that. Just come home alive and well, okay?

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  2. revolution8/22/2007 4:19 PM

    shoot, I'm not your mother and even i get a little concerned when you don't blog for a couple days....

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