Aimless

Just relaxing alone at Josh Ellis 's apartment in Vegas, near UNLV. Oh, who am I kidding? Actually I'm cleaning Josh's filthy, d...

Just before I sent the previous post, as I began retracing my steps east along the Sunset Strip, I saw a familiar face. Not a famous face or...

I love LA, but the Sunset Strip on a Saturday night is quite possibly--nay, most certainly--the fakest, lamest place I've ever been. Exc...

Today I walked by an Italian restaurant/pizzeria on Riverside Dr. (or Alameda?) in Toluca Lake (Burbank) that was once featured on an episod...

Lots to say, but not really any time to say it right now. I stayed a few days with my aunt and uncle in Sacramento. Aunt Carolyn put me on a...

After leaving the Gregory headquarters last Thursday, I walked a few miles to an REI store just outside downtown Sacramento. Sleeping near t...

All right, here's the video of me on channel six from the Rose Bowl. I approve. The Gregory folks might like this one, too. Become a fa...

I hate posing for pictures. I always end up looking like a total dillhole. (The flab will be gone soon, but I should probably make an effort...

If anyone knows where to find the channel 6 web page with my recent interview, please copy and paste the full URL in a comment to this post....

Jeff Norris, I need you to call me. I'm not sure if I have your current number.

OK, here's Jim at Carl's Jr. So much to say about my adventures with Jim, but no time to say it. --> I read in the LA Times this ...

This is Kurt and some girl whose name I don't think I ever knew. I watched most of the Rose Bowl with them beside an RV outside the stad...

Clay Hall left me a message today, saying channel 6 will air my interview sometime tonight. If you're in Columbus, keep an eye out for i...

Cheap Trick, live outside the Rose Bowl... Free. (Way to blow it, Northwestern.)

Yesterday was easy. I woke up and tore down, then found a spot beside the interstate by 9:00. By 9:30 I was riding in a big truck with a Can...

Thanks, Luke, Brad and Stanish, for your text greetings. --> I've been out here in Primm, Nevada for a couple days now. Got a ride al...

Sunday, instead of getting out in Monahans, I went on south with Gil to Ft. Stockton. Sometimes ya just do that because the hours fly by whe...

The movie they were filming in Shreveport will be called "Super." Shortly after I sent the previous post, I found out that "t...

After a slow start to this new journey, yesterday I got a ride with a guy named Todd, who was on his way home to Bossier City, Louisiana (fr...

Since today marks the first of three projected days of halfway decent weather in central Ohio, it's time to hit the road again. (And by ...

Tonight, about half an hour after I buried my best little buddy, some guy left me a voice mail message: "Hey Ryan Powell, if you're...

My little man Twerky died peacefully this morning as I slept beside him on the floor. Only three and a half years old, he was a very special...

Things I say on this blog often come out wrong. Between the stress of living like a bum and everything that goes along with it, a blog is th...

Partly thanks to an unexpected ride from Tara (who I mentioned a few weeks ago after seeing her outside Ohio Stadium), I made it "home...

I pulled out the camera tonight while a stupid Lansing, Illinois cop was fucking with me. This footage should be really good; probably hilar...

Sorry I've been so bitchy and grouchy lately. Things are really tough sometimes, and the last week has been one of the toughest (yet gre...

My computer is worthless. I can do absolutely nothing with it. Literally, I cannot do ANYTHING with it. If I could do anything with it, I wo...

I met a girl tonight. Her name is Meredyth. (I think I spelled it right.) We talked for a few hours before she left Starbuck's. I didn...

Feel crazy today. Become a fan of Aimless on Facebook. -- Aimless Aimless Video Evidence

Brian and Jacob: I think I told you about this picture . It's Betty White staring at GloZell's booby while GloZell holds her friend ...

I'm all messed up right now. Clay Hall from channel 6 called me yesterday several hours before I received the bad news about my sweet, b...

So now I just found out that my 3-year-old tripod cat has leukemia and may be dead in a month, even though he used to test negative; even th...

Man, I have so much to say about Chicago, but I probably won't find the time. There are at least a couple pics on deck to publish, but w...

Hey Jacob and Brian, That Starbuck's I was trying to find is at the southwest corner of Lake & La Salle. It's really big and com...

To the anonymous commenter who keeps telling me to come "home" for new glasses and boots and shit: As you may recall, Anonymous, I...

