Why I Do Such Things

As the sameness of my work and environment closed in on my mind and soul, feeding the now formidable flames of my cynicism and disaffection, I knew something had to be done. Something life-changing. The answer? This Book Will Change Your Life. Written by the intentionally obscure authors Ben and Henrik, this book is a 365 step guide to truly living. Each day I am assigned a task from this book- anything from trying a new fruit to bailing a stranger out of jail, or navigating an entire day without the sense of touch. I will hand deliver my emails for a day, pick up a hitch-hiker, get into a fight, and learn ballet. Hellen Keller says "Life is a daring adventure, or nothing." I plan to make it the former... (to read more, click here)

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Advertisment day?

Day 9

Today is stupid. My task was to visit their website. I dutifully obeyed, At first I thought that I had typed in the address wrong, or that they had purposefully given me a strange website, because it appeared to be some sort of cult. However, upon further inspection, I found that it was actually the website they said it was. While much of it was written in the same clever style as the book, the majority of the site is simply made up of ploys to get me to buy their other publications. The funny thing is, if this book really does end up changing my life (and don't get me wrong, it's leading me on the right course-), they shouldn't need ploys to get me to buy the other books.
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