Busking/getting ahead of myself

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The film Once begins with the unnamed male lead busking, or playing an instrument in a public area for money.  Like most buskers, he has his instrument case open to receive coins and bills from passersby, but in this scene someone picks it up and tries to make off with the money.  All this was shot from far away, and I read somewhere (IMDb, probably) that on one of the takes someone actually tried to intercede and stop the supposed robber because they weren't aware that filming was taking place and that it wasn't real.

I think that the recollection of this scene, as sparked by my video hunt of the Academy Award acceptance speech given by its two main characters, and having seen a few buskers recently has motivated me to take it up myself.  There are 40 days left in the year, and 40 posts left in this project/experiment and I am ready to be done with it.  Next year, I've decided, I'll busk as my New Year's resolution.  I've already looked up information regarding permits and performing in subway stations and used that as my benchmark. Where I live, I have to fill out a bunch of papers and write a check for $25 in order to secure a permit to play in designated areas in public transportation stations, so I'll stop making myself busk when I've made $25.01.  I have no idea how long it'll take me to make that money playing my poor little violin, but I think 12 months should be enough time.  I think.