Aimless

Here's a picture of Vernon. By the way, I'm still riding with him, even though he went to Buffalo while I was at the truck stop near...

Leaving home Thursday July 31 just after 5:00, I embarked on a 17-mile walk to I-70 Exit 79 (Ohio), where there is a TA, a Pilot, and severa...

I've been riding with Vernon ever since Ohio. We had a delivery to Columbia, South Carolina this morning, and now it looks like we'r...

Raleigh, Norph Carolina.

New York City!

We're now in Springfield, Assumchusetts, about to enter Connecticut. I'm still riding with Vernon, who picked me up in Ohio. More to...

Being so close to home, I switched to "Anywhere" mode, rather than heading west right away. As a result, I'm on my way to Buff...

I'll be back on the road within a couple hours. I just have to do a few more things before I'm all ready to go. Even though I could ...

I've said a lot of stupid and embarrassing things on this blog over the last two years; some things I'd like to take back and other ...

When I got the cast off my arm last week, I mentioned my toe injury to the doctor. He said I should put tape around the two smallest toes. I...

Wow. Until the last week, I had no idea how difficult it is to regain mobility after wearing a cast for less than three weeks. I've had ...

I got my cast/splint off this morning. The bone is still a few weeks from being completely healed, but it is much better than before. When t...

Even when I first came up with the idea for Aimless, I never expected the project to make me rich or famous. I always knew I was a major und...

This is the first time I've touched a computer in over two weeks. I'm going to try to say some stuff in another post to follow, but ...

I have a whole bunch to say, but as you may have guessed already, I can't really type right now because I broke my hand.

I threw in the towel. My dad's coming to get me (about 30 miles) because my inadequate equipment causes constant, intense pain. I'm ...

Long-ass walk today. One mile into it, I feel shitty and my feet hurt (probably because my soles are nearly bare).

After spending all that time in New Orleans, it feels weird to walk through an urban neighborhood with houses and people.

Lima, Ohio

We're staying in Franklin, Kentucky tonight. In Memphis today, some dumb-ass on a crotch rocket damn near got himself killed right in fr...

I made up a sign last night that says "ANYWHERE." Well, anywhere happened to be Jackson, TN this morning. My driver David original...

I'm fucking sick of dumbfuck truck stop managers who can't figure out the difference between a sponge and a customer. I'm fuckin...

When I came up with the idea for Aimless, one of my major objectives was to make something out of nothing, mostly through the kindness of st...

Still at Pilot. Wanna go anywhere far away. I have written another post on word processor, but can't send it until I get within range of...

Before I continue, I want to thank Mom, Dad, and my brother Roman for hooking me up with the laptop. Thanks y'all. Now back to the story...

I woke up yesterday in Gonzalez. Six miles up I-10 I got a ride about ten miles to the Best Buy beside the Mall of Louisiana. Upon reaching ...

Beautiful night in Baton Rouge. I put up the tent canopy, but I've been sitting outside for at least an hour. Nice cool breeze and no mo...

I'm walking alongside the interstate because Louisiana doesn't seem to care.

Having slept across the street from Best Buy in Metairie last night, I went into the store bright and early this morning because my brother ...

I love cypress trees.

JJ, Denise, and Luke just showed up near the NO airport and are taking me to lunch at Ho Ho's ("Ha Ha's") Chinese buffet.

I can get away with sleeping in a lot of places that homeless people could never think of sleeping. The first reason is because I'm norm...

Web traffic for the blog went up by like 25 percent last month. That's interesting to me. --> It was really hard to leave Common Grou...

I've been listening to a Barack Obama speech on a TV at McDonald's, and the guy is really impressing me. He may actually be on OUR s...

I haven't shown you my pretty face in a while, so here ya go. I took this picture on the St. Claude bridge over the industrial canal, he...

I finally got my shirt back from the person I let borrow it, so now I'm about to leave Common Ground and the Lower Ninth Ward. It's ...

Here's the sign that forced me to volunteer with Common Ground. The blue house on the right is where I've been staying. Notice the l...

I did my laundry this morning and took it easy for the rest of the day, thinking I'd probably start making my way out of New Orleans tom...

Some of the Berkeley students made it a point to say goodbye to me this afternoon because they are not going to be around after today. They...

Despite how it may have appeared in my previous post, I'm not all that worried about getting to know the ladies at Common Ground. In fac...

Yup, I'm still at Common Ground. I planted grass in the wetlands yesterday and did more drywall today. --> There is a large group fro...

I'm still at Common Ground in the Lower Ninth Ward. I just couldn't leave today. I think I'm going to leave tomorrow, but I sti...

An ice cream truck just drove through this empty neighborhood playing Music Box Dancer. --> Today I helped lay down a new floor in what w...

My brother called me this morning and told me he has a couple laptops that are available for me if I'd like to use them on the road. The...

Has anyone tried viewing the Aimless front page ( http://www.aimlessmovie.com ) lately? I just tried opening it, but it won't load. Howe...

There are numerous "disaster tours" that bring busloads of tourists into the Lower Ninth Ward every day. The buses drive slowly th...

I'm doing more drywall today. --> Here's a picture of the system of communication they used to account for people after the flood...

A group of students (and one teacher/volleyball coach) from Coe College was here volunteering for the last week or so. They were doing drywa...

I put up drywall all day today in a house near the Superdome. I don't know if you can see the dust all over me, but it's there. (Act...

Shelley (sp?) and Richard out at the muddy marsh. (There will be a lot more pictures coming. I can only do one at a time.)

