A Great American Wander: My Journey So Far
Adam gives a taste of his travels, two months into his aimless meander across the country.
My journey so far, in a Great American Wander that started two months ago.
MUSIC: Traveling by Stephen Liu, featuring Tiffany Guerrero. Licensed under a CC-BY 3.0 License.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT
ADAM: Hello, Earthlings. You’re watching Adam the Alien, and I have been on a Great American Wander.
The last time I uploaded a video, I said I was going to Michigan for a Rainbow gathering, and I did. And once I was over there, I just thought: you know, I haven’t been on this side of the Mississippi in a long time. Like, since I was a kid. And I decided: why not just keep wandering?
It’s really weird looking back at the footage from all of this trip because I am not the person I was when I left, and it’s just so strange looking back at who I was, and who I am, and who I’m becoming.
And I have so much to say, and so much to tell you, and so many videos to make, that I’ve been scripting and working on. But I thought I should give you a taste of what’s been going on for the last…it’s been more than a month. I’ve been on the other side of the country for more than a month.
So you know what? Musical montages speak better than words. Here you go.
SYLVIA: Aha-ho-hoooo! We on the road!
♪ It’s time to go ♪
♪ Don’t you know ♪
♪ Time to make your mark upon this world and society ♪
♪ Choose no mercy ♪
♪ To all the fools that have been left behind and on their knees ♪
♪ Begging please ♪
♪ Please shine the light that guides us to our happy destinies ♪
♪ And memories ♪
♪ Are figments of our imagination ♪
♪ Traveling far ♪
♪ Traveling near ♪
♪ Traveling somewhere far away from here ♪
♪ Traveling deep ♪
♪ Traveling wide ♪
♪ Traveling somewhere I don’t have to hide ♪
♪ So innocence ♪
♪ Doesn’t make sense ♪
♪ When censorship fails and you can’t progress in your life ♪
♪ Home is in strife ♪
♪ [Inaudible lyrics] ♪
♪ To bring your haste ♪
♪ Install the London transport into a new cavity ♪
♪ [Inaudible lyrics] ♪
♪ The limits of your soul to [inaudible] ♪
♪ Traveling far ♪
♪ Traveling near ♪
♪ Traveling somewhere far away from here ♪
♪ Traveling deep ♪
♪ Traveling wide ♪
♪ Traveling somewhere I don’t have to hide ♪
♪ Traveling with ♪
♪ Traveling now ♪
♪ Traveling somewhere it don’t matter how ♪
♪ Traveling fast ♪
♪ Traveling slow ♪
♪ Traveling somewhere I don’t care to know ♪
OFF-CAMERA VOICE (as Adam jumps into the water): Woo!
ADAM: The view going down is so much more intense than the view, uh, watching people.
♪ Traveling far ♪
♪ Traveling near ♪
♪ Traveling somewhere far away from here ♪
♪ Traveling deep ♪
♪ Traveling wide ♪
♪ Traveling somewhere I don’t have to hide ♪
♪ Traveling with ♪
♪ Traveling now ♪
♪ Traveling somewhere it don’t matter how ♪
♪ Traveling fast ♪
♪ Traveling slow ♪
♪ Traveling somewhere I don’t care to know ♪
ADAM: So that’s my journey so far, and you know what? It’s not over yet. At the very least, I still have to go all the way across the country just to get home.
I hope to share with you the things I’ve learned on this journey very soon. And until then, I hope you are all having lovely lives.
I’m Adam the Alien. Fare thee well.
Writer. Actor. Director. Chalk artist. YouTuber. Nerdfighter. Traveler. Pansexual. Genderfluid. Millennial. Socialist. Living a complex life beyond those words.
