Wednesday, December 9, 2009

The Big Reveal


I've never been one for New Year's resolutions. It seems to me that you don't really need a New Year to disappoint yourself. Lose 10 lbs; learn Spanish, run a marathon - all great goals, but I used to do that in college, "1981 will be a skinny year!" The 1's were the indicator. Yeah well, that didn't end so well, and then what, 1982 would be the curvy year? So resolutions aside, I did decide that my ennui and general sense of malaise could be remedied by varying my ho-hum, humdrum routine: shower, oatmeal, newspaper, work, gym, t.v., sleep--rinse and repeat. Though it needed to be a little more than exercise in the a.m. and eat eggs instead of oatmeal - but just how different? The plan is this: I have to do something different than I normally do each day. It only needs to be one thing, and each day doesn't have to be life-changing, but I need to do something different. I started gathering ideas: Easy: take the bus and then the ferry to work or go out to a bar by myself and have a drink, maybe try to make a new friend Medium: make sandwiches and hand them out to the homeless as I walk to work or go on a ride-along with OPD Hard: get around/spend the day (including to and from work in SF) without spending any money whatsoever (no transit cards, nothing), or work at a radio station as an intern for a day. Those are just some primers, but I'll need more ideas. I'll be relying on my friends, and their friends, and their friends, to prime the pump and keep me going. I expect that ideas and energy will be a challenge, but I'm actually looking forward to it and to seeing how my life will change with this endeavor. Who knows, maybe something exciting will happen like I get to meet my high school musical hero, Peter Frampton!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Pete and I want to take you to dinner and a movie at Chabot Space and Science Center. NERDFEST. Also, my production manager's husband is an OPD cop so I may be able to help with that drive-along (of course I'll need to go too!)

Wintermade said...

Exciting!