Good morning gotham

6/04/2016
Morning everyone, it is a wonderful June morning here where I live, NYC.
I know many of you out there are most likely thinking,wow, it is pretty oxymoronic that of all places a hillbilly traveler could be living, New York is probably the last place you expect a person like me to be living. And you are all right, because a lot of the time, I am shocked by this fact myself. I can assure you that when I was a small youngin running around the creeks,hollers and woods of my dad's 80 acre farm, I was not thinking about an alien world full of skyscrapers, honking cars, and generally angry people. I was much more interested in catching crawdads, and letting the dirt get between my toes. Which I still generally prefer to do even now. I guess like many hillbilly's before me, and like many who will follow in my footsteps, I am an economic refugee. We Appalachian mountain people have been a significant portion of the population of major American urban centers for decades,  everywhere from Detroit to Atlanta. And what has drawn us out of our mountain hollers away from our families and significant family social structures have all boiled down to one thing: JOBS. In my particular case however, this explanation will require much more in depth explaining, which I may eventually get around to, but maybe not also. I digress, despite what has brought me to this place in life, and this city, I am currently, at this very minute, happy. Despite the fact that I only slept about 3 hours last night, as well I am currently at work right now. Oh well, my motto for the day is Carpe Diem! Sieze the day...I am well on my way. I'm listening to a mix of Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones, which if that doesn't put one into a good mood I'm not sure what will. I will write more in a bit. I think eventually I might decide to expound a little more on the idea of the positive role Appalachian people have played in urban America, but we shall see won't we?

A little about what this blog is "about"

6/03/2016

A big howdy-do to everyone out there on the world wide web who may be taking some of your precious time to read what i have to say. Well, first of all, allow me to introduce myself, My name is Ernest, but to most of my friends i have met throughout my 35 years of existence, i am simply Ernie.

This is my first ever attempt at writing a blog, so i do not hardly know what in the heck to say, but i am going to make an attempt at it anyway.

This blog is simply going to be a therapeutic tool that i will be using  to disseminate to all of yall out there, a little bit of what my reality is from day to day. 

 The prime focus of the blog will be about travel, adventure, and fun. As well as from time to time i plan to write a lot of personal anecdotes about my life in general as well about a jillion other things.

I hope that anyone who decides to read it, will enjoy reading what a hillbilly from the Appalachian coal fields of SW Virginia/ Kentucky thinks about this grand charade called life.

I have spent most of my time since i was 18 living life to its its fullest, being a professional rambler, as well as general hell-raiser. 

I have journeyed from place to place around the world everywhere from Elkhorn City, Ky to Mumbai, India as well as many places great and small and in-between.

 Punk rock and heavy metal have been a driving soundtrack to all of my adventures.

At the moment i am trying to think about anything else that i consider relevant at the moment to my train of thought. I have wanted to create a blog for quite a while now, but i have always put it on the backburner. But now, i am ready to kick ass and get this cranked out there for whoever to read that takes an interest in hearing about whatever wacky thing my overly caffeinated brain wants to tell the world. For tonight, i think I am finished i hope to write more soon..