Lucky musicians :) ... I love chloe

So my friend chloe, the one that told me she made a new friend because of my card, told me she passed out another one to a xylophone player on bedford. She said he was looking so sad, so she came up to him and handed him the card. At first he thought that she was handing him her number but then he started looking at it. She got on the train, the doors closed, but she looked at him through the window and saw him start smiling and then look up at her and wave. "Its so addictive" she said. I gave her another card.... :)

Took me 4 hours

Just finished 17 of them. Took me about 4 hours or so. I just like the way they all look together.... :)

The latest version

So I have to make more now that I lost the ones that I had. I decided I would add the "you really do have a gorgeous smile" on a red sticker that's on all of them. This differentiates it from the rest of the writing, and hopefully doesn't come across as advertising... :)

Missing!!

So somehow or other I woke up this morning and my packet of cards was missing. I felt a little weird. The cards are all stored in a little black packet from my phone. I most likely had them fall out of my pocket on my way home last night. If wandering the street on the uws you happen to see a black packet with little you are gorgeous cards, please pick it up and pass them out for me, it breaks my heart to see that many potential smiles disappear to the landfill..... :(

One of those weird new york moments

So my roommate had found a table and 2 chairs outside. The guy had just brought it out because he bought a new one. He called me so that I could come look at it and bring it home with us. We had no space for it at all but it was a very great set, it was a shame to see it go to the trash. So we are starting to pick up the table and the 3 chairs and my roommates bike, all of which need to be brought up 5 flights of stairs... no elevator. As we are trying to coordinate all of this, 2 girls walk out of the bar and see us trying to somehow carry all of these things, they start laughing. I look at them and say " you guys want to help?" They seem a bit taken aback at first but then say sure, where are you taking it. They asked what it was and mentioned how we were lucky because they actually needed something just like that. My roommate looks at them and says do you guys want it? We don't actually have the space for it, we just don't want to see it get thrown out. They say sure, that would be great. We ended up bringing the furniture to their apt, which was about 7 blocks down. While walking we talk and find out that one of the girls graduated from parsons as well, in the same curriculum as I'm in. She raved a little bit about how she was unemployed. When we get into their apt they offer us some cake, and me excedrin... I had a massive headache. As we were leaving, we didn't stay long, 5 min at most, I look at the girl and say "hey don't worry too much about being unemployed because you will still be making more money than me because this is what I do" and I pull out 2 cards from my pocket and hand one to each girl. Before they can say anything me and my roommate turn around and start walking out. As we are out the door one of the girls say "this is so cute, I love this" and I reply "then please pass it on"....only in new york. :)

cited in the NYT

So somehow or other, my roommates had an article written about their tough struggle to find a job right now and I am in the article as well. Not that i am of any importance but what was great was that there was one small paragraph where "you really do have a gorgeous smile" is mentioned and explained.
"he and a friend had been handing out homemade cards to strangers to lift their spirits. One says on the outside, “I would be lying if I said ...” And then inside it says, “That you aren’t gorgeous, because you are. Please pass this on to someone you feel is gorgeous.” 
So now we have documentation in the NYT .. YES!!! hahaha. If you want to check out the article heres the link.... :) 

The one that didn't want to give it away... gave it away

So last week I mentioned this girl meg that told me she didn't want to pass on the card that john gave her. So I gave her another one. John came to me and said that meg passed the card on, smuggled it in with a birthday card to johns sister. And then explained that she had to pass it on, she couldn't keep it, and preferably pass it on to a stranger...... this card has already been through 4 people... :)