Aimless

Pardon me, I believe his name is actually Nick Gambino, not Nick Gambini. Just wasn't thinking when I wrote that.

Nick Gambini gave me a ride from Ventura to Santa Barbara this afternoon. In Santa Barbara he also bought me a sandwich at the gas station. ...

It seems that southern Californians universally mind their own business, which is both good and bad. It's bad because they drive right p...

It's kinda strange how my sleep/overnight patterns have changed on Aimless Leg 2. During Leg 1 I almost always slept in the tent. I can...

At about 4:00 Saturday, as I crossed a road, I had a "No, you go first" moment with a driver turning onto that road. After I cross...

I've walked all the way from Venice to Oxnard, excluding maybe ten miles (free bus), and absolutely no one has offered any kind of ride ...

I have the best job in the world.

At 12:10 I saw a homeless woman do something rather private on a very public sidewalk: She reached way down inside the front of her pants, I...

Well, I thought I was gonna get a nice complete shower this morning at the beach shower beside the pier. I prepared last night by changing m...

At 5:40 yesterday I decided I'm going to use whatever footage I want to use for the final cut of Aimless, even if I have not received pe...

I began sleeping at 1:00 last night (Wed), right beside the Santa Monica Pier, and I woke up at 6:00. I don't think I actually slept muc...

There are shitloads of Thai restaurants in Hollywood and they all smell so good. (You may remember, I ate Thai food for the first time when ...

When I returned to the train station after they filmed me boarding the train, they did another take of me boarding, except that time I got r...

Wow, this subway system is nice. The ride is incredibly smooth and fast. It only took about 22 minutes to get from Hollywood/Highland to Uni...

I bought a couple slices yesterday at a place called Johnnie's New York Pizzeria in a little mall below a skyscraper. I think it's f...

After some preliminary calculations, it looks like I've already traveled about 3,700 miles since Aimless Leg 2 began on June 23. I'v...

The ho show was indeed interesting last night. Travis and I sat outside the truck with a few other people on Party Row for most of the night...

Hey William, I think you've been reading the blog. If so, I barely missed your call this morning. I was sleeping across the driver's...

OK, so it looks like I'll be doing something different. Instead of splitting, I'm going to hang with Travis until tomorrow. We'r...

I'm about to make another $40 from the 15 or 20 minutes of work I did this morning. That'll put me at $104, but I'll have to giv...

We entered California at about 9:20 AM today. At 11:10 we reached the Palm Springs Pilot station where Rudy Montez picked me up on December ...

When we arrived in Phoenix last night, it was 105 degrees. Right now it's 90 (6:30 AM). Travis's appointment to drop the load was at...

We hit Flagstaff at about 6:30 and we are currently heading down Interstate 17 toward Phoenix. Should be there within a couple hours. It...

We left the Pueblo rest area at 9:00 and entered New Mexico at 10:30... Las Vegas, NM at 11:50... Shower break in Albuquerque at 1:30. Left ...

We entered Nebraska (Omaha) at 3:20... Grand Island at 5:30. Temperature is in the upper 90s in Nebraska; gonna be much hotter beginning tom...

I finally got out of Madison this morning at about 8:00. Currently (11:33) I'm riding with Miles back to Des Moines. He actually offered...

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 ...