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k here's part2.
>one of my coworkers at grocery store is renting a room
>is actually renting 1/3 of a room as said room already has 2 others renting, but fuck it i'm desperate
>don't get my name on lease due to said desperation for a place
>meet dude named bob, pretty cool guy and also into teh durgs
>the coworker renting to us and her jewish friend/roommate kick bob and me out with 12 hours notice due to the yid inheriting money from his dad or some such shit and thus not needing us
>get coworker who kicked us out fired, revenge is nice when it goes smoothly
>bob and me decide to pool our money and get an apartment so we don't become homeless
>bob's girlfriend lets us stay with her (she lived in same complex as the place we were planning to rent), as the apt. wasn't ready for 30 days
>every going good
>bob's gf dumps him lolgg
>bob loses his job because he's the only white dude at the place he works and apparently one of the workers ten thousand cousins needed a job more
>we rent room to dude we find on craigslist
>he steals our rent money, spends it on booze then gets himself arrested for disorderly conduct or smth.
>i lose job shortly thereafter due to bullshit
>we become homeless
>still shoplifting, still chuggin that tussin
>still a bit overweight but not too bad
>my university username/password still works so i spend most of my tme on the uni library computers
>meet bunch of other young homeless folks
>been arrested a few times by this point for shoplifting and trespassing charges
>decide to move to spokane, washington
>save up money from spare changing
>get greyhound tickets
>bus stops a few times, including once in salt lake city, utah
>take a nap at the salt lake station, wake up and my backpack is gone
>fuckmylife
>see a bike by itself with no lock and no one nearby
>hop on and start riding north
>tires eventually give out
>hitchhike on an overpass for 2 days, sleeping in nearby park
>near end of 2nd day, dude offers me a ride
>end up about 80 miles north, in some city whose name i can't remember
>steal a bunch of shit from a walmart with the knowledge that i'll never come back to this city, incl. backpack, sleeping bag, clothes, and a bike
>eventually get more greyhound tickets to spokane
>morning of the bus's departure comes, i only have $10 to my name and the stuff in my bag, so i go into a gas station, get a water cup, put soda into it, and walk out
>she calls cops, i get arrested, 30 days time for soda in a watercup, no mention of stolen stuff from walmart so yay
>other dudes in the jail give me nickname 'sodapop'
>lol
>get out, exchange tickets for up to date tickets, then hop on bus a few hours later
>arrive in spokane, it's mid-november
>have $5 in my pocket
>walk around for awhile, look for a place to crash
>see two other hobos
>"any shelters in the area?" "yeah, a mission up the road" "ty"
>get to the mission the next day, stay there a month, playing chess with other hobos all day
>almost everyone at the mission is middle-aged or later
>still dxm very often
>month later, ask some of the other homeless folks who're my age why they don't stay at the mission
>"mission is full of pedos, check out the child offender registry bro" "damn son"
>start reading books alot again, almost entirely politics, philosophy, religion, history
>leave the mission, crash with a few dudes and a chick in a fort under a bridge near two of the colleges (there was gonzaga university and one of the state colleges next to eachother)
>fort is made of wooden pallets and tarps, but there's lanterns inside and it's warm
>snow falling heavily around this time
>do other homeless stuff, make some good friends
>i'm no longer shy with talking to others mostly, altho i'm still terrified of showing any romantic interest in girls due to 0 selfesteem and awkwardness
>we start a tent village along the spokane river
>authorities turn a blind eye for the entirety of winter and only evict us when summer comes which was nice
>we, btw about 20 of us total who live together, move into the woods, about an hours walk to get into town
>by this point i'm no longer fat, actually healthy and in good shape
>no longer get mistaken for a girl, am now just an ugly dude
>more shoplifting and tussin
>meanwhile, i talk to my mom on the phone, apparently she's living with her current boyfriend, says i can come stay with them
>no thanks, i'm fine
>fakes being terminally ill in the hospital to get me to come home
>go to seattle for a few months before heading to arizona, it sucks ass
>back in arizona, she's not in the best health but not 1/100th as bad as she said it was
>whatever
>eventually get a cheap laptop from the pawnshop
>living indoors is pretty nice
>2.5 years since i moved back to arizona