New York City

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I was living in a homeless shelter in Hackensack, New Jersey. I lived in Hackensack for almost two months. I moved to Hackensack after I lived in a homeless shelter in Newark, New Jersey for a week. I took these pictures when I went into New York City to watch a parade.

I used to take a 1 hour bus ride from Hackensack to Newark. Then I would ride the train from Penn station in Newark to Penn station in New York City. Arriving at Penn station, I would roll myself up 7th avenue to Times Square.

Weedguy in Times Square

Here I am sitting in Times Square. This was taken early Sunday morning, so I had the place to myself. The spot that I am sitting at is directly across the street from MTV.

MTV in Times Square

This is the view of MTV that I had. As you can see, this was before they started TRL. Gee, I wonder what gave them the idea to put a lot of people outside the window for the show? All I know is that I have had nothing but problems from MTV and if they ever really gave a damn about anything, they could have walked across the street and done something about it.

Weedguy in Times Square

Here I am in Times Square with an advertisement for the Times Square Theatre Center. I could see Broadway from this spot, but I did not get to see a single show. Miss Saigon and a show about the Tango were hot at the time.

Ed Sullivan Theatre

This is where David Letterman does the Late Show. On a few of my trips to New York City, I spent some time around here. I did get to see their announcer and the band and even Paul Shaffer. I got to speak with Rupert Gee and even ordered food from his shop. But I never once saw Dave. And, more than that, while it was clear that the cast and crew new who I was and that I was there, not one of them helped me in any way, shape, or form. More than this, Sandra Bulloch dissed me.

One day, I waited on the side of the theatre for the guests to arrive. On that particular day, the guests were Jeff Foxworthy and Sandra Bulloch. There was a crowd there, with a lot of autograph seekers holding out expensive prints of Sandra.

Jeff Foxworthy arrived first. He was a real class act. He took his time, signed a few autographs, waived and smiled to the crowd, and went inside. I think he even kissed a baby. When Sandra got there, it was far different.

First, when Sandra's SUV arrived, it suddenly sped off, like they has suddenly seen something that they were afraid of. Of course, everybody was wondering if that was even her--the windows were blacked out. After a few minutes, the same SUV came back around and pulled up to the side of the studio. The back door of the SUV was opened up and Sandra Bullock, covering her face, ran from the SUV into the studio. People were pissed! They could not believe what they had just seen her do. She really is one cold bitch, isn't she?

Worlds best hot dogs

Here I am getting something to eat. I do not know what it is about these New York City hot dogs that makes them taste so good, but they get my vote as the worlds best hot dogs. I like mine with source krout and mustard.

Trump is a chump

As I was making my way towards the parade, I passed Trump Tower. Those police barricades are not there for the parade. Ivanna was coming by to pick up her monthly alimony payment and security was tight.

Hard hat area

Here is one of the many interesting things that I saw that day. The lion shown in this photograph is wearing a hard hat. The museum was being renovated and even the lions needed protection. When I first saw them, I thought it was to protect them from all of Guliani's bullshit.

Weedguy and Dr. Ruth

Look who I found. While I was waiting for the parade to start with everybody else, I ran into Dr. Ruth. She was just fantastic. Her driver took this photograph for me and Dr. Ruth, herself, went out of her way to pose for this picture. She really is a babe, you know.

Ready to start

Here we see a bunch of V.I.P.'s getting ready to start the parade. While it is hard to see, somewhere in that mess of people is Rudolf Guliani and Ed Kotch.

The parade begins

Here we see the start of the parade. It was a salute to Israel parade. I am not exactly sure why Israel is being saluted, but it was the only parade going on that day, so I went.

Personally, I have had a lot of trouble from the state of Israel. I even believe that the very day that these pictures were taken, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netenyahoo, was chasing me all over New York City in his motor cade. He passed me no less than 3 different times and the parade was held up while he put on a show across the street from where I was waiting to view the parade. That is how I met Dr. Ruth. Dr. Ruth and I both had to wait for Benjamin to put on his show.

The parade begins

Here we see the flag of Israel, carried as if Israel were a state in the union. Personally, I would like to see a lot of the countries in the Middle East become states in the union. If Israel were a state, then I could sue a bunch of no good Israelies in U.S. courts.

The parade begins

Here comes a few more V.I.P.s and some of New York Cities finest, being fine.

This parade was thick with V.I.P.s. Every brown noser in the city was there that day. It amazes me how Israel has gotten so much accomplished on the shoulders of such shallow people. It is no wonder that their entire society is crumbling around them.

The parade begins

And, finally, here is a random group entered in the parade.

All in all, it was a good day. I got to roll all around New York City and take in a lot of sights and sounds--and smells. I got to meet Dr. Ruth and eat a few hot dogs and see Central Park.

While the reasons that I was living in a homeless shelter are a downer, rolling around New York City was a nice diversion. I am looking forward to going back, again.