Aimless

The Madison, Wisconsin TA truck stop manager failed to take advantage of his opportunity to not be an asshole for once. Everyone else was co...

Lately I've been thinking about how long I might stay out on the road before finally heading home to turn my raw footage into a document...

I'm starting to appreciate truck stop diner conversation; I need to remind myself to participate in such conversations more frequently (...

No ride out of Madison yet. I was talking to some truckers in the truck stop restaurant last night when one of them (Jason Stanish) said I w...

Don (right) dropped me off at the TnA truck stop north of Madison at about 5:30. It always feels a little tougher hitting the road after sta...

Well, it looks like Don is ready to get me out of here, so I guess it's time to leave Madison. Someone remind me to get some anti-perspi...

Every morning I wake up with my right ankle in serious pain. It's the top/front of my ankle, above the foot. Once I get up and walk arou...

William (Fluitt) dropped me off on the south side of Madison (Verona Road & Beltline Highway) yesterday at about 4:30. I then called my ...

William and I just stopped at a rest area near Des Moines to brush our teeth. Inside the small building that houses the restrooms I talked t...

I'm in MO between KC and Des Moines, I think. Riding with William to MN or WI. Very cool guy. Time to sleep if I can remember how.

I rolled into Joplin really early this morning. I may have gotten two hours of sleep; certainly not as much as I needed. I already needed so...

This morning my ride got a little fruity with me. I'm not going to tell the whole story here, but basically he somehow convinced himself...

Right now I'm riding with a trucker, heading to Joplin, Missouri. His name is George. We're in Indianapolis (8:39 PM). I'm actua...

Ahh, my old familiar friend, the on-ramp (I-70 & Old Troy Pike). It feels different this time. Maybe it's because it's kinda new...

I got a knock on the door this morning from the Riverside Police. They were very cool; they didn't even tell me to pack it up. I would h...

It rained heavily 3 times yesterday. We got stuck in 2 of the downpours, so me and my stuff got pretty well drenched. My backpack has almost...

Upon leaving Donatos we resumed our march toward Dayton by walking along the edge of Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Long story short, the ...

We got a little sleep last night under an overhang in front of a church in Enon. (It was raining.) This morning we started walking toward Da...

We didn't get arrested last night; we just got caught and kicked off the train in Enon, Ohio... You wouldn't believe the shit that...

We got busted.

This train has spent much more time stopped than it has spent moving. We're still not even to Springfield. I don't think it had even...

I ran into Ronnie and Bill again a few hours after they took off to make some money. We sat around and shot the shit for a while before the ...

I ran into a couple characters here at the Pilot station a little bit ago. Ronnie Burton (18) and Bill (27) are what you might call young ho...

Jay told me some girl he works with said I seemed creepy because of how I looked at her. When he described her, I knew exactly who he was ta...

The hat in the picture is just like the hat I lost in SC, except this one is green. (The other one was blue.) This one is my dad's, but ...

This moment feels very familiar, as if I've lived it once before in a dream or something.

This picture is of me and my pal Jay Rivers (docrivs.blogspot.com) outside his condo in downtown Columbus. I took it just before riding with...

I'm hanging out at Jay's condo in downtown Columbus today, now alone because he just went to work at Mac's Cafe. Mac's hamb...

I've been thinking a lot about the encounter with the drunk girl last night. Was she trying to hit on me? Did she interpret my response ...

A drunkish girl walked past me last night as I sat beside my gear at ComFest in Goodale Park. She stopped and said, "That's so hot....

Beer good! Thanks, Jay (Docrivs), for the fish & chips and two pints of Harp. You've now made the credits! (I always knew you would....

More than one person I've met on this journey has speculated mysteriously about my origin. "Maybe he is an angel," they've...

There aren't many, but here are some pictures from Leg 1 . I had to keep them small because there isn't much room left for me on the...

Hey, is this picture any good? Did it even publish? As y'all may have noticed, my hair is now about six inches shorter than it was in th...

Looking at my web stats, I can tell that I have a reasonably regular reader from Myrtle Beach or nearby. Just wondering who it is, assuming ...

Sometimes I wonder if maybe I have a mild case of Tourette Syndrome, particularly when I read some of my blog posts. Y'see, the thoughts...

I have met some people along my trek who surely thought I was a nice guy when they met me but changed their minds after reading some of my s...

