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Charleston 2007-05-26 10:45:30 Angel Oak Simply one of the most amazing trees in the world. Its close to being the most amazing tree of the trip. I suppose its tied with the Red Woods. Its just a different kind of amazing. Its not very tall, but the limbs fork out in every direction and could cover a mansion. You could build a lot more than a tree house there, more like a tree mansion, or castle, whichever is more your style.
Matt Part of the trip is that sometimes I just dont have enough time. Matt would be one of those times, because he deserves way more than just a paragraph. But it was a good couple of hours. Matts name was passed onto me last summer from an article in the Detroit Free Press. At 26, he lives a pretty good life. He lives on a 41 sailboat. Unfortunately we didnt have enough time to go sailing as my last name so deserves. He had just gotten back from a business trip to the UK and headed out to LA the next day as hes about to move out that way. After a quick t Read more:Charleston
Young Professionals and I 2007-05-26 10:13:54 One evening I headed with Mark and Lindsay to a nice gathering for the Young Professionals of Charleston. Ive been to a couple of these appetizer and small chat gatherings before. And even though I wasnt dressed the part, I knew my story could make up for the rest. On the way in I dropped my card into the pail for a chance to win a door prize. Now I never win things. I cant even count how many free lunch drawings Ive put my card in. Well, sure enough, the last prize of the drawing and they call out Hometown Invasion with a great tone of confusion. Of course its the only brightly colored card in this mess of white ones. I was kind of shy and embarrassed to claim my prize, especially as a guest who isnt even a member. I probably didnt deserve it. But wait! This is an INVASION! So I should walk in underdressed and win what I win. Ha ha. So four of us headed to the Boat House restaurant on East Bay in downtown and enjoyed a great dinner of sushi and fish (I
Folly Beach 2007-05-25 17:32:03 Of the several beaches in the area, FollyBeach
is the more youthful of them. The first time around I found myself there with Mark and Lindsay. The next time around it was just the guys, Mark, AJ, and myself. Folly Beach isnt the most glamorous of beaches Ive seen on the trip. There have been a lot of beaches, Long Beach, Canon Beach, Santa Cruz, Waikiki, North Shore, Biloxi, Panama City, St. Pete, Key West, South Beach, Tybee Beach, and even stopped at the beach along Lake Michigan way back on September 2nd when I first got started. I got my second sunburn of the trip, but thankfully it wasnt as bad as the damage Panama City Beach had on me.
Folly Beach Part II
Have you ever watched a movie where you see someone in the movie lose their bathing suit at the beach? I think weve all seen comedies of some sort that have a scene like that. I think for most people, at least for me, we think, How come I never actually see something like that happen? I mean it never happen
Super Guy 2007-05-22 11:18:29 Connection after connection. Town after town. State after state. Week after week. Now that Im in Charleston there is quite the connection, through a chain of people I have never met. For a couple months now I have been keeping in touch with Sean Aiken. Cool guy. Sean, from Canada, started a project called One Week Job. Each week Sean is starting a brand new job, from being a bungee operator, florist, volleyball coach, and much more Sean is having a lot of the same experience I am, and for a lot of the same reasons, were pretty much in the same boat on different seas.
Im not sure if I found Sean or Sean found me. But Sean put me in touch with Scotty and Fiddy. Scotty and Fiddy trumped my trip. Of course I recently met Amy who met all 50 governors when she was 12. Well, Scotty and Fiddy hitchhiked to all 50 state capitols in only 50 days. They dubbed their project Hitch 50. Taking a year I guess Im a little slower than they are. But I did find Dishwasher Petes b Read more:Super
Two Ladies 2007-05-21 19:14:33 There were two people I was anxious to meet up with while in Asheville, which were two more great reasons to stop by. On Sunday, Jenna headed over from Pigeon Forge, TN. If you remember Jenna is who ultimately got me in touch with Rick who I stayed with in Asheville. So she came over and said hi to Rick as well. That worked out very well. And if you recall I spent time with Jenna and family and friends in Alabama. She came over for the day and we spent the better part of the day at the Biltmore Estate, the biggest house in the United States. Indeed, it is quite large, and rather pricey to attend. While I was there I kept making comparisons to the Hearst Castle in California and to the Palace of Versailles in France, which I saw when I was 18. And the most annoying thing as ever for a photographer is being told that Im not allowed to take photos inside the estate. Quite frankly I think thats a little ridiculous when I pay $42 to see the place. So they lost some big points
Welcome to Asheville 2007-05-21 10:18:16 If you look on the map of my route you can see that there is one area of the country where I have spent a whole lot of time. Almost two months prior I was on the other side of the mountain in Gatlinburg. However, it was a very worthwhile stop to come back and see Asheville for a few days. For three nights I stayed with Rick. Here is how this one worked. I stayed with Lauren in Birmingham. Lauren introduced me to Jenna. I ended up spending just one night with Jennas family. Jenna introduced me to her friend BP. BP called her nephew Rick in Asheville to ask if hed be willing to host me. And a month later I made it.
