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                                                                                                       San Antonio, TX

Saturday June 21, 2007

     7:23am  I woke up around six thirty. I got up and made me a bowl of oatmeal. The house is all clean. Yesterday I cleaned good. It's pouring outside. It's raining hard outside. I'm going to go out for a walk! Today's my walking day. The thunder is all loud. I don't know where I'll walk to. I'm going to walk until my feet hurt, because I've got my sandals on. No socks so I can splash through the puddles.

                   Oh yeah, did I tell you last night about the money I stole from my sister? Right when she got home I gave her a big hug. She slapped down a twenty dollar bill for my "allowance," hehe. She gave it to me early again. Dude, I felt bad. She noticed and asked me what was wrong. I told her, "I am having this big internal moral dilemma. I'm going to be honest with you. Yesterday I found ten dollars in your room in one of your pant's pockets and I bought me some marijuana with it. I was taking the risk that you wouldn't notice, because you are so unorganized, but I am telling you now. You came home and gave me even more money. It just didn't feel right." Instead of getting mad, she actually told me, "That's very honest of you, but I don't like that you spent it on weed." She took the twenty back and gave me a ten. I was alright with that. Honesty is the best policy. Love you, sis. So I got marijuana and  ten bucks. Hell yeah. Thanks, sis. My sister is very fond of me. She thinks I'm a good roommate, she told me this morning. I'm going to go walking.

     7:28am  I came back home for another tennis ball. I'm leaving again.

                   I just walked down Old Tezel a little bit. Man, I am having fun splashing through the puddles.

     7:51am  I stopped here going down the hill on Guilbeau to do my stretches. I am having so much fun already. I am giving all the cars the peace sign, as usual. I'm wearing my WORLD PEACE THROUGH MARIJUANA shirt.

     8:16am  Just walking up to the Walmart on Mainland. I have to go fuel up for my walk. I'll get my usual combo. Double Cheeseburger and McChicken.

     8:39am  They are serving breakfast right now. I got me a McChicken Biscuit and a breakfast burrito. I came to the smoking cabana and smoked a cigarette and some weed, ha. I took a drag off my special cigarette right when some lady was there. I'm walking now.

     9:12am  I am walking down Eckhert Road. I am almost to Huebner Creek. The rain is letting up. I have my raincoat open and my shirt exposed. I've got my marijuana shirt on, hell yeah. I just washed it. It's so nice.

     9:17am  I can see and feel a blister starting to form on my foot from my sandals. Over on the left side of my right foot. This might be a big damper on my walking downtown. But, I am walking towards University Hospital. I'll go to the emergency room and borrow a bandaid and tape. I can make a little patch on my sandal so it won't rub. That's what I'm going to do. Oh yeah, did I tell you I'm walking downtown?

     9:32am  I just walked Eckhert past Huebner all the way to Babcock. I'm over by the Valero on Babcock. I'm going to walk to the hospital from here.

     9:57am  I just walked all the way to the hospital non-stop. I had a good hike to the hospital. Hell yeah. I'm going to take a piss and take a smokebreak.

     10:14am  See, I hatched this plan on the walk up here. I came to the University Hospital Transfer Center and bought a cinnamon roll. I walked my breakfast off easy. The roll filled me up a little bit. I've got a dollar left. This morning I stopped at the Citgo and bought me a pouch of Buglers and some tobacco. I'm going to go up to the sixth floor, where I had been in 2000. Head injury number two. I'll go see if I recognize anybody. I'll see if I can tape up my foot so my blister will be alright so I can walk downtown.

                     I'm going to go up to the sixth floor and see if I recognize anybody. I'll tell them, "Hey, can I grab a Boost for old time's sake? For my walk downtown."

     10:28am  That was awesome. I saw a lot of people I recognized. I saw beautiful Sheryl. I got Band-Aids from some guy at first, and then I ran into Sheryl and she gave me some tape. She said I could have it. I was sure to update them and give them my webpage. I loved seeing them again. I gave everybody a hug.

                     Cool, I've got like two other Band-Aids and that roll of tape in case I need to operate on the walk downtown.

                     Followed through on that shit. Called that. I said I was going to go to walk to the hospital to treat my blister.

