{"id":1847,"date":"2018-06-28T05:52:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T05:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2018-07-08T03:36:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T03:36:40","slug":"hitchhiking-to-carnivals-alaska-to-florida-california-to-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/?p=1847","title":{"rendered":"Hitchhiking to Carnivals &#8212; Alaska to Florida &#8212; California to New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gMiGrSU91NU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Comerford-Northwestrn-graphic.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1777\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/?attachment_id=1777\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Comerford-Northwestrn-graphic.bmp\" data-orig-size=\"342,440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Comerford Northwestrn graphic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Comerford-Northwestrn-graphic-233x300.bmp\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Comerford-Northwestrn-graphic.bmp\" src=\"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Comerford-Northwestrn-graphic.bmp\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"440\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Comerford-Northwestrn-graphic.bmp 342w, https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Comerford-Northwestrn-graphic-233x300.bmp 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Purple-Prose_jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1860\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/?attachment_id=1860\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Purple-Prose_jpg.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"761,352\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Purple Prose_jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Purple-Prose_jpg-300x139.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Purple-Prose_jpg.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Purple-Prose_jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"761\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Purple-Prose_jpg.jpg 761w, https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Purple-Prose_jpg-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Purple-Prose_jpg-624x289.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cThe one thing I miss is hitchhiking. Now there\u2019s no more of that. When\u2019s the last time you saw a hitchhiker.\u201d<br \/>\nEdward Ruscha, American pop artist<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hitchhiking to Carnivals&#8221; a music video on my Kick-Ass Year hitchhiking between 10 traveling carnivals Alaska to Florida, California to New York.  <\/p>\n<p>STEP RIGHT UP and read all about it at www.EyesLikeCarnivals.com and on Huffington Post.<\/p>\n<p>Pump up the volume on this Music Video. Read the stories later!<\/p>\n<p>As America&#8217;s #1 Hitchhiker 2013-14, I hitched 36 states and 5 Canadian provinces.for 15,000 miles (buses and friends took me another 5,000 miles &#038; Mexico).<\/p>\n<p>I was slinging iron and pushing plush in San Francisco, New Jersey, New York, Chicago, Alaska, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas, Georgia and Florida &#8211; where I worked a freak show but I wasn&#8217;t on stage because they didn&#8217;t see the inner freak in me.<\/p>\n<p>Friends tell literary agents and publishers. Publishers contact me about as-yet-unpublished Eyes Like Carnivals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Michael Sean Comerford<br \/>\n(312) 701-4898<br \/>\ncomerfordmichael@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe one thing I miss is hitchhiking. Now there\u2019s no more of that. When\u2019s the last time you saw a hitchhiker.\u201d Edward Ruscha, American pop artist &#8220;Hitchhiking to Carnivals&#8221; a music video on my Kick-Ass Year hitchhiking between 10 traveling carnivals Alaska to Florida, California to New York. 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