The time has come.

I remember when the first text message popped up. “Dude, have you heard about that wine job? I swear it is made for you!”  I’ll confess: my curiosity was piqued. Then followed several tweets, facebook wall posts, and emails throughout the next day.  After investigating the buzz, I decided that I was all in.  Soon after, I was writing video scripts on napkins during lunch, casting friends for the video, and buying more bottles of Murphy-Goode from the local wine store.

After a few rough days of filming, and by rough I mean drinking wine, kayaking, dancing, and coordinated group shouting, it was time to edit.  Watching all of the footage made me question… Do I really want to leave all of this behind?  I pulled up the Murphy-Goode website one more time for assurance and proceeded onto editing.

I launched the video the night before I left for a week long trip to Ireland.  Little did I know that I’d return to so the buzz of so many friends helping share my video.  This continued for over a month. I met new friends on Twitter, Facebook, received encouraging emails and even a few job opportunities.  I found myself immersing into everything #areallygoodejob. Lunch breaks were utilized for twitter searches, replying to facebook messages, and watching all of the creative videos that began to flood in.  CNBC, MSNBC, and ExpressNews articles were beginning surface online.. and wow, my video was up on the screen…. staring back at me.

Then the Top 50 was announced.  Whoaaa… There was my name.  Friends were emailing, phone was ringing, and my grandma asked me if she could come visit me in California. I warned her that her comment was a bit premature, but I realized that this could really happen.

A little more goes went by and the Top 10 announcement nears.  The night before the announcement, my roommates have to make me stop pacing in the living room.  Fast forward to around 2p.m. July 7th. I am eating a late lunch with my friend Stephen. Between bites of my sandwich I continue hitting refresh on my twitter feed and email inbox.

Nothing.

I refresh twitter and see that MurphyGoodeTv (Kam) has made it. Then Todd, Hardy, and Eric (all great guys that I’d became online friends with through this process).  I refresh my inbox one more time.

Still nothing.  Taking another bite of my sandwich, I have a moment of internal self sympathy. I refresh twitter one more time to see which of my new friends have made it, and see a tweet from Winetonite. My name is there.

I check gmail one more time and see the Top 10 email, choking on the last bite of my sandwich with excitement.

The past 2 weeks have been a blur of client projects, work travels, friends’ weddings, and witty banter among all of the Top 10 Candidates.  Two nights ago, I tossed and turned for hours in anxious anticipation of this weekend.  I decided a few tweets, blog posts, and facebook updates wouldn’t do this upcoming 4 day adventure justice.  I sketched out a quick site wireframe on a piece of paper and turned to Photoshop, my digital weapon of choice since 1997.  I tried to organize all of the thoughts going through my head into a simple but representative design.

Next thing I know, it is 4am, work is in a few hours and I’m shopping for domain names.

I figure I’ll stick with the reallygoode_____ theme.

areallygoodtime.com…  nah,  sounds shady.  areallygoodeadventure.com… nope, too Swiss Family Robinson.  areallygoodetrip.com.  Booyah! That’ll work.

I spent last night deliriously coding this and here we are.  I realized that I’m happiest in life whenever there is some type of spontaneious road-trip, dance party, family dinner, or excursion with my closest family and friends.  I spend a lot of time behind the camera, living life through the lens in my attempt to capture the current moment and share it with others.  I’m looking forward to doing just that this weekend, and hopefully, if I’m lucky enough, for the next 6 months.

I hope you’ll be with me very step of the way.  Come back tomorrow and check for updates.

-Adam (Applicant #546)

Wow, Adam, this is an awesome website—great job! I can’t wait to meet you tomorrow!

Thanks Jenna, likewise. You better show up wearing your Chef hat.

Unbelievable design.  I give you a high-five that extends several thousands of miles.  I’ve been meaning to redesign my blog for quite some time to get it ready, but was always working on a few other videos for a new employer at 3 a.m..  I wonder how much time the Top 10 has spent collectively on the computer at ungodly hours of the morning.  Congrats!  Look forward to seeing you!

I just wanted to say, this is a awesome site!

See you all soon!

Thanks Shana!  We are in the limo heading from SFO to Healdsburg.

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