Howdy ya'll!!!1

Wow, I have officially turned fag and got myself a blog. Really it was a product of the constant "where are you this week" "what is the best place you've been" "have you been raped in dark alley in Winnepeg yet?". All valid questions. After a while, though, you get sick of repeating yourself... repeating yourself... repeating yourself. So, I figure bloggings (bloggings is way more rad that saying blog) is vedy niiiiice way to - how you say - touch.... I mean, keep.... in touch.

Anywhoo... after a rough start, I'm starting to dig my gig as a paid tourist. How many peeps can say that they get paid to fly around the country and plop a video camera on some sticks? Sounds easy... it's not, but totally fun.

I must admit, though, at first it was pretty rough. September flew by and I felt like I was starting to get the hang of things, but my personal life was in the dumps and getting worse. From Oct-Late Dec I made the conscious decision to cut off all contact with almost everybody I knew. I needed to clear my head and straighten my fucking life out. I had a lot of personal garbage going on that was basically rendering my life useless. I found myself becoming more and more depressed with each passing day and nothing I seemed to do would fix things... To compound matters, I travel alone so trying to pull myself out of a never-ending downward spiral, re-starting my entire life from square one, and starting a new job on the fly - all with little or no support groupd around me - was one of the most difficult things I've ever had to do. It was like I was living an early-90's grundge song 24/7/365. Once I was able to completely delete every negative aspect about my life, everything changed for the better.

... and the job I almost quit quickly became a job that I am really enjoying.

I haven't gone to too many fantastic places... but for the most part, they haven't been entirely boring either. My first gig was in Western IL, out near the beautiful corn fields of scenic Iowa, USA, Planet Earth. After that, I went to Chi-town, Colorado, Louisiana, Philly, Texas, Central NJ... the list goes on.

I guess the purpose of this bloggings can keep my friends/fam informed w/o me having to call everybody for updates... plus it's a great way for me to remember all the great times I'm having seeing the good ol' US of A.

Right now I'm in Louisiana - again. I must admit, my first trip to the bayou was a disaster. Airline lost my luggage and work equipment, people were so rude I thought I was at a dickhead convention, and to top shit off I got blindsided by a dumb driver at the airport which destroyed my mind-condition Ford Clitoris, circa 1999.

But my trip to the Sportsman's Paradise this time around has been like a complete 180. Most of the people I've dealt with have been chill. My BDay was yesterday so me and my buddy Epner hit up New Orleans for some boozin, gamblin, and tom foolery. Hell, I even got a badass t-shirt for free.

Over my vast travels I've been able to rent badass whips, stay in some great (and not so great) hotels, and eat at the most random backfuckinwoods places imaginable (I just ate real Louisiana Gator - surprisingly good). Hampton Inns (clutch), Roadhouses, Steakhouses, BBQ, Seafood... all fantastic. Do I miss being home and partyin with my friends? No, cuz I'm home every weekend anyway, and it's not like I don't live the high life on my downtime on the road. Pretty soon I will have been to every state in the union (which has been a lifelong goal of mine that I'm finally able to make happen), and that's something not many people can hang their hat on.

Anywhoo, from now on expect vast reviews of random cities/towns and all they have to offer, along with the shenanigans that ensue.

Peace to yo crease.