12/14/07

Aletha At Six Feet Under. She said, "Awwwwwwwww" and asked, "Is this canvas?" I said , "Yes" and told her about the project. She did a little dance, jumping from foot to foot and said, "I feel special!"

11/13/07

Woman Standing On The Corner Near Georgia State. She looked at it and said a very little, "Aw."

11/1/07

Nancy. Yesterday she and Rowan fussed at me for not giving one to them. When I gave the flower to Nancy she said, "You did not have to give me one because I asked." She thanked me and asked why I gave them out. She said, "Aww. We forced you to do it. Isn't that sad."

9/26/07

Fruit Stand Woman At Domain de la Pradella Fifteen Miles East Of Sisteron. She said, "Aw, cést jolie. Merci beaucoup."

8/21/07

Counter Man at Joe's Coffee. He thanked me and said something like, "Aahw". He laughed a little.

You know, "Aww" is a common response, but the inflection is aways different. The Vietnamese language uses tones to impart different meanings on words. The English language needs something like that. This guy did a falling tone which seemed to suggest he found it interesting. Many women do a rising tone which suggests that they are touched or they think the action was very sweet. I was talking with a friend and he was telling me about about a shouting match he got into with some Buckhead Boys where they only said, "Fuck you" to each other. They went on for a minute or two and the meaning of "Fuck you" changed as they continued. Now, just think how helpful it would be if we had little special characters that would help noodle out these different meanings if we were to read a transcript of the encounter.

Man One: Fuck You!
Man Two: Fuck You‘!
Man One: Fu†ck You!
Man Two: Fu‡ck You!
Man One: Fu†ck Yo‡u!
Man Two: →Fuck You!
Man One: Fuck ¹ You!
Man Two: ¿Fuck You¿!
Man One: FuÇk You!
Man Two: Fuck YoÚ!
Man One: Fuckè You!
Man Two: Fuckè Yoù!
Man One: Fuckè Yöù!
Man Two: →þFuck Ýöù!
Man One: Meet me down at the pub.
Man Two: I'm buying!

That would be very helpful indeed!

8/13/07

Return Woman at Lowes. She thanked me, said, "Awww!" and held it to held it to her chest.

8/12/07

Woman going in to Octane. She asked if I was going on a ride. I wasn't. Today is move day. She said, "Aww! Thank you!"

Update 9/17/2007: I saw her again at Sam Flax and we chat for a bit. I thought her name was Zana, but it is not. It is Dayna.

7/15/07

Woman Getting on Elevator at My Apartments. She said, "AWWW!! Thank you!!" and smiled real big.

7/14/07

Jessica at Performance Bike. She did the "AwwwwwwAWH! Thank you!" thing.

7/9/07

Sharon. Her co-worker has two(!) flowers and she told me that she would like one also. I told her I would mail her one and she said I made her day. However, I kept putting it off, but yesterday I found this envelope and it seemed perfect for mailing her flower.

Sharon emailed, "Aww, I’m honored! I’ll be checking the mail every day. :) Thanks."


July 16, 2007
Update! Sharon sent me the following postcard. How cool is that? Thanks Sharon!

7/5/07

New Coffee Woman at Caribou. She asked me if I drew it, and said, "Awww. Thank you."

6/19/07

Woman on elevator. She said, "Awww!" and thanked me.

6/12/07

Sarah. She said, "Awwwwwwwwwwwwww". She said "Aw" for a really long time. Her husband and her daughter each already have one, so she might have felt neglected. She said, "See, you talk with a guy about sex and you get a flower!" We were actually talking about intersexed individuals.

5/24/07

Roseanne. She dropped a penny on the escalator and picked it up just as the steps were going underneath the guard thing (I do not know how to describe escalators very well). This seemed dangerous to me, so I gave her the flower. She said, "aww. Thanks". Bill and I were talking about Flannery O'Connor and the reading I went to of her letters to Betty Hester. She asked about that and she said she was from Sandersville, near Milledgeville where Flannery O'Connor is from.

5/15/07

Woman getting coffee at Caribou. I told her that I give away a flower a day and that today's flower was very special because it is my son's birthday. She said, "Awww!! How old is he?" 6.

4/26/07

Rick. He said, "Aww. How sweet." He was being a bit sarcastic, but he liked it.

3/27/07

Rachel. She said, "awwww." When I told her I give one away every day she said, "So I'm not fucking special!?!" She gestured to give it back to me but she kept it.

3/18/07

Filo (sp?). He is staying with Charlie and was at Charlie's ultimate frisbee game. He made a sound that was either, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh" or "Awwwwwwwwwwww". Then he said, "Thank you."

3/4/07

Bethany at Octane. "Awwww Thanks."

2/15/07

Lady in billing department. I am terrible and do not know her name. She said, "awww!"