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                                                                                                             Ozona, TX

Monday November 10, 2008

     5:25am  I just woke up when Robert went to work. I only got 6.15 hours of sleep, but I can take a nap because I have this room all to myself until noon! I got me a free motel room! That's so badass. I am loving this trip already. I am really glad I got off when I did. That dude wouldn't listen to me at all. I saw beautiful Jasmine and she was the key to me staying in Ozona last night. What a great day yesterday was. Last night Robert was being all nice to me. He even bought me a cheeseburger even though I had just eaten one earlier that Jasmine and PJ gave me. He said I could have it for breakfast then. He gave me a twenty and I went and got him a six pack of Budweiser and my burger. I was sure to bring a hit of weed for my dear Jasmine. She worked until midnight last night. Anyway, when I get back to the room with the beer and the burger Robert tells me to keep the change too. This place is like a truck stop. Jasmine works in the deli of the Chevron.

     5:47am  I just got out of the bathroom taking a shit. I ate a lot last night. Robert was being all nice to me. He was drinking beer last night but I was actually able to shout a lot of my story out over the TV. He was watching football. He was really receptive to it. Jasmine is the most beautiful girl I've seen in a long time. She has the most beautiful eyes. They ended up being contacts, but they're still beautiful. She listened to my story great. I told them almost all of my stories. I didn't tell them my Bexar County Jail story. Anyway, I'm going to smoke a cigarette and try to get back to sleep. Robert already left for his work. I still can't believe I got a motel room last night! That's so awesome! I got to take a shower last night and this morning I took my time organizing all my stuff. Jasmine is the most beautiful girl who's listened to my story so far.

                    $37.50, I just counted all my cash. I got all this change too. I just counted my money.

     6:47am  I can't go back to sleep. I have the room until twelve but I can't leave because I don't have a keycard. I'm going to eat because I'm hungry and smoke some more. I don't know. Maybe I'll try going back to bed. I'll smoke a cigarette, not weed. That's what's not letting me go back to sleep.

     9:06am  I couldn't fall back asleep, so I woke up and took another shit. I'm going to repack my bag and make sure I still everything. It's so awesome how I scored a motel room last night! At the Super 8 Motel in Ozona, TX.

     10:17am  I was walking around the room and noticed they had a complimentary iron. I took on the daunting project of ironing the marijuana leaves on my necklace. I forgot. I wanted to count how many there are. I ironed each one of them individually. It was a real bitch. I had put my necklace in my pocket when I got paranoid yesterday and it got all wrinkled up. I just brought it back to life. Umm, but I might stuff it in there again. It took me over half an hour to iron them all. Let me count them.

                     Thirty four little marijuana leaves I ironed.

     10:40am  Man, I am sitting in the lap of luxury at this place. I took a picture from the porch. They've got a hottub. I should go down there and get in it, but I don't have the room key. It's a beautiful green courtyard. High-class motel. I had an iron at my disposal and everything. I even sat down and did some sewing jobs on my thin grey thermal. I patched up forming holes. I didn't have patches so I just closed the wounds. I am organizing my pack really good. I'm proud of myself. I took pictures.

                       I got about forty bucks and my batteries are about to die. I have them charging right now. I'm going to buy a lot of batteries. Double A's. My backup tape recorder takes those too. I am still taping on the one I dropped in the creek in Morgantown with Jayme. This thing has lasted forever.

     11:25am  I am leaving my motel room. #217. The sun is out and I'm layered down. I did a couple paranoid-checks and I have everything I came with. It was a very relaxing morning. I got all stoned. I only got six hours of sleep, but I'm awake now. I'm going to go back the Chevron. Princess Jasmine works today. At four o'clock. I saw P.J. and he told me. Today is Monday, by the way.

     12:17pm  Lisa is being nice enough to give me a discount on my burger at the deli. She said it was because I had spent so much money earlier. I bought eight Double A batteries for over eight bucks. They gave me the burger and I sat down and ate it. It was delicious, hit the spot. Then I started packing my stuff and realized I hadn't paid for it. I walked up told Lisa and she gave me a discount! I appreciate it. Everybody gets credit.

     1:05pm  I haven't made an update in a while. I've just been hanging out at the gas station. I walked to the onramp and it's all dead. I came back thinking I shouldn't walk away just yet. They said there wasn't anything interesting in Ozona anyway. That the truck stop where I was at was the coolest place. I'm just going to hang out at the Chevron here and maybe I can get a ride. If not I can spread the word and hand out my website. Maybe the cops will come.

