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Rockford to Celina to Greenville to Dayton to Miamisburg, OH

Tuesday July 22, 2008

     9:19am  I just woke up.
                  
                   I came and smoked a cigarette on their wooden glider on the front porch. I'm going to walk to the post office and get my package.

                   I got my package and I love my mom so much. She sent me a camera and some treats. She sent me this delicious biscotti stuff and these puffball candies. I shared with Sean. It was delicious. She also sent me a money order for a hundred bucks. She also sent me some Riovida, but it hasn't gotten here yet. UHaul is supposed to bring it. Since I'm leaving today she told me to cash the money order and give Sean ten dollars so he can mail it back to San Antonio when it gets here.

     10:22am  I left a note on the computer saying I went to the post office. Man, I checked my email and website and I'm still getting such a great reaction.

     1:16pm  Sean drove me back to Celina. I had $2.80 on me when I got to jail, so they owe me. Sean drove me over to the police station. They have a check they're supposed to give me. I went to get it, but the lady said it wouldn't be ready until three. So I have an excuse to hang out in town until then. I'll walk around.

     1:41pm  I just got dropped off at the courthouse downtown. Sean drove me around town. We drove to the shelterhouse but nobody was there. I was able to cash the money order at Ohio Cash Advance. They charged me six bucks, so I only had ninety four left. I'm going to try and make it back to Cincinnati. My mom said she would get me a bus ticket, so I'm hitching to Cincinnati.

     2:08pm  I have to make an update. I was hanging out on Main Street waiting until three to get my check. Jim, this guy I met yesterday at the sheltherhouse, he came up to me and talked to me. I was telling him how the cops stole my fake cigarette and he told me he has one at home I can have! Hell yeah, I'm being re-equipped. We're walking to his house.

     3:17pm  Oh yeah, I haven't mentioned. Jim is giving me a ride to the gas station fifteen miles South of town. I'm giving him ten bucks for gas. He's getting me out of town. Bye-bye, Celina.

     3:45pm  I just got dropped off over at the Marathon close to North Star. I think it's twenty five miles from Celina, not fifteen. I'm going to ask for rides now.

     3:50pm  I already got my ride! Tom is giving me a ride. He's driving an eighteen wheeler. I appreciate it, Tom. Everybody gets credit. Thanks a lot.

     4:16pm  Tom just dropped me off at 127 and 36. There's a DOT car here.

     4:26pm  About to pass Hog Pass Road.

                   I changed my mind. I'm going to walk North a little bit. Right where Tom dropped me off I looked back and remembered seeing blue signs pointing to a gas station.

     4:31pm  I am thirty one miles South of Celina.

     4:58pm  I had a great presentation with a sheriff that pulled over. D. Werling. I had given him the peace sign, so he came back around and asked me where I was going. I told him I was walking to the gas station to get a ride.

     5:44pm  I got tired of thumbing it. I'm going to walk to Greenville. Two miles the cop told me. Oh yeah, I was looking at my map. I'm right here on 49 which goes to Dayton. Dayton is closer to Middletown than Cincinnati. 127 South goes to Cincinnati. So I'm going to Dayton. I'm thinking about going back to Middletown and seeing if I can type my update up at Doreen's again.

     5:51pm  Walking by the Darke County Sherrifs Office and Criminal Justice Center. It looks like a military compound with barbwire and shit.

     5:54pm  Passing sign that says Welcome to the City of Greenville

                   First Brick School in Darke County.

     6:02pm  Right after the corporation limit sign there's a Reiki massage center cleverly named We Knead You. What a clever little pun.

     6:06pm  I'm going to walk to the Speedway.

                   I offered my website to this old guy walking out. He laughed and said, "I've probably smoked more than you have." I told him, "Yeah, you are probably older than me too." Everybody smokes, see!

     6:39pm  The idiots at the Speedway called the cops on me. They're all scared of me. That's right, be afraid you good little slaves, MUHAHAHA. NOBODY wants world peace!

