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                                                                                                              Ventura, CA

Wednesday December 17, 2008

     4:57pm  I just woke up. Well, kind of woke up. I had woken up earlier and took a shit and went back to sleep. I’m thinking about leaving at five. Today I am going to fly my sign over here in Babylon by the mall.

     5:50am I am on the bus going back into Ventura. I’m not going to fly my sign at the mall today. Let’s see what happens today. It’s raining right now, so I should go secure my Sanjon spot where I can stay dry under 101.

     6:05am  The shelter bus just dropped everyone off at Thompson and Chestnut Street, over by the park. I got eight and a half hours of sleep last night at the armory. I’m going to wait until the sun comes up and then walk to Sanjon.

     6:18am  Denell is hooking me up with a cigarette in front of the Starbucks on Main Street. I appreciate it, sister. Everybody gets credit.

     6:35am  I was talking to John, telling him my story outside and he volunteered me a hot chocolate. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit. Thanks a lot.

     6:50am  I just had an awesome presentation with John right now. I took his picture. He got me a hot chocolate and everything. Sweet. In the end right before he walked off he told me, “You made my day,” and gave me a really big hug. I smiled and told him, “That’s music to my ears. Just doing my job.” Hell yeah, I even told him the Note From the Rich and everything. He was telling me, “You’re amazing.” He started giving me all these compliments like that I had perfect teeth. “Never had braces,” I told him.

     7:00am  Oh yeah, I had wandered to the Starbucks this morning after I got off the bus. I am walking to Sanjon now. Hopefully there’s nobody there. That’s my workstation. I’m trying to save the world here. Why does everybody always gotta fuck with the guy trying to bring world peace? When will we ever learn? Hehe, that’s greedy of me. I’ve been at that spot for days all day long. Today I’ll fly until ten ‘o clock, when the library opens. I want to go to the mall, to Babylon and fly my sign there.

                    I am really glad I crashed at the armory last night. It rained pretty hard. I scored a shower. Oh yeah, I got my rain poncho back! I’m walking to Sanjon now.

     7:44am  Ha, I am having fun this morning. Some lady just told me, “You gave me one yesterday.” This one guy just pulled up to the light and told me, “Hey, it’s the havethisbook.com guy!” I asked him if he remembered me from last year and he said sure. I told him, “I’m still at it.”

     8:38am  Hell yeah, this black dude just blessed me with seven bucks right now. I told him way to support the cause, brother. He pulled up to the light. Man, I am not even holding the sign. I’m just walking up and down with my shirt. People hook me up anyway.

     8:52am  After a blessed morning I am going to walk towards the library now. Man, so many different people were telling me, “I already got one from you.” I think I’ve played out the Sanjon spot for a while. I’m going to go check my email and then I’m going to head towards the mall.

                     Pier from Sanjon

     9:17am  Reyno hooked me up with a cigarette at the park. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     11:38pm  I forgot to mention. I got distracted by cutting out more havethisbook.coms. I’m all loaded up on them. I was going to cut out another sheet’s worth when I remembered I was late for lunch at Catholic Charities.

     12:21pm  Gary was nice enough to give me a cigarette on the avenue. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     12:52pm  I jumped on the bus to the mall. It’s kind of drizzly, so maybe I should have just gone to Sanjon. Oh yeah, I scored a little bit of weed at the park. I got some bottom-of-the-bag trim for five bucks. It did the trick and I’m going to ride the bus over by the mall.

     1:40pm  I forgot to tell you, at the bus stop some kid bummed a Bugler off of me and he gave me a quarter for it. Thanks, man. Everybody gets credit. Michael is his name.

     1:47pm  Since it’s raining I decided to go back downtown. I just jumped on the bus and paid the bus fare. The guy who bummed the cigarette off of me, Michael, I hit him up for my story at the transit center. I finished on the bus. He just got off by the highschool. I’m going to keep going back downtown.

                   Oh yeah, last night when I talked to Bear again, he remembered that time in Arcata when Carol and I drove past him and totally ignored him. I’ll have to look that up. (022007.htm , 4:22pm))I kind of remember it being Carol’s fault. I think I even told her, “There’s Bear, let’s pick him up.” We didn’t stop for some reason.

     2:08pm  I’m all trim-high. I caught the harbor shuttle to Sanjon. Let’s see if there is another bum there because it’s raining. If there’s not I’m going to post up until six and then I’ll go crash at the armory again. I want to go to the mall tomorrow and spread the word when it’s not raining.

                   I’m at Sanjon. Just another day at the office.

     4:04pm  I am done flying my shirt for the day. In the end I got ten bucks for weed and I’m going to go and try and score some before six. I’m walking to the pier now.

                    Dude

     5:08pm  I went to the Avenue Library and checked my email.

     6:15pm  I just got to the armory on the bus.  Dude.

 

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