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Berkeley, CA

Saturday August 2, 2003

     6:47am  It's the next day already. I woke up like half an hour ago. I'm over at the cleaners. I got a good night's sleep. I slept in the corner next to the brick wall and it was pretty private. I had all my things rigged up tight with my stick, so nobody can steal my shit without waking me up. It's all pinned down with my walking stick. I put it all through the loops and stuff. My raincoat, which I haven't pulled out of my Adidas bag serves as a pillow. I have my extra blanket that I got from some guy Lucky the other day in the park. I've got like an hour to kill before breakfast.

                   Oh yeah, they got me high. I waked-n-baked this morning. I woke up and there was all these kids hanging out around me. Like Grim and some girl. They smoked me out. Grim had all this stuff. He had all this money, first-off. He counted out $180. He said he had just gotten his SSI check. Him and his wife have all this stuff they carry around with them. They have a portable TV, a big CD player and all these other toys. For being homeless, they sure have a lot of shit.

     7:47am  To kill some time I just did my top-pouch inventory. I took everything out and organized it. I threw some stuff away and cleaned it up. I've got two rolls of toothpaste(almost empty) that what's-his-face gave me in Weed, NM, I've got a little thing of deodorant, I got some hand cleaner, I got some shampoo, two toothbrushes, two new razor blades, a big thing of deodorant, I've got a comb and that's about all I'm going to keep in there. I had some Mary Kay Extra Emollient Night Cream, but I'm going to throw that away because that's some girl stuff. I've got my tape-measure with a little level on it, I got this bandage and I got my bottle of Cutter insect repellant.

     1:15pm  JP just graciously gave me a cigarette. It'll come back to you, brother.

     1:20pm  I had come to the UC Library to type up my shit, but I got sleepy and got off. I remembered I could go to the restroom here. I hadn't taken a shit, so I finally shat. Before I took a shit I changed out of my army pants and took my sweaters off. My shorts have like three holes in them now. I also have my tie-dye shirt on from Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. I like how it matches my rainbow beanie. While I was shitting in the stall I got my little one hitter and tapped out the contents onto my big Stinky Cheese Man book. I put together one good little hit of resin. I took the hit and just sat there and chilled out. I came back to the computers and checked my email. Two new people had written me. Jes, the girl who gave me a ride to Portland wrote me. She said she was surprised I hadn't written her before. I've been busy. Some other guy I had met in Portland had written me, also. Anyway, I came outside and this dude smoking a cigarette hooked me up.

                   When I was ready to leave, I started walking that little trail that nobody uses along the building. I stopped in this corner right here and I'm going to smoke among the trees. I ate an apple. Cool, cool.

     1:35pm  Steve just hooked me up with 2 Nat Shermans.

     1:51pm  I'm on the 40L bus on my way to Eastmont Mall. Way the hell over there. An hour away. It's alright, I'm reading my book. Oh yeah, earlier I found me a day pass at the church this morning. It was just on the ground.

     2:37pm  I'm still on the bus talking to Jesse. I'm telling him my stories and stuff. Jesse just hooked me up with five cigarettes! Thanks for helping me prove myself right, brother.

                   Not only did Jesse hook me up with five cigarettes, but he gave me five dollars, too!

     3:00pm  I'm at the mall in Oakland now. I hope the computer place is open. If it's not, I'll head back to Berkeley and eat at the church. They feed at 4pm. If I get there too late, I'll just stop at the Jack In the Box. I got money.

     3:10pm  Damnit, that sucks. The Eastmont Computer Center place is open Mon-Thurs from 11:00am to 2:30pm. That really sucks. Oh well, I'm going back. I'm going to eat.

     4:32pm  I wasted two hours on the bus today. Actually, I got five dollars so it wasn't that big of a waste. I was on the bus and came to the church to eat, only to find out it's closed on Saturday. Since when? They were open this morning.

     5:10pm  Levon smoked me out while I was flying my sign collecting emails. Thanks a lot, Levon. I really appreciate it.

     5:25pm  I am out flying my sign on Haste and Telegraph in front of Cody's Books even though I haven't eaten anything. We've got a big crowd here. It's Saturday. A minute ago this dude came up and smoked me out! He started talking my ear off, though. He was all trying to shove these ideas down my throat. I told him, "Excuse me dude, I am trying to do some really important work right now. For all I know, the one person who needs to read my sign might've walked by because I didn't get a chance to ask them to." He was all, "Well maybe we should join forces." I flatly told him, "No, I don't do partners, I do affiliates." He started talking to me some more and I told him, "Listen man, somebody could've already walked by who was the person who needed to read my sign to get my shit off the ground. I might've missed it because I was talking to you. This is really important, man. I'm trying to bring world peace here. It's more important than what you have to tell me. I'm sorry. And, I know it may seem that I am a hypocrite and not practicing what I preach, but I have better things to do."

                   Another dude started talking to me and I had to tell him to go away. This other dude came up talking to me telling me about the articles he's written. I told him, "Man, I do not have time for this."

     6:11pm  Luis was generous enough to give me a donation for the cause. I appreciate it, brother.

     8:07pm  Dave was generous enough to give me a cigarette.

     9:43pm  Giah was nice enough to give me a cigarette.

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