Day 5 (Wednesday)

Today started out with me waking up at about 7:30 a.m. to my roommate coming in from ROTC - I fell back asleep, and about an hour or so later he re-enters the room asking me if i have class soon. It was about 8:30 a.m. leaving me with half an hour or so to pry myself out of bed, shower, and get to class. Then the Perfect thing happened. I've never been one to ditch class, so it was a mystery as to why he asked me if I was going to skip. But seizing the opportunity, I replied "Yes," rolled over and fell back asleep. Win.

I woke up around 11:30, and showered n such. It was about noon when the routines were completed, This is time where I would usually go to Brunch in the cafeteria, and afterwards head over to English class. But as i was brushing my teeth, one of the fellas across the hall asked me if I wanted to go to the beach right then. I had no choice but to reply "Yes." I grabbed some poptarts, and to the beach we went. There's a nice swell coming in off South shore (the one i'm by) all the sets today were ranging from 5-8 feet and they broke pretty often; maybe one out of every two. So i went body surfing for the first time!! It was flipping awesome. Though, I got smashed by a wave and thought I lost the board, and would have, had it not been for some nice gentleman returning it. Also, from that experience I definitely learned a thing or two about the catching a wave that will translate over with surfing.

I got a bit of sunburn on my face, but it was worth it. I tried talking to some girls as we were leaving, which was a bust -- but I definitely would have regretted it if I left without at least trying.

After we got back I showered again, played some guitar, and went to dinner. Hot dogs again. i was in heaven. Also, I got invited to join in a miniature sports competition taking place amongst a few of my dorm's residents. When i was trying to nap, I got invited to go to a bible study session. Now i'm not religious, but still the "yes" obligation had me going. All in all it wasn't so bad. As we were leaving, someone asked if anyone there would like the 2 bags of unfinished chips, and once again I said "Yes." Admittedly it felt very selfish, but hey, no one else wanted them. So now I gots 2 bags of chips, son. word up. 

After that i watched some Invader Zim downstairs, which was flipping hilarious, it was so strange, yet just what I needed. When the episode ended I went out for a late night long boarding sesh with a couple fellas down the hall. Upon our return, I hung out in the lobby till it was time for bed, and here we are.

…or are we? (hah)

 Till Tomorrow,

Cheers

Day 4 (Tuesday)

this one is a bit of a special addition

so enjoy,

Well, guess who's stoned again?

This guy

but this is nowhere near as comparable to the times stated previously. when i'm high, i have a bio-locomotive tick which i like to call "robot mode," essentially is a strong tendency to move very suddenly and direct, as though i were a robot. right now, My "high" in standings with robot mode: i'm barely even at cyborg status.

so what happened today? today was alight, i woke up late and didn't shower. ain't nuthin' but a G thang. I was a few minutes late for communications class, but the teacher didn't mind, this class was pretty heavy -- the teacher shared very deep life experiences with us. like some of this stuff made me cry on the inside =/. But today i finished class, and went to lunch an hour early because of the "yes" obligation. looking back, i would have probably not gotten one of the rare normal hot dogs hawaii has to offer, as the cafeteria would've run out had i gone at my usual time. so yeah i had a hotdog, and afterwards i went to check on a potential scholarship application, and i'm almost guaranteed a grant if i finish the criteria on time, so that's pretty darn cool if yo-- after that i played someguitar, then COD with the fellas across the hall. dinner came, and i ate modestly, compared to the other few times i've been in the caf since break- meaning, i ate without forcing myself to the brink of exploding. afterwards i hung out with tuck n sarah played more video games while they were at Bible study. afterwards i went for a three or so mile run with my roommate Tony. Also a high point of my day was Treston letting us use his pads n such to have ourselves a bit of may thai practice. after that i just came up here n took care of a few much needed things,  I stumbled for a bit n as i was going to the bathroom someone offered me to smoke, i really didn't want to, because i feel groggy the morning after, but i had to say "yes" and now i'm high

…and sleepy       DX        --yawning face

Till Tomorrow,

Cheers

Day 3 (Monday)

Today I woke up for the final time at about 8:40 a.m. but earlier in the day I had a very interesting experience when I woke up at about 4 or so. I can't really remember the time exactly, but I remember rolling out of bed to use the bathroom and wondering what was different. For one reason or another I felt like I was very detached from reality; almost spacious. Then, I noticed my movements started to become very direct and I had the familiar feeling like I could almost squeeze air out of my hands. These were symptoms which felt very familiar to me, but at the time I couldn't place them to save my life. Looking back, there is little to no doubt in my mind I was high. I don't know how, but it must've still been in my system from the weekend.

Anyways, I woke up sober as a priest on sunday, at about 8:40. Though, I was EXHAUSTED beyond all feeling. It was the first day back from spring break and most of my being was dedicated to staying in bed. I mean, it wouldn't be such a big deal - I would only miss one class, (9:00 a.m. history, which is a breeze anyways) Unfortunately, I felt I had to go. It felt as though I had to say "Yes" to early learning. However, I took my time and arrived 20 minutes late. i walked in with flowing swagger. My shoulders rolled from side to side like a panther stalking prey. Champ status. peeps recognized.(+5 charisma)  LEVEL UP!  I talked to that girl from English for a bit on my way back to my room, and I think I played my cards alright, cause by English class she had made a list of music for me.

But between History and English I took what felt like a well deserved nap. (though reflecting now, it's apparent I was just being a bum) and I played my guitar in a really nice jam sesh. I played a song called "Sink to the Bottom", by this band Fountains of Wayne. (the guys who sang "Stacey''s Mom") Anyways, it was really nice cause we never woulda found this song without this "Yes" experiment. 

