VISIT OUR OFFICIAL SITE *** There are two little boys and their parents in the lobby as I enter the diner for breakfast with a few friends. The two brothers are jumping with excitement as they watch their mother attempt to win a stuffed animal from the claw game machine. Unrelated, yes? A while later, after breakfast, I am seated in the lobby, waiting for someone. A lady in about her 60's approaches the machine, and begins playing. She gets a stuffed Batman on her first try. "Ha ha!" she exclaims, and I cannot help but give her a grin; her enthusiasm is contagious. I thought that was that, but she comes back, and sticks another dollar into the machine. She wins a hat. "Wow," I say. "You're good." The lady smiles, and puts on the hat. As she is about to leave, the lady holds the Batman out to me. "Here," she winks, "you can have it." I had not expected that at all. Erm... I wondered if it would be right to accept something like that. I protested with a laugh, "No, no, you won it. You should keep it." After all, better safe than sorry. She insists and holds it out again, with an expectant look. Oh dear. Well, I had not asked for it, and she had insisted, even after I'd refused. Better not make a scene - refusing a well-meaning elderly lady. So I took the Batman, and thanked her. "Have a nice day!" I said as she walked out the door. Oh boy. There I was, sitting with a stuffed Batman in the lobby. But, as Oceanovox proves, Destiny does funny things. The two little boys that I had spied earlier were running towards the game machine, having finished breakfast. "Daddy!" one of them exclaimed, pressing his face against the glass, "It's gone!" Poor kid, I chuckled, remembering myself as a child. "The batman's gone!" He repeats disappointedly. Oh. The batman. So I got up and handed him the stuffed toy. "Here you go," I said. The little boy reached out for it, but hesitantly glanced at his dad. I turned to his parents, explaining that a lady had given the batman to me earlier, but that his son could have it. "Are you sure?" they ask, surprised. I am blushing as the couple thank me profusely. The brothers can hardly contain themselves as they race around the lobby, making their batman fly. *** During the entire exchange, I was thinking about Project Vox. That day, I was going to leave a scrap of paper with our website address in the lobby, as a: "Hey! Something Oceanovox-ish happened here!!" But I had already attracted attention, and didn't want people to figure me out. All in all, I hope that you enjoy discovering and sharing our project as much as Howl and I enjoy giving out the cards and meeting all of you. *** In other news, I created a new Yahoo! photo album account, since the album on our site has exceeded its limit. The link is as follows, and can also be found on our website: http://photos.yahoo.com/oceano_vox Happy viewing, ~ Shout ** Edit: Randomly left slips of paper w/ the Oceanovox site when I passed by UC Irvine this weekend, and also @ South Coast Plaza... | 
