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                                                                                       Charleston to Montgomery, WV

Thursday June 12, 2008

     6:59am  I got six hours of sleep last night. I crashed out in the entrance again, right inside the front door. They won't let me inside to take a shit. They let me last time.

     7:32am  I woke up went next door to eat at the mission. They said Chapel Time, everybody. I grabbed loaded up and started to leave. The minister dude tells me, "You're not going to stay?" I told him, "No, I've got work to do. I have to go spread the word." He asked me what the word was and I told him Love. He was all, "Does Love have name?" I told him, "That's the only one it needs. Praise Love." He wished me well and let me leave.

     8:20am  I just left the library. I'm actually getting my stuff typed up at the public library, even though I only get four thirty minute sessions per day. I've gotten a lot of stuff typed up. I'm already to when me and Laura took off on our way to Virginia.

     8:32am  I'm looking for tennis courts. I was directed to some King Center. I walked through the mall and turned right. I saw Ashley, my friend who works at The Cookie Store.

     10:56am  I came and found the tennis courts. I found one ball in the trashcan. Guess what else I found in the trashcan. A brand new, still sealed pepperoni roll! Breakfast, man. I'm starving. Thank you, Love. What a great blessing. I ate that and smoked my last cigarette. I need to sell one of these shirts already.
                    
     10:59am  Jim, I was looking for tennis balls. I found one in the trashcan, but Jim gave me three. Everybody gets credit. Thanks a lot.

                     Mission accomplished. I got like four balls total. I was searching around the courts for spare balls, but there weren't any. I noticed some guy getting a big ball cage filled with my tennis balls. I promptly walked over and asked the older dude if they had any dead balls they could spare for my walking stick. The younger dude said, "Wow, that's outside the box." The old dude said he didn't have any dead ones, but he gave me three anyway.

     12:16pm  D just gave me a cigarette in the transit mall. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

                     D and his friends got all scared when I pulled out my recorder and logged his generosity.

     12:58pm  Oh yeah, I got smoked out. I was hanging at the transit mall and this black guy was trying to sell my shirts for me. All of a sudden, this pretty girl I told my story to the other night Jennifer, she walked by and invited me to smoke. Her and her scared friends, we walked to Davis Park first, but they were too scared to smoke there. We found this tree next to this building to smoke at. Right across the street from a tanning place. They're smoking a brother out. I appreciate it, guys. Everybody gets credit.

     1:49pm  Wanda hooked me up with a cigarette a the transit mall. I appreciate it, Wanda. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     2:01pm  Wanda is beautiful.

     2:03pm  Right now I decided I'm going to get out of downtown. Whatever bus gives me the courtesy ride is where I'm going to go. I'll ask the driver, "Can I get a courtesy ride anywhere? I want to see where I'll end up."

     2:04pm  The 22 guy told me no real quick.

     2:07pm  Third time was a charm. The guy driving the 22 is hooking me up with a ride. Ask and thou shall receive. Some rules never change.

     2:12pm  Haha, the stupid bus driver. He got all paranoid and scared. When he pulled up I asked him, "Will you give me a courtesy ride? I want to see where I end up. I'm just going to go wherever the driver that gives me a courtesy ride goes. He smiled and said, "I can give you one free ride." I got on the bus and he drove off. Then I logged his generosity and afterwards he got on his cellphone all scared and shit. He called and asked the dispatcher if it was okay for him to give someone a ride if they didn't have money. They told him no so he pulled over and told me to get off the bus.

                   When I got off the bus I told him, "Man, nobody wants world peace. That's a good little slave. That's right, be afraid. Be afraid."

     2:24pm  I had an awesome presentation with Steven and John. Steve hooked me up with a cigarette. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     3:08pm  Peanut hooked me up with a cigarette in front of the mall. I appreciate it. Everybody gets credit.

     3:23pm  I just had an awesome presentation with this kid, I didn't get his name. He listened the hell out of me, hell yeah. He volunteered me a cigarette at the end. Thanks.

     3:40pm  Lauren and Brittany stopped and talked to me and volunteered me three cigarettes. I appreciate it, guys.

     4:37pm  I just had a good presentation with black girl and white girl. I didn't get their names.

     5:01pm  I just got directed to Capitol Roasters at six thirty. On Summers and Quarrier. The coffee shop Amanda works at. Some Ralph Nader petition signer dudes invited me. Maybe there will be a crowd.

     5:39pm  I came to the mission. I got here like at five fifteen. Lunch is at five thirty. They're late.

                   Ugh, this little punk kid. I had nine bucks on me and I was asking people if they knew where to get any weed. This fifteen year old kid told me he'd go get me some. At first I told him no fronts. He told me, "Come on, I'll let you hold these bus passes," and handed me ten one dollar bus passes. That punk burned me, but at least I have busfare now. Charleston bus drivers are terrified of courtesy.

     6:07pm  Caroline just volunteered me a water in the alley. I appreciate it.

     9:32pm  At the last minute I was at the transit mall and I got a hair up my ass to go back to Montgomery. The bus fare is like $2.50 so I have to use three passes. When the Montgomery bus pulls up I go get in line. I run into Jamie-Lynn! That girl I told my story to on the sidewalk in Montgomery when I was there.

                     I told Jamie-Lynn all of my stories on the bus! She got my whole package.

     10:14pm  Jamie-Lynn just invited me to crash at her house! Sweet, welcome back to Montgomery, Victor.

     12:35am  1027 whatever street this is. Dude, the most awesome things are happening to me! I was bored downtown and decided I'd get out of Charleston. I don't have to take pictures. I got ripped off for nine bucks by that one kid. I was able to sell like three or four of them to people. I ran into Jamie-Lynn! She listened to my stories on the bus and invited me over to crash! She's such a beautiful girl, from Hawaii. She's about five eleven, I think. She's got a boyfriend. I talked her ear off. I told her all my stories on the bus. When we got to Montgomery first we went to her friend's house and I got to tell my story and we came back to Jamie-Lynn's.

                     Oh yeah, Jamie-Lynn's got a laptop she said I could use! I'm going to get my typing done! Hell yeah! It's so awesome how everything just fell into place. Right now I'm walking to the 7-11 to buy some snacks. Hell yeah, welcome back to Montgomery, Victor Antonio. I'm going to do some typing tomorrow!

     1:13am  Back at the house. I told LaKendra my story at the 7-11. I bought me a pepperoni roll and three snacks. Some Grandma's cookies. I came back to the house and I'm going to crash out on the couch.

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