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Free Hugs

The Free Hugs video has swept the InterNet, getting over 6 million views on YouTube? in less than two months. Pretty simple really - get yourself a giant sign that says "Free Hugs", stand somewhere a lot of people go by, and see what happens. It's the GiftEconomy in a form anyone can understand. The free hugs "movement" is a bit older than this recent phenomenon, see WikiPedia:Free_Hugs_Campaign for details.
My friend Lucy recently saw the video and wrote & recorded a song ("love me") that she'd love to have used as the soundtrack for a free hugs video. I may do that myself if i can get it together before i go to a 10-day MediTation in about a week. If you use her song for your free hugs video, ContactMe so i can let her know about it.

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