tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post3353079740453318966..comments2024-03-23T13:46:21.790-05:00Comments on Street Musician Daniel: Everything Is ReplaceableDaniel McKenna IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04157964564856145960noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post-5696187524190492032012-04-01T12:53:00.301-05:002012-04-01T12:53:00.301-05:00Hell, yeah; I'll address some of those issues ...Hell, yeah; I'll address some of those issues in my post; the Asian girl giving me my coffee free was a sign from the universe; and Leroy is a big fish because he's in a little pond. The theater right by where he plays is popular and had about a 200 foot line, going all the way around the corner...my strategy was to wait for them to let out and get them at the spot which was the ass end of the line, when they were waiting to get in...<br />Leroy was singing so loud that he was just rasping; sounding like Beasty Boys doing The Platters; and the kids were right on top of him, had to go around him on their way to the ramp to the theater, and yet, I think the guy only had about 10 or 11 singles in his case, when I walked past, during halftime of the bb game I was watching down the street; I think the kids tip him for the same reason you kiss the blarney stone; or you have to see Big Ben; your alumnus dad threw him 25 cents when HE was a student, back in 1977, for christ's sake!!!!<br />Enough ranting; next post will be from another library, I can pretty much say....Daniel McKenna IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157964564856145960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post-52298591844514666372012-03-31T15:38:44.687-05:002012-03-31T15:38:44.687-05:00Oh - I was going to add, the nice thing about trav...Oh - I was going to add, the nice thing about traveling the way you do is, all towns are set up about the same. You'll have your government stuff at the center, with your library, food stamp office, etc all pretty centrally located. And because that's where a lot of people are, you'll have a 7-11, Circle-K, etc. I've even seen "off-brand" ones like C-stop, lol. C in a red shape like a stop sign. Then there will be some kind of park area, or woods not all that far away. All towns are essentially plug-and-play.<br /><br />For colleges here, in Gilroy there's Gavilan College, some kind of junior college. And the usual suspects like San Jose State and De Anza College. If I were homeless I think I could seriously live in/around De Anza College. There's a Whole Foods, huge-ass Asian shopping complex with tons of cute Asian girls and all kinds of cool noodle shops and a coffee shop and by coffee shop I mean a cool one, not a Starbucks. I've wandered all over De Anza's campus at night and there are all kinds of cool creepy trees, and not a security guard in sight - I know because I figured I'd find one, and ask them to use a bathroom. I never did, so I watered a tree. There are TONS of hidey hole places there to sleep, I'd just have to wake up early and clear out and not leave an obvious "bum nest". <br /><br />This whole area is "bum nest" heaven though, so much more green than SoCal and tons of places with trees, ivy, bushes, etc.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916394695449933164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post-67135564423792343152012-03-31T15:29:13.060-05:002012-03-31T15:29:13.060-05:00There's a fair chance one of Leroy's frien...There's a fair chance one of Leroy's friends (if not Leroy himself) might just cave your heat in with a bat while you sleep now, so yes it's a good idea to get moving. You'd be charged with a hate crime for assaulting Leroy's bat with aggravated circumstances for traumatizing him by dying on "his" street. <br /><br />Blacks have special rights here too, the only good thing is there are far less of them here and thus they are easier to avoid. The only one I have had a bit of a problem with personally is the one that begs in front of the health food store on Californiaa Avenue in Palo Alto. I have a plan for him, it involves playing LOUD Louis Armstrong riffs in his ear. And itching powder. In fact a lot of my plans involve itching powder, is that stuff still available? <br /><br />Generally, buskers are considered better than beggars and even I acknowledged it, when I had to get by on "spare change" for a while I always had a buck or two for a decent busker. The crappy ones could go to hell. I also had a buck or two for the few *polite* fellow panhandlers I'd run into, maybe they needed it more than me. The asshole ones got nada, and I've actually chased a few off.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916394695449933164noreply@blogger.com