I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT OF SAFEWAY -- THE NICE ONE IN THE CASTRO! -- AND I HEARD SOME RUSTLING IN THE BUSHES. I LOOKED OVER AND SAW A JUNKIE. HE WAS LYING DEEP IN THEM SHOOTING UP DOPE. RIGHT WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM, THE NEEDLE WAS GOING INTO HIS ARM. BLOOD. DIRT. IT WAS PRETTY BAD. BUT I KEPT WALKING. THEN A RAT -- A BIG ONE! -- RAN OUT AND CROSSED MY PATH. NORMALLY THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT WOULD HAVE SET ME OFF. BUT NOT TODAY.