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                                                                                                                       San Antonio, TX

Friday October 24, 2008

     11:00am  I just woke up. Nine hours of sleep total.

     11:05am  I just got out of the bathroom. I found an awesome quote in a Reader's Digest: "All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking." - Friedrich Nietzsche

     12:12pm  I'm going into town today. It's Friday today. I'm taking my blue backpack with me with extra layers for when it gets cold. Downtown should be full of tourists. I'm going to try and walk downtown today.

                     I'm wearing my marijuana necklace, my blue backpack and my CamelBak on top of it.

     12:22pm  I walked up to the Citgo to get ice. I saw Bob and his helper gassing up the truck. His helper saw me and called me over and said hi. I pet Bob's pit-bull Xena. When Bob came out he looked all displeased to see me. I told him, "No chronic still?" Just to piss him off. He said no, dry and featureless. He was all ignoring me scratching off his lottery tickets. The lottery is for people who are bad at math.

     12:25pm  I Went in the Citgo and got some ice.

     12:48pm  I walked down Guilbeau and right over by Wickersham this highschool kid Mark recognized me. I had met him at the Brigadoon Park. He gave me a ride to the Walmart. The buses don't come until 35 after so I'm not going to wait for it. I'm just going to walk all the way to Medical Center at least, and check the transfers. If I have one with the letter of the day I'll ride the bus downtown and if I don't I'll walk.

                     Mark told me that somebody died car-surfing at Brigadoon.

     12:57pm  Turning left on Westchase. I'm going to cut over to Eckhert and walk it to Medical Center.

     1:15pm  I took a piss-pause at Abe Lincoln.

     1:25pm  I am walking Eckhert almost to Babcock, right before Huebner. All of a sudden I see a bus pulled over at the next stop. It said Out Of Service on it. I walked up and asked the lady bus driver who was standing outside if she could tell me what the letter of the day was. She said no all cold. I called her a good little slave.

     1:27pm  Just passed Huebner.

     1:35pm  Turning right on Oakdell Way.

     1:37pm  I'm going to stop in the shade for a smokebreak. I haven't been smoking that much today. I smoked a little tiny bit in the back porch this morning. I'm trying to cut back, but I think I deserve a smokebreak. I'm going to get all high before I walk to the hospital and get on a bus. I still might walk all the way downtown. I don't know yet. All I've got to smoke is resin and Buglers.

     1:48pm  Up from my smokebreak. I am all resinated.

                   On the Taker Thunderbolt thing in my Ishmael excerpts, be sure to include the explanation of of Takers and Leavers.

     1:55pm  I just hit Lamb Road, zigzagging to Babcock.

     1:57pm  Just passed Medical.

     2:03pm  Passed Wurzbach. I'm going to cut through the VA to the bus transfer center. I'll see if I have the letter of the day. I have a lot of transfers in my stash.

     2:10pm  University Hospital transfer center.

                   Letter of the day is B as in Boy.

                   I've got one B. I trimmed it already.

     3:00pm  I had me some awesome presentations on the bus on the way to Travis Park. This beautiful girl Marisa I was telling my story to. I was passing out my website left and right.

                   This one girl saw my shirt on the bus right now and I offered her my website and she started shaking her head refusing it all scared. Man, nobody wants world peace! Ignorance is bliss.

                   Right when I got off the bus I told that one scared girl to her face, "Be afraid, be afraid." Then all of a sudden this one lady comes up to me and says, "I want it, I want it."

     3:35pm  Beautiful Rebecca smoked a brother out in the park and now she's letting me sing my song.

     4:41pm  Red hooked me up with some change for a joint. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks. Red: "It's a good cause."

     4:43pm  Mike was nice enough to give me some change for a joint.

     5:00pm  Hopie just gave me a whole dollar for a joint. I appreciate it, sister. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     5:24pm  I had some badass presentations downtown tonight, hell yeah. These tourists right now stopped to talk to me, but when I said, "It's the root of all evil..." they kept saying that was a misquote. I asked if I could keep going but this one guy was all, "I have to stop you, that's a misquote." I'm testing ignorance. Thanks for proving me right. They've got my website. Now it's time to go to The Riverwalk, muhahaha.

     5:38pm  There's a kitty cat on the riverwalk! He let me pet him and everything.  View from my statue.

