041008

 

 Fort Lauderdale, FL

Wednesday April 11, 2008

     6:55pm  I just woke up. I got 7.36 hours of sleep. Good.

                   Some random pictures.

     8:09am  I left the trailer. I heard the TV going in Jim's room, so I assumed he was awake. I woke him up and he got a little upset. He gave me some directions to a laundromat. I'm going to wash my uniform shirt.

     8:29am  I just walked to the laundromat on 34th and Davie.

                   Be sure to look up Peter Tosh.

     9:16am  I didn't have enough quarters so my stuff isn't dry all the way. I'm going to walk back to Jim's. He's got a clothesline outside. I'm going to go to Las Carnitas across the street. Some Honduran food place. I'll score some gasoline for my stomach, hopefully.

     9:28am  Tony en Las Carnitas me esta dando comida. Te lo agradezco, señor. Todo el mundo recibe credito, gracias.

     9:56am  I got treated like royalty at Las Carnitas. Tony gave me a huge sandwich.  They were all about me. Tony pulled out a laptop and looked at my website and everything. I'm going to smoke a cigarette.

                   Tony even volunteered me five bucks.

                   Right after I left Las Carnitas some black guy asked me, "Do you party?" I went, "What do you mean, do I party? You mean weed? I've got five on it." He told me to walk to this park nearby and I'm going to score me some weed! Hell yeah!

     10:28am  I got hooked up with a nickel sack! Sweet! The universe provides. Tony even looked at my website in the restaurant. He asked me, "So you've got lots of pictures on here?" I showed him my journal and he said, "What about us? Are you going to take our picture?" Sure!

     10:37am  Back at the RV park. I'm going to hang my clothes up to dry.

                     Jim and I drove over to Edward W. Smith Jr. Family Nutrition Center. The Cooperative Feeding place.

     12:06pm  I am at NW 33rd Terrace and Broward Boulevard. I'm going to walk downtown. I'm having a great day so far. I've got weed and everything.

     12:32pm  I just came out of the Racetrac on 24th and Broward. Going over the bridge now. This guy in the bathroom complimented my shirt and I gave him my website.

     12:51pm  I'm waiting for the light at 11th Avenue. I walked all the way from 33rd. I was going to mention something, but I forgot.

     1:03pm  Passing the transit terminal and I'm going to the library across the street to check my email.

                   I'm going to smoke a cigarette before I check my email.

     1:32pm  I heard some brother asking for a light so I gave him one and he hooked me up with a cigarette.

     2:16pm  I think I'm going back to the St. Pete area again. I checked my email and I finally got a reply from Cortney. My friend who I used to know from the Sage Crossing tree in San Antonio. I'll put links. She lives in Bradenton close to Tampa. She said I could come visit her. Also, one of Jenn's friends signed my guestbook:

Date: 2008-04-10 17:19:01
Name: Shanna
Email: shannazune07@hotmail.com
Web: http://justbethemovement.com
Number: 201

Hey, i'm Jenn's roomate. I love your 'Dear Slaves' piece (or whoever wrote it) and love what you're doing. I am starting a clothing company called "Just Be." It is accompanied by what i'm calling the "Movement for Global Positivity." Each shirt features a simple phrase to change the world one person at a time. I think you'd really like it. I would like to send you a promotional shirt to wear in your travels if you would be interested. Is that possible??

                   So I do believe I am headed back to St. Pete after I leave Jim's.

     2:37pm  I am talking to Amanda. She's Puertorican too. She's telling me about Plastic Soup. Amanda: "They discovered this waste. It's West of California in between the Indonesian Islands. It's humanity's waste circulating in the ocean. They estimate it to be around the size of the continent of the U.S. Not just floating on the surface of the ocean, but it's also to the bottom. I don't know how many layers full of junk. You can look it up on the Internet. They don't know what to do about it.

http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Ocean/Moore-Trashed-PacificNov03.htm

                    I'll put that on my website for sure. Thanks for helping me educate the masses.

