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From the Great Muni Shelter: One bus, one book

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We’re a day away from giving the 30-Stockton Muni shelter a good home. For the last month, this bus shelter has been living at SOMArts at the wonderful I Live Here:SF exhibit by Julie Michelle. Visitors to her exhibit, featuring her photography and art by Chris Rusak, have been covering the bus stop with their own stories. Here’s one:

“One rainy night I was on my way home on the N-Judah. The train was nearly empty and I was reading Fahreinheit 451. A young man came and sat next to me, which I thought was strange as there were plenty of open seats. He asked me what I was reading and said that he didn’t read a lot but remembered that he liked this book when he was a kid. He said he didn’t have much money for books. So I gave him my book and told him to enjoy it — and to give it to someone else when he was done. He agreed and then it was my stop so I got off and went home.” – Julie

Muni shelter at SOMArts

Come to Julie’s closing night party tomorrow, Tuesday, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and find out who gets to take the bus shelter home. SOMArts is located at 934 Brannan Street. And don’t forget: voting ends at midnight tonight! Vote here, unless you already have.

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The Holidays Are Here for SF Streetcars

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The good folks at Market Street Railway graciously invited us to attend the annual streetcar holiday decoration (2009’s decorated streetcars are here). MSR volunteers were at the Geneva Yard this morning with boxes full of garland, wreaths, bows, colored balls, and more. Cars 952 (New Orleans) and 1818 (Milan) were decked out, and are now ready for the month ahead. To MSR on behalf of Muni Diaries, thanks for waiting until after Thanksgiving!

(Market Street Railway Blog’s post is up now, with some even better photos, I must say)

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First Day in SF

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Visitors at the I Live Here:SF exhibit at SOMArts have been posting their own Muni stories on the Muni shelter. Here are a few:

“On my first week in San Francisco, I took the Muni F line from downtown Market Street toward the Castro. I was inside the Italian car — the one that’s made completely out of wood. There was no sitting space so I stood in the back by the “bay window,” and damn, everything was so beautiful and people were smiling. I thought that I had just moved to heaven.

p.s. I don’t believe in any dieties.”

– Haiete

We also have cartoons that you can caption (see above) from Michael Capozzola, who draws “Surveillance Caricatures” in the San Francisco Chronicle’s 96 Hours section. Another story:

“I was sitting on line 9 next to this handsome young man. For the next 15 minutes I was trying to make a compliment of his style. However, we didn’t make any eye contact. In the last minute before I get off the bus, I typed [on my phone], “You’re very good looking. Have a nice day!” with a friendly smile I show my message in front of his face and got off the bus. My heart was singing. How difficult to compliment someone!”

– June.

Tuesday, Nov. 30, is the only day left to see the exhibit, with Julie Michelle’s photos, art by Chris Rusak, and last year’s Lost Landscapes from Rick Prelinger. Closing reception is from 5 – 7 p.m.

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‘We can do this’ on the N-Judah

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Derek Powazek has almost always lived on the N-Judah line in the many years he has lived in San Francisco. And he saw an amazing feat of spontaneous public unity when the N rumbled by one day. In this video from Muni Diaries Live at the Make-Out Room a few weeks ago, Derek tells that story. Derek is the editor of Fray, the magazine of true stories and original art.

P.S. We know you’re not really working this week, so adjust the volume, put on the headphones, and enjoy Derek’s hilarious and possibly uplifting tale.

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Muni bus shelter videogames

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Roshan alerted us to this post on Funcheap SF about a Yahoo-sponsored “bus stop derby.” Here’s Johnny FC’s details:

Resembling giant iPhones (but 20x the size), these 72″ touch screens have been installed at bus stops in 20 different neighborhoods so that bored commuters waiting [for] the bus can play games and earn points for their neighborhood. Users choose a neighborhood to represent and play one of four short video games either solo or live head-to-head against other bus shelters.

And the best part?

At the end of the two-month derby (which ends January 28, 2011) the neighborhood with the most points earns a free concert with OK Go at a local [sic] avenue.

For more details and an active scoreboard, check out Yahoo’s Bus Stop Derby page. They’ve also got a map of participating bus stop shelters.

We expect nothing short of a flurry of reports on your game-playing prowess. We also welcome your comments of power outages, delays, urination, and other Muni-rific goings on in and around the games.

Play hard!

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