▁increasing ly ▁isolated ▁from ▁them ▁too . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁story ▁" H ipp y ▁House " ▁from ▁Ne at ▁St uff ▁# 9 ▁he ▁mentions ▁he ▁bel ieves ▁he ▁was ▁considered ▁the ▁" school ▁weird o ". ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁started ▁sp ending ▁an ▁increasing ▁amount ▁of ▁time ▁in ▁second ▁hand ▁record ▁stores , ▁where ▁he ▁met ▁Jay , ▁an ▁older ▁role ▁model ▁whom ▁Bud dy ▁adm ired , ▁leading ▁to ▁him ▁become ▁interested ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁music . ▁After ▁gradu ation ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁small - time ▁drug ▁deal er ▁s elling ▁mar iju ana ▁to ▁friends ▁and ▁sp ending ▁the ▁money ▁on ▁vin yl ▁records . ▁▁ ▁Bud dy ▁ran ▁away ▁from ▁home ▁when ▁a ▁drug ▁deal ▁went ▁wrong , ▁his ▁st ash ▁st olen ▁by ▁two ▁small ▁children , ▁leading ▁to ▁him ▁dam aging ▁his ▁father ' s ▁car ▁and ▁un int ention ally ▁abandon ing ▁his ▁younger ▁brother ▁in ▁a ▁ 7 ▁eleven . ▁F ear ing ▁his ▁parent ' s ▁wr ath ▁he ▁was ▁afraid ▁to ▁return ▁home . ▁▁ ▁At ▁first ▁he ▁sle pt ▁on ▁a ▁poll uted ▁beach . ▁ ▁H ate ▁He ▁then ▁moved ▁with ▁friend ▁Leonard ▁" St ink y " ▁Brown , ▁moving ▁around ▁from ▁Brook lyn ▁to ▁Hob oken ▁then ▁to ▁Min ne apolis , ▁before ▁setting ▁out ▁for ▁the ▁West ▁Coast ▁and ▁ending ▁up ▁in ▁Seattle , ▁moving ▁into ▁an ▁a partment ▁with ▁the ▁re clus ive ▁George . ▁ ▁Bud dy ▁got ▁a ▁job ▁at