2 weeks to go.. | this wild adventure

There is just under two weeks to go until the big day.

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!

Just kidding. No one outside of the New England territory cares much about the game. Anyone in the realm of the advertising world is excited for a year of Twitter-heavy reports, user-generated content, and a heavy criticism of the live performances. But, on February 5th, I wrap up my 2nd annual list “to-do” list, as followed here on this website.

The age of 23 has been incredibly good to me. I can’t even begin to summarize it. But with the remaining weeks comes a few small tasks which are yet to be completed. See the video below, as Alex-Anna and I wrapped up one of the tougher tasks which carried over from “22” but is finally complete: visit North Carolina.

Alex-Anna and I share a passion for just picking up and doing something spontaneous, something that may not be the most rational of ideas, but is bound to create an opportunity. On the trip, we both learned just how often we have ended up in similar situations because of the “why not!?” mentality. It’s almost to a fault, as we spent over 9 hours driving in a 24 hour time span. But in the end, it always seems to work out and memories are made.

While in Athens at the game, a question came up at halftime. “What are we going to do tonight?”. As the conversation wandered aimlessly, we realized that we had plenty of time, a tank of gas, and a bucket list item to visit North Carolina over my head. The rationale was quite irrational, “well,we’re already an hour north, so we might as well keep going”, but was enough for us to leave the game in the second half and take off. On the trip, I connected with friends via Facebook and Twitter to find that a college buddy lived in Charlotte and worked a night club in the heart of downtown. In minutes, we had a place to stay, free cover into the nicest club in North Carolina, and plans for our evening… but we were sporting Ole Miss t-shirts and wet sneakers. Since our housing was accounted for and the club required nice clothing/no tennis shoes, it only made sense to stop in Anderson, South Carolina for a short shopping trip. From top to bottom, we bought outfits for the evening and continued to North Carolina. By 1PM, we had made it to NC, but the friends apartment was locked up. We took off downtown in pursuit of a changing room, only to settle upon a Hilton hotel. It was exactly what you see in the movies (or Alias, for you vintage television folks). Two normal people browsing a hotel, buying candy at the gift shop to figure out where the nearest bathrooms are, sneaking around and avoiding eye contact, but coming out in the evening’s finest as if nothing had happened. Hours later, we were back in our comfortable clothes, Moe’s in hand, wondering what the heck had just happened.

Here’s the story via Instagram