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Mountain View, Hawaii

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Wednesday Jan 18, 2006

Jan 18, 2006
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"I love my crazy life."

One rainy day this winter ,as I stood on the train welcoming the sight of downtown Portland, I met a most interesting person. He got on, dripping wet, a few stops before mine looking like he'd been through hell and back. "Nice bike" He said to me, as I tried to pretend that my headphones were actually on in my typical antisocial fashion. Not wanting to be rude, I took my headphones off to see what this guy, who outwardly appeared to be one of the many homeless bums in the city of roses, was all about. "Hey, do you know where I can find a payphone? I just got off an 18 hour straight ride in a freight car and I need to call my family." He didn't sound homeless. I asked him what he was doing in Portland, and he told me how he was traveling from Canada to San Diego by hopping trains. "I'll buy a plane ticket if I have to, but I thought hopping trains would be more fun. I just wish I would have brought an extra sleeping bag now.. I gave mine away about 20 minutes ago to a guy who looked like he was about to freeze to death." He said, with an inspired air about him. "Woah, crazy" I replied, involuntarily as the train came to a halt at the next stop. "Yea, I love my crazy life." He said, as he exited the train back into the rain.

It's not much, but I think about it all the time. It was the way he said it.. I mean, he really MEANT it, in the way you really mean it when you tell someone you're in love with them for the first time, or when you burst into excitement and your eyes light up seeing someone you haven't seen in years. Everyone says so much every day in such robotic fashion that it really startled me. Inspiration in strange places...
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nattytattat:
That's insane. I met someone just like that on the beach one night last fall....reading your journal gave me the chills. I had to go back and look at the journal entry I wrote about it. It was September 22. His name was Josh (the other beach bums called him Chili Dog because he was skinny and hot). I thought he looked a bit like Connor Oberst. He was train hopping also from Canada. All he had was a guitar and spoke about how he gave his warmer sweatshirt to another homeless person. From conversation, I could tell he was intelligent and spoke about time spent in other countries. He said he would only be staying in San Diego for another week, then it was time to move on. The whole situation of how I ended up talking to him was really odd, but intriguing, so I hung out with him and 2 other bums on the beach for about 30 minutes by their campfire. They offered me some sushi they had rescued from the trash and hidden in the sand. They were some of the most real people I had met in a while and the short time I spent with them was a true gift and change of perception for me.
Jan 23, 2006
sonja:
ive been to work..after that my mum came over and we played a new game called: where are we going on my mums birthday
we had a box with some european citynames
and well it looks like we re going to the netherlands for some days.. it ll be fun
after that i had some tortellini and then i tried to get some sleep...that was the fun part cause i couldnt sleep until 5am or something..now im off to my tattooist to get some more ink done..weeesmile
Jan 23, 2006

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