                     Oh yeah, they didn't have any Boosts, but I grabbed a cream milk chocolate Ensure. Complete Balanced Nutrition. High Protein. Not for retail sale. It says calories per 8fl oz: 230. I'll chug this halfway there. Over on Fredericksburg somewhere.

     10:47am  Just hit Fredericksburg. I'm going to go to Papa John's. Maybe a driver I know still works there.

     11:00am  I walked Medical to Fredericksburg. I'm already close to Callaghan. I'm passing Eagle's Nest Apartments. I got the idea to carry my towel and swim trunks in my bag from now on. They have a badass pool at these apartments. Carol and I came with Vance last year, I think(8-7-06-5:34pm). If I always had that stuff on me I could go swimming anywhere. Oh, did I tell you that I'm free today? I'm not carrying shit. I'm not even wearing socks. I got my foot taped up pretty good so I don't feel my blister at all. I don't have shit, not even a bag. I've got my lightweight raincoat and my World Peace Through Marijuana shirt on. I've got my shorts, boxer-briefs and a watch and my walking stick. That's it. I'm free.

     11:06am  Right now I just stopped by the bus stop in front of Warren Inn. This guy walked by me and saw my shirt and mentioned something about Haight/Ashbury. I told him I was just there(6-11-07-2:40pm). Then he said, "Hey man, I used to grow a lot of marijuana too in Northern California." I told him, "I was just there too." I tried to give him my webpage, but I didn't have anymore. All my papers got wet so I threw them away. I'm hoping people will remember my site.

     11:17am  About five minutes ago I hopped over Loop 410. I'm going to walk to Sante Fe and find somebody to smoke out. I wonder if Sam still lives there. I've tried before, but nobody was ever home. I wish Melissa still lived there. I would love to see her again.

     11:27am  I'm here at Santa Fe Apartments. I'm going to walk around. I won't take too much time here. I have to walk downtown. I'm not too far at all. I might have it in me to walk back too. I don't know.

                     I feel so free today, man. I'm flying.

     11:41am  Remember I told you I was going to find somebody to smoke out at Santa Fe? Sam doesn't live there anymore. Melissa doesn't live there anymore. Nobody lives here anymore. I was walking through, I was about to leave and I see this dude in front of his apartment reading a book. He had tattoos on his arm so I offered to smoke him out. His name is Ron. I'm smoking Ron out in his bathroom right now. He was all paranoid to hit my cigarette out front. Ron's number is 736-0704.

     11:55am  Hell yeah, I made me a friend, Ron. He gave me his phone number and everything. I'm walking downtown. Just passed Balcones Heights Road. I'm walking downtown down Fredericksburg.

     11:57am  Oh shit, the taco place where Bruno used to work(4-5-05, 4-15-05, 4-25-05, 5-7-05, 5-14-05, 5-16-05, 5-21-05, 5-24-05), it doesn't have the same name anymore. I forgot what it used to be, but now it's Tejas Tacos. I wonder if Bruno still works here. It's closed right now.

     12:09pm  Hell yeah, I had an awesome time. I went to the plasma place just to say hello before I walked downtown. Gabe was there and so many people there recognized me. I gave everybody a hug and gave Gabe my website. They all remembered me.

                     I'm going to go into Goodwill and check for shirts.

                    Umm, I changed my mind. That place was pretty crowded.

     12:33pm  Just passed Hildebrand. I'm just going to keep walking. Man, I am getting the greatest reactions with my shirt on. Cars all honking at me. They're all giving me the peace sign back. I'm giving it to every single car. It's cool that because of the fact that it's all wet, there aren't that many cars on the road and they're all spread out. I am pretty much giving every one the peace sign. When there's lots of traffic I usually miss a couple bringing my hand down, hehe. Anyway, I'm going to keep walking.

                      I just stopped into Honest Charlie's Tattoos and hooked him up with my website. His eyes were locked on my shirt when I walked in and he gladly accepted it. I went in there because they had the stereo bassing and blasting out front.

     12:49pm  Passing the Oak Farms Dairy building.

                      Just walked underneath I10. About to pass West Woodlawn.

