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So, back in November or whenever when it was starting to get cold out and I thought it was too cold to play outside, I was wrong. I went out tonight. It was seventeen degrees out when I got out there around midnight, and got down to ten by the time I left two hours later. I never got too uncomfortably cold -- I had to stick my hands in my pockets for a while sometimes to warm them up -- and a lot of people really liked listening to me. Also I made eighty dollars... one of my best hauls ever, especially since it was so cold out, and since I was only out about half as long as usual. Also I had a great time, and was just so on the whole time. I actually got a couple people to sit down and listen to me for a good four or five songs, giving me a chance to do "What Is That She Got" and actually have people hear and understand it. People were so friendly to me tonight, much more so than usual. There was only one thug who tried to bother me, and I just ignored him for a while, then in the middle of a song I just leaned over and told him I was trying to sing and he was really bothering me, and then he walked away. I'm so much better at busking lately. It's a skill in itself, busking is: it's cool if you can play or sing or dance or whatever, but you're just not going to make anything if you don't know how to busk.