Friday I donned green tights and a lemon suit. The event was a grand opening for a community business heavily impacted by the flood. The theme was "Making lemonade when life hands you lemons" (hence the lemon suit). I enjoy doing odd things for the overall experience, and this was no exception. I had a ball.
Most of the time was spent outside of the establishmend waving at traffic. I had hundreds of waves, horn honks, and several obscene gestures (one from a lovely young lady, that was suggestive to the point of making me blush....not an easy task). It was the best laugh all week.
My fee for this 'gig' will be donated to charity. So I'm getting Karma points all over. Plus the laughs...
I noticed something funny. When I waved at people I received both good and lackluster responses. But when I waved to people it was a different experience. It took focus and more physical energy to mix it up, but the change in overall response was exceptional.
I would give the "single-jazz-hand", the "finger wave", the "wave-transforming-to-the-thumbs-up". I even pulled off the "both-hand-wave"..(not an easy task for a straight guy, but I did have on a lemon suit).
I didn't just put my hands in it, I put my heart into it. Stop laughing, I know it's cliche, but I'm making a point.
I stood on a corner, dressed as a lemon, waving and smiling like a mongoloid. But I decided that I was going to enjoy the hell out of the experience and be the best damn lemon I could be.....I did, and I was......and, for what it's worth, I totally have the legs for tights.
My point??? The only thing more potentially embarrassing than a grown man dressed as a lemon is a grown man, dressed as anything, and not being good at it.
Most of the time was spent outside of the establishmend waving at traffic. I had hundreds of waves, horn honks, and several obscene gestures (one from a lovely young lady, that was suggestive to the point of making me blush....not an easy task). It was the best laugh all week.
My fee for this 'gig' will be donated to charity. So I'm getting Karma points all over. Plus the laughs...
I noticed something funny. When I waved at people I received both good and lackluster responses. But when I waved to people it was a different experience. It took focus and more physical energy to mix it up, but the change in overall response was exceptional.
I would give the "single-jazz-hand", the "finger wave", the "wave-transforming-to-the-thumbs-up". I even pulled off the "both-hand-wave"..(not an easy task for a straight guy, but I did have on a lemon suit).
I didn't just put my hands in it, I put my heart into it. Stop laughing, I know it's cliche, but I'm making a point.
I stood on a corner, dressed as a lemon, waving and smiling like a mongoloid. But I decided that I was going to enjoy the hell out of the experience and be the best damn lemon I could be.....I did, and I was......and, for what it's worth, I totally have the legs for tights.
My point??? The only thing more potentially embarrassing than a grown man dressed as a lemon is a grown man, dressed as anything, and not being good at it.
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