done and done.

The date was October 27th, the time 2:00am. I met my goal of tearing a phone book in half. The two halves of a phonebook you see pictured above are the remnants of the very phone book which I tore. Note the Bryan/College Station edition, and the green carpet, which could only be found in Gloria (Lauren Rouse's living room). Here's how it went down:

During my late night visit to the Marstellar girls, the conversation inevitably turned to the tearing of phone books. I expressed my anguish of not being able to attempt my monthly goal for lack of available phone books. Lauren briefly left the room, and promptly returned with a handful of phone books. When I say handful, I mean a stack that nearly went from her hands to her shoulders. It was the most beautiful sight I've seen since Hayden Hendrick's Spaghetti Day. I proceeded to attempt to rip one of those books in half, and somehow I was successful (again, see picture above). Upon tearing the book, I recalled that my camera was out in my car, and that we needed to film the feat so as to maximize the amount of entertainment available on my blog (because what I'm going to post on my blog is constantly on the mind). I got the camera, had Lauren film me, and twice I failed to tear a phone book... so the picture will have to suffice for now.

Fear not though, we've still got a few days until Reformation Day, so you may well have a video in the near future.

nine days in...

As you may recall, my goal for October, the only month of my life for which I've set a goal, is to tear a phone book in half. As of today, the 9th, this is how far I've been able to get.

That doesn't mean that I've been working on the same phone book all month. That'd be silly. I've taken the more logical route of trying a new phone book each time, and when I can tear no longer, I stop. As a result, now we're out of phone books for me to tear, but I'll figure something out.

When I presented my goal of the month to my all-too-edifying roommates, they both scoffed at me and assured me that I'd never be able to do it; that it was a feat only for strongman guys, like the Power Team. Even after seeing what I've accomplished thus far, they remain unbelievers. Well count that as all the more reason to complete my goal. I haven't lost heart.

I realize this isn't an exciting post, but it is necessary for you to know that I'm a man of my word, and I'm still trying. Today was the first day I've been able to tear at least some part of every page, A to Z. Last time I only made it to the J's or so.

Aaron, if you ever teach the man class again, you can make this activity part of it. An ice breaker or something.

my goal for October

The past few weeks I've had plenty of free time on my hands, lots of time to think about what skill I'd like to pick up before REI hires me. Well I've figured it out: I want to tear a phonebook in half. What screams, "I'm a man" like accomplishing such a feat? Well lots of things, but I'm going to try it anyway.

(note: This is a short post to make up for the longer one I wrote earlier today, but if you've got time, know that you're allowed to read more than one post per visit... it'll be ok.)