Today's fortune: Humor usually works at the moment of awkwardness.
Today a blog was born. Well, really an idea was born. I am embarking on a journey through the streets of NYC, armed only with my wit and a pocket full of fortune cookies. At least I will embark, as soon as those cookies arrive.
If humor works at the moment of awkwardness, why not use it in the most awkward of situations? After a four-year relationship, I'm officially back on the market. It's been a long time since I've had to strike up a conversation with a total stranger. Thankfully, I'm funny. (See? That was a joke. Funny)
Just to make things interesting, I've decided to stuff my phone number into 100 fortune cookies. (Hey, NYC is a big place, you have to make yourself stand out. Wow, that sounded very middle school student counsel election-ish, didn't it?). Now don't get me wrong--these will not be distributed willy-nilly by area delivery boys hustling General Tso's (or General Tao's, depending on your preference). I will distribute the cookies just as carefully as I would normally distribute my phone number, which is to say very carefully. (This isn't some pre-paid mobile, this is my real number).
I'll use this blog to keep track of the cookies I've given out and any return on my investment, if you know what I mean. (I'm sure you don't know what I mean... I barely ever know what I mean). Regardless, as my best friend McFriend put it: if I ever want to do something wacky, start a blog about it, write a book from the blog, and have Jennifer Aniston play me in a not-made-for-TV-movie all about the story--the time is now.
Just in case you're wondering, yes, the title of this post is a Confucius quote. Come on, it's a fortune cookie experiment, how could I not open with Confucius?
And until the cookies arrive ... that's all she wrote.
Brace yourselves, gentlemen of New York, good fortune is waiting...
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