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THE2NDHAND is very proud to suggest that we write these itineraries for at least one of the following reasons: because we are very bored; or because we hope that, by doing so, someone will see how very pathetically bored we are and feel pity and/or compassion/empathy for our plight; or because we believe fully in the beauty of chance little things and by prearranging our days we may somehow bring to the fore the things that are different, as they come; or because we once had days like these, and now our days are much better, and we want to have a sweet little blast making fun of our former selves; or because we want to say something about how stupid we are currently; or because we know that there are other people out there who are as silly or as drunk or as tired or as stupid as us, and we want them to participate in our joy; or because, like a beautifully obtuse writer once said, "In the monkey economy...insults aimed at us can always be jotted down"; or because, as the same writer said, "We play the fool in this world in order to be free. / Routine we transform into anecdotes"; or because (and here we return to the beginning, for a likely blatantly obvious reason) we are again bored, after being bored before we started them. Please send your plans, post-facto or pre-ordered, to todd@the2ndhand.com. Itineraries: MY DAY AS A RETROACTIVELY-PLANNED AGENDA: CHICAGO |