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Piketon to Peebles to Cincinnati, OH

Friday July 4, 2008

     6:17am  I woke up. 6.53 hours of sleep. Seven hours of sleep. It poured last night. I'm real glad I was under that bridge. That lady told me it wasn't supposed to rain until six. Nobody can tell the future.

     7:12am  I am up from under the bridge. I had to climb up all these boulders. I was worried I'd get crushed. I'm going to go to the store.

     8:00am  I am all fueled up. I spent all my money. I bought a pouch of Buglers, some snacks. PopTarts and a Texas size cinnamon roll. Yeehaw. I'm going to walk the twenty miles to Peebles.

     8:06am  I just got to Gleason Road. I took a picture of that one-lane bridge I crashed underneath last night. It was awesome how that was there for me.

     8:17am  What a blessing. I walked for maybe like ten minutes and Joe Greer pulled over for me. He's giving me a ride. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     8:43am  Hell yeah, I just got dropped off in Peebles at a Marathon here. Joe Greer is seventy nine! That guy totally listened to my story. I wasn't thumbing it or nothing. I was just walking and he pulled over and asked me if I needed a ride.

     11:05am  I'm still posted up here at the Marathon. It's raining hardcore, so I'm not walking. Even though I have raingear, but my boots will get wet. They haven't hassled me at all here at the gas station. I didn't ask permission or nothing. I've just been standing out here passing out my website like crazy. Every gas station I've been at I am always passing out my website.

     11:22am  Don Faulkner hooked me up with some money at the Marathon. I appreciate it, Don. Everybody gets credit, thanks. Don: "There's twelve bucks. It was good meetin' ya, man."

     11:25am  Dave hooked me up with a cigarette at the Marathon gas station. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     11:27am  Haha, this pretty cashier girl came outside and told me, "I don't mind if you are here getting out of the rain, but you have to stop handing out your little papers. I've got some complaints." I apologized, but even asked her if she would check out my website. She smiled and gladly accepted it. I told her, "Thanks for letting me remain." Man, that's bullshit they've gotten complaints. For what? Giving stuff away? Maybe some peole don't like my shirt, hehehe.

     1:02pm  I had an awesome presentation in front of the McDonald's with John, Robert, Tracy, Rebecca and Miranda. Tracy just volunteered me five dollars! I appreciate it, Tracy. Everybody gets credit, thanks a lot. They wouldn't let me take their picture though.

     2:49pm  My prayers have been answered. Somebody is finally giving me a ride out of Peebles. Carol just walked up to me and volunteered. I didn't even have to ask her. I appreciate it, Carol. Everybody gets credit. Are you going all the way to Cinci? Carol: "I can take you as far as East Gate actually, which is Batavia there." Surprise me.

     3:40pm  Carol just brought me to Batavia to this big mall here. I'm going to go look for a headshop and buy another fake cigarette. Eastgate mall.

     3:47pm  I'm walking in the mall through Khol's. There are tons of people here.

                   I found the place where they sell some pipes, but they didn't have my fake cigarette.

     4:38pm  I went to the onramp pointing to Cincinnati. I thumbed it for a little bit. I'm going to start walking.

     5:20pm  A cop just yelled at me across the street no hitchhiking. I'll walk to the Speedway.

     5:31pm  Tom just took my picture. He's going to post it on my MySpace.

     5:36pm  Sweet, Tom bought one of my shirts! He also told me to go to the Smokin' Treasures headshop across the street. Badass! I'll go after I finish my PopTart.

                    It started drizzling a little harder, so I walked back to the Speedway.

     5:42pm  Oh yeah, Tom directed me across the street to Smokin' Treasures.

                    Shit, closed for Fourth of July. Oh yeah, today's Fourth of July, by the way.

     5:55pm  Karen just volunteered me a cigarette at the Speedway. I appreciate it, Karen.

