I just have to let you all on in something kind of cool that happened to me over the weekend.
I was caught. Found out. Discovered.
One of the recipients of a Random Acts Disk managed to find their way to my blog. Because it turns out that I’m not as incognito as I would like to believe. In fact, a simple well worded Google search about random acts disks basically leads directly to this space.
Which is exactly how this person found me.
I opened up my e-mail on Saturday morning to find a comment on my random acts post thanking me for the disk.
Of course it had to be a post where I had pointed out how dirty the car I left the disk on was. I immediately slapped my forehead in embarrassment. But if it’s any consolation, the reason I picked that car was specifically because of how dirty it was. I am girl with a filthy car herself, so I can totally respect anyone who realizes how silly it is to wash your car this time of year in Alaska!
Still, initially I wasn’t sure if it was legit. I mean, how simple would it be for just about anyone to comment on that post thanking me for the CD? It’s not like I pay attention to serious details when I’m doing this. I live in such a fear of being caught (and having to explain to a stranger why I’m leaving a CD on their car) that I am usually pretty quick about it when I do it. So really; anyone could say it had been their car and I would never have known the difference.
But then, I looked over at the commenter’s Twitter page and I discovered that they had Tweeted about getting a random acts disk the day before. Hours upon hours before I had actually written about dropping one off that day.
And since I’m not leaving Random Acts disks around town every single day, there was no way they could have simply guessed that I had the day before I wrote about it.
It was legit! This person who had received one of my disks had found me! And thanked me! And actually appreciated the gesture!
Yep, I was pretty much on cloud nine for the rest of the weekend.
Because while it’s nice to do something like this completely anonymously, it’s also nice to know that the gift has been well received.
That the recipient didn’t think this project of mine was weird or ridiculous.
That they had enjoyed the tunes enough to find me and thank me.
Now, I do wish I could make myself a little less easy to find, but I suppose there’s nothing I can do about that at this point.
Either way, it’s exciting to know that someone received a Random Acts disk and enjoyed it.
Exciting to know that I really did bring a smile to someone else’s face.
Because let's be real; wasn’t that always the goal to begin with?
ADSPACE
