On the Road

I’ve always wanted to drive across the country. I figured it would be to either visit all the major league baseball stadiums, or to follow Phish. Never thought I would be doing it for my job. Two weeks ago I found out I’d be spending the last two weeks of September with 10 strangers filming a series of webisodes. I was worried about a couple things at the beginning:

1. Would the other people be fun? Told myself that I can do anything for two weeks, but still … two weeks is a long time to spend with people you don’t know.
2. I’ve never spent much time in front of the camera, would it be fun?
3. Will I be away from the internet for too long and cause withdrawals?

The answers are turning out as follows; incredibly so, affirmative, 3g usb cards – ftw.

The first two days were spent in Seattle, Vancouver, and Bellevue. I did not feel like I was on a road trip. It was just an odd trip. The third day we made the trek to Montana, and it definitely started feeling like we were going to actually drive across the country. My original plans for road tripping involved lots of camping and couches. I’m fairing much better with couches and wifi.

For the most part, only Erin and I are on the camera, but it truly takes an army of smart dedicated people to put it together. When we started, I thought I might have to actually do some driving. Fortunately, we have four of the coolest drivers that are complete road veterans schlepping us and our coffee around. We should do an episode on the radio banter, exclusively. It’s hilarious.

Traveling with comedians is really fun.

Tomorrow I’m flying to LA to speak at 140tc, I’ll meet up with the road trip in Nebraska on Wednesday. Then it’s Chicago, Erie, Boston, and NYC.

You can follow the road trip on Twitter or watch the videos on YouTube.