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
See where Amtrekker's been for the last 505 days.
See where Amtrekker's been for the last 505 days.

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  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


Whose life is it anyway?:

Hey Team,

Wow. What a surreal day. Have you ever had that feeling that the life you’re leading maybe isn’t yours? Say, hypothetically, one day you suddenly find yourself thinking, “What will my life been when I’m 26? Will I be married? Will I have a kid? What kind of steady job will I have?” And then, just as suddenly, you realize you already are 26 and you’re homeless, unemployed and helping the guy you just met today (whose couch you’re sleeping on) study for his Quantum Mechanics test.

This is after you walked five miles in the ridiculous Florida humidity to get to the nearest bus stop and finally reached the point of complete filth saturation. That point at which it would actually be impossible for you to get dirtier and the only thing the filth is left to do is burrow into your skin and create a perma-bum situation that you definitely aren’t looking forward to.

All this on top of the fact that you suddenly find yourself with the number seven spot on “Today’s Top Podcasts” in the Places & Travel category on iTunes. All thanks to some awesome friends you’ve made who produce an equally awesome podcast that can easily be found over at www.totallyradshow.com.

Hypothetically, of course.

How weird would that be? Answer: very.

And this is me speaking from experience. Seriously team, it’s been a REALLY weird 24 hours and I’m just now able to start moving fast enough to catch up to reality before it crosses the finish line without me.

So, while I’m busy trying to wrap my head around my own life I’d like to take a quick time out to thank Dan, Jeff, Alex and Steve over at the Totally Rad Show. If you like movies, TV and/or video games (and the occasional comic book) don’t miss them. They’re great guys and worth checking out.

Even if you find yourself saying, “But Brett, the only reason I even risk delving into the interwebs is to visit your site.” Then I say to you, “You’re in luck. If you head over to www.totallyradshow.com you can watch their latest show in which they talk a little bit about amtrekker.” And because I’m sneaky like that I know in the process you’ll find yourself enjoying everything they say and suddenly wish next Wednesday would come faster so you can watch another episode of TRS.

Okay, I’m done.

Brett.

Welcome to the wonderful world of the kindness of strangers:


Why NOT be a kind stranger?


This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 11:26 pm.

1 Comment »

  1. Nice plug there Brett. Heh.

    For those that check TRS out. I strongly suggest starting at episode one.

    There are ongoing jokes that will just fly over your head if you don’t.

    Comment by Patch — October 19, 2007 @ 2:09 pm

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