Tallahassee, FL
Sunday March 2, 2008
6:21am I got woken up at six with everyone else. Like forty people crashed on the floor. I don't know if that many, but like twenty, or something. They have mats to sleep on. At like three in the morning I woke up because like two guys were snoring loud. I fell back asleep though. I got 7.24 hours of sleep. I'm going to take a hit and wake and bake.
Oh yeah, I found out they do storage here for a dollar a day, so I can be free to walk around without my pack.
This place is called Haven of Rest.
7:02am I am walking away from the rescue mission.
"God's mission is our mission."
7:04am Dude, I came to the right place last night. I already put my pack in storage. They've got a big red storage bin out there which they lock. For only a dollar. I didn't even pay them yet. I totally spaced on tennis balls. I need one for my stick and they're in my pack. They wouldn't let me get back in the bin. Luckily, there's Florida State University right across the street! I'm going to walk around and look for tennis courts.
7:17am I just got directed to the tennis courts by some guy on his cellphone on a bike. I gave him my website.
7:21am I took a picture of this fountain here at FSU. I'm walking to the tennis courts.
Cool, I have at least scored one.
7:47am Scored me a total of eight balls.
8:10am I had an orange in my bag so I went up in the bleachers and wiped a seat with my hanky because it had dew on it. I sat down and ate my orange and smoked. This lady airblowing the tennis courts told me I couldn't smoke. It's alright, I just finished my cigarette. I got mine.
FSU.
8:17am Walking in front of this big stadium here. Turning left on St. Augustine for no reason.
8:20am Turning left on Woodward.
I jumped on Pensacola Street. There's a Gas Mart. I'll go get directions from there. I don't know where I'm going to go. I don't know this town at all.
8:26am I'm walking the Legacy Walk.
I walked up to this cool statue with this Indian and baseball player. I took a picture of the Indian and the plaque under him.
8:32am Walked Woodward to Tennessee and turning left.
Oh yeah, on those bleachers I found a water bottle. Perfect. An FSU water bottle.
9:16am I was walking the wrong way. I should've turned right on Tennessee instead of left. I asked some dude with a beard and he told me I was going the wrong way.
9:29am I'm walking by Mike's Beer Barn. The marquee says, "Beer - now there's a temporary solution."
9:33am I walked back to the rescue mission where my pack is.
I walked up Tennessee by the bus station.
9:43am Man, Tallahassee is all dead today. There's nobody anywhere. I walked all the way to the Greyhound station, the transit center here. I guess the buses don't run on Sundays. I might skip town tomorrow.
10:10am I took a little smokebreak in the shade over close to FSU. I'm going to go see if the campus library is open today. I'm bored.
10:21am Coming up on Strozier Library. I wonder if you have to be a student to use the computers.
10:22am Access granted. They've got widescreens here too.
12:17pm I'm coming out of the library. They don't have headphones. The ones I have only work on one side. I typed up a little bit and saved it to my little hard drive. I wasn't able to sign onto IRC either, so I can't spam. It's a beautiful campus.
12:54pm I took a smokebreak right in front of Troy's music store. I took a resin hit. I took a resin hit earlier too. I'm walking now. I want to tell my story. I'm all resinated.
1:29pm I had a good presentation with Kristin, Danielle and Melissa. I took their picture. Everybody's out here sun-tanning. Thanks for listening, guys.
I had another good presentation with this girl who just walked by. I got right before the marijuana part and she got a bit exasperated and asked me for my website. Sure, that's what it's for.
3:35pm I just sat and wasted some time on the computer. I'm not typing stuff because they don't have headphones. I came outside to eat. There's tons of girls out here sun-tanning in front of the library. All these hot girls in bikinis. I'm just going to walk around with my shirt and wait for somebody to initiate conversation with me.
3:54pm I'm bored. I want to tell somebody my story.
4:12pm It's almost time, hehe. I had a really good presentation with these college kids sunbathing in front of the library. Cast of characters. Isabella, McKenzie, Andrew, Laura, Laura and Lindsey. I took their picture.
Other kids I told my story to
7:08pm I got smoked out finally, cool. I went to Victoria Street where they were having a feeding and I ate a big bowl of pasta and meat sauce. I went back to the rescue mission and had another great presentation with these homeless people who read my shirt. This one dude listened to all of my shit. He even read Fawn's Message to All. He really liked my story. I even recited the Note From the Rich and he was laughing. When I was done he told me about some coffee shop. Yeah, there's always hip-kids at coffee shops. So I'm walking up Macomb Street looking for it. He said it was open twenty four hours. Maybe there will be somebody who saw me in front of the library today. I made a hardcore appearance there earlier.
Girl and guy behind the shelter I told my story to.
7:29pm This ignorant girl in this red car! I asked her where the coffee shop was and she quickly rolled up her window! I know you can hear me! The sunroof is cracked. Damn, have you always been that ignorant! That's right, be afraid!
7:38pm Dude, I was walking up Macomb and I just got egged! Someone just chunked an egg at me. Fuck this town. It was weird. I heard the impact on my pack then it landed in front of me. It all happened so quick. I can't believe it actually bounced off. Didn't get me at all. Suckers. How could you miss me?
8:01pm I had a great presentation with beautiful Mary in front of the pizza shop. I had been walking the wrong way. I have to double back. I don't know, it's getting kind of late though. I think I have until ten 'o clock. I don't know.
8:21pm I finally found the coffee shop. All Saints, it's called.
9:02pm Lucien hooked me up with a cigarette at All Saints. Everybody gets credit, thanks a lot.
9:08pm I had a superb presentation with Jake and his friend. I told them goodnight and started walking off and Jake called me back and gave me five dollars! Awesome. Nickel-sack!
9:10pm I had a great presentation at the coffee shop. Whole Odyssey and everything. They postponed their meeting when the friend they were waiting for showed up and everything. Jake said, "We're going to listen to this story first."
9:24pm I had another presentation with Josh. As I was walking back towards the rescue mission he walked up to me and said, "Hey man, I hear you're doing some hippy thing." I told him my story in front of the Shell station. He just gave me a cigarette. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.
Next day..
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