Here is the link to which you can get the low down on Word Made Flesh as well as to make pledges to them supporting this bike trip.

(100% of funds raised will go to the respective charities)

http://www.wordmadeflesh.com/support/give-cashgifts.html

Relating to zombies.
or
Lack of sleep takes its toll.

It has been a long day. It has also been a four city day. I started off in Detroit, MI. at 4am this morning and ended up in Lincoln, NE. via Chicago, IL. and Omaha, NE, all in 5 hours. It has been a long weekend. Very good, great experience. I was working with the ol' production company doing videography for the Bravo national dance competition. It was pretty cool, this week I was more than less in charge of the technical end of production. It all went fairly smoothly. 314 dance routines and only 2 lost entirely, neither were my fault(one was the sound guy's fault, the other was a power shortage...and moment of complete panic.) Great experience. I worked almost 40 hours in 3 days and slept...maybe 12. OI! That's nuts. Now it is Monday of dead week, projects are stacking themselves up, jockeying for my immediate attention, my attention wanes to thoughts of sleep and or biking across America in just under 2 weeks. Thursday night I have a gig through my agency, before leaving for LA.

Speaking of biking across the country. We are doing so in support of Word Made Flesh and The Hope Center for Kids, both are out of Omaha. The Hope Center is a purpose-breathing, day-club for children of inner-city Omaha. WMF works internationally speaking life to the poorest of the poor. The link for pledging your support to Word Made Flesh is up now on my bike trip journal a ride of passage (www.rideofpassage.blogspot.com)
the link for pledging to The Hope Center will be up any day now.

Also! We will be having a going away/fundraising with 100% of donations going to these local charities. So, that goes down on at 6pm on Thursday May 4th at my loving parents house in Omaha, NE. I would love if you could all be there. I would love to see you before I leave. Their address is 11442 Queens Dr. Omaha, NE. 68164. If you need directions please call me(402)730-4823, email me, halfpastnormal@yahoo.com or mapquest.com them.

You asked, we delivered. Hey, what can I say? You gotta keep the family happy. Got to. If you don't have family you don't got nothin'. Why do I feel like a Vinny, or a Jimmy or some other New York mob boss type when I say that?

Anywho, this is a pictueresque image of Nate and I with our bikes as we set out to ride a week or so ago. Also, here is a thumbnail image of our route across the U.S. Your desire for more detail can be relieved by visiting the routes information on their website by following the link Transamerica Trail Route Overview (or by copying and pasting the following URL into the address bar at the top of your browser. http://adventurecycling.com/routes/transamerica.cfm ) From this page you can read the overview information and click on the "Detail" links next to each of the twelve sections of the map to see a more detailed analysis of our location.

2 bikers, 25 pounds of steel and rubber, 4,289 miles and a heck of a lot of sweat.

So we're....ok, I'm calling it A Ride of Passage. But one month from today my brother Nate and I will be departing for the west coast, Astoria, OR. by way of Portland airport. From there we will be biking....no, "Bikiling(bik-i-ling)" across America arriving in Yorktown, VA. In time to catch our flight back to Omaha for my brother Chris' wedding.

"Bikiling?" you ask. Yes, it is just like cycling, and I could call it biking but hey who wants to do things just like everyone else. SO it's official we are Bikiling across America and this is where you can hear about it.

Details are coming together and I'd like to get quite a few of the preliminary trip plans and details up here in the next couple of days. But for the moment I need to get some sleep before catching a flight to NYC in the morning for my job as a videographer with a traveling dance competition.

STAY TUNED......

peace,

matt