     1:07pm  Crossing Blanco Road. I should've worn my pedometer today. That sucks I forgot. Next time. And I don't think I'm going to walk back home from Travis Park. I'm going to ride the bus. Courtesy ride, of course.

                    I just walked over Flores and this bus driver walked by me and said, "Hey man, amen to your shirt."

     1:19pm  Just walked Cypress to San Pedro. Turning right.

     1:35pm  I walked downtown not too long ago. I'm over here by Hagner Arc, right about to cross The Riverwalk. I'm going to go to Travis Park and buy a hotdog. I'll sit for a spell. Sit down and smoke a cigarette. And smoke some weed. I'll rest for a little bit. Like half an hour or something. I'm going to ride the bus home. I'll get a courtesy ride for sure. Everybody saw me today.

     1:49pm  The eagle has landed in the park. I just bought me a hotdog and ate. Let me see how long it took me.  Usual six hours.

     2:05pm  At Travis Park I had a good presentation with these kids from Austin. Right when I got here I walked over by the cannon and lit up a cigarette. These tourist kids walked up to the cannon to take pictures. I got up and walked past them and one of them called out to me. A pretty girl. She asked me if they could take a picture with me. They got a picture of the back too. I told them to please email it to me. I hit them up for my story and at first they listened. The second time I ask if they were willing they told me no, so I told them, "Well, that's what the webpage is for. Thanks anyway." Then I told them to do me the two favors. Now I'm going to get a courtesy ride on the bus and tell somebody my story all the way back home.

                   Or, I'm going to go on a walk to The Riverwalk is what I'm going to do! Here I come, tourists. It's Saturday. Tourists are going to be everywhere. It'd be cool if I went to jail, hehe.

     2:38pm  Roy hooked me up with a cigarette in Rivercenter Mall. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.
                  
     2:58pm  I immediately went in the mall and walked around. It was jam-packed full of people. I'm just walking around on all three floors getting the greatest reactions to my shirt. There's a Magic World store here. There's a guy doing a little presentation. He was magically twirling a card in between his hands and behind his body. I stopped and watched that. Everybody was looking at my shirt. I'm walking around in the mall. I am fucking fearless, hehe. Not to mention stoned. I stopped at my statue right before I came in and celebrated with Saint Anthony. I'm walking around the mall recording myself right now. I'm fearless. I don't give a shit. Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain! Come and get me! Make it happen sooner!
                   The kids at Magic World loved my shirt. Right now I gave the guys working there my webpage. They were all impressed with my stick. They were all, "Can I look at it?" This is so fun. I'm going to go to all the malls with this shirt on, hehe.

                   Sweet, yet again I just got documented. These tourist girls in the mall. These two blond girls took pictures of me. I told them to email me the pictures.

     3:24pm  I am having a blast on The Riverwalk. Dude, I walked through the whole mall. Every single level, dude. All three. I slowly made my way. I'm going to walk through all the malls in San Antonio. Everybody is loving my shirt. I wish I had little papers to hand out. They got all wet this morning on the walk. But as I'm walking by and I get reactions I point to the back of my shirt and tell them, "Check out my website. It's free." Or, as they walk by I say, "Look it up the Internet." On all the search engines if you search for WORLD PEACE THROUGH MARIJUANA mine is the first site that comes up. The visits are going to soar on my site today.

                   I'm going to exit the mall and make my way out of here. Oh, there's a Park Policewoman. I wonder if she'll tell me anything.

                   She just walked by me and I said, "The tourists are eating me up."

     3:33pm  I'm walking down The Riverwalk. Dude, I had such a blast in the mall. Everybody loved my shirt. I made it the other day. On The Riverwalk I ran into Maria. She said she gave me a ride one time. I have to look her up. She said it was around 2002. I might not have it logged. Thanks for making contact, Maria. Did I have one of these recorders, Maria? Maria: "No, you didn't have that. You had a backpack and a little book you were writing in. I think that's the same stick." No, this is like my fourth one. I'm telling her and her friend my story.

                   I'm walking down The Riverwalk and some guy just passed me and told me, "Now you're talking to me." And everyone is taking my picture. They're all, "Excuse me, sir. Can I take your picture?" Document me, please. Hell yeah.

