Day 273: Frigidity Day

"Does sex play too big a part in your life? Today, act like a nun and abstain from and sexual contact, even with yourself."

My girlfriend already lives 5 hours away, so I don't think I could be much further away from sexual contact at the moment.

Day 272

"In Luke Rhinehart's 1971 cult classic The Diceman, the hero rolls dice to determine his fate. He picks out options and assigns them numbers. Today, let the dice govern your fate."

I had the opportunity to work for a friend this weekend, but the dice roll steered me from that. The dice did, however, lead me to go see a movie tonight which was pretty fun for a change.

Day 271: Talk to a Child

"Children are untainted by prejudice and habit. Have a proper conversation with a young child today and learn from their innocence. "

I don't have any kids of my own (thank god) and being that I'm at college there aren't many kids around to talk to. Once I find one, I'll have a good conversation.

Day 270

"Bake a Cake!"

One thing that I've always wanted to get around to is actually making THE cake from Portal. For those of you not familiar with the game, you play as a test subject in Aperture Laboratories. Through the many dangerous testing chambers, you are promised a reward of cake for making it through. However, the cake is a lie. Towards the end of the game though, they do reveal the real cake, as well as a recipe for it. While I couldn't find.... most of those ingredients, I did manage to include fish shaped candies, fish shaped crackers, and pull and peel licorice.

The cherry and whipped cream weren't part of the recipe, but they're on the cake when they show it so I figured I would throw it in.

You will be baked, and then there will be cake.

Day 269: Discover a Star

"The Universe is full of undiscovered stars. Buy a telescope and a map of the sky, find a star that isn't on the map, draw its position and send it off the the International Astronomical Union demanding that it be named after you as its discoverer."

Since pretty much everything that can actually be seen be humans currently has been seen or at least thought about, I don't think I can actually discover a new star. The closest I can come is to name a star after myself just for the hell of it.

I've always thought that Pillars of Creation were a pretty amazing phenomenon. That little star I circled is now going to be named after me.

Day 268: Trace your High School sweetheart and offer to meet up

"You never forget your first love, but have they forgotten you? Look up cute little Chuck or sexy Martha in the phone book and give them a bell. By now they're probably stuck in a loveless marriage with 2.3 kids and a mortgage. You may well feature in their broken dreams?"

Well, I don't actually have a high school sweetheart. For one reason or another, girls were never interested in me in high school. I did, however, have something going on in the summer right after I graduated (I wouldn't say sweetheart, but it had the potential to go somewhere). I had a friend that I was really interested in who happened to be in a very abusive relationship at the time. We would talk almost every day, and usually pretty late into the night. She would always complain about her boyfriend and how terrible he was to her. I was always there to comfort her and offer a place to go if she needed it. At first it seemed like she was also interested in me, at least that's the message I was receiving.  As much as I tried to help her get out of that relationship (and preferably into one with me), she never really made any progress away from it. From my point of view, she was either completely oblivious to my intentions or thought that an abusive relationship would still be better than one with me. This made me really depressed for a while and generally not fun to be around. There came a point where I basically told her that if she couldn't help herself that I couldn't keep trying to. Naturally, she was upset and hurt. I didn't want to cause her any more stress than she was already dealing with, but it was something that I needed to do in order to keep myself somewhat sane. Since then, I haven't kept in contact with her very much. I think the last time that I talked with her was over a year ago, and very briefly at that. Last she had told me though, she wasn't with that same guy anymore, which I'm still happy for her for as a friend.

However that whole shitty situation may have been, after I got myself away from it I ended up in a relationship with the best person ever, which has just passed the 3 year mark now. I've never been happier.

Day 267: Do your bit for World Peace

""Dispose of a potential weapon Today."

Since everything could really be turned into a weapon and I don't have anything that I really want to throw away, I guess I'll just leave this alone for now.