L.A. or Bust! (Day 1)
Posted on: September 12, 200912 comments so far (is that a lot?)
One thing you may not know about me is that I LOVE driving – road trips especially. In the past few years I’ve driven through almost every state and have made the Nashville to Los Angeles drive 3 times (this time will be my 4th). I was excited to find out I was going to get to make the drive again this year because originally, my dad was going to drive my car and my things out to me. But when that plan fell through I flew back to Nashville, and now my brother, Jhason and I are driving out to L.A. together. You can keep up with us on the road by checking back here every night (or morning – depending on how long it takes me to write these posts).
M I S S O U R I
We left Nashville this morning at 6:00 AM – Jhason drove so I could do some editing. We made our first stop in St. Louis, MO at noon and had lunch with our cousin Matt (Robert in Laquisha is Ghetto), who recently moved to St. Louis for school. It was funny because I didn’t tell Jhason that Matt was going to be there so when we walked in and he was sitting there it caught him completely off guard!
K A N S A S
In Kansas City, KS we met up with Jhason’s friend Cory (the long, curly, brown haired dude in Get Your Own iPhone: Party) for a cup of coffee at Starbucks. It was a nice break from the road – the midwest is a boring drive and Jhason wasn’t feeling well so I had to do the bulk of the driving myself while he slept. I don’t know which I’d rather be stuck with – nausea, or driving through Missouri and Kansas alone. Needless to say, I was happy to get out of the car for that coffee. I had a delicious Peppermint White Mocha (my Starbucks fav). When we got back on the road, Jhason attempted to drive but immediately started feeling nauseous so I took over again. I drove (nodding off) the whole way to a little town called Hays, KS. We rolled in a little after midnight and stayed for the night. What a tiny place! I should’ve taken a picture of it for you all but I was exhausted… as you can tell in the last picture below 
There wasn’t too much excitement today – but be sure and check back Sunday night (it may be Monday morning if we get behind schedule). We’ll be hanging in Denver and Vegas so it should be a bit more exciting! L.A. or Bust!
September 12th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Why did you have to move to LA? The South is so much better…
September 12th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Julian, on the picture of kansas, where you took a panorama picture, did you use a freaking crazy lence to take that shot, or did you use photoshop `?`just wondering, because if lence, i must say wtf
September 12th, 2009 at 10:51 am
It’s so cool to see the pics of Kansas!! Represent!!
And thanks for the twitter birthday wishes, very sweet!
Can’t wait to see SmashCuts!!
September 12th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Awesome dude, that image stitch is great
Driving across with your bro must be good times. I’ve made the drive only once this summer but doing it alone has it’s advantages/disadvantages. Having someone along for the ride would be nice. I was riding along with Jason Myers yesterday at like 1am to get some fast food (what else would be we be doing?) and we both agreed that we’re excited to see Smash Cuts! He seemed pretty stoked to see someone he knows on TV, that’ll be awesome. Too bad I never had the pleasure of meeting you, but that’s just fine…God has some awesome things in store for you this year, no doubts. Good luck over there, stay safe, enjoy the weather (I’m going to freeze in NY this winter), and knock’em dead with your personality/talents!
September 12th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Great photos, babe! It looks like you’re having a ton of fun.
I’ll be VERY happy to have you in town.
September 13th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
That second photo is so cool! Hope your ride continues to be enjoyable.
September 13th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
have a good time and good luck for you julian, you are really talented!
September 14th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Very nice pics…even the last one lol. I am glad the first day went well. Stay safe guys
September 15th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
This whole time I thought you were putting out actual VIDEOS, and now I finally get why I couldn’t find them on youtube.
I’m the one who would get nauseous too. I’m glad I’m not your brother.
Sounds awesome! I’m gonna check on the other days.
March 2nd, 2010 at 2:58 pm
LOVE YOU JULES!!!!!!!!!
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:29 am
sooo fake, Leonard Snuffer
July 6th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
I stumbled across your website and think it’s fantastic.I’m thinking of starting a graphic design blog. Thanks!