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Gulfport to Saint Petersburg and back, FL

Tuesday April 29, 2008

     6:53am  I got 7.06 hours of sleep.

     7:10am  I woke up at like seven. I got stoned off this vaporized weed reburn. Last night with the last four dollars I had. I got six dollars total from donations yesterday, but I spent two on tobacco. Also, I bought all this cereal. I bought two little self-serve bowls of cereal at the gas station. McDonald's was closed. I had cereal for breakfast and a pint of milk. I had a nice little breakfast. I think I'm going to walk all the way out to Tyrone again. Now that I know that it's not that far.

                   Self-portait, relax

     8:56am  This morning my shitter book was one I found in Billy Becks old room. It's called The Ancient Ones: The Mission Remembered, by Riegie. It's such a great book. Everybody should read it. I should quote from it.

                     Blue and Rocky

     10:12am  I just cleaned out the whole hangout room here. I swept and everything. I've been keeping myself busy cleaning all morning. Mike is up and he told me he just talked to Dallas. Dallas is all scared to have his patch associated with marijuana. Last night Dallas sent one of his friends to confront me, because he doesn't have the balls to himself. I got to thinking, man, wouldn't Dallas want The Blueberry Patch, the seed he planted thirty years ago, to be known to have fostered world peace? What the hell? Mike totally had my back. He told Dallas, "It's not about marijuana. It's about peace THROUGH marijuana. Victor is just here to type his stuff up and then he'll go on his way. I'm going to let him take his time." It's good to know people have my back. I'm cleaning hardcore too.
                    
     11:15am  The greedy ass at the King's Food Mart won't let me get another Ramen because I am twenty cents short. Greed shall be your downfall, man.

                     Haha, I called him a good little slave.

                     Oh yeah, I might be getting a ride to Virginia pretty soon. I was walking out towards King's. Brian gave me thirty five cents so I could buy me a Ramen. I was almost to The Patch and Laura pulls up in her car and tells me that she's going to Virginia pretty soon. So I might get a ride in a couple days.

     1:48pm  I never told you that Laura gave me a ride to SPC so I can do some typing. I just got done with my smokebreak. I smoked some vaporized weed leftovers. I'm going to get to typing.

                   Laura never showed up. She was supposed to be back in a couple hours.

     4:20pm  I just started recording on my other tape. I am on my way to The Patch in my typing, like fifteen days ago. I am almost caught up. Laura eventually returned and gave me a ride to SPC. I have everything I need at SPC. They have Microsoft Frontpage and I can update my site here. Let me see if I can get a courtesy ride back to The Patch.

     4:44pm  I found The Pinellas Trail that Mike told me about. This paved walking path that will go straight to Gulfport. These two ladies told me I'd go by the cemetery. I'm assuming it's the same one I walked through yesterday.

     4:55pm  I came down from the big bridge. I'm hungry. I saw the Checkers out of the corner of my eye down there. I'm going to go try and score.

     4:58pm  Let me go try my luck at Checkers.

     5:01pm  T is hooking me up at the Checkers. Everybody gets credit, brother. Thanks a lot.

                   Nice, called that shit. I'm going to eat. I asked for the manager and gave T my line. He told me, "I can give you a burger or something." I'm going to eat so I can keep walking the Pinellas Trail. Gulfport, here I come. The Checkers at Pasadena and whatever else this street is.

                   I got hooked up with a burger and fries, hell yeah. Maybe I won't walk to Gulfport. Maybe I'll walk back to SPC and keep typing. Actually, it's five thirty. I'm walking to Gulfport.

                   I totally called that. I was walking over the footbridge and I saw Checkers out of the corner of my eye. "Sweet, I'm going to eat." I scored and I am.

     5:33pm  I had a good meal break. I'm going to keep walking The Pinellas Trail to Gulfport. Thanks, T. T is this cool black dude with dreadlocks.

                    Lake

                    Pinellas Trail

     5:42pm  Crossing 58th Street. I see a cemetery now.

     5:46pm  I am in Gulfport! I'm passing the sign on the trail that says Gulfport. Sweet, that wasn't far at all.

     5:54pm  Nice, coming up on 49th Street. Over by Andersen Lumber. Green building. 666 49th Street. I'm pretty sure I turn right. Sweet, that wasn't that far at all.

                   The trailhead on 49th starts right after 8th Ave. It's not that far at all.

     5:58pm  Earlier when I started walking the trail I asked this dude if the trail went out to Gulfport eventually and he told me yes, but that it would take me an hour and a half walking. I wonder if it took me that long. I'll find out when I type it up. It only took me an hour.

     6:09pm  Back at The Patch.

                   I got home and Chaya and Mike were in his room taking vapor hits off of the Volcano. They invited me in and let me hit the bag. C-h-a-y-a, ok, I'll spell your name right from now on.

     7:03pm  I just talked to Aaron Camacho. Man, my shit's evolving. He knows all the avenues I have to go through to get my tee shirts distributed. He also knows about a lot of stuff about spreading my word. He told me about gaia.com. Some MySpace-like thing with smart people on it, not ignorant high-schoolers. I can't wait. He said he was going to call in a couple hours. He was busy right now. Sweet, my stuff is evolving.

                   He told me he looked at my website and he was impressed with it. He even looked up my stuff in Google and saw the following.

     7:33pm  I'm going for a walk. I'm really excited about talking to Aaron. He knows a lot of shit that I don't know.

                   Water and guy fishing

                   He told me, "Helping you would help myself a lot."

                   Mike smoked me out so hardcore when I got home earlier. Vaporizer hits.

     7:48pm  I talked to Theresa walking down Beach Blvd. She got a phone call and had to go. She's only fourteen and she agreed to listen to me real quick. It's probably her parents calling her to tell her to stop talking to me, hehe. Theresa was totally loving my story.

                   I'm reading this book I found in Billy Becks old room called The Ancient Ones, by Riegie.

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