Release 99 red balloons

I think I’d probably try to attach messages to them all. I don’t know if I could come up with 99 different messages worth reading though.

The balloons are cheap enough on eBay, and then it’s just down to string and helium.

Ooh, maybe I’ll tie them all together and attach something a bit heavier to the bunch, like a box of chocolates for a totally random stranger to find. Would anyone trust random sky chocolates though? :\

So I started dating this guy about a month ago and have gotten to know his little brother a bit, and somehow the topic of 99 red balloons came up and it turns out it is also one of his life goals to release 99 red balloons…
Anyway, so we’re planning a little project, but after doing a bit of research we are discovering that this is a rather expensive goal. Helium is $50 a tank and the tanks only fill about 50 balloons. So we need a LOT more people to participate and contribute to the fund before we can get this done, but the fact that I’ve found a supporter is very…comforting? inspiring?
Something.

well, i think i’m going to be doing this goal earlier than planned. this morning i woke up to some terrible news, so at the end of this event i want to release the last one in memory of my cousin. i love you, jessica.

i’ve always ALWAYS wanted to do this and cannot wait for the day that i actually do. all i know is that i want to do it on top of a hill while playing 99 red balloons. i also want 99 red balloons released at my funeral but hopefully that won’t happen for a longggg time.

one of my 43 things is to tie a wish to a ballon and let it go, so I’m going to try to get a whole whole lot of friends and divide the balloons up so each of my friends gets a few balloons. This way everyone can tie their wishes to balloons and then we can all let them go and it will be amazing. END.

If I were to fill each balloon with helium it would cost nearly fifty quid. So I have a new plan.

I will still release them, but not all together, and I may not fill them all with helium.

I will release them at different places at different points in time, write the place name on the balloon and what it means to me. I will get a picture and then tie the balloon to some object or let it go into the sky.

I was in a party store today to get ideas for fancy dress, and I was reminded of this by the balloon section.

I got 100 red balloons for my birthday not too long ago, and blew up one of them at the time. I could probably easily obtain some helium, but then… who should I release them with?

Probably my girlfriend, but more likely a load of people. I might release them all at once, then later get 99 more and release each one in a significant place in the world. Or something.

Obviously I’d do it with the song playing.

So yah =)