Rick is a single guy with a nice apartment thats full of books. A lot of the books consist of nature, national parks, and wildlife. I picked up the Readers Digest book of most scenic drives in the country. Ive hit a number of them now. We spent a long time discussing national parks and scenic areas of the country. After a career in the Coast Guard, Hawa Read more:Welcome
A City Without Peach Trees 2007-05-18 13:15:19 It truly is amazing how many different living styles there are among cities and towns that dot this country. Take New York City alone, there are thousands of different lifestyles in a single city. There are thousands of small towns across the country that differ from one another. Its quite amazing to me. A person can choose such a wide variety of environments to raise a family, start a first job, or settle down for retirement.
This week the road brought me to Peach
tree City, a planned city that is only about 30 years old. As Joe was saying, its like Stepford; trophy homes and trophy wives. Joe and Dianne moved here from NYC, one of the most diverse places in the world. He gets a chuckle out of his kids being able to leave a bike on the street and its still there the next morning. Sure its great, but they admit its like living in a bubble.
As for my short-term experience here, its fantastic! Ive heard of golf cart communities before and have kind of shrugged t Read more:Trees
The A-T-L 2007-05-17 19:13:11 It seems there Ive heard here or there or maybe everywhere that Atlanta is one of the fastest growing cities in the country. Maybe it is, maybe its not. However, Atlanta to me is one of those cities that have a magical feel to it. Just say it with me, on three; one, two, three, ATLANTA! Some cities have it and some cities dont, even though I havent been there before. I dont know what it is, maybe its just the name or maybe it has to do something with hosting the Olympics, which is an awesome feat.
While in Atlanta I spent most of my time wondering around Centennial Park in the heart of downtown. A small rain shower cleared away quite a few of the people afterwards. It was nice, a little hot and humid for my likings, but nice. People playing ultimate frisbee, kids playing in the Olympic fountain, and people were only drinking Coke, not Pepsi. Go figure.
While the new Coke place was a week or more from opening I didnt get to go. Though I went across the way to
Rambling Again 2007-05-16 22:51:55 Plans change. And then they change again. In such a fashion thats how I found myself back to Atlanta. Though its quite necessary. I have been looking at a list of the largest metro areas in the country. When it comes to just driving through I havent driven in almost every major city through the first 31 states. Impressive. And its good timing too as I caught just the end of a radio story that announced the rudest and most courteous cities in the country to drive in. Even with all my travels I really dont think there is a big difference from state to state or coast to coast (actually, there arent many difference at all when it comes to people, were pretty much the same everywhere), but I did notice that a lot of people pulled out right in front of me when I was in Louisiana.
Atlanta was short lived, but it was good. There are some people I would of liked to see, but didnt get to. And there are lots of things I would have liked to see, but didnt get to. Now t Read more:Rambling
, Again
Savannah 2007-05-14 20:32:24 Oh sweet Savannah
, order me some more pralines, preferably the dark chocolate ones. Delicious! Savannah was a good stop. My hosts were Sharon, Mel, Amber and Chris. In other cultures and centuries ago it was common for younger couples to live with other family members early on their marriage. In todays culture its rare, very rare. Most people get married and flee off to their own place. Amber and Chris have been married for only a few weeks and are living with Ambers grandparents Sharon and Mel. The connection in this instance is that Sharons sister is one of my mothers best friends. I was staying with a few Yoopers! Mel was willing to share lots of stories from Vietnam and his time in the Air Force, which was quite fantastic to listen to. I enjoyed it, good stories!
