day 22
oh wow! i'm updating! only one day today and more the following days, i promise i will catch up. this will take much effort but it will be done. and i'm only doing this because of two reasons:
1) i, david delgado, told myself that i would stay loyal to this damn book and
2) my great friend, the manly, republican max g. davison is threatening a hunger strike if i don't update, and i haven't have that on my conscience.
so anyway, the activity for day 22 was to make a written agreement with someone to meet in ten years' time. so there you go, i made that contract with the very nice lauren ohata, cmc c/o '09.
in ten years from when we made the contract, that is the 24th of october of the year of our lord 2015 we will meet at some specified place in los angeles, california. we will be able to tell each other out by wearing red shoes.
also, let me briefly describe why we chose those specific hot topics :
*david's afro: at the time of signing the contract, my hair was getting rather long and was beginning to resemble the famous 60's icon for black resistance
*slavery class- both lauren ohata and i are taking the honors history seminar here at cmc: "Historical Problems of Slavery". sure it might not sound very exciting, but you're right. slavery isn't that interesting. i mean, it was bad. that's about it. that's what i've l
earned. or more like what we've reinforced.
*buca di beppo- lauren ohata had her birthday bash at buca di beppo. it was very yummy. i learned that italians like big servings enough for various people, and that shirley temples don't just exist in movies. thanks again, ohata, for inviting me to this great event.
*marks first floor- who doesn't love marks first floor? everybody i know that knows about marks first floor frequents it at least 3 or 4 times a week. i mean, not to brag, but there are a bunch of super cool people living in this damn thing. from i mean, from the special teams and lacross playing alex cauldwell to jolly rafa, thomas, christian, regan and everyone in between on the singles sides is damn cool. not to mention those great people living in doubles, including the foxy fawkes, el chupis, aaron and zach, byron and ross, max and matt, bobby and everyone else in doubles. i mean, i don't know if you know this or not, but we're sort of a big deal.
*marco de la torre- oh marco! with his quirky, off-beat humor, horrible timing and delivery, random comments, great outlook in life and everything else this man offers us, marco is a hot topic. we're always either with him or talking about what he did or said, inebriated or not.
*scooters- it's this simple: if you're cool, you have one or you want one. if you don't have one, it's either becuase you like walking or you use a skateboard. but scooters are hot.
*tai ko- the once lost yet regained art of japanese drumming. technique may seem foreign to beginners but it's all about
comfort and being natural. now that i think about it i haven't gone in a while, but i think i will.
*rafa and his hot pockets - this one night we were watching harold and kumar and we were all hungry and rafa made us some hot pockets. that was delicious
So there you have it! i updated. now leave me alone and i'll update at me leisure!!
hopefully that'll be often
david delgado and lauren ohata
Days 9-21
OK... i'm so sorry i took a 2 week break from blogging becuase well either i was lazy to blog or too busy with other things. probably the former. but not to worry! i actually did do all of the activities on the book, for the most part. let me do a quick recap and then i'll return to regular posting. there they are, order from 9-21.
Day 9: do something before breakfast.
Ok, so before i ate my breakfast, which normally would consist of a breakfast bar and a bottle of
water, i went to the gym and hit up one of those awkward looking things for about a half an hour. i must say that although they are very low impact on the knees, it did work me for a while. then after that, i went back to my room and read about 4/5ths of a book on harriet tubman. i must say that this particuar book i read about harriet tubman did shed some light as to why it is we learn about her in elementary school and then never really take her seriously after that. not gonna bore you with details tohugh.
Day 10: Meet jonas day
i had to go to jonas' website. jonas is some dude the authors of my book met and used as an experiment. i went to the site,
thiswebsitewillchangeyourlife.com, but i couldn't find that guy's blog so ugh too bad. no go for today.
day 11: introduce yourself to someone you know but you don't talk to
so i decided that, after listening to this girl speak multiple times in my "questions on civilizatin" class, i shuold introduce myself. often taking rather peculiar positions and making interseting comments, i just went up to her as she was walking in my dorm for some reason and started talking to her. her name is elena derby. she likes to play poker and she lives with kenisha (sp?)
day 12:what's your type?
