Gulfport, FL
Monday April 28, 2008
7:11am I got seven and a half hours of
sleep. I woke up about fifteen minutes ago. I only have three hours to wait
until the library opens. I'm going to go and type a lot of stuff.
9:32am Mike Stanley just dropped me off at
the beach. He gave me a ride so I won't have to walk to the library. There's
still half an hour before it opens. I'm going to go walk around the beach.
9:45am I came to the library and hit up
these two guys for my story waiting for it to open. This one guy in a tie-dye
wearing a crucifix. They didn't want to listen, but accepted my website.
Crane by
library
1:30pm I am leaving the library. From ten
to one thirty. A good little three and a half hour chunk. I got a lot typed up.
I've ony got like eighteen more days to be caught up. The senior citizen
librarian gave me some grief about typing on the catalog computer, even though
there's one that's barely even being used right next to it. Maybe this isn't as
pristine a resource as I thought it to be. She told me that I could type on the
internet computer and if there was nobody waiting I could get an extension. I
don't know. I'm hungry. I bought two Ramens this morning and I have one left at
home. In my room. That's awesome how I have a room.
2:18pm I came to the bus stop. I'm going
to try and get a courtesy ride to Tyrone Mall to go spread the word. On the walk
home from the library I found me a little baggie of Honey Nut Cheerios. I ate
them. Hopefully I'll get some donations today. I'm hungry. I've got a Ramen in
my pocket for my lunch break.
2:26pm The greedy ass bus driver wouldn't
give me a ride. Good little slave. I'm going to wait for the next one.
2:51pm Haha, I am sitting at the bus stop
right across from Echo's house. She just came outside and saw me and motioned
for me to get out of here. I yelled, "Call the cops! You don't own shit!"
2:56pm Ha, she's on the phone most likely
calling the cops to report me.
2:58pm The other driver wouldn't give me a
ride either. I'm going to stay here and wait to see if the cops actually come
and try the next bus. He who knocks persistently ends by entering.
3:26pm
Otto Cosmo stopped and listened to
my story. I took his picture. What did you think, Otto? Otto: "I think it's
great. I think you're a form of genius." I don't know nothing, man. Anything is
possible.
Otto just told me I made his day. Hell yeah. He told me, "Man, I'm proud of
you." That's music to my ears, man.
3:39pm The third driver told me no too.
Alright. I'm walking back to The Patch now. I'll ask someone for a dollar fifty.
4:10 should be the next bus.
4:12pm I'm going to walk to Tyrone. I've
got a full stomach. Brian hooked me up with a big plate of food.
4:18pm Damnit, I forgot my sign.
4:23pm I went back and got my sign. I'm
walking down 49th Street. Brian told me to walk 49th to 5th and take a left. Oh,
did I tell you that my mom agreed to pay my website for another year?
4:27pm The bus driver wouldn't stop for
me. They know me already, hehe.
4:43pm I passed 5th a little, so I'm going
to double back and turn right. I'm going to keep walking. I don't know how close
it is.
4:50pm I went down 5th Avenue and it
dead-ends at this big cemetery. I'm going to walk straight through it. Hopefully
5th will continue on the other side.
4:54pm I'm walking through the cemetery.
Turning right on 58th Street. I see some gas stations. I'm going to go ask for
directions.
5:00pm I walked to 1 Avenue South and got
directions from this cool kid gassing up with his girlfriend. I gave him my
website and everything.
5:15pm Turning right on 66th. Coming up on
Central Avenue.
5:17pm I came in The Finest Skate Shop and
asked for directions to Tyrone. This dude told me to keep walking straight past
Central.
5:25pm Crossing 5th Avenue N. By SPC, the
college. There's somebody waiting for the bus up here. Maybe I can get a
courtesy ride.
5:29pm Some kids just drove by right now
and this kid in the back seat told me, "I know you."
I hate to say it, but I kind of miss Echo. I love Echo and I always will. She
won a piece of my heart. Especially after giving me such a great chapter.
5:42pm I forgot to tell you. I am already
at my shaded signing strip at 66nd/22nd. I walked all the way here. I can't
believe it. It wasn't that long at all.
I got a handful of quarters, hell yeah.
5:49pm Showtime.
5:51pm Haha, those cops were all mad at
me. One was all, "Oh, you're not asking for money?"
6:29pm I had some more police contact. In
the end he just let me go. He was all, "Be careful, Victor. Be careful."
7:13pm The 79 driver is hooking me up with
a ride back home. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit.
How can something of anything be the root of that thing?
Check out my sign
7:36pm I forgot to tell you about the only
donation I got today. Right when I walked to my corner this guy yelled at me and
I ran up to his car. I thought he was giving me some weed because he just held
out his hand. He hooked me up with five dollars worth of quarters. I also got a
dollar from this girl afterwards. I made six bucks today. That's not bad.
Cigarette money. I'll see if I can go get me a nickel sack, hehe.
7:37pm Oh yeah, I made up a new sign
before I left The Patch earlier. Remember, I had left it on the bus yesterday?
This morning when I woke up I made a new one. I'll take a picture of it.
7:44pm I just got off the bus by Echo's
house. At the bus stop in front of McDonald's. That last bus driver loved me. In
the end he told me, "Good luck on what you're doing. You're going to make a lot
of money." I told him I would just give it away. Hell yeah, he believes in me.
He shook my hand and everything.
7:47pm Hell yeah! I was walking through
the McDonald's parking heading towards The Blueberry Patch. All of a sudden Mike
pulls up on his scooter. He asked me what was going on and I told him how I
walked all the way to Tyrone today because nobody gave me a courtesy ride. He
told me that on the table in his house was a little bit of weed! Hell yeah! He
blessed me for all the good work I've been doing today. I could do this forever.
I kind of don't want to leave Gulfport now. I need to get my stuff typed up. I
have been on task all day. I went to the library earlier then I walked to Tyrone
and passed out my website like crazy. I've been working it nonstop today. It's
my job. What a great day.
9:19pm Oh yeah, earlier I came home and
smoked some of that weed Mike told me about. I was sitting outside with Brian
and Demi. What's Dallas' friend's name? Duffy came outside and relayed a message
from Dallas. Dallas is scared that I'm going to bring the cops to The Blueberry
Patch. I am sure this has everything to do with Echo, too. Brian totally had my
back. He told Duffy exactly what I was thinking. Let's see what happens. Brian
pretty much told him that Dallas needs to come talk to us himself. We don't need
an intermediary or laison. If there's a problem he should deal with it. I told
him that Dallas should just read my website, that it would make him feel better.
Duffy told me, "Well, if you could print it out for him..." I cut him off and
said, "I can't afford to print it out. That was be an awesome project to do if
Dallas wanted to pay for it." It would be a hell of a lot of pages. It'd be kind
of fun, but I can't afford that. My job doesn't pay me money. I work for free.
I'm a volunteer.
Oh yeah, and the icing on the cake is that someone brought a vaporizer here for
us to use. Mike and I have been taking vapor hits. We're all stoned. Mike: "Hey-yo."
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