I was impressed with Chris knowledge of Savannah and his tour. It was one of the most knowledgeable tours of a town I have been given on short notice. What stood out was his age and living there
Two Pounds Per Month 2007-05-12 19:09:11 I am stuffed. For the millionth time in the last eight months I need to loosen my belt. Actually, I should probably just buy some new shorts, boxers, and jeans. They hardly fit anymore. I dont know exactly what I weighed when I left eight months ago, I think it was around 175. And before all of this started I had some thoughts like, Well, Im on the road on my own for a year homeless and unemployed, I might get hungry at times. Not the case. The last time I checked my weight it was around 190. Yup, I have a nice little belly going.
That comes close to average almost two pounds of weight gain per month and its not slowing down. Thats a lot! But at this point of the trip I am now telling myself, Forget it! Ill just eat what I eat and worry about it when I get back home. Thats going to be a pretty big task when I get back home. Back in Boise I just about gained two pounds in a single day.
Well, Im not hungry, Im a pretty big boy now. And frankly I Read more:Pounds
, Month
Florida Finale at Disney 2007-05-11 20:56:54 Weeks later, although it feels like months, I am finally out of Florida
. I looped around the entire state from Panama City to Tampa to Key West to Miami Beach to Celebration. Florida was an anticipated state with hosts and cities Ive been excited to see. It was well lived. As Jason told me when I was in Tampa there really is a funnel effect. People from the Midwest head down on I-75 and end up on the west side of Florida while people from the Northeast head down I-95 and find themselves on the east side of the state.
My last afternoon in Florida was spent at Disney
World. The folks at Jeep should be happy to know that my Compass is having a great experience, such as parking in the largest parking in North America. Ahh Disney World, its said to be the happiest place in the world. I would have to disagree with that, and even at Disney World kids still cry. People are surprised to find out it was my first time there. I dont remember having any desire to go there even as Read more:Finale
Reading Inspiration 2007-05-10 11:23:28 Most of my morning was spent reading Amys book (check it out here). Hopefully I have permission to quote a couple sentences where she states (ha ha, states, thats sort of funny if you know what I mean), Journaling was the hardest job I had on the trip. Writing down everything that happened and my thoughts and feelings about them took a lot of time and energy Reading
it made me feel a little guilty for not taking advantage of times to do some writing.
Im inspired to read this book and if I had the time would read through it in a day or two. Its fantastic to compare the 50-state journeys of a 24 year old and that of a young family. Here I sit with Jonathan who as far as I know could be the youngest person to ever see all 50 states, he was 7 at the time. There are a million ways to travel to all 50 states. Scotty and Fiddy, who I have been corresponding with, recently wrapped up their Hitch 50 tour. What a trip, hitchhiking to all 50 state capitols in 50 days.
So Read more:Inspiration
Time to Celebrate 2007-05-08 22:36:35 This evening I made it to Celebration, FL. Another day, another town, another host, right? Not quite. This is a stop I have been hoping for and anticipating since day one of planning. So you may ask, what brings me to Celebration? Well, quite frankly I dont need a reason to celebrate. Ok ok, the real reason is to stay with Kurt and Emily, who 12 years ago took their children to all 50 states in one year.
Over a year ago I was chatting with my friend Beth about the plans for my trip. At that time I was searching for as much feedback as possible. Beth, from Traverse City, remembered another girl from high school, that girl was Amy. Not only was Amy the same age as me, but she also went to Michigan State. So I made a cold phone call and got in touch. While being home schooled (or road schooled?) Amy and her younger brother John were given a tour of a life time. At ages 12 and 7 they not only saw all 50 states and all 50 capitols, they were able to meet all 50 governors who Read more:Celebrate
Miami Ad School 2007-05-07 22:46:09 At heart Im still an advertising student. Even when I graduated I still wasnt fully satisfied, I needed to learn more about advertising, work on my projects, pursuit more creativity, and all that jazz. Todays plan may not have been smart, sorry to say that Jackie. Jackie gave me a great tour of the Miami
Ad School
this morning. You see, the reason it may not have been smart, is that it was torture. I was thrown into this building thats bursting at the seams with talent and creativity. Its a tease to spend just a day at the school. Im ready to sign up, move in, and create!
I am now full of inspiration to start new projects, create new ideas and dreams and make them happen. Which is a bit of a problem when Ive still got to finish this one! Im thinking Ill work hard and keep different jobs every year. I dont need to retire, maybe retire at 87 if I make it that long, that sounds like a good age.
