March 2011
1 post
hey friends!
some of you may have linked here through herewecollide.com today. if not, you should definitely follow—to write love on her arms posts something inspiring every day.
our summer road trip has ended, but we’ve still made it to a few more cities and have more stories to share with you. i have a book about it coming out this spring, and if you want any more information, just shoot an...
June 2010
44 posts
home.
(currently listening)
home – explosions in the sky
how far we’ve come – matchbox twenty
welcome home – we shot the moon
The first time I drove my car, I was alone and crying hysterically. Having a car meant that college was mere months away, and college looked like an absolute dead end. It didn’t look like a new home or a world of opportunity—it just made me wonder where all the effort I’d put...
north carolina.
carolina – ben gibbard
the space between – valencia
couches in alleys – styrofoam (feat. ben gibbard)
The rain follows us to North Carolina, but it’s soothing as it hammers on the roof of the big, beautiful log cabin in which we’re staying. Kristin’s friend, Brianna, greets us eagerly as we step through the door. We’re again surrounded by the slow southern accent that we’ve come to love, but...
tennessee.
(currently listening)
southern weather – the almost
the everglow – mae
stay away from me – the honorary title
It pours in Nashville, and we’re so sick of rain. We end up staying in the hotel for several hours, running around and looking for entertainment like little kids whose parents have left them for the bar. We go swimming for short bursts at a time, carry around entire pints of ice cream,...
little rock.
(currently listening)
stolen – dashboard confessional
shelter – ray lamontagne
love wasteland – johnny rocket
There are a lot of buzzwords that you learn when you get older, and one of them is “networking.” It’s a word that I’ve never really appreciated, largely because it sounds like you’re sucking people into a web in order to get farther in life. And let’s face it—that’s how a lot of people...
texas, oklahoma.
(currently listening)
tell me something good – the rocket summer
your hand in mine – explosions in the sky
get through this - cartel
vincent black lightning - richard thomas (just for someone special back home)
On the road, we’ve had several people warn us about Amarillo, Texas. What is talked up as a romantic Texan town is really nothing but an oversized truck stop. What’s worse is that when...
santa fe.
(currently listening)
goodbye sky harbor – jimmy eat world
take it easy – the eagles
The moment we step out of my car in Santa Fe, we’re pummeled with hail. Lightning and thunder rip through the sky as we run through the streets towards a Mexican restaurant. The red adobe buildings stand out against the slate grey sky, but we want nothing to do with the outdoors right now.
It’s frustrating to...
May 2010
135 posts
arizona.
(currently listening)
chase this light – jimmy eat world
the summer before – the appleseed cast
your name here (sunrise highway) – straylight run
On the way out of Vegas, I trip over a curb in a parking lot and skin my knee. I’m bleeding as I follow Jamie and Kristin into a Jamba Juice, and the girls behind the counter are already scrambling to put together a bag of ice. The burn on my palms...
