Ok, so is this one of those things that is supposed to increase my self confidence... I hope so...
The purpose of this task is to get 899 signatures of people who might think I'm awesome, or wonderful - out about in the streets of Ottawa. I came into work Friday morning only to be met with bombardment; Everyone was calling, texting, walking into my cube, I couldn't wrap my head around it. It seems everyone at work had finally heard about the contest, and wanted to know all the details, some of which I didn't even know myself. I figured the work place would be a great place to start. I have about 100 or so people in the office at any given time so why not? OBVIOUSLY of all the days to take vacation, everyone seemed to be missing, go figure! The panic started setting in slightly.
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I needed to hit places with large numbers of people. Luckily The New Hot 89.9 was having their 90's Throwback party @ Parliament Ultra Club; lots of people, so I figured lots of signatures. The place was absolutely PACKED! Maestro Fresh was so amazing, definitely one of the highlights of my night. It was so hard getting around and getting signatures, but I managed to walk out with a huge chunk. I met some really cool people, and some hilarious ones too! I'd like to shout out to the group I met on my way out who gave me an extremely hard time for their signatures. You were hilarious, and you definitely made me work for it.
I went to St. Laurent Mall with a group of friends on Saturday. The foot traffic there was better then I expected, and we managed to spread out covering lots of territory. People were coming up to me because they recognized the station logo and knew why I was there. I heard about a hundred or so times that people wished they were in the contest, so that just made me work that much harder. I feel very fortunate to be able to do this, and I can't take it for granted because there are people who would die for this kind of opportunity. Big thanks to Hesna (hope I spelt that correctly ;). Hesna worked in the mall and offered her help. It was great because she knew absolutely everyone, and walked around with us for about 45 minutes or so introducing us to all of her friends.
Then came the downer of the day; when St. Laurent Mall security decided it was time to give us the boot. Apparently we were soliciting (even though we weren't asking for money, just trying to prove my awesomeness). I tried joking around asking them for their signatures, but that didn't fly.
I obviously couldn't complete this task all on my own, so I had to recruit the Almighty Chosen entourage to help me out. A HUGE THANKS to everyone that helped me by signing, and an even BIGGER THANKS to all my friends and family who came out to help me get the signatures. Mom, Bruce, Dave, Aunt Julie, Adamo, Marina, Saima, Sophia, Filomena, (Lore, u were there in spirit - feel better), Jen, Fred, Kelly, Catherine, Rose, Kelvin, and Kevin + Sarah, I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
