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                                                                                                              Madison, FL

Thursday March 6, 2008

     6:24am  I woke up a little bit after four this morning. I should've made an entry right when I woke up. I got seven hours of sleep. Hold on, let me check my watch. Almost eight hours of sleep. I woke up and waked and baked. I've just been chilling at my camp waiting for the sun to come up. My stuff is a little moist due to the condensation. I'm just going to chill here until after the sun comes up and dries everything off. I have some sewing projects I can do.

     8:41am  I am just now getting all my stuff packed up. I woke up at four this morning and I just chilled out for five whole hours. I ate some Ramen for breakfast. I have one more cake left.

     8:43am  I am leaving no trace but my imprint. I am taking my trash too.

                   Last night I devised a genius way to piss without standing up and having to get out of my sleeping bag and stuff. I used my pizza box from last night. I just peed and let it run down the box away from me. I used it this morning too. I'm going to throw everything away though.

     8:48am  I am going to go in the Winn-Dixie and get some water. I'm a little hungry. I might hit up the restaurant here. I wish there were a laundromat here.

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     9:20am  I bought me a cake of Ramen and came in front of the Winn-Dixie. I came outside and I am talking to Jake. I told him what I was doing and he volunteered me three bucks! I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks a lot. Hey, can I take your picture for my journal?

     9:24am  That was badass that I got three bucks. Breakfast at McDonald's. I didn't eat that Ramen that I bought. This girl cashier asked me how I was going to heat it up. I told her that I wasn't. That I was going to eat it raw. I'm going to throw away the seasoning too. I don't need that shit. As long as I'm not hungry anymore and if it's good for me, even better. I could live without tastebuds. I'm a survivor. Then I went outside and this cool black dude hooked me up with three bucks after I told him what I was doing.

                   Sweet! There's a North Florida Community College right across the street! I'm going to get some typing done!

                   This town is cool so far and I haven't even walked into it. I'm going to walk to the McDonald's and buy me a burger, I mean breakfast.

     9:40am  I walked by this badass little plaza they have here. I took pictures of the plaques and stuff.

     9:47am  I came to the McDonald's and bought me a sausage egg McGriddle. I'm going to walk back to the college and do some typing.

     10:11am  I got directions to the laundromat. I'm going to go find it and do my laundry somehow.

     10:19am  Man, nobody is hooking me up with change at the laundromat. I'm just going to go to the college.

     10:27am  Right now I just accidentally stepped in wet concrete. They're making a sidewalk here. My boot went all the way down. I need a hose to wash off the concrete before it dries. Luckily, I asked this dude outside and he told me where there was a spigot closeby. I washed my boot off. My socks are a little damp now.

                    The city of four freedoms. That's all you get? You only get four. That's hilarious. It says that on the police cars.

     10:32am  I've located the Mexican restaurant. La Reyna. At Pinkney and Hory. I'm walking back towards the college.

     10:49am  I came to the college and I found the library. I asked some kid and I gave him my website. They should let me use the computers here.

     1:34pm  I am coming out of the library. I don't know if I'm going to go back today. I got a lot of typing done. I'm tired, even though I got like seven hours last night. I get tired when I'm sitting in front of a computer. I took a break earlier. Cool, I found a dollar bill on the ground. No, I didn't. I took a break earlier and I came out to the little gazebo and took my last hit of weed, a resin hit. I'm going to walk and go get some food somewhere. At the gazebo I ate a cake of Ramen, but I'm hungry again. I'm going to go get some food somewhere.

     2:48pm  I tried to take a nap. I found a spot right next to this pond in front of the school. It was a weird angle, so I couldn't fall asleep. I found a tick on me from last night. I hope I didn't get it here. I yanked it out. It was on my right leg. I checked my pubic area real quick. It didn't seem like I had another one.

     3:47pm  I had a good presentation with these people from Lima, Peru. The wife was Peruvian. I took their picture and everything. I'm standing in front of the grocery store wearing my shirt killing time hoping someone will give me some money for food.

     4:25pm  I had a good break in front of the grocery store. I talked to a couple people. Nobody gave me any money. That sucks. I'm hungry. I ate a Ramen cake. I'm going to go back and get some more typing done across the street. I'll go hit up Pizza Hut again.

     4:29pm  I came to Ken's BBQ and they're hooking me up. The old white dude here told me he could get me a sandwich. I gave him my gasoline-for-the-stomach line. Hell yeah. I'm going to log his generosity when he gets back.

                   Bill, at Ken's BBQ is hooking me up. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     8:10pm  I am leaving the library. I got a lot of work done. I checked the weather forecast and there's a hundred percent chance of rain tonight. Fuck, I should've looked ahead days ago. I haven't secured a dry place to sleep at all. I don't know what the hell I am going to do. I'm going to go hit up Pizza Hut again.

                   Please Love, manifest it for me. Please give me a place to crash tonight in the dryness. I have my rainsuit, but I would have to stay up all night in order to keep my shit dry. I don't know where I can crash.

     8:40pm  I went to the Pizza Hut and Lakesha hooked me up with some breadsticks. There's no rescue mission in town, so I don't know what's going to happen. I don't see any clouds in the sky yet. I wonder when the rain is going to start. But, parked in front of the Winn-Dixie is a schoolbus. I already went and checked and the door is unlocked. I'm going to walk into town. If it starts raining and I can't find a place to crash I'll just walk back to the school bus.

     9:11pm  I was walking a bit past the schoolbus and I saw this hip-looking dude with long hair walking by. I walked up to him and hit him up for my story, like I do to everybody else. He liked my story and even volunteered me five dollars. I asked him if he had a garage I could crash in because it was going to pour. His roommate at his apartment would object...but he just showed me a place to crash over at the skatepark. This covered building with concrete picnic tables. I can crash here and stay dry for sure! I really appreciate Nathan. It's supposed to start raining at midnight.

     10:37pm  Nathan took off and I went and bought a pouch of Top because they didn't have Buglers. I walked back towards the skatepark and I see this lady in front of it standing in front of her car. I walked up to her and she got all scared. I freaked her out, haha. When I walked closer to her she backed away and got in her car real quick. Haha, be afraid! Because I didn't want that lady seeing me walking back to my spot, I had left my pack under a table, I walked around and hiked up this wooded hill on the other side of the covering.

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