Date: 2004-06-11
From: Waynesboro

To: Waynesboro
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: overcast clouds

For 3 months I have done the same thing¢¦and I¢m not bored at all. Every day I drink diluted Clorox. I wear recycled tires on my feet. I¢ve been on top of ¢The Priest¢ and it was a beautiful experience. I skip over creeks and ford small rivers. I shoot animals, but my weapon is called a ¢Stylus¢. I can¢t shake my craving for Coke and porcelain seats. I enjoy showers more than any person on earth. My senses are acute. I catch gnats between my finger and thumb, I hear water miles away, and I know the taste of rain drops. I know the number of steps in a mile and I can hold an hourlong conversation about a tarp, shoes, or a grizzly man named Dave. I know ¢Willy Wonka¢ personally. I walk with animals and my friends are deer to me. My favorite letters are A,C,Y & E in that order. I love to believe lies about the state of Virginia and I classify my insect bites. I have no future goals, jobs, or plans, but I¢m content. I make lifelong friends weekly¢¦I lose them too. I¢ve eaten every flavor of Ramen. When I hear ¢Lipton¢ I don¢t think about tea. I write down my every action in a book for all to read. I no longer bat an eye at the hair on women¢s bodies. I sing to God¢¦I talk aloud when I am alone, but no one thinks I¢m crazy. I may go crazy if anyone dares utter the words ¢hike your own hike¢ in front of me even one more time. When I hear the word Columbine I don¢t think of a shooting, when I see newspapers I want to vomit. I have yet to see an election commercial. Is something important happening in Athens? I wouldn¢t know. People ask me the weight of my home and I know the answer: 23 ounces. I face my fears daily¢¦their names are ¢spider¢ and ¢snake¢. I still haven¢t seen a bear. I¢ve lost 15 pounds despite glutting myself at every restaurant I visit. My upper body loses muscle daily, but I can crush things between my thighs and see lines in my calves. I long to visit home, but know I can¢t stay there. I write unrequited love poems and my mood changes with the rain. I talk candidly about poop and I fear a place called ¢The Real World¢; I don¢t live there though. I¢ve met Rusty, Miss Janet, and Bob, and I¢d like to see them again. I take showers under waterfalls yet use no towel or soap¢¦and I still stink afterwards. I will never turn down a hitchhiker for the rest of my life. My deepest temptation is 6 inches long and painted blue. I¢m getting to know myself better. I sense a great destiny in front of me, but I focus on little things. The number ¢zero¢ is a way of life for me. I live in the only social wilderness known to man. I run for the sake of Post Offices, so do my friends. I trade food like a second grader and eat whatever is given to me. My simple math abilities grow daily¢¦so does my list of injuries ¢¦Still I walk on. My stress fades in the shadow of mountains and light of rainbows. Inchworms like me, so do flies and gnats. I know how many calories are in a serving of olive oil. I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more¢¦I still wouldn¢t be done! Every step I take puts me one step closer to my goal and I know the date October 15th better than my own birthday¢¦Before that day I will smoke a cigar in front of a sign; the sign will say: Katahdin.If you can¢t figure out from the rant above, I took zero #27 today and I don¢t feel bad about it. I felt horrid this morning and had little choice but to dismiss Beartracks and Booboo :-(. By 11:30 I finally arose. I greeted Jester, Whiskey, and Powder Finger. Once I felt better I rode around town on the ¢hiker bike¢. I relaxed and talked to God. I also wrote a little :-). I enjoyed dinner with ¢Yovo¢, Greg, Powder Finger, and Jester. It was nice. We went to Walmart¢¦not so nice.At night I met ¢Up¢ and ¢Down¢, an awesome couple. I turned down rum and talked with ¢Up¢. It was like meeting my twin. Up is an intelligent 23-year-old who finished college only to become a waiter. Then he hyper-planned this trip (as I did) and is out here living his plan. He is an ENFP according to Myers Brigg¢s personality inventory¢¦so am I. There were even more similarities between us that I won¢t go into. All told we talked for an hour. It was great. I almost forgot, I went to the ¢Y¢ and lifted weights (why?) and played basketball tonight. I beat Powder Finger in horse, but she had me to ¢S¢. Jester has invited me to Weasies for breakfast tomorrow (YAY!). I will go before I leave. All told I truly feel better and am glad I relaxed. I will re-enter the Shennies tomorrow. Until then I am going to go read more of the book 1984. It is double plus good (I¢m a dork). Goodnight, BEATBOX   ttt