The Miami Ad School probably doesnt even top 150 students h
Welcome to Miami Beach 2007-05-06 13:48:32 The women here are beautiful! I just thought I would let everyone know.
So here I am in MiamiBeach
. Another stop in Florida. Its becoming much like California where I spent way too long. Im not complaining, but Im not knocking down the states like I should be. Ive been stuck at 31 for a while now.
While in Miami Beach
I am tracking down more advertising programs. Here I met up with Jan, a former advertising classmate at MSU. Now Jan is part way through his two years at the Miami Ad School. Since I arrived almost 24 hours ago most of our conversation has been about different ad campaigns, advertising agencies, and just different creative stuff in general. Since this trip is my life 24/7 I dont get much time to work on creative little things for the sake of pleasure. I miss that! However, Ill have all the inspiration I could imagine when I settle back down.
Miami Beach! Wow what a place. We walked down Ocean Drive last night. The place is bumpin with Read more:Welcome
Key West Summary 2007-05-06 13:19:13 I am no longer moving east, west, or south. In the next couple months I will only be moving north as I make my way towards Maine. One stop in Key West
was for a photo of miler market zero of Highway 1. Now that my first Key West experience is complete Im still trying to understand that place! In terms of the most interesting people, people watching, character, weirdness, craziness, and anything else I think its 2nd to only Venice Beach of where Ive been on my trip. Its an eclectic place and I understand why writers head there for inspiration to clear writers block (although I hardly did any writing there). Its an inspirational place with a unique vibe. Overall Key West probably has the most things to do of any town that size that Ive visited and quite possibly the best restaurants.
Heres a big list of all the great places I was so fortunate to try:
Upper Crust (great thin crust pizza)
Haagen-Dazs (of course everyone has had this, but you can never have too muc Read more:Summary
The Southernmost Point 2007-05-03 11:31:36 I have officially made it to the southernmost point in the continental United States. Its a long ways away from just about anywhere. With that note, welcome to Key West, Florida! Of course its a well known destination for spring breakers and since I didnt do the traditional spring break trip (I always opted to go snowboarding instead) this is my chance. Not that Ill be living the spring break life, after all Ive been hanging out with retired folks.
On this stop Im staying with Bill, a former librarian from LAnse, the town across the bay from Baraga. My mother and Bill know each other from the library board and as soon as I found out I had a great connection in Key West I made it a point to make it here. Im spending a lot of time relaxing, which as Bill says is what should be done while in Key West. Shortly hell be making his way back up to LAnse to spend his summer in the UP.
Its a cozy condo hes got here in Key West, close to Smathers Beach. Ive
Strangers 2007-05-03 10:53:06 Rather than writing about my daily activities and such lately Ive been more driven by essay writing. My mind is buzzing with thoughts constantly. Im ready to write a book. I wish my friends were around to have some great people to listen to me. Normally I dont have a lot to say. In the last 23 years I probably havent said my fair share. My friend Stephanie used to get on my case for never saying anything in class. Well, after this trip Ill be making up for it. I have a lot to say now, more than ever before.
A topic that I havent touched on the site in full is strangers, and its a topic that I have a lot of input to give. Hopefully sometime after this trip youll be reading an essay in the My Turn section of Newsweek about my experience with strangers. So this is just a small drop while I have to get it off my mind so I can move on to other things.
Do you ever feel that society and the media tells us to avoid strangers and not to say hi to them? I believe Read more:Strangers
Dragons and Cabinets 2007-04-29 09:58:16 While in college I always had a hard time deciding what to study. I had no clue, I still have no clue. I always thought they should have a generic degree where you have to take every introduction class at the university. How great would that be! Rather than knowing a lot about one thing Ive always focused on knowing a little about a lot of things. Well, eventually MSU sent me a letter saying I hard to choose a major. Bummer. I wasnt ready to stop taking introductory classes. However, it seems that much of my trip is about learning a little about a lot. Every week is a new subject, sometimes everyday. This time its dragon boat racing and installing kitchen cabinets.
