Fleeing the Plantation

[user328]

I eat smoked oysters and salmon. I overheard someone say they liked sardines packed in mustard or hot sauce. I'll go to the supercenter soon and see what they have in quantity packages.

[Dark Dick]

Maybe a hamburger bun, hotdog bun or dinner roll instead of the crackers.

[user328]

I don't want to handle anything in open packages. It all has to stay in my car until it sells. I can't sell Little Debbies and whatnot because they'll melt and turn into a gooey mess.

[Dark Dick]

A pack of tortilla chips.

[user328]

The phone is fully charged, and I've had my shower and made my bed. I handed off my last four pops to the other pop vendor to sell. I'm gonna relax the rest of the night.

[user328]

I completely sold out of pop last night. Gonna call Joe's and see if they're doing laundry today.

[user328]

One of the leeches was trying to bum a smoke this morning, and threw a screaming fit when nobody would give her one. She went around the parking lot yelling at everyone. When she came back around, she yelled at me and threw something at me and hit my car. She made snarky comments about my dinky little car.

"At least I have a car," I replied.

Then she said I wasn't gonna get no pussy.

I said, "If you could sell that nasty ass pussy, you wouldn't be bumming cigarettes."

The cop who sits in the parking lot wasn't the least bit concerned about her violent outburst.

[user328]

There is absolutely no reason for me to come to this day shelter parking lot every morning and put up with the idiotic drama. I don't eat the shitty breakfast anymore. I only come here out of habit. The park opens at 5AM. I'd do just as well to go there and park every morning.

[user328]

I just sold the wall charger that came with my new phone for $3. I still have a larger Samsung charger, so I didn't need it. I have $16.50 on me. I'm gonna get smokes, a little gas, and bleach and detergent before I head out to Joe's.

[user328]

Joe's is closed until the 4th. Something about vacation and family and Oregon. Maybe a wedding or funeral.

[user328]

Back at the night shelter, again for no good reason.

Scott smoked a fatty with me, and the little old lady with the baby Yoda pipe let me hit it.

Then I reorganized all the crap in my car and threw some shit away.

Juanita, one of the most prolific and persistent leeches, lit into Yoda Pipe Lady over a T-shirt or something and wouldn't let it go. I was about ready to crack her skull.

[user328]

The other day, when Juanita kept trying to bum a smoke from me, she finally asked me how she could get a cigarette.

"Make some money," said I. "That's how I get mine."

[user328]

I still haven't seen the woman who complimented me on my "You are not alone" T-shirt the other day. I'm leaning towards the theory that she was an angel.

[user328]

A recent arrival is an old lady who said she was looking for her husband. It's not clear to me why she thought she would find him down here.

Anyway, she takes big, wet shits in her pants and never cleans up. She leaves a big, wet shit mark everywhere she sits. Yesterday, one of the night shelter staff scrubbed the sidewalk with soapy water and a broom where she had sat.

Her old man must've run away because he couldn't take the shit anymore.

[user328]

Scott rolled another joint, apparently to smoke by himself. I fucked off to the park.

I wasn't there long when three guys from the parks department came by with riding lawn mowers and started mowing, kicking up dust and debris. I left.

Now I'm parked under a tree at the lake.

[user328]

It's harder to find a tree directly on the lakeshore to park under now than when I lived here before. They've cordoned off a lot of the unpaved areas with those little fences made of spaced short posts with a steel cable running through them.

[Mister Obvious]

I still haven't seen the woman who complimented me on my "You are not alone" T-shirt the other day. I'm leaning towards the theory that she was an angel.

I wouldn't be surprised at all.

[user328]

Today's selection down at the ol' pop stand:

Dr. Thunder
Twist Up (lemon/lime)
Best Choice Cola
Great Value cream soda

Fifty cents. Cash or trade. No sob stories.

I threw three 14 oz. bottles of whole milk from Walmart in the cooler because 7-Eleven didn't have it when I went for a Jimmy Dean this morning. There weren't even empty slots where milk would've been, had they any.

Not long ago, I watched a video where they compared several brands of corned beef for flavor and texture. Libby's was best, and Great Value brand was just below it on the list. So I'm gonna try some tonight.

[user328]

Mark is one of those people who will stand there watching you and comment on everything you do. I'm starting to think he's a narcissist. He's an obtuse chap with neither grace nor charm. He has to be first in every line. He seems compelled to be in the middle of everything, as though he were directing the whole shitshow.

[user328]

I looked through the canned meats at the supercenter, and the Vienna sausages and potted meat were the only ones I think I can sell. The guys who buy food from a pop vendor after hours do so because they were counting on a free dinner from the shelter, and didn't have a backup plan. They can usually only come up with a dollar at most.