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Durango, CO

Friday September 3, 2004

     7:35am  I woke up like half an hour ago. I got busy threshing some grass. Clearing a more convenient trail by the campsite with my walking stick. I'm just swinging it hard. Even though shortcuts cause erosion. I'm bored and no one else is up, so this is killing time good. I slept pretty good last night. I crashed out in front of the girls' tent. They let me borrow a blanket. I slept good. I was all warm.

     11:40am  I was at the soup kitchen and Skitz came over and asked me if I wanted to smoke some weed. I told him, "I haven't smoked since I got to Durango." We walked to the field before the woods we camp in and James is smoking us all out.

     12:52pm  I'm leaving the soup kitchen. I got my laundry done. I have clean clothes.

     1:14pm  I'm walking now. I need to find a school where I can type my stuff up at. I feel great. I'm all stoned. I have one hit left. I'm going to save it for when I go type my stuff up at the school. I got my clean clothes on. I'm wearing my Dreams shirt that I scored at the thrift store in Boulder, I think. The one with the Chinese symbol that says, "Believe in your dreams and never let them be in any way limited." I love that.

     1:30pm  Austin gave me a cigarette. Thanks, brother. It started raining. We're at the park.

     1:54pm  Skitz and Ghost got me to go buy some Vodka for them. At the liquor store, Sherry, the cashier, hooked me up with the change I needed to buy it. I appreciate it, sister.

     1:58pm  Morgan hooked me up with a cigarette right behind the Albertsons. Thanks a lot, Morgan.

     2:26pm  I walked down Main Street looking for the college. I went to the gas station and asked people where the college was. They told me at the top of this plateau. I'm walking towards this plateau and I don't know how I'm going to get up there. This girl told me to take a right at the river trail.

                   I'm over here by the Mercy Medical Center.

     2:36pm  I ended up at East 3rd Avenue in the National Historic District Boulevard.

                   At the medical center on 13th I see tennis courts. I'm going to look around for tennis balls.

                   Didn't find any. I'm going to keep going North.

                   East, up the hill on 13th.

     2:42pm  I walked down East 4th Avenue. I'm turning left on 12th Street. I'm going to go up the hill some more.

     2:44pm  I walked East 5th Avenue. I stopped at 11th Street and I see a trail up the hill. I'm going to go walk it. I don't know where it ends up.

                   Not only am I getting great publicity in Durango, because in all my walking I am giving every single car that passes me the peace sign, I am getting some damn good exercise too. Especially now, hiking up this trail.

                   I ended up at the college at the top of the plateau! That hike was awesome! I went straight up the mountain.

                   I had taken a picture earlier,

 

before I got all the way to the top. When I got to the top, it was awesome too, so I took another picture.

 

I got like maybe one or two left. (Sorry, I got my fat finger in the pictures.)

                   I am at Escalante Hall. That's the name of the college. I'm at the library now.

                   Oh yeah, when I got to the top of the plateau, there was a bench conveniently placed at the viewpoint. I smoked a cigarette and took that hit of weed up there. Awesome view.

                   I hope they let me use their computers.

     3:13pm  I'm about to enter the John Reeves Library.

     3:54pm  I have an update to make. I went in the library and they let me use a computer. I checked my linuxmail account and in my typing I am already up to Boulder. What I typed up at the Circle A Ranch. But, remember I had put all the text files I had typed up in Boulder in a zip file and emailed it to my backups@linuxmail.org address. I need to download and access that zip file, which I can't do here, to see what was the last day I typed up, so I can continue typing.

                   Oh yeah, I went and told some guy working there at the library my dilemma. I told him, "I need to download a zip file containing harmless text files off my email account. Is there a computer anywhere on this campus where I can do that?" He directed me over to some computer guy. I went up to the computer tech guy and he told me I couldn't anywhere. So, I hit him up for my story and he said, "I'll give you five minutes." He looked at his watch and I started. I got to spout out my complete platform. All the way past, "Let me tell you exactly what I'm doing for world peace. Me and me alone."

                   Then I went outside and tried telling these two girls my story, but they wouldn't listen to me.

     4:07pm  The bus driver is giving me a courtesy ride back into town. Awesome.

                    I had a great presentation with the bus driver. This guy named Will.

     4:42pm  There's a big biker convention they're having here. I walked up to some bikers behind this motel and solicited them for my free story. They told me, "No, move on." Bikers are real ignorant. I told them, "Ignorance is bliss," and walked off.

