'I feel infinite'

This is our power group!

                Today was the day I’ve been very excited for since I got to New York City. Today I was going to participate in my first flash mob ever! The great thing about was the fact that it was a proposal flash mob, which suits the city atmosphere perfectly.  It was organized by Flash Mob America which already sounded pretty global and rad.

                Well, whenever I got to the address that I got in the e-mail the day before the actual event, I realized  that it actually was a pretty big deal as I was standing right in front of the Alvin Ailey School .
                Whenever I entered the building, I saw that there were at least a hundred of people. All of them were different from each other in age, sex or nationality, but something bigger and more powerful than any of these labels united all of them – their positive energy. Literally, everybody was smiling, cheerful and happy.

                I checked in, and went to some mysterious and intriguing place called “The Practice Room.” I know it’s pretty easy to impress me as I’m that kind of person who thinks mostly everything around us is absolutely AWESOME. But this room could impress not only me, but a very hard-boiled person.

                As almost every good dancing room, it had mirrors all over the walls the place, but the coolest thing was that the walls that were supposed to have windows, were windows themselves. How neat is that?! But wait, that’s not everything yet, as the room was pretty high it had an awesome view was on the street. And what can be greater than dancing and looking at the city at the same time.

                “Hi, guys! Thank you so much for spending your time today with us! We really appreciate it! But we’ve got a lot of work to do, so let’s get started right away!” – pretty smiling blond girl standing in front of the crowd said. She was so animated and cute that she almost looked like a cartoon character to me.

                The crowd organized itself pretty fast, and we started. Step after step, we were learning the dance. It wasn’t hard, but it was a lot to remember for sure, especially for the person like me who never ever dealt with dancing.

                In a few hours that flew like a couple of minutes, we all knew the dance. And we realized that at the point when we all looked at the mirror and saw that we’re all moving at the same time, doing the same thing, and our Minnie Mouse (I called our teacher with this Disney name in my head) was just watching us and smiling, she didn’t move at all.

                After that she said that, even though, this organization does projects all over the US, dealing with NYC crowd is absolutely unique. She said, this city was her personal favorite. I have to admit that I’m always so glad and happy when people say nice things about this city.

After that, the organizer came, and picked who goes first, second, third, and etc. I was in the fourth group! So exciting! Also she gave us the code word and revealed the place/time of the actual flash mob. It was (TADA!) in Central Park right in front of the fountain! I think this event couldn’t get any cooler by this point. But, no, it could. “Oh, totally forgot to mention, ABC is filming us for the news.”

                With some people I met, I headed to the place X. We ate some froyo and just talked about random staff. I texted Nick and told him about everything that was happening.

10 minutes before everything we got to the fountain. How nervous we were! One of the girls started repeating the moves, but stopped right away: ‘Oh, what if they saw me?’ So, were just waiting for music to start.

                Perfectly on time, the song was turned on, and the first group jumped in. I got closer, and saw some random people standing and watching. ‘You know, what’s happening?’ – I asked them.

                ‘We have no clue, but that looks pretty cool,’ – the lady in the hat replied.

                ‘It actually does!’ – I said and jumped in as it was my turn. I didn’t see peoples’ faces or the girl who was proposed face. No, it was just that moment of pure happiness and joy. Everybody was doing great, and the level of positive energy was just overflowing.

                 Somehow I thought of Monsters Inc. where they filled those capsules with little kids screaming. Well, if they needed some positive flow, they would get a yearlong amount of it if they were with us. We shouted and laughed and screamed and smiled, and I didn’t even have a single thought of ABC or the couple or anything else in the world. It all seemed unimportant at that point, as I felt so happy. "I felt infinite (“The Perks of Being a Wallflower")"