     3:57pm  I'm walking down Soledad. I ran into Bo who was on a bike. He said, "Hey man, I like your shirt." He's got a camera and he's taking a picture. When I told Bo I was a journalist he told me he was aspiring himself. He had a microcassette recorder too! Can you email it to me, please? Bo: "You can count on it." He took pictures with me holding this little ceramic gnome that he carries around. I really hope he sends me the pictures.

                   I didn't tell you, I came up to street level. I'm going to walk to Travis Park.

     4:09pm  I walked over to Travis Park and Paulette hooked me up with a cigarette. I appreciate it, Paulette. Everybody gets credit, thanks. I'm going to try and get a courtesy ride.

                   Your greedy ass failed!

                   6988 gave me a transfer, awesome. I'm going to go home.

                   It was awesome that I met that girl on The Riverwalk who gave me a ride a long time ago. That was back in 2002 she said. She said I was writing stuff down. Her name was Maria. Oh yeah, I just ran into the bubble-popper. Steven from Papa John's. He's still working there. I asked him if any of the old drivers still worked there and he said Heath was still there. I'm going to go say hi to Heath for sure.

     4:34pm  Right now this big orange Hummer limo drove by Travis Park. The Mexican dude and the girl sitting in the back rolled down the window and the dude yelled, "Hey man, world peace through marijuana! Hell yeah! Hell yeah!" He showed me a sack of weed and I yelled, "Hey, kick me a nugget for the cause!" The light turned green and he left, but he said, "We'll come back."

     4:36pm  I impulsively jumped on the 88 which I can ride all the way to the Walmart on Mainland.

     5:30pm  The 608 pulled up soon after I got there. I got on the bus and asked for a courtesy ride and psyched out the driver with a transfer, again, hehe. I got on and looked at the Transit Master display and saw he had a whole nine minutes to wait. I told him I was going to smoke a cigarette and he opened the door. I hopped off and turned around and asked him, "You wouldn't happen to have a cigarette, would you?" He said no, so I booked it to the Walmart smoking cabana. I walked up to it and a couple employees were sitting there eating. I asked if I could bum a cigarette and this one dude hesitantly starting getting his pack out of his pocket. Right then, this dude calls out from a car, "San Antonio walker!" His name is Pope. He says I know him as Sean. When did I tell you my story last? How long ago? Sean: "It's been about a year now almost." I was just out for two. Sean: "Then it's been like three years. We picked you up way over there off of Highway 90 and brought you all the way home off of Babcock. I don't know if it was Highway 90, but you cruised with us downtown, we picked up some bud and then we brought you all the way back home." They're giving me a ride to Old Tezel. I'm going to go to Church's and buy me a chicken sandwich. I'll walk home from there.

     6:10pm  I don't know when the side of my tape ran out, but I ran into these kids. Umm, I'll recap later. I want to finish telling my story out on the porch.

     7:08pm  What a great day I have had. I just got done with an awesome presentation in the back. I even told them my Brewster County Jail story. In the living room I sat them down on the couch and laid it out for them. These three kids. This beautiful girl. I don't remember her name, but she is a total fairy. Another fairy nymph has come to visit me. She was Sean's girl.

                   What a great day I have had. I got a great reward for my walking. I got on the bus then got right back off to bum a cigarette at the smoking cabana. I met Sean and his friends and got a ride home. I asked them if they minded going through the drive-through at Church's and they said cool. I was in the backseat and I had a pipe in my hand, so the cool Mexican dude asks us for some weed. The guys I was riding with hooked him up and he returned the favor. I only had a dollar, but I got two chicken sandwiches and he gave them some peppers. How awesome. The dogs messed up the kitchen. I have to sweep again. Alright, I'm going to take a shower. I'm going to take these sandals off first. They're killing me. I have to get a pair of socks on. Good job for today, Victor. I am proud of myself. I had a great day.

     7:12pm  Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. What those kids were doing when they drove by me at the Walmart, was looking for a place to live, trying to get an apartment. Well, as luck would have it, my twin sister is a leasing agent. She is always telling me to try and get her customers. Well, today I just might have. She may help them out. Do you see how things happen for a reason?

Next day..