     5:00pm  Dude, I am just getting the best publicity in the world walking down Main Street! Main Street turns into highway 550. Every single car that passes me gets the peace sign. Everybody is waving back. Even the bikers.

     5:05pm  Tino hooked me up with two cigarettes at the gas station. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     5:25pm  Man, I am getting some awesome publicity today. Everybody is waving back. I'm going to walk into Burger King and see if I can get hooked up with some gasoline for my walking. For all the good work I'm doing.

     5:26pm  Shandra, the manager here at the Burger King is hooking me up with some gasoline for my stomach. I appreciate it, sister. I work on a reward basis.

     5:37pm  I scored! Calling the shots, calling the shots. I told Shandra, "Thanks a lot for proving me right."

     5:45pm  I'm coming up on some park. I'm sure I'll find someone to tell my story to.

     5:50pm  I talked to these old people holding up signs that said, "No Nukes" and "Anti-war". I told two of them what I was doing. This town is too damn loud for my story though. All these motorcycles.

     6:00pm  I went to the restroom at Subway and scored a shave.

     6:09pm  Jim hooked me up with a cigarette. I'm walking towards the campground. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     6:12pm  Waldo, I was walking by the park and I saw Skitz and Ghost walking off. I was going to run up to them and catch up, but Waldo stopped me and offered me a slice of pizza. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit.

     6:41pm  I'm walking back to camp. Oh yeah, guess who I just saw. I saw Ghia. Ghia is this really cute nineteen year old. Skitz had told me he thought she might be interested in me. I kind of overheard them say that she had a boyfriend back in Vermont or something, but I had already dismissed any possibility of us getting to know each other better. She's from the East Coast, hehe. She drives a car and she's looking for a job in town. Anyway, I just walked to the camp and I saw her walking her dog, going towards her car, with some guy. Travis, I think his name is. It's kind of weird seeing her walking around with some dude, since she has a boyfriend and all. I am totally not into her at all. She's just a cool friend. She was the only one who listened to me. I love her for that. I was kind of hoping that she would be home so I could tell her about the glorious day I just had.

                   Ahh, I got a beer. I got a cigarette. I'm going to go to camp and smoke and drink. I deserve the reward.

                   It's so cool that I scored a lot of pizza. I'm full as hell now.

                   And I had gotten a double cheeseburger at the Burger King from Shandra. Then I had like five or six slices of pizza in Schneider Park, right below the camp.

                   Man, this place is so convenient with the soup kitchen right next to camp. I'm going to stay here forever, hehe.

     7:48pm  I did get some guy to listen to me earlier and he actually told me, "Man, that's some evil shit you're doing." I told him, "No way. It's nothing but good." I think this guy was drunk. He was all telling me that he could channel spirits and stuff. He told me, "If you give me a bottle of water, I'll show you what I can do. But it will cost you." I told him, "What? You want money to channel spirits? Don't you know how blasphemous that is? Damn, you are trying to make money off your "spiritual powers" that you think you have? Dude, if you really have any powers, did you pay for them? They're not yours to keep. You can't be charging money. Can't you see how blasphemous that is? If that's the case, I do not want your "help". I don't need your help, because I don't think you will help me at all. All you want is money. Now that's what I call evil shit. You hypocrite."

                   I was just walking around the woods and I ended up at some other camp. This guy was outside cleaning it. It was very organized and tidy. I should take a picture, but it's dark. I told him my introduction and mission-objectives, but he refused to listen further. He told me, "Can't you see I'm cleaning my camp?" I told him, "Man, it's already clean. Ignorance is bliss, I guess," and just walked off.

                   I was just walking and Jim is hooking me up with a ride downtown. I was just walking. I appreciate it, brother. He told me his name was Jim or Jesus.

                   Sweet, Jesus just gave me a sundae. I appreciate it, brother.

     9:07pm  I'm walking back to camp. I had a good presentation with this lady. I saw her when I was walking into town before I got picked up. Jim wouldn't listen to my story. Hypocrite. I had told him, "I will tell you exactly how I plan to do all this only if you are willing to listen." He told me, "That's all I know how to do, is listen." We ended up going through the drive-thru at the McDonald's, he bought me a sundae and immediately said, "Where do you want me to drop you off?" Frustrated, I told him, "Anywhere, I guess I'll tell you my story some other time. You'll see me again. I'm everywhere."

                   Oh, right now I just told this lady Valerie my story. This old lady. She agreed with me. When I asked her what she thought would happen if all the world leaders got together and smoked some weed she said, "Well, at first they would laugh a lot, probably calm down and think of some really peaceful ideas."

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