Pretending To Know Strangers

As I said in my first post, I was dared by a friend to go into a public place and pretend to know a stranger. This is a recap of how that went.

Yesterday I woke up around 1pm. No, I am not a slacker. I have a cold and it kept me up pretty late the night before, plus I was talking to a kind of cool guy that I just met over the weekend.
Anyway, I knew I needed some Airborne if this cold was going to go away in a timely manner. I hate being sick!

I decided that I would go to Trader Joe's and get the cold accoutrements I would require in order to get better by Tuesday (tomorrow) night for my dance class!
I bundled up in leggings and fleece pants, that are way too short for my annoyingly long legs but worked out ok because my fake uggs came up higher than the pants dropped and you couldn't tell they were Steve Urkel short.

After chugging a cold cup of cinnamon spice coffee, I jumped in my car and was off! I blasted Brit Brit to get me pumped for the ridiculous act I was about to commit. When I got there, the parking lot was full of mom's and senior citizens who seem to love hanging out at the Panera next to Trader's.

When I got inside the store, I was a little bit intimidated by all of the shoppers but still super excited to do my dare! I didn't really think about what I was going to say or how I was going to do it, so I set my sights on a middle-aged, fairly pleasant looking man who appeared to be shopping alone. I called out the name John, slightly louder than necessary, while I walked towards him with the utmost enthusiasm, opening my arms and grabbing this perfect stranger for a very brief yet warm embrace. I realize this is beyond crazy, but it was a dare. I am a warrior dare doer and I was not about to chicken out on something sooo simple.

I will admit, it was a little bit awkward as the very confused and maybe a little bit appalled 40 something aged man stepped back looking at me in a way that I can only describe as complete befuddlement paired with the 'what should i do? i don't want to be mean' face.

Here is the most accurate replay that I can come up with of the dialogue that went on between us:

Me: John! How are you?! It's been forever!
Man not really named John, most likely: Ahhh, hiii?? (looking utterly baffled)
Me: How is the family?! How's Cindy and the kids?
Man not really named John, most likely: Uhhh.....
Me: Well it was great seeing you, I gotta run! Say hi to the fam for me! (taking off like a bat out of hell)

I have to say. I just love people. This poor guy acted so polite, even though a crazy woman had just near-assaulted him. I decided that maybe it would be best for me to suck it up and go to Stop & Shop instead for my Airborne and such, as the entire crowd in the frozen aisle at Trader's had seen my ludicrous performance.

So that's it. My first real blog. Hope it was as entertaining for you, as it was for me.
I am seriously considering, looking into an Improv Acting class. I feel like I'm a born natural!

Thanks for reading! Stay tuned for more crazy blogs about anything and everything I and my magnificent friend Anthony can come up with to blog about.