Today I kinda hooked up with a relief group called Common Ground Relief . They occupy a few buildings on Deslonde (Street?), adjacent to whe...

Someone lived here three years ago.

I just talked to a really cool fireman named Reggie Green for a while after he let me fill up my water bottles at the Lower Ninth Ward ...

Here's a picture.

Before I left JJ's property, JJ gave me some MREs (Meals, Ready to Eat). You know, the things that come in a green package, usually rese...

When we pulled into Best Buy's parking lot, I realized I'd been there before. It was back in 2005, during my six-week visit with Jef...

JJ took a nap for about 3 or 4 hours. Meanwhile, I watched a DVD of the Stewie Griffin Story (or whatever that's called) twice. When JJ ...

With Pete out of the picture, I went ahead and opened the door to see what Kristina had to say. She said she was back because the cops had n...

Since I haven't introduced any of the females, I'll do that now: JJ's common-law wife's name is Denise, Greg's wife is E...

After all that shit, all I wanted to do was get out of the trailer and go somewhere safe. So as I packed up my stuff, Luke told me some of w...

I told the men in the hallway that I'd only open the door if they contacted the 911 operator and told her to call me. Instead they gave ...

When I finally remembered that the trailer was behind "JJ's Tire Repair," I told the operator that much. She said, "OK, n...

When Pete came back, he said he had a gun and he was going to kill me. I immediately moved to a different spot on the bed--a spot not direct...

Unsatisfied with my explanation for why I was in the trailer, Pete went back to his room momentarily. Soon he returned with his girlfriend K...

After chowing down on crab Saturday evening, JJ and I joined everyone at Greg's house. JJ eventually took me back to the boarding traile...

To make a long (and interesting) story short (because I don't have a laptop): JJ took me to one of his two boarding trailers so I could ...

I slept behind a Century 21 office in Raceland last night, then started walking toward New Orleans this morning. Tired from 4.5 miles withou...

I just watched (and taped) a snake as it committed suicide in the road. Don't know what kind of snake; pretty sure it was not venomous.

Jen slept on the other couch at Erik and Aaron's place last night. At about noon Jen treated me to lunch at a KFC/Taco Bell hybrid, then...

I got a ride to Houma Wednesday with a really cool guy [from Florida] named Bubba. He dropped me off outside Houma's really awesome libr...

Apparently I just can't stop blogging. I just wish I had the right tools to tell the stories how they should (and could) be told.

I'm at the library in Houma, Louisiana and I decided to read some comments. Not all, just some. One stood out: Jay's comment on my S...

$3.73(.9) for regular unleaded gas (the cheap stuff) in Berwick, Louisiana. Someone please tell me why the revolution has not begun yet.

Lafayette, Louisiana.

Can't say what I'd like to say here because I don't have a computer, so here's the stupid, pointless, condensed version. I h...

Friday morning a trucker from Missouri named Pete set me up with my first shower in 17 days. After the shower I did my laundry and talked to...

The next post (which I will publish sometime tonight or tomorrow) does not apply to every reader of this blog. Some of you have done amazing...

Eventually he left again, this time for good. He was a nice guy; it's just that I'm totally sick of dealing with people who have not...

I got out of the car at about 10:40 and walked right past the Flying J because I still had another mile and a half left to reach 30 miles. N...

After walking through the park to the next road with a freeway exit, I began looking for a Flying J sign, but I didn't see one. As I app...

Fuck you, Verizon!!!

I didn't mind all the backtracking, mostly because I anticipated reaching the Flying J at about 27 miles and I intended to spend the nig...

I got off the freeway at 8:00, with 24 miles behind me. It was time for a break. --> This is the point where I hit the wall. My break fel...

I've also sent this post to Ron from Part 3, first to thank him again, but also so he can find out something about the stranger he helpe...

At 3:00 yesterday, after 16.5 miles, I walked into a Wendy's, hoping their value menu had something worth buying. It did, so I ate. I al...

The old lady snapped out of it and stopped her car a few inches from me. Although she may have been moving pretty slowly out of the parking ...

I spent Wednesday night in a large park on what I guess was the north side of Memphis. Had to get up early Thursday morning (6:30) because t...

I did it. 30 miles! Too tired and sore to elaborate right now. Plenty to say tomorrow.

Today IS the 30-mile day. I just crept past 20 miles at 5:30 CDT. Oh my god it hurts. A lot more about it later.

I'm sitting outside the Studio on the Square theater in Midtown Memphis. Two years ago I came here to watch the premiere of the pizza mo...

I finished the second mile at 6:08 and the third mile at 6:26. So it ended up taking me about 54.5 minutes to walk three miles. I continued ...

Yesterday afternoon when I reached the 1 mile marker on US 51 in Tipton County, I decided to walk a timed mile. When I opened my phone, it w...

I just got a ride from Covington to Munford with a young couple and a baby. While telling them about my plans to swing through New Orleans, ...

I was wrong when I said I-40 Exit 108 is the first place I've hitchhiked (or tried) more than once. Last year I hitchhiked twice from th...

Not much to say. 17.5 miles yesterday, 19 today. Haven't really talked to anyone; been in the middle of nowhere. Now I'm in Covingto...

I woke up at 6:15 this morning. No alarm or anything. Normally I would've gone back to sleep and then made some grits later, but today I...

I began yesterday with 199 walk-miles behind me; finished with 214. Not a bad first month, especially considering I went 11 days in a row wi...