Jacob (right) and Brian are followers of Aimless. They live in northwest suburban Chicago and came into the city yesterday to meet me. Very ...

I could totally fit the Sears Tower in my backpack if I wanted to. I always thought that thing looked smaller than they say it is. It certai...

Slept downtown beside the Chicago River, near Columbus Dr. No one bothered me, which is good because I really needed the rest. Feet are torn...

I'm in Chicago, but I can't see it because I have no glasses. Chicago people, call me if you want to meet.

Sorry about the false alarm (for anyone who may have prepared to record me on channel 6). I thought Clay was planning to do a live interview...

I'll probably be on WSYX channel 6 (Columbus) sometime around 3:00 today, with Clay Hall. If anyone can record it or DVR it, you rock.

The temp was in the 40s near Dayton two nights ago. My face was cold as I walked, yet my sandaled feet were very warm. From Dayton I got a r...

Last Friday I wanted to hit the road at 2:00, but I didn't leave until 4:30. Before I left, I thought I was going to walk to the truck s...

Some stupid motherfucker just missed running me over by literally a few inches, even with my flashing headlamp that everyone else sees just ...

I intended to walk outta here over an hour ago, but after realizing a few keys don't work on my tiny Asus netbook-type thing, I've b...

When I just checked my voice mail, I was surprised to hear a message from Clay Hall, the sports guy on WSYX channel 6 (Columbus). I talked t...

Right now all I want to do is begin that coast-to-coast walk I've been thinking about. I just want to be alone for real for a while, ins...

It just occurred to me why Aimless will never become a TV series: No network or production company is going to invest in a show that likely ...

I walked 20 miles "home" from Ohio Stadium last Sunday, and I'll be staying here until about next Friday, only because my pare...

I met Ashley at Kropkogate last Saturday. I met Kropkogate (Scott Kropko) at USC last year. Ashley, if you've found your way to this bl...

Well, the Buckeyes managed to lose yet another big game they should have won. During the game, I spent a couple hours talking to a very swee...

I was just interviewed by WCMH channel 4 again, outside Ohio Stadium. Think I was already on the news (live), but will be on game special, ...

OK dude, it's time for you to wake up and leave. I'm trying to get a ride, and you're making it very difficult for me by illegal...

Long story short... While thousands and thousands of people drove on by during my time of need, as a miserable downpour created new rivers e...

So here's a citation I received from a DeKalb County Police officer (just outside Atlanta) a few days ago.   Oh boy, where do I start? O...

These last five weeks have felt like a total waste. Anything that could have gone wrong has gone wrong. For example, I couldn't get to ...

Just to prove we were in Louisiana, Nathan insisted on holding up a postcard from his home state. As I said before: If you're ever in th...

I also want to say hey to a very cool dude named Nathan. I met Nathan in the restaurant of the Lafayette, Louisiana TA truck stop [dump]. He...

I wrote most of this post when I was still at the Bosselman’s truck stop in Altoona, Iowa, but I couldn’t publish it until now because I hav...

It's too bad there isn't a camera crew out here with me because you could learn a lot by listening to some of these truck stop conve...

The nation's stupidest drivers are in Miami. No contest. Very stupid drivers.

There's also no milepost for mile 666 on I-10 East between San Antonio and Houston. Apparently someone stole 'em. I hope it wasn...

I'm hungry. I'm tired. It's 100 degrees. I'm sick of waiting for a ride to somewhere with decent weather. I'm down to my...

Boy I tell ya it sure is fun to have ants biting your nut sack all night.

My pale, white, honkey-ass torso, that is.

San Antonio: Hot but not humid; a little breezy. Not bad, really. Standing outside Flying J with my shirt off to tan my torso a bit.

There is no mile-marker 666 on I-10 in Texas.

Houston... Hot... Humid... Sucks... Ass...

Moore: Home of Toby Keith.

Just before you enter Emporia, Kansas on I-35 South, there's a gorgeous house beside a lake off to the right of the interstate.

I finally got a ride out of Altoona. Long story; maybe I can tell the story someday. We're Nebraska-bound.

I don't have time to tell you this story as it's happening, nor can I capture even a fraction of the story on tape by myself. It...

I received another call from a stranger about an hour ago. It was a Naples native named Daniel who randomly stumbled onto my cop encounter v...

I'm on my fourth day at the Bosselman's truck stop in Altoona, Iowa. I was trying to get to St. Paul until last night, but I've ...