New Orleans, LA
Sunday February 10, 2008
***Messed up with the order here***
12:21am Vanessa just walked by and hooked me up with a little weed! Hell yeah, for the cause. Some AK. Wait, let me load up my special cigarette.
12:24am Amy just came by and volunteered me some money after she took my picture. Everybody gets credit, Amy. Thanks.
12:54am Erik hooked me up with a cigarette on Bourbon Street. I appreciate it, bro.
I didn't tell you. I lost my Ramie shirt that I loved. The one I scored on the sidewalk in Madison. I've had two big hits to my mission in New Orleans. I am so devastated that I lost my rainbow beanie.
3:04am DJ is hooking me up with a couple bucks for the cause. I appreciate it, man. Everybody gets credit, thanks.
3:21am Jesse hooked me up with a dollar on Bourbon Street. I appreciate it, Jesse. Everybody gets credit.
3:34am Brett just hooked me up with a cigarette on Bourbon Street. He's listening to my story. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit. Thanks a lot.
6:15am Today, well yesterday was another roller coaster ride for me passing out my website. I ran out of them towards the end. Towards the end I was just standing there. Umm, I've sort of played out New Orleans already in the couple days I've been here. I'm going to try and skip town. Catch the bus somewhere East. I need to find a place to sleep.
7:53am I didn't tell you. I woke up after about an hour of sleep. I crashed out in front of the library. I'm going to try and find the Kinko's now so I can print out more havethisbook.coms.
9:50am I forgot, I left Kinko's. I spent my last ten dollars there. I got six sheets of havethisbook.coms. A hundred per sheet. I checked my email too. $10.50, fuck that. I wish the library would've been open. I thought that would be my food money. I really think I should skip town, but I don't have any money for busfare now. I'm going to go back to Bourbon Street and fly my shirt some more and hand out my website. I'm going to get shot today, hehe.
11:05am I forgot to tell you, I got bored on Bourbon Street because it's all grownup old people on Sunday. I came to Decatur and the crowd is a bit younger.
11:18am This stupid fatass old guy. I came to the corner of St. Peter and Decatur, where I came the other day. I'm standing here letting people read my shirt. I spit on the sidewalk and this ignorant old man trying to sell his bullshit to people told me, "You know there's a trashcan right there?" I told him, "So. I don't care. I can do what I want. Why don't you call someone with some authority, grandpa. Damn, nobody wants world peace!" Thanks for making my story so interesting.
11:30am The greedy ass at the bar right here wouldn't give me water. He said, "All we serve is drinking water." I called him a greedy ass to his face and walked out.
11:31am Haha, that guy in the bar god all pissed off at me.
11:33am Dude, I got that guy all riled up. He came outside and got in my face and pushed me and everything. He wouldn't give me water, so I called him a greedy ass and he got all pissed off. He came up to me yelling, "Don't be wearing that shirt and talking shit to me! We SELL water here!" I yelled back, "Money is the root of all evil! Haven't you heard?" He yelled back, "I'm the most generous motherfucker in this town!" Yeah fucking right. And he won't give me water, shit. Greed shall be your downfall, brother. He even threatened me that the next time he saw me he was going to kick my ass. He works at the Corner Cocktails To Go.
That old dude told me, "You don't want to go to prison in this town." I told him I didn't do anything that was going to get me in prison. Hell, I haven't done anything that would even get me into county jail.
"Great spirits have always received violent opposition from mediocre minds."
I made my way back to Canal Street. I was thinking about leaving today anyway. I guess I should follow the sign. I don't want to be flying my shirt on Bourbon and have this dumbass sucker-punch me. I can't get any blood on my new shirt, hehe. I'm scared of that more than anything else.
Haha, I made that guy feel all greedy. Truth hurts, brother.
12:05pm The greedy ass bus driver wouldn't give me a transfer.
12:26pm I met this cool 42 year old dude. He told me to take the ferry for free across the lake to get closer to Slidell, closer to I10.
12:35pm I'm about to get on the ferry.
12:41pm Ronica hooked me up with a cigarette on the ferry. I appreciate it, Ronica. Everybody gets credit, thanks.
12:46pm The ferry is taking off.
12:52pm Unboarding. Getting off the ferry. I lost my 42 year old friend.
1:18pm I ate a cake of Ramen and about a third of that pot-brownie I have that Kevin gave me. I'm walking.
1:29pm Cindy filled up my bottle for me at this bar in Algiers. Thank you, Cindy. In New Orleans they told me they sell water there. He got all mad because I called him a greedy ass. He came outside and pushed me and everything. Cindy is being nice enough to give me some water so I can walk to the Chalmette ferry. Whoa, Sally just offered me a ride!
David, with Sally just hooked me up with a pack of Camel Wides! They're dropping me off by the ferry. I appreciate it, guys. Everybody gets credit.
I started walking the levee when I got off the first ferry. I needed water and I spotted a bar. The lady inside was all nice and filled my bottle up.
2:32pm Leaving on the Chalmette ferry.
2:40pm I just got off on the other side.
2:45pm Walking down Ferry Landing Road. I think that's a big coal factory I took a picture of.
I see a light down here.
2:52pm I think I am in the town of St. Bernard now.
Sweet, I see a Mexican restaurant. I'm going to go eat.
Tony's Mexican Restaurant
2:59pm They gave me the manager's not here bullshit. Oh well.
I came to the Mobile gas station and asked them how far I was from I10. They said two or three miles. I'm going to sit down and smoke a cigarette.
3:25pm I went inside the Aaron's, the gas station here and I got permission to ask for rides. Right when I walked up this one customer guy came outside and told me, "They like your shirt inside."
3:36pm It's all dead at the gas station, so I'm going to walk. I'm hungry too, so I'll have my eyes peeled for a restaurant.
3:44pm I'm going to go hit up Captain Sal's Seafood and Chicken. The worst they could do is tell me no.
3:46pm Matt is hooking me up with some food at Captain Sal's. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.
3:47pm Man, I totally wasn't expecting that. Hell yeah, I got hooked up. Awesome. They're Asian too, cool.
I'm all fueled up. Matt gave me three pieces of chicken and some fries. I'm going to walk to I10 now.
I'm walking down the main street of this town, St. Bernard. All the houses are torn up and ravaged and shit. All the buildings are closed down and boarded up, I mean.
4:51pm I walked to the Chevron. I'm going to rest. There are no cars here.
5:14pm Leaving the gas station. I rested a little bit. Four miles to I10.
5:17pm Passing Center Street.
5:19pm Arturo me dio cambio. Estoy en camino a la diez.
5:26pm The water tower says Arabi.
5:45pm Man, right here all the houses are fucked up. Like total devastation, man. I'm passing a street called Flood. I'm going to take a picture of it.
5:55pm Walking over this bridge. There's no sidewalk, but I don't see any signs that say pedestrians prohibited.
Random destroyed house.
6:06pm Cool, I'm almost to the other side of the bridge and I found some bottles of drinking water. Unopened. Like five bottles. I took three.
Downtown blurry picture.
6:41pm I was walking through this neighborhood and I stumbled onto these kids hanging out in front of their trailer that's sitting on the front yard of their flooded house. What were your names? Ashley and Vince?? And Lance and Tim. You guys will be on there when I update it. I told them my story.
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