Sunday, June 1, 2008
The man on the street catching a buck for his performance.
I have never given a dime to the man on the freeway off ramp asking for money. I work very hard for my money and I fell he should do the same. But for the first time the man impressed me enough to give him a dollar. As I stopped at the red light on the freeway off ramp last Friday the man jumped in front of my truck almost startling me and started juggling oranges. He was a very good juggler and he put on a private show for me for about 30 seconds. It reminded me of the one thing that I loved about NY city, the street performers. Central park on a Sunday afternoon was amazing, they had the Black Santa band, the insane Violinist, and many other performers throughout the park just looking to catch a buck for there performance. I'm the type of person that really enjoys somebody trying to entertain me, and it seems the crazier the better. The guy on the freeway off ramp didn't hold a candle to the people in central park that Sunday afternoon but he was the best I had seen since then, so I gave him a buck for his performance. But if he will be looking for another buck from me he will need to step up his game.
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HA!
Steve, this sounds a lot like OUR friendship. I juggle oranges and make you laugh while you throw dollars at me.....except in our scenario I may or may not be wearing pants at the time.
... and I mean that in the most heterosexual way possible.
Hmmm, I may regret writing that... oh well.
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