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The other day my little sister brought home a poster she bought at the book fair, it was too cute, I had to send it to all my friends, I was sure they'd laugh as much as I did. I pull out my phone, look through the contacts and realize I only have three people to send it to and one of them is my brother! How sad. I have no friends. I try to remember how this happened. Well as you grow older, you loose common ground with old friends from high school and you're left to make new friends in college. Unfortunately for me, I've forgotten how to make new friends. I mean I could've sworn I was a social butterfly but I guess not. So I'm driving home from school trying to think of ways to make friends, I came up with some ideas but it's harder than I remember.


I could pretend I'm lost and ask some cute guy for directions: LAME!
I could talk about the weather: Desperate!
I could talk about sports: Not too bad.
I could ask about any upcoming concerts: Trying too hard.


I mean I work in the day at a doctor's office with no one my age and at night school, no one's really there to socialize. And to top it off, I'm probably the most awkward person in the world! Ay ya yi! I heard once, probably from a movie, that you have the life you choose. That you have control of how you are. I don't want to be a loser so I decided to take matters into my own hands! I went to Barns N Noble and bought a book that will change my life. Literally, that's what the book is called, "This Book Will Change Your Life". I got it from the humor section so I know not to take it seriously but I decided it'd be fun. I mean I hope it helps me get out of my awkward turtle shell and I shall hope to at least meet one new kid my age.


The book's directions are as follows: 
"How to use this book: The book will help only if you want to be helped. Welcome it into your life and who knows what or who you'll be this time next year. Ignore it and your life will continue in it's current orbit. Now, of course, not everyone will be in a position to follow the instructions to the letter every day, and some are more demanding than others. But make the effort and your reward will be a year to remember, the first of many. Do not underestimate the difficulty of following the Book. Its dictates may seem arbitrary, but only thus can we counter the arbitrariness of fate" (Benrik).


Now then I feel I should probably start right away and if anyone feels up to the challenge, I encourage you to buy the book and we take the plunge together. I guess I'll keep a mini blog journal about my daily challenges/instructions and we'll see if something is different about me this time next year. If nothing's different, well it was only a year wasted.


Thursday October 28 (tomorrow's task):
"As this is your first day, you should warm up with an easy task that will only change your life a little bit. Choose one of the following options:
Do one press-up
Perform a striptease (in private)
Triple-tie your shoelaces
Learn to play "chopsticks" on the piano
Increase your typing speed by three words a minute
Jaywalk in a pedestrian zone >> Been there, done that.
Set all your clocks to exactly the right time
Whisper a white lie when no one's listening
Fantasize about your partner >> I don't have a partner.
Use a different thickness comb >> Only got one comb.
Say "yo" instead of "hello"
Hold the phone up to your other ear
Tell someone your middle name
Try a new sandwich filling
Leave work five minutes early >> I already leave 10 minutes early
Bookmark a new website
Give your _____ pet names >> haha eww.
Decide which one of your toes is the prettiest
Insult an insect >> Too mean!
Go on a one-minute hunger strike
And for those crazy individuals who want to dive in at the deep end: open this book at random and perform that Day's task."


I'll choose _____ and let you know how it goes.


Oh and this is my little sister's awesome poster haha, it's great!