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 > >>frank,

> >>     let me tell you about today, it was bitter-sweet.  since diana is here

now, i dont have a room and a bed, so i sleep on the pull-out bed in the sofa in

the living room.  i woke up and planned my day.  i grabbed my pocket-calender

and jotted down some goals.  i waited until like noon to leave.  diana was the

only one home and was busy on the computer.  i asked her if she had any spare

change i could have for bus fare, but she didnt have any.  before at home, i saw

a screen name in the san antonio chat room titled "Now Hiring Reps".  i checked

the profile and it was some new company in town, who just happened to be in the

same office complex as my old lawyer, who is partners with my ex-stepdad, my

brother luisitos dad.  so i jotted down the suite number, thinking i might be

able to work there.  i was gonna kill two birds with one stone.  go get some

legal counsel about some issues, and possibly find work.

> >>     anyway, so im at home.  its a ten-minute walk to the nearest bus stop

and it was getting close to the time when i would have to go.  i was searching

all over the house for change, but no avail.  finally, i just decided to go and

try and catch the bus and see if they would let me ride for free.  so i grabbed

my walking stick and headed out.  when the bus finally came, i noticed i had 50

cents in my pocket.  i boarded the bus and recognized the driver, this nice lady

i had told my ideas to before.  i told her i only had 50 cents and she said not

to worry about it.  she even gave me a tranfer.  it had been raining all

morning, so she was running late.  she was cutting it close to get to where all

the buses meet every hour.  she hurried as fast as she could and when she got to

the transfer point, i saw the bus that i was supposed to catch departing.  she

sped up and caught up to him at the sotp light, opened the door for me and i ran

out and switched buses.  lucky me.

> >>     so i rode the bus, got off and walked to my "friends" carlos and bobs

house, which was very close to a stop.  they were both home and i stepped

inside.  i asked to borrow the phone and called the bus company to see when the

next bus was coming.  i found out i was going to have to wait a whole hour to

catch the bus that was most convenient to their house.  i quickly thought of

another route and asked the operator to tell me some times.  carlos overheard me

questioning the operator and offered me a ride to the university hospital

transfer center.

> >>     so i rode with carlos to the hospital.  i hadnt eaten anything so i

decided id walk through the transfer center into the hospital and go up on the

6th floor, where i had been a patient back in 2000.  back when i was

hospitalized, i had gotten hooked on those liquid nutrition drinks, boost.  for

the past 2 years, whenever i got really hungry, id go up to the 6th floor, say

hi to people, and sneak into the nutrition room and snag some boosts.  theyre

great.  boosts are just one quick 250 calorie meal.  drink one and youre not

hungry anymore.

> >>     when i went back downstairs and walked to the buses, the 92 pulled up. 

now the 92 goes down fredericksburg and runs every 20 minutes, so theres always

one waiting.  i jumped on the 92, used my transfer, bummed 15 cents off of

someone and got another transfer.  i rode the 92 to the crossroads mall transfer

center, which was about a 10 minute walk to my old lawyer, the one who

represented me in both my head injuries.  i had planned to seek some legal

counsel about filing bankruptcy.

> >>     maybe thats all i have to do to get my belongings back from the uhaul

people.  i figure i dont have anything to lose.  so i wont be able to write a

check for 7 years.  i dont care.  i dont use checks anyway.  i dont give a damn

about my credit either.  i would deal with strictly cash from then on.  id

invest in a safe and have it in a safe place.  banks are only in it for the

money, everyone ive banked with has screwed me over with some bullshit charge or

something.

> >>     so i show up at my old attorneys office.  luisitos dad wasnt there, so

i asked oscar, my old lawyer if i could make an appointment to talk to him about

some questions i had.  he didnt seem to happy that i was there and told me to

talk to his secretary.  she made me an appointment for next tuesday.

