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                                                                                                                 Portland, OR

Friday March 23, 2007

     7:06am  I crashed out on the couch last night. I was all warm. It was badass. I slept great. I'm going to cut a tennis ball for my walking stick and go tell my story on Alberta.

     8:01am  I went to the 10 bus stop across the street from the house. The first driver didn't give me a courtesy ride. The second driver did.

     8:19am  I just randomly got off on Multnomah and Wheeler. I'm going to walk to 2nd where the 14 stop is.

     8:22am  I'm going to ride the Max downtown.

     8:37am  I walked to the 14 stop on Alder and 2nd. I'm going to try for another courtesy ride.

     8:47am  The 14 pulled up and the driver wouldn't give me a courtesy ride and Matt was nice enough to hook me up with some busfare. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     9:15am  I rode the 14 over by Jeni's. Right here under the 205 highway I saw a bum standing there with a sign the other day. He's not here right now, so I'm going to stand there and fly my sign.

     9:33am  First donation of the day. I got a little bud! Hell yeah!

     9:44am  Hell yeah, I get to have breakfast! This guy in a truck just gave me a sandwich! He was driving a Rinker truck. World peace through marijuana, damn straight. I'm having fun.

     10:00am  Oh yeah, this bum came up to me, "Hey, that's my corner! I've been working it for years!" I yelled back, "I don't see your name on it! Why don't you call the cops?" He got all pissed off.

     10:44am  I just got kicked down by some guy on a motorcycle. He gave me like half a joint.

     11:15am  The coolest shit happened. This guy drove by and asked me if I had any weed. I told him I'd smoke him out. I got hooked up a lot today. I told him to come back around. He came back around and guess what. Guess where he's from. He's from San Antonio! Anyway, he told me he was supposed to go do some yard work at this lady's house. I perked and said, "Do you need any help? I love yard work. I work for free. Always glad to be of service." He brought me with him and I did an excellent job. I leveled off this lady's long row of tall hedges with a ladder, level and snippers. In the end Drew gave me a twenty dollar bill and told me great job.

     3:22pm  I need to make an update. Oh yeah, we just finished working at Jenny's place, this nice lady who we did some work at her house for. I got to tell them my stories. They were all about it. Drew, he drove by, picked me up and took me to work, hehe. He's giving me a ride to the place I crashed last night. 33rd and Alberta. I got twenty bucks for working today. Cool. Hell yeah, that's what I get for being out there flying my sign.

                   Did I mention that bum earlier got all pissed off because I was at his corner, hehe. Actually, when I went to go load up my stuff in Drew's car he reclaimed his corner real quick. I sat down in Drew's car and realized I didn't have my one-hitter. I went back and it was still there. The bum had yelled at me earlier but right then he told me, "If you come back I'll smoke some weed with you." It was cool, he was understanding. You have to share the corner.

     4:36pm  I just got dropped off downtown by Drew. It's raining right now, so if I can't find a place to crash I should be able to crash at that same house again tonight. Same place I crashed last night at. If not I can call Drew and ride a bus out to where he lives. He's got a garage I can crash in.

     4:44pm  I jumped on the 10 bus. I'm going to go to Alberta.

     5:30pm  I am over by Alberta and 33rd. I just got off the bus. I'm going to see what these guys are doing.

     7:46pm  Elizabeth, walking down Alberta Street gave me a cigarette. I appreciate it, Elizabeth. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     8:16pm  I asked this brother walking by if I could tell him my story and he said sure, to go to the bus stop with him. I gave him my webpage, because his bus might come in the middle of it. He gave me a cigarette. I appreciate it, brother. Greg? Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     8:23pm  I'm hungry. I'm going to go hit up the taqueria, Don Panchos.

     8:26pm  Fonzy at Don Pancho's taqueria is hooking me up. I appreciate it, brother. Todo el mundo recibe credito, gracias.

                   Hell yeah, I got hooked up. The guy at the taqueria loved my shit. I got to tell him my Odyssey and everything. He hooked me up with a fat burrito. I couldn't eat it all. I put the rest of it in my pocket for later. I can't go hungry in Portland, not anymore. I've got this taqueria right down the street.

                   Oh yeah, with the twenty bucks I got working today Russell scored me some weed. I smoked everybody out at the house. You can't put a price on feeling welcome somewhere you're not paying rent at. It's priceless.

                   I am having so much fun. I'm going to go smoke somebody out now. I've got my "cigarette" loaded, hehe. I'm going to go offer somebody a drag off my special cigarette.

                   A pretty girl, hopefully.

                   Oh yeah, I never told you. The 10 driver, he recognized me. He was all, "You're name is Victor, right?"

     9:08pm  I am almost to the house.

                   I am verbally-manifesting getting laid, hehe. Let's see if it works.

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