I stayed in the desert city of Las Vegas, Nevada for about a year. I was a street performer at the time. I dressed up as Captain Jack Sparrow and took pictures for money on the strip.

When I first got to Las Vegas, people were throwing money at me. The people were so very nice. They would engage with me like a normal human would. It was one of the most enjoyable working experiences I've had.

I would stand as a statue and scare people a lot back in those days. I would stand outside of The Paris Casino. There is this restaurant that used to be my favorite spot. The employees all got to know me and were happy that I was there to entertain their lunch and dinner guests.

The person who looked over the waitresses would comp the food I would get from the place. When I handed him money, plenty of times he would turn me down and say, "Enjoy your food." I miss that place.

Vegas Album 2011-024[1].jpg
This is me dressed as Jack and here is where I found this pic of me and another.

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My Completed Freewriting prompts:

Non-Fiction
Dude	Bittersweet	Hook	Housecoat	Nail
Faster Than Light	Sweater	A Ridiculous Amount of Fun	Mosquito	Bamboo
The Entryway	Party	Important	Her Homemade Jams	Back Pain
Mother	Milk	Swing	Bored Stiff	Monkey’s Wedding
Appetite	Travel	Frosting a Cake	Bones	Clouds
Scratch	Wet	Depression	Camping	Quadrillion
Describe the Room You Are In	Dew	Skinny	Mold	Herbs
Wood	Core Values	Players	Syrup	Sell-out
Spa	parachutes	Grapevine	Nothing	Mishap
Eagle Scout	Burning	Radio Show	Election

Fiction
Cane (Bonus: Red Wine)	Basket	Parasol	Wire	A Kiss
Cherry	Miami	Lizard Cave	Phone	Prototype
Discord	A Jumble of Words	Suffers in Silence	Bath	Talking Dog
Grand Piano	Epilogue	Chalk	Food to the Table	Basics
Copy	Squash	Fried Chicken	Potbellied Pig	Cancer
Dog Breath	Movement	Breed	Fool	Drive
Flea Market Doorknob	Describe Your Shoes	Ducky

Ongoing Stories	Numbered in Order of Story's Progression
Detective Story	#1 Trolley #2 Flea #3 Awakening
Suspense/Horror	#1 Late #2 Banana #3 Paper #4 Tree #5 5 #6 Home Alone #7 Doctor’s Office
The Stall	#1 Medium #2 The Stall #3 The Stall #4 Mice #5 Detective #6 Homeless #7 Eyebrows #8 40 Percent Off #9 One Year #10 The Stall
Church	#1 Church #2 Ornate #3 Chips #4 State
Butterfly	1. Old Maid 2. Pitiful 3. Headache 4. coffee 5. Three Grapes 6. Helicopter 7.Helpless 8. Overslept 9. Smooth as Silk

Poems
#52 Caterpillar	#85 Wildflower	Hardboiled Minds	Grief
Towels	See You on the Other Side	Tears	Light	Mask

Weekend Freewrites:
The Crooked Umbrella	The Picture	The Chair That I’m Strapped To	A Common Ending
Withdrawal	Richard’s Surprise	The Trap	Canyon Making You Crazy?
The Hawk	Emerge from the Depths	Marjorie's Alcohol Problem	The Run Around
Gene's the Quiet Type	Memories

We-writes (collaborations with community members)
Monster	Eagle Scout 1st Entry: 2nd Entry: 3rd Entry	Smooth as Silk	Torment of the Light Bulb

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