It was so hard

I was at a bar tonight, and just when i was about to leave i saw this girl walk in. she looked so familiar, i couldn't stop staring at her, and then i realized that she reminded me of the first girl that i fell in love with. i looked at her for a long time, and she gave me a look. i decided that i would have another beer. i stayed at the bar looking at her so intently, wanting to walk up to her and just say something, anything. but i just couldn't muster up the feeling to do it. then i saw her smile. it was one of the most amazing smiles that i had ever seen. i reached into my pocket and i pulled out one of the cards. i looked through all of them until i found the one that i wanted to give to her, just to her. the card said "your smile knocked me off my feet" and the closing illustration said " wont you please help me stand up. i said goodbye to my friends at the bar and as i was leaving i tapped her on the shoulder. i felt my insides well up with nervousness. we played a little move left move right game because she thought that i couldn't get passed her. finally she realized that i actually had something to say to her. and as she turned to look at me, she gave me this incredible smile, that literally made me melt on the spot. i looked her in the eye feeling absolutely elated and in heaven having been able to see that smile up close and i hand her the card. she looks at it and takes it, i smile and i walk away. i left the bar, but somehow or other my friend had just been coming into the bar and i went back in for another beer. i couldn't look her in the eye, i felt bad being back there, the point is to leave the bar. but i couldn't stop looking at her regardless. she was absolutely gorgeous, and she really did have a gorgeous smile... :)

Epic fail

Handing these cards out is not an easy thing, and I have already handed out close to a hundred of them. it takes a lot of courage to be able to walk up to someone and hand them a card, especially a perfect stranger. I was on the train heading to work and a woman in her early thirties walks in and sits down across from me. She was very adorable, something just made me want to give her a card. But being on the train made it a very hard thing to do, because its an enclosed space, I can't walk away after I hand her a card and the point is to walk away, to not demand an interaction from the person you give it to. But the train makes you stay. So I had to think about timing, handing it to her as I get off, or maybe as she's getting off. It made me worry a lot. Also there were many obstacles. Because the train is an enclosed space the people all see what's happening. Walking up and handing her a card would have made it into a spectacle, which may have caused uncomfort on the recipients side. Finally it came to my stop and I had the card in hand, but there were so many people in the way that I would have had to maneuver through holes to reach my arm towards her and hand her a card. I left with the card in my hand not having handed it to her. Its strange because the card was foor her. Its a missed connection if you will. I wasn't smiling when I left, nor was she... :(

I'm sorry I'm being a jerk

So when I was closing down today at the job, a girl walked in and was very confused all of a sudden. She started asking me why I was closing and when does the place close. I kind of looked at her confused and said well kind of now. And then she said well mr. Bartender can I get another miller high life please. I looked at her and said sure but you might want to ask the actual bartender at the bar that's through that door over there. She was really embarrassed. After I closed I went to the bar to get some drinks, and ran into her again. I knew some of her friends and we went out to smoke a cigarette. I started making fun of her a little bit, after we were introduced, by saying its great but you will forever be known as the girl who thought the grill was the bar, and the one who didn't notice all the furniture was different, that the people disappeared in 5 min, and that the bartender was a different person. She jokingly said excuse me slava, you're being a dick. I laughed. A little later as she was leaving I called her over and said " hey sorry I was being a jerk this is for you." And handed her a card. She just gave me a really sweet smile, but didn't read the card. I said goodbye and walked away... :)

from my boss to his boss

Yesterday night I was working, and my boss came up to me and said I really love those cards you hand out. I hate the free hug people because I always think they are gonna pickpocket me but I like your project. Do you have a card I can give to the owner, she's next door. Something that would be appropriate for me to give my boss. I took out a card with the words "I hope you don't mind that I put down in words, how wonderful life is with you in the world" by elton john. He said perfect and went to give it to her.... :)

But I don't want to give it away

A month or so ago, I gave a card to one of my coworkers john, he said he really wanted to give one to his gf at home. Today she walked into the restaurant and came up to me saying she really loved the cards but she was sad because she thought that it was just for her but john said that she had to pass it on. She said I want to keep it, I don't want to give it away. She said give me another one that I can keep. :)

"You really do have a gorgeous smile"

So I decided that I would try and make 1 uniform element on the cards so that people would possibly know what to look for if they decide to search online. I picked to write "you really do have a gorgeous smile" on all of them. In the image if you can see it its written in blue. Maybe this will work :)

brilliant suggestion

Was working at my restaurant today, and a customer id seen a while back comes in to have a beer and play ms. Pacman. We get into a long conversation on gaming, pong, pacman, donkey kong, etc... and somehow or other get into the talk of what I do. So I reach into my pocket and hand him one of my cards, he laughs and starts asking about it, how it happened, how it started, and how its documented. Talking about the documentation I tell him that hopefully enough people will get these that they will start asking questions about it, and look online. And then I tell him about the blog and how I document the process on my side. He then asks do you have like a catch phrase that people can type in, so that the cards are universal? I was shocked, because I didn't, the cards all said similar things but there was nothing identical on them. Now I'm thinking what I can add to the cards so that they all come together. I'm thinking something along the lines of adding the line "you have a gorgeous smile" at the bottom of every back page. Its still doesn't give a website, and doesn't ask for anything. I thanked him profusely. As he was leaving he said I'm gonna give it to the next person on the train I see with ipod headphones in their ears....:)