The truth of matter was, stories were everything and everything was stories.

Everybody told stories.

It was a way of seeing who they were in the world.

It was their understanding of themselves.

When I got out of prison on the six-month county charge, I knew I wasn't going to serve the five years, and I had some time to really develop my plans.

I was able to raise a little money, and I had a collection when I was a kid of space memorabilia, space covers, envelopes that would commemorate different space launches.

Those were valuable, and I sold some albums and sold some other stuff,

and I had some money put aside and got some documents with the help of some friends.

I was working in California, and I got the birth date and where he was born

of one of the people that was working there, employee records I was able in California and I got the birth date and where he was born of one of the people that was working there.

Employee records I was able to find out and so I applied for a copy of his birth certificate.

And then I changed the birth certificate.

Back then you didn't have computers, so he had a sort of white out stuff and tried to change it. And I went to a couple thrift stores and I couldn't find the right typewriter that had the right type of type that would fit in.

I was about ready to give up and finally I found the right typewriter.

So I was able to change the document, make copies of it, and I built up an identity off of that.

The birth certificate was, had a blue background. It was out of Los Angeles. They did that because it was hard to photocopy it

and hard to make. I couldn't use the copy that I made because you could see how it was

adulterated and changed. But I figured if I made a copy of it, then you wouldn't see all the markings

and stuff on it. So there was a guy living down the street who was sort of a hippie type and we had

talked before and he worked at a print shop and I went up to him and said, I've got a friend who has a problem and he needs a birth certificate made. He said, well, he'd take care of it for 50 bucks. I said, well, okay, yeah, that's great. He printed it and then he gave me a hundred copies

he said I just needed one copy he said well you know it's no big deal once he

started printing so I put him in the top of my closet which ended up being a

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