Road Node 101 v. 2006Contemplating Road Node 101 v. 2.006 by revisiting Road Node v. 2.005, here summed up in video at mile 1,990.
Here's a Frapper Map of the Road Node route so far .
Join the Road Node 101 email list, HERE .
Here's a calendar .
In case you weren't around in the autumn of 2005, you can partake of the media ripples from v. 2.005 HERE . (If I've missed a piece of Road Node 101-related media you've made, kindly tag it 'roadnodefilms' in Delicious and it will be automatically added to the collection.)
When told of the road trip fundraising effort, my antique-selling friend Tom donated $250 toward the project without a moment's hesitation, which surprised and scared the shit out of me. That support should come easily let alone come at all blows my mind.
With all that, I'm in the middle of a crisis of Faith.
I'd hoped to take a month to travel via Montana and Vloggercue down to New Orleans to see what's up there, teach some folks how to make media. But something in my gut stops me from continuing to imagine the execution of the New Orleans part of the plan. Is it that I'm frightened of what I'll find? Is it that I will not be able to bring myself to walk into the neighborhoods that require reporting on? That I'm a pussy after all? Perhaps that the trip turns out to encompass six thousand miles and that the rent will not be paid for September. All of the above.
My skill is as catalyst . In that respect, it doesn't matter where I go, only that someone is there to say, "Hello!" and there's eventually something to eat and drink so we have an excuse to spend time chewing the vlog-fat.
In those locales that don't have extant vloggers (life Fargo, ND & Rapid City, SD), the plan is to take out ads in the local blog / vlog / analog newspaper with contact info and hope for the best.
8/1 - Indiana, PA
8/2 - Toledo, OH - Meetup TBD
8/3 - Chicago, IL - Kevin of LimeBlog hosts / Meetup Scheduled /
Location TBD
8/4 - Minneapolis, MN
8/5 - Fargo, ND
8/6-9 Emigrant, MT - Scoble's Off-the-Grid Campout hosts
8/10 - Rapid City, SD
8/11 - ...
