I work hard to create original content and would never steal an idea, let alone an idea from a show as huge as Family Guy! I’d have to be a complete idiot to do that. That being said, I apologize to all the Family Guy fans and I assure you all, it was merely coincidence. If you have any comments/questions I hope you’ll leave them below! I love hearing from you guys!

–Julian

The rap is called “Watch Smash Cuts” and I don’t think it needs anymore setup than that. Check it!

The alarm clock on my phone seemed much louder this morning. Probably because I’m not getting as much sleep as I need to be getting. All this driving is wearing me out. I rolled out of my bed and walked over to wake up Jhason. “How you feeling, bud?” Jhason rolled over, looked around for a second and mumbled in a drowsy, monotone voice “Good.” I can only imagine how crappy it must have been for him being sick while packed into the jeep like a sardine. I’m glad he’s feeling better now. We got in the car and he drove – he’s doing his fair share of it to make up for his time off.

L a s   V e g a s | (Sept. 13 2009)

We didn’t have as much time in Vegas as we hoped to. But we were able to stop off the interstate and walk around for a little bit. I showed showed Jhason around the Bellagio, where they filmed several scenes from Oceans 11. He and I both like that movie a lot so he enjoyed seeing it in person. After that I took Jhason to get his first In-N-Out Buger (which he loved) and since I’m such a GREAT blogger, I FORGOT to take pictures! I rule. It would have been a crazy picture at In-N-Out too – there were SO MANY PEOPLE there. It took us a good half an hour to get our food (putting us significantly behind on our schedule) and we practically had to be vultures to get a seat. One of the busiest trips to In-N-Out I’ve ever experienced.

C a l i f o r n i a | (Sept. 13 2009)

It took us 3 extra hours to get to Los Angeles because of the weekend traffic from Vegas. Everyone was heading home from the Casinos and we got caught right in the middle of it! When we rolled in, Jhason and I met up with my girlfriend, Sarah and went to dinner and then to Pinkberry! Jhason had never been to Pinkberry since they only have them in California and NYC but he LOVED it. If you’ve never had Pinkberry, you should try it the next chance you get.

H e y,   L . A . ! | (Sept. 13 2009)

I was so excited to finally be in L.A. and off the road that I kept forgetting to take pictures through the night. But Jhason and I did manage to take one last sweet panorama on Mulholland Dr. (the famous wide shot of L.A. from Spielberg’s, E.T.)!

Personally, this is my favorite panorama of the entire trip – which one was your fav? Thanks for following us along the road! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. I’ll be moving into my apartment next week and I’ll be sure to post pictures as soon as it’s ready to be seen!

Also… I have several new YouTube sketches coming soon so keep an eye out for those!

M o r e   K a n s a s  | (Sept. 12 2009)

When we woke up today Jhason was feeling worse so I drove again for the majority of the day. We got on the road and drove for what seemed like days through the remainder of Kansas. Saw a little rain, but for the most part it was a nice, cool day. Every time I make this drive, I forget how long and grueling the midwest is. Not because it isn’t pretty, it’s just that everything is so flat it feels like you’re not going anywhere! No, there wasn’t too much goin’ on in Kansas – the most excitement we had was seeing a jug of “chicken poop” inside Walgreens (see below)…

We pulled over and got Jhason some Sprite and crackers, which is supposed to help an uneasy stomach. I felt so bad for him being stuck in a car feeling so sick. He started feeling better after we got some lunch. Lets hope he gets better soon so he can enjoy the rest of the drive!

C o l o r a d o | (Sept. 12 2009)

Colorado is the most beautiful place in the country, second only to Northern California, if you ask me. This was, and always is the coolest part of the drive to California (if you take I-70)! Jhason had never been this far west so he was snapping pictures like crazy and kept mentioning how small the landscape made him feel. He’s right! If you’ve never been to Colorado, you should just take a long weekend and see it. It’s indescribable! The Grand Canyon is pretty cool too, even though we didn’t have time to see it this time through. Jhason and I took lots of panoramas, as you can tell. It kind of became the theme for the trip. I’m going to make HUGE prints of these and hang them up in my apartment in L.A.!

Now, I’ve driven through the Rocky Mountains before, but never with an SUV packed so tightly that your rear view mirror is pointless… not to mention the massive luggage rack connected to our hitch. There were places in the mountains where I couldn’t go faster than 45mph because the grades were so steep and there was so much weight in the car. My poor jeep was trying so hard! It was ridiculous how quickly we burned through gas that day. You could literally almost watch as the needle on the gas gauge slowly fell.

There’s a stretch of land in the Colorado mountains where there’s literally no gas for almost a couple hundred miles. You have to make sure when you’re making this drive that you don’t forget to fill up your gas tank before you enter this no-man’s-land. I almost ran out of gas when I made this drive a few years back. It can be pretty nerve racking but we made it through just fine.

U t a h | (Sept. 12 2009)

Jhason and I drove through Utah at night so we didn’t get any good pictures. The southern half of Utah is pretty much desolate anyways. We had a hotel reservation in Richfield, (a little town about 5 hours from Vegas) but when we arrived we weren’t tired at all so we drove to St. George, which is much closer. We wanted to be able to spend some time in Vegas the next day since Jhason had never been before. We arrived at our hotel at 1:15 am, and hit the sack hard.

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!

The most important thing right now is that for the next TWO WEEKS ONLY I’m going to let YOU ALL vote and decide what goes on these fancy new t-shirts I’m getting ready to have made for my all new Districtlines merch store (coming soonly)! If you haven’t watched the video regarding this whole thang, you can do so by clicking here. After watching the video, vote below! The most popular vote will be made into the very first ever JulianSmith.tv t-shirt! Tell your friends to vote too!

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