Thursday, February 21, 2008

Glimpse of The Future?

So I've still been collecting street change despite the dearth of posts. There haven't been any crazy finds or unusual places where I've found money. Just your typical places and typical amounts. Streets and pennies.

However, I think I'm going to have to go back to Street Change Training Camp or complete my "street change training" in some remote area (akin to Luke's Jedi training) because I faced one of my worst "defeats" ever recently.

I was walking in my neighborhood last weekend to get some lunch. Normal day. No strange weather patterns. As I cross the intersection, I pass by a city trash receptacle and this wiry haired middle-aged looking guy. We're both walking in the same direction when he suddenly jerks his head over to the garbage can.

And he bends down and starts to pick up this object nestled next to the can and in a slight nook beside one of the upturned bricks.

It's a penny!

For one of the weirdest moments of my life, I stood there stunned thinking "I should've gotten that!"

He got the penny and continued on his merry way. Dejected I scoured sharply the rest of the sidewalk as I walked along but alas found nothing.

Did I encounter what I could become in the future?

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