Le Tour de Dyslexia: Goals

I like to think that this tour is a gift from me, to myself. All school year my days have been thrown out the metaphorical window. Most of my weekdays have been the exact same thing: wake up, breakfast, work (my job), class, practice, dinner, homework, sleep. I find that when my days are so similar, looking back at them I cannot tell them apart. This is no way to spend one's life (especially if your life might end sooner than expected because you contract Swine Flu [how's that for a topical reference]). But really, life is short and fast, too short and fast to let your days uneventfully pass by in a blur. School does that to people, though. I'm not saying that it suppresses all potential for unique daily experience, but it definitely promotes repetitive and tightly scheduled days, weeks, months, and years (I actually went on to type a lot more in the mental direction that I was headed, but then I realized that I was ranting on a subject that should be left for another day).

My hope is that this tour will promote unique experiences that I can look back on and distinctly remember, actually Living each day rather than floating through it. I do understand, though, that I cannot just ride my bike from point to point, clap my hands together, and say "Boy did I just improve my overall life experience." I have to actively peruse things that my usual passive personality would not. In order to help me do that, I am going to post a list of goals that I would like meet during the tour, in hopes of being held accountable by my many readers when I return. I have not had much time to put a lot of thought into these, but I will edit the list if I get any more good ideas. So here they are.

Tour Goals:

• First and foremost, I am on the tour to spread awareness of the Dyslexia that I think I have, hence the title of the tour.
• Hear at least 5 stories from strangers.
• Swim in a body of water, leaving the conventional cover for my privates on land. (I'm talking about swimming naked here if you arn't quite catching what I'm tossing at ya)
• Eat at least 3 Mountain Man sandwiches (the best breakfast sandwiches known to man and only found at deli in New Paltz, NY. "ONE FRIED EGG, COUNTRY SAUSAGE, HOT PEPPER JACK CHEESE, KETCHUP AND MOUNTAIN MAN SAUCE ON A HARDROLL". It's all about the Mountain Man Sause.)
• Get scared, like really fucking scared. (I have only a few times been honestly scared for my life but on these few occasions I have come to a significantly higher realization that I was in fact alive. If you understand me, you understand me, and if you don't you don't)
• Trust my body. (This will most likely be accomplished with the "getting really fucking scared" goal)
• Stand on the very tippy tip of Cape Cod.
  
• Drink a moderate amount of beer at the local establishments.
• Drink more than a moderate amount of beer on 1-3 occasions.
  
• Have a lobster in Maine while at the same time try to "get into" wine again. (This is just a side note but the two most amazing things in life, in my opinion, are food and the opposite sex. Since I will be dirty and smelly the whole tour I am looking forward to having a lot of good, local food on the trip)

This is all I have for now. I encourage my many readers to create an account so they can comment on my posts, but if you don't want to do that just message me on Facebook, with suggestions for my goals.