Or rather, the evolution of The American Dream.

Every journey needs a purpose right?  Well I think every journey needs a purpose, it just seems logical.  So this trip coming up needs a purpose.  I've decided on something very close to home, controversial, interesting, engaging and all around fantastic:  The Death and Resurrection of the American Dream.  Here is the premise, while I travel the country side no doubt meeting colorful people from all different walks of life I'm going to keep a journal (possibly a vlog) of the experiences and how people have changed their daily lives in the past 8 years.  Of course I'll be putting my own spin on things and for journalistic reasons I'll start doing research on the areas I'll be visiting as soon as I can.  Chances are I'll be doing quite a bit of reading before I leave.

My blog will be the main outlet for my writings and whatnot including the video feeds.  I'm planning on 3-4 times a week updating my location (assuming the Internet is reliable where I happen to be at any given time or I may just subscribe to a satellite Internet service). 

This may seem a bit vague, a bit convoluted a bit...idealistic, romantic, crazy, absurd, dangerous and half a dozen other adjectives but, this is what I need to be doing.  I've got the bug and I need to leave.  I'm not leaving responsibility behind oh no, I plan on paying my bills ahead of time or while I'm gone.  I'll take up some small jobs if need be.  I have bartending experience I should be able to get a job anywhere.

As I type this I'm sitting in a laundry mat.  My clothes keep endlessly spinning in circles trying to outrace all the grease and dirt that is mixed in with the gray laundry water.  Sometimes it just seems like a losing battle folks.  No matter how much we run it's always in circles and we're always being chased by the sins of our past and the errors of our ways.