VS
Ok so today was to decide what my "type" was. to be a bit more specific, it did mention something about drunken parties. it was defiately a tough decision: see, i really don't think i have a type. there are specific characteristics i believe are crucial in order for a long-term relationship with me to work, but then again that's not really what the book is asking for. so these were my options then: The Dumb Blonde, the Clever brunette, the Wild redhead, the Lesbian, the Nag, and the Cold fish. i automatically crossed out the Lesbian, Nag, and Cold fish, becuase i'm not gonna waste my time for a girl who definately doesn't want me, i don't like to be bothered, and i'm physically affectionate. i mean c'mon! i'm not gonna lie.. i'm a cuddler. i cuddle. whatever.. don't hate! i know you do too.
well whatever.... so then my choices were down to the redwild, smartbrown, and dumbblonde. i figure at drunken parties either three would do but i think if i had to narrow it down to just one, i'd go for the brunette. i like to laugh when i'm drunk, and stupidity only annoys me, and wilderness scares me sometimes. clever jokes make me laugh whether inebriated or not, so we have a winner. :-) brunettes won.
but, hey, ladies, this is only when i'm pressed to make a decision ;-)
day 13: send a letter to a mass murderer:
Richard "The Night Stalker"Rodriguez (1960 - )
16 Victims
Darth Row, San Quentin Penitentiary
Dear Dick,
How are you? It's great finally being able to communicate with you after such a while. I think it was for the best of us that we decided to take that break after that long night... do you remember it? When you held me in your arms that chilly december two decades ago in L.A. Remember what you told me? I think it is about time that I actually go visit you out there in San Quentin... that is if they let me. I think the FBI still has an open file about me... they never made me testify against you during the trial because I made them beleive that I never took a part in your activities in 1985.. can you believe it's only been twenty years since you've been in there? It feels like so much longer since I've seen you Dick.. Tell me, is there anything you'd like to tell me about your life on death row? Is George Bush considering a pardon? Listen Richard, I know you're married but our love was honest and I know that what you did to those people is nothing compared to the suffering you went through earlier in your life. We can still work through this!
Love,
Daniella Cottingham
CMC Storyhouse Box 337
--- N. Amhest Ave
Claremont, CA 91711
Day 14-- Day of Compliments
Today I shamelessly flattered almost anyone i saw. it didn't get me anywhere, other than me feeling better about myself because i was nice to someone. no obvious gains anywhere.
day 15--be gay for a day.
Ok, so i was gay for today. i visited a gay porn site just for kicks but it wasn't that great. so instead i opted for coming out to my friend christina, who sorta bought it. she was asking me vehemently if i was just kidding or whatnot. i thought she woudlnt't fall for it but apparently i do a pretty good gay impression. what can i say? i'm all hollywood. like hogan once he started wearing all black and becoming a bad boy. oh you know what i'm talking about...
well i also hit on a football player i have for a class during dinner later on that day. it was rather funny becuase we were just chit chatting you know and then i took it to the next level. it didin't freak him out, he took it rather well, he just said dude i'm not gay. it was interesting i must say.
day16--
today i had to give people the finger discreetly. i did a good job... i did it in philosophy class, while i was brushing my teeth, i mean if i had to point my finger to one day that i followed the closest with my activity it would have to be this one. it was very fun, funner than i really tohught it would be. scraching my ear, getting a piece of lint out of my eye, pointing, just loafing aroudn in general. it was definately good and fun. i did get caught once tohugh.... i completely forgot who it was, but someone noticed and asked me why i was flipping birdies, but i stumbled on and pretended the question was never asked.
day 17-- eat asparagus all day
there wasn't any in my dining hall... i then ate at the ath and they didn't seve any asparagus. oh yeah and i forgot... id on't have a car here as i would have back in miami, so instead it's the second day that i coudln't follow the book. oh well. i didn't want my pee to stink anyway.
day 18--
today i had to kill something. i thought about killing a squirrel, there being an abundance of these rodents on campus. i also thought about killing an ant, but i thought that was too lower-order thinking. heidi reminded me that if there was a sugar glider around, i'd prbably kill that. but instead, while i was talking to priscila on the phone, i killed a beetle. yeah that's right. the poor creature no longer exists. you know what's worse? when its little friend came along the same path, i killed it too. so i killed two beetles.
day 19--
i had to be a secret agent. i went on a mision so secret, i can't even talk about it on this blog. if you really wannt know what i did... you can IM me at idiothek.
d
ay 20--
today i had to write a line in a poem, which is said in the book that when finished, will be the longest poem in the world. it also had to be in ionic pentameter. this brought back painfully lovely memories of my 12th grade AP english literature teacher, ms. Fenner. good times, ladies and gents. remember that time that she would pick on me in class? oh yeah.. every day? right.
also, remember that time i schooled her about the true nature of pride and prejudice? yeah.. that's right, darcy wouldn't have done it if he was tighter on the money. he had too much money, the only reason he helped out that prejudiced girl. that's right. i just insulted jane fucking austen. i hate pride and prejudice.
anyway, my line was "and patiently she sat upon the chair."
not too substancial but i mean not every line has to have so much meaning... but wait, does mine say more than you'd interpret at first glance? you tell me.
day 21. Patriotism Day!!