When I returned home Saturday evening, my parents had already left town, first to attend a birthday party for my young cousins, then to see ...

For some reason, I have not been receiving e-mail notification of blog comments lately. Anyone else having that kind of problem with Blogger...

I've been looking at some of the blog entries I've made during the trip and I just realized I left out a very important word in one ...

I'm home. Leg 1 of Aimless is DONE! (I absolutely cannot believe this: THERE IS NO FUCKING WATER IN THE POOL!!!)

Leave McDonald's at 11:04 AM. I should be home in maybe seven or eight hours, at which time I will immediately dive into the swimming po...

Leave Marker 25.0 at 8:05 AM. Marker 25.5 at 8:15. Marker 26.0 at 8:25. Marker 26.5 at 8:35. Marker 27.0 at 8:46. Marker 27.5 at 8:56. It wa...

Marker 19.0 at 8:21. Marker 19.5 at 8:31. Marker 20.0 at 8:41. Marker 20.5 at 8:51 . (It smells like cow shit everywhere around here.) Marke...

Brad Perkins just called me. You may recognize his name from some blog comments (especially if you're him). Well, Brad said he was check...

2:25 PM - Lunch break is over, walking toward US 42 & South Charleston... 3:51 - Finally made it to S. Charleston-Clifton Rd. & US 4...

9:08 AM - Leave Yellow Springs station (US 68 & Dayton St.) via Ohio Route 343... 10:36 - Main St. & S. River Rd. in Clifton (break)...

I'm sitting at the Yellow Springs station right now (8:00 AM), ready to walk at any time, but not in quite a hurry. Gonna try to walk at...

Miss Pathfinder walked past me tonight at about 7:45. Unfortunately, she was walking with a guy. The question is: Was she "with" t...

Viewing this blog on someone's laptop earlier, I noticed the sidebar is missing. I don't know how long that's been going on, but...

Unhappy headlines today in Yellow Springs: Antioch University will be closed from 2008 to 2012. It's also the headline on the front page...

Ivan dropped me off in Fairborn at I-675 & Dayton-Yellow Springs Road at about 7:30. I immediately went to the nearby Skyline Chili rest...

I got a ride at about 11:50 with Ivan Angelov. He's Bulgarian and he's taking me to Dayton. I don't know exactly where yet, but ...

I'm not just frustrated anymore; I'm totally fucking pissed off. Not because I can't get a ride or because people won't do s...

Man, I figured 3+ days would be more than enough time to get me from Exit 36 to Yellow Springs, but here I am only about 100 miles from wher...

Dammit, that resend button is in the stupidest place.

I've turned down two shower offers and one food offer today. I also turned down a food offer yesterday. Why? Because I wasn't hungry...

Larry from NC and Jennifer from PA picked me up a little after noon and brought me to Flying J at I-40/75 Exit 369 (west of Knoxville, I gue...

Guess who's still at I-81 Exit 36 in Tennessee. All you have to do is hold your fingertips up to your temples for a second and let a nam...

(I'm sending this both to the blog and to Allan.) Allan, if you and Ann head back to the lake Tuesday, you might want to give me a call ...

A tour bus and a couple trucks pulling "Allan Jackson Tour 2007" trailers pulled in here at about 5:45. Earlier today some Brooks ...

Damn this is getting unfun. I'm still at Exit 36, feeling really stranded. It's not ridiculously hot outside but it is reasonably ho...

I'm really curious to know how many people read this blog regularly and who they are. If you read it regularly, would you please leave a...

What is it about this one chick that's made me go all irrational thinking like? Is she really something special or am I just being stupi...

As far as I can recall, only two cops have ever given me rides anywhere. They were both in Tennessee: 1) Last Tuesday near Dandridge; and 2)...

I'm beginning to think the availability of mobile blogging is taking away from the documentary because if I couldn't mobile blog, I ...

I think all this lazing around the last few days has made some of my new leg muscle (of which I'm so proud) disappear. I've probably...

Well, my great uncle Fred Allan Sensabaugh dropped me off here at the TA truck stop (I-81, Exit 36) at about 3:45. Aunt Ann stayed at home, ...

I should be gone already but I'm not. I'm waiting for Allan and Ann to get back with a pizza (which we will likely eat) before they ...

I've e-mailed Lidia, the reporter, a few times since I've been here at my aunt and uncle's house, with no response. The last mes...