It worked out well to be in Tampa for the annual dragon boat racing at the Asian festival. After a nice little tour of downtown Tampa, Jason and I found a spot along the river to watch the boat races. There are 22 people to a boat, 20 people rowing, one person drumming, and one person steering. Of course Read more:Dragons
, Cabinets
Death Metal 2007-04-28 09:25:49 Friday night was Jasons last chance to see one of his students band. Kellan had been asking Jason to come to a show throughout the semester. A bit thanks to Jason for waiting, that way I was able to tag along. So there were Jason and I in the middle of a the crowd at the Brass Mug, the center of Tampa Bays death metal scene.
It was a smoky bar. The walls and ceiling were all black. Low lighting. But this was all in the background. The most noticeable thing the people. Here is my advice, if you ever go to a death metal concert, WEAR BLACK! Everyone in the room had a black t-shirt on, usually of other bands. Black was the color. And then there was me, in the middle of this crowd with a bright yellow button down shirt. Yeah, I felt a little out of place. The average length of hair for the guys was probably 12 inches long. As for the music there was lots of screaming and yelling, not one word I was able to make out. The bands have names like Dark Faith and Athiest.
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It's a Jeep Thing 2007-04-27 19:56:41 you wouldnt understand. Actually you would if you spent 8 months driving one. I love my Compass. And no, this is not just a plug. My good pal Armin from Milwaukee asked me to share a little more about my Compass with all of you. Armin here is your wish, my Jeep Compass blog.
For starters the Compass slogan is Freedom in a whole new dimension. I think most people would easily agree thats been the case for me. I love seeing other Compass on the road, which has been a lot more frequent lately. Im always sure to give a honk or a wave. One of those waves turned out to be one of my big fans who I e-mail often. As for the Jeep owners that I stay with, they are very loyal. The brand loyalty I see in Jeep owners is quite rare for any produce or brand.
On to my beautiful Compass. After _____ miles I know it pretty well. You should go test-drive one Armin. One unique thing that everyone seems to comment on are the outside door handles on the read doors. The flas Read more:Thing
University of South Florida 2007-04-27 18:52:41 Yesterday brought me to another university! I have had no shortages of seeing different universities, but I still crave more. Jason works at the University
of SouthFlorida
in the theatre department. Yesterday he had the wonderful pleasure of handing out finals to his class! Thats one thing I dont really miss. My tour started out seeing the costume shop and the building shop. I think I want to hang out in the costume shop all day and take some funny photos of different outfits.
To cap my experience at the USF theatre department I was able to watch a student-directed show. The show focused on exploring the poetry of National Poety Laureate Ted Kooser. Ted Kooser was also in the small crowd sitting right in front of me. Perhaps some inspiration traveled my way to do all this writing today. The play was very well done and a great exploration and dramatization of the written word. I have now seen drama performances from high school students in Hawaii, college students in Read more:South Florida
Panama City 2007-04-27 16:52:30 Can I get some extra ketchup please? Thats right, its a ketchup and mustard day, but Ill pass on the mustard. Ive never been a big fan, mayo is more my style. Speaking of ketchup, for all you folks up north they have these great restaurants down here called Chick-Fil-A and they serve waffle fries! Pretty good waffle fries in fact, good enough to not need ketchup. But for the best waffle fries in the country you have to head all the way to Marquette, Michigan and stop in at Vangos.
Yes, I had some Chick-Fil-A in Panama
City, but thats not all folks. Panama City is a place I didnt know anything about. It became a last minute stop. It happens on the trip, things fall through in one town and come together in another. I found my way to P.C. through Nancys (Jennas mom, there have been several Nancys and theyre always the best moms, right mom?) friend Phil. Ill have to keep in close touch with Phil and Nancy for future projects. They are both big Geocaching
Northern Mississippi 2007-04-27 15:52:05 While in Oxford I had a great site-seeing tour. Sorry for falling asleep in the car John, and to everyone else on the trip. When Im in a car and not driving, I sleep. Im not sure why. I try my hardest to stay awake, but it just doesnt work. It doesnt take long before. my head is bobbing up and down. I would think that its pretty hard on my neck. Speaking of sleeping I think I saw Elvis in a trailer park, he really is in Florida! Ok, just kidding, but I did see
Elvis birth home Every year hundreds of thousands of people pay the small admission fee to have the five-minute tour of the house where Elvis was born. None of the house is original. It doesnt take long to see. Bill Bryson does a great job talking about these things in The Lost Continent. But its Elvis! And thats all people need to buy a plane ticket from Japan to come and see where The King was born. Then they find out its not actually in driving distance from Chicago, Miami, or what Read more:Northern
, Mississippi
300 Blogs and 100 Days 2007-06-02 20:12:14 Wow, here I am, just on the outskirts of Washington D.C. Ive now covered 34 states in 9 months and have somehow managed to spit out over 300 blog entries and post over 1600 photos (oh, but I have taken waaaay more). There have probably been over 30 newsletters Ive sent out (alright, so Ive missed a few, sorry!). Though there are nearly 1/3 of the states remaining, I feel very close to being on the home stretch. Take a look at the map, I only have a tiny corner left. The land area that remains is probably less than the size of Texas.