ok, i tohught about today thinking that i hadn't done anything patriotic but then i realized... i was very patriotic to my country of citizenship today!
i played center for my dorm's flag football game against appleby... i mena what sport is more american than football? (shhh... i know baseball is tehre... but they both evolved from european sports of some sort see
cricket and
rugby. i love wikipedia. oh btw we lost the game :-(
i also listened to some johnny cash today. enough said.
oh and then for snack what was the main entrée? that's right.. it was pretzel. and what did i eat it with? i ate it with some mustard. if that's not american, i don't know what is. and if you don't like america, you can get out.
wow i'm finally done. now back to updating normally :-) later everybody.
day 8
well.. today was pretty damn easy if you ask me. it was just to live a day without any addictive substances in my body... pretty accomplishable if you ask me. especially since it's a monday. so intead of drinking coffee or coke or alcohol or anything addictive, i decided to be gangsta. straigt up gangsta with a scooter.
yup... sorry folks. today wasn't very interesting because i'm not addicted to anything.
oh but wait! i did take some topical pain killer for my toothache. but i'm not addicted. i promise :-)
Day 7
wel... yup. i did it. today i had to masturbate at exactly 13:36, or 1: 56 p.m. to the image of two hot blondes doing it together. i was at the library, doing some research for my slavery class at the time when i excused myself from my group of study-buddies and went to the nearest bathroom. went inside the stall and pictured those two hot blondes. yup. it was an amazing experience. hadn't done that in a while... although i should now that i think about it... i mean i do have a single....
for obvious reasons i didn't take any action shots for this last activity but i do have a picture that many say i have an orgasmic expression. what do you think?
by the way: in this pic i was dancing and having a great time, not pleasuring myself nor any activity of the explicitly sexual nature. i was just having fun, ok? damn people... i don't wanna hear no "damn david youse horny" nor "damn david youse a perv."
day 6
today: write the opening sentence to my debut novel. honestly i love reading but this opening
line business is difficult! i mean, the first lines that i'm up against? take "in the beggining god created the heavens and the earth" or... "maman est mort aujourd'hui" (mother died today). so i decided to share with my very literate, republican friend max davison. we started by giving me some advice: write about what you know. but in a very socratilian line of thought, i mean, what do we really know? either way, to get my mind off my task, i decided to accompany max and heidy and christy to a movie named "funny
haha" which was basically made by a lowlife college student about lowlife college students. it tried to be halfway between garden state and lost in translation but it sucked more than both of them put together. meanwhile max is spitting hot fire by orating tons of great first lines, such as "i would always get angry when my phone was on power save mode" or "i didn't want this book to have a first line, so please pretend this is the second."
well i came up with this one. i got inspired beacuse heidi is the one that invited me to the movie, and it sucked. so here goes:
"i've lived a fairly content, even satisfactory life thus far but the one thing i do regret is that i never said thank you to heidi"
well there it is. sorta sucks... don't know how many pages i can write on that shit but that's that!
Releasedate-Mid 2020's.
Day 5
NOTE: this was the most dangerous and stupid activity yet. Do not try this on any campus near you.
ok so
today's activity was to put up one "out of order" sign so that i could create havoc and/or mayhem to those around me. the book told me to cut out a sign straight from a page, but i decided to make my own signs with the help of some people who choose to remain anonymous. honestly i don't even blame them because our plan was hazardous and quite possibly even illegal. at first imagined a great huge project involving all 5 Cs and thousands of signs, but i realized i'm lazy, unmotivated, and by that time i had already went to some pa
rties so i was... tired. so me and this annonymous person decided to hit some elevators up in some dorms here. we tried being as discreet as possible in the first dorm but for some reason i couldn't help myself from telling random people what i was doing. so we decided that i blew my cover in that dorm, so we went to an adjacent dorm. we decided to sabotage that elevator, so we systematically went to every floor and stuck the signs over the buttons. we did that for all eight floors but we left the first floor without the sign so that we won't look too suspicious. the point is as we were returtning to the first floor to stick the sign on tehre was somebody there lurking, a snitch without a doubt.
we therefore had to hide ourselves as quicky as possible, so we entered the stairway and started runing up the stairs. you see, i was still... err.. tired from that party so i fell and was in very much pain. i instantly took out my camera and made my anonymous friend take pictures of it. they're included.
Note: i may or may not have created chaos in the world (or in that building) because the next day i checked, and the signs were down. somebody sabotaged my sabotage :-
Day 4
before i write about my exploits, lots of people don't really even know what it is i'm doing. so let me briefly explain: so i'm walking in sunset mall in miami, florida one day, and as i'm entering urban outfitters i notice this book. it's named "this book will change your life." now of course a book that pretenticious will get my attention, so i decided to look at it. i opened it, it gave me an instruction to do that day. i forget what it was, but it was fucking crazy. i said interesting, left it there, and walked back to my car, drove home.
