An Army of Collectors

http://gothamist.com/2009/01/12/change_blogs_we_can_believe_in.php

I just may get back into this.....stay tuned.

Lucky Find

Ha. So much for not concentrating. I found a $5 bill Saturday evening after coming back from a Kentucky Derby party. Didn't win on the bets I made but hey, this helps.

"Monthly Deposit"

Let's admit it: My heart isn't into streetchange this year as it was last year. But I still find money, though probably I'm not looking as religiously as I should. Since the last post, I've found 19 pennies, 3 dimes and 1 quarter. So 74 cents.

Working behind the scenes

Yeah....I haven't been updating. I know. To those few of you who are out there reading this, I apologize. Let's say that a few other things in my life just sort of transposed themselves on other areas of my life and a few things just got neglected. Updating the blog was one of them. I also wasn't concentrating the last few weeks...month, I guess....with looking for money. But I did find some since my last update. 70 cents throughout that time. Hopefully I'll update a little more and actually make a concerted effort once again.

Training Day

This past Monday I was off and had a pretty productive day. I went to the Guggenheim, ran a few miles and then walked down to this specialty store to refill a growler. Well, I found 8 pennies on that little trip. And I was scanning. A few I found near the intersection, some were just blatantly obvious. It was pretty encouraging since I had suffered a few setbacks recently. Then I went to the supermarket and outside the store there was a dime and a penny. I may be getting back the touch.

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?

My friends find the bills, I find the change

Hmm. My skills must be going. My friends are finding bills. Me, just change. I was just finding your usual left money: dimes and pennies. Up until Thursday, I had found 27 cents: 2 dimes and 7 pennies. That over about a week. During that time, Alicia found a dollar and Laura found a tenner. Sheesh. Then going with the trend that I find change on Thursday I found 92 cents! All in one spot. It was at this place called Vivo in my office building. Someone had just left it on one of the tables. That was a cool find but still, just your usual coins. I guess I've got coin-dar. My friends have bill-dar. On Friday I found a quarter. And I've found a few more pennies today. Maybe I'm like the tortoise --- slow and gradual?

Scratch-off update. For my second attempt I didn't win anything. I do have enough now to buy a third ticket.