     1:25pm  I knew it. I just had my first encounter with the police. A sheriff car pulled up and I grabbed my ID and handed it to him when he walked up. He told me, "Looks like you've been through this before." I assured him I knew the drill. He told me to excuse him while he ran my ID in his car. He was smiling big when he walked up. He walked up and asked me, "What's that? Is it real?" Referring to my marijuana necklace dangling from my waist. I told him it was my necklace. I told him, "It's an illusion. Psyche!" He laughed and told me, "An illusion, eh?" He's still running my ID. Let's see what he tells me.

                   Just like that, he just took off. The sheriff left. He had gone in the store and when he came back out I asked him if I could tell him what I was doing. I gave him the mission objectives and asked him if he was willing to listen, but he said he had to go. "Check out the website, then." He said, "Alright, take it easy. Be safe." I told him it was the only way I knew how to be.

                   I forgot to tell him I had a permit, damn. Next cop, next cop.

     1:48pm  I didn't tell you. I came to the onramp again. It's still dead.

     2:06pm  I didn't tell you. I came to the field in front of the truck stop and put down my rain poncho. I'm going to try and take a nap. I'm tired. I only got six hours of sleep last night.

     2:57pm  I gave up from trying to take a nap. I'm going to walk back to the truckstop and hang out.

     3:50pm  Awesome presentation. I just told Leandra my whole Odyssey in the Circle Bar, the restaurant here at the truckstop. In between customers, of course. I took her picture. You'll be on there when I update it.

     4:19pm  I'm going to celebrate. Jasmine was supposed to come into work at four 'o clock, but she's not here. I was going to celebrate with her. Oh yeah, everybody who works here is related practically. Leandra is Jasmine's cousin.

                   This ignorant lady just walked by carrying a bag of ice wearing a shirt that said BITE ME on it. I offered her my website and she got all scared, "No, no. I don't have a computer." I told her it was free at the library and she yelled, "I'm not going near a library." Nobody wants world peace, I told her. Ignorance is bliss. My beautiful Princess Jasmine just got here. Oh, and I didn't tell you. P.J. is giving me a ride into town at five when he gets off. I had asked him if there was a stoner park in Ozona and he said yeah. He's taking me there.

     5:03pm  It was hilarious. These two dudes pulled up in a delivery van. This white guy and this black dude. Young kids like me. They weren't in uniforms or anything. The white dude was wearing a Punisher shirt and looked cool. He saw my shirt and I gave them the peace sign. He had walked by and asked me earlier if I had any weed for sale. He was still sitting in the van waiting for this friend, so I loaded up my one hitter and yelled, "Want a drag off of my special cigarette?" Right then it scared me at first. I thought it was a cop but it was some extradition officer. S.O.R.T. He had some dude in the back seat. I was about to take a hit when he pulled up and it was a cop-like car. He's not a cop though, so I took a hit off my fake cigarette right in front of him.

     5:10pm  P.J. showed up. He got off of work and he's going to give me a ride into town. Six miles I don't have to walk. He's going to take me to the park so I can tell my story. Give me an audience, hehe. They have rodeo horses by this park.

     5:23pm  I just got dropped off at this plaza here in Downtown Ozona. They have this art here and there's an awesome quote. "Be sure you are right and then go ahead." That's awesome. That's my quote.

     5:57pm  I walked all the way back to the park. See, first P.J. drove me to the park but it was dead so I asked him to take me downtown and he dropped me off at the town square. It was a ghost-town so I walked back to the park and there's nobody here either. I'm pretty tired since I only got six hours of sleep. Cool, there seems to be woods right here I can crash in. I'm going to tell my story to kids tonight. I see a couple cars over there. Maybe they'll be receptive. I don't know. I'll smoke them out.

                   I was able to tag a concrete table with my website. I wrote WPTMJ with an arrow pointing to the URL. People will wonder what it means. Especially with MJ at the end, hehe.

     9:25pm  I've been having the greatest presentations in the park tonight. I haven't made an update in a while. I told my entire Odyssey like three or four times. This big group of people is listening to me right now. Justin just came back from the store and he bought me a pouch of Buglers! Thanks! Even though I'm trying to quit, hehe. Thanks a lot. Everybody gets credit.

     12:15am  I just wet a little bit. Random, freak ten minute shower. I looked up in the sky and there's no clouds anywhere. That's just crazy.

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