> >>     i dont like oscar too much.  the only reason he was my lawyer was

because he was my ex-stepdads partner.  my settlement for my second injury was

only $9,500 or so.  he got that exact amount to keep for himself, and he didnt

go through any head-injury.  for some reason, his partner luis doesnt wear the

pants in that office, so i couldnt rely to talk to him, even though id prefer

to.

> >>     so anyway, i got my appointment, forgot all about the job place, and

headed back to crossroads mall.  when i got to the lobby of the transfer center,

i sat down and began to roll a cigarette.  as i was rolling it, i overheard some

survery-taker asking this lady behind me questions about the transportation

system in san antonio.  i got up and excused myself for interrupting, but told

the lady that i would be greatly interested in answering questions about the

bus, and that i would be more than happy to after i smoked my cigarette.  i went

outside and smoked it.  when i finished it, i was approached by some dude, who

also worked as a survey-taker.  i answered all of his questions and when he was

done, i asked him to listen to me.  i told him all my ideas about how im going

to get the bus company loads of publicity and how i planned to eliminate money. 

he, of course, doubted me.  he then pulled out a dollar bill and gave it to me,

thanking me for taking the survey.  cool, i had some bus fare, in case i needed

it now.

> >>     i looked at my to-do list, waited for about 10 minutes and caught the

looper bus to basse/san pedro, where the main office of uhaul is.  now before i

left for the west coast in the uhaul, i had caused a little damage at these

apartments, while i was helping a lady with a mattress she had just bought at

the thrift store.  while i was driving through her complex, i ran the uhaul into

the parking lot covering.  i brought it down completely, punching a big hole in

the front of the uhaul(which later served as ventilation when i slept in it).  i

backed up, delivered the mattress and headed towards the front.  while i was

nearing the front, this lady jumped out in front of the uhaul screaming, "we saw

what you did! stop!"  i told her i planned to stop and take responsibility for

the damage all along.

> >>    anyway, a police officer was called and gave me a ticket for no

insurance on the uhaul.  now, when you rent a uhaul, theyre supposed to MAKE YOU

get insurance before being allowed to leave in it.  when i had rented it, they

just gave me the keys and took my money.  later, while i was in jail, uhaul

contacted my mother and told her that everything was ok and that the damage had

been paid for, by uhaul.  im assuming uhaul realized it was their mistake for

letting me take the truck with no insurance and assumed the liability.  so

basically, i was thrown in jail for a matter that had already been resolved.

> >>     after that, i had taken off west, so i wasnt around to deal with that

ticket.  so basically, when i returned to san antonio, i got arrested on a

warrant they put out for that ticket.  i served a weekend in jail and was

released with a $400 fine.  i had already got a month extension and the other

day i got an additional month.  now im thinking, if i can obtain some paperwork

from uhaul that shows that they took responsibility for the damage i caused,

that i should be able to get that fine dismissed.

> >>     so i caught the looper to north star mall, and transferred to the #4,

which goes down san pedro.  i got off on basse and walked into the uhaul office. 

i walked in and asked to speak to the manager.  the manager came out and asked

me what about.  i told him i was the dude that took off with the uhaul and if i

could inspect my stuff being held in storage.  he told me that the person

running the storage wasnt there at the moment, and that i would have to ask him.

> >>     i then asked him if he could research the incident with the apartments

i had damaged.  he said i would have to go to the location where i had rented

the uhaul, and that they would have the paperwork.  ill do that tomorrow.

> >>     i had written down a list of questions to ask before i had gotten

there.  i asked him if there was any way i could pay him some money, just to get

back a little of my stuff.  i want to get my keychain, which has a swiss army

knife keychain, and has saved my ass a million times.  i also want my german

turnbeutel i ordered off the internet.  its one of those really light bags

intended for soccer-shoes, but i kept my whole life in there.  i had my cd

player, cd's, pens and pencils, a tape measure, toothbrush/paste and a million

other things i used all the time to help me survive in our urban jungle.

> >>     he again told me i would have to talk to the storage guy, al.

> >>i was gonna ask him if he would let me inspect my belonging to make sure

everything was still there, but i knew the answer already.  i had to talk to al

tomorrow.

