Mushball
So, I’ve watched this about five times, and get equally choked up each time. Am I getting soft in my old age? Hormone imbalance? Perhaps. Or is this possibly just the sweetest video ever? That first little woman who hugs him kills me every time.
Big hugs to Elle for sharing this!
Filed under: General on September 29th, 2006
September 29th, 2006 at 10:05 am
i’d hug him if he’d cut his hair.
damn hippie.
September 29th, 2006 at 10:10 am
i totally cried too! damn it jenny.
but i have pms so everything makes me weep this week. still, it’s a beautiful video. we’re so closed off from one another- i love that he did that.
September 29th, 2006 at 10:10 am
Goodness – maybe you should add a Warning – Waterfalling here. I’m going to post a link on my blog to send people over here since I have no idea how to add that you tube thing!
September 29th, 2006 at 10:12 am
My friend posted that video a couple days ago…it is freaking awesome.
The effect is astounding, to me, as I watch it.
Because at first I thought, “Ew, kinda creepy having this scrawny guy offering up hugs. Who would want to go hug him?”
Then the old lady hugs him. And as the hugs continue and I see folks get into it, I start feeling warm inside. Then I want a hug. Then as they try to ban him and the signatures add up, the tears start. The people leaping into one another’s arms! It reminds me of the airport scenes in Love Actually (one of my favorite movies ever).
Sigh. I want to hug someone.
September 29th, 2006 at 10:29 am
Thanks Jenny for the info! Just mopping up the face now!
September 29th, 2006 at 10:31 am
This is a terrorist plot to spread world peace!
September 29th, 2006 at 10:32 am
Oh great, jenny, you made me cry. I’m not sure I can forgive you for that.
September 29th, 2006 at 10:39 am
My absolute favorite thing is hugs. I felt sad for him at first cause no one would hug him, then i felt choked up as the hugs started.
Awesome : )
September 29th, 2006 at 10:59 am
Oh, Jenny. Quit being such a damn hippie.
September 29th, 2006 at 11:54 am
I’m down with hugging the hippies, but too bad about the music.
September 29th, 2006 at 12:28 pm
That’s soooo touching… And I’m glad Citizen introduced us!!
I’ll be back.
Rachael
September 29th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
That’s the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen.
September 29th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
Definitely heart warming! Makes me want to hug and be hugged.
September 29th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
And all this time I’ve been thinking perhaps I need to reign in the whole hugging everyone I know thing… but now, WATCH OUT TC’07 attendees!! I’m making a sign and everything. There will be hugging.
Thanks Jen — I needed that hug today, too. Perfect timing.
September 29th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
That was so cool!
September 29th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
I’d hug him. I’d even hug him special tight if he …
[inner voice says shut up]
Sorry. Nothing. That was very nice, Jenny. Thanks for sharing.
September 29th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
Wow – I leave this blog for a few hours and it’s a regular hug-fest!
kat: you’re such a badass. i have a special place in my heart for hippies, as i briefly pretended to be one in college.
sizzle: yeah, i’m trying to blame it on hormones, too…
jody: i know – it caught me off guard the first time, too!
sarah: the effect really is pretty overwhelming, in a good way. I might just make a little sign for myself now…
dave2: i know how much you love to hug strangers…
tracy lynn: wait – you cried? I made the badass mamma jamma tracy lynn get weepy? Yes!
sarah g: that was my first thought, too – it was so sad until the first lady hugged him!
sarah: oh, you can pretend to be a cynic all you want. but maybe if you would hug your neighbors a little more often, they wouldn’t put nasty notes on your door about basketball hoops and the like…
ash: really? you didn’t like the music? i was kind of into it. that, and the hippie hugging.
rachael: i know – that matchmaker neil sure knows his business!
heather anne: it’s almost scary how much i enjoyed this. i just keep watching it, and getting choked up. what if i can’t stop?
bob: doesn’t it, though?
shari: aw, kiddo – you don’t need to carry any sign. i’m one of at least ten people planning to tackle you in portland.
neil: wasn’t it a cool idea? now when are you getting out there with your signs?
peefer: i wish your inner voice wasn’t such a controlling prude.
September 29th, 2006 at 8:09 pm
This is why I love airports so much, because people hug each other so much. We all need more hugs, baby!
September 29th, 2006 at 10:59 pm
Awww. Come here babe, lemme give you a big hug… for free.
September 30th, 2006 at 12:19 am
I came over from Heather Anne’s.
Big hugs to both of you.
That was great!
This makes the world a better place.
October 1st, 2006 at 12:18 am
Ooooh, I love it, I love it, I love it!!
Thank you for sharing. I’m stealing it!
*big, free hugs*
October 1st, 2006 at 4:57 am
thanks for that. *big hug*
October 1st, 2006 at 5:09 am
someone wanted to see him cut his hair, it would appear he has…
youtube
October 1st, 2006 at 5:26 pm
I LOVE this!!!
October 2nd, 2006 at 3:47 pm
I love it… I just posted it on myspace. I am sure I am going to get a ton of hatemail on there saying I am a sucker for emotional crap, but I dont care! It was touching!