Come time for English I was late to class again by like 5 minutes. We wrote and had "group discussions" and not much homework was assigned. However It was some well needed info and if anyone has any old research papers related to work and social justice, please let me know. After English, I had a long phone conversation with my dad and just sorta bummed around till dinner; It was nice. Before dinner, I shot a text to that one chick who's number I got saturday - she has yet to respond, but no biggie, already might've found another potential squeeze. But yeah one of the fellas across the hall knocked on my door asking me if I was going to dinner. So I did. We went to dinner and STUFFED. It felt nice, seeing as during break it felt like there was never enough food. (also this is where that new potential bitty was discovered) Anyways, feeling sick from all the food I went back to the dorms, played more music, and had a nice chat with my pal Heather, upstairs. For those of you who don't know my roommate's name is Tony, he brought this girl around who I guess they had "a thing but not really" - sort of thing with. It was just nice seeing him happy. 

(But they went to hang out… all day. =P)

That left me in the room and I just felt like playing more music, so I did. I learned "If I ever leave this world alive" by Flogging Molly. Also, I'm trying to reconstruct the nearly perfect Happy CD I made some time ago. (for those of you who know what's up, it's the one with Walcott, Noah and the Whale, Soft, Jumper - so if you remember any songs from it PLEEEZE do not hesitate to lemme know - DANNY FOX)  

Also the people I've grown closest to here came back from their trip to Kona, on the big island. (E-man Sara Treston Tucker) So I bothered them for a bit upstairs. It was flipping nice seeing them again. We just sat around and talked about stuff and other things for a bit until it came time for bed, and here we are. 

Till tomorrow,

Cheers 

Day 2 (Sunday)

today was eventful.

It started out with me waking up to what I thought was my alarm at like 8:20 a.m. Then a voice called asking if I was awake. It was my neighbor across the hall; he was checking to see if I still wanted to go to the swap meet. The "yes's" started early. After learning we had 11 minutes to catch a bus, I showered quickly, brushed my teeth, and began the dash down the hill to catch the bus while eating strawberry poptarts.

We caught the bus, and another, and went to Aloha Stadium for the Sunday swap meet. It stretched in a complete circle around the stadium. I didn't buy anything, because I wasn't offered (THANK GOD) and by the end of our outing I was offered some lehi-moi pineapple, and some dried squid. Apprehensive I accepted. The pineapple was pretty good, but the squid had some sort of weird aftertaste to it. Anyways we began our search for some food other than deep-fried flea market snacks. We took the bus to the mall and got some food at the food court. Two members of our party departed for work (in the mall) and we caught the bus home. Feeling full I pondered sleeping, but decided on going for a run. I ran about five miles and came back. A friend asked if i wanted to go shopping, which I replied with a "yes" and shopping we went. I got grapes son. The friend hung around for a bit, we got some food, and now I'm typing this. It's about 9 p.m. here and that cute girl from my english class just texted me. (YESS feelin studly)

All in all, the day was pretty nice, we traveled a decent way across the island, saw a bunch of stuff, and I got to play a ukulele-banjo. I tried some gnarly squid and drank soapy water from a hose. ( a lot…by accident) Plus I got some nice grapes to snack on for the week. the run has me feeling good right now but I'm also very tired after only getting like 5-6 hours of sleep so this is where we call it a night.  cheers.

day .5 (friday night)

after first starting this blog i began my to don "yes man" activities by simply walking downstairs waiting for opportunity to come along. After watching sealab 2021for a few minutes, an anonymous friend greeted me as he or she went to drink from the fountain. this person asked me if i wanted to smoke, and all i could say is YES. after  already being in the "NICE" zone and burning my esophagus - i was still being offered hits. already weezing i accepted, and got stoned off my ass ; probably worse than ever before. (my throat feels much better, though i burned it pretty bad yesterday)

Day 1 (saturday)

Today i woke up with a bit of a light feeling, knowing I wouldn't have to plan my day.I did my daily routines, and went downstairs. I laid around for a bit and was offered Doritos from a friend. I would have said yes without this experiment. Later I checked my mail and on my way back up to my room I saw a commercial for the World Wild Life Fund asking for donations. Feeling obligated I said "Yes" - Long story short, for $10 a month I now help endangered species world wide. Also I adopted a polar bear.

Immediately after I had a nice text exchange with a cute girl from my english class. As I was about to watch Jeopardy in the lobby a few girls came in with anime and asked if we could watch that instead. It was a little weird but the story was creative and very interesting. Following that i took a nap, because my sleep was cut short from last night. I had some strange dreams but all in all it was a pretty decent nap.

Later on in the evening I was feeling sluggish and hungry, when I was asked to go to a Greek place some ways down the hill. Normally I would have said "no" (I had a bad memory for Greek food and wouldn't know if I'd have liked what they were serving) So yeah, I had Greek for the first time! Falafel and Garlic Fries - t'was most excellent. There was this pretty girl working the counter, and by the end of the meal the "yes" obligation had me trying to get her number. Which i did. Like a Boss. Her name's Sam. 

Towards the end of the night I was playing COD with a few friends across the hall. Another individual, one of the anonymous persons from last night, asked me to smoke yet again. I continued playing COD shortly thereafter and I'm still puzzled at how beast I was, (compared to my regular sub-standard abilities)Iit felt like I was actually in the game tho. After a couple hours and a full box of poptarts later, I came down, watched some Futurama, and began writing this. It was an eventful day, and I got some chick's number - needless to say I'm pleased. Also I'm afraid to check my e-mail.

THE YES MAN EXPERIMENT

Hello,
My name is Richard Toolis, and the reason for this blog was to share and perhaps enlighten.
What I will be doing is saying YES for two weeks. To everything. At the end of each day I will post a brief, thorough, overview of the days events. (and perhaps reflect on them depending on how tired I may be. ) Day one starts Saturday March 26, 2011