     6:44pm  Sweet, Matt and Fred, they listened to my whole fuckin' Odyssey at the Speedway. They're giving me a ride to some free concert. Some Fourth of July celebration with a firework show and everything. Charlie Daniels is playing. The devil went down to Georgia. I hope they don't mind my gear.

     7:38pm  I just got to the party. Hell yeah, I'm going to take a picture. There's a huge crowd of people here. Hell yeah, I'm going to walk around and take my packs off and expose my shirt all around this place tonight.

     7:59pm  I'm walking around this big crowd of people here recoring myself. Everyone is staring at me. I've had some great reactions to my shirt already. Hmm, I don't see anybody smoking cigarettes. I wonder if you are allowed to smoke in this place.

     9:52pm  I have been exposing myself hardcore at this place. There are THOUSANDS of people at this place. Look where Victor Antonio ended up tonight. How perfect. Most of Cincinnati is seeing me, I am sure. I'm going to get recognized like crazy! I still don't know where I'm going to sleep tonight. I am in the city of Blue Ash, I think. I hope Cincinnati isn't too far. I don't know what I'm going to do. See, once the sun came down I stopped getting as much reactions to my shirt. Still, I have alreay gotten soooo many reactions to my shirt and passed out my website a lot too.

     10:30pm  See, I thought I was going to leave, but then the fireworks show started. I went over by the rides where they have a big white light. I stood there with my shirt as people walked by. After a bit I walked to the parking lot and watched the rest of the fireworks show. It was a good show. I took a couple pictures with my disposable camera. I hope they come out. Right now I wanted to get high, but there was a big crowd. I'm out of weed, but I had a little resin left. I rolled a cigarette with a little ball of resin in it and smoked that. Like three different people walked by and said they smelled reefer, hehe.

     10:38pm  I am posted up over by the dumpsters letting the drones of people walk by me and look at my shirt. I sometimes yell, "Look it up on Google!"

     11:25pm  I was just walking down the street after the concert. This little with a little girl asked me if I knew where the shuttle bus stop was. My ears perked, "There's a shuttle bus??" So I started following this lady. We were directed to the P&G place where the shuttle bus stops. All this time I thought it would be a shuttle to downtown, but instead it's just a shuttle to the parking lot. I don't have a car, so I'm just going to hoof it closer to downtown.

     11:35pm  Holy shit! I just got a ride! I was walking away from the shuttle stop and the traffic piles up for some reason. This guy in a Toyota pickup tells me, "Watch out for the firework-fallout." It was three people. Two dudes and a girl. Well, I eventually caught back up with them and yelled, "Hey, can I get a ride?" Surprisingly the dude tells me, "Hop in." He asked me a ride where and I told him to surprise me, that I just got into town tonight.

                    Hell yeah, they even let me hit a joint.

                     I told them my intro and mission objectives in the car and Tom hands me a little roach! I asked him if they had a garage or backyard I could camp in and Tom says sure, he's got a tent I can pitch in his yard! Woohoo! Tom's girl Kim has some beautiful fangs.

     11:52pm  Man, what a crazy ride I am having tonight. Welcome to Cincinnati, Victor Antonio.

     11:55pm  We are passing by Simon Lee's house. Look him up on the Internet. I'm sure there's shit on him. He's a dictator, they tell me. He smuggles in Heroin from across the street.

                     I am up on the seventh hill of Cincinnati. Tom Skaggs.

     12:09am  We came to Vince's Sports Bar. Mt. Healthy's finest.

     12:58am  Look up Grand Lake St. Mary's. Something about a hand-dug lake. Where in Ohio? Celina.

     2:40am  We are leaving Vince's. I took a couple shots of rum. It's the Puertorican in me, hehe.

     4:41am  I've had an awesome welcome. They barbecued some hotdogs for me so I can go to sleep. I can't sleep on an empty stomach. We started up a fire. I've been up for a long time. I'm tired as hell. Tom pitched a tent for me in the front yard and I'm going to sleep in it tonight. Man, what a great welcome I've had to Cincinnati.
 

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