Amtrekker
Hey Team,
I’m an unemployed vagrant. All I have is a backpack full of technology, a shoestring budget and a very important list. When everything is crossed off my list I get to go home! Let me know if you want to trade one of those shoestrings for help. brett@amtrekker.com
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Amtrekker's been for the last 465 days.
See where Amtrekker's been for the last 465 days.

  1. Tube down a river
  2. Ride a horse through a covered bridge
  3. Sleep in a lighthouse
  4. Learn survival skills
  5. Enter a hot dog eating contest
  6. Walk to the top of the Empire State Building
  7. See a live taping of The Colbert Report
  8. See a game at Fenway Park
  9. Milk a cow on an Amish farm
  10. Wade through a cranberry bog
  11. Go into a coal mine
  12. Take part in a Civil War reenactment
  13. Race dirt bikes
  14. Make Moonshine
  15. Hitchhike
  16. Learn to Sail
  17. Try my hand at kiteboarding
  18. Pet a sloth
  19. Help out on a plantation
  20. Learn to run a 3 card monte game
  21. Tell Donald Trump "You're Fired."
  22. Be a guest on a talk show
  23. Hang gliding
  24. Be part of a stage illusion
  25. Be in a movie
  26. Experience Comic Con
  27. Go on a lobster boat
  28. Scuba dive in the Atlantic
  29. Drive a race car
  30. Go to an obscure small town festival
  31. River kayak
  32. Geocache in all 48 contiguous states
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  33. Collect honey from a beehive
  34. Scale the lowest highest point in a state
  35. Arkansas Crater of diamonds state park and look for a diamond
  36. Ride the fastest roller coaster in the country
  37. Go through a hedge maze
  38. Catch a firefly
  39. Motorcycle Rally
  40. Ride a cow
  41. Sandboarding
  42. Ride an ostrich
  43. Create a crop circle
  44. Fly fishing
  45. Swamp boat ride with gators
  46. See a movie at the Alamo Draft House
  47. Tour the Crayola Factory
  48. Ben and Jerry's Flavor Graveyard
  49. See a Freak Show
  50. Hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon


YOU’RE an April Fool! Jerk.:

Hey Team,

I get SO sick of knowing that EVERYTHING I read on the internet one day a year is going to be complete and total BS. Seriously guys, it’s not all that original. We all know it’s coming. If anything it just makes me assume that even the true stuff is a lie on April Fool’s Day.

Congratulations people. Way to go. You made a handful of people that can’t pay attention to the date think that you’ve sold your soul to a talking porcupine for a box of tic tacs.

I’d be so much more impressed if someone faked a bunch of people out on the fourth of July and then just before they walked off the nearest bridge to show their complete commitment to the ridiculous lie they shouted, “April Fool’s!”

It’s like Valentine’s Day. It’s so much more meaningful if you give the gift of suckering some poor sap when they least expect it.

At the very least I’d like to see some retaliatory April Fool’s happenings. How come no one ever gets knocked to the ground and has their shoes ripped off and thrown in the garbage disposal after telling someone their shoelaces are untied?

Man, this is kind of bitter. You’d think I had some kind of childhood trauma or something…

I didn’t by the way. I’m just a little frustrated that every year one entire day is stolen from my life. Almost nothing that I can read today will be relevant to what happens tomorrow.

What a waste.

Okay, enough ranting. I have to head back over to the unicorn stable to see if I can get one of them to help me chase down those cucumbers that have been terrorizing Idaho. Those little bastards have been getting away with murder for too long!

April Fool’s! Man that was a good one. Whew! Yeah…so…I’ll just be going now.

(Time how long it took you to read that last paragraph. That’s how much of your life I owe you.)

I’m done.

Brett.

Since I already owe you…


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6 Comments »

  1. Brett… here’s the perspective that you may be missing here: You don’t have to be the one getting suckered - you can be the one duping people and making THEM look like suckers!
    This is a great holiday. One of the best. And the reason being that it is a battle of wits against those around you. It is truly a beautiful thing to get the same people every year with new tricks up my sleeve - because they ARE expecting it, and yet they still get got. Talk about a sense of pride! Hitting someone when they most expect it? C’mon! That takes genius and deviousness the likes of which most have never seen! I literally emailed myself an hour ago with fresh ideas for 2009, and they are the best i have ever come up with! 2009 will blow ya mind will be the tagline, and yes, even you, will be able to witness it firsthand. Sucka!

    Comment by ilott the douchebag — April 1, 2008 @ 5:26 pm

  2. Childhood trauma? April fools day was always one of your favorites! You remember when you about 4yrs old and I had a friend from the hospital call and tell you that your mom and I had been… thats not a good one. How about the time I took you kitten and I … Hey Brett you shoes untied!!!

    Comment by Popamtrekker — April 1, 2008 @ 11:14 pm

  3. That’s close to the hardest I’ve EVER laughed at a comment! Way to go POP!

    Comment by Brett — April 1, 2008 @ 11:24 pm

  4. Oh man I love the fools day! I try to spread bamboozlement throughout the year, but on this day It comes by the bucket full! Lighten up there Amtrekker, its fun to have fun for fun sake!

    Comment by Mikey — April 2, 2008 @ 11:50 am

  5. Ouch. “It’s Fun to have fun.” I never can argue with your logic. You win again.

    Comment by Brett — April 2, 2008 @ 11:58 am

  6. wow. lighten up duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude. ps- gullible is written on the ceiling…

    Comment by nickola — April 2, 2008 @ 9:09 pm

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