The James Franco of homeless town.

~I used to do a little but a little wasn't doing so a little got more and more.~
Guns-N-Roses ~ Mr .Brownstone

The reasons are vast as to why people end up on the streets: drug addiction, mental illness, financial ruin, broken relationships - pick your poison. My being on Vagabond Lane is simple; I am a moron. Well, let me phrase that a bit more sympathetically. I wanted to be an entrepreneur at all cost or consequence and now I'm facing the music, so to speak.

It was my second day on the street and I was sitting outside Starbuck's when I heard."Hey man, I've never seen you before." I turned around and there stood a young man; I'm guessing he was in his early twenties. He then said. "I'm Stoker, what's your name?" The first thing I noticed about this kid was his uncanny resemblance to my favorite actor; James Franco. I then told him my name and he offered me part of his Subway, which I gladly accepted.

After finishing the BLT, the two of us struck up a conversation. "How long have you been on the streets? Where are you from?" After I asked him a few questions, he looked at me and said, "Look dude, you are going to learn that it's every man for himself when you're on the streets. The fewer questions you ask, the better."

After a few pleasantries, he asked me this. "Do you dance with the devil?" I had a good idea what was he was implying, but I wanted to be sure. "What do you mean dance with the devil?" He looked at me rather strange and said, "You know man, do you ever use heroine?" I told him this, "The hardest drug I have ever used in my life was marijuana and it's been a long time since I used it. I seldom drink nowadays and when I do it's usually a beer. No, that stuff is not for me, I'm just some idiot from Kansas who has no money." After my answer, he gave me an even stranger look than before and said. "Good for you, if you want to get off the streets, be sure to stay away from the devil."

A minute or so goes by and the the kid tells me this, "Dude, I will see you around, I have got to get back to my panhandling so I'll have enough money to dance with the devil later on. The devil becomes very angry if he misses his dances."