     6:07pm  Coming up on street level now. I did a good lap on The Riverwalk. I'm coming up on Navarro. I passed out my website to tourists plenty.

                   Downtown.

                   Be sure to look up The Irony of it All. The Streets.

     6:21pm  I had a badass presentation with this guy who had a peace sign on his bag. He was riding a bike and he rode past and said he liked my shirt. I immediately offered my website and he came back and accepted it. I told him my story until his bus came, the #3. I'm going to walk to Travis Park now and get some weed. I've got two bucks for a joint. I figured it would be best if I held off on buying a joint until AFTER I went to The Riverwalk. Even though nothing happened anyway. The park police saw me and everything and they left me alone. They know I am everywhere.

                   Everywhere!

     7:20pm  I should make an update. I was walking around the park looking to buy a joint. Nobody has any weed right now. This one cute black lady asked me if I could help her out. She had locked her keys in her car. I suggested she call Papa-Lock, but she didn't want to do that. She ended having me break one of her windows with my walking stick. It seems that's why she picked me out of the crowd to help, because I had my tool. Her name is Hollywood. She said she makes movies too. I broke her window and got in her car for her. It's cool, she gave me a little nugget of weed! I got her phone number. She was giving me all these compliments. I like those. She lives in Stone Oak, this high class neighborhood. I'm going to see if I can score some weed for her.

                   People I tried telling my story to.

     8:31pm  Robert hooked me up with a cigarette downtown over on Commerce Street.

     8:37pm  I went and chilled at my spot on Commerce. I didn't give out my website too much. I'm going to walk back to
the park. I want to tell someone my story. I'm all stoned. Thanks

     8:42pm  I just got a courtesy ride on the 88, badass. Goin' home.

                   Sweet, I found a crossword puzzle on the bus! I have a pen and everything.

     9:08pm  The weirdest thing. Jade and Roland were on the same bus and tonight is Jade's birthday party. When the 88 got to their stop on Bandera by their apartements I got off with them. Then I thought to myself that I didn't feel like going and I'd have a big walk home. I turned around and saw the bus was still at the light and I was able to run up to it and the nice driver opened the door for me. Maybe a bus that will take me home will be at the Walmart. Ahh, I could walk it easy. I could take the nature hike from the Walmart all the way home. I need to get my walking in today. 389 is the driver that hooked me up.

                   Man, I'm stupid. I was sitting there on the bus hungry and wanting to get some more walking in today. Food is key. First I thought I'd hit up the Taqueria Jalisco and then I thought I'd score for sure at the Pizza Hut. I was all stoned on the bus so I passed them both up and landed at the Walmart on Mainland. So, I'm going to walk over by HUebner by the Pizza Hut. I need to get my exercise. If I score at the Pizza Hut I'll walk all the way home.

                   Let's see if they got any mistakes when I get to the Pizza Hut. It's a littly chillly, but I brought my layers.

                   Please Love, feed my belly.

     9:38pm  I just passed Eckhert. I'm doubling back.

     9:45pm  No mistakes at Pizza Hut. Man, that sucks. Well, there's always the Taquieria Jalisco across the street.

     9:48pm  Gorge en Taqueria Jalisco #8 me esta dando comida. Te lo agradezco, Gorge. Todo el mundo recibe credito, gracias.

     10:22pm  Man, I got treated like royalty. Ooh, I found half a cigarette on the ground. Umm, I'm trying not to smoke cigarettes. Anyway, I just got treated like royalty at the Taqueria Jalisco. Gorge made me a huge steak meal. I took a picture of it.

     10:26pm  I was just thinking and I keep comparing my smoking to that Taker Thunderbolt thing from Ishmael. I keep telling myself I can keep smoking...I just have to walk more, that's all. That's such an excuse though. It's going to catch up to me one of these days.

                     I need to quit smoking cigarettes.

                     My prayers were answered tonight. I got a lot of food in my belly.

     10:38pm  I walked to the bus stop a little past Eckhert and I changed out my socks. I brought an extra pair with me today. I'm going to hike it home.

     10:41pm  I am up from switching my socks out. Damn, it's almost eleven.

     11:48pm  I am home. The eagle has landed.

     12:57am  Going to bed.

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