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                                                                                                             Panama City Beach, FL

Sunday February 24, 2008

     5:56am  I got almost nine hours of sleep last night. I don't know what's going to happen today. I had a great welcome to this house last night.

     8:50am  I am taking off walking. I am free today. I get to walk around Panama City Beach without my pack. I got 8.44 hours of sleep last night. I haven't gotten that much in a long time. John and Autumn had been fighting the first time I met her, but they're back together now. He reminds me so much of me. I took his picture. He has long shaggy hair and a goatee. This morning I straight up asked him, "So should I procure another place to crash tonight, or do I have a curfew?" He made it clear that he did not want a roommate. Autumn doesn't care how long I stay, but he said himself that he's a jealous guy. I lost my little container with weed. I don't have weed to smoke. My tape is about to run out. I should've switched it out. I am walking down Wildwood past Brandywine. I'm going to walk over to the main street.

     9:27am  Leaving from a smokebreak at a gas station.

     9:32am  I am passing Zoo World. I took a picture. You can see the giraffe's head. I'll walk in front of it and take another picture.

     9:48am  I just walked all the way to Thomas Drive. I'm going to keep going.

     10:09am  I am leaving from the Circle K on Thomas and Beach Blvd. I peeled an orange and ate it.

     10:43am  I came back to Beckrich Road, where the Burger King is with the Chevron across the street. I am waiting for eleven 'o clock for Los Rancheros to open. I'm going to go hit them up.

     10:52am  I just had this good presentation with this one girl.

     10:56am  I walked over to the taqueria to see if I get hooked up. Then I'll have enough fuel to walk over to Pier Park.
                    
     10:59am  They told me no at Los Rancheros. Oh well. Thanks anyways. They gave me the 'ol manager is not here bullshit. "We need a receipt." Blah, blah, blah. I am going to walk to Pier Park anyway.

                     I'm going to hit up the Waffle Shoppe. Let's see what they tell me. The worst they can do is tell me no.

     11:04am  Christina at the Waffle House is hooking me up with some breakfast. I appreciate it, Christina. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     11:08am  Sweet, I can't believe I am scoring at the Waffle Shoppe across the street from the strip mall with Los Rancheros. I can't believe the Mexicans told me and these guys are telling me yeah. Hell yeah. The dude told me to sit down. He asked me what I wanted and I gave him the usual, "Surprise me." Not liking it is still a small price to pay for free food. I told him that I wanted to not be hungry anymore so I could walk.

     11:17am  Badaboom badabing, it's a beautiful thing. I've got a happy belly. Thanks for feeding the peace machine, guys. Burger and fries. I took a picture.

     11:40am  I stopped at the pier right after Alf Coleman and used the public bathrooms they have there. I'm going to keep walking to Pier Park.

     12:03pm  I walked the coastline for a little bit and I've popped back on streetside at public access 50. Pier Park is far.

     12:19pm  I am still walking Front Beach Road. Coming up on Ron Jon's Surfshop billboard that says it's two miles ahead at Pier Park. I've got two miles to go. What a walk.

     12:29pm  Passing Hills Road.

     12:41pm  I'm coming up on Pier Park. I see a Port-o-Potty. Let me see if I can use it. There's a lot of workers working on the pier here by public access 54.

     12:43pm  Got to Pier Park.

     12:47pm  I'm going to stop for a smokebreak at these benches in the shade. Across the street from Beach Scene and Paradise Found.

                     I walked to the end of the mall and smoked a cigarette. I'm walking back towards Front Beach now. Everybody is looking at my shirt. One guy told me to trek on.

     1:13pm  Steve was nice enough to pull over for me and give me a ride. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit. He saw me walking yesterday.

     1:24pm  Hell yeah, I just got this courtesy ride from this random dude who saw me walking yesterday. He was going the opposite way, but he gave me a ride in the direction I was walking. He pulled over for me. He pulled over and asked me if I got to where I was going yesterday. I told him sure. I asked him if he was going my way and he said, "I'll give you a ride. I have nothing to do." He gave me a ride back to where Thomas Drive starts at Front Beach Road. I'm going to start walking Thomas Drive. I have to walk all the way over to 98, where Thomas turns into Wildwood. It's only one thirty, but the walk will kill time. I'll stand at the gas stations and fly my shirt. That was really cool that I got a lift. I was tired. That was a long ass walk I just did. Like five or six miles. Pier Park was lame anyway. All these yuppies shopping. It was alright. I got some good reactions and passed out my website.

                     Steve said he just drives around and tries to help people out all day.

     1:39pm  I am walking down Thomas Drive and I see a Pizza Hut. I'm going to go hit them up for mistakes.

     1:43pm  Donald, at the Pizza Hut on Thomas Drive is making me some breadsticks. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     2:14pm  I paused at the Exxon on Ocean Street and I'm going to keep going. I took a piss.

     2:35pm  I'm going to walk into the Condom Knowledge novelty and gift shop and tell my story.

     2:36pm  I went in there and the dude was all hesitant to let me tell him my story. I just gave him my website. I'm going to keep walking.

                   Oh, I see another headshop called Puffs. I'm going to go hit them up for my story.

     2:47pm  Sweet, I had a good presentation with this guy at the place next to Puffs called The Joint - the shop for cool people. He had given me a peace sign when I was smoking a cigarette outside. I had gone into Puffs and tried to tell the lady inside my story, but she wouldn't listen.

     3:06pm  I had a good presentation with Tiara and Kim and Marcus. He didn't want to be in the picture, hehe. You guys will be on there when I update it.

                   Passing Upax Street. There's a Texaco here, but it's all dead. I'm going to go to the Chevron where Kim picked us up on.

     3:14pm  I stopped at the Chevron on Raven Streeet, not Laird. Not the one Kim picked us up at. That's still a little further. I stopped and took a piss.

     4:11pm  I walked down Thomas and got lost. I made the same mistake I made when I was driving Kim's truck with Harry Potter that one day. I ended up in St. Andrews Park State Park. I had to turn around there and double back. I hate doubling back.

                   At like every gas station I have stopped at I've passed my website out to like five people. I'm having some great publicity today. Good day at the office, hehe. I've been giving the peace sign to every single car that passes me. I've walked in a big loop. Front Beach Road all the way to Pier Park. I got like a mile hop from some old dude to where Thomas Road hits Front Beach and now I'm walking back to John and Autumn's. I'm kind of playing with the idea of skipping town before Spring Break. I have a lot of ground to cover and I came early for Spring Break. I don't know.

     4:28pm  I'm doubling back and I just took a picture of Treasure Chest Restaurant and Lounge.

     4:34pm  I just passed Captain Andrews Marina and Restaurant.

     4:45pm  I gave this black dude Alvin my website at the Shell station in front of the fire and rescue place. I told him about my long walk today.

     4:51pm  Passing Magnolia Road.

     5:03pm  I was walking down Thomas Road and all of a sudden Autumn and John pull over for me! Thanks a lot, guys. I was going to make it, I swear.

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