This unplanned leg of our trip meant we navigated via whatever maps we could find : the atlas from the kind fellow on the ferry , the brochures at the drugstore , the ranger 's station maps , the free phone books at the Chamber of Commerce . Whenever we met a local , we asked for suggestions . And they never let us down .

A: Why did the narrator approach to strangers ?

Apparently I did n't get in because of the sheer numbers of applicants , and not because I ' m some kind of dumbass . But either way , I ' m not as disappointed as I thought I would be , because I ' m going to go to UC Santa Cruz . Which feels like a dream come true . Because I got pieces in Duke 's Place , I have to come to Chamber Singers until the show , which meets zero period three days a week , and today was my first day of this .

A: Where will the narrator be in the Fall of next year ?

F * * * Me ! What the hell was I thinking ? I feel like I could just jump out of my skin and slap the S * * * out of me ! I ca n't even begin to tell u how f * * * * * * disappointed I am with myself !

A: How does the narrator feel about their actions ?

While running , I hit a patch of gravel in a puddle and fell on the side ... on the edge of a curb . It hurt like a motherfucker , to say the least . My right side , the spot of the initial impact clear by the nice bruise just under the red marks . My ribs are hurting , but it 's just the muscle . I had x - rays done and nothing was broken , thank goodness . Another view of my side .

A:
Why might the person have been running ?