If you come here often, you've probably already read most of this, but I like Jay's commentary on Ryan, Agenda Pusher . I learned to...

I've spent some time checking out Lew Graff's blog, Revolution , today. He's a really good writer and has interesting things to ...

Here's another one, with the flash on. Pictures I take of myself always come out looking shitty, as do pictures in which I pose (like th...

For those of you who have never seen me with my hair down, here ya go. I think I'm probably going to ask my mom to take off about six in...

Travis called me yesterday. He's the guy for whom I painted in Naples. I was surprised to hear from him because the last time we talked ...

I think I can now post longer entries from my phone. For some reason if I send a PIX message rather than a TXT message, the message can be 1...

Most of the cops I've encountered on this journey have been very cool to me. I've said it before and I will say it again (unless it ...

There is a new comment on one of my short mobile posts , probably from "Deputy Dawg" or one of his retard cohorts. I believe it...

The reporter I mentioned a couple days ago is Lidia [last name removed] . (Yeah, she IS real purdy-like.) I got a chance last night to respo...

Oh yeah, I got here @ 2 AM. Didn't want to wake anyone, so I put up my tent. Even though I didn't tell them I was coming, they knew ...

I'm out on Douglas Lake, hanging with my great uncle Allan as he trolls for crappie. No crappie yet, but he's thrown back about 10 d...

I'm in TN, outside my aunt & uncle's camper. The reporter sent me a couple messages tonite. I'm thinkin' she may have be...

To everyone: If anyone thinks lower of you only b/c you do kind things for a mildly naughty speaker, you have NOTHING to be ashamed of. THEY...

A local Fox TV crew did a story right next to us today. "My guys" told them about me & got a biz card from a reporter. I sent ...

If you've wondered, the new tapes haven't wiped out my funds. I'm actually very comfy now, thanks to Michael Miller, Cheri/David...

Jay called about an hour ago. 1st we've spoke in a while. He had some good ideas re: Aimless shirts & stuff. I dug the excited tone ...

I think Ashton wants to talk, probably when his shift ends @ 4. Looks like I'll end up hanging around here all day b/c it could be a goo...

I'm finding a lot of "conservatives" are actually VERY liberal. They just THINK they're conservative b/c they watch Fox/O...

I'm back at the 'Roo station. Gonna head toward TN later. Ashton works at Quiznos at 10:30, so maybe I'll get a chance to let hi...

Hey Luke, Way to finish strong in Provo to end up near the top. Keep it up. I want to see some more top 10 finishes. -- Aimless The Quasi-Ai...

After talking so much shit about Florida and flooding readers with apparent negativity, I want to do a 180: Where I am now doesn't suck....

In a comment, Jay asked: What percentage walking/riding do you do to get from town to town? I understand that your goal may be to cover larg...

Remember Lew Graff? He's the pastor who gave me a ride across Alligator Alley and bought me fish & chips. As I said before, he's...

Below is an e-mail I received, apparently from a cop in Jacksonville. Which cop? I don't know; my paranoid ass can't keep track of a...

Someone's about to get a big Aimless surprise.

I turned down an offer for food & an offer for $$ THU. What the hell was I thinking? Now I really need it. (I know, but I earned the Bli...

The bad news is: I only have $27 & about 45 minutes of tape left. So if I find a real good deal on a 6-pack, I'll be broke. Gotta fi...

I'm so not even close to FL right now it feels like heaven. But I've been wearing my last pair of socks for 3+ days; I REALLY need t...

OK, so what happens if I send a message this way? If this gets through, I'll be able to write posts with 1,000 characters instead of jus...

Hey, is there a picture here? There should be, I guess, but I don't know where it may be stored.

When I get stuck in truckstops like this, I often feel like the Tom Hanks character in The Terminal. Sometimes it sucks, but other times it...

Rev. A. Perez confirmed my suspicion that Sonny's Pizza is history. (4 those of u who know of my 2005 trip to Charleston to work 4 the r...

I got a ride & a SHOWER!!! 1st shower in ___ days. Fill in the blank with correct # of days between showers to win no prize. Thanks Ange...

Despite the fact that I've bought 3 meals & smokes here, Pilot's manager is trying to run me off. I have video of the asshole do...

