Twittering on a drive from Indianapolis to Phoenix
My “twittering on a drive” series is back! I’m sure all of you enjoyed my last cross-country tweet session, “Twittering on a drive from LA to South Florida.” Well now, my friends, I’ve got a collection of tweets from my recent drive from Indianapolis to Phoenix. I’ve returned to the Valley of the Sun, and if you like Conan O’Brien’s “Twitter Tracker,” you’ll love these tweets…about 55% less!
So without further delay, I bring you a 48-hour trip’s worth of Tweets! Exclamation!
(Note: I use the term “twittering” over the term “tweeting,” because it’s the lesser of two evils for me.)
- Phoenix city limits
- Unpaid product placement: cactus cooler
- Forgot about the higher percentage of dbags in az than the midwest. My one complaint…but its all good.
- 78 miles to phoenix
- Just surrounded by mountains and millions of pine trees. No big deal.
- I now have blog material about my shell card being declined and having to call customer service. Kind of unbelievable.
- Flagstaff, arizona
- Elevation rising. My pictures dont do this drive justice.
- Racing a train and winning right now.
- Historic route 66 to my right. Santa fe train to my left. Desert mountains in the distance.
- Here comes the sun and i said, its alright.
- Bumpin’ america fuck yeah. I dedicate it to u.s. Border patrol. Although that doesnt do justice to their tough job.
- Bumpin’ darius rucker. A few miles from a petrified wood tourist trap in navajo county.
- Bumpin’ who let the dogs out right now. Awesome.
- Just recorded myself freestyling over drake a few times. Complete nerd. Haha. #rap
- Welcome to az. Im back!
- Trains out west are cool.
- Paragliders all over the desert? Stay active albuquerque weekend?
- Is bob & tom on in albuquerque? Somebody please direct msg me.
- Holy shit. Make that 17+ hot air balloons.
- 3 hot air balloons over albuquerque this morning.
- Back on the road. Arizona in 8 hours.
- Got jerked a little bit on motel price but the continental breakfast was magnifique (relatively speaking).
- Just saw the broke version of lil wayne in the hotel parking lot.
- @l3ighbrody I was already showing bicep. I’m jacked right now too. Can’t believe it didn’t work. ha.
- @jeff_baker_ Whoah, sorry for the delay. It’s a 26 hour drive. Glad the anger has subsided from this morning.
- Drove through a huge lightning storm. Stopped in Albuquerque.
- New mexico
- Parts of texas remind me of africa…even though ive never been there.
- Giant cross #2 of the trip (tx panhandle)
- Texas
- Bumpin drizzake in the middle of nowhere, oklahoma.
- Coolest city abbreviations: phx, lax and okc.
- Just passed garth brooks blvd. And the red clay is here.
- The zac efron haircut seems to be big in oklahoma.
- Just drove past a shit-kicking tin can of a car w a confederate sticker that read, ‘dead yankees don’t lie.’ wtf?
- Tulsa
- Just drove under the overpass mcdonalds. I think i last ate there when i was 10.
- Welcome to oklahoma, the will rogers tollway
- I was the victim of stateism earlier today. (california plates)
- ….pretty scenery north of branson though.
- Fuck 60 mph speed limits! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
- Tom brokaw is doing highway 50. I’m doing i-44. That means i’m only 6 points behind. Nbc should hire me soon.
- Maybe savemolives.com is intentional.
- Unintentional humor: a sign reading ‘buckle up, savemolives.com’ mo = missouri
- And the white construction pickup truck right in front of me war going faster. He probably picked up that guy on radar.
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- Just got the biggest bullshit speeding ticket in the world.
- Discovery: road rage trigger #1 for me: drivers who could get over for you when you enter the freeway but dont.
- St. James, mo
- Entering ‘cuba’
- Freestyling over swagger like us right now.
- Listening to Bob and tom all morning.
- Passing six flags stl. Wish i could stop.
- Heavy fog in sttl this morning. Wont get this in az.
- Crashing at the aunt and uncle’s place in St. Louis. You know. The STL, MO, 314. Also, a friend of a friend knows Nelly. Isn’t that cool?
- @jeff_baker_ 26 hours
- @beast86 I think it’s a GOOD song, but not GREAT enough to blow up as a Trending Topic when it was released. I just think it’s suspect.
- Myst in the streets looks like ghosts.
- When in st. Louis you gotta drink ab. Inbev or no.
- Getting off on mo-100. Originally part of the lewis and clark trail.
- Crossing Missouri state line and mississippi river
- I just settled all my lawsuits. Fuck you debbie!!! (im bored and listening to eminem)
- 20 miles from st. Louis
- Just saw three ‘country’ dudes driving in an old pickup truck laughing. One black. Two whites. The media told me that doesnt exist.
- Passing vandalia, il. Illinois’ oldest capitol…? I wonder what year.
- Just passed my first giant cross of thd trip. (next one in texas)
- When lil wayne is 40 he will change his name to ‘middl wayne.’
- Bumpin’ tag teams ‘whoomp there it is’ right now on 70 west.
- Cant stand inconsistent drivers when im on cruise control.
- The people of illinois just welcomed me back to their state via a roadside sign.
- 200 years ago i would have been a westward traveling pioneer. Now, im a guy trying to touch up his resume.
- Bye bye downtown indianapolis. Thnks fr th mmrs.
- Leaving for Arizona in 5-4-3-2-1. And now, the world premiere of me singing by myself, in my car, across the country.
Wasn’t that great?
I have no idea what happened to Tweets #47 and #48. All I know is they included details about the b***s*** speeding ticket I received. Maybe Twitter edits you, so as not to be a part of the legal process? That would be interesting… Not that I’m pleading innocent anyway. It was a speed trap. The speed limit changed from 70 to 60 and I didn’t notice. (And no, I wasn’t twittering when it happened.) Then, it changed back to 70, only 100 yards from where I was pulled over. Oh well. No use complaining now. Very interesting that Twitter edited me though.
My favorite part of the trip was driving through New Mexico and Arizona. Obviously, my “tweets” didn’t capture the beauty, and the nostalgic (even though I wasn’t around) feeling of the old wild west. But I tried, as best as 146 characters would allow.
If you want to follow me on Twitter, you can do that here.
This list of tweets is a pretty good example of what you’ll get from me: randomness. I’m sometimes funny. Sometimes, I complain. And sometimes, I just write what’s going on around me because I’m bored. Pretty standard. I’m trying to quit though. I can’t wait for the day that I no longer use it. But for now, it’s one of my life lines.
Brian Laesch can be followed on Twitter here.
As the Founder/CEO of a reputable Web Design and Internet Marketing Agency, I browse revenue generating articles frequently.This was a very interesting read…. love the randomness! I enjoyed it very much…. Well done!