Tuesday, January 8, 2008

the lost soldier

the date today is january 8th 2008 and iam in cross plaines wisconsin about 90 miles from prairie de chan and the mississippi river its a beautiful but yet nasty drizzily rainny day in the state of wisconsin i have had a difficult time getting thru the state of wissconsin the people havent been real friendly but last night in middleton i went to a bar i think was called the tavern met a man who lived upstairs and he let me sleep on his couch here is something kind of crazy all the churchs in middleton suposedly donate money to an oorganization they call m,o,m, this agency is supose to help people a lady at the catholic church had called and talked to them about getting new tires on my bicycle and tubes plus a tune up i went and talked to the man this is the creazy part all he is authorized to do is give 50 dollar vouchers he called and talked to a bicycle shop i took the bicycle down to them explainning i needed brake pads tubes and tires plus the brakes tightened when i brought the bicycle in the back tire was low when i picked he bicycle up they told me it was ready to go i rode about a half-mile to a laundry-mat dried my sleeping bag got back on the buke and again a flat back tire i went back to the bicycle shop and the man said he hadnt even checked the tube i stated i told you when i brought it in i needed tubes he eventually replaced the tubes this morning after laeveeing the mans house i rode into a town called cross-plains wisconsin and went to saint francis exavier catholic church they were haveing a funeral i talked to a priest about rain gear he stated we support the stupid agency in middleton i explainned to him how the place operated and he just kicked me to the curb i went and was resting on a couch when a catholic nunn approached me and asked if i was going to spend the night in the church i explainned to her i wasnt but i needed to pick up some work and earn about 50 dollars i explainned what the priest had said and explainned to her about the politics involved in this m.o.m. organization she gave me 50 dollars prairie de chan wisconsin is where i will attempt to get matts picture again in the paper

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