OK, no more bitching for a while. I should be able to get where I can rest for a few days soon. Then I can start anew & forget FL ever h...

I think about Earl a lot (the guy who took me from Phoenix 2 Memphis, see trailer). I hope he's doing well. Hope our paths will cross ag...

Y-day's ride brought me to Pilot in Brunswick, GA. Could've had 3 rides south but none north. Found a spot to sleep @ 12. Now I'...

Thank you so much, Quinn Williamson & Dewayne Adams, for getting me out of Florida & for the $$. I really, really appreciate it. You...

No way, I'm finally out of FL! Excluding the handful of kind folks I met in Florida, FUCK FLORIDA!!! I'll probably never B back. Bun...

Exit 360 Day 2. Think I can get outta this freakin state today? I doubt it. Looks like it may rain, too, so I may have to strip & take a...

The Florida segment of Aimless will be called Mostly Heartless. Aimless is done w/ FL (or will be if I ever manage to get the hell out of he...

Man I get so sick of this sometimes. Walk all day, then stand around & wait for ride for hours more. Can't sit because ants'll c...

Busch Dr. @ I-95. Seems like a good place to get a ride, so I'll probably be here until next month. If so, plenty of stores & restau...

I've walked almost 6 miles to I-95 and the ramps are closed. Detour might add another 2 miles. I don't need any more sun in my face ...

Just had a cool cop encounter. He was annoyed by the call because it's NOT ILLEGAL TO WALK OR TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE UNITED STATES OF A...

I believe it was one year ago today when I came up with the idea for Aimless. I've made progress since then. How will it be in a year fr...

I'll wait here for a ride til 9, but I hope no one stops b/c I'm finally in a peaceful place where I can set up early & get a go...

Funny how when walking down a single street, 1 person offers a ride, 1 person offers a beer/seat, & another person calls the cops.

Y-day a cop asked me how many times I've been arrested. Didn't occur 2 me then, but it was very insulting. Never, a-hole, b/c I'...

I know I'm not supposed to choose where I go, but Leg 2 will begin w/ jaunt to N. Mich & west from there, staying close to Canadian ...

Jax Beach: Cool place, excluding a few paranoid freaks. Good spot for vacation. I'm on my way out if I can figure out where 2 go. Pretty...

I put trust in beachgoers & left my stuff alone on the beach for 2 hours while braving the powerful Atlantic. Strong rip current can be ...

Jax Beach is nice. Big beach, lotsa people, plenty of nice-looking chicks prompting the semi. I wonder if any of them are checking me out.

You R NOT free if U live in fear of a 160-Lb guy w/ a backpack, America. Sadly, that's clearly the prevailing trend. Maybe I'm out h...

Lew recently informed me that he has a blog at revolutionfl.blogspot.com. I'll link to it as soon as I can. Haven't seen it yet, mys...

Ah yeah. Good nite's sleep in park 2 miles from J-ville beach. Might hang around beach today, relax. Need a shower & pit-stop, charg...

Mason called me tonite. He seems pretty interested in Aimless. Guess I ought to start being a better role model now, watching my language ...

Well, the sign worked. It took less than 10 minutes to get a ride to Jacksonville, where I now stand next to a beach. That means no Sarasota...

At Exxon I have made a sign that says, "Please get me out of this stupid, paranoid city. (I am not a terrorist.)" If no response s...

Another cop said they're getting lots of calls about me. Bunch of paranoid freaks. Fuck this place; I'm walking somewhere else. Flor...

According to the cop I just "met": If your thumb is not up, U R NOT hitchhiking. People who call the cops when they see someone ta...

Screw this place (Lake Mary). I'm just gonna sit at this gas station until someone offers me a ride. Don't care where they're go...

That's funny: A car with a WWJD plate just flew by. If yer really that unsure, pal, I can tell you WJWHD: He would've stopped and of...

WWJD? THIS is what he would do. Yes, & he would get angry sometimes, too, b/c if he actually existed, he was HUMAN! [Notes from the real...

You don't need to behave as Jesus would. All you need is a fake "Jesus" license plate. If you have one of those, yer good. No,...

It appears big ants are afraid to climb Mt. Ryan, while little ants won't stop climbing Mt. Ryan. I'll continue my study as the trip...

Ended up spending most of nite on asphalt parking lot due to sprinklers. Still feel crappy from those donuts. Think I'm in bad place to ...