FLASH to about a year later, i'm about to leave to college, looking for a goodbye present for a good friend of mine. so i somehow remember this book, most probably by visual cue at some bookstore i frequent, and i buy this for him. that's when we decide we'll do this together! his blog is
here.
now, as for my activity for the day (i did this yesterday):
so my activity was to color this here map in different colors in order to acess a lifetime of travel. the green coutnries are the ones i've already been to. the blue colored countries are the ones i plan to go to this year. the yellow coutnries are the ones i might like to go to some time in my life, and the red ones are, as the book puts it, "i'd be happy with never setting a foot there in my life." let me be honest here: i did not
really think this through before i colored the map in so i have lots of problems with my own decisions. Le't do a continent by continent analysis:
*Americas-- i'd like to go to mexico this year and that is a very likely possibility :-) everything goes down in mexico and Tijuana (or TJ as some homies like to call it) is easily acceisible. some other notables: most of southern south america is good. the only reason i wanna go to peru because of [edit]machu pichu. (not chicen itza), not becuase i care about a certain someone from peru in miami. i fucking hate that person.
*Europe--western europs is where it's at. notice how ireland is red. too much violence and drunken people eastern europe is sketchy, with its faulty despots and such. oh and russia. gotta get some of that real vodka they seem to have problems with.
*Africa--from the motherland i chose only egypt for its archeological value, some countries in dire need of humanitarian aid (the sudan) and several countries with french influence.
*Australia-NO.
*Asia--the Nam, Japan, and thePhillipines. that's about it. i regret not coloring china and india [edit] yelow. :-
i have just based all my life's travelling on previous preconceptions pertaining particularly to promoting partaking in progressively procuring knowledge of place.
way too many p's in a row
day 3
my task today was to throw something away that i liked. so today i threw away this pair of shoes. let me say that i was not going to throw that away at first. i thought about different things, and people gave me lots of suggestions. Reif suggested that i throw away some of my alcohol into his fridge. Marco suggested that i throw away my red CLSA (Chicano/Latino Student Affairs) into his closet (because somehow he lost his). a bunch of other people
told me i shoudl get rid of my baby blue sweater, but i didn't think it was right that i shuold throw that away while somebody could use it elsewhere in the world. but what's the difference with my shoes? well these are the shoes that i wore to a foam party held here at CMC a weekend ago i believe. after the foam party i was soaking wet and i wasn't bright enough to leave my shoes or clothes out. i just threw them in my closet. it eventually grew to be very funky in my closet and thus these
shoes, which i really like, became unbearable. i kept them because i thuoght there would have been a way that i could somehow save them, through taking them to a shoe repair office of some sort... but i don't think those exist anymore. so i decided to wear them today one last time, with funky stank and everything, for a last hoorah. i went to dinner with them, and i also took it to a very important women's soccer match pre-party (as seen in that crowded room picture in the upper-left.). on a side note i had some skyy vodka while i was there, thanks aaron. well it was then time to part with my shoes and i bid them farewell.
now how in the fuck did i change from this? well i guess the point was to make me a bit less materialistic. also, it might have been to make me realize what is and isn't important to me, what is disposable and was must be saved. i think it was a cleansing experience nonetheless.
Day 2
well for my second task i was supposed to gaze into people's eyes as if they were the one and only true love of my life. i have to say it was very awkward to do this. my method of staring included a raising of the eyebrows, a slight smirk, a raising of the pitch of my voice and a deep sigh. now as for the reactions:
*Most people felt as weird as i did while i was doing this. they reacted by giving me confused face or even avoiding to look at me at all. at one point i asked maria (girl in the black hoodie) to sit next to me at the movie and she just paused for several seconds, thought i was crazy, and said "... okay.."
*young-jae just looked at me like was a fucking weirdo (brown raglan shirt)
*some people played along, but were freaked out either way. i told sara aka roberta that i was "happier than ever" now that i was near her and she said something corny back, but i sensed she was uncomfortable. (pink sweater)
*some people reacted overwhelmingly well. by gazing lovingly to elisa, for example, i landed a nice kiss on the cheek, which made me happy.
what i learn about about myself today? well i think that i now have more courage to randomly do stupid ass shit to people without fearing negative reprocussions. i had fun, overall. left me freaked out a bit though.
oh wow! i'm updating! only one day today and more the following days, i promise i will catch up. this will take much effort but it will be done. and i'm only doing this because of two reasons:
earned. or more like what we've reinforced.
comfort and being natural. now that i think about it i haven't gone in a while, but i think i will.