> >>     i looked at my list of things to do, what now?  ahh yes, the peace

corps was meeting at the whole earth provisions store at the quarry shopping

center.  the address was 225 east basse.  i walked outside and saw that i was at

the 900 block of basse, so off i went.  it was only like 4 and the peace corps

wasnt meeting until 6, so i had time to kill walking.  i walked up to 281.  the

traffic was killer, it was like 4:30.  so, i stood there waiting and thinking.  

when i got the chance, i just shot for the gap and ran in front of the speeding

cars to make

> >>it across the highway.

> >>     i was hungry by then, so i walked to the quarry and went into EZ's

Hamburgers, a favorite of mine and chasitys.  i told the girl my situation and

how i was a big walker and asked her to "donate some gasoline" for my stomach. 

she told me to hold on and went and got her manager.  as soon as he heard my

schpeel, he quickly agreed and made me a big juicy hamburger.  yummy fuel.

> >>     now the quarry market is a pretty big place and i was sure i can find

things to pass the time with.  i went to the bookstore there and picked up the

guiness book of world records 2002 edition and sat down and starting flipping

through it.  that book just reinforces the fact that anything is possible. 

things never thought possible had been done.  it passed the time great.

> >>     6 o clock came around and i went to the meeting.  to start the peace

corps meeting, the recruiter, megan burkholder, popped in a video for everyone

to watch.  i pulled her aside and threw all my ideas on her.  i only thinks its

fair that i make the peace corps aware of my plan for world peace, no?  she had

a huge smile across her face while she listened, but as soon as the video was

over she stopped listening and started talking to everyone.  she spoke for about

30 minutes and when she was done, i raised my hand and asked if i could speak to

the group also.  she agreed and told people that if they were interested, they

could talk to her while i spoke.

> >>     so i went off on my new audience.  just shoving my ideas in their face. 

most, of course, assumed i was crazy and i could feel it in the air.  but, like

ive said before, im trying to make people think im crazy because it will only

make my victory so much better.  i gave out my email address to a few people.  i

asked this one older gentleman if he minded taking my email address.  he shook

his head and responded, "no, im not interested."  i told him, "its not like im

trying to sell you anything."  he turned around and walked away.

> >>     ahh, so it close to 9 then.  i had had a very productive day and got

almost everything crossed off my life, except that one job.  at the peace corps

place, i had used the phone to call and see when the next bus was.  they told me

that the route that passed by the quarry, the 505, had stopped running for the

day.  so i asked them what was the shortest walk to a bus-stop that would take

me to medical center.  i was thinking id be able to crash at carlos' house and

ride the bus home in the morning, little did i know.  i decided to just walk

like 2 or 3 miles to north star, and catch a bus there to medical center.

> >>     i was like ¼ there, when all of a sudden, my friend jennifer drives up

with her boyfriend.  she had been traveling in the opposite direction and

noticed it was me.  so she turned around and offered me a ride.  she was nice

enough to take me all the way to north star mall, where i waited only 10 minutes

to catch the bus that went to medical center.

> >>     now, my exgirlfriend chasity lives in medical center.  i looked at a

bus schedule and saw that i had time to stop by and visit my poor doggy stuart. 

so i got off in front of her apartments and walked to her unit, in the back of

the complex.  i knocked on her door and she answered, "who is it?"  i told her

it was me and she cracked the door.  i asked her if i could please come in to

see my dog and she hesitantly agreed.  boy, stuart was sooo happy to see me.  he

was jumping up and down.  i miss him so much.  i was down on the floor with him

frolicking and i kneeled over and gave chasity a great big hug too.  at first,

she was indifferent, but she soon put her arm on me and starting rubbing my

back.  i know she misses me too, but shes too ignorant to admit it.

> >>     just the other night chasity told me she was going to take stuart with

her when she moved to florida to live with her dad, in january.  that just gives

me another goal i have to set.  im gonna get my son back.  im gonna get all my

shit back, just you watch.

