What would Cameron do....: How is a flash mob like a hot flash? And why is one so popular and the other not?

The reason I started this blog...

Two years ago, I was flying on a plane to take my son out to visit college prospects. I'm a nervous flyer, so I started reading an article in a magazine about Cameron Diaz. Now, I had never really thought about her other than being in movies, some good, some not so good. But, after reading the article, I was inspired! She does a lot of fun things! It basically said that she never says no to any kind of fun. I wondered what would happen if I started being more like that. I started incorporating the phrase "What would Cameron do?" into my daily life and I have to say, it has made a huge difference. So this blog is basically about me trying to be a more positive person and do things that initially inspire fear, but make my life more exciting! Kind of like the movie "Yes, Man"...but more realistic since I am somebody's mother and I have to plow through those piles of laundry and unload the dishwasher occasionally...Hope you enjoy my journey!

Monday, July 23, 2012

How is a flash mob like a hot flash? And why is one so popular and the other not?

People are making such a big deal of flash mobs, like it's something you've never seen before. Well, if you are a woman in your 40's, you've seen plenty of them. You often see flash mobs at the mall, but I've been having hot flashes at the South Shore Plaza long before they became a You tube sensation. Flash mob dancers work up to a frenzied sweat; I just have to stand still and I'm sweating like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever. The flash mobbers are wearing colorful costumes, I look like I'm wearing a habanero pepper suit that sat under a heat lamp too long. The mobbers are gyrating and singing their lungs out, I am fryolating and wringing my blouse out. Please, oh please can the next hot thing be Arctic karaoke, because I'm gonna get in on it.