2003-11-30

IMPORTANT NOTES FROM JUSTIN:

As I post this I am actually at home for the holidays in the San Francisco Bay Area. See, I can't keep up with writing about my journey each day. So, if you hadn't noticed, I am often many days behind. And, sometimes I post entries out of order. For example, today is Day 103 of my trip and I have written up through about Day Ninety–something. But, I'm only posting Day 75. Anyways...

But, I plan to continue traveling on January 6—that's when I fly back to Florida to reunite myself with my car.

So, is there no end to this journey? There definitely seems to be no end in sight. There are so many people to meet and enjoy, so many places to fall in love with, and so much to share and learn. So I continue to move with the winds; I continue to entice the winds to follow me.

So, one of the things about this experiment in love and motion and travel is that I have—against my will—assumed the challenging variable I like to call 'being broke'. So, that means I am doing this crazy trip while living, ahem, very frugally. For example, my slutty pants that used to be tight aren't tight anymore—that kind of frugal, you know?

So, what does this mean? Well, hotels are out of the question. I am looking for nice, fun people who can put me up for a few nights and really host me. This would involve me staying at your house for a few days, showing me a good time (since I like good times), feeding my stupid mouth (in an attempt to make my pants fit me again), and whatever general mischief we can get into. And, the best part is that I get to learn about your life and write about our times together! If you think it might be fun to host me for a day or two or three, email me at justingrace AT mac DOT com.

Please make sure to include your address and phone number in your email to me so I can be in touch!

I am especially looking for places to stay in the southeast USA and everywhere on the East Coast. I will be traveling all over the USA, though, so email me no matter where you are because I will probably come visit! Here are the places I will be in the next few weeks that I am still looking for a place to stay at:

� Louisiana (near New Orleans)
� Alabama
� Florida
� Tennessee
� North/South Carolina
� Georgia

Please contact me ASAP if you want to hang out!

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US Tour Day 75: Cabin Trip Haikus, Day 5

After Thanksgiving
tired from the gluttony
I made a bad choice


Six hour drive home
How quickly I got hungry!
my stomach rules me


Everything was closed
I had wanted Chinese food
God, what have I done?


Memory melting
how soon I forget my past
the pains I have felt


I had will power
but I had no won't power
to resist buffet

Jesus fucking Christ
I am such an idiot
Why did I do this?

Days of feasts, I thought
might prepare me, toughen me.
Wrong, so very wrong.


What is food, really?
Things we put into our mouths?
Things that we swallow?

Behold such horror!
I admit it, I ate this!
a lapse of reason?

Are fingernails food?
What about human semen?
Or a live goldfish?


There was that one guy
He cut up his bike, ate it
Does that make bikes food?


Weak speculation
does nothing to ease stomach
KFC: not food

White pen oracle
revealed after the buffet
feelings in my gut

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