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Post details: Graffiti is not all bad... apparently... maybe... I dunno...

08/30/06

08:57:54 pm, by

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Categories: Any News?, General Shtuff

Graffiti is not all bad... apparently... maybe... I dunno...

TTC Streetcar

Yesterday, I was taking a streetcar home (using surface routes instead of the subway... slower, but less stressful...) and noticed in blue marker, a small "note" rather neatly written on the back of the person's seat in front of me... all it said were the words, "I think you're beautiful."

Now, I admit that I am the type to get kinda "gooey" over little things, but the thought that went immediately through my head was...

"In a greater sense, this is graffiti and is a defacement of the vehicle and, in a stricter sense, against the law... but I somehow doubt anyone will report it... nor do I hope anyone will erase it as I know this will brighten someone's day at some point."

I had visions of another person in my seat... someone who had a bad day or was feeling particularly lonely...

Now, ANY and ALL rational people would recognise that this message was probably not meant for them... but like me, I wonder if they'd stop and think that, perhaps, it was... or maybe to everyone in general...

Either way, a simple, small, blue piece of graffiti brought on a smile and a host of thoughts... good on ya, oh mysterious and anonymous graffiti artist!

Patron Help

Still looking for a patron for the dream... A couple of posts ago, I mentioned Sue had said that we were probably much closer to realising the dream than we probably realise... and that should our kooky dream and goal hit the right ear, our patron (or patrons) would help us achieve it.

On that note, I am STILL appealing to any public relations (PR) person (be you pro or apprentice) or marketing/advertising person (student or pro) who might want to take this on as a project...

We cannot afford to pay you, but we would be a wonderful thing on a CV (resume)... and if you managed to raise over and above the $20k we need, we'd be happy to pay a "finders fee" of sorts...

If this is for you or someone you know, click here (opens a new browser) and find a contact or e-mail link and let us know!

We can discuss and perhaps, you or someone you know will help us find our knight(s) in shining armour!

Last Quick Note: I'm pleased a few folks from here noticed I was closing down the bulk of DoubleDeckerBuses.Org... well, the key words are "the bulk of".

I'm going to keep the "dream" site alive... and this blog... but time constraints prevent me from looking after the rest... especially when my free time is spent mostly on my paranormal work...

For those "enthusiasts" (old and new) who liked the site, I left the "Links and Resources" page up so you can have a boo at other "busly" sites...

I may ressurect it in the future... but for now, it's best to take it offline until I can devote more time to do something with it...

...like discuss our work restoring/fixing/whatever RLH 3?

The usual last note on the old blog... PLEASE SUPPORT THE DREAM!

Please don't forget about our pixel ad site, HelpCoverTheBus.Com and our PayPal donation button (see the upper-right hand side of the blog) and, of course, the NEW Cafe Press shop for T-Shirts and shtuff! (...and who doesn't need some shtuff!)

Please help us make this dream a reality and save a piece of history!

...an entire family would thank you!

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Makes me think of James Blunt's song ... you're beautiful .. could be the inspiration for this graffiti ???

Permalink 08/31/06 @ 16:42

Allow me to start with we do not own nor are we selling a bus. Just had to get that out...

This blog was started in April of 2006... during a very bad time for me and my family when money was very tight and life was very hard.

We maintained a happier outlook on life by fantasizing... talking about what we would do when times were better... and as Sue and myself are Anglophiles, England factored greatly into our "plans".

During these bad times, while looking at news items which, at the time included items about London removing their venerable old Routemasters, I came across one photo of an old green bus... and somehow, my whole family adopted it. It became very much "our bus". (Details about "our bus" are available by clicking here.)

Like most of you, I'd heard about the fellow who'd made a million dollars selling tiny ads online... and the fellow who did trades and turned a paper clip into a house... so I thought, since we couldn't make our bus actually into "our bus" (well beyond our means,) I'd try an "online" appeal... to make the focused item of our hopes into a tangible thing in our lives...

More specifically, in a burst of adult/juvenile optimism, I had hoped to show the youngest member of the family, who at the time was still very youthful and impressionable, that dreams really could become reality if you hope and, more importantly, try.

Well, I'm pretty sure you figured it out... we had limited succes in this venture... and the youngest has now reached an age where she is more traditionally "teenaged" cynical than much else about the world, which isn't a dreadful thing... but there's a "good news" portion to this... our personal situation with money is better, life has improved, and some people really liked my rambling here... so, I decided to keep things going... Yes, I will "give up" on asking for help on a bus... and have to give up on even trying as hard to get the bus through online means... and yes, be far more realistic... but I don't mind this "turn" of things as I actually enjoy venting, trying my hand at humour, and generally keeping on online presence outside my usual things.

Thanks to those who were/are "Busly Dream" enthusiasts... I suppose that our buses for now will be single-deck with the letters "TTC" emblazoned on them... but this blog will live as does our dream! (It's just a little quieter on that latter bit...)

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