> >>    anyway, chasity thinks im crazy so i could tell she was uncomfortable

with me being in her apartment.  the truth of the matter is, it was my craziness

that she fell in love with, and now that the best thing to ever happen to her

doesnt want her anymore, shes in some serious denial.  now shes holding all my

shit ransom, for no good reason.  what a bitch eh?  well, i will have my day and

i plan to ruin here on my ftp site.  ill ruin her with the truth.  ill let the

world know how shes a kleptomaniac and that she steals everything.  she prides

herself in never have been caught.  ill catch the bitch.

> >>     i asked her if i could borrow her phone and she said, "i guess."  i

called my friend carlos and explained to him my situation.  he had the nerve to

tell me i couldnt crash at his house.  i then asked chasity if i could stay

there, that i would sleep in the front room and not on the bed(which belongs to

me!).  she told me no right away and told me to call my mom.

> >>     i called my mom and told her about my day, and how i went to chasitys

to visit my dog.  my mom starting moaning and complaining and i told her i could

always walk home(like 5 or 6 miles) if she wanted me to.

> >>     its only fair that i lay guilt trips on my mom, thats what she brought

us up on.  her lazy ass said, "ok then, im really tired."  i really wasnt

surprised at all, and i was ready to actually walk home.

> >>     stuart had heard chasity and i arguing and he went and hid under the

bed, like he always has.  chasity wanted me to leave already but i had to say

goodbye to my son.  i  climbed under my bed and pet stuart on the nose, telling

him i was gonna miss him.  i got up and got ready to go, then the phone rang. 

chasity answered it and i knew it was my mom.  ha, guilt trip worked.

> >>     as soon as chasity was done talking to her she handed me the phone. 

the minute i got on, my mom started lecturing me about how i could have planned

the night better.  how dare she insult my intelligence like that?  like i dont

know how i couldve done things differently?  she told me, "i cant pick you up."

and i told her, "then why did you even call back?"  she got infuriated and said,

"well, i was going to come get you, but since you have that attitude, walk

then!"  i told her, "fine, i will, i dont need you." and quickly hung up on her.

> >>     so i walked out of chasitys apartment.  as i was walking around her

place, she went out on the patio and shouts, "dont ever come back here!"  i

called her a dumb bitch and kept walking.

> >>     i was hungry again, so i walked up the sonic and gave one of the

carhops my line.  she told me to wait and went inside.  soon aftewards, the

manager came out and talked to me.  he went, "sorry, man, my boss is here."  i

told him thanks anyway and kept walking.

> >>     i got to thinking, it was about 10pm and i sure was hungry.  i decided

i would walk like 5 minutes and go to the jims restaurant, and try my luck

there.  i went in and tried, and the manager agreed to give me a tortilla soup. 

yum yum it sure was good.  the time was around 10:25 and i just remembered the

night shift was about to end at the telemarketing place where i used to work,

which was right across the street from jims.  i thought, "hey, ill go ask for a

ride home from someone, hopefully ill see this guy mike i know that lives near

my moms."

> >>     i walked up to the front of the place..and sure enough, there was mike

walking to his truck.  he quickly agreed to take me home.  shweet, so i got free

food and a ride.  man i must be doing something right, shit like this happens

every single day, only because i plan nothing.  i just let things happen and

always look on the brighter side.

> >>     so, im gonna email the peace corps.  im a bit wary about letting them

know now.  the peace corps is funded by george w. bush, and converting

republicans to perfect communism is going to be a very hard task.  i may even be

assasinated, so i should be very careful.  the cool thing is, that even if i am

assasinated, i will die a martyr and enough people know about my ideas, that my

goals will be accomplished with or without me.  maybe i wont email the peace

corps, and just do it without them.

> >>

> >>like i always say, no one can stop me, they can only get in my way.

> >>

> >>well that about sums it up for tonight frank, ill talk to you later

> >>

> >>- victor