051404

 

San Antonio, TX

Friday May 14, 2004

     6:35am  I came to the day center at Travis Park and used the restroom there.

     7:04am  Bill is hooking me up with a cigarette in Travis Park. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

                    I was telling this girl my story in front of the Travis Park church. They got signs that say you can't stand there. She gave me a couple drags off her cigarette. Her boyfriend was pretty ignorant. She told me they had to go to the Greyhound. She said, "Find me in the park one day." I told her, "You'll find me. I'm everywhere."

                    Oh yeah, and Fuzzy showed up. I haven't seen Fuzzy in a long time. He was all limping and on crutches. I showed him my grievance form. He told me, "Come Monday. I'm going to get a computer and everything," Badass, Monday I'll be programming.

     11:37am  Charles hooked me up with a cigarette in Travis park. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     12:55pm  Roger hooked me up with cigarette in Travis Park. I appreciate it, brother.

                     Christina hooked me up with a cigarette in Travis Park. I appreciate it, Christina.

     2:07pm  I got off the 92 at Fredericksburg and Louis Pasteur. I'm going to go see if I can get hooked up at Blanco's Mexican Restaurant.

     2:10pm They told me no. This dumb girl said, "Oh, we don't give out things for free." I told her, "Man, you guys hook me up all the time." She said, "Well, it's a little different right now."

                  I'm going to try this other place. The Mexican Taco Cafe, over by the Pressure Cooker Cocktails.

     2:16pm  Irene is hooking me up with some gasoline for my stomach. I appreciate it, Irene. Everybody gets credit, thank you.

     2:25pm  Dell hooked me up with a cigarette in front of the Coastal. I appreciate it, brother.

                   I had one taco and said, "Okay, now I'm going to go to the Coastal and bum me a cigarette for an after-meal smoke for my second taco." Badaboom, badabing.

     3:17pm  I came back by the Coastal and smoked that cigarette. I scraped up a resin hit of weed out of my little one-hitter. I got all stoned. Oh yeah, I coughed up a lot of phlegm. I wrote my name on the pavement in phlegm, hehe. I took a picture of it, haha.

                   I'm all high.

     3:47pm  Rachel hooked me up with a cigarette at the gas station. I appreciate it, Rachel. Everybody gets credit.

                   I'm at the gas station at Fredericksburg and Datapoint. I'm going to smoke a cigarette then go talk to a lawyer.

     3:52pm  I'm going to go across the street and talk to that lawyer now. Edward Piña.

     4:28pm  I had a great meeting with Mr. Piña, dude. He's Hispanic. He had all this stuff on the wall. All these Supreme Court certificates and stuff. I thought, "This guy knows his shit." He told me, "Okay, here's what you gotta do. First, you have to go to Internal Affairs and follow up on that. Because they're not going to." Monday I have a project to do.

                    I asked him, "Could I actually sue these guys and get some money?" He told me, "Yeah, you can. I don't know how much money. There's not a lot of money involved. But if you want this guy to get disciplined, you have to follow through. You have 180 days to follow up on that complaint with Internal Affairs. They're going to reject it."

                    He told me, "You should round up some people. Other people who have been faulted by the cops."

                    I told him, "Is it safe to say that if I do step #1, and get through all the other steps and am able to sue these people, will I have your support?" He told me, "Yes, you would."

                    He told me, "It was really nice meeting you, Victor."

     4:39pm  Mr. 6502 hooked me up with a ride to the hospital. I appreciate it, brother.

     4:53pm  I'm at University Hospital. Haha, everybody knows me. This guy Tom who I know from West gave me a cigarette.

     4:57pm  The 610 pulled up going to my mom's house. I asked the driver for a courtesy ride and she said, "Nope, can't do it." I got off the bus. Then I noticed I had seventy five cents in my pocket. Fare is eighty. I got back on and say, "Hey, will you let five cents slide?" She said, "No, I won't." This other lady overhead and said, "How much do you need? Just five cents?" She hooked it up. The universe provides.

                   What a greedy ass bus driver though, right? Five cents.

     5:42pm  Alright, I'm off over by my mom's house. I'm not going to crash there. I'm supposed to meet James downtown at nine tonight. He's got my NOFX hoodie.

     6:10pm  I'm leaving my mom's house. Man, my mom is dumb, dude. She's all holding a grudge. When I first came in she was in her room sleeping. When she finally woke up I was on the computer checking my email. She just ignored me. I told her, "Don't worry, mom. I'm not staying." She goes, "I know you're not." I told her, "Mom, you really shouldn't resent your son for being happier than you."

     6:20pm  Right when I got to the Citgo I saw the 610 coming! I had taken a shower at home and changed my clothes. I got my thermal bottoms because it's cold. I got my thick shirt. It probably won't be that cold, but just in case.

     8:39pm  I'm downtown already. I'm by the Greyhound station.

                   Sokha hooked me up with a cigarette in front of the Greyhound station. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

                   James never showed up, so I'm going to go down to The Riverwalk and make an appearance. It's Friday night.

     9:50pm  I came down to The Riverwalk. I'm at my usual spot by the Five and Dime. There's all these ignorant people walking by. Tourists..

     10:26pm  Bandit is going to hook me up with a beer. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     11:19pm  Israel hooked me up with a cigarette outside the Greyhound station. I appreciate it, Israel.

     12:22am  Hector me dio un cigaro. Te lo agradezco, Hector. Todo el mundo recibe crédito, gracias.

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