Joe Loya

I'm like, I got resolve, and I'm going to do it.

And then I do it.

I mean, when I came out and I wrote my memoir, my memoir got a great review in the New Yorker magazine.

I turned myself into a literary man.

Did you see that coming?

Yeah.

But more importantly, I got myself in the magazine I wanted to get into, which is the premier literary magazine in the country.

The first time I did that.

And the issue is that when you walk in and you hand a note, you've given them a reason to look down and not look up.

And that's what happened to me.

I slid a note the very first time, you know, the first one before I got arrested and went for all those other things in San Diego.

I slid the note thinking I'm clever.

And then she looks down and she won't look up.

And I'm like, hey, and I grabbed the note and she's still holding on to the note.

And I kind of moved the note around like, come on, come on, hurry up.

And she just keeps looking down the note.

She's like not going to look up.

Why would she look up?

She's better off just looking down like I don't want to pretend like you're not here.

And so I have to now say literally like give me money or I'll jump over this counter and I'll shoot you.