I got a little piece of land here & I own it. I got it cheap, during the financial crisis of 08. It's paid for. This gives me a lot of latitude. I basically have no rent, no mortgage. It's nothing to brag about but, goddammit, it's cost effective.
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Well, that's great. I'm really glad you're free of all that. You suffered and worked tremendously hard in the past. So you deserve what you have now.
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Ha! I didn't work that hard. I just tried to avoid getting caught up in shit that I didn't need. No kids, low overhead, I had a little bit of cash, the seller was highly motivated & it worked out.
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You may not have worked that hard to get that land you own. But before that, you had certainly worked hard in your series of excruciating relationships, in your relationships with your parents and siblings, in pursuing truth through religion and philosophy, and everything else.
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Oh. You mean that kind of work. OK. Yeah. I've been thru some wacky shit. But I guess we all have, in our own way. I sure have been thru the religions. Haha. One time I went to a serpent handler religious convention. A pastor got bit & died. I swear to god.
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Gosh, that's tragic! But then again, the victim might have been looking for a good way to die. I hope he didn't suffer much in dying.
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Yeah. Mack Wolford was his name. Google it. He's a legendary serpent handler. Yeah. They all wanna die "in the signs", as they say. I went down becuz I love their music. It's like psychedelic rock with more adrenaline. They also drink strychnine & handle fire
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The Washington Post was there. A documentary film crew from Germany. Some others. It was something to behold, my friend
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So you were among the audience and actually saw him get bitten and die, huh? Wow!
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Yeah. I could've left. Some people did. But I went with them to his mother in laws & he laid there for a long time before he died. He refused to go to the hospital. That's part of their belief. I stayed with him until he died. Like a good soldier. Then I left
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The man asked me to come down there. I wasn't gonna leave him in his hour of need. Like a man gets wounded in the battlefield, you don't leave them like that. I couldn't leave. I was faithful unto the end.
I did my duty. I directed traffic, tried to calm people down, they were goin apeshit when he died. Hysterical. I had to yell at people to make way for the EMT squad. It was a mess. But once they carted him outta there, I felt my work was done.
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