A year ago when I was designing this site I was wondering what all those numbers were going to look like as well as that big red line that has gotten a little crazy in the last couple months. Truth of it all, none of it could have been anticipated! None of it! People often ask about my expectations, but, what expectations? I hardly knew what I was getting myself into. Frankly, thats the way it is with most big dreams. You dont know w Read more:Blogs
June 1st Blues 2007-06-02 18:27:42 Nine months ago I met with one of my friends for a last time, Sarah. As part of an amazing care package she included a letter. The envelope was covered with big letters reading, CONFIDENCE BOOST. I had strict instructions not to open it until I had really had a moment where I needed just that. Although Ive been tempted on a couple other occasions, today was finally the day and I have to say thank you Sarah!
Also about a year ago I met with Darcy, one of my great professors and a great friend. After telling her my big plans she had one big concern: having to depend on hundreds of people. More so than funding, word of mouth, press, sponsorship, etc, I would have to depend on complete strangers putting me up in their house with their kids.
For staying with over 80 hosts that I have never met I have done pretty darn well. But, what you dont hear about are the horror stories! I always tell people that everything is fine and with a smile on the face. But there have been Read more:Blues
Cary 2007-05-28 22:01:15 Cary was short lived, but well lived, and with a really weird sleeping schedule. You see I stayed with Kayla (a good friend of my friend Laura). Kayla works at the local TV station in Raleigh, WRAL. She works the morning news shift. What does that mean? Getting up at 4:15 in the morning! What does it mean when you bring a cake into work when you go in? Getting up at 3:15 in the morning! Since it was a one-bedroom apartment I was on the couch without my own room and was basically waking up when Kayla did.
It was a challenge. Especially since its been harder and harder to get up the longer this trip goes on. The good part of it all was I got a personal tour of a pretty large TV station. I was impressed. Though I didnt want to, I remained on my best behavior. I wanted to press buttons, flip switches, and turn dials. Kayla is a camera operator and they do it all from a chair! Completely automated cameras. It blew my mind. Of course it doesnt hurt to stay with some
Washington, D.C. 2007-06-06 11:47:17 In the words of my amazingly awesome mother, Just imagine! Every day there are decisions being made in this city that have such enormous impact on the country and world. Every single news program Ive watched in the last year has a story that relates back to a decision that was made in this city. George W. Bush is the most talked about man in the world. As for the United States hes probably the second most talked about person. First is probably that Paris Hilton girl and Im sick of it. There are more pressing issues to cover. Why does a respectable news channel like CNN have to cover her going to jail. I mean Ive got a pretty cool story! Anyways, thats the first and last time Ill ever mention her name on my blog back to D.C.
There we were, Charles and I, sitting at COSI eating some lunch and he mentioned, Its strange to think that the president could be only a few hundreds yards from us. Thats about how close we grabbed a bit to eat to the White Hous Read more:Washington
The 35th State 2007-06-04 16:46:35 Today was the shortest drive I have had on the trip to go from one host to another while going to a different state. The total distance in the drive from Virginia to Maryland? A whopping 13 miles. A short drive like that only has enough time to play maybe three songs from my iPod, which makes the next thing even more ironic. There I was, on my way, and the first song to play includes the lyrics, on my way to Maryland. Of the playlist of my favorites, about 715 songs, thats got to be a pretty small chance of happening. I dont think I have another song that mentions the state Maryland. A similar thing happened on my way driving out of Los Angeles in December. And any song of mine that mentions the name of a state now has a different meaning.
Here Im staying with Charles and John. Ive been in touch with Charles for close to a year, well before I left for my trip. Charles graduate from Michigan State
in 1987, he actually lived in the same dorm building as I did, ju
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