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Riding bus San Antonio

Thursday July 24, 2008

     7:02am  I got some sleep and we just got to North Little Rock, Arkansas.

     7:24am  I've decided I'm going to stay in Little Rock for a day and spread the word here.  I just got off the bus.
                  
     7:38am  Man, this trip has been cool. At every single Greyhound station everybody has reacted to my shirt. I got so many compliments on it. I passed out my website like crazy. I've noticed that at every stop there's always been black people outside asking for money.

                   So I'm going to walk to Downtown Little Rock. I'll go look for a park. Go find somebody to tell my story to.  Picture I took on bridge.

                   Welcome to Little Rock.  Arkansas' Capital City.

     7:46am  I'm walking around downtown on President Clinton Avenue.

                   I took a picture of the Saint Vincent Plaza. The Gateway to the Medical Mile.

     8:18am  I sat down at a bench on Commerce and President Clinton Avenue. I switched out my socks and smoked. I ate the last of that vegetarian pizza I was given the day I left Cincinnati.

     8:23am  I took a picture of the Songham Martian Arts Gate.

                   This River Trail sucks so far. I'm walking back over the bridge. I saw a sign that said River Trail. I want to go on a river trail. I don't see how to get down to the river below. Umm, I'm going to turn around and stay on the downtown side. This lady walked by and smiled at me and I offered her my website. She stopped and asked me what it was about. I got into my introduction and mission-objectives. She said she would rather read it, but she was all smiles. I don't know when the next bus comes.

     8:32am  I just got to the Wellness Walk. I think I saw some Portopotties. Let me see if they're open.

                   I came to this big concrete gazebo they have here and I saw some dude listenin to his headphones. I just went over there and discreetly moved to the side and rolled a cigarette. After I had taken just a couple drags I approached him with my story. This borther listened to my whole Odyssey all the way through. He had a cellphone and I was able to call my mom. I told her I got a hair up my ass to get off in Little Rock. She didn't understand the expression. This brothers name is Loni. You'll be on there when I update it.

                   I'm walking over the river on the pedestrian bridge. I'm going up the elevator to the next level.  River Market.  Downtown.

     9:17am  This couple walked by and I offered them my website. I asked them if they had time for a really interesting story and they said sure. I told them my intro and mission-objectives and the guy said they'd check out my website. His wife did a thumb's up when I said marijuana.

                   Pictures of this submarine.

                   I'm on the other side already. When I was walking by I saw come construction worker maneuvering this remote-controlled construction machine. I took a picture.

                   I am in love with my new camera. 8.0 megapixels.

                   Junction Bridge I just walked over.

     10:42am  I should make an update. I came back to the Greyhound station. I have to wait a whole hour for the next bus. I walked back here to this tree under the shade behind a dumpster and I loaded up my one-hitter and took a hit. All of a sudden I see this guy, he looked like he was playing with a dog. Then I realized it was a K9 Unit dog sniffing all the bags under the bus. I took my shirt off, hehe. I was thinking about hiding my weed somewhere secure in my backpack, but I don't care if the dog smells it. I have less than five dollar's worth. Like maybe like two or three hits left. It would make my story awesome if I got busted by the federales.

     11:02am  Alicia gave me a cigarette at the Greyhound station in Little Rock.

     11:49am  We stopped at a Pilot truckstop for a restroom break. The restrooms at the Greyhound station were out of order.

     2:04pm  The bus stopped at Texarkana.

     4:19pm  I am celebarting right on time. Driver stopped for a break.

     4:26pm  Taking off.

     5:05pm  Just entered Dallas City Limits.

     5:52pm  I didn't tell you, I'm on the San Antonio bound bus, an Americanos bus.

     6:02pm  Joey, I was hungry, I had a couple raw Ramens, he just volunteered me some crackers. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit. Thanks a lot. He's going to Austin.

                   Pamela and Joseph.

     9:34pm  This Mexican guy on the bus asked me for a paper and rolled a joint and said he'd smoke me out in San Antonio. I fell asleep and we're in Austin already. Almost home.

                   Be sure to look up about the oil spill in New Orleans that just happened.

     10:50pm  Just got to San Antonio.

     11:15pm  I met Willie in a wheelchair in Travis Park.

     11:37pm  I got on the 92 lineup bus. Let's see how close I can get to home tonight.

                     Cool, I didn't have to break my twenty. Right before I got on the 92, the bus driver in the bus in front of it hooked me up with a transfer. I hit him up and he tore one off real quick. I told him, "I'm still at it." Welcome back to San Antonio, Victor.

                     I'll probably get to the hospital at midnight. I already called my mom from Travis Park. She doesn't want to come and pick me up. I'm going to walk from the hospital.

     12:09am  Just got dropped off at Univeristy Hospital. I'm going to walk to walk all the way home. It's like a good five miles. I'm hauling all my gear too. I don't care. It's seventy eight degrees right now.

                     It's so good to be back. It doesn't seem like anything has changed at all.

                     I was just disgusted at all the urban sprawl I saw coming into town. Car dealerships everywhere.

                     Hmm, I could crash at that little camp I know about at Wurzbach and Babcock. Ahh, I got enough sleep on the bus. I wish I had some weed. I'm going to hike it home.

     12:20am  I walked up to the Shell station on Babcock and Wurzbach. Mike still works here. The same guy who worked here when I lived at the apartments across the street. Deer Oaks. With Raphael, Steve Long and fat-Tony.

     12:40am  I smoked all my weed on the bus trip home, so I just scraped my one-hitter and got like three or four resin hits. I'm all resinated. I had stopped right in front of the Liberty Pawn Shop close to Wurzbach and Babcock. I didn't walk that much. I'm going to walk all the way home.

     12:47am  I walked from the hospital to Oakdell Way. I'll walk up Eckhert. At Huebner I'll see if Josh is working. If he is I'll tell him, "Hey man, you stood me up last February, give me a ride home now."

     12:58am  I just got to Eckhert, turning left.

     1:05am  I just got to the Quick Stuff Shell station.

                   I went and stood behind the Jack in the Box drivethrough until there weren't any cars and I walked up to the window and asked the dude working if he could please let me buy a burger foor the walk home. He did and I'm standing in front eating it.

     1:31am  I stopped on Eckhert Road and took a leak next to the barbwire fence of some new apartments they're building. I piss on the urban-sprawl.

     1:47am  Taking the Woodchase shortcut over to Bandera.

     1:56am  I just popped out on Bandera.

     2:09am  Just walked to Guilbeau. I'm going to take the Wickersham shortcut home.

     2:14am  I have been power-walking all the way from the Shell station on Eckhert/Huebner. I'm going to stop to rest and smoke a cigarette in front of the HEB. I'm going to sit under the stoplight on the sidewalk.

     2:20am  I am up from my break.

     2:25am  Turning right on Wickersham.

     2:55am  At long last I got to Old Tezel. I don't see a sidewalk anywhere. Well, they just started building it over by the Citgo.

                   Home sweet home.

     4:09am  I'm going to sleep. I checked my email and stuff and I'm crashing out now. Man, this house is trashed. My twin sister Laura got knocked up again and the father split, again. My sister's life is chaotic. She's working at West Telemarketing again too. She has a whole apartment's worth of shit piled into my mom's living room. This mess is all my sister's fault. I'm going to bed. I'm tired.

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