     2:47pm  I walked by the Metro Cafe and this beautiful greeter girl told me, "Hey man, I like your shirt." I'm telling her my story right now. She volunteered me a cigarette.

                   What a surprise! Amanda gave me a special cigarette. Weed-tipped. She told me, "We need more people like you in Florida."

     3:18pm  That beautiful Puertorican beauty gave me a weed-tipped cigarette like the ones I used to make.

     3:53pm  I just had a badass presentation with Joey and Connie. I told them my entire Odyssey. Beach Boulevard. They saw my shirt and I hit them up for my story and they said sure. Las Olas, not Beach Boulevard.

     4:20pm  Magic number. The bus driver hooked me up with a courtesy ride. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit

                   John Paragat, John the Baptist. From India. I took his picture. He likes America. Very much he like America, even though it's evil. John: "No, not at all evil. May God bless America."

     4:32pm  Ariel, like the mermaid hooked me up with a cigarette at the bus terminal. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     4:52pm  Baby Andre with the black hat. I took his picture.

     4:59pm  The nice #10 driver gave me a transfer. I appreciate it. Everybody gets credit. Thanks a lot.

                   "Real secrets are hidden on billboards."  Take a walk, live longer.

     5:05pm  What a great time I've had at the terminal right now. I walked up to get on the 30 but he took off. I just started walking up and down the terminal letting everyone see my shirt and passing out my website like crazy. Then I figured I would just hit up random drivers for a transfer, like I do in San Antonio. I walked up to the #10 and asked the driver, "I don't suppose you'd hook me up with a transfer. I'll walk it if I have to. It's for a good cause." Hehe, then when the 30 pulled up I asked the driver for a courtesy ride. It was the same black dude who told me no yesterday. The one who told me about there being cameras and I yelled, "Be afraid, be afraid," to. I waited to be the last person to board the bus and I asked for a courtesy ride. He shook his head and yelled, "You asked me yesterday and you cussed me out!" I went, "Come on, please," and he got all flustered and kept telling me no. I laughed and pulled out my transfer and told him, "Psyche! I was just testing you."

                   I had started telling this pretty girl with dreadlocks my story and she cut me off in the middle and wouldn't listen to me anymore. Fuckin' hippiecrite. I should've told her, "You need to cut your dreads off. You don't deserve them." Right when I started the marijuana part, where I say, "Is it just a coincidence that two naturally occurring...." She cut me off saying, "Are you saying alcohol isn't naturally occurring?!" Right before the bus came I walked back up to her and said, "I thought you told me you were willing to listen. I thought I had permission. My mistake. Man, nobody wants world peace." Haha, what a crazy ride I am having in Fort Lauderdale. I like this place. It's awesome. I might be leaving soon.

     5:22pm  I just got off the bus over by I95 and Davie. Before I go back and tell Jim what a great day I had, sweet, I just found a new cigarette on the ground! The blessing are everywhere. What a great productive time I had at the terminal.

     5:25pm  Sharpon hooked me up at the Subway. I appreciate it, sister. Everybody gets credit. Thanks a lot.

                   Hehe, I had just come in here to refill my water bottle.

     5:49pm  Jim isn't home. John's car is here, but Jim isn't home. I ate that sandwich from Subway. It was damn good.

     6:15pm  Oh, it ended up that Jim was home after all. I was just sitting in the patio smoking and he eventually opened the door.

     8:51pm  Max: "The world according to Max, right here. Treat those that you know well. Treat those that treat you kindly better and pretty ladies treat the best. That's all I have to say, thanks."

     9:53pm  I just found my fossil I thought I had lost. It was in my other pocket. I thought I had lost it. I was all heartbroken about it.

     12:19am  I stayed up talking with Jim. He's smart. I think I kind of overheard him talking about gay sex on the phone with one of his friends. I shouldn't be talking about that. I'm going to crash. Goodnight everybody.

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