     7:09pm  I walked back up to 127. I am thumbing it on 49.

                   Oh yeah, before we left Sean did some magic on this rock and gave it to me. He told me I had to hold it in my left hand whenever there's trouble.

     7:29pm  Bobby-Jewel and Scott pulled over for me in no-time at all. Everybody gets credit. Thanks a lot.  Bobby and me.

     7:38pm  Just got dropped off at the Marathon gas station in Arcanum.

     8:21pm  Another Christian being ignorant. He agreed to listen at first but then he went into the whole, "Have you ever stolen? Have you ever looked a woman lustfully bullshit. I told him to tell me something new. Argh, listen motherfucker. I've got something new to say.

                   When Christians jump in with their Jesus bullshit I should tell them, "If you're not going to listen to me I don't have to listen to you. I thought I had your permission. You said yes when I asked you if you were willing to listen.

     8:25pm  In no-time, the third person I ask, Randy is giving me a ride a little South. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit.

     8:55pm  Randy dropped me off in Englewood. I am already on the city bus going all the way to Dayton. I paid the fare.

     9:36pm  I am in Downtown Dayton. Whoa, I just found a sandwich Ziploc with chocale chip cookies! Sweet.

     9:49pm  I forgot to tell you. I jumped on the 17 bus because I don't want to waste a transfer. I don't know where I am going. I'll find out.

     10:28pm  I just got dropped off at the hub. I'm walking towards Miamisburg. This other guy who had heard me on the bus talking told me he was going the same way, if I wanted to walk with him.

     10:37pm  I'm going to stop in the Steak and Shake and buy some food.

     10:43pm  Dude, I just got hooked up with a burger! I just walked in, set my bags down to expose my shirt and asked for a menu, that I would get it to-go. I don't know if they did it on purpose, but I didn't pay. I heard, "Carry out for Victor. Here you go." Sweet, that's awesome. There's a guy with dreadlocks in there. I want to talk to him. See if he'll give me a ride or something.

     11:00pm  I came back in to buy a milkshake. Nobody's mentioned anything about me not paying for the burger.

                     Whoa, they even hooked me up with the shake! This is such a magic shirt.

     12:22am  After much arduous work I have made my camp. I had to clear all these branches and cut all this stuff with the saw on my Leatherman. I burrowed into the patch of woods behind the Office Max here. I'll take pictures in the morning when there's light. I'm all sweaty and tired. I took off my shorts. I'm going to sleep in my sleeping bag. I don't even know what direction is what. I don't know what I'm aiming for in the morning. I thought I was aiming for Miamisburg, but the kids at the Steak and Shake told me I was already here. I'm going to crash out pretty soon. I got hooked up like crazy at the Steak and Shake. I didn't even give them my line or nothing. They made me a burger and handed it to me. I got tons of compliments on my shirt. I even went outside to smoke a cigarette. Then one of the kids who works there came outside and I asked him, "Hey, did you guys hook me up on purpose?" He told me, "I don't know, but if they hooked you up they hooked you up." I smiled and told him, "I'm going to go back inside and buy a shake. That's the least I could do." I went inside and ordered a shake. I figured I'd want to smoke when I got my shake so I started rolling a cigarette. They asked me if I wanted the shake in a to-go cup and I told them no, that I would eat it there inside(and show off my shirt some more). I started rolling a cigarette and a girl told me, "You can't do that inside." I started walking outside with the glass of shake and the girl told me I couldn't take the glass outside either. I handed it to her and she said she would transfer it to a to-go cup for me and bring it outside. I was out there for like five minutes waiting for my shake. I finally went inside and saw it on the table, still in a glass. I asked a girl for a to-go cup and she brought one over. I plopped the shake into it and splashed some on her, hehe. When I said, "I still need to pay for it," she told me not to worry about it. Everybody was so nice to me at the Steak and Shake. I got a huge double meat bacon cheeseburger and a shake for free! Everybody was cool as hell. Right now I'm going to crash in the bed I made after lots of hard work. I'm tired, man. I'm beat.

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