A few more connections

I have numerous more connections and good deeds during the last few weeks. I plan to write about the same later.

So far it is:

day: 34
Connections made: 36
good deeds done: 16

Connections are out of control and I might be able to make a lot more connections than my initially planned goal. Good deeds are going at a decent pace but the pace needs to be picked up a bit faster to meet my goal.

Here are some short descriptions about the same:

Connections:

1-5. Made 5 new connections through friends I knew in Boston and NYC
6. conversing with strangers at the hookah bars: Guy to the right, guy fiddling with the music etc.
RANDOM. Running in inadvertently with a old coworker in NYC

7,8: Two British guys at Niagara falls hostel: They were on a road trip following various football games

9: Met the owner at niagara falls hostel and connected with her since she is a red sox fan
10: Met another British guy who is on a career break and is on an Amtrak based road trip - mini retirement for 6 months before going to new zealand, Australia and then back to London
11: Made a connection through my cousin in Ohio
12-14: Made 3 new connections through friends in Chicago
15: Walking with a Random guy at the niagara falls goat island
16: Security man from Pakistan at a friends place in Chicago: we spoke about Indonesia, his 40 years in the navy, cleanliness, family, work and his impressions of living here against India, Pakistan
17: guy who got interested in my photography of the gas lights on W surf street in chicago
18: guy with a friendly dog Lizzy on W surf street in Chicago
19: a frustrated and possibly depressed polish guy who is basically living in a hostel in Chicago
20: random couple from Switzerland
21: school kids at the hostel preparing for a show
22: Indian dude at the Chicago hostel
23: woman at a counter for lunch at water tower place
24: dude talking about bagels and whining about women at Chicago hostel
25: guys at the jazz and blues place in Chicago
26: The guy at the Chicago tolls booth
27: speaking in Gujarati with a Dunkin donuts woman at the counter who is from India
28: Couple at scenic overlook place on my way to minnesota
29: Small talk with the woman up on the payment counter at a rest stop for tea in Wisconsin
30: Talking to the janitors on my way to Minnesota at a scenic look out
31: woman with friendly but crazy dogs that were running away at a scenic look out
32: hostel reception woman in Minnesota
33: hostel reception guy the next day in Minnesota
34: woman talking about weather at whole foods asking me and telling me about snow and warning me about it and asking me about my trip
35: Talking to the two waitresses at the cafe in Minnesota about things to do around here
36: talking to a couple of men walking by the lakes in Minnesota about the length of the trail

Good deeds:

First good deed: A charity donation to an awesome NYC street performing group at Battery park.
2. Donated a half Chicken pesto sandwitch to the road side homeless person at Grove street in NYC
3. More donations to a street performing group at central park.
4. Donation to street performers on NYC subway system
5. A Couple on our adjacent table at the hookah bar needed smoking pipe holders. we gave them the extra one that we had.
6. Lost teenagers needed help at 63rd street subway stop in NYC.First we guided them for transfer then ran into them again. This time we removed our map and charted out the entire path for them to get on track with their commute
7. A bagel and Jelly for the crazy lady at Bradley square in NYC. This upset us and made us think for a long time because of her bad and mean behavior.
8. Home stuff in Boston donated to the good will store
8. home stuff in Boston donated to brothers and arms.
9. Gave away TV and shipped and delivered it to a friend for free
10. Bought a CD from a independent artist who came up to me at a gas station in Boston
11. Donated to a random sketchy guy on my way to a friends house. He needed money to take some one to the hospital. I looked in the eye and felt like donating. Later on I felt that he was lying because I learned the hospital was one block away.
12. watched out the belongings of an old lady at Panera bread in Chicago while she went out to the restroom and had a smoke although I needed to leave when she asked me for the same.
13: Took pictures for visitors in NYC
14: Took a picture for people dancing with friends at a bar in Chicago
15: Let a lady go ahead of me in a grocery store line in Minnesota
16: On my way to Minnesota at a scenic look out place, i helped a lady who was struggling to get control of her dogs