SQUARE: uu74
DATE: 5.25.97

TIME ELAPSED: 7:22
MILEAGE: 127.6

Somebody had scratched out Snoop Doggy Dog's eyes. "What? You think Snoop Dog's dope?" said a woman boarding a bus. I talked a while with John X, who was working on plans to get out of L.A. He said people make their own path and launched into a rambling explication which ranged from Lincoln freeing the slaves to the CIA introducing crack to south central L.A. "When was Lincoln, anyway?" asked John. "The 1300s? Maybe the 1400s?" "Yes," I said agreeably, "maybe the 1400s."