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Fort Lauderdale and walking, FL

Sunday April 13, 2008

     8:55am  I am walking into town already. I'm going to score me a sack of weed somewhere. Then I'm going to go hitchhike over Alligator Alley to Naples. It will be fun.

     8:56am  I think I'm going to go score some breakfast at the Honduran `restaurant again.

     9:12am  I'm going to go hit up La Aurora Restaurant instead. Comida Salvadoreña. Let's see what they tell me.

     9:15am  Maria en La Aurora me esta dando comida. Te lo agradezco, Maria. Todo el mundo recibe credito, gracias.

                    I didn't even have to walk all the way to the Honduran place. I saw La Aurora on 31st Avenue. I'll take a picture of the front.

     9:34am  I went to the bus stop right in front of the restaurant and ate my breakfast. I had eaten some oatmeal at Jim's house, but I was still hungry. The food they gave me was damn good. Meat and rice and beans. I took a picture of it. I mixed it all up together. It was good.

     9:46am  I walked over to the Winn-Dixie plaza over by the laundromat. I'm going to go say bye to the nice people at Las Carnitas.

                    "I'm just saying goodbye. I'm leaving today. Thanks a lot for helping me the other day," I told them in Spanish.

     9:51am  I'm just going to wait for the bus. Some guy got off the bus going the other direction. I asked him if hew knew what time the bus came going my way. He pulled out a schedule! At ten thirty one. I have until then to wait. I'm going to walk around and try and find someone to tell my story to.

                    THAT rule has never change.

                    SOME rules never change.

     10:27am  Man, NOBODY wants to hear about how I'm going to bring world peace, man. These two cheerleaders at the bus stop told me no. They rather do nothing that hear about how I'm going to bring world peace with the internet. Damn the ignorance in this world.

                    I am getting proved right left and right in Fort Lauderdale. My name ain't Victor for nothing. Haha, I recorded all this right in front of those ignorant cheerleaders.

     10:50am  Just got to the terminal. I'm going to walk to in front of the library and try and score some weed.

     11:10am  There are all these people out here in front of the library and Kevin just hooked me up with some food. I appreciate it, brother. I was hungry. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     11:30am  David and Reverend Stevens is giving out food to the homeless people here in Downtown Fort Lauderdale. Everybody gets credit, thanks a lot.

                    Tony hooked me up with a daypass at the terminal. I appreciate it, bro. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     1:05pm  I had a good time waiting at the terminal for the bus. I'm still waiting for it. I have to get on the 1 that will take me to I75. I'll start walking it. I've got a sack lunch. I'm ready to go. I'm going back to Jim's house. Oh yeah, when I walked up I saw a bus that said, "Help, Call 911." Oh shit, I took a picture of it. I walked up to it and the driver told me it was an accident. I told him, "I'm a journalist. Check out my shirt. Could you please hook me up with a transfer for the cause?" He immediately stepped inside the bus and made me a transfer. He hooked me up. I logged his generosity and gave him my website. I've been passing it out like crazy. Oh, and my little papers have evolved too. Before I used to space the havethisbook.coms out, but now I'm not so every slip of paper after cut will contain two havethisbook.coms, on on top of the other. Oh yeah, and I got ten dollars worth of weed too. Two little nickel sacks from Victoria. Oh yeah, and I ran into this girl named Trevor. I'm pretty sure she's a girl. Sweet, there's another 30. There's the bus right now. I'm going to get on.

                   I'm so stupid. I forgot I scored a bus pass and I paid a dollar for fare.

     1:29pm  I just got off the #30 bus where I'm supposed to get off, over by I95. I'm walking to Jim's mobile home to get my pack and skip town. I still have that daypass so I have to catch the #1.

     2:08pm  I'm all packed up and ready to go. Jim's giving me a ride to the bus stop in John's car.

     2:27pm  I got on the bus heading to the bus terminal.

     2:37pm  I'm stupid. I got off the bus. For some reason I thought I was on my way to somewhere else. I thought I had missed I95, but I forgot I was on my way to the bus terminal. I got off on Davies and Andrew. It'll be a long time for the bus to pass again. I got off here for some reason.

     2:58pm  I'm back in Hollywood. I have to transfer to the 7 bus.

     4:00pm  I walked all the way to the Walgreen's where I walked to when I first got to this area the other day. The #7 was across the street, so I jumped on that one already. Aiming for I75.

     4:52pm  I just got off over at I75.

     5:18pm  I forgot to tell you. About five minutes ago I got to the onramp. I'm thumbing it. I'll take a picture.

     5:53pm  I got bored on the onramp. I'm walking to the next gas station.

     6:10pm  Taking Exit 11A.

     6:30pm  I'm going to chill on this onramp until it gets dark and then I'll go to the gas station.

     7:30pm  I got bored thumbing it and I'm going to walk to the gas station. I haven't even seen it.

     7:36pm  I came to the Extra Mile/Chevron.

     8:54pm  I had a badass presentation with this Oscar kid. I even told him the Note From the Rich. He loved that shit.

     9:26pm  What was your name again? Annie just volunteered me some chocolate. I appreciate it, sister. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     9:29pm  I spent a long time at the gas station. At the Chevron. I had some great presentations there too. I gave out my website plenty. Nobody hooked me up with a ride. I'm going to walk to the next exit. Olivia. The pretty cashier Olivia, she didn't let me take her picture, but she listened to my whole story. When I first got there I started telling her my story. In between customers, of course. I gave her my website, awesome.

                   Plant the seed in every town I go.

                   That lady Annie gave me a big heavy bible. I chunked it in the bushes. She gave me a big box of delicious chocolate covered pretzels.

     10:09pm  I didn't tell you. About ten of fifteen minutes ago I already secured my campsite right next to the highway. In the trees here near a big tall fence. I'll take pictures in the morning.

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