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Berkeley, CA

Thursday August 21, 2003

     8:15am  I woke up this morning to the same old routine. I bummed a cigarette. I woke up around 7:45am, or so. I hung out at home(laundromat) a little bit. I walked all the way to the church and I'm standing here waiting in line for some food.

     8:56am  I'm done with breakfast. I'm going to walk and check my email.

     9:11am  Allison was nice enough to give me a cigarette on my way to the Doe Library.

     9:28am  I had a good conversation while I was trying to bum a light. No one would give me a light. People were ignoring me, thinking I was homeless asking for money. Finally, this guy Sky hooked me up with a light and I told him what I was doing.

                   I'm going to go to the bathroom and do my routine.

     10:20am  I left the library because I got this message, "Authentication Mail Server Down." I can't check my email. So, I don't know what I'm going to do today. I'm going to have another free day.

     1:20pm  This idiot came up and read my sign and told me, "I can't read. I'm illiterate."

                   That was really cool. I got some lady to listen to me a lot.

     1:30pm  Sean hooked me up with a cigarette. Badass, man.

     3:40pm  We are in line at the park waiting to eat at Food Not Bombs, that's in the park. Mike has just been generous enough to give me an after-meal smoke. I appreciate it.

     4:10pm  Matthew hooked me up with a cigarette. I appreciate it, brother.

     8:35pm  I just spent all that time flying my sign. I got a lot of addresses.

     8:57pm  I'm in front of Blake's again. I was walking up and down Telegraph looking for a cigarette hoping someone would give me one. I decided to just go stand in front of Blakes. Someone would eventually come out and give me one. Just then, this dude I'd talked to before came up and told me, "Hey man, I've got a NOFX shirt if you want it." I tell him, "But of course!" It's that Lance guy, who I met before, but I have to go check my logs to remember what we've talked about. It's cool that I can do that. Anyway, he's smoking me out! Cool, cool. I told him I was leaving Sunday and he asked, me where was if I was going back to Humboldt. I said, "That's right. How did you know?" I told him about how El Jefe from NOFX is rumored to live there and I was going to go try and meet him. Dude, maybe this gift is a sign. Maybe I am meant to meet El Jefe because I'm getting hooked up with an old-school NOFX shirt. Cool shit's happening.

     9:07pm  I'm over at Hate Camp. I came across the street. Oh yeah, I just found out Lance is sixteen! He lives in his parent's garage and is still in high school. He sleeps in a sleeping bag every night. Hehe, we were standing around at Blake's and I spot this other homeless guy across the street who has this big long beard. He has these two big balls in his shirt that look like tits, then another bigger one for his belly. He's holding a sign that says, "Pregnant and hungry." This dude with a big beard. It's hilarious. What a riot. Haha.

     9:11pm  Marcus was nice enough to give me a cigarette. I appreciate it, brother.

     9:25pm  I just need to remind myself that in the next email that I write to my dad, if he ever writes me again, I'm going to tell him, "I liked you better not in my life. Get out of it again."

     10:39pm  I'm crashing out. Today was Thursday, by the way. I'm at the laundromat. Bing Wong Wash Center. Oh yeah, Hate Camp was good. I got some pizza. Ranger took three bites out of my pizza. Bastard. I got a big slice, though.

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