Stupid Boy Projects

A little while ago, Kendra recomended quite strongly that I read Yes Man by Danny Wallace (she also told me that he is her idol, "In a non-sexual way"). I just finished it. You can read the blurb yourself, so I'll spare you the plot description, but basically, it's about a guy who decides to say "Yes" to every opportunity that comes his way for six months. It's the first book I've read in a long time that threw me into fits of laugher. I'm glad I don't take a train to work anymore, because I know that if I were to read this book in that setting, the effort of trying not to laugh out loud would have me literally vibrating. It's a super-fast read, too. The way I see it, you now have no excuse not to read it.

So I liked it. But also! I feel inspired by it. Not inspired to say "Yes," more; although, yeah actually, I do. But to do something else, too. Throughout the book, Danny defends his Yes-saying to his ex, his best friend, and to the reader, insisting that it's not a "stupid boy project" -- a term his ex-girlfriend used to describe endeavors of Danny's that she deemed pointless. Danny insisted that there was a point to all this, even if he didn't know what it was. I haven't really made up my own mind whether or not being the Yes Man was a stupid boy project or not, but the results seem to work out okay for Danny in the end. Maybe a stupid boy project is just the thing I need.