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Arcata to Eureka, CA

Monday October 4, 2004

     7:45am  I just woke up. I was able to crash at the house the first day I got to Arcata. 1047 6th Street. It was weird. In the middle of the night people downstairs were hollering and they woke me up. I called for Will. I told them, "I hope you guys don't mind I crashed here again. They said, "Well, you'd have to ask the owner." Oh well, whatever. I hope I find Kati today.

     9:17am  I came over to the plaza. This kid just got to town from the East Coast. I hit him up for my story and told it to him. He told me, "Yeah, I've been waiting to meet the journalist." He said he had been waiting for me. He told me the holy spirit told him I was coming. That's cool. Some more confirmation.

     1:00pm  I told you earlier that in front of the plaza I met this brother named Crow. We came and ate at The Endeavor. Now, we're going to walk up to the library at HSU. I'm going to show him the library.

     3:28pm  I stopped and smoked at the decorated bridge in front of the school. I told this one girl my story. There's a camera right there. I don't give a damn if they see me. I got nothing to hide. We walked a little further over in front of this Sweet Home realty place, in the back of this laundromat. I hit these two kids up for my story. Ian and Erin. We smoked some weed and Erin invited me to smoke some more.

     4:32pm  I had just this awesome presentation with this one girl, Lemonbalm.in front of Don's. She listened to me and didn't interrupt one time. I'm getting through to these people. Perfect. This really pretty girl.

     4:52pm  This girl who just bummed a cigarette off me, I told her, "Will you listen to my story now?" She said, "Why don't you come over here and tell me?" I told her and somebody there had already heard my story.

     5:08pm  I forgot to tell you. I came over by the Safeway and used the phone. Kati is at The Raven House. She's off running an errand. I'm going to hitchhike over there and surprise her.

     5:35pm  I walked up to the hitchhike spot and there were already three street kids there. I walked a little past them and stood there with my thumb out. All of a sudden, one of the girls comes up to me and asks me, "Can you please move down a little to the highway? The chances would be better for the three of my friends to get picked up." I told her, "Well, when you have three people and a dog it's going to be harder, regardless. It's not up to me who picks you up. It's up to the people. There are people out there who will pick up one person and there's people out there who will pick up a group of people. It doesn't matter where I am." She told me, "Well, we've been here for four hours." I asked her, "Why are you in such a hurry?" She told me, "Well, you'll get the same traffic." I told her, "I'm not going to move." I'm going to stand my ground. I'm not going to let these kids tell me where I can stand. I want to see one of the guys come over and tell me shit.

                   Even when I walked by I told them, "I'm going to walk down there." Hehe, I told them, "Guess what? Chicken butt." They even told me, "Good luck."

     5:49pm  I already got picked up. Haha, I got picked up before those gutter punks did. Kate and Tina are being nice enough to give me a ride to Eureka. I appreciate it, guys. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     5:52pm  Haha, that was funny. I'm already in Eureka. On the way up here I was talking to the lady driving. She went off on my smoking cigarettes the whole time. She was all, "How can you smoke?" Shit, when she pulled over for me I was smoking a cigarette. I asked her, "Wasn't I smoking a cigarette when you pulled over? It was your choice." They all were chastising me for smoking. I wasn't even smoking in their car or anything. They just used the smell as an excuse to bitch. I told them, "I smoke a lot less than your car does." They wouldn't listen to me at all. Oh yeah, I'm in Eureka. I'm going to go see my Kati-Pie!

     6:05pm  I'm at The Raven House. Let's see if Kati's here. I walked by these kids from Arcata earlier and they said, "Oh, there's the crazy guy."

                   Kati was there! She came out and gave me a kiss. Gawrsh. She told me she was busy and for me to come back around nine.

     6:12pm  There's Kati's truck. Whoa, there's a dude in Kati's truck, Princess.

     7:26pm  I'm not going to go back to Arcata. I doubt I'll get a ride. I have to wait until nine for Kati to get off. She lives in Eureka now. I went and bought some food. I came and I read the very last of my War and Anti-war book.

                    "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you."

     8:08pm  Oh yeah, I forgot. I went back to Burger King to get another burger. I didn't want to spend any more dollars. I had three five dollar bills. I checked my change and I had like four quarters. I asked them, "Well, can I get a cheeseburger?" He said, "You mean a double cheeseburger?" I told him the one for a dollar. This guy was cool. Before I left the first time I went in there I immediately asked him, "Guess what? Chicken-butt!" He laughed. When I went back in there the second time he noticed my chicken was missing. Just when I noticed my chicken was missing. Oh shit, I didn't realize I had forgotten my chicken. Shit, I left it somewhere. That's why he hooked me up, because I chicken-butted him. I'm going to walk over to The Raven House and hang around for forty five minutes. I'll bum some cigarettes.

     8:19pm  What was your name? Stephanie and her friends at The Raven, Kala and Heather hooked me up with a cigarette. I appreciate it, guys. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

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