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| freewayblogging is a way to reach thousands of people with a message by posting hand painted signs near freeways. | freewayblogging is a way to reach thousands of people with a message by posting hand painted signs near freeways. | ||
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| + | Oh My GOD! I was so scared, my mouth was so dry. I started off | ||
| + | before dawn so i could catch the morning rush hour and be more | ||
| + | discreet. I had some scrap masonite and had painted a sign | ||
| + | saying, "BorkAlito, Call your Senators". I felt an urgency to get | ||
| + | this one out there so I had not had an opportunity to find the right | ||
| + | spot for the type of sign I had. There are several small buttes | ||
| + | around me that have great views of freeways but I had decided that | ||
| + | my sign was too small for those so, I chose a freeway overpass close | ||
| + | to my house. The first thing I learned was to post in a place that | ||
| + | you can get to quickly and leave quickly. I had thought there was a | ||
| + | place to park fairly close but I ended up parking in a city facility | ||
| + | and hoofin' it almost half a mile with the sign straining my thumb | ||
| + | and fingers. I wanted to keep it out of sight behind the 3 foot | ||
| + | concrete wall so i did not carry it under my arm. And I know that | ||
| + | lots of police officers gas up around there somewhere so that was | ||
| + | making me nervous too. But, like the time I started up the down | ||
| + | escalater at the movie theater and the ticket taker started yelling | ||
| + | at me to stop, I hesitated, but realized I couldn't go back. I had | ||
| + | to finish what i started. Especially when someone was telling me to | ||
| + | stop(my fear/antipathy towards authority) So, I kept running up the | ||
| + | down escalater and kept on with my sign, not caring that I felt like | ||
| + | everyone was staring at me. I'm sure they didn't even notice me on | ||
| + | their way to their cubicle jobs. I finally made it to the spot that | ||
| + | would get the most visability and realized that the bottom fence | ||
| + | railing would cut off "Senators". I had thought of drilling holes | ||
| + | and wiring it to the fence but had decided that leaning it against | ||
| + | the fence would be less conspicuous to a pedestrian or passer by | ||
| + | than that. But I soon realized there aren't enough pedestrians or | ||
| + | bike riders going by to really matter that much and the concrete | ||
| + | wall would hide it from any drivers or cops. So I think that zip | ||
| + | ties would work really well for this situation. Anyways, I ended up | ||
| + | leaning the sign against the fencing and leaving it at that. I drove | ||
| + | round to get onto the freeway so I could see how it looked but by | ||
| + | the time I got there it had most likely fallen over. Hopefully a | ||
| + | sympathetic pedestrian put it back up. I think I will bike to that | ||
| + | site in the future with a fold up sign. | ||
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Revision as of 06:51, 14 January 2006
freewayblogging is a way to reach thousands of people with a message by posting hand painted signs near freeways.
Oh My GOD! I was so scared, my mouth was so dry. I started off before dawn so i could catch the morning rush hour and be more discreet. I had some scrap masonite and had painted a sign saying, "BorkAlito, Call your Senators". I felt an urgency to get this one out there so I had not had an opportunity to find the right spot for the type of sign I had. There are several small buttes around me that have great views of freeways but I had decided that my sign was too small for those so, I chose a freeway overpass close to my house. The first thing I learned was to post in a place that you can get to quickly and leave quickly. I had thought there was a place to park fairly close but I ended up parking in a city facility and hoofin' it almost half a mile with the sign straining my thumb and fingers. I wanted to keep it out of sight behind the 3 foot concrete wall so i did not carry it under my arm. And I know that lots of police officers gas up around there somewhere so that was making me nervous too. But, like the time I started up the down escalater at the movie theater and the ticket taker started yelling at me to stop, I hesitated, but realized I couldn't go back. I had to finish what i started. Especially when someone was telling me to stop(my fear/antipathy towards authority) So, I kept running up the down escalater and kept on with my sign, not caring that I felt like everyone was staring at me. I'm sure they didn't even notice me on their way to their cubicle jobs. I finally made it to the spot that would get the most visability and realized that the bottom fence railing would cut off "Senators". I had thought of drilling holes and wiring it to the fence but had decided that leaning it against the fence would be less conspicuous to a pedestrian or passer by than that. But I soon realized there aren't enough pedestrians or bike riders going by to really matter that much and the concrete wall would hide it from any drivers or cops. So I think that zip ties would work really well for this situation. Anyways, I ended up leaning the sign against the fencing and leaving it at that. I drove round to get onto the freeway so I could see how it looked but by the time I got there it had most likely fallen over. Hopefully a sympathetic pedestrian put it back up. I think I will bike to that site in the future with a fold up sign.
kristapea55, 060113
