Twenty-Five or Less Me
During lunch (post-Brooklyn Book Festival), the book THE YEAR OF YES* came up. The non-fiction book by Maria Dahvana Headley tells of her year saying "yes" to every man who has asked her on a date. A friend of a friend mentioned she'd actually done this, but expanded the scope to saying "yes" to every event people asked her to take part in.
And now I'm convinced. I want it. Call me "stunt Marc." It's time to shake things up. For the next month, I'm saying "yes" to any invitation, providing I'm not expected to spend more than $25. I'm unsure how all this will work. There are no rules right now, other than "no" is not allowed. I think this means I'll have to start going to the gym in the mornings. And I'll have to stop spending money on lunch and dinner. I'll try to remember to update the blog as word gets around that you can now get me to do any ridiculous old thing.
*yes, I did read the book a few months ago.
Comments
wait a second - i invited you to watch trapped in the closet part 2 about 90 minutes after you posted this and you said no.
what a liar you are!
Posted by: dan | September 16, 2007 11:29 PM
I posted this on Sunday, not Saturday.
Posted by: marc b. | September 17, 2007 12:20 AM
well then - r. kelly deserves the credit for turning your social life around.
Posted by: dan | September 17, 2007 10:08 PM
I'm afraid that after your month of yes it will be painfully obvious how boring all of your friends are. Or at least me. Like, right now I am racking my brain and I can't think of one thing I could invite you to.
Posted by: planbreaker | September 20, 2007 08:45 AM
so when should we schedule karaoke for?
Posted by: youthlarge | September 24, 2007 10:46 AM