"Find a particularly anorexic shop mannequin today and graffiti your fashion statement right on to him or her."
Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to make it out to the mall today, but I know from experience that there can be some genuinely terrifying looking mannequins out there.
"Get into an elevator and find out if there really is anyone at the other end of the emergency intercom. If no one answers, the reason is probably Elisha Otis. In 1853, Elisha invented the revolutionary "safety elevator", fitted with a toothed guiderail on each side of the elevator shaft which caught any falling elevator car, locking it into place. This made elevators safe and allowed the development of skyscrapers."
Fortunately, the elevator in my building is almost directly next to my room. It turns out, however, that the emergency button only makes a loud buzzing sound and people generally ignore it. But then again, the chances of there actually being an emergency are fairly slim.
"Deepen the bonds between you and a close friend today and experience the vulnerability and liberation that ensues. Trust them to guide you on a railway platform with your eyes closed. Trust them to prepare your dose of medication. Trust them to turn the gas off after you fall asleep. Trust them not to mail that death threat to a mafioso that you signed."
I couldn't really think of a good way from my friends to hold my life in the balance, but I did eat lunch at K16 today. If that isn't putting my life into somebody else's hands than I really don't know what is.
"Zoo animals have a miserable time as it is, they should have the right to stuff their faces, whatever some fascist zookeeper says."
Unfortunately, the nearest zoo is about 2 hours away in New York City, so I don't think I'll be able to make it there. Although, I did feed the fat little groundhogs that are always running around campus. Apparently, Campus Safety says that we can't feed them because somebody got bit a few years ago. But these little guys are totally nice and if you don't scare them off they will generally come and take some food from you.
"British politician Alan Clark recounts in his Diaries how when he became Minister in Mrs. Thatcher's government, he looked down at the masses from his high-rise office and suddenly wondered how it feel to urinate on them. Go to the tallest point in your own town today and me master of all you survey. Relieving your bladder is optional."
Being that my school is up on a hill, I would assume that the highest point in the school would be highest point in town.
This is the view down from the stairwell leading to the attic of the school, descending all 4 of the main floors of building. It was cool to be as high as I could get, but just standing here to take the picture gave me a bad case of vertigo.
"Today, find someone named like you, call them up and offer to meet."
I've never been able to find anyone listed anywhere on the internet with the same name as me. Hodet isn't a very common last name, so that sets the odds pretty low to start with. However, there is another guy in my class named Eric Hodge, which is probably the closest I'll get.
